Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 31st 10, 02:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
Are you saying Microsoft is deliberately poisoning XP systems with their
updates?
"LD55ZRA" wrote in message
...
It looks...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 31st 10, 02:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
Are you saying Microsoft is deliberately poisoning XP systems with their
updates?
"LD55ZRA" wrote in message
...
It looks...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 30th 10, 12:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
File transfer between computers is fine. It's only the internet connection
and as I said, IE8 and Firefox behave the same way.
Rip
"Jack [MVP-Networking]" wrote in...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 30th 10, 12:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
File transfer between computers is fine. It's only the internet connection
and as I said, IE8 and Firefox behave the same way.
Rip
"Jack [MVP-Networking]" wrote in...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 29th 10, 12:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
Thanks for the response. Sorry, forgot to mention that I did check for
hardware updates and there weren't any. Also didn't mention that the machine
behaves the same or worse in safe mode. I'm very...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 29th 10, 12:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
Thanks for the response. Sorry, forgot to mention that I did check for
hardware updates and there weren't any. Also didn't mention that the machine
behaves the same or worse in safe mode. I'm very...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 28th 10, 11:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 0
Views: 203
Spotty internet connection
Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with 5
machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to Belkin
wireless router and has spotty internet...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 28th 10, 11:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 18
Views: 2,859
Spotty internet connection
Internet trouble with one XP SP3 machine on a wired/wireless network with 5
machines (XP, Vista Biz, Vista Home, Win 7). This machine is wired to Belkin
wireless router and has spotty internet...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 20th 10, 09:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 0
Views: 217
Iffy network connection
I have a home wired/wireless network with 5 machines (Win 7, Vista and XP)
that have been humming along nicely until recently. My main XP SP3 desktop
(wired) has begun hiccuping when downloading...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
March 20th 10, 09:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 778
Iffy network connection
I have a home wired/wireless network with 5 machines (Win 7, Vista and XP)
that have been humming along nicely until recently. My main XP SP3 desktop
(wired) has begun hiccuping when downloading...
|
|
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
July 29th 08, 02:13 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 219
HP not booting correctly
Many thanks for the excellent advice. The drive is a Seagate. I've
downloaded and run the diagnostics and it passed all tests. So, I suppose it
is just becoming slow to start up. I will contact HP...
|
|
Forum: Hardware and Windows XP
July 28th 08, 12:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 219
HP not booting correctly
I have an HP pavilion desktop (XP home) that exhibits the following behavior
over and over: Push the button on the box to start - no HP splash screen-
shows black screen error: "Reboot and select...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 9th 08, 02:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
Renamed already existing C:\ to L:\ (unused) and renamed H:\ to C:\
Replaced drive, changed boot order and fired up - windows said it needed to
check L:\ for consistency. I let that run then it...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 8th 08, 11:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
I have performed the 9 steps you provided in the earlier post and the answer
to the question "which is the drive letter that uses this data?" is H. Is
this proof positive that the drive letter is...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 2nd 08, 10:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 2nd 08, 10:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
I have no problem with the complexity of what your taking me thru; my main
goals here are to A: fix a friends computer and B: to learn. I'm willing to
try your suggestion after I back up the system...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 2nd 08, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 2nd 08, 06:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
Following your instructions, I've accessed ProblemPC and
H:\Windows\system32\config\system shows entries for \DosDevices\A:
as well as C: thru K:. Since C: already exists, it seems I should not...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 1st 08, 01:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I would like to understand the why
of this solution before I do it. How is the drive letter incorrect? Slaving
the drive to another machine shows that it...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 30th 08, 08:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 14
Views: 201
XP Logging on then immediately logging off
I have an HP Pavillion desktop w/ XP (don't know if it's Home or Pro) that
logs off as soon as it logs on. I get welcome screen, logon screen, desktop
wallpaper, then logoff. This happens with the...
|
|
Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 22nd 08, 03:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 201
Cannot boot Dell laptop
Dell inspiron B130 laptop XP Home. Installed AVG free to get rid of some
viruses. AVG asked if I want to force removal of one of them and I clicked
yes. Now no reboot. Even in safe mode, the...
|
|
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 3rd 08, 01:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 260
Drive partitions
Acronis will not do anything without the presence of at least two physical
discs.
Rip
"Leonard Grey" wrote in message
...
Sorry...
|
|
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 2nd 08, 08:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 260
Drive partitions
Thanks for the help. I've downloaded Acronis first to the desktop, then to
the F drive and it won't install from either place; I keep getting the C:
drive 'not enough space' error message....
|
|
Forum: Performance and Maintainance of XP
January 2nd 08, 07:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 260
Drive partitions
A friends old Gateway laptop (XP Home SP 2) has a 40 GB HDD that looks like
this in Comp. Mgmt.:
15.16 GB unallocated
(D:) 510 MB FAT32
110 MB unallocated
(C:) 4.99 GB NTFS
New Volume (F:) 16.49 GB...
|
|
Forum: Networking and the Internet with Windows XP
December 1st 07, 03:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 358
Shares inaccessible
Thank you, Steve. As always, you nailed it. I've tried every concievable
configuration with ZA, and this machine simply isn't going be accessed with
this version of it installed.
Many...
|
