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Forum: General XP issues or comments June 26th 07, 05:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 80
Posted By ...winston
Unable to turn off computer

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=STOP+C0000218+Unknown+Hard+Error&btnG=Google+Search


"Greg" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 26th 07, 04:47 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 116
Posted By ...winston
Dual boot newsgroup?

With a clean install of Vista in a dual boot environment
Vista booted, Vista = C, XP = D
Xp booted, XP = C, Vista = D
If you don't wish XP to erase the Vista System Restore files, the Vista drive...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 21st 07, 02:17 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 12
Views: 99
Posted By ...winston
Upgrading XP-Home w/SP2 to XP-Pro w/SP2

6 questions asked in 5 paragraphs.
1. No.
2. Yes
3. Install from file saved or available from the source.
4. Yes.
5a. Data files if damaged of lost can be restored/copied back to any machine
5b....
Forum: The Basics June 17th 07, 06:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 172
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

"The hibernate.sys and pagefile.sys files are intentionally excluded from backups. These files contain temporary files that can take up a large amount of disk space. They are not needed and there...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 17th 07, 06:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 294
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

"The hibernate.sys and pagefile.sys files are intentionally excluded from backups. These files contain temporary files that can take up a large amount of disk space. They are not needed and there...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 17th 07, 06:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 159
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

"The hibernate.sys and pagefile.sys files are intentionally excluded from backups. These files contain temporary files that can take up a large amount of disk space. They are not needed and there...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 17th 07, 06:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 159
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

Compression levels vary machine to machine as noted due to the type of files on the machine being imaged.

Here's what Symantec provides..possibly somewhat liberal since its based on an average...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support June 17th 07, 06:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 294
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

Compression levels vary machine to machine as noted due to the type of files on the machine being imaged.

Here's what Symantec provides..possibly somewhat liberal since its based on an average...
Forum: The Basics June 17th 07, 06:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 8
Views: 172
Posted By ...winston
Backing up with Norton Ghost

Compression levels vary machine to machine as noted due to the type of files on the machine being imaged.

Here's what Symantec provides..possibly somewhat liberal since its based on an average...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 4th 07, 09:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 250
Posted By ...winston
Office 2000

You still have to answer the first question ?
Did the cd of Office 2000 *come with* the desktop? Or did you
purchase it separately?

Your answer below could imply a purchase of an OEM version of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 3rd 07, 09:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 532
Posted By ...winston
Norton Internet Security 2006

Unless you can elaborate more on the history and what fix you ran follow the prior information for removal, cleanup and reinstall.
Ensure that the Windows firewall is activated during the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 3rd 07, 06:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 532
Posted By ...winston
Norton Internet Security 2006

Just to get you guys on the same page..

Symantec is the company name.
Norton is a brand like Frito Lay is for Pepsi Cola. NIS2006 is a product like Doritos.
..winston

"Shenan Stanley"...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 3rd 07, 06:48 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 532
Posted By ...winston
Norton Internet Security 2006

Was this computer ever infected with a virus(e.g. Smithfraud) ?

Was Ad-Aware or Spybot, Crap Cleaner, Easy Cleaner or similar utilized to remove any registy entries ?

Can you recall what type of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 27th 07, 08:40 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 208
Posted By ...winston
Partition Magic 6 ok with XP??

Ghost and PM were not related products or combined by Symantec before or after PM was 'assimilated'. No denial that it was a better product when Power Quest controlled it.

The...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 23rd 07, 01:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 141
Posted By ...winston
Deleting KB log files

The KBxxxxx.log files provide the same function as spuninst.exe for the same update/hotfix ?
The log files can be safely deleted.
The updates/hotfixes can be done too, though deletion will not remove...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 23rd 07, 01:05 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 114
Posted By ...winston
NAV2007 and XP Security Center

Did you disable any other Symantec related services ?
Start/Run/services.msc
or
Modify any startup options in msconfig ?
Start/run/msconfig

Was XP's firewall(or another 3rd party) turned on when...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 17th 07, 04:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 182
Posted By ...winston
back all files to an external drive

Rock...just supplemental note and hope it doesn't interfere with the thread, but it does add some variation to the OEM repair yes/no option.

Micron's XP Home and Pro OEM sp2 cd's(sp1 and gold post...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 29th 07, 06:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 153
Posted By ...winston
uninstall 2nd harddrive?

If the drive is a Western...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 28th 07, 08:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 154
Posted By ...winston
load needed dlls for kernel xp

If the Dell provided disc restores it to factory condition then yes it will remove everything from the C: drive and any data residing on that drive.

To verify it would be best to contact Dell to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 28th 07, 06:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 187
Posted By ...winston
Best free Fire Wall..?

Bloat comparisong
Download size or last three versions(not interim releases which fixed bugs)dating back to spring of 2006
6.1.744 10MB
6.5.737 13MB
7.0.302 39MB

Just curious...I liked Kerio but...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 24th 07, 06:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 311
Posted By ...winston
Windows XP Corporation - Are OEM Licenses tranferable?

Do you have an agreement with Msft and sufficient licenses in reserve to install the same imaged software on all machines if an employee's machine(e.g. Dell, HP etc) dies or additional units...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 24th 07, 05:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 247
Posted By ...winston
Which files are used in XP Service Pack

They are all the same if looking at the downloadable and expanded sp2 executable or the sp2 cd. The Sp2 cd can still be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 23rd 07, 07:10 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 247
Posted By ...winston
Which files are used in XP Service Pack

Your properties indicate you've a fully updated version of OE and IE which required XP sp2 to install thus the correct files were 'used' during XP sp2 installation.

Is there another reason beyond...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 19th 07, 03:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 86
Posted By ...winston
Windows Genuine Advantage Notification

Earlier versions yes, the current no..if you wish to not see the prompt, allow it via your firewall.
..winston

"Ed Y" wrote in message...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 18th 07, 07:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 96
Posted By ...winston
How would you distribute these 6 partitions between 2 HDDs?

Ditto also to item 5 without a second drive.
..winston

"Dave" wrote in message ...
: Get your 2nd 250GB drive. Then ask the...
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