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Title: A Windows XP help forum - PCbanter - http://www.pcbanter.net A Windows XP help forum - PCbanter
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Post: 2,983 8,905 28,605
 

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PA Bear [MS MVP]
85
user's latest post:
installed a new HP...
Published (2009-11-18 23:41:00)
What's a "fac"? Mr. Majestic wrote: Mike Easter wrote: snipped You should post to MS.Public.windows.Vista.Print_Fac_Scan or MS.Public.windows.Vista.Hardware_Devices at MSnews.Microsoft.com, which you can reach via a browser.
Jose
70
user's latest post:
Run Time Error
Published (2009-11-18 23:57:00)
On Nov 19, 2:28*pm, Dottie wrote: Thanks to both of you. I had tried to delete the file but was unable to find it. I think it is a hidden file. *Jose, I've downloaded the malwarebytes.org/ and ran a quick scan and found 17 infected files. *i'll run a full scan and I'm also going to dwnld the superantispyware.com/ file .... *hopefully this will help Thanks so much -- Dot "Jose" wrote: On Nov 17, 11:22 pm,...
Ken Blake, MVP
58
user's latest post:
Diappearing Icons
Published (2009-11-18 23:03:00)
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:14 -0500, Rick Merrill wrote: Ken Blake, MVP wrote: On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:22 -0500, "Maurice " wrote: I generally leave my PC running all the time and at night simply turn off the monitor. Once in a while when I restart the monitor all the desktop Icons have disappeared as well as all the icons at the bottom of the screen. I have found no key or combination of keys that bring them back so I am...
VanguardLH[_2_]
52
user's latest post:
Safely Remove Hardware
Published (2009-11-18 23:24:00)
Lem wrote: VanguardLH wrote: Lem wrote: Gary wrote: Currently Safely Remeove Hardware is a tiny icon down in the systray notification area. How can I put a link to it directly on my desktop?? Let Me Google That For You: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=safely+remove+hardware+shortcut Forcing Google's use of key words/phrases helps to reduce the search results count (by a third, in this case) and sometimes provides more focused results (since users...
Bob I
46
user's latest post:
Windows cannot find...
Published (2009-11-18 23:07:00)
Where ever do you come up with this kind of kind of bogus stuff?!? I certainly hope you don't actually believe it, cause if you do, you really need to do some real research! Registered_User wrote: yes jose you should get in the habit. i reckon you're probably safe using your xp that was installed in 2003, seeing as how you probably would never notice any performance change. solitare doesn't take much to run. the registry and...
Daave[_8_]
46
user's latest post:
XP/sp3 and xp/sp2
Published (2009-11-18 23:04:00)
My cat's breath smells like cat food. Bob I wrote: Revert implies go back to. David B. wrote: Not possible if it was installed with SP3 media or image.
paul
41
user's latest post:
SATA Boot Order
Published (2009-11-18 21:02:00)
barrowhill wrote: Can someone advice the boot order for connected SATA Drives ? Is there a boot order ? Can it be set? I ask because I have (or should say had) a XP SATA drive and Windows 7 SATA drive both connected to SATA 1 and SATA 3 ports on motherboard - test bed system. System wouldn't start up, rebooted then options to recover or start normally. disconnectng XP drive, Windows 7 would not boot (drive letter susepected changed) and...
Shenan Stanley
35
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Problems copying from Flash...
Published (2009-11-18 13:45:00)
DavidS wrote: I have an 8GB flash drive that holds alot of data but when copying the files onto my desk top's hard drive, I find that copying goes OK for a while until I get an error message along the lines of " .... cannot copy file xxxx becasue the file name or directory name is too long ...". The files on the flash drive are 'nested' but do not have that many levels and the files that are apparently causing...
Pegasus [MVP]
35
user's latest post:
Using a shortcut to shutdown.exe...
Published (2009-11-18 21:41:00)
"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Pegasus [MVP] wrote: "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... I've got a shortcut on the desktop to shutdown the computer (linked to shutdown.exe, as it's more convenient and simpler to use than the Start Menu), and it works pretty well, but something puzzles me. For some strange reason, it has been logging the shutdown process under the name "USER32"...
SC Tom[_3_]
34
user's latest post:
Drive Connection and Jumpering
Published (2009-11-18 05:00:00)
"Thomas M." wrote in message ... In article ,
 

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Networking and the Internet with Windows XP - 88 new posts Networking and the Internet with Windows XP   - forum profile
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Latest active threads on A Windows XP help forum - PCbanter:

A Windows XP help forum - PCbanter
Started 4 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-16 23:41:00)  by Kevin John Panzke[_2_]
Now Is The Time 2 Upgrade 2 Either Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, And/Or Open Source Linux Ubuntu!
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Started 3 days, 13 hours ago (2009-11-18 09:21:00)  by paul
Neil Harrington wrote: I subscribe to two online newspapers, Investor's Business Daily and the Washington Times. I download both as PDF files, which I view in Adobe Reader 9. Often there are cartoons in each paper that I want to save. With IBD I can do this easily by clicking on the cartoon, which turns blue, then right-clicking on it which lets me copy it, and then using ...
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Started 3 days, 14 hours ago (2009-11-18 07:58:00)  by Pegasus [MVP]
"Dottie" wrote in message ... I am getting the following message constantly... Runtime Error ! Program;C:\WINDOWS\Living~1.SCR Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this!! -- Dot Looks like malware. Start by deleting the problem file - it is not a native Windows file.
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Started 4 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-17 07:31:00)  by Ben Myers[_3_]
Daave wrote: I am looking to purchase a used , but decent quality PC with Windows XP. On Ebay, I came across this offer from a "top-rated seller": Dell Optiplex GX520 SFF 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2 GB RAM 250 GB hard drive CD-RW/DVD combo drive keyboard, mouse, network card Windows XP Pro Price is $199.00 USD, shipping included Seeme like a very good ...
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Started 2 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-18 23:52:00)  by jimimaseye
I had EXACTLY that roblem too and tonight I have just worked out the solution. Log on to your LIVE account ( https://accountservices.msn.com/editprof.srf ) with the login address you use and after logging in, edit your profile and ensure that you at least have a first name and last name in your profile. (I cheated and just added the 'nickname' (desired display name) in both fields)....
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Started 4 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-17 02:29:00)  by philo
Shab wrote: From "MAD" magazine, January 2010 (yes, that's right, 2010) The Fast Five 5 reasons why Microsoft thinks you'll love Windows 7 1. It includes even more useful features stolen from Apple. 2. Your computer will run much faster because you won't be able to load most of your old programs 3. Less use of the word "Vista" means less instances of ...
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Started 3 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-18 18:59:00)  by Charles W Davis[_2_]
From: "Charles W Davis" Subject: Gateway computer problem Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:23 AM Computer Club member's computer. Gateway 310. The tower was brought to my place last evening. I started by replacing two 256MB chips with two 1GB chips. Every time one touched Internet Explorer 6 to resize the screen would go all squigly and lock up. In Save mode, I installed ...
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Started 3 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-18 01:06:00)  by Jim[_30_]
"chrisdman" wrote in message ... Lem, Thanks for getting back to me. The PC has a Nvidia chip on it (on-board graphics) and I am in the process of removing this (or try to!). DON'T. Lem meant a Network Interface Controller NOT a Graphics Controller. Jim snip
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Started 2 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-18 23:41:00)  by Jose
On Nov 19, 3:56*pm, chmoore wrote: If it isn't in add/remove programs, How do I get rid of it. *I don't just want to delete the icon, I want to get rid of the program. A friend said to reinstall it, it will appear in teh Add/remove programs list, then delete it. *I found the update that installed it but don't know how to run it. HELP! 4th and 2, oh God! -- chmoore ...
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Started 4 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-16 23:41:00)  by Kevin John Panzke[_2_]
Now Is The Time 2 Upgrade 2 Either Windows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, And/Or Open Source Linux Ubuntu!
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Started 5 days, 7 hours ago (2009-11-16 14:46:00)  by JD
William B. Lurie wrote: dumprep 0-k I use http://www.ask.com/ as my search engine: ALCMTR http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/alcm tr/ RTHDCPL http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/rthd cpl/ RECGUARD http://www.processlibrary.com/directory/files/recg uard/ dumprep 0-k http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/star....exe-1449.h tml -- JD..
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General XP issues or comments
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-13 09:30:00)  by PA Bear [MS MVP]
Uninstall Windows (Desktop) Search maybe? HEMI-Powered wrote: Hi, All. I recently bought a new Sony Vaio laptop which had the option of "downgrading" to Windows XP. I wanted that because I didn't want Vista. The version of XP is SP3, of course. The "new" XP Search function drives me bananas! Perhaps it is a real improvement to many, but to me, it is excessively ...
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Hardware and Windows XP
Started 4 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-17 07:31:00)  by Ben Myers[_3_]
Daave wrote: I am looking to purchase a used , but decent quality PC with Windows XP. On Ebay, I came across this offer from a "top-rated seller": Dell Optiplex GX520 SFF 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2 GB RAM 250 GB hard drive CD-RW/DVD combo drive keyboard, mouse, network card Windows XP Pro Price is $199.00 USD, shipping included Seeme like a very good ...
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General XP issues or comments
Started 3 days, 10 hours ago (2009-11-18 12:38:00)  by c
Big House wrote: Hello first of all, I have to say that all worked fine since this morning. I haven't changed anything, maybe it depends on one of the latest automatic update. Before today, when I clicked on change user (start disconnect change user) and chose another user, xp would let me in the other account. Now the account is loaded for a second and then I am ...
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Windows XP Help and Support
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-14 15:29:00)  by Leonard Grey[_3_]
Please stick with your original thread. Asking the same question a second time will only get you ignored. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est v wrote: Outlook express is not installed and doesn't show up in Add / Remove components. My question is how to install it in this situation?
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General XP issues or comments
Started 3 days, 20 hours ago (2009-11-18 01:49:00)  by PA Bear [MS MVP]
Fax, maybe? Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: In 24hoursupport.helpdesk, PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: What's a "fac"? A facsimile?
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General XP issues or comments
Started 5 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-16 00:23:00)  by paul
mindydee113 via WindowsKB.com wrote: Hey out there! I just got a flash drive, it's not a big one, but it's a start. Trying to plan ahead in case anything happens to computer. Was wondering if there is a way to back-up all the pages I have bookmarked. I usually use Firefox for my browser & have quite a few pages bookmarked, as well as a few add-ons. Is there a way to save these ...
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Performance and Maintainance of XP
Started 1 week, 2 days ago (2009-11-12 16:32:00)  by Leonard Grey[_3_]
Have you tried Google? That's what we do. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est ship wrote: WindowsXP Pro msOffice 2003 Xara Xtreme Pro MindManager FreeMind ...} all latest versions Hi Can anyone recommend a utility for searching my local WindowsXP PC? I need to do text searching across msOffice2003 files (e.g. Outlook, Excel, Word). (Optionally, I...
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General XP issues or comments
Started 6 days, 18 hours ago (2009-11-15 03:50:00)  by Bill in Co.
Delta007bhd wrote: Hi there, I have just done a fresh xp reinstall with the most important programs installed. I would like to save myself time the next time I do a clean install of xp by creating a disk image with Acronis True Image Home 2010. I am not sure whether to select sector by sector backup of my C: drive or not. It takes a lot more disk space and takes longer to ...
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