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    - 64bit irc community irc.neowin.net #64bit please come and idle if you can't be in front of the keyboard! ask here for info on IRC if you are confused :) Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19180
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    - x64 pro I want to disable sfp in x64. What's the offset in sfc_os.dll and the value at that address that needs to be changed. I want to load thigs faster. I can always scan the system files later if needed. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19175
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    - dual boot mess-up / ntoskrnl problem Hi, I'm new to XP x64 and I don't have exactly much experience with systems (problems). Here's a brief description of what happened: I bought a new computer with a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor. I installed Windows x64 version but I noticed some problems with non-64-bit programs and I read that some of them didn't have full 64-bit compatibility, so I decided to install my old Windows XP Home version to run these programs. (Here comes the stupid part:) I installed it on the same disk/partition as my x64 system. When I start up, I get to choose between Home (default selection) and x64 and my Home version works just fine. When I select to start up with x64 however it gives the following error: Windows could not start because following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe Please re-install a copy of the above file. I've tried to repair it using the x64 CD repair console, reading somewhere that I should type: (this is with my disk adresses) expand e:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ d:\windows\system32 This didn't work: the path file specified could not be found. I inspected the CD and noticed the only ntoskrnl file present was in the AMD64 directory instead of i386. "Expand e:\AMD64\ntoskrnl.ex_ d:\windows\system32" executed but when booting he still says the ntoskrnl file is missing/corrupt. Then I tried something desperate: I copied the ntoskrnl.exe file from my Home system32 folder into my x64 system32 folder, hoping the Home file was fine. Now i receive the error that the hal.dll file is missing/corrupted. And now I'm too scared to move :-) I got the original ntoskrnl.exe file from before I attempted the repairs. Is this fixable? Should I remove the x64 system from my computer (how?) and install it on a new partition? Anyone can help me out with this? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19169
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    - Creative Webcam Instant works great in XP x64 Just purchased this, and installed the 64 bit drivers. It works great. :) -- Wayne Wastier Pastor POGM ____________ hwaynew Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19159
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    - SBS2003 and Outlook 2003 i have tried to connect outlook to the exchange server in the SBS enviroment and it will not update all of the folders, nor let me have any new mail as it arrives. is this communication issue a common problem and does anyone know a workaround if it is? (i have tried switching between cached and not cached and it appears to have no difference in the connection.) Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19152
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    - Connection to a Novell Server How do we make a connection between a Windows XP x64 machine and a Novell server since the Netware client has been removed?? I have configured IPX but need a Client as well..... Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19139
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    - creating an F6 RAID disk question. I've been trying, in vain, to install Win x64 on my PC. once windows is installed I go into the trap: 0x0000007B reboot problem. They only way I have gotten XP x64 to install is by disabling my RAID, which is not an option for me. From what I have read, this is a problem with the F6 drivers I have been using. I'm running a Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard using version 4.84 of the nvidia raid bios. I have tried using the F6 driver on gigabytes web page, but that doesn't help. I want to try to download the latest drivers directly from NVidia, but, they don't have a downloadable F6 package, but, I believe it may be possible to create a disk by copying the relevant files to a floppy. The only problem is, I have no idea what files to copy and what, if any, directories should be on the floppy. Is there anyone here that can enlightent me? or at least point me in the right direction? I'm using the full release of X64 on CD (sent to me by MS from the upgrade from XP professional promotion) My hardware is: Gigabyte k8n pro-SLI motherboard running the version 5 bios and 4.84 raid bios. 2 GB of RAM AMD x2 4400+ processor a pair of Western Digital 120GB hard drives (striped) The raid currently has two partitions on it. 180GB is for my current install of Win XP pro and 60gb is for the X64 install. Thanks for any help you can give me! Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19130
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    - Reboot and reactivate On x64, I recently uninstalled a piece of software ( I don't remember exactly what it was, but I remember it was not a Microsoft product) and, after the requested reboot, a screen came up that said something to the effect that there had been significant changes to my system and I had 3 days to activate it. The system had been activated, and up and running for about 30 days with no problem. I had to call Microsoft to reactivate, as it had already been activated before on the same system. My question now is, I need to do a repair install, as I seem to have munged up something to do with password protection on resume from screensaver. When I do the repair install, will I have to re-activate again? Is there something I can back up to avoid having to do this? Thanks, Steve Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19122
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    - Repair Trial x64 SP1 to full version Hi Everyone, I understand that I can do a repair on my trial version to update the license to the full version. But, what if I have SP1 and other updates installed on the trial version? I understand that I probably will have to reinstall these following the repair. But, do I have to remove them first? Will the repair reset the installed chipset system drivers, etc ??? Thanks, James Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19117
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    - ODBC driver to MS access I am trying to make a ODBC connection to a MS Access 2003 database - but there are only a SQL server odbc driver. What shall I do? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19115
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    - outlook desktop alert I've recently gotten a new computer running Windows 64. I notice now that the outlook desktop alert never appears. I've gone and checked my settings and they look fine. If I "preview" the desktop alert it pops up but never actually when I get mail. Any ideas what might be wrong? Is outlook desktop alert compatibale with windows 64? Thanks. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19112
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    - RAID in XP 64 My current system has 3 IDE hard drives with 6 partitions with a dual XP 32 & XP 64 boot (non RAID). One of my IDE hard drives is on it's last leg so I bit the bullet an purchased two 160GB SATA2 hard drives. I want to stripe the 2 hard drives for MAX game performance. Will I lose speed if I partition into two 160 GB hard drives since the head must move to the different partitions (I read that on another web site)? Please give me feedabck on what the ideal situation for speed would be. I want fast load times.... Don't care about backing up data (no mirror).... I would like to keep my dual boot XP32 & XP 64 but I will sacrifice one operating system if I must to keep the load times down. Thanks Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19111
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    - XP Pro x64 & Outlook 2003 After upgrading to XP Pro x64, Outlook 2003 no longer connections to my providers e-mail account, well, it keeps asking me for my password repeatidly. Anyone else come across this? - J. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19103
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    - Nokia software .64 doesn't recognise Nokia Suite either. I can't find a driver on the Nokia site. Any suggestions ? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19101
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    - Nero 7 doesnt uninstall on Win x64 Well I got my first BSOD in years using Nero 7. So I figured I'd uninstall it and load Roxio 8 for a change. I know its hard to belive since Roxio EZ-CD was so bad for years. Anyway I digress. When I went to uninstall Nero 7 I recieved the following message 'Error applying transform. Verify that the specified transform paths are valid'. Obviously Nero doesnt recogonize or like the \program files (x86)\ directory even though it installed into it. It didn't even ask me where I wanted to load the files, it just automatically defaulted to c:\. I eventually had to delete the Nero folder and clean out the registry with TweakNow Reg Cleaner 2.6.0 which supposedly supports x64. Yes I know that using a reg cleaner is a bad idea but time is not in abundance for me right now. Well to make a long story short Roxio 8 is up and running well on my system. Don't know if I'll run into the same problems if I have to uninstall it. Just a heads up! Regards, Wad Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19095
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    - Internet Explorer (32-bit) doesn't work... Hi. I can't surf using Internet Explorer (32-bit) but the 64-bit one works just fine. I was able to install all the drivers correctly. I tried installing Firefox 1.07, and it's the same situation: it can't connect. Except for Windows Update, it seems that all apps that connect to the internet (ie. googletalk, avast) are having problems. Hope somebody can help. Thanks. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19092
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    - Search Feature in this Community Forum Is it my imagination or is the Search For feature not working very well. On 10/28/2005 I posted a message entitled "TV Tuner Card" but when I search for it I get the following: "Your query for "TV Tuner Card" did not return results. The following may help you find the results you were looking for: Check your spelling. Enter a term or phrase that's less specific. Try different phrasing. Try fewer words. Just some feedback Microsoft. Regards, -- websledder_____________* Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19086
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    - New NVida NForce 4 chipset x64 drivers Nvidia (www.nvida.com) has released new drivers (v6.69)for their NForce 4 chipset. This is the download link for the international version: http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/standalone/6.69/nForce4_amd_6.69_winxp64_international_whql.exe Drivers included are versions: Audio driver version 4.62 (WHQL) Audio utility version 4.51 Ethernet NRM driver version 4.82 (WHQL) Network management tools version 4.85 SMBus driver version 4.5 (WHQL) Installer version 4.93 SATA RAID driver version 5.52 (WHQL) IDE driver version 5.52 (WHQL) RAIDTOOL application version 5.52 For dual-booters there was also v6.70 for x86 released a few days ago. This is the download link: http://download.nvidia.com/Windows/nForce/standalone/6.70/nForce4_amd_6.70_winxp2k_international.exe Enjoy. Carlos Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19079
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    - Blank email messages in Outlook? I've got Outlook 2003 on an XP-64 machine. Each day, a half dozen or so blank emails reach my inbox. That's no From, To, Subject, or Content. Other than that, Outlook (and the rest of Office 2003) seems to be working fine. Anybody else notice these strange blank emails? Outlook doesn't seem to be able to define a rule to zap blank emails... Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19068
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    - COM dll (32 bits) on a x64 system Hi, I have tried to install a COM dll (32 bits) as a service using dcomcnfg on a 64bits OS. When I started the service, I got an error (can't quite remember) about some dll's not found. I suspect this is related to the system32 folder and the SysWOW64 folder but I'm not sure. It might also be related to the fact that I'm using dllhost.exe to host the COM dll and that the dllhost is 64bits while my dll is 32bits. Any ideas? Please refer me to an appropriate document or if you have any idea please let me know, Thanks in advance, Henri. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19067
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    - WLAN doesn't work on 64bit my network doesn't recognize my wireless modem Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19058
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    - scanning for viruses in newsgoups I'm using Outlook express to receive my newsgroups. Does outlook automaticlly scan received msg or how do I set it up? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19047
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    - re-install of evaluation copy build 3790 I noticed every-time I reinstall I get a longer trial period went from dec 05 th 05 to Jan 19 th 2006.???according to winver. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19046
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    - 64 bit Workstation suggestions. Can anyone suggest a good choice for a preconfigured 64 bit workstation? I checked Dell and Sun Microsystem but these machines are pretty pricey. I want something for test environment (ok a play toy). I would like to start on the 64 bit journey. Being that 64 bit software choices are a bit limited at the present I want a machine that can handle 32 bit programs properly as well. Finally, I don't want to spend a fortune on this "test drive" machine. Regards; John Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19035
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    - Windows 64 bit activation Hi there, Have recently (just over a month ago) bought an AMD 64 bit 3000+ with XP Pro 64 bit preloaded from a reputable site on Ebay. Not knowing anything about 64 bit assumed it was just the latest version of XP. I had problems loading applications Blue Yonder broadband, HP Deskjet software etc.. and gave up for a few weeks. When I bootup the pc it now asks for Windows to be activated. On saying "yes" to this a box appears saying that it is already activated and to "exit". When exiting the welcome screen logs off everytime. I don't know what to do now as I cannot get the Product ID in control panel until I can login. I have the Product key on the Recovery disk supplied. I remember that it says on the bottom of the desktop that this is an evaluation copy. Does this mean that I have to purchase another copy of Windows XP or is there some way to get this version activated? Thanks for any advice Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19034
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    - Missing DVD Drives Hi all, I've been using my dvd reader for months and my new DVD burner for two weeks without a hitch.... Today both drives are gone???? What's up??? Can you help Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19031
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    - EULA Does Windows XP Pro 64 Bit edition provide you with downgrade rights to 32 Bit edition or even older versions of Windows (ie Win 2000 Pro or NT) Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19025
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    - creating a DISK IMAGE of a xp64 install. ghost read old thread about 5 times, no real answer lol. Has anyone here been able to successfully and with little hastle create an image of their 64bit win xp install? I am currently using the trial version of the software. Standard install on ata HD. if so, what programs work, and what do i need to do to create a bootable image of my xp64 install. thanks, Dave Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19020
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    - A problem with BToes and the x64 driver I have bought the BToes ver. 365 and I have a winxp x64 system. When I connect the BToes to my computer, winxp x64 automatic chooses the drivers (Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single chip Transceiver and Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator). I can say that file transfer between my computer and my cellphone works with this. I have downloaded the btdongle_XP64bit.zip. When I try to update the Blutonium BCM2035 Bluetooth 2.4 GHz Single chip Transceiver I get the message that The specified location does not contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the location contains a driver, make sure itÂ´s designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems. And when I try to update the Microsoft Bluetooth Enumerator I get the message that Installing this device driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware. If I choose to intall the driver I get a yellow exclamation mark beside the MSI USB Bluetooth Device in computer management and with the error This device cannot start. (Code 10). Am I doing something wrong? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19016
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    - HP PSC 1210 drivers for x64 Does anyone know anything about drivers for HP PSC 1210 All-In-One? Any suggestions if so please post them thanks. The HP website says that they plan to release some later this year but nothing yet. The alert feature on HP's site doesn't work either. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19014
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    - 32-bit Coinstaller under X64 I am installing a 64-bit driver, but the 32-bit coinstaller does not seem to be running properly. Can I stil luse a 32-bit coinstaller dll or does it have to be a 64-bit dll? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19012
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    - WIA on X64 Hi, On X32 I have a complete working WIA set of user mode .dll/.exe and kernel mode driver for a video capture board. On X64, I have a working X64 Kernel mode driver, and I have the same 32-bit user mode WIA components (.dll/.exe). I install using an X64 INF file under X64 and the kernel mode driver captures video, but WIA is not working. For example, my device is not listed under Scanners and Cameras. I thought I did not need to rewrite the user mode stuff for WIA since there is a WIAWOW64.dll that takes care of all the 32/64 bit transitions. Does anyone know what I need to do to make WIA work under X64? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19011
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    - Registry help Howdy folks I need to clean my registry file and would like to know what works with X64? Tell me what you use and with what results. Thank you. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 19008
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    - Optical Drivers for XP Pro x64 I evidently replaced my optical drivers when I loaded some software. All the software help desks seem to say "We don't know if it works with 64 bit, Try it." I have been searching for the drivers for my Sony CRX230EE & DW-D26A. Sony advised get them from the Microsoft site. They are probably on my XP Pro X64 CD but the CD drive is not recognized. Any ideas? Thanks Larry Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18999
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    - Dialogue during MUI installation In a dialogue while installing MUI, I added "Japanese" for "Install languages for menus and dialogs" and left a default entry of "English" for "Default user settings". The last question in the dialogue was wheather to put a check mark or not on "Match the language for non-Unicode programs with the default user language". I did not understand what the question means so I did not put a check mark. Could anyone shed light on the above? What would be consequence for my not putting a check mark there? Kaz Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18998
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    - x64 - WriteFile() - Insufficient system resources exist to complete I am not sure if this is the right place for this question or not. If not, kindly direct me to the proper group. I am having a problem with WriteFile() returning an error. I have whittled this problem down to a short test program in C which fails under WinXP x64, but works fine on WinXP x86. I see the problem whether I compile for a win32 or a win64 target. The quick summary is that if I use a size of 33525760 I can use WriteFile() (after a CreateFile() with the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING flag) just fine. If, however I use a file size of 33526272 or larger, then I get: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service. I am running on a Dell Precision Workstation 670 w/ dual Xeon processors, 2GB RAM and using WinXP x64 SP1. I have tried increasing the pagefile.sys size since someone suggested that, but it did not help. Here's the sample code: --- CUT HERE - start of cf-test.cpp --- #include <stdio.h> #include <io.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <Windows.h> // Forward Declaration void PrintError (void); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { HANDLE hHandle = NULL; char caFilename[512]; bool bRet = false; unsigned char *ucpData = NULL; // This size will work // long lChunkSizeBytes = 33525760; // This size will NOT work long lChunkSizeBytes = 33526272; unsigned long ulNumBytesWritten = 0; printf("argc = %d\n", argc); if (argc > 1) sscanf(argv[1], "%ld", &lChunkSizeBytes); strcpy(caFilename, "test.dat"); // Allocate Memory printf("Allocating memory (%ld bytes)...\n", lChunkSizeBytes); ucpData = (unsigned char *) VirtualAlloc(NULL, lChunkSizeBytes, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE); printf("done.\n"); // Open File printf("Opening file '%s'...\n", caFilename); hHandle = CreateFile(caFilename, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING, NULL); if (hHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) { fprintf(stderr, "Error Opening File\n"); PrintError(); //MemoryFree(&hMem, &ucpData); exit(-1); } printf("done, handle = 0x%x.\n", hHandle); // Write File printf("Writing file...\n"); if (!WriteFile(hHandle, ucpData, lChunkSizeBytes, &ulNumBytesWritten, NULL)) { fprintf(stderr, "Error Writing File\n"); PrintError(); //MemoryFree(&hMem, &ucpData); exit(-1); } printf("done.\n"); // Close File printf("Closing file...\n"); if (!CloseHandle(hHandle)) { fprintf(stderr, "Error Closing File\n"); PrintError(); //MemoryFree(&hMem, &ucpData); exit(-1); } printf("done.\n"); // Free Memory printf("Releasing Memory...\n"); if (!VirtualFree(ucpData, 0, MEM_RELEASE)) { fprintf(stderr, "Error Freeing Memory\n"); PrintError(); //MemoryFree(&hMem, &ucpData); exit(-1); } printf("done.\n"); } void PrintError (void) { LPVOID lpMsgBuf; FormatMessage( FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, NULL, GetLastError(), MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL ); // Display the error number & string fprintf(stderr, " GetLastError(0x%x) = %s\n", GetLastError(), (LPCTSTR) lpMsgBuf); // Free the buffer. LocalFree(lpMsgBuf); return; } --- CUT HERE - end of cf-test.cpp --- Compilation for x64 is done with the Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 SP1 and selecting the Build Environment for XP x64 Retail. Then "cl cf-test.cpp bufferoverflowU.lib". Thanks very much for any assistance. -Michael Russell russell@mathtech.com Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18989
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    - cisvc.exe what is this file & what does it do,I noticed it running when system is idle. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18983
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    - 64 bit Atheros wifi reference drivers http://america.giga-byte.com/Communication...lan42052bin.zip seems to have the Atheros reference drivers. Should work with D-Link, Netgear wireless cards under XP x64. Use at your own risk, if something explodes, it is your problem not mine <G>. -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP Expert Zone Columnist http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18971
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    - Is x64 stable enough? Hi, Is XP Pro 64-bit stable enough to be the only operating system on my next machine ? Should I keep a XP Pro 32-bit in dual boot just in case some programs don't work. I'm a programmer and I'm mainly using developper tools (VC++) on my machine... Maybe NHL 2006 also ;) My new processor will be an Athlon 64 X2 Thank you Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18969
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    - dvd formating & writing in win 64 what software, what dvd burner is available for win xp 64 for formating & writing dvd's Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18968
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    - Novell Netware How can I access files which are in a Novell Server? I cannot install CSNW in 64bit XP, or even download the Novell Client for Windows, it doesn't work. In the General Tab of Local Area Connection, when I click the Install button, no matter add the "Client" or "Service", it prompts that : "Windows are unable to find any drivers for this device" And ask me to locate the "inf" file. I dunno what to do! But for XP, there is no such problem. CSNW can easily be installed. Apart from CSNW, is there any other new way to connect to Novell Server? Dear Experts, pls help. I have 5 new computers having the same situation in the company. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18965
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    - restore points using system restore Is there a way to delete only certain restore points,instead of all of them? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18957
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    - BFG 7800 GTX graphics problems. Please help!!!! I've got a BFG 7800 GTX I'm tyring to get working but none of the drivers I have installed seem to work properly; I've tried nVidia's and BFG's websites and several different versions of the supposed x64 compatible driver but no luck. All games have black glitches flashing up on the screen here and there; sparks and flashes, especially AOEIII, and Black & White 2 crashed during the intro movie. Anyone else out there got this card and got it working properly? Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18946
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    - OpenAL and x64 I've just installed quake 4 which runs fine except for the sound, it does work but sounds distorted and crappy. The game reports that my sound card doesnt support openAL and I cant enable EAX. Ive got realtek onboard sound (abit av8 3rd eye) and under xp32 all was good with it. The realtek site has drivers for x64 which I do have installed (WDM_A378.exe), so is there anything I can do to get it working? Thanks Steve Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18943
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    - Software Speed Inconsistancies with Windows Professional XP x64 I have been having lots of weird software problems with my 32-bit programs. Most noteably are the games where the software will run normally for 5-10 seconds and then speed up as if the game is running twice as fast as it normally should, it will do this for 5-10 seconds and then go back to normal and repeat. The videogames I have noticed this on so far are -Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas -Star Wars: Jedi Knight II -Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I also notice the same problem in flash apps that run in my Firefox browser. The animation will speed up and slow down. Obviously I haven't had extensive testing with where this orginating from or why it is doing this but believe me I have made sure that there aren't any other programs running while I use these programs (unless there is something running that I am not seeing). The funny thing is sometimes the software will run just fine and then I will hit a loading transition in a game it will go out of whack; restarting my computer fixes the problem usually. The system I am running this on was purchased in June of this year with 1 gig of RAM, an AMD 64bit Dual Core Processor +4600, and a new ATI graphics card. Could this have something to do with AMD's dual processor set-up in their chip? Any info on this weird problem would be much appreciated, thanks. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18941
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    - x64 detection I had been using the existence of the registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node to determine if a remote system is an x64 os. It seems a couple of applications now create that key if it does not exist on non-x64 systems (at least Emulex and Broadcom software has done so). I am looking for a more accurate way (non-WMI) to do this. I have noticed a registry key existed on a x64 system: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\RESOURCEMAP\Hardware Abstraction Layer\ACPI x64 platform On a non-x64 system I have: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\RESOURCEMAP\Hardware Abstraction Layer\ACPI 1.0 - APIC platform MP These are only two cases and I don't know how many others exist. Would it be safe to assume that if the wow6432Node exists AND the key under Hardware Abstraction Layer has "x64" in its name that I could be confident in assuming the machine is an x64 system? If not, is there a (non-WMI) way that I should use to identify a remote machine as x64. I do not know of a WMI way either but the requirement I have is that WMI not be required to be running on the remote machine. Thanks Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18931
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    - Internet security Im having a problem with my internet security settings .When i select the default setting then go to a website that requires a log in e.g email,this newsgroup a box appears saying ,when you send info to the internet.it might be possible for others to see infomation.do you want to continue.when i say yes it changes my internet security settings to custom this has only just started about 2 months ago Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18916
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    - Invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.dll Dear all, I'm using Windows 98. I have the following error message : MSACCESS caused an invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.DLL at 0187:7fbd0894. Registers: EAX=0063350b CS=0187 EIP=7fbd0894 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=0062f3d0 SS=018f ESP=0062f1f0 EBP=0062f3e0 ECX=7713ee58 DS=018f ESI=00000484 FS=4e8f EDX=bff76855 ES=018f EDI=7713ef6e GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: ff 30 ff 75 d4 8d 85 1c fe ff ff 50 e8 cb 0b 00 Stack dump: 0062f714 00000000 00000000 0062f338 bff7a3a0 00000000 00000000 000ebf94 00000000 0040000c 00400000 00000001 00000000 00000000 8c7e07e0 00000000 Another error message : MSMSGS caused an invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.DLL at 0187:7fbd0894. Registers: EAX=006a31a7 CS=0187 EIP=7fbd0894 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=0069f06c SS=018f ESP=0069ee8c EBP=0069f07c ECX=7713ee58 DS=018f ESI=00000484 FS=190f EDX=bff76855 ES=018f EDI=7713ef6e GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: ff 30 ff 75 d4 8d 85 1c fe ff ff 50 e8 cb 0b 00 Stack dump: 0069f494 00000000 00000000 0069efd4 03973137 00000000 00000000 00000008 00000000 039730fc 00000008 00000001 00000000 00000000 9f260000 00000000 The error happens if I open every MDB file using Access 97. The error also happens when I try to close MSN Messenger. Besides that, in IE, the new window doesn't give result if I right click the hyperlink.(open in a new window). Another error also happens if I click Find menu (CTRL+F) from Internet Explorer 6.0: Error: 35 Incompatible version of the RPC stub. I find this error has relation with Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express program. If Outlook program is not running, the invalid page fault error doesn't happen. I also have updated schannell.dll (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315209) but the error still occurs. Please help me on this RPCRT4.DLL error. Thanks. Regards, Vensia Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18915
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    - Invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.dll Dear all, I'm using Windows 98. I have the following error message : MSACCESS caused an invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.DLL at 0187:7fbd0894. Registers: EAX=0063350b CS=0187 EIP=7fbd0894 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=0062f3d0 SS=018f ESP=0062f1f0 EBP=0062f3e0 ECX=7713ee58 DS=018f ESI=00000484 FS=4e8f EDX=bff76855 ES=018f EDI=7713ef6e GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: ff 30 ff 75 d4 8d 85 1c fe ff ff 50 e8 cb 0b 00 Stack dump: 0062f714 00000000 00000000 0062f338 bff7a3a0 00000000 00000000 000ebf94 00000000 0040000c 00400000 00000001 00000000 00000000 8c7e07e0 00000000 Another error message : MSMSGS caused an invalid page fault in module RPCRT4.DLL at 0187:7fbd0894. Registers: EAX=006a31a7 CS=0187 EIP=7fbd0894 EFLGS=00010216 EBX=0069f06c SS=018f ESP=0069ee8c EBP=0069f07c ECX=7713ee58 DS=018f ESI=00000484 FS=190f EDX=bff76855 ES=018f EDI=7713ef6e GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: ff 30 ff 75 d4 8d 85 1c fe ff ff 50 e8 cb 0b 00 Stack dump: 0069f494 00000000 00000000 0069efd4 03973137 00000000 00000000 00000008 00000000 039730fc 00000008 00000001 00000000 00000000 9f260000 00000000 The error happens if I open every MDB file using Access 97. The error also happens when I try to close MSN Messenger. Besides that, in IE, the new window doesn't give result if I right click the hyperlink.(open in a new window). Another error also happens if I click Find menu (CTRL+F) from Internet Explorer 6.0: Error: 35 Incompatible version of the RPC stub. I find this error has relation with Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express program. If Outlook program is not running, the invalid page fault error doesn't happen. I also have updated schannell.dll (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315209) but the error still occurs. Please help me on this RPCRT4.DLL error. Thanks. Regards, Vensia Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18914
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    - Boot.ini command switches for x64 Could someone list the available switches for boot.ini? There doesn't appear to be any references to x64 specifically, all links relate to 32-bit Windows installations. For example, do such switches as /PAE /3GB etc still perform the same function as they would in their 32-bit counterparts? Thanks. Tag: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen Tag: 18902

I'm trying to install Windows XP 64bit in a dual boot setup on my computer.
XP 32bit is running fine, but I'm having a problem installing the 64bit
version on another partition.

I get through the text-based setup, but upon reboot I briefly get the
"Windows XP Professional 64bit Edition" logo, then a blank black screen. It
never gets past this black screen. I'm forced to push the reset button to
continue. I can boot into Safe Mode - but safe mode doesn't let me do much. I
can't install windows updates, I can't install the latest video drivers. Can
anyone help?

System:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400
2GB DDR400 Memory
Asus A8E-N Motherboard

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RE: Installation Issue - Blank Black Screen by Wil

Wil
Fri Nov 04 02:19:05 CST 2005

I've solved my own problem.

I logged into Safe Mode and uninstalled the default video adapter from the
device manager. After rebooting it seemed to reset itself and I can log in
normally.

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