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    - BSOD recovery One of my machines came up this morning with a BSOD. The message is: "The registry cannot load the hive(file): \SystemRoot\System32\config\Software or its log or alternate" It is corrupted, absent, or not writable." Then it does a dump of physical memory to the disk. Re-booting into safe mode gives the same result, as does returning to the last known good configuration. How can I recover from this? Repair installation? New HD, and copy off what data I can (provided the disk is readable)? Thanks, Mike Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228245
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    - 719 fragments in 2.10GB file After defragging my Windows XP PC the report shows 719 fragments in a 2.10GB file - it appears to my Outlook 2007 pst file. I've been having some crashing issues with IE7 lately (hence the defrag) - could all these fragments in Outlook be the issue? I don't recall ever seeing these fragments before. I checked an old defrag report that I had saved from 2/10/2007 and there was only the 2 fragments in the 113KB file. I am concerned about the size of the fragments (over 2GB) and not sure if there's anything I should/could do about them. Volume Compaq (C:) Volume size = 70.53 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 46.80 GB Free space = 23.73 GB Percent free space = 33 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 5 % File fragmentation = 10 % Free space fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation Total files = 159,005 Average file size = 388 KB Total fragmented files = 5 Total excess fragments = 803 Average fragments per file = 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 768 MB Total fragments = 2 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 11,200 Fragmented folders = 1 Excess folder fragments = 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 248 MB MFT record count = 170,879 Percent MFT in use = 67 % Total MFT fragments = 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented 2 113 KB \Program Files\TreasureSoft\pics\FrontORDER CODE 719 2.10 GB \Documents and Settings\Cyndi Wiseman\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228237
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    - Adding memory I want to increase my memory to 1 gig. Is this something a inexperienced person can do? I have 256 in slot 1 and 256 in slot 3, is it as simple as removing those and replacing it with a 1 gig stick? Or is there more to installing ram? I can take it in and have it done for a $40 labor charge. HP Pavilion a1424n desk top pentium 4 160 gig HD xp home Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228236
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    - java, flash script update & updates for security settings for I.E. Hello, I am changing my home page from netscape.aol.com. It was suggested I get the latest Flash and Java Script updates as well as the latest security updates for I.E. Explorer 7.0. Where do I find these three updates? Thanks john Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228235
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    - Deferred Process Calls About 2 days ago I noticed my laptop slowing to a crawl. AFter checking CPU on task manager I came to the boards and from another related thread downloaded Process Explorer. Whike there have been occasional brief breaks, PE tells me that DPC's are taking up about 65-70% of my CPU for hours on end. I am a pretty good user, but not technical enough to follwo what I read. Most of what I can find says that something like this is likley a driver issue. There is nothing in the device manager that shows anything amiss and I cannot find anything in Process Exploere to help me understand how to find what the device is that is hogging the resource. Something in the help files suggested enableing the context swtiches which runs a continually larger number- in the millions but provides no insight. How do I find out what is causing this, short of uninstalling and reinstalling every component on the system? IBM Tablet X61/ XP SP2 current with updates/ 2 Gig memory/ Core DUO L7500 1.g ghz. Norton 2008 and nothing else funky or odd on the system. Nay help very much appreciated. I had to close all my other apps just to post this! Thanks Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228233
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    - Free Agent Does anyone in this group know what is/was the last free version of Agent? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228231
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    - chkdisk problem Hi. I cannot run my chkdisk. on restart i am told that windows cannot ope volume for direct access. Any ideas? Thank -- wanting Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228227
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    - SP3 - Failure to install I have 3 PCs and a laptop all running XP (Home, Pro and Media). Last week I downloaded SP3, and installed it successfully on the 3 PCs - but installation on the laptop failed on each of three attempts. On the PCs I simply ran the downloaded file, "WindowsXP-kb936929 SP3-x86-enu.exe", and the install proceeded without a hitch. On the laptop the installation almost completed, then failed with the following popup "Service Pack 3 Setup...." "Access is Denied". SP3 then uninstalled and, following a reboot, the laptop seemed to be working as before. For subsequent attempts I closed all running programs and non-essential processes manually and using "End It All", but the result was the same. The laptop is an Asus F3J (Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 with 1GB memory & 120GB HDD) running XP Media Centre. I am the Administrator and only user. I am not using a password on start-up. Some help would be appreciated. -- Brisbane, Australia Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228223
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    - Win Xp : if i want to do right click on any file, taking to much t Hi all, iam using win xp prof 32 bit OS. i have an issue that it is taking much time to open right click properties for any file. (ex: .txt, .doc, .xls) last week it got OS installed, i can't do the OS reinstallation. please help some one on this issu. Regards Bachi Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228222
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    - ccCommon File Problem Recently, I turn on my computer and as Windows or any Windows app launched a pop-up appears that is trying to install ccCommon. After trying to install this file, another pop-up appears that states it can't find the file. Is there any way to correct this problem? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228213
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    - Chkdsk /f I am running XP home addition. For some reason I have file errors and am unable to run Chkdsk /f on my computer. I get the following message when I try to run it... " Chkdsk /f cann't run because the volume is in use by another process". I do see that when I run Chkdsk I get a report that there were errors found, that they were fixed but never find that the system is fixed. This is the basic information that I have. if you need more to help me fix this I would be greatfull. Also without this fixed I can not defrag my system. That is what got this all started. There are other errors, but I will deal with each one as I can. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228205
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    - Explorer issues On boot up, after logging on to a user account, it takes approximately an hour before (a) windows explorer will show more than My Documents (any attempt to browse to other directories is met with a search light and nothing more (b) I cannot use Internet Explorer to go to any sites (firefox works just fine) (c) this computer, which is the printer server, will not allow any printing, (d) I can't use any control panel applets, nor in MMC, expand any of the items in there. I upgraded to SP3 to see if that will fix the problem and now, on logon, it freezes at Configuring Outlook Express (I can complete logon by ending process Setup50.exe). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228197
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    - Disc Defragmenter Could not start Hi, I am running XP pro on a Dell system with 2 HDD of 160GB & 80GB respectively. While I can defragment the smaller drive I cannot defragment c drive getting the message as described in the header. I have read through some of the microsoft kb articles but I cannot locate such an error message anywehere. Can anyone please assist? thank you Maria Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228192
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    - XP Professional not showing all account types Dell Latitude laptop running XP Professional. I went in to create a PowerUser account for safer net surfing, and discovered that Windows on this machine only knows 2-account types: Limited and Administrator (just like the Home Edition). How do I get it to access ALL account types? I checked the Group Policies and they're all showing "Not configured." Did Dell modify this OEM Windows copy to only have 2 account types? Sure would appreciate some info and help. Thanks in advance! JohnE1 Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228191
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    - Windows Update ALWAYS thinks it has updates when it doesn't !! Windows Update going in circles. After installing ALL the recommended Windows Update, I go to shut down and it says there are updates to be installed... I click it and it attempts to install many of the same updates it already said were successfully installed. So where is it flagging this info and how do I clean it up? Yes, I have been in the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) and used the hack to disable Shut down and install updates, and while this hack successfully turns off the false notifications, it doesn't deal with the original issue... that is, that Windows Update ALWAYS thinks it has updates when it doesn't!! Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228181
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    - Computer v. slow after running error check and defrag in Win XP I have a Windows XP Home Edition Sony Vaio Desktop computer w/ PII HT, 1.49GB worth of ram, and HDD with only 22GB used out of 200GB. I try to maintain the HDD, so I run the error checking and defrag application every couple of month. I ran the application over the weekend. However, once all was done I noticed my computer was running v. v. slow. Now it takes a long time to start-up and a very long time to open any word or xls files. I do not know what could have possibly gone wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, JHB Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228176
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    - Clearing Webclient Temp Files With Disk Clean Up When I run Disk Clean Up, the item Webclient/Publisher Temporary Files always shows 32kb of files that can safely be deleted but they will not disappear when I tick the box. How can I clear it please? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228168
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    - Recycle Bin I have an icon for my recycle bin but I can't get anything to work. I have been deleting itmes but i can't run my recycle bin correctly. If I right click on it, my only options are to cut, delete or create short cut. Help ..... I'm not computer savy so be kind. ha ha ha Thanks in advance for any help. Cindy Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228167
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    - Reinstalled XP now monitor and audio card are not working My wife's computer was hopelessly virus-ridden so I copied all text files then reinstalled XP Home Edition using the CD that came with the Dell. No viruses now! BUT the monitor is grainy and I can't reset it even after going into display-settings-advanced-monitor. There is no option there except for "default monitor." I have the original CD with the monitor driver but can't get it recognized. The computer is also very quiet - no sound card seems to be working. Am I missing something? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228163
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    - web access problem xp 5.1.2600 iExplore v7.0.5730.11 BUT don't think its a version problem On web access of maps - eg Google maps internet explorer is so so slow. Initial page says waiting for n images for ages. eventually on opening page says areas of the map not available at this zoom level (when I know they are!). On search for specified address same problem. Same problem with all map web access Similarly with streaming video web pages - the streaming video doesn't work Non of these prtoblems use to occur! for other web access have 3 to 6 megabits speed TRIED: two virus/spyare cleaning apps - PC Guard & Fsecure uninstall Java ( because of similar problems when gooled "slow google maps load") What's more - while slow google maps load other tabs also hung What's more shut down Internet explorer and restart - still very slow - asif - waiting still for previous losd to complete! HELP!!!!! -- Jim Bunton Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228161
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    - Working while defragging I hate to admit it but I've owned my PC for 4 years and never defragmented my hard drive. I use my PC for music apps. Well I finally got myself into a mode of organizing things and began defragmenting the hard disk. Problem is nearly my whole hard drive had defragmented files and it has now been nearly 24 hours since I began the process. I'm anxious to get beck to work on my music. Can you defrag and run apps at the same time. By the way , the defragmenting is going beautifully Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228149
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    - Files & Settings Transfer I just bought a new computer and have it connected to my home network. I have shared the C: drive on both machines and allowed network users to change files and can access them from either machine. When I run the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard and select Home of Office Network as the transfer method I get a message "Windows cannot locate your new computer. Make sure you computer is turned on and you network is working properly." It is . . . so what am I missing? Would I be better off connecting a crossover cable directly between the two machines? Thanks, Rick Morrison rlmorrison@earthlink.net Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228143
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    - Mouse stopps In some site, after a while on the site, my mouse stops moving for no reason. The only way to make it working again is to reboot the computer. Can anyone help me? Im using Windows XP on a intel III professor and with 256MB of ram. No problems were found with the mouse. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228142
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    - .BKF file is nearly twice the size of backed-up data Hi all, I just performed an ASR backup of my computer using NTBackup.ese and I have a strange problem that I haven't encountered before. According to Windows Explorer, there is 77 GB of data on my C: drive. However, the .bkf file created by the backup is 151 GB - almost twice the size. Now my external drive is full and I can't do any more backups! I've extensively explored my hard drive, including looking at System and Hidden files, but I am unable to explain this discrepency. Does anyone know what happened? Thanks, - Steve Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228140
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    - Computer won't start up I'm not entirely sure if this is XP related, but I'm not sure what else it could be, but, when I start up my computer, it'll take about 5 minutes to start up, it will come on, and just before the windows XP screen appears, the screen goes black, I either have to continuously retsart until it starts up properly, or leave it for about 15 minutes, then start it up again. I originally thought this was a power problem, but I tried my mates power supply in my computer and the same thing happened, so any help would be appreciated. Cheers Dave Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228138
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    - Windows XP pro system backup error I am trying to do a backup (have been succesful in the past) using system backup to an external drive. All of a sudden I now get the error message "Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4. Aborting Backup." What is this and how can I fix it? Can anyone help please?? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228136
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    - saving msconfig Is there a way to save the current msconfig settings so I can compare them to the computer in the future in case I have problems. Maybe theres a program that I can run that will compare and old version to the new version and tell me the differences. Thanks, Chris Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228130
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    - Startup is suddenly slow from the time i would press the power switch on my laptop until i got the login screen would take roughly 25 seconds. today i imported a couple of cds to iTunes for windows with the music files stored on an external drive and now it takes over a minute to get the login screen. anyone have any ideas? thanks Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228129
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    - System Recovery died Tried to run system recovery on a PC with Windows XP that I replaced and want to donate to a school. Went to quick format to erase all data files and installed applications. Recovery started but stopped (several times) at between 16% and 18% completed, always on a Windows\I386\ file, but never the same one. The screen flickers and the process stalls. Starting over (F-10) doesn't help, same result. Rebooting normally gets a DOS message "NTLDR is missing" CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart, which goes back to the same message. Can't reboot, can't run recovery. This PC will be usless unless this problem can be resolved. Any ideas???? Thanks, Dave G. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228127
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    - backing up Using XP, what is the proper way to backup the system (on a portable hard drive or cd-rom) or at least "My Documents"? Jeff Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228112
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    - System clock switches from AM to PM or PM to AM by itself This started after my last vacation. I left my computer off for about 12 days. When I returned and started it up I noticed the time was 12 hours slow. I changed the time to the correct one using the atomic clock on my wall, verified by my cell phone and by nist.gov website. I've had to change the time about 10 times a day because it keeps changing itself to the incorrect time, 12 hours in the past. The minutes seem to stay correct, keeping in sync with my atomic clock but the PM/AM or AM/PM is always the opposite. I've changed the time in BIOS. I've changed the time in command prompt. Both times using military time. I can't find how to change my windows lock to 24 hour mode to maybe fix this but that's not what I need. I've run 2 anti-spyware programs and neither found any issue I wasn't already aware of (such as some programs starting when windows does, which I need them to). I didn't install or remove any programs before or after shutting the computer down for that 12 day period. I've changed the CMOS battery. The one I took out has perfect voltage as does the new one. I've unchecked 'auto adjust for dst'; sync with windows and/or time.nist but it won't sync. When it did sync a day after this issue started, it synced 12 hours slow. My PC is custom using AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual 4600+ at 2.4GHz with 2GB RAM. I'm running WinXP SP2 Home. ** I am now looking at my system properties and it shows my processor is at 1.00GHz. This may be my issue. It's a fairly new processor and I haven't seen it show that before, it usually said 2.4 GHz ** Does anyone have a clue why my clock is so off or if the 1.00GHz issue on system properties for my processor could be the issue? This has been bugging me for 2 weeks. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228110
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    - VIRTUAL MEMORY HOW DO I INCREASE MINE Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228109
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    - Cleanmgr is disabled.... why? Hi, For some reason, no matter which way I run it (even the EXE itself from its directory), CleanMgr just dies... no error message, nothing... it basically doesn't execute. Is there a way to repair it, or can i get a new copy from Microsoft? Thanks! Mark H. -- Science-based nutrition! See TIOEnterprises.net Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228107
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    - Runtime Error At start up I've been getting this error message; Program..ogram Files\Common Files\Sonic\Update Manager\sgtray.exe Not to savy on the putor so can anyone help. Thanks in advance. Cindy Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228106
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    - Problem reinstalling Wordpad and calculator - keeps uninstalling OE & I accidentally uninstalled Wordpad. When trying to reinstall it via Add/Remove files > Add/Remove Windows Components, I uncheck everything but accesories and then work my way down to Wordpad and Calculator. Check it go back to the root, hit go but find that it uninstalls Outlook Express and Windows Media Player. Reinstall those and Wordpad goes away. I seem to be caught in this endless loop. All input will be appreciated. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228092
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    - debug slow startup? I got a new XP load for my laptop from our support group and it now takes a long time from the time I enter my password to log into Windows to where the computer is usable. Seems like there is a process in the startup now that may be hanging waiting for something, then timing out, and allowing the startup to go on. Is there a good way to debug this? Would anything be written to a log file somewhere? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228091
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    - Recreating Default User Profile I was troubleshooting a profile problem on a Windows XP PC and found that the user profile was corrupt. I backed up the necessary desktop files, favourites and quicklaunch icons. Removed the user profile in System Properties and logged back on as the user but it loaded up with someone else's desktop wallpaper and old icons and many other things were just wrong. I logged on as myself and the same happened. I checked Default User profile and saw that all this incorrectness was because it was all in the Default User profile. I really want to just recreate the Default User profile. Is there a proper MS way of doing this. I've searched TechNet and can't really find anything that relates to creating Default User profile from scratch. Any advice would be appreciated and thanks for your time. Thanks, Jay Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228090
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    - Back Up From other posts I can see that the back up will not work with a cd. Is backing it up to another drive (d) the only way to back up my files besides buying an external hard drive. How do I back up to the d drive. And if I have a system crash, wouldn't that drive also crash? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228089
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    - disk drive problem My laptop hard drive had problems with corrupt sectors. Chkdsk found several bad spots on the disk and when it tried to reboot, XP would only come part way up and hang. Same result in safe mode. I got a replacement disk and XP load. Now I'm trying to recover some files from the old drive by putting it in the ultrabay of my Thinkpad. The disk shows up in the Device Manager but nowhere else. I can't see it in the Disk Management utility, under My Computer, from a CMD window using DISKPART, etc. I just want to reformat the drive and move on. Any help on making this drive visible again? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228086
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    - changing system startup I am looking to change the startup protocal on my XP Pro. What i am looking to do is to make the internet connection the first thing that loads when you log into windows. right now it is the last thing that loads. I want it to load before audio, before my printer, before AOL. I am not sure what file I need to edit Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228083
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    - D-link router 624 Is there a way for me to find out my ID and Password on my D-link 624 router? The ID and PW which I wrote down some time ago does not seem to work when I use Network Magic. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228080
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    - my laptop wont repair hello All, Im having trouble agian with my laptop.when i turn it on its stating that i need to launch start up repair,or start windows normally, windows failed to start,due to a recent software or hardware problem.After trying both ways it comes up with the same message on a blue screen, the installed program cannot start,click ok to turn off the computer.And then i can not get anywhere.I have a systerm recovery disk which display boot menu so i press enter it goes back to lauch repair. I have had the laptop wiped and started agian before but its happen agian can anyone help me to learn how to do this instead of going to a shop for this help? thank you Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228078
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    - My Pictures Folders Deleted I accidently deleted several folders of photos from My Pictures. I think that the problem arose as I was attempting to move some photos from one folder to another. I apparently held down the SHIFT key causing the deletions. Any hope on recovering them? I have already preformed a RESTORE operation with no luck. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228076
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    - Ordinal 56 Error Okay, I have read other posts regarding the ordinal 56 not being able to find something in the iertutil.dll. Now, I understand that it is tied to IE7, and that I need to replace the file. I downloaded a copy of iertutil.dll off the net and copied it to my System32 folder. Now I end up with this ordinal 56 error anytime I try to install a new copy of IE7 or any older IE. I also get the same error when I run installs for a number of other programs, or try to run numerous programs that I already have on my PC. What can I do to fix this? Is there a way to recreate the original iertutil.dll file as it should be? I cannot access system restore or last known good. I have tried svc /filerepair (no, this is not really what it was called, but it was something I read that said it restores the faulty system files from the XP Home SP2 disc), and that was to no avail. What am I to do? I am running Mozilla in the mean time. Please, anyone with a tip, let me know. I've tried everything I could find so far. Thanks. -- MojoBender Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228074
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    - Where's the BEEP sound? Just lost beep sound when I save a file to "Favorites". No audio with TV video clips but music plays on Winamp. Sounds test with msg "Your sound card does not support hardware buffering." No device problem. WIN XP Home Ed, SP2. 2 Sound cards: 1) Modem #0 Line Playback (emulated), default device, no driver; and 2) SoundMax Digital Audio, PCI\VEN-8086DEV-Subsystem_2019107BREV-0; WDN, no default; Driver smwdm.sys, Analog Devices. Where's The BEEP? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228073
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    - How to speed up my PC ? I find my PC to be rather slow. What can I do to speed it up ? -- Thanks for helping. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228066
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    - Message after boot-up Hi too all: Recently after boot-up a message appears on the home page as follows: WINDOWS-NO DISK X EXCEPTION PROCESSING MESSAGE c0000013 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c The 3 options to remove it escape me but 2 of them are try again & close. The first one has left my memory for the time being. It does not appears after each boot-up rather every 6th is my best guess. Any help to rectify this would be most appreciated. Respectfully, Vince Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228063
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    - Cannot Boot XP Home I found out the hard way that XP home does not allow Dynamic Disks, although it surely let me go ahead and trash my disk. Is there any way to get the information of the drive. I had room on the disk to install XP Pro, but I still cannot get to the drive. Disk Manager shows Disk 0 as "untreadable". I tried recovery console and got no where. Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228061
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    - Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (KB110806). Downloads but will not install. Tried several times. Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228055
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    - file names are changing case arbitrarily I am using Windows XP SP2. I have noticed that a file saved with lower case letters will be changed to upper case at some point. I first noticed this when using bluebeam PDF software to make PDF's of CAD drawings. They have a batch lits utility that allows you to save a list of the files and reuse this list when you want to print another set of PDF's of the same CAD drawings. The utility, I have found is case sensative and will skip any file that the text case has changed. Does anyone know if this is a windows or software program issue? Tag: "Best Performance" Tag: 228053

system -> advancd -> prestations -> settings -> best performance.

How Do I set these values by not useing the gui? ( reg file ? dll file . ?? )
( Like over large network / lots of accounts )

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