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    - Task Manager Is there a way to "turn off" some or all of the items in "Processes". Not just End Process, but turn them off for good. Also, my taskbar is getting full of items I do not need to have "on" when I start my computer. Some of the items do not have property menu to trun them off or remove remove them. Thanks Tag: logs Tag: 227149
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    - disk cleanup disk cleanup shows debug dump files 260,688 K for the first time ever. What is this and is it safe to delete these files? -- viv Tag: logs Tag: 227144
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    - BCMWLTRY.EXE - Ordinal Not Found Error box pops up when booted and will not go away. It says "The Ordinal 968 could not be locatedi n the dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll. Is there a solution for this? So far it has not interferred with the performance of the pc. Tag: logs Tag: 227142
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    - cannot restore problem xp home sp2 and up to date. windows defender, spybot, spyware blaster, spysweeper for msn, avg anti-virus, pest patrol, zone alarm and i bet some others i am forgetting. ive been having problems with programs that are slow to start. my desktop has also been slow to boot occasionally but mainly it has been my image editing program that ive never had a problem with before, has been freezing up when starting and forcing me to manually shut down windows and reinstall the program over and over. i decided to try to do a system restore to see if that could solve this problem since ive only been having this problem for a few weeks. system restore would only allow me to go back to dec 07. i dont know why but i set it for that date and proceeded. windows rebooted and my desktop appeared and restore said it did not/could not restore to that date. i tried another date and the same thing happened. ive scanned my computer for malware with every program i have but i have found nothing. any suggestions? thanx in advance. Tag: logs Tag: 227141
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    - BSOD I'm recieving an error message that seems without solution. I have a Toshiba Tecra A4 notebook, my OS is winxp professional SP2. I'm recieving stop error messages suddenly. The first stop error : code 1000007e, P1 c0000005,P2 806ed134, P3 f7ba9c28, P4 f7bd9924 The second error: code 1000008e,P1 c0000005, P2 a88e4739, P3 a8e5fb70, P4 00000000 Can anyone help since there is nothin written on the microsoft site concerning this error?? Tag: logs Tag: 227138
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    - bsod Hi, I have just recently started getting blue screen errors on my laptop. It seems to happen randomly. First time I recall it happening was while trying to defrag the HD. I know it also happened while Scandisk and WMPlayer were working. This is the error I get. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL ***STOP: 0X0000000A (0X96B266CC, 0X00000002, 0X00000000, 0X804DA6DB) Thanks for any helpful advice. DC Tag: logs Tag: 227131
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    - Page File with 20,000+ fragments Windows XP Sp2 with patches. I just ran disk defragmenter. Afterwards, I analyzed again. It reports that my PageFile has more than 20,000 pieces. I'd really like PageFile to be in one contiguous section. How can I do that? Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag: logs Tag: 227129
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    - Putting computer on Standby I am repeatedly getting the following message when I attempt to put the computer screen on standby. "Power Management Windows cannot go on Standby because Internet Explorer has experienced an error that requires your attention. You must complete all dialog boxes related to the error before you can put the computer on standby." I don't know what action to take or where and do not know what dialog boxes are being referred to. Please advise a solution to this problem. Many thanks. My computer is a 4100 Dimension Desktop with Windows XP - Home Edition - Service Pack 2 operating system, Pentium 111 processor at 930 MHZ, 20 GB Hard Drive and 256 MB of RAM. The system is FAT 32. The Internet Explorer version is #7 and my antivirus protection is Norton AntiVirus 2008. Stewart Fluney -- Stewart Fluney Tag: logs Tag: 227123
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    - Putting computer on Standby -- Stewart Fluney Tag: logs Tag: 227122
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    - System repair/restore a couple of weeks ago i had my computer repaired, which was great but i had my safty net "goback" (norton) removed, a couple of days later i had a problem after loading some music software of the internet. eg music started play from a radio station through my speaker.. Anyway i did a system restore & i am in real mess, looks like i have lost all my Itunes music, internet access/Email, although there if i reset up every time i use the PC. The main problem appear to be that although i have manage to restore back to the day/time i restored. i appear to have lost alot of data & unable to keep my setting i have set....any help weclome -- Regards Tony Tag: logs Tag: 227121
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    - Opening Local Drives Hello Please can you help with the following: When I try to open the local drives I get the "Open With" box which wants me to select which problem to openthe local drive with. This only occures with the local hard disks. The network, optical and removal drive works fine. Tag: logs Tag: 227114
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    - Slow and Jerky Video My computer has slow and jerky video when download youtube videos and other streaming videos. I am not seeming to have problems with surfing or other internet operations. I have an Inspiron 6000. Max. out on memory Tag: logs Tag: 227113
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    - Internet Explorer 7 Since I renewed my subscription to Norton AntiVirus, I've had difficulty loading up Microsoft's Internelt Explorer 7. I downloaded Norton AntiVirus 2008 on Feb. 27 and am wondering if it is possibly incompatible in some way or my system needs upgading to meet its requirements. I have a Dell Dimension 4100 Desktop computer with Windows XP - Home Edition, Service Pack 2 operating system, Pentium 111 processor at 930 MHZ, 20 GB Hard Drive and 256 MB of RAM. The file system is FAT 32. Could you advise me how to correct this situation? Many thanks for your response and advice. Stewart Fluney -- Stewart Fluney Tag: logs Tag: 227108
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    - http://sensico.wordpress.com/ http://sensico.wordpress.com/ Tag: logs Tag: 227106
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    - dvdr reading I have a computer which dual boots vista and xp. On vista I access any dvd-r I burn, but on xp I cannot access any. Either comes up with message cannot recognise file system or explorer show blank file list I have check upper and lower filters If I use a commercial DVD that is recognised Tag: logs Tag: 227090
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    - remote app launch from server share hi, i need a script that would ask for a computer name, then upon entering this, launch a app from a server on a remote users computer. I think you can do this by a batch file but i am not sure. How do i do this? psexec and other exe's i cannot use for security reasons. thanks Tag: logs Tag: 227088
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    - right-clicking desktop icon causes crash hi can someone please help. everything works except when i right click on a desktop icon (except my own made folders) my system crashs. it then comes up the usual message it has to shut down and the dr debug has to shut down. has anyone got any ideas please. ps cant detect any virus and mouse is ok. thanks -- judguy Tag: logs Tag: 227083
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    - Drive sharing/mapping Hi All, This is driving me nuts. I got a new machine, call it B. I want to get a bunch of files off of the old machine, call it A. A only has a C: drive. I set both machines up with the same user ID and password. Both are members of WORKGROUP. Both of these machines are at home and are connected to the same router. A used to be on a domain but I removed it. I shared the C: drive on A as net share cdrive=c:\. That succeeds. I can use the share from B as net use g: \\A\cdrive. That also succeeds. Now, on B, I can dir g:\ and see all of the foldeers on A - but strangely, no files. If I try a dir g:\afolder, I get access denied. I've been doing this sort of stuff for years and can't figure our what's wrong here. Thanks for any help, - Arnie Tag: logs Tag: 227077
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    - XP performance deteriorating I've been (or rather my main development workstation has been) suffering from a constantly degrading performance for about a year now. It's as if performace decreases with 5 to 10% each month. I primarily use Visual Studio 2005 on this machine. I have an additional "backup" VS2005 setup in a VMWare virtual PC on an external (USB) harddisk as well, where I keep copies of my sources in case something goes wrong with the "real" machine. Both setups are XP SP2, both current with updates, etc.. Now the funny thing is, you would expect that on the same hardware, the "real" instance of Visual Studio would run (at least) slightly better than the one in the virtual machine. Exactly the opposite is true here on my system: VStudio runs almost THREE TIMES faster in the virtual machine than it does directly on the host. Starting Visual Studio on the host takes 65 seconds (worst case, it's much faster when it has already been run and all files are still boing cached). Starting it in the virtual machine takes 20 to 25 seconds, under the same conditions (actually, the time of 25 seconds was measured immediately after a "cold boot" of the VM, and of course the VM's virtual harddisk wasn't being cached in RAM by the real OS because it hadn't been run yet). The host has a single core 3.2 GHz processor with hyperthreading and 2GB of RAM, and nothing else is running when VS is started there that isn't also running when VS is started in the VM. The virtual machine is configured with 512M of RAM, and runs on the same hardware for the rest (except it's physically on an external USB disk, versus internal SATA in the other case). Tag: logs Tag: 227061
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    - Problem after undoing restoration I did a system restore, but it didn't solve the prblem, so I undid the restoration. Now I can't use any restore points at all, even points created after the restore/undo operation. I've read a few threads that this can possibly be fixed by turning the service off and restarting it, but I really want to get back to an earlier date. Is there any other fix that will preserve existing restore points? Thanks. Tag: logs Tag: 227060
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    - XP bad Windows XP barely runs after installing SP2 and the 72 windows updates that went along with it. I have been attempting to install SP2 for the last 2 years with the same results. I always assumed it was because of a lack of RAM (I had 1GB) and lack of disk space (my C drive is at 50% capacity). When I run a system restore, my computer still lags a little bit, but is fully functional. After installing SP2 it is mostly unusable. I am running and/or have installed the following since the SP2 install with no apparent difference in performance: WinXP Home v.2002 Pentium 4 2.8GHz 2GB Ram (I just added 1GB)(when I go to system properties, it does not always show this information. It reads: Computer: [Blank space]. C drive shows at least 50% free space Zone Alarm Pro w/up to date definitions IE7 firewall enabled Updated BIOS Updated DivX controls HD Tune showed no major problems Ad Aware full scan in both normal and Safe Mode showed no problems As recommended by DataDoctors: SpywareGuard and SpywareBlaster System Mechanic showed no major issues that were left unresolved Running a Seagate 750GB USB ext. HD (I have run the above without it with no apparent change in performance). Processor Explorer does not show me anything obvious (although I probably wouldnâ??t know if it did) Task Manager: Peak Memory of top 6: 108552 99820 87106 77116 62200 55948 Virtual Memory of top 6: 77444 69344 37444 35852 35176 23028 Commit Charge: 665812 Limit:4037452 Peak: 1666456 The CPU usage seems to spike a lot, but even when it is barely in use, the computer hangs or freezes for no apparent reason. It seems there are a lot of add-ons in my IE7 so I disabled 3 of the 4 toolbars I had loaded. Performed diskcleanup in both normal and safe modes. Ran Defrag in both â?? â?? Here is a snapshot of the analysis prior to defrag: Volume (C:) Volume size = 112 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 55.14 GB Free space = 56.59 GB Percent free space = 50 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 13 % File fragmentation = 26 % Free space fragmentation = 1 % File fragmentation Total files = 152,829 Average file size = 512 KB Total fragmented files = 20,625 Total excess fragments = 209,737 Average fragments per file = 2.37 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 2.00 GB Total fragments = 15 Folder fragmentation Total folders = 15,345 Fragmented folders = 116 Excess folder fragments = 1,951 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 169 MB MFT record count = 169,921 Percent MFT in use = 98 % Total MFT fragments = 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fragments File Size Most fragmented files 12,934 1.52 GB \Documents and Settings\Geoffrey Moler\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Desktop Search\rpm.cf1 1,540 96 MB \Documents and Settings\Geoffrey Moler\My Documents\My Pictures\SCANS\2005-03-07\Color.BMP 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1656\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1655\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1657\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1651\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1660\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1654\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1653\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1652\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1659\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 486 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1658\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 485 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1649\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 485 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1650\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1644\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1641\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1634\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1633\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1638\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1643\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1642\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1636\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1640\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1623\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1624\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1631\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1637\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1639\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1617\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE 480 30 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{11B4CBB0-31B0-483C-A4FE-D6E9E8C1A928}\RP1601\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE I see that most solutions tend to point to malware, but in my case that just does not seem to make sense since I can restore to pre-SP2 and everything is relatively OK. Computer works fine in Safe Mode. I am a little unclear about when I should change my system restore settings and how I can delete old ones without wiping all of them out. Thank you for any help! Tag: logs Tag: 227046
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    - Looking for Windows backup prog with a catch I am looking for a backup program for Windows XP that can back up mapped network drives to a physically attached tape library. There are some catches: - it must be able to perform incremental backups - the built-in backup program can, but it doesn't seem to consider date/time stamp, thus incremental backups really become fulls - no special service, agent, or other software to be installed on the hosts to be mounted and backed up - the backup program must be self- contained, as is the built-in Win XP backup program. Thanks for any leads. Tag: logs Tag: 227045
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    - Win XP requests Activation with no hardware change....Help Win XP Pro SP2. Retail package. A week ago I had a motherboard fail and eventually got it all working again with all new bits. It asked naturally for activation and I did this in a few seconds over the internet. The last week has been spent getting everthing sorted and a few hours ago I disconected my Lan card in the Bios to check something. On re boot, XP requested activation although the computer case was not opened. Now what do I do.......I don't want to activate online and use up my numbers in case they are needed in the future. David ******************************* Tag: logs Tag: 227042
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    - missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE As the subject says, this was the error message I was being shown when my computer failed to load. I went and brought a new hard drive to help solve the problem. I installed XP on the new hard drive and updated it and so on, I then connected the old hard drive as a slave to see if I could retrieve my files. The problem I'm having is that I cant open my old user folder, its says access denied. I think its because I had a password and made my folders private. Is there any way around this? I really need to retrieve all my old files and documents. I had a look on here and searched for "hive file missing" and made it to this page: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B307545 I followed what it said so that I could use Guided Help on another computer (my old hard drive). To try and get it up and running again so I could gain access to my files. I saved everything to a flash drive so that I could use it in the recovery console. Basically, I've made it as far as running the "batch regcopy1.txt" file and then restarted the computer. It said to log on as the administrator and run the Guided Help.exe file. The problem is I cant log on as the admin, its created a new user called Owner and I cant run anything. Can anyone help me out with this? Is it possible to remove the Owner account so that I can log in with my original one? Or is it possible to gain access to my old user folder whilst using the hard drive as a slave? Thank you! Tag: logs Tag: 226982
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    - How to make registry edits for environmen vars w/out requiring log Is there a way, a command line method, to force edits to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment to be recognized? I have a created a .reg file after installing and configuring a WinXP app to a NAS filer that essentially setups up two environment variables. My intention is to enable end users to configure their PCs to make use of that application, with minimal intervention and to do so by allowing them to setup their environment variables via the .reg file, after a minor copy of shortcuts to the start menu programs area. The additional entries within the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment are not immediately recognized and seem to require the end user to either logout or open system properties > advanced tab > Environment Variables Button> <OK> for the environment to be setup and those variables recognized. Tag: logs Tag: 226972
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    - System froze up - Windows XP need help, please!! Hello! My computer was working fine until yesterday morning. When I turned on my computer, it froze (locked) up. I was able at one point during the day to get the computer to let me open up in safe mode. I performed Check Disk and it told me that the volume in C was dirty. It proceeded on to check the rest of the disk. However, when it completes and goes to the log in page and I clik on my icon, the system freezes up. Now I cannot even open up in safe mode as it freezes (locks) up in safe mode as well. Today,I called Dell as my computer is still under warranty, and was told she could help me to do a system retore and I would lose all of my files, etc. She advised that first I contact a local repair person to get them to help me to back up my files and then call her back to complete the system restore. I couln't get any other info or help and ended the phone call more confused and stressed. I have many files that I have not backed up on any other source and I know I should have done so all along. Is this a virus or what? How can I fix this without losing all my files? I need my computer desparately and need your help even more. I saw a post from Gerry in January and am wondering if this is how to fix my computer. If so, how do I get the computer to stay open long enough to get started. Do I need to open the computer and see if it needs to be cleaned out? Is it ppossible that is any part of the problem? I am not computer illiterate totally but I am when it comes to the technical part of a computer. I follow directions well and am eager for some help to get my computer fixed soon! MsGiraffe Louisville, KY Tag: logs Tag: 226969
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    - Repairing XP Media Center Edition with an XP home SP2 disc? Safe? I have a notebook that came pre-loaded with MCE and that is now starting to cause me problems (blue screen, various errors, etc.) I had these problems a few months back and was able to simply do a system restore to solve the problem, this time however, I cannot restore (all of my system restore points prior to the middle of last month have disappeared). My dvd-r drive will not recognize cd or dvd-r media properly (I have avi's saved that it won't pick up at all), my user accounts except for the administrator account have disappeared and when I try to remove them they aren't listed. When I try to re-create them, MCE tells me they already exist. Unfortunately I don't have the installation disc for this system. I do have a XP home disc that came with my desktop pc. Can I use this disc to perform a repair for MCE without any problems for my system? Also, I was thinking of partitioning my drive and just installing XP Home because I cannot use MCE with my pro-audio applications. If I do this how do I select which OS to use and is this safe as well? Tag: logs Tag: 226967
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    - System Restore and itunes problems I have had trouble downloading new version of itunes. I keep getting a message that I am unable to remove old version of quicktime. I have completely removed itunes to see if that works, and now I can't get itunes at all. I have tried to do a system restore but my system restore now doesn't work either. Can anyone help? Tag: logs Tag: 226965
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    - Windows XP MCE 2005 System Locked Up-Help Please! Hello! My computer was working fine until yesterday morning. When I turned on my computer, it froze (locked) up. I was able at one point during the day to get the computer to let me open up in safe mode. I performed Check Disk and it told me that the volume in C was dirty. It proceeded on to check the rest of the disk. However, when it completes and goes to the log in page and I clik on my icon, the system freezes up. Now I cannot even open up in safe mode as it freezes (locks) up in safe mode as well. Today,I called Dell as my computer is still under warranty, and was told she could help me to do a system retore and I would lose all of my files, etc. She advised that first I contact a local repair person to get them to help me to back up my files and then call her back to complete the system restore. I couln't get any other info or help and ended the phone call more confused and stressed. I have many files that I have not backed up on any other source and I know I should have done so all along. Is this a virus or what? How can I fix this without losing all my files? I need my computer desparately and need your help even more. I saw a post from Gerry in January and am wondering if this is how to fix my computer. If so, how do I get the computer to stay open long enough to get started. Do I need to open the computer and see if it needs to be cleaned out? Is it ppossible that is any part of the problem? I am not computer illiterate totally but I am when it comes to the technical part of a computer. I follow directions well and am eager for some help to get my computer fixed soon! MsGiraffe Louisville, KY Tag: logs Tag: 226953
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    - system restore will not open let alone restore Hi When I click on stsyem restore nothing happens. I've scanned, cleanned and even been on other microsoft pages but non of the 5 help steps have helpped. I'm using XP media centre and my windows automatic updates are all up to date. I did read here? to turn off system restor on all the drives and just delet past restors, but how would i do that? Thanks Tag: logs Tag: 226948
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    - XP Freezes after connecting to the internet Here's my problem, hoping someone can assist. I have a Dell 4600 w/ 1.5 gigs of ram, 120 Gig HD, running XP home SP2. I'm forced to connect to the internet via dialup. Lately, whenever I connect, my computer will stop responding to any request to start a new program, ie Firefox or Outlook. The computer doesn't even respond to a Ctrl Alt Del. If a program is already up and running it will continue to operate but nothing new can be opened or started. I've recently installed regcure and kasperky anti virus. I had avast on there before but wasn't happy with it. I've run the regcure and it seems like everytime I run it, things get picked up. I'm at my whit's end and am afraid the only solutioin will be a HD format. I have also run adaware and it will ocasioinally find something but I haven't run it recently. This problem has been going on since before I switched anti virus so I don't believe it to be any conflict with that. Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: logs Tag: 226946
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    - Can't defrag or run chkdsk or install updates My computer won't let me defrag because it says a scandsk is scheduled to run and to "run chkdsk /f." I can't scan disk. Also, MS security updates will download but won't install. I have Windows Live OneCare. Is there something I can do? Also, I tried to review other posts, but for some reason I can't access their answers. Tag: logs Tag: 226945
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    - Startup troubleshooting info MS Technet provides rather detailed info on the XP startup process in the Resource Kit material at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457123.aspx but it does not link that detailed info to the several screens that a user sees during bootup. I went all the way through the Windows Help Startup and Shutdown Troubleshooter without solving the problem, so then I just wanted good source info to at least give me solid clues as to where the boot process was failing. (Hence the Resource Kit material.) To be specific, startup gets to the Windows splash screen and then to a black screen where it stops responding and hangs. I have the additional clues that I can start in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking, and that in Safe Mode I can generate a boot log, but when trying to start in Normal Mode I cannot generate a boot log. I also cannot start in Diagnostic Mode (the most restricted mode provided by MSCONFIG). CHKDSK with surface scan is clean. Can anyone correlate these details to the startup phase where it's failing? A related question: When a computer will start in Safe Mode with Networking, but will not start with all devices disabled that offer the option and with Diagnostic Mode selected -- that should leave a limited number of issues to look at. If so, anyone know what they are? I've never used Debugging Mode (requires some sort of a special setup with another computer) -- would it provide fuller detail about a startup failure? John Hupp PRP Company Tag: logs Tag: 226943
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    - help with crashes Hi. Can anyone help please? My pc keeps crashing. I can't do a virus scan as it crashes halfway through. I've been told that I can do a virus scan some other way but don't know how to. My son reckons the PC overheats. Is this possibly the cause? Sometimes I can leave it switched on all day & it's OK just doing a bit of surfing,but as soon as we try to download music, disc clean up, watch videos, virus scan & larger jobs like these, it crashes. We seem to have plenty of space left. I hope someone can help me. Thanks. Tag: logs Tag: 226939
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    - Slow Computer I am trying to speed up my computer because as of right now, it takes atleast 1-2 minutes for programs to load, especially the internet. I have deleted unnecessary programs (some of which I can delete for who knows why), I have defragmented my computer, etc. First off, what do I need to do to make my computer the speed it should be? And lastly, how do I delete programs that won't let me delete them? Tag: logs Tag: 226932
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    - Slow startup on WinXP Home Hello, We have a couple of computers that run Windows XP home, with 1GB RAM. There is a part of the boot process which really is slow. The part that is slow is before the desktop icons appear on the screen, but just after the Windows GUI is being initialized (after the welcome screen). There is just a black background with the windows pointer cursor. What could be taking all of the time during this process? Could it be a networking issue? I suppose BootVis might offer some insight into this process. Thanks for any suggestions or ideas on this. Mike Tag: logs Tag: 226931
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    - Virtual Memory Recently I am repeatedly seeing this message on my desktop screen: "Windows - Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low. Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file." I am showing below relative information on my system: Total Physical Memory - 256.00 MB Available Physical Memory - 48.65 MB Total Virtual Memory - 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory - 1.96 GB Page File space - 474.62 MB The Operating System is Microsoft Windows XP - Home Edition Version - Service Pack 2. Is there a way to correct or alleviate this situation? Your advice and co-operation would be very much appreciated. -- Stewart Fluney Tag: logs Tag: 226923
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    - Icon Graphics I deleted some anti-virus programs from my system, and now my desktop and file folder icons are all messed up. They're still there, and working, but the graphics are all pixelated and the colors are wrong. Can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance! Tag: logs Tag: 226921
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    - Add or Remove Programs Please Wait I've read all the threads on this issue and nobody has yet found the answer to the problem that I and others have articulated: Run Add or Remove Programs. Window opens... and you wait... for nothing... The Autocad solution does not work. There is no empty space. It's just never populated. Everything else seems to be running fine. I don't want to have to use a 3rd party alternative if I don't have to. Ideas, Gurus? Tag: logs Tag: 226912
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    - Installing Service Pack 2 for Windows XP Professional I tried to install the Service Pack 2 from update; but I continually got the error code: 0x80200010. Please help. Tag: logs Tag: 226911
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    - Using dupfinder how do you determine which files can be eliminated - I have downloaded dupfinder, run the scan and have pages of supposedly duplicate files - what now? Tag: logs Tag: 226906
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    - Explorer.exe causing 100% cpu utilization, need to re-install expl Greetings, My environment is Windows XP SP2 with Word and Excel 2000. At random intervals my cpu goes to 100% utilization, with explorer.exe at 75% or more. This often happens when I open a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, but it also happens during other regular non-cpu-intensive work. I have tried every fix I have found online, but to no avail. I have confirmed that this isn't spyware. I conclude that explorer.exe is broken and presume the only solution is to re-install it. How is this done? I haven't found any reference to this online, which is amazing. Please note my Thinkpad T43 did not come with an XP CD, so I cannot re-install explorer.exe from that, nor format and re-install XP (I will live with the problem before doing this, so please don't suggest this). Thank you. Jeff Tag: logs Tag: 226904
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    - multi-disc CD changer I have a multi-disc changer attached to WinXP Pro via SCSI. WinXP seems to have a problem with the changer (as did Win 2k). From what I can tell, when for example, opening up Explorer (my computer), Windows tries to read each CD, but doesn't give enough time for the changer to swap in the disc, read it, and then swap in the next. Sometimes, this process can take 5 min or more while it tries to read one, then wants to read the next before finishing the first, so the changer swaps out the disc, only to have Windows then want to finish reading the first one, etc., so it swaps in that one, and so on. Any patches, fixes to eliminate the problem? The changer is one SCSI ID with separate LUNs for each disc (total of 5 discs). Thx. -- Bill Tag: logs Tag: 226903
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    - Missing file "scannow" OS is Windows XP SP2 I am trying to repair some missing files in my computer. I tried using sfc/scannow but I get an error message "windows cannot find 'sfc/scannow'. How can I replace the file "scannow". Victor Tag: logs Tag: 226901
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    - SYSTEM RESTORE LOST MY PICTURES ETC HELPPPPPPP!!!! I was removing some old games that I didn't need anymore (with add/remove program) and found that my pc, after having to reboot, didn't work correctly, many files were missing. So, after exhausting all options, I had to do a system restore. After I did that, I cannot find any pictures that I had on my pc nor any microsoft word documents that I have saved. So, I did another SR to a day earlier and still the same thing. I have searched for the files but they dont show up. The folders are there, but when I open up the folders, there is nothing in them. What do I do???? I have never had this problem before and I'm completely stumped! Thanks for your help Sue Tag: logs Tag: 226895
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    - user icons gone from welcome screen! Suddenly, this win xp home computer boots to the "welcome" screen, but there are no icons on which to click to logon. And there used to be two. All they can do is click on the "shut down" icon in the lower left corner of the screen. Safe mode does no better. Get no icons to click on. Tried the C-A-D technique to get the alternate logon menu, and when we try using the same display name as when it was working, (there are no passwords on either of the two accounts), we get a message about "local policy of this system does not permit you to log on interactively." Now, what does THAT mean? And no one can remember/find the Administrator password. Can't get to command prompt as it wants you to log on first. :-( Is there a way to boot with the Win install CD and then run system restore? Thanks. Bill Tag: logs Tag: 226885
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    - Slow down My XP Professional (installed on an IBM T43 notebook) slowed down suddenly. I did not install software recently. When I check on the task manager, it is the svchost running sometimes at 90+% and sometimes at 60-70%. It keeps on for more than an hour. I checked the services and the Indexing Service is disabled. Is there any reason for that? I have Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works installed helping me to check problems but none reported. Facing this situation, what can I do to restore the previous performance? Is it necessary to re-install the XP professional again. I am sorry as I cannot work smoothly with the CPU usage always at 100% for hours. I have to fix it reasonably quick or otherwise the only alternative is to re-install the XP professional again. Therefore, I would be appreciated if swift suggest will be forwarded to me asap. Thanks for your attentions. Yours sincerely, Colin Chiang Tag: logs Tag: 226878
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    - chkdsk /r I recently installed two new SATA 500GB drives. One is used exclusively for backups (using Acronis True Image). Almost (but not quite) from the outset, Acronis was giving me "Failed to read data from disk" errors when trying to backup Drive C:\ to Drive 2 and given numerical references. I used Recovery Console to run chkdsk /r and this has raised three questions: First, chkdsk /r progressed fairly quickly to about 50% "completed" then slowed significantly. It did, however, make gradual progress but when it reached 75% "completed" it reverted to 50%. Eventually, it did complete, reporting that it had found and repaired some bad sectors. Is it normal, for chkdsk to "revert" (possibly more than once - I did not watch it all the time)? Second, I notice that it also reported that I had 512 bytes in each allocation whereas my other drive has 4096. Is this a problem and, if so, how do I fix it? (This may be due to the fact that drive C:\ was cloned from an older drive). Third, despite finding and repairing some bad sectors, the next time Acronis ran, it ran into trouble reading drive C:\ at exactly the same bad sectors as before. I am not sure what this means. Any ideas? I am running XP Home SP2 with all updates. I run AVG anti-virus and Zone Alarm firewall. Tag: logs Tag: 226877
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    - USB Flash not Automatic Assigning Drive Letter WP sp 3 is detecting a USB Storage but Not Assigning a Drive Letter using Disk Management allows to Assign letter but not able to explore Explorer opens shows the data then refreshes back to other drives Looks like the removable storage does not have any libraries for the USB disk What can I do or how do I add libraries to removable storage? I've tried to uninstall the usb drives and restarted but still having same problem Tag: logs Tag: 226876
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    - CPU stuck at 100% Help! My media player (WINDOWS) began to skip. I decided a full clean of my system was needed. I accidently uninstalled my realtec sound card plus drivers, so i downloaded another, since then in task manager cpu usage is constantly at 100, making anthing extreely slow to respond, it stays at 100 even when nothing is running. i have started n safe mode and ran antivirus/spy with no sucess. At this point i am clueless.......... Any ideas? Wanting -- wanting Tag: logs Tag: 226872

There is no log files folder in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
What sort(s) of logs should there be? I'm hoping to generate & retrieve WMI
trace logs.
OS=XP Home+SP2, pre-installed on Acer Notebook with malfunctioning
esettings.exe

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Re: logs by Gerry

Gerry
Tue Mar 11 12:09:58 PDT 2008

John

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa826686(vs.85).aspx

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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John Marsh wrote:
> There is no log files folder in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
> What sort(s) of logs should there be? I'm hoping to generate &
> retrieve WMI trace logs.
> OS=XP Home+SP2, pre-installed on Acer Notebook with malfunctioning
> esettings.exe

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RE: logs by JohnMarsh

JohnMarsh
Thu Mar 13 14:49:01 PDT 2008

Thanks! Looks promising.

"John Marsh" wrote:

> There is no log files folder in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\
> What sort(s) of logs should there be? I'm hoping to generate & retrieve WMI
> trace logs.
> OS=XP Home+SP2, pre-installed on Acer Notebook with malfunctioning
> esettings.exe

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