User accounts helps
how do you log on with administrative rights. because i can't install
silverlight due to my inability to log on as an administrator with
administrative privileges. Can someone please tell me how to become an
administrator and have those rights. Thanks. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802974
Windows Movie Maker problem
When I attempt to trim the beginning of a clip I often experience this problem:
If I trim too much off in the beginning, the thumbnail of the video in the
timeline or storyboard turns green and when I preview the clip, the video is
gone (only audio left). This happens when I try to trim off more than a few
seconds in the beginning of a clip.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? If so, how can I fix this? There
is often too much at the beginning of a clip that needs to be trimmed to
leave it as is. I've also tried trimming the clip in a separate program, but
then Windows Movie Maker refuses to import it. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802972
xp media 2005 oem
hi all
does any one possibly have, Windows xp mce 2005 oem as i cant find this
genuine version anywhere.
cheers k Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802969
reformat
Can someone give me a hint as to a good web page with simple information on
how to reformat my hard drive? My computer is so slow and I have tried
everything else. Plus, it hasn't been reformatted for over a year. My
daughter-in-law did it last time but she live far away now. Thanks in
advance. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802967
Start Menu - Properties - Target Does not work???
If I right click on a shortcut iin the start menu, then click "properties"
then click "target", nothing happens. The button changes color, but it does
not find the target. Also, if I right click on an item in the start menu,
then click "open" or "explore", or the same with "all users", nothing
happens. Any help would bew appreciated.
Thanks!!! Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802965
Window Xp Shutting down Problem
My fiance's laptop is having a problem with shutting down, it wont shut down
if it have any update that needs to be restarting.
Anyone knows why it does that? Is a Virus stop it being shut down?
Any help would be apperiate.
Thanks Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802950
Chkdsk doesn't find bad sectors in unused space
I know that Chkdsk /r is supposed to locate and repair bad sectors, but I
have discovered that it only does so on the parts of the hard drive that
contain data. I have a few old crappy hard drives with known bad sectors
on them that I used for this test. Using an IDE to USB adapter, I
formatted the drives as fat32 and ran Chkdsk on my XP machine...no errors.
I moved the drives to a Windows 98 machine and ran Scandisk...bingo, it
found bad sectors.
Next, I re-formatted the drives and put them back on my XP machine. As
before, Chkdsk did not find any bad sectors. However after I copied test
data to the drive, Chkdsk found the same number of errors that Win98's
Scandisk did. Obviously, Chkdsk does not find bad sectors on a drive
unless data has already been written there...which in my opinion is kinda
stupid. :-/
Long story short, is there another disk diagnostic program I can use that
properly scans an entire disk, just like Win98's old Scandisk program used
to? A previous thread mentioned SpinRite. Would that do a better job
than Chkdsk for locating bad sectors over the entire disk (even in unused
space)? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802941
Unable to log on to add on chat.
I have been trying to log on to add on chat. I get the message: error
connecting to server,please try again. Their suppot suggested emptying
temporary internet files from browser,and maybe a firewall problem. Empyed
file and dropped firewall, no Joy! Any suggestions?
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If you don`t know where you are,What are you doing there? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802939
Link computers for file transfer?
Occasionally friends and clients visit and bring files on their laptops. How can I link
the laptop to my XP SP2 via USB with minimum fuss, in order to transfer files? So far, I
have to burn to a disk, which is slow and awkward.
rs Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802935
Icons
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SP updates
I keep doing the update for SP2 (KB936181) and it shows it accepts. Within
15 seconds of accepting it shows I need to update the same thing again. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802916
Action to be taken when something plugs into USB port
Whenever I plugged my MP3 player into a USB port a message box popped up
asking me what action to take. I normally select "no action" and carry on.
The last time I decided to select"no action" & tick the "always take the
same action" box. As I did it I must have moved the mouse and now every
time I plug the MP3 player in my "Sonic" program opens up.
How can I reverse this please? Is there an ini file or something I need to
alter?
TIA
Rupe Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802911
Salvage Win98 files on old PC to XP PC?
I have an old PC with Windows 98 OS that has 'died'. I can't boot it up;
prior to full failure the CD ROM drive failed, then the floppy drive failed.
Now Windows won't boot up at all.
I THINK there are a few files on the old hard drive that I would like to
access (old emails). I am currently using another PC with Windows XP Home,
SP2. Is there a way I can hook up the old hard drive to the XP PC? Will XP be
able to read the drive and files?
I'd rather not try to install the old hard drive in the XP PC, if possible.
Is there some sort of technical gadget that will let me hook up the old hard
drive via USB?
Also, is it possible that the old hard drive could be infected with a virus?
I've always wondered why the whole PC slowly lost one component at a time
until it was dead. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802903
I receive cannot defrag read only volume. ?what now?
When I try to defragment my hard drive C, I keep receiving the message,
cannot degfrag a read only volume. I don't know how my C drive became read
only and I don't know how to undo the read only status. Can anyone help me
with this problem? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802898
strange workgroup icon
I have workgroup icon that just appeared in my network as MSHOME as a
computer. I have my notebook and printer and router already there and working
. I can't log on to it as it asks for a user name and password that I don't
know. I don't know how to remove it. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802897
problem with shared printer
Using XP Professional SP2 - in a work group on the network.
When I logon as the Administrator, I can use the shared printer ok.
When I logon as a LIMITED user, I keep getting printer proprities cannot be
deisplayed ..... etc.
When I go to the network via Windows Explorer and connect by logging on as
the Administrator and then "Connect" the shared printer - it works ok for
the limited user, until they log off?
I have looked at the security and have given permissions to Everyone?
Any thoughts and solutions - greatly appreciated.
thx Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802894
Cluster size problem
I converted a drive from FAT32 to NTFS and ended up with 512 byte clusters.
I did not know this was a problem until reading posts on this list and by
then it was too late. What can I do now?
I tried using Acronis True Image to copy the partition (C:) to another drive
(D:), but ended up with 512KB clusters there as well. I tried formatting D:
with 4KB clusters and copying all the files using robocopy, but some files
that were in use did not get copied and I can't boot to the new drive.
What else can I try to get a bootable drive with 4KB clusters. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802891
Windows will not start
I was having tons of lockup and blue screen errors. I tried to troubleshoot
and run multiple diagnostics - to no avail. In frustration I transferred all
files and folders to my second drove and then performed a new install of XP
on my primary drive. As I was bring files back into the C drive I started
having lockups. I continued to bring back files. Eventually the system
locked up - I could not clear so I powered down manually. Now the system
will not come back up saying that the services.exe and lsass.exe failed to
intialize properly ( it shows to errors for each of the .exe files). I
opened up the recovery console. I ran fixboot and ran chkdsk. System locked
up in checkdsk. I tried to make copies of special boot disk - nothing works.
Can anyone help me get this beast opened??
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FOLEYBA Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802889
lost most of e-mails and email folders
Good morning,
I have lost a bunch of e-mails and e-mail folders. Goodness knows what I
have done. I updated something called Java yesterday which maybe the problem.
I tried to restore to last week nothing. Then i found a place on the web
which showed me how to get all the missings bits into a folder on desktop,
which I managed to do. But now i have lost the page which told me to do that
and i cannot figure out how to get them back into OE 6. XP home edition. Can
anyone help me please. Thanks Jen Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802886
SP2 Installation Error
I am reinstalling XP Pro, followed up by SP2 via a CD. About half way thru
loading files, an error occurs: Data Error (cyclic redundancy check). Once
I click OK, it closes the installation.
Help. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802874
Cannot login using new accounts
Cannot login using new accounts
I am encountering logon problems when using new created profiles....some old
profiles work well.
problem: "The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon
interactively"
scenario:
logins created on win 2003 server
logging from an xp client connected to server
any ideas?
tnx Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802865
Difference between "nslookup" and "whois" ?
What is the difference between "nslookup" and "whois" ?
For both I enter a domain name and get an IP.
Do use both the same sources?
Can I enter in both cases domain names with a 3rd level domain name e.g.
aaa.yahoo.com
Ken Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802864
Password Request - New
Last night, a dialog box appeared that indicated that Windows detected a
corrupt file, and that I should run the CHKDSK utility. I either clicked OK,
and the system started re-booting, or I may have restarted the computer after
clicking OK. Regardless, after a series of delete and repair messages, the
logon screen showed up, but regardless of which icon I now click on, it now
requests a password. We never established any passwords since this is our
home computer, and we have been using it for three or four years. At this
point, we are totally locked out of our computer. How do we eliminate the
password requirement? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802862
Unable to install accessories
I have somehow managed to mess my system up. Paint and Calculator are no
longer in list of accessories. I have tried to re-install from Add/Remove
Windows components in Control Panel, and I get a series of error messages
that many small files are missing. The error msg states to insert Windows XP
disk--but it came installed on my computer. Any ideas? Thanks for any help. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802859
diskpart in Recovery Console doesn't allow activation of partition
Dear all,
My XP PC is not booting ("no bootable device" or something similar). I would
like to found out which partition is considered as active since I suspect
there is no active partition at the moment due to an error I made on the Disk
Management Console before rebooting. However, using the Recovery Console from
the XP disk, the utility diskpart does not seem to allow anything more than
the creation and deletion of new partitions. It seems to have a very
different functionality to the utility accessible from Windows. Is there any
other way therefore to check which partition is active?
Thanks,
Gaby Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802858
Help with Outlook
Hi,
I want to set up Outlook Express so that my email address and reply address
shown is the address I use with my domain name NOT the one I have with my ISP
'Bigpond'.
When I put the address I want to use (info@mywebsite.com) as my address and
reply address in a new account in Outlook, I still get my user name (paulo)
that I have with my ISP who I connect to the internet with like...
paulo-info@mywebsite.com
How can I not show that user name just the address I want shown?
Thanks
Dave Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802857
CD DVD Problem
Hello readers,
I replaced an old IDE cd rom with a new SATA DVD rom. My PC for some odd
reason wont boot without the old cd rom. I have the power connected but not
the IDE cable and as soon as I take the power out my old cd rom, my pc starts
to reboot over and over. I have taken out the drive from the BIOS and I don't
see it anywhere, but still I haven't being able to figure out what the
problem is. As far as the drivers goes everything looks to be working
properly under Systems.
Any Help would be appreciated
Herman Portillo Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802856
MS Paint
When I draw a shape on the white screen in paint and use the "Fill with color
"tool it works as it should, IE The shape is filled .
When I select an aircraft part to be filled with color ,even though outlined
,when I use the Fill with Color tool ,all I get is blobs and spots The
other tools work perfectly .Can anyone give a reason or have experience to
make it work
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artysan Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802853
Active Desktop scale and scroll bars
Why do some selections allow the rescale and others don't. The adjustment bar
won't appear unless I edit the desktop.htt file to top 21 instead of 1 (it's
also 0) which refreshes lets me rescale or option the Active Desktop item. It
insists on putting it right up at the edge of the screen and my pointer won't
raise it when it hovers. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802852
Wallpaper rescales when "Show Desktop Icons" unchecked
It also doesn't rescale if there is some "Active Desktop" window on it. WHen
it's gone the wallpaper goes back to relocating and larger when the the icons
are hidden. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802851
SP2 Installation Problem
I am reinstalling Windows XP Pro - and following up with SP2 from a CD - The
file loading process stops about 1/2 way thru with the following error
message:
Data Error (cyclic redundancy check). I click OK and the process fails.
Help Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802850
SP2 installation from CD problem: DATA Error (cyclic redundancy ch
I am reinstalling Windows XP Professional. then installing SP2 via CD.
About halfway through loading files, error message: Data Error (cyclic
redundancy check). I click OK and the installation process stops.
Please Help. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802849
internet really slow after installing avg security
my internet takes about half an hour to load.this has just happened after
installing avg free trial.i have done a disc cleanup.it said i didnt need to
defragment.i have got windows xp.please help.
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sheryl Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802835
How do I open local disk (C:)?
When I try to open local disk (C:) it doesn't open up instead it ask me to
choose a program from a list to use to open up local disk (C:). I used to be
able to access my local disk (C) without having to select a certain program
to open it for me. I do not know what I can do to access my local disk C.
Pleas help. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802829
Windows XP Media Center
Hello.
I recently bought a media center pc used from a friend of mine. The
computer originally had xp media center edition running on it. It now has a
fresh install of XP Professional on it. I want to do a system restore back
to media center xp; but it for some reason it won't let me. (says hit F10
during startup for system recovery, but hitting F10 does nothing). The
recovery partition is still there. Any ideas? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802826
CPU running high
My cpu randomly begins to run high, sometimes at 100% for no apparent reason.
At least none that I can see. It causes extreme slowdown on my machine
sometimes causing webpages to take up to 7 minutes to open or close. There is
no "regular" time for this, it just happens even after i clean up, defrag,
etc. I have to sometimes shut down my PC by holding down the power button or
wait 10 minutes for the menu to open. Any tips on what could be causing this
or a way to stop it?? Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802815
HELP - Lost data after reinstalling XP
My laptop is a DELL Inspiron 6000. OS : XP Home edition.
During boot I got the error message : "No master boot sector found" or something similar.
After several attempts I decided to reinstall the OS (XP Pro, from an old CD, as Dell did
not give me a Windows CD), as I had done in the past on another PC, believing it would
keep my application programs and data. Unfortunately that did not happen, as i found
myself with a bare-bones OS and no trace whatsoever of other data on the HD.
Can I recover the old data ? I downloaded a couple of utilities but they are hard to
manage and no appreciable results were obtained.
Can someone please help ? I am in a terrible fix, as I use the laptop for my work. I had
all my invoices stored there, along with clients' data and emails, three-years-worth of
stuff.
Thanks in advance.
Mike Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802814
Freeze
My XP Home edition with SP2 on a Compaq Presario desktop will freeze on
occasion; sometimes during startup at the XP screen, sometimes on standby.
It's quite random, and rarely at the same exact spot. Pressing ctr-alt-del
does nothing. It's been suggested that the computer might be overheating, so
I cleaned the dust out of the case and made sure that all three fans are
operating, but it did not cure the hang/freeze problem. I also shut down
screen savers and auto standby functions, and disabled all unnecessary
startup programs/processes, to no avail. Any other ideas out there?
Richard Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802810
Neeed help with a "windows - sysytem error"...Thank you
Hello,
Hope someone can help me out.
I keep getting an error popping on the screen. It is a small gray box with a
red circle with an "x" in it. The title of it is; "Windows- System error"
and the error in the box is; "Insufficient system resources exist to
complete the API."
My PC specs are ass follow;
AMD X2 processor, 2 Gig of Ram, Nvidia graphic card and runs XP pro. Not
much installed on the PC, a couple of small programs for work, windows
office and I use Firefox extensively for work as well. BTW, I reinstalled
windows twice recently and I keep getting that error even after the fresh
install.
The main problem is that if I get the error while I am logged off the
system, I can't get back in, I have to shut the PC off manually to be able
to log back in. If I get the error while I am in windows, I can simply close
the error window and keep on doing what I am doing.
Thank you very much in advance. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802806
a tick mark
is there a tick mark (as opposed to a cross (X) ) shortcut on a qwerty
keyboard that i can use to put a tick into a question and answer box. i have
tried using the extra keyboard functions that bring up (i think) the extra
symbols such as alt 0065 produces an hebrew sign (cant remember how to do it
and this is only a maybe example). would love some help. just seems like
everything in form filling is a green dot. this is just frustrating and
irritating Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802798
intermitent sound
I have Windows XP 5.1 and Windows Media Player11. When I play any file in any
mediaplayer or from a cd the songs skips like an old phonograph. Alomost in a
streaming issue. i upgraded my ram thinking that 256 was not enough and added
a 1g since I added a wirless network however it did not solve the problem. Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802781
resize / reduce the all programs lists
Is there a way to resize /reduce the 'all programs list' that appears from
the start menu as i have lots of programs and i now have 4 columns wide and
cant read the last column properly.I dont want to delete any of the programs
but i seem to remember or have seen the 'all program list' in 1 completely
vertical position with an up / down arrowhead on it Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802778
Should I use KB909095 to fix hibernate problem
I have had two laptops now which have failed to hibernate properly because of
2Gb or more of RAM. The first is nearly four years old and I applied KB909095
to it and that fixed the problem. My latest laptop only a few months old has
4GB of RAM and is now suffering the same problem. I resisted applying
KB909095 because the EXEs in question appear to have been replaced by later
versions. However I know there are different services branches also, so not
sure whether one is really an update of the other.
Does anyone know if its safe to apply the hotfix now given the newer
versions of files already installed? I really would like to sort this out on
my new laptop as it fails to hibernate everytime I try at the moment after a
couple of hours using it.
Thanks Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802768
Sound, Video, Game controllers (Drivers)
Hi guys,
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a TBS Santa
Cruz Sound card. It is working perfectly until I bought and installed a
Logictech Orbit AF webcam. During installation, it screwed up my sound
drivers rendering my PC without sound.
When I checked the device manager, the device drivers have yellow exclamtion
marks on them and the device status have code 39. I have reinstalled the
latest driver for this sound card and reinstalled the drivers but XP won't
let me saying that it cannot find a driver better than I currently have.
To make matters worse, the Dell technician I called uninstalled the other
lines as well such as Audio codecs, video codecs, legacy, etc. None of my
restore points work.
I suspect that the registry has something to do with the new drivers not
being reinstalled. Can you guys suggest something to bring back the sound to
my PC along with the XP audio and video codecs short of reinstalling Windows
XP?
Thanks in advance for your help.
John Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802760
Sound Driver
Hi guys,
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 running Windows XP Pro SP2 with a TBS Santa
Cruz Sound card. It is working perfectly until I bought and installed a
Logictech Orbit AF webcam. During installation, it screwed up my sound
drivers rendering my PC without sound.
When I checked the device manager, the device drivers have yellow exclamtion
marks on them and the device status have code 39. I have reinstalled the
latest driver for this sound card and reinstalled the drivers but XP won't
let me saying that it cannot find a driver better than I currently have.
To make matters worse, the Dell technician I called uninstalled the other
lines as well such as Audio codecs, video codecs, legacy, etc. None of my
restore points work.
I suspect that the registry has something to do with the new drivers not
being reinstalled. Can you guys suggest something to bring back the sound to
my PC along with the XP audio and video codecs short of reinstalling Windows
XP?
Thanks in advance for your help.
John Tag: below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: 802759