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    - copy scrpt I am trying to create a script to distribute a shortcut to all desktops but keep getting either "The system cannot find the can't find file specified" or "The network path was not found" this is what i have tried so far. copy \\atlantis\students_shared\client_updates\lessonkits.lnk "%username%\desktop" copy \\atlantis\students_shared\client_updates\lessonkits.lnk %username%\desktop copy \\atlantis\students_shared\client_updates\lessonkits.lnk.lnk %username%\desktop copy \\atlantis\client_updates\lessonkits.lnk %username%\desktop The share is mapped to the X drive, when i view this drive through a dos window i can drill down to the "client_updates" folder and view the files, strangely though when i look at the files from here they hav an additional ".lnk" attached as a suffix. Having spent a number of hours now I cannot see what i have done wrong, the appears security but i have all rights to the locations, once again appreciate any help -- Thanks and regards Tony Tag: no connection Tag: 821746
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    - Ping Mike Murphy Good evening (morning?) Mr. Murphy, Re: your recent complaint Some time ago we informed you that Hades would probably freeze over before we find time to pursue your "Identity Theft" compaint that someone was impersonating you in the Vista Usenet newsgroups. However we might be able to help you with your current situation in the XP newsgroups that you appear to have all but moved to since then. With your permission, we will contact some of our friends in Scotland Yard and in MI5 and ask them if they can find the time to take over stalking this person "nass" that is annoying you in the XP newsgroups. If they agree to help and can find the time, you will then be freed to go about your preferred business of being the wonderful, loving, kind and helpful person you really are when you are online. Please reply ASAP. -- High-Tech Crime Squad Scouring Usenet for Mick's Impostors "We always get our fagg..., er, Man!" Tag: no connection Tag: 821723
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    - Trash Can in Windows XP I went and threw the trash can out with the trash. I have done th right click thing and gone to Desktop and Customize with no result. have gone and searched for the trash folder by going to Search and Ru Windows desktop and looked for folders there. It was not there. I ca delete things by right clicking and hitting delete. How can I get m garbage can back? How can you empty a garbage can that is not there? Any help would be greatly appreciated -- Greg ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg C's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/greg-c.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1040599.ht http://forums.techarena.i Tag: no connection Tag: 821722
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    - Automatic User Account Creation I work with AD and am deploying workstations constantly. Is there anyway to create a user account on the workstation without having to have the person logon? Is there also a way to configure email and internet for that user account? Would you have to know their password? Any ideas or if you know of any good software for this I would appreciate it. Ed Tag: no connection Tag: 821720
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    - Dear Mr. Mick Murphy Dear Mr. Murphy, As you know, we received your complaint that someone was impersonating you in the Vista Usenet groups. You wanted us to contact our friends in the FBI to help track down and prosecute that person for "Identity Theft". As you also know, we told you that impersonating someone in a Usenet newsgroup isn't illegal, but we'd try to help you when we find the time because one of your "friends" works for us and asked us to. Once again, we probably won't find the time before Hades freezes over. We might be able to help you with your current problem though. We can contact some of our friends in Scotland Yard and in MI5 and see if they can take over stalking your friend "nass" so that you can go about your preferred business of being the loving, kind and helpful person you want to be when online. Please reply ASAP. -- High-Tech Crime Squad Scouring Usenet for Mick's Impostors "We always get our fagg..., er, Man!" Tag: no connection Tag: 821681
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    - The standard color dialog box will not accept the standard 3-digit I have a strange problem all of a sudden (although I suspect this started after installing Win XP SP3) If I open the color dialog, this is the standard color dialog windows bring up when one want to change colors ie display settings | desktop | color | other, one can then enter a 3 digit number for RGB (for example orange would be R 259 B 128 G 64) Althoug it show 3 digits or actually it show 2 digits and half of the third when using the slider, but you can only Type 2 Digits, it won't allow you a third digit. I have posted this on various forums and no-body seem to have an answer. So far I tried. Uninstall WinXP SP3, Reinstall office 2003, frontpage 2003, change the font from 96dpi to 72dpi and back. Downloaded and installed the latest: Display driver, Sound and Intel Chipset drivers. I use this function a lot with webdesigning and would appreciate any help or ideas. Thanks Tag: no connection Tag: 821679
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    - vista to classic windows. where do i find how to switch from vista to classic windows screen -- boboffla Tag: no connection Tag: 821674
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    - Document Scanning after Win XP SP3 I am running Win XP and Office 2003. I recently installed Win XP SP3 and it broke my Microsoft Document Scanning Program. I am using an HP Printer/Scanner. Before SP3 I would open up Microsoft Doc Scan and the document would scan w/ out a problem. Now when I attempt to scan and error window opens and says that the scan program has encountered a problem and needs to close. There is a faulting Application mspscan.exe error in the event viewer. Tag: no connection Tag: 821654
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    - Cookies folder There is no cookies folder on my XP professional with SP3. At one time it was in system 32/config/systemprofile/Cookies, but its gone now and search shows no such folder. What happened ? Tag: no connection Tag: 821651
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    - Download manager I've been advised to disable my download manager to allow me to download some software I have purchased on-line. How do I do this? Thanks. Tag: no connection Tag: 821638
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    - Programs starting, but nothing else! Hi, when I try to launch a couple of specific programs (spybot, adware they appear to start (in that they show in the 'processes' window of th Windows task Manager (ctrl+alt+del)), but nothing else happens.. n launch panel nothing, although the 'processes' panel shows they ar using a significant amount of 'mem usage'. I have tried downloadin newer versions and installing them but the same happens? Can anyone say what is happening and how I can rectify this problem? Thanks William. PS, in appropo of SP3, i have got 'access denied' msgs, still, on th 4th try... You would think that Microsoft would have a much easie solution than the one they provide wouldn't you? They just don't car about their users. Roll on: 'Cloud' technology, browsers having thei own built in operating systems and bye-bye: Microsoft, office and th whole panoply of their software, together with their non-existen details of their fixes, (and whether we want to implement them or not and all the assumptions MS make about their users.... -- William Windows X ----------------------------------------------------------------------- William Windows XP's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/william-windows-xp.ht View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1040345.ht http://forums.techarena.i Tag: no connection Tag: 821630
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    - File nameed: dpp2.exe Found this file this morning after noiticing that IE was very slow. Can't find any info in Microsoft or Google on this. Can anyone help? I'm using Avast antivirus and a portions of CA Security Suite, just the firewall section. Tag: no connection Tag: 821625
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    - Programs start but nothing happens! Hi, when I try to launch a couple of specifice programs (spybot, adware) they appear to start (in that they show in the 'processes' window of the Windows task Manager (ctrl+alt+del)), but nothing else happens.. no launch panel nothing, although the 'processes' panel shows they are using a significant amount of 'mem usage'. I have tried downloading newer versions and installing them but the same happens? Can anyone say what is happening and how I can rectify this problem? Thanks William -- William Windows XP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Windows XP's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/william-windows-xp.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1040326.htm http://forums.techarena.in Tag: no connection Tag: 821619
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    - cannot open All the system drive Hi, i got problem opening all my system drive... using double click or by right click, the system will prompt me with "open with" i will like to ask whats happening and can anyone help.. Thanks Tag: no connection Tag: 821616
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    - Another issue... This has just happened recently, and I can't think of anything I've done to cause this to happen... 1 exception: the other day I came home for lunch, and when I came back after work, my computer had been restarted... not like a non-use lockout... restarted... as if my computer had installed something and shutdown on it's own. Since then, my optical drives do not work. I have a DVD burner (EMPREX DVD-RW 16x IDE) and a CD burner (LG HL-DT-ST-CD-RW GCE 8240B). The drives show up in my device manager, but upon inserting any media, nothin happens. At the least there should be a Windows dialog box asking me wat I want to do with the media just inserted... no autorun for games...NOTHING!!! What to do? -- If U always do what you always did... you'll always get what you always got! Tag: no connection Tag: 821600
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    - Available physical memory My computer (OS Windows XP Home Edition) is running very slow and I believe the subject above may be the cause. my system information or msinfo32.exe (start, all programs, accessories, system tools, system information) states that my total physical memory is 256.00 MB but my available physical memory is only at 43.65 MB (For reference, my total virtual memory is at 2.00 GB and available virtual memory is at 1.96 GB). I don't know what I can do to increase my availabe physical memory; please help. THANKS! -- mike Tag: no connection Tag: 821594
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    - SP3 again: The hell with them! Hello All! I have Windows updates set to download and ask before installing. This is the second time that it has been announced that SP3 had been downloaded. I turned off everything including all aspects of the McAfee security suite and the update proceeded. After a long time and all sorts of messages about backup, a loud drum beat announced "Access denied" and the "Update Removal Wizard (or moron)" commenced. As far as I can tell, things are as they were before the "update" but my reaction to Microsoft is "The hell with them" unless I am specifically informed what is needed to install this update. There is no reason why I should do background reading unless Microsoft tells me to do so. I am going to attempt to communicate with MS but I am not hopeful. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not Tag: no connection Tag: 821588
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    - Problems with my netgear wg111v2 dongle. Hey guys i have looked through other posts and i cant seem to find anything to help me out, Im reinstalling my windows XP on my desktop, and i am using the dongle, my router is the DG834GB Version 4.3, i have everything installed correctly and i have connected everything, my connection speed is excellent and everything seems connected, green light everything. When i try to go on the net it asks me to work offline as i have no connection, i firstly thought that this was a lag spike and when i tried to check my maximium and minimum speeds is says my destination host is unreachable. anyone have any pointers? im pretty sure my router doesnt have to be installed as i have to laptops and i have no problem connecting to them with my built in wireless. Any pointers would be good as i only have 8 days left to activate my XP >_< Cheers in advance Havoc -- HaVocT5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HaVocT5's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/havoct5.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1039988.htm http://forums.techarena.in Tag: no connection Tag: 821575
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    - Mouse clicks -moving files This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070704000307020307020900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How to adjust so to when moving file into some folder with mouse(on example windows explorer; moving file from left side into folder on the list of folders on the right side), on way that file bacame cuted and not copied, how to adjust that ? The file always stays copied and i would like it to be moved in whole. Thanks. --------------070704000307020307020900 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="comitter.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="comitter.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Majki Majk n:;Majki Majk adr;dom:;;;Zagreb email;internet:comitter@europe.com tel;cell:091/504-5311 note;quoted-printable:Cijenjena ponuda na e-mail kontakt!=0D=0A= Ozbiljne ponude molim!=0D=0A= Mo=C5=BEe i sms-om! x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------070704000307020307020900-- Tag: no connection Tag: 821574
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    - Recent files This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050602090302060308080206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In documents and settings ->how to switch off 'My recent documents'...why are some file names blue(compressed files)-why's that and is that neccessary, if not, how to switch it off ? --------------050602090302060308080206 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="comitter.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="comitter.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Majki Majk n:;Majki Majk adr;dom:;;;Zagreb email;internet:comitter@europe.com tel;cell:091/504-5311 note;quoted-printable:Cijenjena ponuda na e-mail kontakt!=0D=0A= Ozbiljne ponude molim!=0D=0A= Mo=C5=BEe i sms-om! x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------050602090302060308080206-- Tag: no connection Tag: 821573
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    - Offline files - The parameter is incorrect Hi, Classic question but looking for a different answer. I got a user that worked offline all week, her work is crucial and it'll be hard to do it again. I got that error when she is trying to synchronize on my network: the parameter is incorrect. She has XP SP2. I am looking for a different answer than this article from microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230738 Is it possible to recover from that error other than just clearing the cache? As I said previously those modified files are crucial. Another thing is it's the 2nd or 3rd time that laptop has that offline files issue. Is there a reason for that issue to happen, habits to avoid? Thank you. Tag: no connection Tag: 821566
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    - Tabbed Browsing Freezes For a few months i have had a problem when trying to use Internet Explorer. Simply using Explorer as a single Tab is fine, however when trying to open another Tab, it freezes, and i have little option but to 'End Procces' in Task Manger. I have downloaded the latest version of Explorer, and also updated and scanned for Viruses, but nothing seems to sort this out. Any suggestions would be very welcome! Tag: no connection Tag: 821558
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    - Configuration Error I was having some problems with my computer and had someone tell me to save all my information and do a system recovery. I did that last night and it never asked for the recovery disks but then came up a box stating that I have a configuration error (Code Purple). Does anyone know what that is or how I can fix it? Tag: no connection Tag: 821546
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    - Fatal errors browsing Word docs saved as .mht and .htm I've searched a few times and can't find any new hits on .mht issues, so here it is. I have a simple Word document (12 pages long with about 10 embedded images) which I have saved as both .mht and as .htm (and the .htm format puts the images in a similarly-named folder). The .mht and .htm documents can be viewed online (via Javascript window.open()) without an issue, but after closing the window the original (parent) browser window crashes. The crash is *not* immediate. It takes some time and seems to require activity in the original window, although there is no direct interaction which triggers it -- that is, it does not happen immediately after a click or other input. Just opening the .mht from my desktop causes the same error. Vital statistics: Windows XP, IE 7.0.5730.11. Word doc saved from Word 2003. I am up-to-date on all Microsoft updates as far as I know. Is this a brand new issue? I found the problem with .mht files, then tried .htm out of desperation and was stunned to see the same behavior. Tag: no connection Tag: 821545
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    - MS Works 2004 word prossor won't open I get a message saying "one element is missing -". I can't uninstall Works or repair it. All other parts of Works do work fine. After this suddenly started I have formatted the hard drive and re-installed XP Pro, the problem is still there. Works 2004 has served me fine and is paid for, help me get it running correctly again please. Tag: no connection Tag: 821540
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    - SP3 Is there any advantage in downloading SP 3 and if there is, what is it? I have tried to post this question three times and it hasn't appeared yet. Is my question not important enough to get on this forum? Tag: no connection Tag: 821537
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    - Can't scroll in Firefox 3.0.1 running XP SP3 I have a Dell desktop running XP Office Pro, which I upgraded to SP3 about a week ago. Ever since the upgrade, I can't use the slide on the vertical scroll bar when running Firefox 3.0.1 When I try to scroll, it works sometimes, but after a few scrolls, the screen and all open windows lock-up, forcing a hard-reboot. Has anyone else had this issue? Is this a problem with FF or SP3? And more importantly, does anyone have a fix? Tag: no connection Tag: 821527
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    - SP3 Is there any advantage in downloading SP3,and if so, what is it? Tag: no connection Tag: 821520
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    - How do you clean your computer once it has an infection on it? Windows XP Professional Service pack 2, My AVG was activated, yet I still have a fake program on my desktop. I am infected, how do I fix this on my own? -- Maria & John Tag: no connection Tag: 821518
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    - SAFE MODE I was dowloading road runner high speed to my laptop....laptop must have overheated sitting on my countertop an shutoff during process when i tried to restart computer it was in safe mode. this code appeared UNMOUNTABLE_STOP_VOLUME [0x0000000ED] [0x82326D98] [0X000000] I DONT HAVE ORIGINAL DISK TO REBOOT WITH what can i do to get it to reboot Tag: no connection Tag: 821498
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    - worldbydata.com is a virus Not only that,they will expose your private information,and then add more false information to US companies trying to find exporters in China.Just go to www.worldbydata.com and you will see the plethora of viruses your AV detects. Tag: no connection Tag: 821497
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    - all .exe programs open in windows media player when going to launch any program that ends in .exe it opens in media player any help would be greatly appreciated Tag: no connection Tag: 821494
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    - 'Error in intialization' Hi everyone, I have recently been experiencing a problem with my seldom-use Averatec 6200 which is running SP2. This machine is mainly used fo some light word processing, browsing, and occasional DVD playback. About four days ago, I began to experience the following: During the course of normal use (e.g. running IE and/or MS Offic Word), a small window will open which reads 'Error in initialization - parameter is not valid.' The window contains an 'Okay' button at th bottom. This button is not clickable, and hitting the 'Enter' key seem to be the only way of clearing the window. After clearing this window, the screen goes entirely black, and then new window opens which reads 'Index was out of range. Must b non-negative and less than the collection size. Parameter name: index. As with the first window, there is an unclickable 'Okay' button. Hittin the 'Enter' key 2-3 times clears this window and restores the compute to the state it was in prior to blackscreening. The frequency of this error varies. Sometimes, it will occur every fiv minutes. At other times, it may only happen once during a given session I have been unable to isolate the cause of the error. I originall suspected IE was the culprit, but I have since seen the error occu while IE was not running. Through extensive scans with AVG, Ad-Adware and Spybot, I have ruled out the possibility that some malware coul have infected my computer and caused settings to change. I have searched for errors similar to mine, and while I have foun reports of very similar error messages (the exact same text even), al of the errors like this I have seen on other forums have occurred whil using Visual Basic .NET, Windows Forms Designer, ASP DataGrid, and th like. I use none of these, so I am confused as to why I would b receiving this error. Anyone have an idea? Thanks in advance! : -- ambrosia13 Tag: no connection Tag: 821489
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    - reinstall xp home if xp professional is installed my computer crashed, I don't have the xp home discs, i am not sure I ever had them, but I have the authentication code. Any way, my son--"expert" installed the version that is on my daughters --that I bought--laptop, and it is xp pro. It is way slower than it was, and I was thinking it is because Idon't have the right version on my computer. Can I reinstall the home version from an on line site, using my authentication code? If so, how?? Thanks Tag: no connection Tag: 821480
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    - SP3 Just what is the advantage of having SP3, if any? I'm doing just fine without it. Tag: no connection Tag: 821477
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    - bsod windows xp my bsod is too fast for me to read to read.how do i slow it down ? Tag: no connection Tag: 821464
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    - Should I install WXP SP3? Hello, I have read warnings about problems with SP3. Is it safe to install? I now have WXPHome SP2, 1GIG RAM. Thanks for any input, -- Gregory Tag: no connection Tag: 821454
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    - Guest accounts and installing software If I set up a guest account in xp, will the user be able to install software, either from an internet download or a software disk? Thanks for any advice. Tag: no connection Tag: 821453
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    - Sharing Programs between users I installed a new program under one user and want it to be available to other users on the same computer. I am usung XP Home SP3. -- Mr B Tag: no connection Tag: 821446
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    - How do I change the Product Key? I am "cleaning up" the PC's and laptops at the office and found a PC with the wrong Product Key on it. The previous admin had - for whatever reason - used the product key for a newer group of PC's instead of the Product Key that came with the PC.; I'd like to recover that Key so I can use it elsewhere. What is the procedure to use to change a Product Key? (Both keys are WinXP Pro, but the one I want to use is OEM). TIA, -- Mike Webb Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization Wood River, NE Tag: no connection Tag: 821438
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    - Weird crash - long read warning We have a central secured wireless Dell PC at work that all the salespeople use at work. It has run trouble free for a few years, running XP Home, SP2. Yesterday something weird happened. I cam in and my coworker who is an senior citizen technophobe, told me that the cleaners that night had knocked the plug out of the wall and that it took him and another to plug it back in and get the PC back running. Incidentally, they stupidly leave the computer running and not logged off, so it is also a given that the cleaning crew probably goes online at night when they shouldn't. (I changed that policy yesterday after fixing the PC). When the old guy finished checking his sports news, (he never closes the browser, he only minimizes it) I closed everything and tried to open my customer database, gone. Got a dialogue files necessary to run PCSync were missing. Tried opening IE7, got an hourglass instead. So, I did what I would normally do, I ran System Restore, using a Checkpoint from the previous day. After system Restore completed and rebooted, I got the Windows boot screen, then a BSOD "GDI32.dll error". I got the Dell boot dick and copied over a fresh file, then rebooted. Another BSOD, "WINSRV error". So I copied over winsrv.dll, still got same BSOD. So I decided to boot to the CD (OEM DELL XPHome SP1) and run a repair install. All seemd to be ok afterwards, except now IE won't run. I get a pop-up saying dll library links missing. Sh*t. Next step, I reinstalled SP2. That should fix it right? wrong. After reapplying SP2, IE now worked but now the USB ports won't work. The did before I installed SP2. I was able to reinstall my PCSync database and everything else works. I had to change out all USB devices to PS2 (mouse, etc.) What fun, not. Why did the USB suddenly stop working? and what could have caused al this trouble? If the old man left the PC running with IE open and someone knocked the power plug out of the wall, would that have corrupted system files? Supposedly this PC has MacAfee running on it, bit could a virus have still infected it? Why would my PCSync app be partially uninstalled? Weird, huh? Anyone have any clue what could have happened? TIA. -- marx404 <all gmail posts blocked> _________________ Tag: no connection Tag: 821435
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    - cannot turn on automatic update i know i have some spyware im working on getting rid of, but when i tried to turn automatics update back on when i saw it had been disabled, i got this: [Error number: 0x8DDD0018 Tag: no connection Tag: 821430
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    - Desktop Error Message: Could not load or run "C:\Documents' specified in registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry. I don't understand how this happened. Whenever I search for this file or folder, I pull up "My Documents..." There's no such document or file that's merely "Documents." It's always My Documents. Anyway. If necessary, how would I remove the reference from the registry? I run Windows XP, sp 3, and IE 8 (beta). Please help. Tag: no connection Tag: 821427
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    - xp antivirus virus I got the xp antivirus virus on my Dell Inspiron. lancelhof.com has a procedure but it begins w/ a dll file that my laptop can't register because it can't find the entry point. I heard of someone else who solved the virus problem by doing a restore, tho I can't get any details of what that entailed. The documentation on my Inspiron just has a card that says I can get the info I need to restore by double clicking on the Owners;s manual on the desktop. However, I can't even get Windows to open in other than safe mode so I don't see the desktop. Anyone have any ideas about what to do next? Tag: no connection Tag: 821423
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    - Were can I find Back Up service in Preloaded XP Home Edition Were can I find Back Up service in Preloaded XP Home Edition? I lnow it is avialble if you have the XP Home Edition disk. Zvi Tag: no connection Tag: 821418
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    - Application installation security issues Hi, I have come across an application that won't run for a normal network user. I installed it as an administrator and it works fine, when I log out and log in as a user, the program fails with an error that it can't open a file. This is definitely a security problem but I have tried everything I know to overcome it. All suggestions would be appreciated -- Thanks and regards Tony Tag: no connection Tag: 821410
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    - Desktop Disappeared during a renewal of my antivirus program I was asked to reboot. Upon doing so my PC came back with no desktop. Only my background (wallpaper) is on screen. I am a novice at this but did figure out to control/alt/delete to get to the task mgr. and to open explorer with the "add task" tab. that is why I'm able to even ask this. Please help. Tag: no connection Tag: 821404
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    - list of phantom Disks in 'My Computer' When i go to 'my computer', then to 'devices with removable storage', somehow over a period of time a whole list of : Removable Disk (F:) ,Removable Disk (G:) , Removable Disk (H:) ,Removable Disk (I;) ,Removable Disk (J:) has built up. These don't relate to anything that's plugged in. Is there any way to remove them all, so that when I actually plug something in; like my external hard drive or USB drive, I know which one it is? Thanks for any advice. Tag: no connection Tag: 821389
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    - Problems with inbound connections I have several PCs in W2K3 SBS network. One machine has developed a problem as follows; 1) file and print sharing is not working 2) I cannot remote desktop to it 3) I cannot ping it 4) all outbound connections are working fine The PC is running XP SP2 I have tried all the obvious (to me) things; 1) there is not virus or malware (have done a full scan with norton and hijackthis respectively) 2) there is no firewall issue (machine has same ruleset as other PC's) and issue is the same regardless of whether firewall is up or down 3) RPC service is running 4) event log is running 5) running ethereal/wireshark I can see remote connections coming into the PC on the correct ports but the PC does not reply to them 6) if I type in a share locally (i.e. doing \\machinename\ ) all shares are listed 7) I can run an nmap port scan - it just returns the ip and mac addresses and tells me all ports are filtered 8) I used MSCONFIG to reboot machine with the bare minimum of microsoft services and the problem persists Unfortunately this problem has been ongoing for a while now so do not have a viable restore point. Can anyone suggest any other avenues for exploration before I resort to a reinstall of windows? TIA Tag: no connection Tag: 821381
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    - can't install XP trying to reinstall my xp from DVD. but it won't start. it worked quit ok at the beginning. however, after it copy all the files and it won't restart. it just have the light blue screen with a mouse pointer on it. i left it for ten mintues and it is still same. i am thinking of a hardware failure. please advice. Zap Tag: no connection Tag: 821374

Every few times, when I boot up, I have to unplug the modem before I can get
on line. Sometimes I get a message on the bottom line that my connection is
weak or nonexistent. Does anyone know why this happens?

Re: no connection by Rich

Rich
Fri Sep 19 11:14:26 PDT 2008

Claire, if the modem is provided by your Internet Service Provider then
call them and ask for a new one.
"Claire Brucker" <cbrucker@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uYl8uIkGJHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Every few times, when I boot up, I have to unplug the modem before I can
> get on line. Sometimes I get a message on the bottom line that my
> connection is weak or nonexistent. Does anyone know why this happens?
>
>

Re: no connection by Rich

Rich
Fri Sep 19 12:14:44 PDT 2008

You may have a signal strength problem rather than a bad modem if you are
talking about a cable modem. Cable modems use a narrow band in the cable
signal. You can have good cable TV signal but a poor internet signal.

If you do have a cable modem call your cable company to get a tech out to
measure the signal strength. Not only can the signal be too low it can also
be too high.

If you have a Motorola cable modem you can download diagnostic software from
Motorola's website.

"Claire Brucker" <cbrucker@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uYl8uIkGJHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Every few times, when I boot up, I have to unplug the modem before I can
> get on line. Sometimes I get a message on the bottom line that my
> connection is weak or nonexistent. Does anyone know why this happens?
>
>

Re: no connection by smlunatick

smlunatick
Fri Sep 19 13:04:44 PDT 2008

On Sep 19, 11:26=A0am, "Claire Brucker" <cbruc...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> Every few times, when I boot up, I have to unplug the modem before I can =
get
> on line. Sometimes I get a message on the bottom line that my connection =
is
> weak or nonexistent. =A0Does anyone know why this happens?

Weak connection???? Are you using some type of wireless networking
router or modem?