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    - Constant Disk Writes WinXP I've searched the internet high and low, found many many posts regarding constant disk writes when the system is otherwise idle, but have found exactly zero cases where the thread culminated in a resolution. I have a WinXP Home SP3v.3311 built on Q6600 Quad, 4GB Ram, Gigabyte P35-DS3L, EVGA 8800GT. My system drive is a WD 150GB 10krpm and it is being abused by the system. The really weird thing is that WinInternals ProcessMonitor doesn't seem to report this continuous activity. I enabled the column I/O Delta Writes in PE and and sort the processes by this parameter, but very little info is ever displayed under this column when idle. Perhaps 0.5s is far too long a refresh cycle, an eternity on a 2.4GHz system. The nature of my problem is revealed by FILEMON: 10:29:07 AM System:4 IRP_MJ_WRITE* C:\pagefile.sys SUCCESS Offset: 41611264 Length: 65536 10:29:13 AM System:4 IRP_MJ_WRITE* C:\$Mft SUCCESS Offset: 45522944 Length: 4096 10:29:13 AM System:4 IRP_MJ_WRITE* C:\$LogFile SUCCESS Offset: 27033600 Length: 36864 10:29:14 AM System:4 IRP_MJ_WRITE* C:\$Directory SUCCESS Offset: 8192 Length: 4096 10:29:14 AM System:4 IRP_MJ_WRITE* C:\$BitMap SUCCESS Offset: 5976064 Length: 4096 These typical lines were clipped out of a voluminous FILEMON log. These writes happen on the average of 3-4 times per second, constantly. A typical sequence as reported by DISKMON is six writes to $LogFile in the sequence 96-8-8-8-8-96 bytes. My WHSTray application was just as guilty and I've reduced the reported thrashing somewhat by disabling it, but the level of constant writes is still unacceptable. Odd thing is WHSTray does not have that effect on my other two XP machines, one XP Pro SP2, the other a Toshiba laptop with XP Home SP3v3264 I've also disabled Terminal Services so lsass.exe is not running. The other important detail I should include is that this is a newly built machine, having migrated the system volume and did repair install from slipstreamed SP2 cd. The old machine has become my WHS. I have up-to-date AVGFree reporting no threats. Spybot S&D the same. Disabling either or both has no effect. Thanks in advance for anyone willing and able to help. I'm stumped. Tag: downloads Tag: 803018
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    - flash drive not recognized in win xp home with sp/2 hi I have a 6GB memorex travel drive and it has always worked good .Today i plugged it into my pc and nothing ..I used it yeaterday in the same pc and it worked fine .I shut my pc off every night and install all my updates during the day. It shows up in the device manager as a USB storage item and a right click says its working ok ..but it doesn't show up in my computer .. any help would be appreciated. Joe M Tag: downloads Tag: 803012
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    - Recycle Bin Context Menu The Context Menu list for my Recycle Bin has 2 entries I need to remove. I have tried various "Context Menu Editors" and none do the job. Need specific instructions on how to remove entries in the Recycle Bin Context Menu. Tag: downloads Tag: 803005
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    - Command line to update thumbs.db? I have a server with several TB of images. You can think of it as a sort of imaging server. There are around 10 million images in thousands of directories. These uploaded from interfaces, so the users have read-only rights to the entire server. When the users browse a folder, they don't have rights to create/ update thumbs.db. So they have to generate the thumbnails each time, in memory. I'd like to have the thumbs.db autocreate. Is there any way to do this? A command line perhaps? I'm a programmer, so if there is a way to program this then I'm all ears. Worst case I can imagine is recursively navigate the directories in a program, and launch each directory in Explorer, forcing thumbnail view (already have code to do this in my imaging viewer) however the problem is that Explorer only creates thumbnails for the first page of images and there is no way to tell when it is done. Any ideas? Thanks! Tag: downloads Tag: 803002
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    - reboot failure from windows xp cd Help All, After my computer was stuck in a loop i rebooted from the Windows XP cd. I then went to Windows updates and downloaded all the updates. I then tried to install SP2 but was greeted with an "access denied" message. I followed various replies posted on these fourums to remedy this but it did not work. I then rebooted again from the cd and now i have lost access to Windows Updates. On the 1st occasion i have tried using a different admin account, unistalling my Panda antivirus and i have tried to follow instructions to use a SubInAcl file, this i am out of my depth. On the 2nd occasion i believe i have lost a jscript.dll file but again i have encountered confiedence problems trying to fix this. Any ideas anyone? Tag: downloads Tag: 803001
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    - Changing Icons ????????? I am running XP with service pack2 and when I start up my computer I never no what I will find on my desk top. The Icons on my folders sometime show the picture that is suppose to be there and other times they are just plain folders. I can still open the programs with the short cuts I was just wondering if any one has any ideas as to what would cause this -- Later Gator Herb (Chip) & Roxanne Tag: downloads Tag: 802999
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    - Corrupt Error Report Computer failed to resume after Hibernate. Error report was corrupted. Following the directions after submitting the Error Report, I opened Add or Remove Programs and switched to the Last Used View. All Programs showed either 02/29/08 or 03/14/08 for the Last Used Date, including IE 7 and Windows Defender, which gets used everyday. This is a fully updated, new install, on an older computer. 2 previous (3 yr old Western Digital) HDD's have failed. This HDD is a new Seagate. Tag: downloads Tag: 802991
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    - below news is read by coding Big 5 Tag: downloads Tag: 802978
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    - help for problem RUNDLL; how can i deal with it?? Dear all, I was tried to update my Windows XP today. I found i have the hardware, Creative - Sound - SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio, and i found i have this hardware!! Therefore, i used the customised update in the microsoft.com, with all other updates. When the process is to the updating of the Creative - Sound - SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio item, a dialog box is shown and then a blue screen is flashed for half second, and it restarted by itself. After the restarting, i found problems are here!! the first dialog is: Rundll32.exe - µLªk§ä¨ì¿é¤JÂI µLªk§ä¨ìµ{§Ç¿é¤JÂI_except_handler4_common(¦b°ÊºA³sµ²µ{¦¡®wmsvcrt.dll) then i clicked OK. Afterall, the second dialog is RUNDLL ¸ü¤JP17Rundll.dll ®Éµo¥Í¿ù»~, §ä¤£¨ì«ü©wªºµ{§Ç. then i clicked OK, also. The windows is working proporely afterall, but that dialog makes me feels bad, how can i deal with it?? Tag: downloads Tag: 802976
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802974
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802972
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802969
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802967
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802965
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    - Bluescreen alot! I got like 4-5 bluescreens per day and sometimes more, I got a clean windows today and I still get the sma bluescreens, I disabled my intern soundcard and I did 6 tests on memtest with no errors Felkod 1000000a, parameter1 81b4615c, parameter2 00000002, parameter3 00000001, parameter4 80520fbe. 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E 0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er 0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code 0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 30 1000000 0020: 61 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d a Param 0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 38 31 eters 81 0030: 62 34 36 31 35 63 2c 20 b4615c, 0038: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 00000002 0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000 0048: 30 31 2c 20 38 30 35 32 01, 8052 0050: 30 66 62 65 0fbe Thats the last one today, and here comes the previous Felkod 1000008e, parameter1 c0000005, parameter2 bf8010fd, parameter3 b988aa48, parameter4 00000000. 0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E 0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er 0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code 0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 38 1000008 0020: 65 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d e Param 0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 63 30 eters c0 0030: 30 30 30 30 30 35 2c 20 000005, 0038: 62 66 38 30 31 30 66 64 bf8010fd 0040: 2c 20 62 39 38 38 61 61 , b988aa 0048: 34 38 2c 20 30 30 30 30 48, 0000 0050: 30 30 30 30 0000 Also I got an unknown entity in my drivers manager, It says it has something to do whith my Hd 2900 xt but I have the newest drivers and the realtek driver I have 2 gig ram 6400, hd2900xt , asus p5k , Intel core 2 duo e6600 Thanks for all the help Tag: downloads Tag: 802954
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802950
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802941
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    - 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? -- If you don`t know where you are,What are you doing there? Tag: downloads Tag: 802939
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802935
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    - Icons This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C88EB0.F1963340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How do I get some icons on to the bar , next to the start button so they = are along the bottom. I tried dragging them but they just jump back. thanks ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C88EB0.F1963340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>How do I get some icons on to the bar , next to = the start=20 button so they are along the bottom.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I tried dragging them but they just jump=20 back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>thanks</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C88EB0.F1963340-- Tag: downloads Tag: 802920
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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: downloads Tag: 802916
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802911
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802903
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802898
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802897
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802894
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802891
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    - 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?? -- FOLEYBA Tag: downloads Tag: 802889
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802886
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802874
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802865
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802864
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802862
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802859
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802858
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802857
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802856
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    - 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 -- artysan Tag: downloads Tag: 802853
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802852
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802851
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802850
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802849
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    - 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. -- sheryl Tag: downloads Tag: 802835
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802829
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802826
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802815
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802814
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802810
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802806
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    - 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: downloads Tag: 802798

is there a way to put a password on anything thats to be downloaded on my
computer, from websites, without getting my permission?

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Re: downloads by Mark

Mark
Wed Mar 26 09:31:17 PDT 2008

In XP you can encrypt a folder so that anyone not logged on with your user
id and password cannot open the folder. The encryption is totally
transparent to your user id/pass.
If you do this, be sure to create a 'password reset disk' for your user id.

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> is there a way to put a password on anything thats to be downloaded on my
> computer, from websites, without getting my permission?

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