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    - external hard drive no access question Hi, I had an Emachine that took a dump - it stopped booting up on startup. I took it to geek squad and they told me that there was a problem with the computer seeing the hard drive on start up and that's why it would not boot up. They advised that they could extract the information off my (now dead) emachine hard drive for $275. I left. A friend told me that I could remove it from the emachine and connect it to my new computer as an external hard drive, which I did. Now with my new Dell I can see the local disk F and all the files inside it however, when trying to access any folder, particularly the important one...Desktop, I get the following error message: "F:\Documents and Settings\Desktop is not accessible. Access is denied." I have messed around with sharing and security with individual files and with the entire root and cannot get it to let me in. I am wondering the following things: I have a bunch of pictures on the original hard drive desktop....is there a way to tell if they are they still there with no access? What might I have to do to make accessing these files in this external hard drive possible? I thank anyone for any help you can give me with this. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813367
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    - Problem with video resolution going to 640x480 Hi folks. Well, I have beat my head against the wall till it is bloodied. I hope someone has slayed this dragon, and can give me a hint. I have a Dell Dimension 4550 running XP Pro. This machine has an Nvidia GeForce4 MX420 integrated video card on the motherboard. I normally use this at a 1024x768 resolution setting. I have used this machine with this configuration for several years without any problem, until about 6 months ago. It now switches itself to 640x480 4-bit resolution any time it comes out of sleep mode. When this happens, it is not possible to change the display resolution with the normal settings controls. The only way to recover seems to be to reboot the machine. Once the machine is rebooted, it works reliably until the next time that the system goes into sleep mode. Then it all starts over again. I beat on it several times, and finally decided to do a complete fresh install of XP Pro on a brand new disk. I installed all of the drivers fresh, and did the setup from the ground up. Painful, but I figured that this would solve the problem. Unfortunately, the problem is still there. I have tried the video drivers from Dell, and I have downloaded and installed Nvidia's drivers as well. Neither affect the problem. I suspect that this problem is related to some security patch that MS has done to Windows, though I don't have any real evidence of that. It just seems like everything was working fine, and then it wasn't, kind of like something was added to the OS that doesn't work with my system. I suggest that it is security related because it seems to be connected to the user log-in process. I have three accounts on this machine. One for my wife, one for me, and one for guests. My account and my wife's accounts are both protected with passwords. The guest account does not have a password. If I log into the guest account after coming out of sleep mode, the machine is at the proper video resolution. However, if I log into either of the password protected accounts after coming out of sleep mode, it goes to 640x480. I don't believe that it is a hardware problem, because when it is at the proper resolution, it works fine. And I can change back and forth between all accounts without a problem as long as it does not go into sleep mode. Anyone have an idea for a fix? Thanks in advance, and sorry for the long post. Best regards, Mike Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813365
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    - How to totally delete defunct WINDOWS folder/subfolders? I have old Windows directories on 2 separate drives; one is my current boot drive; the other I used for a test to potentially upgrade my XP Pro to XP Pro X64. Both will not totally delete because of the obstinance of the undeletability of 2 files in \[whatever old]\system32\Macromed\Flash directory. The files are: 1. FlashUtil9f.exe 2. Flash9f.ocx To illustrate the absurdity of my attempts to fool Flash that these 4 Flash files are inoperable because I re-named the whole directory tree in these defunct Windows directories, the current trees are: 1. WnDOW_\Sy\Ma\F\ 2. \W\32\M\F Flash refuses to give up its lease on those 2 properties. Does anyone have an answer to this. I have tried to do this by even Diagnostic Startup, and backing up and cleaning everything cleanable with Regedt32, after un-installing all current Macromedia programs in Add or Remove Programs, and running RegCure 10 times in a row. Something along the line did remove FlashUtil9f.exe in the old X64 OS directory, but nothing of the other 3 files; 1 in the uninstalled X64, 2 in the defunct X86. Anyone have any cures? Thanks Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813360
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    - error message hphmon06.exe after installing XP SP3, i keep getting error message on start-up - "hphmon06.exe 'unable to locate component' - application has failed to start because hpzjrd01.dll was not found. re-installing the application may fix this problem" having problems with hp printer psc1610 all-in-one - mssupport.microsoft.com tells me to uninstall printer and re-install - i have done this many times following their instructions but they do not solve this problem.. i have asked them where or how to get the hpzjrd01.dll back on my machine, but they won't give me a straight answer, they just keep telling me to uninstall and re-install.... Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813355
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    - Cannot Access Flash drives Win XP Home Ed SP-2 When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive Letter. however when I try to access (open) it I get the message "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This Computer. Please contact your system administrator" I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail. This is something that has happened after one of the "updates" Can anyone help?? Thanks Mark Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813354
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    - Synchronization I'm running Vista Premium although my question refers to Windows no matter what version you're running. I've wondered for longer than I'd like to remember what Synchronization means. In my case I'm particularly talking about newsgroups. When I right click on a subscribed newsgroup in my Windows mail there is an option for "Synchronization settings" allowing to... 1 Don't Synchronize 2 All Messages 3 New messages only 4 Headers only Can someone give a good explanation, I'm sure others would also like to know? Mickey Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813347
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    - how to undo cancellation of a user I have somehow lost an account on my comp. I am not an expert computer user so i need some help trying to figure out what i have done wrong and how to fix it. Previously i had myself as a user with administrative privliges and i also had an account for my girlfriend(without privliges) Before when i started up my computer, it would give me two user for signing in(starting windows) Now, somehow, my account is gone and the only option is my girlfriends account(with no administrative privliges) So i am wondering if there is anyway to retreive my account and how to do it. Thankful for input on this Kind regards A frustrated user -- swedishsteel Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813345
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    - M$ Mgmt Consonsole View Error When I go to Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services-><ExtendedView> Tab, the text is very small - I can't read it. How to fix? FYI: WinXP Pro + SP3 Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813341
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    - Enabling projector view on windows xp Hi i am trying to connect a projector to my dual boot laptop which has windows xp and windows vista I can get a display of the projector when i connect it to the windows vista by prsssing the Fn key + F5 which gives me an option to get display on projector and laptop or just the laptop or the projector but when i connect it to the windows xp it does not display thru the projector It sys searching vga ,composite etc. I know the projector is fine as it works well with vista on the same computer How do i enable projector view on XP as i can do on vista by FN+F5 key please advice Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813336
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    - enable projector view on XP Hi i am trying to connect a projector to my dual boot laptop which has windows xp and windows vista I can get a display of the projector when i connect it to the windows vista by prsssing the Fn key + F5 which gives me an option to get display on projector and laptop or just the laptop or the projector but when i connect it to the windows xp it does not display thru the projector It sys searching vga ,composite etc. I know the projector is fine as it works well with vista on the same computer How do i enable projector view on XP as i can do on vista by FN+F5 key please advice Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813335
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    - unable to install Windows updates I am able to download the updates but cannot install them. I have tried 5 or 6 times with no success. Any suggestions? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813328
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    - "Multimedia Audio Controller" has no driver available One of our WinXP SP2 machines is showing this (yellow question mark) in Device Manager (don't know how this this has gone on, staff member told me this a.m.). Tried searches on google, but keep getting pointed to for-pay driver sites, so reinstalled SP2, no change. Upgraded firmware for the Intel 82801 AC'97 portion -- no change. Can someone point me to a resource to correct this? TIA! -- Mike Webb Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. a conservation non-profit (501 (c)(3)) organization Wood River, NE Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813319
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    - UNdo/ Restore My Pictures Folder Somehow Just now I moved all the contents in My Pictures one level higher into My Documents. While I could manually move back those directories/files one-by-one back to My Pictures Folder. But is it overly tedious (Directories are easy, not those previous pics not filed under any folder). Any way to UNDO/ restore the My Pictures Folder to what it was prior to the accidental change. I tried System Restore to the Sunday at 2-days back ; but it seemed not working this way. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813315
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    - Programs wont load, icons disappear I have the strangest problem with my XP system. The computer seems to boot up fine, but when I click on an icon to load a program, the icons on my desktop all disappear for a moment, then come back, and the program won't load. After many attempts, I may be able to get something like I-Tunes up and running. But after clicking on a song, or moving around the screen, the program will abruptly shut down and take me back to the main desktop. Through all of this, I get NO warning or explaination.. no error messages, nothing at all. I can't click on control panel to see a log... the computer just stares at me. I have up to date anti-virus software, adaware, etc. Any thoughts??? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813311
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    - User Profile Hive CleanUp OS: WinXp Pro SP3. Installed Profile Hive CleanUp service. It is shown in Add or Remove Program panel as well as in Services (Local), Sysinternals Process Explorer and Autoruns. However, in Windows Task Manager- Process tab -uphclean.exe does not show; I thought it should. Am I wrong? Is uphclean.exe running? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813310
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    - Sp3 I am following advice in order to remove SP3 on my laptop. It has gon through processes Inspection / Checking / Stopping Services / Restorin Catalogue and has been £Running processes before Uninstallfor the pas hour. Anyone know if this is normal please? Te -- telboy1938 Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813309
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    - Loading SP 3 I have tried to set up the SP 3. The pack downloads, but when it starts to install, after a few minutes, shows a failure ... unable to install some of the program. Has anyone else had this problem ? If anyone can assist me it sure would help. Thanks Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813304
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    - Power Saver My comparatively new Packard Bell Laptop will not power off the scree no matter it is set on 1 minute or 1 hour....I can adjust the time i takes for the screen-saver to activate. I'm certain it used to work an although I can't be certain I think installing SP3 may have been th start of my problem. I also notice that closing the lid does not see to do anything. I do not wish to manually close down as I prefer t have downloads and virus checks etc done during the night. Any hel will be much appreciated. Thanks. Te -- telboy1938 Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813290
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    - XP Not Accepting Product Key Hi All I have just done a reinstall on a friends laptop. He couldn find his version of Windows XP so i thought i would just use mine.Th problem i have is that when it comes time to type in the Product Key i wont accept the Key that is stuck to the bottom of the laptop. Th laptops XP sticker say Windows XP Professional 1 - 2 CPU and my versio of XP is Professional so why wont it work. Any help would be great Thank -- synthedi ----------------------------------------------------------------------- synthedic's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=4949 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=99109 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813288
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    - Task Icons missing, erratic behavior I have a Dell Inspiron6400 laptop wit Win XP Home, IE 7, - over the weekend I removed programs not used for ast year, cleaned up the hard drive, and defragmented. Now after reboot, it takes FOREVER to restart,and when it does the task icons in the lowr right corner, some show normaly and some show as the "Left" arrow that expands the list, when I open the list I only see "(" andhe ones that show normally do not open programs when you double click. hen the windows auto update icon shows - I gt message that it is turned off and am unable to turn back on from he- says must go to the system panel, and when I go there it wi not go to Auto mode - always stays dsabled. Oter problems alsot to system restore to reset the system - but ALL restore points were deleted!!!! I could not even go to a previous month to find one --Lastly when I go to IE 7 I cannot sign on like I used to it takes forever to go to my homepage or other sites - sometime I must try 2 or 3 time to get where I want - also I have been getting popups galore telling me my system is infected and to try their cleaner -- I have scanned with my updated McAfee and found no problems -- I have 2 other browsers - Netscape and Moz Firefox - these give me minimal problems and are very speedy I am going nuts with this - what do I do????? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813279
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    - EX 7 Cookies not writing For some reason, all of a sudden I have to start logging in on the sites I go to that usually, I do not have to log in, when I hit my favorites, it would auto be logged in. I have looked at the Tools and made sure the cookies are on and even added some sites to the Allow Always, I even took the secuity to Low, but, no go. There are one or two sites that I can go to, where I do not have this problem, but most, I do. This started around June7. The only thing I can think of, is an auto updated downloaded and installed, but I have no idea what it was. Any HELP would be appreciated. Syd Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813277
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    - IRQL blue screen problem, need help! Hello, Have a problem width DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL debug screen. I have play MMORPG and always when i leave my character online to sel some stuff, my computer turn off all alone because electrical problem in my street. When I start XP again, and run the game again, I have a DUMP blu screen width IRQL message: *** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xBF849B03, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xA2048C0F) win32k.sys - Adress BF849B03 base at BF800000, DateStamp 41107f7a dump_wmimmc.sys - Adress A2048C0F base at A2041000, DateStamp 48463890 I try to check my HDD width chkdsk, do some Diskcleanup, also I try t disable BIOS caching and shadowing, reinstaling display drivers, etc. When I do those things, the game starts normaly, but always when P crash (self restart) I have a Blue IRQL dump message, and I must d those things again and again. I try to by some good UPS device to prevent electrical problems, bu haven't cash yet. So, What shall I do to prevent comming up a blue screen again? regards -- Corsai ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CorsaiR's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=5196 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=99091 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813272
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    - MS Whistler Personal My neighbor gave me his HP Pavilion 751N computer. It consists of a Pentium 4 cpu, 1.80 ghz, 224 mb ram, SIS 650, and a 72Gb HD. It also has a CD Writer, DVD player, 3.5 diskette drive and a couple of low speed USB ports. He could not locate the restore disk for the computer and thinks it was discarded. When I start it in the safe mode and then switch to regular mode it states it's running Microsoft Whistler Personal. This is some type of XP OS. There seems to be many more programs and folders on the C: hard drive than show up in add/remove programs. This is true even in the safe mode. They are also present on the start/all programs menu and even though I've not checked all of them many can be clicked on and run. I am asking for some input and help on: 1. Is there a way to see the programs in the add/remove programs screen or somewhere so I can remove what I don't want? 2. I have an unopened copy of MS XP Professional and would like to know if I can overwrite the Whistler Personal XP and how? 3. If #2 is true do I then need to find drivers for the CD, DVD and USB devices? TIA.... Gene Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813269
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    - Windows Defender Does Windows Defender need to be left running minimized to provide real time protection. When I close it I don't see an icon anywhere. Help file does not explain. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813264
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    - Sierra Home 4.0 This was posted awhile back to fix an issue with Sierra Home Archetec 4.0 When i tried this the issue was fixed for Xp Pro. But how bou XP(64)bit. it will install but it wont run. anyone have any ideas? even did what the guy sugested and a new error came up. please help m :D also does anyone know of any issues that will happen with vista whe i upgrade to it in the future? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave, Try copying the file msvcrt.dll found in c:\windows\system32\ folde into the Sierra Home Architect 4.0 folder. This should be in C:\Program Files\Sierra Home Architect 4.0 <- or whatever they call it.... (if XP guidelines have been followed by the developer.) FIRST any msvcrt.dll file actually already in the Home Architec folder(s) should be renamed to msvcrt.dll.old just in case.... Good Luck, CreateWindow http://mymessagetaker.com "BigFoot Dave" <bfdave28@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:462ea3c5$0$5795$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > New to group..forgive me if this has been covered before. > > I use Sierra Home Architect 4.0. All of a sudden cannot open. I get > error "The procedure entry point _resetstkoflw could not be locate in the > dynamic link library MSVCRT.DLL. Attempted MS fix 324762 (restore > original MSVCRT.DLL file)...this did nothing. Any help would b greatly > appreciated. Thank You!! -- seankem ----------------------------------------------------------------------- seankemp's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=5195 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=99085 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813256
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    - 0x0000008e error message I have a Sony Vaio Laptop ( I don't know anything more than that othe than it is less than 2 years old) and I booted it up today and then i went to the blue error shutdown screen with this stop code: 0x0000008e (0x00000005, 0x84cf0731, 0xAA350c3c, 0x00000000) What can I do to fix this problem? Safe mode works for me but I don' know where to go from there...or even if that is where I start -- lost_in_computer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- lost_in_computers's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?u=5195 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=99079 http://forums.techarena.i Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813252
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    - Memorized/Reoccurring Transactions How do you setup a Memorized/Reoccurring charge Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813251
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    - Windows XP won't restart from shutdown Windows XP SP3 will not restart from shutdown. I have to reboot to bring Windows back up Any advice? Dave Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813241
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    - xp repair If unable to start computer how do you uninstall Internet explorer 7 before repairing xp. It says that Internet explorer will not run if you try to repair over it. I cannot even start the computer in safe mode. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813236
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    - Computer keeps rebooting When I turn on my computer a screen comes up asking if I want to start in safe mode or normally and then just shuts down and reboots again. Please help - I know I have a virus, just not sure how to remove. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813230
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    - Setting Opening default size for Folders I would like to set my system to have all files open in full size, and I can't seem to find the tool to do that. I need some directions that I, a somewhat competent, but technically unsavy user, can understand. Thanks Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813229
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    - interface Will someone please reply to this as I am testing my interface with this newsgroup. My isp has been no help but I think i finally have it right. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813226
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    - prevented me from accessing hotmail I have Windows XP SP2, with firefall enabled. I was previously infected with a virus that prevented me from accessing hotmail, yahoo mail, gmail, or even windows live mail. Also could not use MSN Live Messenger (however was able to use Trillian). AVG detected the trojan horse and quarantined it. But I still can't access my hotmail. I even tried installing SP3 but that didn't help. Anyone know of this issue and how to solve? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813224
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    - XP now takes over 4 minutes to boot to desktop I am running WindowsXP pro and upto sp2 my system used to boot/load to the desktop in under 1 minute 30 secs with 2Gb of ram and a 2.8gHz dual core cpu. Now since I installed sp3, although the system is a bit quicker, ie programs load a bit quicker, explorer is a bit quicker etc, after a reboot, it takes over 4 minutes to load the desktop, and sometimes it does not load my network connections. This window is a blank, so I have to reboot yet again and waith another 4 minutes plus to see if it will load network connections 2nd time around. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get back to a quick boot up time etc. Should I uninstall sp3? Thanks Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813219
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    - Outlook 2003 very slow I have XP Pro SP2 with OL 2003. I recently ran Spybot and Spyblaster which loaded my restricted zone with URLs. (I probably didn't need to do that since I have a commercial version of AVG 8.0) Subsequently, it took 40 to 50 seconds to open or send an email. I removed all URLs from both Restricted and Trusted zones and rebooted. Emails now open or send in 30 seconds. The same day I also removed IM from Startup. Does anyone have any other ideas about what I can do to get my email speed back into an acceptable range? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813204
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    - Windows X sp3 to Windows XP sp2 How can I install the Windows XP SP2 back? Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813203
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    - Corrupted Files I have two MS Word files, one in a doc file and the other in a wbk, that I can neither open nor delete. When I try to delete, open, or copy over these files, I get a message that the procedure is prohibited because the file name and path are too long or because the path does not exist and that I should remap that Network drive; the file reside on HDD C and is in a two folders down in the My Documents folder. I have a copy of this file on a USD HDD and would like to erase both of these files, but wonder if anyone knows how I could do this. I have tried and cannot copy over either of these files. The condition of these files prevents copying and backing-up the My Documents folder. Any help would be appreciated. I am using Microsoft Office v2003, Windows XP - SP-1, and Dell Pentium IV running at about 3 GHz with a 150 GB HDD. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813202
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    - XP Fax - How to Extend Time Needed to Connect I have one of those calling cards that takes awhile to get through the prompts, but when it finally does, the Windows fax program hangs up because it took too long to sense a connection and says the line is busy. What Can I do to extend the time that the fax utility expects to sense another fax machine? Thanks much. Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813201
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    - Aborted XP upgrade Hope someone can help, cos I am stuck Have a laptop running XP Home. Went to upgrade to XP Pro but there is a corrupted file on the disk and setup only went so far (first restart) before stopping. I am left with2 startup options - 'Windows XP Home' (now set to default) and 'Windows XP Professional Setup'. There is also a folder - C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT - with, presumably, the unused setup files for XP Pro. My real question is - how do return the computer to the state before I started the interrupted installation of XP Pro ? I know it isn't just as simple as deleting the above folder and some other files in the root directory, but what can I safely delete and what other measures do I have to take ? Really appreciate someone's help Thanks Rick Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813195
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    - USB 2 problem I recently had trouble with USB external drives - suddenly becoming 'unknown devices'. I have now narrowed the problem and wonder if anyone can help me solve it. In Devices, when I disable 'SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller', the drives are recognised again - but only running at USB 1.1 speeds. Some USB 2 only devices just do not work. Enabling the 'SiS.... etc' immediately makes these devices become 'unknown' and will not show up in Windows Explorer or anywhere alse. I have tried the Microsoft hotfix for recognising USB 2 devices but this has had no effect. Can someone please shed some light in the darkness ? Thanks Rick Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813193
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    - cannot install east asian languages the error message is "Windows setup could not copy the appropriate files", happens with and without XP CD. I'm using XP SP3 Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813192
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    - What is the 1394 connection? An XP Pro loaded as part of a multi-boot with pre-loaded Vista has a 1394 connection, said to be 'connected' and using '1394 Net adapter' but does NOT have 'Local Area Connection' although Vista does (as well as 1394). What IS the 1394 connection and what is it connecting to what? Presumably I need a driver for the Ethernet. Vista tells me it's Intel 82562V-2 10/100. The support CD that came with the (Medion) system has something called Intel LAN software but that doesn't seem to do the job. Presumably I can get the drivers from Intel but does anyone know how to copy the drivers from the Vista installation? Thanks Derek Tag: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? Tag: 813191
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    - How up upgrade a motherboard on a windows XP system So, you want to swap out that old slow motherboard with something fast and cheap? How hard could it be - my advice, be afraid, be very afraid .... Here are my adventures in upgrading my motherboard, may your installation go better than mine. I had a 5 year old k7VM2 ASRock 1.67 Ghz AMD XP 2000. I found a Elitegroup GEForce6100PM-M2 with a 2.7 GHZ dual proc Athlon 64 with 2GB for $180. The speed really hasn't gone up that much over the years, it still takes several minutes to boot XP. I thought, I'd just unscrew the motherboard, put in the new one and put back all the cables and I'd be back in business. Well, I got the motherboard back in OK. One tip I had was to take a picture of the USB and front panel connectors so I could then put them back the same way on the new motherboard after I had confirmed they had the same pinout. These connectors are all separate, but they were labeled in my old case. I booted up and up came the POST screen OK, so I knew the motherboard was ok, but as soon as it tried to boot to XP, it would just restart. I guessed that I have to reinstall the operating system. I found this helpful link on how to upgrade a motherboard with XP http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html If you're going to upgrade your motherboard with your existing drive, you pretty much have to assume you're going to lose everything on it. Since there is no practical way to backup multi-gigibyte drives, I would seriously consider getting a new harddisk and then reattach your old one for the files. This means hours of reinstallation, but you might avoid the headache I'm about to describe. When I tried doing the upgrade, I had problems with the system flaking out on me with the screen suddently display repeating parts of the screen and dying. It would often start the part of the install where it is verifying the disk and then just die. Several times. There may still be a problem with the motherboard, but I found that it started to stop recognizing the CD ROM drive and wouldn't respond to the correct master/slave/cable select settings. Ultimately, I found the problem when the IDE connector broke off in my hand as I pulled the cable. A bad cable can really make your day hard. I tried another older cable I had and I was still getting flaky operation. Finally, I used the new IDE cable that came with my motherboard, and that seemed to make it work a lot better, although I still saw some flakyness. Moral of the story - if they give you a cable, use it - do not use old IDE cables, they don't work. When it did get through the installer start, it would put up a The file 'Asms' on Windows XP Professional CD-ROM is needed" message, see support.microsoft.com 311755 This happens because when the setup restarts, it can't load the CD-ROM driver and can't read the cd-rom at all. The only way around this is to copy the i386 directory from the setup disk to the harddisk before you start installation. I was able to use xcopy because I had an old windows98 boot disk that I had around along with a 98 setup CD. You might want to have these handy. If you're paranoid, I'd copy the i386 directory to your harddisk before you start. All of this crashing means I have to sit through a lot of 'your disk needs to be checked for consistency' and rebooting xp from the setup disk which takes forever. I think I must have done this about 100 times. At one point I had damaged my boot.ini file and setup said that the disk was corrupted and could not be repaired and it aborted installation. At this point, I thought all my data and program setup was lost. Also at another point, it said that it could not find an existing version of windows. It somehow erased the file \winxp\system32\controls \system. Fortunately, the system keeps a copy at system.sav, so I copied that and got going. I used the recovery console to do that, but you have to know the administrator password to do that. I forgot mine. I ended up re-attaching my old motherboard and resetting the administrator password. Moral of the story, know your administrator password before you begin. But you can repair the boot.ini file. See: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairbootini.htm After that, it was able to complete the repair install of XP. None of the drivers appeared to install by themselves, so I had to run the setup Cd that came with motherboard. It would install each component and then force a reboot - about 5 reboots in all - did I tell you that XP doesn't boot very fast? Well, now, I'm back to my old system pretty much, but now I need to install service pack 2 and possibly 3 along with a zillion other secuity updates. When I do the upgrade, the flakyness comes back and I have several attempts where the screen goes wacky and I have to try again. When it does start, it says that "Access denied" during the install and it quits and then takes several minutes uninstalling itself. How annoying. I find support article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873148 I attempt the 2nd method to reset security back to defaults, but after another lengthy download/install, it still says access denied. Ultimately, I set all keys under HKCR to the same as the security at the root. I still had problems. I found the following message: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/browse_frm/thread/8de000caa89ac286/c2e82a3cae2d84a7?lnk=st&q=imsiserver#c2e82a3cae2d84a7 I removed my anti-virus and anything else I could delete in my startup, deleted the adcctl.adcctl.1 key. I looked at all the other keys mentioned in the message. After restarting the install and letting it copy files, I then reset all keys in HKCR to allow admin access while it was copying files. It finally got past the registry key part. 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Hi,
I need to find out what programs have been unistalled on a pc. I know I can
look in the event viewer by using Eventvwr.msc but what I am looking for
could be after the oldest log date.

If there are any other utilities or ways to find this out it would be much
appreciated.

Thanks

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Re: How do I find what programs have been uninstalled? by DL

DL
Wed Jun 25 00:59:23 PDT 2008

You could examine the registry, but any references for previous programs
could have been purged, & if that is the case your out of luck

"Rychi" <Rychi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0286DD57-2A9A-4279-A720-1D3CDA24CD70@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I need to find out what programs have been unistalled on a pc. I know I
> can
> look in the event viewer by using Eventvwr.msc but what I am looking for
> could be after the oldest log date.
>
> If there are any other utilities or ways to find this out it would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks

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