Strange login
Suddenly, my homebuilt winxp home desktop has developed a strange
login practice. When i boot up in the morning, nothing happens for
about 4 minutes, then away she goes and no more probs. Its got an
nforce SLI board loaded with 7800 nvidia cards. IBM Deskstar hard
drive that checks out. I've checked the bios and run several tests but
no glitches. Device manager says a-ok on drivers. I hadn't loaded any
new software and I've checked Zonealarm to make sure there is no
problem with the trusted zone. Any ideas? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901159
AVG 8.0 performance
Finally ran a scan using it... while surfing the 'Net as I usually do.
Total scan took a little over an hour for an IDE system drive with
60gigs filled (110gigs total)
NO significant performance hit.
NO false positives. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901154
reinstall of SP2
I had to do a Repair install of XP and now cannot reinstall SP2. i get error
failed to write to registry, access denied. i do have admin privileges on my
system. Have permissions changed in some way? thank you! Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901151
Restoring LPT1 printer port
Somehow Windows XP has deleted the LPT1 port from my Device Manager so that
now my printer will not print. How can I restore the printer port?
Thanks.
--
dpower Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901147
No Open Button in File Download Security Warning Dialog Box
XP SP2
IE6
I have a user who is trying to open a PDF file that *she* posted to one of
our internal Intranet sites. When she clicks the link she gets the File
Download - Security Warning dialog box, but there is no Open button--just
Save and Cancel, and the Save button doesn't work. The user is able to open
other PDF files on the same site, from the Internet, and off her local hard
drive, so it does not appear to be any kind of issue with file type
associations.
I've done some googling, but everything that I've found has indicated, "this
problem does not occur with Windows XP SP2 or Internet Explorer 6," which I
found rather aggravating because my user is running both and has the
problem. Most of the articles I've seen talk about Vista and IE7, and
mention the certificate (.cer) file. I thought that I would try importing
our root CA to see if that does the trick, but beyond that I have no ideas.
Does anyone know how to fix this issue, or at least have some suggestions?
--Tom Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901128
Display of Font Issue
Hi:
There are 3 PCs. and I installed Word 2000 on all, three.
Upon typing on each of three pcs., ... one pc. at a time, I
noticed there has characteristic difference among three.
Two PCs, XP and Vista respectively has identical, in
regard to 'Size of Letter' which is 'thick and bold-type,'
however one PC with XP has 'thin and non-bold' type,
even though I set '10'/Size along with 'New Roman' on
three PCs.
Is it because each PC. has different template that causing
this difference/issue?
If does, is there a way for me to set identical display
as to Font of '10pt' upon typing?
Thanks for your help in advance. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901125
How do I make another printer driver for my same printer?
I use a HP DeskJet 5150 printer. I would like to make another printer
driver for it (copy it and give it a different name) so I can set the
features differently for that version. How do I do that?
Jack Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901076
Language automatically switches from Chinese to English
Hello,
I am trying to add support for Chinese PRC on a system (Win XP Pro), and we
installed the East language packs and Chinese PRC shows up as a language in
the toolbar, but whenever I select Chinese and go to type in a program such
as Word 2003 or Internet Explorer and begin to type the language
automatically changes from Chinese to English, and even if I change it back
as soon as I type again it will switch back to English.
In Word, automatic language detection is enabled, and both English and
Chinese are the first two options, but even if I disable automatic detection
and select Chinese it will still automatically select English.
Any suggestions? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901057
Change in Appearance of Start Menu
I'm sure this is a silly question, however, I do not know how to fix the
problem. When I go to the "Start" button and click on "My Documents" I no
longer get the sc reen that I used to that allows me to choose "Shared
Documents". It goes directly to "My Documents", which isn't what I want to
do. I certainly don't remember changing anything, and if I did, I certainly
don't know what I did or how to undo it. Could someone please help me?
Every other user on the same computer has theirs set the way I want mine.
Can't figure out what I must have done.
Appreciate your time.
Cheri Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901052
Unable to edit file comment field
Hi,
I'm unable to edit the file summary tab for zip files, anymore.
Specifically, I need to edit the comment field.
This seems to only apply to zip files.
I figure there's some file permission or policy thing I must reset.
I'm not afraid of system admin tools or the registry.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Richard
XP Pro, SP 3 Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901028
Hotmail down today?
On both of my XP machines Hotmail times out. I can get to my Hotmail sign-in
pages but trying to connect to Hotmail is causing both XP machines to
time-out. I have no problem accessing websites on my XP's. Just Hotmail and
some of the Windows discussion sites. Using Hotmail Live on my Vista machine
I can access my Hotmail accounts but not on my XP's. Both XP's were working
fine all year until today. Is Microsoft servers down today? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901020
Anybody successful with SP3?
I've seen nothing but complaints on this NG this week. Before I even start
to think about installing it, I'd like to hear that at least some people
were successful.
Norm Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1901016
Another SP3 upgrade failure and disaster
I'm running a HP P4 with XP Pro SP2. Nothing fancy, just a basic 2005
business machine with only a few application installed on it and all stock
hardware. Never gives any problem. I installed SP3 on it yesterday and
after a (seemingly) normal install, it rebooted and came up with SP3.
Then the problems began. First I noticed that the machine was virtually
nonresponsive taking ages to respond to any command except mouse movement.
Poping up the task manager showed that CPU usage was pegged at near 100
percent. A number of reboots did not fix the problem and other than the CPU
usage and nonresponsiveness, everything appeared normal.
I finally elected to uninstall SP3 and did a System Restore to the point
before the install. After unistalling SP3, system response returned to normal
and CPU usage was back down to about 3 percent. (Interestingly, at this
point the System page shows that the OS is SP2, as you would expect, but if
you go to Add/Remove Programs it shows that SP3 is installed. I didn't risk
trying to remove SP3 there since the system was now running normally again.)
So much for SP3; I'll stay with SP2 for the forseeable future! Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900989
What make my Server burning?
Does anyone have any suggestions on what factors will make my Server burning?
Such as dust, heat, humidity, temperature, ...
How do those factors interact together and make my server burning?
Because my boss does understand why Server needs a server room.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Any suggestion is valuable to make any
recommendation to my boss.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900979
EMERGENCY - Infected system can't fix - does portable AV exist?
Not sure if this is the right NG. One of my dual-boot systems is infected
with win32.jeffo and it took out comodo's firewall & defense as well as
Threatfire & PC Tools AV. WinXP side won't boot and now the Vista side is
infected too. As aggressive as this appears to be, I don't think it would be
a good idea to connect the HD's to the other computer in attempt to clean
it. Any advice on how to handle this or does a portable AV exist? Thanks for
any suggestions. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900978
Remote Desktop connection restarts the connected computer?
Hi, I have the following problem.
Whenever I'm using remote desktop connection to connect my working
computer from another lan computer, the working computer restarts by
itself and the connection won't be established.
Anyone has this problem too, or knows how to fix this?
Many many thanks. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900975
file deletion
Is there anyway to retrieve a file that was replaced by an older (date) one?
Is there perhaps a temp folder that might have it cached? It was a excel file
that user did copy/paste and "replace all". This was not done within the
last few minutes/hours so I can not use undo in excel.
Thanks to anyone who responds. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900968
unable to open new file
I've got a new Dell desktop (2.33GHz, 2gig RAM) just last month and it works
fine. Other than occasionally I cannot open a new file/webpage/folder etc...
eg. When I am using IE7 to surf, and I wanna open a new tab, it doesn't open
up. At this time I can't even open anything new such as a window or another
exe application..
However the problem is fixed when ie. I close a tab on IE and then I can
open ie. a new folder. The problem compounds itself with me being able to do
less and less without first closing something, be it a tab on IE, or a
window, or an application.
Any ideas ? Is it to do with the memory allocation ?
cheers
Andrew Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900959
hangs / freezes
I am working on a Dell OptiPlex GX280 that up till last week worked fine (~3
years). 1GB RAM, 2.8GB Pentium, 80GB HDD SATA, CD-RW, XP SP2. Is a network
workstation. Virus & malware signatures updates hourly. Has decent
firewall. Recently had added second 512MB RAM strip, but ran with no issues
for weeks following. Run MS Updates routinely, but not yet loaded XP SP3 (it
was not yet released at time hang/freeze issue began). Has suddenly begun to
hang/freeze at about 2-3 minutes post log-in. Gives no warning, no error
messages, no error beeps, continues all green lights on back panel.
Initially reset to earlier restore point with no positive effect. Then did
repair of OS with no positive effect. Ran Dell Diagnostics which found no
hardware issues - all tests passed. Specifically retested Memory and HDD and
all still passed those further diagnostics. Have tested USB keyboard and USB
mouse separately and both are fully functional. Ultimately reformatted HDD
and did clean install, but still continues to hang/freeze at about 2-3
minutes post log-in. Can boot to CD and during lengthy OS repair or install
there was no hang. Can boot to Safe Mode and device will eventually
hang/freeze at about 10-12 minutes post log-in. When hang begins, red light
on optical mouse flickers (slow at first then increases to rapid, then
suddenly stops); also during this, audio begins to crackle and similarly
increases in pace, then stops same as mouse optic light. Did find some info
@ MS regarding an "interrupt storm" but the prescribed "fix" for that did not
alter my issue in any way. Presently the GX280 still hangs/freezes and
nothing I've done has resolved the issue.
Has anyone suffered through this type of problem before, and how did you
ultimately resolve it? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900957
Unable to uninstall Office after SP3
On a brand new Toshiba laptop, I installed SP3. I tried uninstalling the
trial Office copy and it refused. I reimaged the drive and successfully
uninstalled Office. I didn't install SP3 again. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900956
browseUI.dll
Hi,
I've reinstalled WinXP with SP2 on my notebook and I can log-in using my
username and password. However then it goes to the desktop screen with
nothing on it. Not even the taskbar at the bottom or any icons at all.
There is a pop-up saying that the file browseUI.dll is missing.
I cannot do anything other than open the DOS command page using SHift+F10
key to search my hdd.
Where can I find this browseUI.dll file and where do I copy it over to ?
cheers
Andrew Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900950
Any suggested room temperature for server room?
Does anyone have any suggestions on room temperature for server room?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900919
Post SP3 Mystery CMD Window
After installing SP3 I now have a mysterious CMD window appear whenever I
login. It flashes by so quickly that I can't see if there is anything in
it. I've used SysInternals AutoRuns and the only thing I can guess at is
Office Genuine Advantage. But that was there pre-SP3 and produced no CMD
window. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900915
.net framework 2.0 Sp1
In cleaning up my programs I noticed that .net framework 2.0 Sp1 was taking
up 2700megs of space and I would like to know if it is safe to remove it or
is it a core program because I have ver 3.5 installed also Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900911
Windows XP 9and Outlook 2000) error
I have a Windows XP computer running Outlook 2000. When I am in Windows
Explorer and right click on a file, and pick send to mail recipient I receive
a Microsoft Outlook error. "An error occured while attempting to open the
Windows Address Book. Please specify a default mail delivery location in your
profile." I can send emails from Outlook and also from within Word (file\send
to\mail recipient) with no problems. Any ideas what is going on? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900910
Card Slot
Hi,
I am running Windows XP on my laptop, and I have a couple of cards that I
use for internet. One is a Motorola wireless adapter (because the computer
does not have built in wireless), and the other is a Verizon Air Card (for
mobile internet). The problem I'm having is that I have to keep reinstalling
these cards (using the driver discs) almost every time I switch from one to
the other. I never had this problem before. I just wiped out and reloaded
(with the stock restore disc), and it has not helped. I have also had
problems with a GPS device that plugs into the USB. I've had to reinstall
this a couple times too. The details are below:
Computer: Panasonic Toughbook CF-51
Wireless Adapter: Motorola WN825G
Verizon Air Card: Qualcomm PC5750
If more information is needed to answer this question, please let me know
and I'll get it ASAP. I don't know the type of card slot this is, but I know
it's the wider one, not the newer, skinnier slot.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!
Thanks in advance,
Jason Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900907
Wireless problem after installing SP3
Hi
After installing SP3 onto an Acer Aspire 1360 (XP Home SP2) it will no
longer connect to my wireless network. It simply sits there trying to
acquire an IP address but doesn't succeed. It also says the signal
strength is low where it is usually excellent and is trying to connect at
1Mbps. Trying to find networks in range results in the claim there are no
networks in range. Uninstalling SP3 restores normality. The wireless
router is a Belkin with hardware version F5D7231-4 2000. Any ideas?
--
Paul Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900902
System Slowing Down. Any Suggestions.
Windows XP, SP2. I have a system that has been running fine for a few years.
It has a 3 GHz processor and 4 GB of memory. Recently everything is running
much slower. Programs open up very slowly, some Excel workbooks with macros
run interminably long. Internet browsing is slow.
The LAN is fine, as I can go to another system and it runs the same
processes and browses the net quickly. I have scanned for spyware and
viruses and removed spyware and found no viruses. What can cause a system to
bog down like this? Any suggestions on how I can restore the system to its
former vigor? Thanks for the help.
--
Dr. Doug Pruiett
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
www.goodnewsjail.org Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900888
Persistent "extra linebreak" problem with Live Mail / Hotmail
Why isn't there a newsgroup for Live Mail / Hotmail? Anyhow...
I'm getting annoying by the extra linebreaks Live keeps inserting in my
emails. No matter how careful I am about it, and how good an email looks on
my end before sending, it always has that annoying "blank line for every
time you hit enter" problem when I go to my sent folder and look at what I
sent.
It's like it's interpreting all BR tags as P tags. Know what I mean?
I even tried emailing from Outlook (which I've configured to sync with my
Hotmail account) and it does the same thing, except that when I look at my
sent folder in Outlook, the email looks fine. When I look at the very same
email sent with Outlook, but in IE instead, the extra linebreaks are there
again.
...the hell?
How do I fix this bug?
Thanks. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900887
Re: About Registry Cleaners
Hi,
Doesn't WinXP have a built in "SCANREG" as does Windows 98SE?
On a Win98 computer, I have often used the command (in Dos mode),
"SCANREG /FIX /OPT" . Only recently, I bought a WinXP laptop, but I didn't
search for a SCANREG or it's equivalent yet.
Brad
On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:42:11 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general you
wrote:
>"Malke" wrote...
>> Tony wrote:
>>
>> > One thing I did that really stopped WinXP from crashing was a program
>> > called RegSeeker. You can download it from most reputable free download
>> > websites. It has a "Clean the Registry" feature that gets rid of lots of
>> > crap that affect performance and crashes systems.
>>
>> This is terrible advice. Registry cleaners are snake oil at best, at worst
>> they will hose Windows entirely. You may have had luck using RegSeeker but
>> you were indeed one of the lucky few. The registry does not need cleaning.
>> There is no "crap" in XP's registry that will affect performance and crash
>> systems; that sounds good but it isn't how Windows works. Having some extra
>> entries in the registry doesn't matter.
>
>Sorry, but there can be plenty of crap in the registry. There are two cases that are
>easy to make, and they are both due to stuff left over by uninstalled programs that had
>not been properly uninstalled.
>
>First:
>You can have programs that were uninstalled that left crap in the registry. Some of them
>are leftover ActiveX controls that are still loaded and still use resources. And some of
>these leftover ActiveX controls can cause conflicts that can cause the computer to
>become unstable - which possibly was why the program was uninstalled in the first
>place - and if the program's designer couldn't even uninstall his program correctly,
>it's possible that he couldn't write an ActiveX control properly.
>
>Second:
>In most cases, when the registry needs to be accessed, it is accessed directly from
>disk. It's easy to understand that the bigger the registry, the longer it takes to
>access the desired registry key. Now, of course by this logic it always speeds up the
>computer by removing any unneeded entries, but the issue can be one of diminishing
>returns - in a 5Meg NTUSER.DAT file, cleaning out a only dozen unloaded entries won't
>cause a speedup that is perceptible by any human.
>
>But you might see a noticable effect by cleaning out 100 unused entries - and I have
>recently used RegSeeker to clean over 700 entries on an old WinXP machine that has given
>the computer new life. BTW, the time difference in accessing the registry is not at the
>CPU clock speed (would can be nanoseconds) but milliseconds - and that can really does
>add up to seconds when your registry is bloated.
>
>Having said all that, I will admit that most registry cleaners fall into one of two
>categories - either they clean too little to be of any use at all (as in Symantec's
>WinDoctor) or they clean too damn much and can render some programs unusable (as in
>V-COM's RegistryFixer). I feel that RegSeeker is "just right"; however, I have only
>cleaned out registry entries marked as "green" (it weighs the danger of removing an
>entry as green, yellow, red).
>
>And if you know the history of the system, and if you've never uninstalled any programs,
>a registry cleaner won't do much good.
>
>Oh, I almost forgot - if you uninstall Norton AntiVirus, if you run a registry cleaner
>and then re-install Norton, your antivirus subscription can be reset (assuming that you
>are silly enough to use Norton in the first place).
>
>FYI, I am a hardware design engineer so I tend to see these things from the hardware
>standpoint.
>
>Tony
> Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900886
Why two different types of app errors?
We have an application that is occasionally crashing in random places.
Some users get the typical fatal error:
"xxxxxxxx" has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry
for the inconvenience.
But one of our users always gets something like this:
The instruction at "0x003de054" referenced memory at "0x00300034". The
memory could not be "written".
Any thoughts about why one user would get one whereas someone else would
get the other? Are there memory conditions or PC configuration issues
that would produce one error rather than the other? Thanks. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900884
SP3 error meassage Local Network Connection failed to authenticate
I loaded SP3 through MS updates and now I am getting a message that says "
Windows cannot connect you to the network" Everything seems to be working
fine and I can connect to the internet as well as the server and other
places on my network but the toolbar on the bottom has the network connection
icon with a yellow excalamtion point on it. When I go to the icon it says
"Local Area Connection Speed 100 Mbps Authentication failed" any idea
on how to resolve this? Asking it to repair itself does not help. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900875
XP SP3 Installation issue with msdaremr.dll
I've tried installing SP3 via the Windows Update site but it keeps stopping
with an error message of 'cannot copy msdaremr.dll'. Disabling Norton
AntiVirus 2007 makes no difference.
Has anyone encountered this when installing SP3 and how did they resolve it?
The installation routine does offer the option to skip copying but I'm
unsure about doing this.
Dell laptop
Win XP Pro SP2
MS Office XP Pro SP3 Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900854
SP3 stops Microsoft update working
Installed the official SP3 on a brand new Dell Inspiron Core 2 Duo 2.66 with
4 G RAM last night before installing any programs. It immediately stopped the
Windows update site from working any further - any attempted installations
failed, so I couldn't update Office etc after loading them. Did a system
restore to remove SP3 and all was fine again. Any thoughts? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900853
SP3 direct download link needed
Tried DLing SP3 yesterday and found the file size too small, about 230
meg. used this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=5B33B5A8-5E76-401F-BE08-1E1555D4F3D4&displaylang=en
What's happening is, MS is DLing SP3 to the Internet directory (which is
a small partition with little free space) instead of to a TMP or TEMP
directory which point to large partitions with loads of free space!
Two questions:
1) does anyone have a direct link to MS DL site for the latest SP3
release (I'll use a DLer program which saves exactly where I want them)?
2) outside of changing the temporary Internet directory location, is
there any way to circumvent MS from using that directory as its temp
location?
TIA Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900846
UPDATE: Problem with Roxio Creator for CD Burner regarding No Free Space Amount Display
Hi,
I am very sorry, I forgot the Roxio version. It is
"Roxio Creator DE 10.1".
I tried to get technical support at their web site (create an account,
etc.), but that turned out to be a WASTE OF TIME.
Brad
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT, Brad wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I have "burned" some data CD's on my Dell Windows XP home edition laptop
>(bought a couple months ago) using Roxio Creator software, but I could not
>find out how to "see" how much free space is left on the blank CD after I
>select each folder to add for the burn. Note: This is a one session project
>and I wanted to fill up the CD and have it "finalized".
>
> I have used Nero on my other computer's CD burner, which shows a scale
>as you add files/folders so you can see how much "space" you have left.
>
> I searched Roxio's "Help", but didn't find anything regarding this issue.
>
>
> Does anyone know a technique besides manually adding up the size of the
>folder's contents?
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900842
Re: Problem with Roxio Creator for CD Burner regarding No Free Space Amount Display
Hi,
I am very sorry, I forgot the Roxio version. It is
"Roxio Creator DE 10.1".
I tried to get technical support at their web site (create an account,
etc.), but that turned out to be a WASTE OF TIME.
Brad
On Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general you
wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I have "burned" some data CD's on my Dell Windows XP home edition laptop
>(bought a couple months ago) using Roxio Creator software, but I could not
>find out how to "see" how much free space is left on the blank CD after I
>select each folder to add for the burn. Note: This is a one session project
>and I wanted to fill up the CD and have it "finalized".
>
> I have used Nero on my other computer's CD burner, which shows a scale
>as you add files/folders so you can see how much "space" you have left.
>
> I searched Roxio's "Help", but didn't find anything regarding this issue.
>
>
> Does anyone know a technique besides manually adding up the size of the
>folder's contents?
>
> Thanks in advance, Brad
>
> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900841
Will be "CD-Burning" temp folder automatically cleaned after burning?
Hello!
I have a simple question! We have found some datas in the "CD
Burning"folder of an user. Is ist possible to day wether the datas were
burned or were not burned?
Thanks! Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900833
How to change the default launguage
In domain environment, am having system with OS-Windows XP installed, while
logging in the system the default language showing Italian.To switch to the
English one i have to press the Alt+Shift.
Kindly let me know how to get rid on this...
Thnx Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900819
Enter Valid Product Code on XP Corp
I've got a pc in front of me with an illegal XP corporate installed on
it. I've got a valid Windows XP Pro COA and need to transfer and
activate this valid key. How do I go about doing this? Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900803
Icons in Start Menu
It's only a cosmetic issue but a sprinkling of the icons in the Start
Menu (at various levels) are the 'standard yellow folder', instead of
the proper one. I could change every one individually but that's
tedious. Is there some way to fix the lot in one go please?
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900800
XP SP3: Windows Installer not working
After completing the installation of XP SP3 and the necessary restarts I am
unable to install any new software that uses the Windows Installer. Also
tried re-registering per the KB and restarting to have it work properly but
no luck.
Everytime I restart the windows installer installation always runs, the
event viewer shows no issues.
Any advice please Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900779
Vista question about "compatibility mode" and "safe mode".
Sorry for posting a Vista question in the XP section, but I just dont know
where is the vista newsgroup or if it exists.
Anyway, my problem is im trying to run a program which can only run under
two conditions:
1) Can only run under windows XP.
2) Needs to run in safe mode to work correctly.
The first problem I can solve it by simply runing the program under
compatibility mode (so it thinks its running under XP SP2). but the problem
is that in Safe Mode I can't use change the compatibility mode because the
option is greyed out.
So my question is, is there any other way to use compatibility mode while in
Safe mode? like from the command line?
Many thanks in advance.
P.D:
If there is an MS Vista newsgroup plz do post the link. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900763
Downloading stops for no reason ...
Downloading used to be an easy job. However, it's getting more and
more difficult.
Used to be that whenever I download stuffs, where-ever I downloaded it
from, downloading itself poses no problem. I could even download an
entire CD-ROM ISO content, over 700MB in size, in one shot.
Then things started to degrade.
First, it was the download from file-sharing services such as
MegaUpload or RapidShare that gave me problems. The download just
stops in the middle for no apparent reason.
At first I thought it was the ADSL modem or port problem. It wasn't.
Then I thought it was the ISP throttling bandwidth. It wasn't either.
At the time, downloading from plain-old HTTP or FTP sites were still
okay. Only file sharing services such as RapidShare or MegaUpload that
gave me headaches.
Then, this thing turns uglier.
Downloading from regular FTP sites, or even downloading a PDF file as
small as 4MB would just stop in the middle.
So I thought, hey, it must be the browser.
Changed my browser, the problem persisted.
Change browser again, hey, the same.
At that time, web pages are still okay, even webpages with lots and
lots of pictures open fine.
Now, things has gone from bad to worse.
No matter which browser I use (Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Safari,
Opera), sometimes the webpage would just load half-way.
Click on the "reload" page, the page reloads from scratch ... and
stops at half way.
Webpages with lots of pictures fair the worst. Pictures loads
halfways, some even didn't load. There are all sorts of things that I
just can't explain anymore.
So now, to all of you with so much experiences ----
What the heck is wrong with my computer ????
I am connecting to the Net via ADSL. Aztech modem.
PC is Pentium Duo-Core based. OS is XP Home. 4GB of RAM. 250 GB of
Hard Disk.
I have scanned my PC with anti-virus softwares up and down, no virus.
I have also check the firewall settings. Nothing wrong.
Trojans? I dunno. But so far, Norton isn't telling me anything.
So to all with so much wonderful experience ---- is there _ANY_
possibility that some settings in my PC has been changed somehow, in
causing the downloading problem???
BTW, check the line also. No stoppage, no signal drop. Everything
normal.
Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with my PC ????
Please, I need your help.
Thank you ! Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900754
Free antivirus software recommendation
I would like to install a new free antivirus software with my Windows XP
SP2 and Microsoft Defender and can't decide between AVG, Avira Antivir or
Avast.
Could anyone assist with a recommendation please. Tag: Icon Display Tag: 1900752
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