not require password upon bootup
Task Scheduler required me to enter a password so I could have a
schedule task run. I only have one account on this computer and I
think the guest account is disabled. Is there a way to bypass the
password prompt and have the user be logged into windows upon it
booting up.
Thanks,
Pete Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887152
Any way to escape parenthesis characters in a batch file?
if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="x86" (
set PROGNAME=Program Files
) else if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" (
set PROGNAME=Program Files (x86)
)
This fails because of the parenthesis in (x86). I have a workaround already,
but I'd prefer using the method above for readability. Any way to escape the
parenthesis characters so this will work?
--
Bill Baker Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887142
Calc.exe digit grouping doesn't work
Does anyone have any ideas why digit grouping isn't working in the
Windows Calculator (Calc.exe and CalcPlus.exe)? Even though digit
grouping is checked in the calculators on my work computer and my home
computer, the calculator won't display commas. I'm running XPSP2.
Thanks,
Kirt Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887128
cache of unwanted photos
Unwanted photos (JPEG) are cached to Photo Shop from my home page and sites
visited on the net. How do I stop this,turn it off? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887125
is my hyperthreading working ?
My XP Home ...all up to date, ...Task manager | Performance shows two graphs
:-)
Device Manager says that "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" is working properly.
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/htu/ test utility reports that
my cpu, bios and chipset failed the test !
Well, my motherboard, cpu and bios are all acceptable for hyperthreading,
according to Intel's specification requirements.
...I patched with KB896256 ages ago, ...can't remember why !
...could it just be that Intels test utility *.exe is a pile of c**p ?
any thoughts appreciated,
regards, Richard Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887122
Rename destination file with Robocopy
Is there any way to have robocopy name a destination file different from the
source? For example, if I want to copy c:\Temp\temp.log to c:\Temp\temp.bak.
So far I can't see any way of performing this simple operation. Does
robocopy actually not allow this?
Thanks,
--
Bill Baker Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887117
Recent Folder Files
Is there any limit to the number of files that can be accumulated in
the Recent folder?
What are the files in the Recent folder used for? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887113
BSOD ?
I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots
my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of
the BSOD and fix it?
TIA...Les Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887106
System Time Issue
I have one XP SP3 system that will not display the correct time. The clock
setting is set to Mountain Time (-7:00) with the Automatically adjust DST box
checked, but for some reason is always displaying one hour earlier (like the
box is in Central Time.) The box is part of an AD domain and all systems are
syncing with the DC but this is the only one that is off. When I run the
command net time \\domaincontroller /set /y from a command line, the system
shows -6:00 Central Time in the output line. I have no idea where this is
coming from.
Has anyone else seen this? I checked the BIOS system time and that seems
fine. We are well past the original DST date and the system has been fully
patch with even the optional patches. Any thoughts? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887102
BSOD
I get a blue screen of death shortly after inputting my password, it reboots
my PC way too fast for me to read the text. How can I determine the cause of
the BSOD and fix it?
TIA...Les Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887082
Point DVD-RAM Drive Letter To Hard Drive?
I have a proprietary backup system that backs up it's data to a dvd-
ram drive formatted as ntfs and the system sees it as a large floppy/
superdisk-type drive. This system is wasting a lot of disks, and, to
make a long story short, I want to force the backup software to write
to a hard drive instead of the dvd-ram disk. I've heard this is
possible by editing the registry. Can anyone point me to some
information on this?
I know I'm on my own and unsupported by MS by doing registry-editing. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887079
Korean Languange Issues ...
Hello,
I am having peculiar issues with configuring a Windows XP SP2 system to use
the Korean language.
The original install was in English and Korean input works well. However,
certain programs do not show up in Korean; they show up as processed
Unicode. But Office XP and Internet Explorer shows Korean text just fine.
I have enabled support for East Asian and checked out all of the options
listed in "Regional and Language Options" in the Control Panel to no avail.
Any other places I should check? Anything I need to download?
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Christopher Koeber Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887077
Windows Installer
When Windows starts, Installer automatically kicks in, but gives me the
following error message : "Unexpected termination". I have already tried the
Installer Cleanup utility to no avail...
Can you help? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887065
450MB for ".NET" runtimes?????
Control Panel Add/Remove Applications says I have two big apps on my PC:
.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 (185MB)
.NET Framework 3.0 SP1 (245MB)
Is this really just 245MB with a confusing report or is it really a
total of 430MB? Wow.
I didn't need any .NET until recently when I installed two small-ish
open source apps; CDBurnerXP Pro 3 and Filezilla (ftp).
Can I uninstall 3.0 and see if these apps work with 2.0?
Can I uninstall e 2.0 and get 185MB back?
This is an old laptop that needs the disk space.
Thanks
--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887040
"Access Denied"
I have a folder on my D:\backup sector that is named 23125eda25a7e5c21a2d8547,
Mousing over it shows it to contain a folder named "update" size 0 bytes,
attempts to open it result in the above message.
Any ideas what it is, and if it's likely to be malignant? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887033
event id 4226 tcpip
I know of the limit of 10 incomplete inbound connections, is there a
supported way to raise this limit?
Regards
CARL Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887031
"Ending Programme" : - "should not see me"
I got this message on my PC when shutting down with nothing open.
Is it something I should be worried about, my PC is freezing a lot in IE7,
but has twice in the past few days been declared clean of malware. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887030
No arrow on shortcut icon
Hello
I have recently reinstalled Windows XP SP2 on my PC. I can't see arrows on
the shortcut icons. No help on Internet 'cause all is there about getting
rid of them. How do I get them back?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Ishtiaque Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887027
Desire stop office critical patches from upgrading outlook
Hi, I have office 2003 and Outlook version 6.0
I had said yes to update patches for office, and on install said ok to
update Outlook.
After install and due to problems long story (with hotmail) I do not want
Outlook updated.
I restored system and again have ver 6.0 and wish to stay there.
I installed update again to try to get it to work (with hotmail problem -
doesn't work)..and second time installing - it did not prompt/ask if desire
update outlook, as now is in my system file somewhere due to choosing yes
before, on the first install; a file is telling microsoft I want to update
Outlook when installing the critical patches.
I restored again, back to ver 6.
I would like to download the critical patches for office 2003, but the
system now has in a file somewhere that on installing critical updates, to
not ask me if desire to update outlook (to new version), as system has set it
to yes somewhere, due to the fact I said yes the first time.
So, if I allow the patches, it no longer asks if desire to update outlook,
it will just update to the new outlook which I do not want.
Does anyone know the file, where it tells microsoft that I had chosen yes
before, so I can change it to prompt me on installing critical patches for
office 2003 that no, do not update outlook?
And if do know which file, how do I edit the file and what value do I put
in, so that on update of patches I will be prompted and asked if desire to
upgrade outlook?
Thanks for reading and for your help,
Casey Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887014
Windows Media 11 problem - error msg
Hi,
Have xp, win media 11.
When clicking on videos to watch I get the following:
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is located on the
Internet, connect to the Internet. If the file is located on a removable
storage card, insert the storage card
If I go back to the link and repeat process (click, get error, close error
msg, click on video); if do that 4 or 5 times; will play.
All file types are selected in wmp 11 (i always double check and always are.)
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue. Is same for any video I play on
wmp11.
Thanks!
Casey Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887012
Registry key to turn on automatic spellcheck in Outlook 2003?
I'm trying to write a script to automate Outlook 2003 configuration,
and I'm getting tripped up in one spot. "Always check spelling before
sending" needs to be turned on, but for the life of me, I can't find
the registry key that controls that. Any ideas? Thanks.
--
ironcladlou Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887011
Startup problem after installing KB943729 on XP Pro
I ran MS Upgrade search & installed upgrade KB943729. Afterwards when I
tried to restart the PC it gave me the option to go to SETUP or run setup
through the network. It would not allow me to pick either <F2/del> or F8.
Even when I tried to run XP in SAFE mode, it would get to select the
operating system screen and wouldnâ??t allow me to hit enter. After a few time
of restarting the PC, I was able to get XP up and running. The first time I
did a restore back a few days from install & that didnâ??t help. The second
time I backed out the upgrade through the control panel as the upgrade
document recommended. Do you think that I might be able to restart my PC,
after this weekend, without a problem. Or should I compare the startup
routine with a similar one on another PC to see where it might be getting
hung up. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1887010
what is cnpacnp.dll???
I am working on a machine (XP home SP2) that has two references to
cnpacnp.dll. One is a BHO and the orher is a Winlogon entry. The properties
on this dll say that it comes from Microsoft, but not what it is like most ms
stuff does.
This machine had many viruses and spyware that I am trying to get rid of. I
just am not sure about this one.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886990
Page Not Found on a closed private network
In our facility, we have two networks. One is the general network that
all of the office systems are on as is the connection to the internet.
The other network is a 192.xx closed network that can not see the main
network and visa-versa. One machine (IBM i5) is on both networks and
is running a full webserver. We have three PCs that are on the private
network that have home pages pointing to the i5's webserver. All three
machines are configured to startup IE when they start and load their
specific webpages from the i5. All three display "PAGE NOT FOUND" even
though the i5 webservers are online. Pressing F5, the screens do load.
To say the least, this is causing problems. The three PCs are
physically located in the computer room and use AVOCENT media
streamers attached to their video cards to display information through
out the facility.
Any idea how to force these machines to load the web pages at the
start up? On the old COMPAQs that used to run these services, we
never had an issue. With the newer 2ghz machines doing the services,
we have issues at start up.
Jay Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886985
User account xp home edition cont alt del twice owner welcome
Cant change the user id as I keep getting current user is not recognized
restart. Also at welcome I have to cont alt del twice to get user password to
show and user is owner no password I just hit enter it loads. How do I fix
this...thanks... Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886984
User screen on booting
I've just installed MCE 2005. I am sole user and therefore (it would seem)
the Administrator.
When boot I get a welcome screen with a square colored graphic with my name
beside it.
It states: "to begin click your user name"
I want rid of this screen so that I can boot straight into Windows.
I can't remember how I got rid of this in my other XP systems.
No password is involved.
Please help. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886979
Outlook Express
I have Windows XP and Exporer 7. Two days ago when I tried to open Outlook
Express,I get a message box saying Outlook Express has encountered a problem
and needs to close. I do not know what kind of problem has happened. I had a
live chat with a HP tech,and he told me to uninstall Explorer 7 and reinstall
6.
I do not know if this is my correct and best solution.
Any help out there. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886964
Sound very low...but volume at max
I have a Windows XP SP2 system, fully patched. One day I noticed
that the sound is very low. I can hear music in Itunes and Windows
media player, but it is muted. The Windows Narrator is too faint to
hear. None of the volume settings are muted in Windows, and all of
the volume sliders are at their highest settings.
A motherboard replacement did not resolve the issue. Also, I have
tried different speakers and none of them make a difference. I have
tried the speakers on other systems and they work fine.
Any ideas? It is clearly a software issue, but I can't locate the
source of the problem.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Anyone have any MS SteadyState experience?
Was wondering if anyone had any MS SteadyState knowledge? We are
looking into the viability of this product for some of our laptops. I
have run into issues determining what files need to be stored on a
different partition that is not protected by disk protection. Either
way, my knowledge is basic. If you have any tips please contact me.
Mike Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886953
cannot enter hard drive from new hard drive installation?
I have windows xp pro. Three days ago my sons friend was on my pc with his
moblie phone and disconected the phone just by pulling it out and not by the
windows way. anyway to cut a long story short my computer would not work . I
tried everything but nothing. in the end I bought a new motherboard? and
installed eveything back as normal. This is where the problem is. I had to
install it on to another hard drive I had in my computer. When I try to
download all the docs from the old hard drive it is saying in the documents
folder: (F:|Documents and Settings\Brian Morley is n ot accessible. Access is
denied. it does this on all items I wish to move to the other hard drive. can
someone help? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886951
Re: My "remove hardware" icon is gone. How can I dismount an external drive?
"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message news:...
>
> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:svpgu3d5kndbdqgbvrpe03e0flsh0uosuu@4ax.com...
>> adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>>
>>>How do I get it back or otherwise dismount the disk?
>>
>> If it's not being written to, just unplug it.
>
> That is the most stupid piece of advice possible.
>
> If the drive requires to be stopped using 'Safely remove hardware' then
> write back caching is in use. Such a drive should never be unplugged
> before forcing a cache flush (thats what stopping the drive does). If you
> do then whatever data is in the cache does not get written. Whole file
> systems have been destroyed by not flushing the cache.
>
> For removable drives and unless you really need the extra speed that write
> back caching offers, I always suggest configuring the drive for optimize
> for quick removal (write-through caching). This side steps the whole
> problem*.
>
> *though I have become aware that Windows XP has a subtle bug that in some
> installations, optimize for quick removal only half works in that you
> can't flush the cache (because 'safely remove ...' is not offered), but
> nevertheless write back cacheing is in use.
>
> Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886943
Please check this ipconfig /all printout. Is it as it should be?
Win xp(media ed. Dell Dimension C521)
I have high speed internet with bellsouth.net
Lately, a few times a day, I will lose the internet
connection. When I click Support/Repair I end up with the
message that the repair could not be made because the dns
cache could not be flushed.
If I power off and then power on my modem the internet comes
back.
I ran: Start>Run>Cmd>ipconfig /all and what I got is listed
here: Please note that cox.net is listed. I no longer have
cox.net, I have been using bellsouth.net for a few months.
This is the first part of the printout from ipconfig /all
- - - - - - - -
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name ....DogsName
Primary Dns suffix......(this is blank - nothing)
Mode Type.......Unknown
IP Routing Enabled ....No
WINS Proxy Enabled ....No
DNS Suffix Search List ... pn.at.cox.net
- - - - - - - -
Is there something that needs to be changed here, and if so,
how do I change it? I'm pretty much a dunce on all that
ipconfig stuff.
Thank you
Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886941
"Convert" NTFS to FAT32 after Saving HDD Contents
Hi,
Is it possible to save WinXP HDD (NTFS) contents such as "WINDOWS",
"Program Files", "Documents and Settings", (etc.) folder "trees", format the
HDD as FAT32, then transfer saved contents back to HDD without causing
problems?
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: Missing services Tag: 1886934
Problem with network connection
Hi.
I have a user that have the following problem.
When connected to our office LAN there is no problem to get connected to the
internet.
But when the user is the broadband connection at home, there is no respons
at all.
Any clues what the problem is?
Dag N Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886932
SP3 RC2 troubles
i installed SP3 RC2 (release candidate) on my laptop.
here are the problems I encountered with this update.
the regional keyboard settings are accessed differentely from softwares. I
have omnitracker client installed and my nummeric input react differently
with sp2 or SP3 RC2.
windows live messenger version2008 (build 8.5.1302.1018) gives following
error with SP3 RC2:
eventid 11706 source: msiInstaller
description; error 1706. An installation package for the product WLM cannot
be found. try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation
package 'install_wlmessenger(1).msi'
when I uninstalled SP3 everything was working fine again. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886921
Remote Assistance - can't connect
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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I used to be able to connect to the computer of each of my sisters using =
remote assistance. The last time I used it successfully was a few years =
ago.
Recently each sister has had a problem but when I tried to help by aking =
them to invite me via remote assistance in both cases I got the invite, =
they saw I accepted it but then it spent close to a minute trying to =
connect before giving an error message that a connection could not be =
made.
Both my sisters and I have Windows XP SP2 fully updated. Both of them =
use the Windows firewall and I tried disabling their firewalls with no =
effect. I use McAfee firewall but as I am connecting to them I assume =
that is irrelevant.
How can I trouble shoot this?
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What is the Microsoft News Group to ask about Ergonomic Keyboard problems?
I have beenusing MS Ergonomic Keyboards for several years now.
I bought a new one some months ago and since then I have been
very slowly loosing some function from time to time.
Can some kind expert guide me to where I can find an MS new group
that may be able to help me solve problems with an Ergonomic keyboard?
TIA,
Nev.
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Redirecting in browsers
i want to type google.com in the address bar and the browser will
redirect me to the google.com/news site. is it possible ?
thanks in advance. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886911
Last opened web pages
Sorry first, I couldn't find ie7 groups.
In firefox, you can set it to open last opened web sites everytime you start
up.
Can you do the same with ie7? have been clicking around..
Thanks
Jack Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886900
Max Volume on Win.XP VS. Max Volume on Win.VISTA
Why is it that the maximum volume Windows XP's 'Windows Media Player' and
'Media Centre' can play a DVD is not as loud as what Windows Vista can play a
DVD?
The maximum volume in "volume control" is at maximum. Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886885
What can I do to save updates.
Ok here is a few scenarios in windows XP as weall as 2000 I want to
save updates to CD so when I reinstall I
don't have to download from the update site,
I would also like to create an image of and updated windows and save
it to DVD for easy instsall
Also is there a way to run windows live like you can wioth linux
I appreciate any ideas Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886881
Error message: Windows cannot find file <name of file>
I keep getting this message when I open an Access file using a shortcut on
the desktop. The file is actually there - I just get the message, and then
click ok but eh fiule is actually found and it opens. I do not get the
message if I use Windows Explorer, navigate to the file and then open it.
Also, it seems that the error only occurs when I use a shortcut to open
Access files - it does not occur when I use a shortcut to open a Word
document.
Which of you brilliant people can help? Is this a Windows XP problem or an
Access problem? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886878
Chinese input method
Hi, don't know if this is the right place to be, but I got windows xp home
edition with a localisation of chinese taiwan. I have got the quick input
method for inputing chinese characters but when I type in character codes,
the list showed up was much less than my other machines. Anyone know whether
this is a ime input method problem or a font problem? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886871
error with msn messenger....
I am getting an error with the msn messenger - error 8004882e.
Can anyone suggest me a remedy? Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886869
Windows Explorer Crashes when clicking File
Recently, I have run into a problem with Windows Explorer (WE), whenever I
click on the "File" option on the title bar, Explorer crashes with the
message "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We
are sorry for the inconvenience." The error report contains;
AppName: explorer.exe
AppVer: 6.0.2900.3156
ModName: zmshext.dll
ModVer: 4.0.2.75
Offset: 0003c963
I have submitted the error reports. All of the other title bar options work
fine as long as I do not go to File. I have not loaded any new programs, I
run Norton 360 virus and file scans weekly, etc. Any ideas or suggestions on
how to repair without doing a full hardrive format and reinstall?
--
Brian Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886868
Advice Please
Advice please on WinXPPro
when I run "ipconfig" or added tree I see the dos window pop up with the info but it closes before I can read it. How do I remedy this? Please answer offline at micknr at gmail dot com
TIA >Mick
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drag and drop quit working
About a month ago, my drag and drop became unreliable. Now, sometimes when I
reboot, it will work for one or two drag and drops, but after that it doesn't
work. It doesn't work on the desktop or within programs.
I tried the fix provided by TaurArian on this forum for a similar problem,
but it didn't work. -- That was Kelly's tweak Line #233 on
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
I'm tired of working around this and would like my drag and drop back.
--
Mark Tag: Missing services Tag: 1886844
I'm missing my smart card helper service and the smart card resource manager
service. I can no longer use my smart card reader. Can I re install the
service? Thanks