Resoring XP Boot Ability?

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    - why can malware writte in system32 folder? Hi guys I have a question, why can malware writte in system32 folder if these is read only?, someone know? -- Saludos PL Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943221
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    - VISTA, XP and Virtual Machines?? What is the deal with running XP under VM legally. If I buy a copy of XP/Pro (EOM) as part of a complete system, can I run it under VM if I install Linux or Vista as a host OS? Would getting a legal XP/Pro Retail make any difference? -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943220
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    - Defrag and Cpacity mystery A few months ago when I ran defrag I got an error message about something in MCC not operating properly with Diskeeper lite. Since then large amounts of file space are appearing as fragmented (red), even though the report says that the disk is fine. At the same time, the available sapce on my hard drive has decreased to about 10% (from about 40%). I have tried to open MCC but could not decipher what to do with it. I also downloaded the newer trial version for Diskeeper and got the same outcome- including a warning about volume space. Since diskeeper will not let me look at the drive map I cannot see what the files are that are appearing. I am running XP Tablet SP3 on a Lenovo x61T. All updates are current. Any help appreciated. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943218
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    - Cap locks and multiple selection of lines in Excell In Office 2007, in Excell, I occasionally have the program throw a fit and begin to select 2 or 3 lines or cells. I also notice at the same time, the cap lock key is reversed. When it is locked, I type in lowercase and when it is unlocked, I type in uppercase. I haven't figured out what I did to cause it or how to reverse it. I usually save the document, close the program and re-open or reboot. Other times in just seems to go away after a little while. Any clues as to what is happening? -- The more you know the less you know until the day comes you know nothing. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943205
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    - Too many cookies? Running XP SP2 with IE6. I have more than 2000 cookies on my system. Would this have a tendency to slow down my IE6 browser? How do I get rid of all these cookies? I assume that most of them are obsolete. -- Walter www.rationality.net - Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943204
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    - Command problem? When pressing a key, it has to be pressed 2-3 seconds before it displays in the document. This is in at least two different programs. It is possible that the shift key was pressed before the problem began. So I am thinking it may be a command, but not sure since it was someone else's computer who is encountering the problem. Thank you for any help. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943187
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    - The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This is a Windows XP professional SP3 workstation. Since about 2 weeks, I'm no longer able to install new problems that use the msi installer. When I try to install a new program, the following message gets displayed: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assitance. I have tried an install of an MSI with logging enabled, and the log shows the following (just one line): MSI (c) (44:2C) [20:47:52:390]: Failed to connect to server. Error: 0x80040154 At the same time as the windows installer, windows update also stopped working. The windowsupdate.log file reports the following messages over and over again: 2008-09-29 20:57:50:031 1476 328 AU Launched new AU client for directive 'Install Approval', session id = 0x0 2008-09-29 20:57:50:062 3884 f98 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.2.6001.784, tz: +0200) =========== 2008-09-29 20:57:50:062 3884 f98 Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS \system32\wuauclt.exe 2008-09-29 20:57:50:062 3884 f98 AUClnt Launched Client UI process 2008-09-29 20:57:56:109 3884 f98 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.2.6001.784, tz: +0200) =========== 2008-09-29 20:57:56:109 3884 f98 Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS \system32\wuauclt.exe 2008-09-29 20:57:56:109 3884 f98 Misc = Module: C:\WINDOWS \system32\wucltui.dll 2008-09-29 20:57:56:109 3884 f98 CltUI FATAL: Failed to get agent interface pointers, hr=80040154 2008-09-29 20:57:56:125 1476 328 AU AU received handle event 2008-09-29 20:57:56:125 1476 328 AU AU setting pending client directive to 'Install Approval' I already tried the following solutions I found in the Micsoroft knowledgebase, but none helped: - I downloaded and installed the latest Windows installer (WindowsXP- KB942288-v3-x86.exe). The new installer installed without error but did not help to solve the problem. - I unregistered and registered the installer service I also run filemon and regmon during an msi installation, but could not see any obvious problem related to the install. I'm running out of ideas here. Does anyone have an idea to help? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943181
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    - How to disable drwatson? For trouble shooting purposes, I would like to disable DrWatson. Each time Windows Explorer crashes, it runs and it too crashes. I am then forced to Alt-Ctrl-Del, and close down the crashed programs before I can resume work. Is there anyway I can do this? If I should choose to keep it disabled, what would the consequences be? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943169
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    - test test Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943163
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    - email link to website Why is it when I click on a link in an email to a website all the photos show up only as block red squares? Also when people email me web page the photos show as red. how do i remedy this? thank you -- bemonty Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943125
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    - Error at startup Error at startup: a disk read error occured; press ctr/alt/delete to restart Upon restart, I checked the 'Event Viewer'. Event Type: Error Event Source: Disk Event Category: None Event ID: 7 Date: 9/16/2008 Time: 10:03:30 PM User: N/A Description: The device, \Device\Harddisk0\D, has a bad block Product: Windows Operating System ID: 7 Source: Disk Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_BAD_BLOCK Message: The device, %1, has a bad block. Explanation The device has a bad block of memory, which Windows attempted to read. The data might be missing or corrupted. User Action - If this event is logged regularly, replace the hard disk drive. Is this an 'error' on 'D'[CD/DVD] drive or 'C'[Hard Drive] ? I ran chkdsk: Event Type: Information Event Source: Winlogon Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 9/17/2008 Time: 12:48:26 PM User: N/A Description: Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS. A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk. Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive. Cleaning up 322 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9. Cleaning up 322 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9. Cleaning up 322 unused security descriptors. CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... Usn Journal verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)... File data verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)... Free space verification is complete. 80027765 KB total disk space. 5762648 KB in 37862 files. 14076 KB in 4694 indexes. 0 KB in bad sectors. 117237 KB in use by the system. 65536 KB occupied by the log file. 74133804 KB available on disk. 4096 bytes in each allocation unit. 20006941 total allocation units on disk. 18533451 allocation units available on disk. Windows has finished checking your disk. Please wait while your computer restarts. Product: Windows Operating System ID: 1001 Source: Winlogon Version: 5.0 Symbolic Name: EVENT_AUTOCHK_DATA Explanation Chkdsk ran on one of the volumes when the computer restarted. A log file, bootex.log, was created and stored in the root of the volume. This file states whether Chkdsk encountered any errors and, if so, whether they were fixed. I cannot find the 'bootex.log' file. I have run: 1. EMSA Disk Check Version 1.0 2. HD Tune Tests do NOt seem to indicate that the Harddrive is bad. I have NOT had this error again. Thank You -- dale Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943121
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    - WINDOWS XP DEFRAGMENT Allthough i have cleaned my system of the all the unnessary programmes i do not use and done the cleanup checked the disc for errors and defragmented all the 3 drives i have still only got 23% left on c drive when i normally have got about 39%, i have done 3 system restore points recentley i have defragged after them but it makes no difference to c drive . i have got 2 other drives that are okay and are the same as they have always been. There should be more space on c drive running xp professional service pack 3 installedcan anybody body help , Thanks. i have no music or photo`s on either. Bootlady. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943115
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    - Repairing XP for HP devices I have worked with HP to uncover a problem with all of my HP devices ( they got flaky and HP techs made the problem worse and worse until they won't install at all ). I have been advised to re-install Windows XP but 1) my Dell-supplied reinstall disc has no key info; 2) I am on SP2 with countless security updates since original; etc., etc. My only problem is with the HP-related files and drivers. Is there some method to do a repair without regressing? It would take days upon days to get this system back if I uninstall and attempt to reinstall from scratch. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943112
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    - Installing an app: it asks me about something strange... Hi, during the intallation of an app called andlinux it ask this: "Please create a shared folder and enter the requested information. Name of the Windows file share: (here i have to write)" So i go to "Shared documents" and create inside a folder, but when i go to install process and insert the name of that folder, it says "There is no share folder with the specified share name". What's the problem? What i have to do exactly? Bye Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943104
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    - Desktop and window I clicked on something and now all my desktop icons have moved to the right. When I open a WP program in the full view, the top task bar cannot be seen. I either have to work in a small screen view or do without the task bar. How do I return? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943100
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    - password I haven't used my desktop for like 6 months and now I have forgotten my password to logon to my computer. Is there a way to get around entering the password? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943092
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    - IE6 Download Save Run This has to do with downloads using IE6. I made the mistake of designating a specific download file extension as "Do not ask..." I want to reset the extension so IE always asks what to do. How do I do this? Where's the Registry entry? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943091
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    - Copying Folders with No Files I'm trying to make a copy of a folder on my XP SP3 data drive by dragging it and dropping it onto a USB drive connected to the same computer. For some reason that I don't understand, when Windows Explorer encounters a folder with no files in it, it throws up an error and then stops. If I kill the folder and try again, WE throws up on the next folder with no files. Sure, there is no downside in deleting all folders with no files in them, but there are many, many folders on the drive. Please help me understand why WE would choke on copying and folder with no files and whether there is a solution for copying all of the folders (including the zero-byte ones) with Windows Explorer. (I'm aware of utilities that will copy such files and folders, but I'm hoping that there is a setting or configuration with WE that will keep me from having to add another utility.) Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943087
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    - Java update Hi, all knowing. I recieved a notice that I have new update for Java, from Sun co. I have not allowed for updates I thought except from microsoft. Anyway I know enough not to do those updates except right from the company itself, what I want to know is, how did it get in? How do I find out if I really need to update that program, and if I have it on my computer. have widnow xp home edition. sp2, havent installed sp3 yet. Its still hanging out in my task bar. They say no stupid questions, just alot of inquisitive idiots. Thanks Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943077
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    - WinXP SP3 system hangs on standby or hibernate The system, a recent build, is as follows: Biostar TF7025-M2 (aka N68SA-M2T) GeForce 7025/NF630a chipset Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 2 GB DDR2 Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT WD 160GB hard drive WinXP Home v.2002 updated to SP3 Whenever I try to go into standby, I get the message "preparing to stand by ..." but the system just hangs. Changing standby in the BIOS from S1 to S3 makes no difference. I've enabled hibernation in Power Options but that doesn't work either. When I try to go into hibernation I just get "preparing to hibernate ..." and the system hangs again. Everything in the power management section of BIOS looks okay to me, the system has been doing this since it was all defaults and I don't see anything there likely to change it. So it looks like a Windows problem. I found that Microsoft has a hotfix for this problem here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952117 This replaces the ndis.sys and ndiswan.sys files with newer versions (different versions for SP2 and SP3). I downloaded and ran it, it replaced the files all right but only made things a little worse -- gave me a blue screen stop error when I tried standby in S1 mode. In S3 and S4 (hibernate) it just hung the computer as before. So I restored the original files. Can anyone help? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943075
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    - inteeractive logon has been inactivated Hi all! I'm trrying to connect remotely but get the error "Your privilegies for interacticve logon has been inactivated. Contact systemadministrator" Translated from swedish.I have no idea what to change. All help appreciated. TB Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943072
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    - Adding Show Desktop Icon to Quick Launch Area. Hello everybody. One day I deleted the show desktop icon in the quick launch area by mistake. I wanted to add this button again to its original place but I could not. I could create a shortcut of it on the desktop and drag it to quick launch next to the Start button but although it seemed the same old button it opens the desktop as a seperate folder and did not show me the desktop. The only thing I want is to minimize all the open files and see my desktop with this button. I tried to open and close the show quick launch command from the preferences of task bar but it loaded the other programs i.e explorer button but not show desktop. Can anybody help me to get it back? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943068
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    - difficulty setting environment variable to its parent Hello, I am hoping someone can assist me with a problem I have trying to load WordNet dictionary into a statistics program called R. Below is the error message I receive: > library(wordnet) > initDict() [1] FALSE Warning message: In initDict() : cannot find WordNet 'dict' directory: please set the environment variable WNHOME to its parent Below is output from my computer when I type the following into a DOS window. The actual file is in Program Files (note space) whereas below it is reported as ProgramFiles - I don't know if this makes a difference. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>echo %WNHOME% C:\ProgramFiles\R\WordNet-3.0\ I have entered the Variable value via: control -> panel -> system -> system properties -> advanced -> environment Variable Name = WNHOME variable value = C:\Program Files\R\WordNet-3.0\ Any assistance with this problem is much appreciated, regards Bob Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943066
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    - Can not Print from Outlook Express I can not print from Outlook Express. It doesn't matter if I click the print button or select print from the File menu or press Crtl\P, I get a message Internet Explorer Script Error Message stating an unknown error the the offending URL is res://ieframe.dll/preview.dlg I'm asked if I want to continue running scripts and if I answer yes, nothing happens, no print out. This happens from POP Accounts, IMAP Accounts, and News Groups Any ideas? ~alan Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943057
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    - Last Reboot Command Is there a command line command that tells you when a server was last rebooted? I know the event log shows this, but just wondered if you can type something in that would display it. Cheers Rich Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943055
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    - Disk Management error Hi, I have a problem with the disk management utility on XP Pro. running SP3. Whenever i try to start disk management, i'll get the following error: "An internal error occurred. Restart the Disk Management snap-in" Any idea what to do to solve this problem ?? I think it happened after installing SP3, but i'm not sure. BR Peter Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943050
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    - windows live messenger pop up Hello and thanks in advance about my question because I know in this place i will have a solution of my questions like usually , well everytime I open my hotmail appeared or pop up download window of " WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER" ....like when someone start to download or install a new program or software in the pc ... but I alreday download windows live messenger and I alreday have it ....why this is happen , please help . Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943042
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    - Product key replacement How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone help please??? thanks Princess Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943032
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    - free disk capacity? Dear all, I am using XP professional, It starts to slow down. When I right click on C: properties I find: used space 21GB, free space 6GB and capacity 27GB; and I see the pie chart is almost full of blue against purple. Few months ago it wasn't like that and I haven't installed any new programs since then, also I do not feel that my few programs will take all of this amount of GBs. I tried D.Cleanup, defragmentation, and deleting temporary files by using: Start Run (dllcache, recent, prefetch, temp, %temp% and files in internet properties) and also reduced System Restore settings. I checked C:Windows and found tens (10s) of files start with $NtUninstal+number+$, I tried to check their created date and some of them are very new, I am not sure what modified mean? and know accessed. Honestly I tried and even deleted some of them. I am not sure if should delete them all. I feel the problem increases everyday (everyday I lose more space). Can you help me with any way that help me to find and determine which data (files or folders) that should be removed to free disk capacity?. Thank you in advance. -- Regards -- Regards Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943023
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    - How to extract Downloaded Media C97 drivers I've downloaded Media C97 drivers from Download center and placed files on my c drive, now what? The only option is to extract. What files do I need to install this driver? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943022
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    - Re: Over 4 million highjacked PC's My little broadband icon in the system tray sometimes sometimes lights up with activity even though I'm not on-line - my wireless router is always on with my PC by the way. I've read that way over 4 million PC's have been highjacked. My question is: how can one tell if one has been highjacked and how can we stop them doing it again? Thanks - Andy Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943021
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    - ACPI BIOS Errors This is the error message that I get: AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to create an illegal memory OpRegion, starting at address oxffff0000, with a length of 0x10000. This region lies in the Operating system's protected memory address range (0x100000000 - 0x130000000). This could lead to system instability. Geez, you think??? Maybe that's why those BSOD's keep happening. Backstory... Replaced Intel dual- core processor and mobo with DG31PR mobo and Core 2Duo Quad Q6700. Put 4gb RAM on the board, dual channel, nothing but probs. Running XP Pro sp3. Flashed the BIOS on the first board, no change. Second board is already at newest BIOS rev. All suggestions I see are saying it is a BIOS prob, but not according to Intel. Actually, they won't even answer my emails anymore. Can someone help? Oh, btw... I have an X-FI Fatality Gamer sound card. Works great... when it works. It gets uninstalled, or at least stops working, regularly. When you go to device manager, it has a yellow bang, but it is still listed. The only way to get it back is uninstall ALL software for it, uninstall the sound card, and then reinstall the whole mess. I have switched the PCI slots. Geforce 8600gt is PCI-E so there's only 2 PCI slots to try. I can think of 2 slots at Intel and Creative I would like to stick it in :) Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1943015
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    - XP Pro PC Has slowed Considerably Hi, my PC has slowed down quite abit. The only change i can remember to the configuration is installing SP3. Did SP3 slow it down? Tom Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942993
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    - opening sound corrupted? This is a trivial problem, but I wonder if there's something I can do to fix it. Ever since I received my new Dell notebook last month (WinXP, SP2 then but SP3 now), the Start Windows sound begins OK but then has some hesitations in it toward the end. All the other sounds are normal. I'd be grateful for suggestions. Thank you! Jo-Anne Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942989
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    - My UPS has hijacked Com port 1 and I need it for other thi I have XP Home with SP3. My UPS has hijacked the only serial port I have (com port 1?) and I need to use it for other things. I once was able to disable the UPS on this port but have forgotten how and have been unable to figure it out through trial and error. Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Hometown Voiceman Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942978
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    - Screen Brightness (how to make it lighter) I was wondering as to how I can make my screen brighter when it's connected to electricity. When I disconnect it and it's running on battery it makes a BIG difference and I can actually see my screen... I've looked under power properties, Control Panel, and Power Meter and I can't fix it... Please help me! Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942976
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    - =?Utf-8?Q?XP-SP3_=E2=80=93_Number_of_Files_Limitat?= I am running XP Home, service pack 3. Is there a limit to the number of files on can have, if so, what is that number and how does one exceed it? Thanks - Andy Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942971
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    - CHKDSk? I ran CHKDSK on my Fat 32 D:\drive and it left a file fragment in a folder on the drive. I ran CHKDSK by right clicking the drive selecting Properties and then Tools tab and selecting Error Checking. Which notified me that in order to run it will do so after the next reboot. The file is File0000.chk RecoveredFileFragment 4kb. What do I do with this file fragment? And is this a bad thing that it was found? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942967
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    - system restore Hello: An end user reported something regarding the XP System Restore feature that I am surprised at. He had installed a program on his laptop. Beforehand, he created a Restore Point to use just in case the program created issues. It did. It was "messing up" some other programs of his, so he decided to use that Restore Point in order to get himself back to square one. He claims that, when he restored, it restored his laptop to the previous day rather than simply to the previous point from before installing the program. That does not sound right. I have used System Restore in the past to restore my laptop to a point from just before I installed "bad programs", and I got nothing but good results. Could he have been mistaken, or am I mistaken? SQL Programmer (it's just a name) Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942963
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    - Audio completely dies on whole system when I arrive at certain web Ok, while listening to audio on my Windows Media player, V 11.0, my audio on the WMP AND my system is completely muted immediatly after arriving at websites such as weatherchannel.com, atlantafalcons.com, or any website that appears to be running some type of Java or extraneous video or graphics....Now, sometimes it will happen and sometimes it won't. But when it does happen, it ALWAYS occurs after I have just arrived at an "offending" site and usually just after IE has just blocked a pop-up. The audio never returns unless I restart my system...Now, sometimes the audio returns after I close IE but it is very rare...I have checked all my connections, cords, etc.....when the problem occurs, it always does so after arriving at certain websites and returns after a restart.... I am to the point that I tend to avoid sites I really want to visit because I'm afraid the audio i'm listening to will be killed and I'll need to restart..... This problem has occurred even after a few repartions of my system!! Problem did not seem to appear after any Windows updates......I'm very VERY sick of this... Please help! System: Dell Dimensions Windows XP SP 3 Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942961
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    - Automatic Hibernation Ok, I have gone through this before and it is time to rehash it. I hibernate my laptop every night using Shutter.exe. http://www.den4b.com/screenshots.php?project=Shutter and it works fine. By that I mean, not only does it hibernate my laptop at the scheduled time but it also allows my scheduled wake-up tasks to run, which Rundll.exe,powrprof.dll SetSuspendState did not do. It has in its parameters one that if true will DisableWakeEvent. So ,what I need is one of you experts here to tell me exactly what to type in my Scheduled Tasks Run box when setting up the task. If you would look at this page :http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373201.aspx and show me how to write the command to add the false parameter to DisableWakeEvents. I think it would look something like this Run Box: rundll32.exe,powrprof.dll SetSuspendState and now the switches which I don't know how to do. TIA Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942950
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    - Tried to reinstall XP, Cant locate HD drives Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup could not locate HD drives and aborted. It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C drive. Thanks again for all of the help. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942947
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    - Opening a file with two different applications. I know that I can click on a .txt file and have it open with Notepad. And to open it with something such as WordPad or JEdit, I can right click on it and either use 'Open With' or 'Send To' [after putting the respective shortcut in the 'Send To' folder. But, I was wondering if there is a way to accomplish this by doing something along the lines of selecting a key and left clicking the application [such as holding down 'Control' and double clicking the application to have an alternate application open the file], or something along those lines? If there's anything anyone could help me with, it would be appreciated. Thank you. Matt -- remove the "noSpam_" to email me. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942935
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    - windows xp boot problem Hi, I am trying to figure a problem on start up of windows. When I boot up after o'night close of system next day my sysytems locks up half way through windows boot, if I then switch off and reboot it works fine from then on and allows reboot all day. Next day after overnight close, boot up freezes again half way through ? Anybody any ideas whats wrong and what I can do to fix. Thanks Note I have already done a complete system xp re install has no effect still same problem. Do not have xp home cds as system came with already installed. Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942928
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    - I386 folder in the wrong location I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents. C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec 1959\I386 I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I created in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32, seem to be located many places. Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a year with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough alone? If I should relocate it, how should I proceed? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942918
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    - Laptops and Vista I need to purchase a new laptop computer for my college-age daughter. It appears that the new ones (HP, Sony, Dell [I know that there is a higher end in Dell that uses Vista Business] all come with various flavors of Vista. My experience is with Win2K and Win XP Pro, which I have come to know well enough to do most of the support (with help from people here). I have heard problems about Vista being a memory hog and having "problems" but I am unclear about what those problems might be. In addition, I am not sure if these newer computers would run XP Pro (which I would prefer). If someone would venture their opinion about potential problems using Vista as opposed to XP Pro or if I could be directed to info elsewhere, I would be grateful. My daughter is not a gamer; she uses her computer for standard Office programs, music storage, iTunes, etc... Thanks Ken K Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942912
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    - Black Box under desktop icons This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C92140.8EEC6390 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Windows XP, SP3, Laptop, all updates in place. Had to completely rebuild = this laptop this week. All went well, except I now have a black box = under all desktop icons. Originally they seemed to to transparent. Where = can I change this? Also I would like to set all folders to show = "Details", instead of "Thumbnail". Where can I change this. My brain is = fried and I can't seem to find these settings. Thanks. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C92140.8EEC6390 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dunicode"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Windows XP, = SP3, Laptop, all=20 updates in place. Had to completely rebuild this laptop this week. All = went=20 well, except I now have a black box under all desktop icons. Originally = they=20 seemed to to transparent. Where can I change this? Also I would like to = set all=20 folders to show "Details", instead of "Thumbnail". Where can I change = this. My=20 brain is fried and I can't seem to find these settings.=20 Thanks.</FONT><BR></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C92140.8EEC6390-- Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942907
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    - Viewing hidden files Still having problems with my system restore files. Trying to view them to see when they were created/modified. Windows won't let me as they are all greyed out and I get an error message when I double click. Under "Tools"; "Folder Options"; "View"; I have checked "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and I have unchecked "Hide Protected operating System Files". What else can I do to view these files? Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942898
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    - Changing Desktop Shortcut Icon I would like to customize the images used on my desktop shortcuts. Right click-properties-change icons only lets me change it to an "icon file type" How can I use a JPG image for a desktop shortcut? Do I have to somehow convert the JPG to an icon file type? Also, in case it matters, the shortcuts I want to change are mainly shortcuts to web sites. Thanks -- David Schwartz Commack, NY Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942887
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    - XP, AMD and SP3 I have a friend who installed SP3 on his AMD processor computer and has been plagued with lockups and general discontent?until he removed SP3. I have been recently assailed by MS / windows update with a pending SP3 update. Since I am on a computer with an AMD 751 MB and K7 processor, I've been loathe to allow the SP3 upload. Do I have to worry about this? Was it a problem peculiar to my friend's computer? What's so hot about SP3 that I need to download it? tks, johnd -- jaydee2 Tag: Resoring XP Boot Ability? Tag: 1942886

I had a dual boot system: XP Pro/Vista Ultimate. Then I ran some buggy =
partitioning software. Fortunately I had full backups on an external =
USB drive. I restored the Vista partition without a problem. The data =
files on the XP Pro partition were restored as well. But the bootable =
portion of XP Pro didn't make it. When the system boots I get the =
choice of booting from Windows Vista (the default) or the "Earlier =
Version of Windows" which is not bootable.

What do I need to restore the dual-boot capabilities?

Thanks!

Ross

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Re: Resoring XP Boot Ability? by Mark

Mark
Mon Sep 29 14:58:00 PDT 2008

What's the error message you get when trying to boot into XP?

"Ross M. Greenberg" <greenber@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:OkbEk.42480$vX2.22133@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
I had a dual boot system: XP Pro/Vista Ultimate. Then I ran some buggy
partitioning software. Fortunately I had full backups on an external USB
drive. I restored the Vista partition without a problem. The data files on
the XP Pro partition were restored as well. But the bootable portion of XP
Pro didn't make it. When the system boots I get the choice of booting from
Windows Vista (the default) or the "Earlier Version of Windows" which is not
bootable.

What do I need to restore the dual-boot capabilities?

Thanks!

Ross

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