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    - Windows XP SP3 Prevents Other Updates Installed SP3 on a fresh XP install. Everything went fine (accounting for the usual extreme time it takes to do this and the other BS). Now, all other updates from Windows update will download, but not install. IE7, SP3 for Office 03 etc. Anyone know WTF is going on? Thanks Bill Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900431
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    - WinXP SP3 ISO Download Microsoft has an ISO image for WinXP SP3 including Autorun that you can burn to CD. Download from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2fcde6ce-b5fb-4488-8c50-fe22559d164e Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900427
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    - Fake Virus Warning I'm curious. How do you all respond to a fake virus warning (a pop-up window that says your PC is infected) when browsing the web? I've always used Task Manager - select the pop-up window and End Task it. That way I won't have to click any part of that pop-up window because it doesn't matter what we click (Yes/No, OK/Cancel) the malware will be installed. Sometimes I also wonder why malicious sites even bother asking us if we want it or not. Why don't they just install it silently? Is this because of restrictions in one of IE settings (can't install without asking)? Anyone? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900390
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    - ACPI errors after sp3 I tried to install SP3 yesterday all went well then the machine would not reboot, BSOD. I eventually got it to boot by going into safe mode via F8 key the safe mode following failed install would not work. The error is that ACPI is not fully compatible, all was fine with the desktop prior to installing the new SP3. I have uninstalled SP3 and restored to earlier than installation of SP3 but still get the stop error. If I use F8 and boot ignore failure machine works fine in normal it just will not boot on its own with the ACPI error. No changes in hardware has been done to PC for over 6 months when upgraded memory to 4 Gig. Using AMD dual core on Asus A8N32 - SLI DELUXE MOTHER BOARD Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900377
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    - XP and Vista in dualboot Hi, first of all sorry for my english! I hope not to be OT, i've this problem: i wanna install Vista and XP on the same machine, a Dell notebook. Now, i now that's better to install XP, and then Vista. This way, Vista boot loader will overwrite the XP boot loader and so i'll be able to start the OS that i want. But i know also that there was a "little" compatibility problem: if Vista and XP are both installed on the same machine, XP deletes the Vista restore points and the Vista most recent backups. Has this problem been risolved by Microsoft? Or do you know any workaround? Or can you address me in the right place? Thanks a lot, bye! Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900376
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    - XP SP3 Install Hi, I've packaged XP SP3 and installed the package via SMS 2003; the install went fine. I've looked in the add/remove program I can see SP3 in the add/remove program the size is 809 MB. I was expecting to see all windows update disappear from the add/remove program which didn't happen. The second thing when I check the version it still says Windows XP Professional Version 2002 SP2 !! Any Idea or I'm missing something ?? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900375
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    - Windows either full-screen or closed? Over the last few months I've been noticing odd behavior with window sizing and positioning under XP Pro here at the office. I thought it was just me, and blamed HydraVision. However, today another user complained to me of a similar (but different) problem, and they have a nVIDEA card. Basically, on her machine a small but growing number of programs will not "maximize" correctly. The window can be put into maximized mode, but will not come back out of it. Clicking the button again, to return it to normal sizing, makes the entire window disappear from the screen. Interestingly, there's no "resize animation" at all, it simply disappears, *poof*. This first appeared in a custom 3rd party app so we thought it was just a bug, but today it suddenly appeared in Outlook. Rebooting does not help, nor does all of our fidling with the control panels. Any ideas? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900374
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    - XP SP3 Download Hangs Hi: I have upgraded to XP SP3 successfully through Windows Update; however, I have tried to download the SP3 upgrade from Microsoft's website and the download hangs at 99% with l second remaining. I wanted to download the upgrade file and burn a copy of it for friends with slower internet connections etc. Is there anyway to be sure that I get a complete download file without it always hanging? Thanks Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900366
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    - Simplifed Chinese Fonts problem in OutLook Express? Does anyone have any suggestions on Simplifed Chinese Fonts in Outlook Express? When I receive an email, some character displays numbers instead of text, but when I save this email as HTML and open it, the numbers become text under Tradition Chinese XP. Does anyone have any suggestions why the simplifed chinese text become numbers under Outlook Express? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900361
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    - File association icon missing Hi all, I have a laptop, Win XP, SP2, IE7. I installed Acrobat Reader 8.1.2. After experiencing some odd behavior (will open new post if I can't resolve) I uninstalled Acrobat Reader. After some tweaking and after I was -fairly- convinced that all was well I reinstalled Acrobat Reader; however, none of my PDF files show the Acrobat logo icon next to them, instead, the generic Windows file icon is present. Acrobat Reader will open if I double click the PDF file. I opened My Computer and proceeded to Tools/Folder options/Filetypes, selected the PDF file type, clicked the Advanced Button, followed up by clicking the Change Icon Button, navigated to where the AcroRd32.exe file was located, clicked Ok on various dialogs to get back to the main My Computer window. I then closed the My Computer window, reopened it, navigated to a folder where I have PDF files and found that the generic icon remains. I rebooted the laptop, but that did not help any. Is there something else that I am missing? Thanks! Saga -- Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900360
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    - Does The SP3 Download IS0 File Include the Latest IE7 and Express 6 ? Tks, Fred Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900344
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    - XP Home: Problem in writing Window Memory Diagnostic Tool to CD Dear Sir, My OS faced some problem today, and MS has directed me to Window Memory Diagnostic Tool site for trouble shooting. I have downloaded the tool to my desktop but have difficulty in writing it to a CD ROM. The error message was "unable to open file for writing". May I know how to overcome this problem Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900342
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    - Laptop takes forever to load on docking station I have an HP laptop that takes forever to load when it is connected to my docking station at work. It boots quickly to the login screen but once I enter my password it takes almost 5 minutes to get to the desktop. I could understand if it was the other way around and the laptop was looking for a network connection when I was away from my work domain but when I take laptop off the docking station and boot, it boots normally and does not take long to load the desktop. I have searched Event Viewer but have been unable to find anything that indicates any problems or suggests what the problem might be. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900339
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    - access violation messages? I have been trying to "Google" this but don't understand what they say :-) On my PC & laptop, I keep getting these messages & just did a format\clean install on my laptop. It is usually 00000000 or 0000002D "Access violation at address 00000000. Read of address 00000000 When I get this, all my desktop icons disappear for about 5 sec., I lose some of my icons on the bottom right & have to re-boot to get them back. Could anybody tell me what causes these & is there a need to worry :-) Thanks to anyone .....seaweed Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900326
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    - Install I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro on a computer using my customers enterprise license, and everytime I install it (using several different install CD's), it says the keycode is invalid, yet when I called Microsoft about it, they said the keycode was valid, but couldn't help me past that unless I wanted to pay. Is there anything I can do to get this keycode to work for them? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900323
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    - XP Home: How to overcome problem of unresponsive programs ? Dear Sir, My PC is running on Window XP Home Edition. It is a Pentium 4 PC with 520 MB of RAM. I noticed quite often that the desktop program such as Outlook Express, MS Works Spreadsheet and Word Processor can easily become unresponsive after my PC is idle for some time. I need to exit these unresponsive program by Ctrl +Alt + Del > End Task. Usually an error log would be sent from my PC to MS for this event. I have scanned my PC using Window Defender, performing system maintenance using check disk , disk defragmenter and disk clean up. However these problem still unresolved. For your information, my PC is up-to-date in term of Window updates and Service Packs May I know if there is any trouble shooting tool or driver / utilities downloads available at MS Website to fix this problem? What I am hoping most is for my PC to run smoothly . Thanks Low -- A36B58K641 Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900318
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    - Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. My comment: Im posting this to the XP newsgroup too, just so they can be even more warned about how bad vista is, and to avoid it. I still cannot understand how stupid some vista fanboys like frank and others are about vista. Here all the world is saying vista is crap, yet they put their fingers in their ears and march to their own microsoft vista tune! Article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=437 read the rest of this article on the above link Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My co-authors and I just completed an extensive post-Service Pack 1 revision of our book Windows Vista Inside Out. Over the past year, we installed, upgraded, and used Windows Vista on a broad cross-section of hardware designs from nearly a dozen manufacturers. During that time, we experienced some of those same performance, reliability, and compatibility issues ourselves. What we found was simple: With a clean install on well-supported hardware, everything worked just fine. But toss in an incompatible application or a flaky video, storage, or network driver, and performance could suffer. Badly. Over the past year or so, we have also observed steady and occasionally dramatic improvements in the Windows ecosystem. Most of the large issues in Windows Vista were effectively resolved by a series of updates delivered via Windows Update, including more than 500 fixes that were rolled up into Service Pack 1. Third-party hardware makers, many of whom were slow to get working Vista drivers out the door, have since released updates that can make a huge difference in the Vista experience. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900306
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    - Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Im posting this to the XP newsgroup too, just so they can be even more warned about how bad vista is, and to avoid it. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=437 read the rest of this article on the above link Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd. Over the past year, reviews of Windows Vista by mainstream media outlets, the technical press, bloggers, and ordinary users have been, for the most part, scathing. And many of those bad reviews were absolutely accurate. My co-authors and I just completed an extensive post-Service Pack 1 revision of our book Windows Vista Inside Out. Over the past year, we installed, upgraded, and used Windows Vista on a broad cross-section of hardware designs from nearly a dozen manufacturers. During that time, we experienced some of those same performance, reliability, and compatibility issues ourselves. What we found was simple: With a clean install on well-supported hardware, everything worked just fine. But toss in an incompatible application or a flaky video, storage, or network driver, and performance could suffer. Badly. Over the past year or so, we have also observed steady and occasionally dramatic improvements in the Windows ecosystem. Most of the large issues in Windows Vista were effectively resolved by a series of updates delivered via Windows Update, including more than 500 fixes that were rolled up into Service Pack 1. Third-party hardware makers, many of whom were slow to get working Vista drivers out the door, have since released updates that can make a huge difference in the Vista experience. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900304
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    - Deleting CAB Files ? Is it SAFE or NOT ? Running Win XP3, (just upgraded from SP2), and noticed that HD has 394,959 KB of CAB Files, in various folder locations either in Windows , Program Files or Temp Files, these files are identified as = (i.e; i386,- Install Shield Information,- MSN Toolbar Suite, -Temp/tbsc/disk1/disk2, etc, etc,etc.) I identified these files with Easy Cleaner, and they are all showing file Type as "WinZip Files". Question: is it safe to remove these CAB files, by backing them up to a CD Rom, and removing from my HD. It's not a matter of requiring additional HD space, have 88 GB still available, with external HD 180 GB left. Any assistance in answering this question would be greatly appreciated. WinnieBear43 Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900303
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    - Device Manager not working I can open System - Hardware - Device Manager but it does not display anything. I left it for quite some time in case still searching but it is not showing the hourglass. This seems to have happened since I ran XP SP3 - PC is a HP Desktop, my Toshiba laptop is OK. Not sure if related but the software that I use to download pictures from Canon EOS camera does not seem to seeing the camera which why I wanted to use Device Manager. This has definitely happened since XP SP3 because I downloaded 400+ images on Monday night. Martin Briscoe Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900292
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    - Document Viewer self installing I've googled this a lot and there seems to be no real answers out there... I recently attempted to uninstall AOL software... and now... Whenever I startup my laptop I get 'Document viewer' wanting to install. After failing, it then asks me to insert the document viewer cd rom. Which I don't have because all my microsoft/windows applications were pre-loaded. After hitting cancel on this, it retries another 2 times and then comes up with a box from .NET telling me there was an exception and that an object wasn't where it wanted to be one etc... When looking in the event viewer I get 2 warning notes for Msi Installer - event 1001 and event 1004. How do I stop it??? Can I just find microsoft document viewer as a free download somewhere??? Thanks in advance Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900287
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    - Screen Savers We are using XP-Media Edition on our home machine and have set the "Aquarium" as our screen saver. My husband would like to use this screen saver on his XP-Pro machine at work. Is there a way to just "copy" a file off our home system and "paste" it into a particular place on his work system? Is there a download from Microsoft's web site that he could use to get this particular screen saver option? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900285
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    - Changing Windows 2000 Screen Shots to Windows XP I have a lot of screen shots, which were taken on Windows 2000. Now I want to upgrade these screen shots to Windows XP look. Could you please suggest me a way or tool to easily do this task? Your prompt response is highly appreciated. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900278
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    - KB936929 disabled my PC I was running Windows XP Media Center 2005 with AMD Athlon processor, SP2 and all updates. Last night when I got home from work I had the little shield telling me that Microsoft updates were available. I installed the update, KB936929. When it was done I got the message saying the update was successful and ready to reboot. I let the PC reboot and it goes into an infinite boot sequence. I get the black screen where I can select what I wanted loaded, I let it default to Windows XP. I then get the HP logo screen, then a black screen apologizing that the boot failed, and if I've recently installed new drivers or software to uninstall it. The boot process continues like this forever. After trying this a few times I selected the option to boot from the last known good session. This didn't change anything, still infinite boot sequence. I tried to go into Safe Mode but got a black screen saying that <windows> \system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt, suggesting that I replace it. I've been doing backups using Acronis to an external disk. I guess I'll have to go this route to get the PC functional again. I've never used Acronis to restore a disk, so I'm hopeful. My one question is: should I do the restore during a full moon, or new moon. :) Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900277
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    - accounts deleted after Sp3 update 2 of my three user accounts were deleted after I finally updated to XP SP3. While the files of these accounts are still under c:/documents and settings/"Users name", is it possible to re-activate deleted accounts? It won't create an account with the same name. I tried creating a new account and copy all files from a deleted one but when logging in that account, programs such as anti-virus and spybot won't launch on startup. Do I need to reinstall everything? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900275
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    - Nothing happens at boot up. XT SP2 Turned on our sons computer this evening, the fan is heard, the yellow light for disk is on, screen is black, and nothing is responsive. If we press the on/off button it will not shut down and we have to turn off at the wall. The dvd drive will eject, that is all that works. Where does one begin to troubleshoot this? Thanks. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900274
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    - Chronological Date 8/May/2008 6:50 This was asked before to no avail. Other than the creation date that is printed on a webpage by the developer, is there a way to determine the chronological date of a webpage? Sincerely, Barry Karas Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900268
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    - How to transfer Outlook Express details into New User Account? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer Outlook Express details from one user into New user account? Currently, my username is abc, and I would like to create a new account, and transfer all Outlook Express setting, Inbox, Outbox, Contact into New User Account? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900263
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    - Quick Launch and Time enabled by default Hi, Is it possible to set Quick Launch and the time icon to be on by default for any user logging onto a machine? Regards, Cgrvy Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900262
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    - Any Chinese Windows XP Newsgroups? I have some questions related to Chinese Fonts under Traditional Chinese Window XP. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900260
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    - Quick Launch For All users Hi, Can anyone explain to me the easiest way of setting up the same quick launch for all users on a computer? I have added all the icons I need to my quick launch by adding them to C:\Documents and Settings\cgrvy\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch Does anyone know if this has been improved in SP3? Thanks, Cgrvy Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900256
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    - Windows update stuck after partial install of sp3 I started a download of sp3 and it got stuck after it had downloaded the file. I think avast was virus checking it and taking a long time. I had to cancel the install (which hung while cancelling) and then powered off my machine. Now when I select windows update in explorer it just hangs. Any ideas? -- Steve Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900253
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    - need help, XP wont let me in. Hello,,,, I have developed a problem with my dual boot system. I have win98 and xp,, win98 being on the c: drive, and xp on the d drive. I switched to xp today after a reboot, all seemed okay as it went through the normal motions, then it produced a screen as if xp had been installed for the first time;; then just ceased up. I havent used xp a great deal, and it doesnt have access to the internet. When I open win' explorer, (via booting back to win98) it shows my D: drive with all of the things that are loaded into xp, including all new folders and stuff that I created last time I was there. (oh, xp was loaded on using fat32, and has been that way for over a year without a problem.) So, one of my main concerns right now is the fact that xp is the boot manager for the dual-boot, and I sure as heck dont want to lose the ability to boot into win98. I have heard that there is a repair tool on my xp disc, and was wondering whether I should try to use that? I also dont have my product key anymore. I downloaded 'magicjellybean' product key finder, and saved it to a file in win98, then from there created a folder on xp (d: drive) and copied it into there,, but realised that I was still in a 98 environment and hence couldnt fire it up to find xp's product number..... still, I dont even know if I need that at this stage because I have the original disc anyway. Can anyone advise on what I should do, or better still, what any of you here would do in the same situation? Basically, I havent really tried anything yet, thought I would come here first. Have run all the obvious antivirus and malaware programs, comes up clean for win98. Thank you for input. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900250
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    - Computer gone into overdrive My computer seems to have gone into overdrive. CPU usage 100% constantly, Task Manager/Processes says mainly System. Computer will not shut down on its own. Tried scanning with AVG Virus Checker but that runs very very slowly, other progammes slow and hang up regularly. I did use Reg Cleaner to stop some programmes loading at start up a few days ago, there was no immediate deterioration after that. I had to reload some elements because programmes would not run. I have subsequently run a system restore to a point prior to removing some of the start up programmes, and intsalled SP3 all to no benefit. Does anyone have any ideas please? -- David Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900249
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    - How to backup IE7 Favorites sort order? Hi, when I had IE6 the method outlined below worked perfectly to backup the Favorites sort order (to make it clear, I'm not referring to backing up the Favorites which can be done from within IE using File/Import-Export, I'm referring to being able to back them up so I can later restore them in the EXACT same custom sort order as originally, so I don't have to manually drag hundreds of bookmarks to the order in which they were originally). [i]Sort order is not preserved when you transfer favorites to another PC If you use the Import/Export Wizard or manually copy the URL favorites to another system, the sort order will not be copied to the target system. This is because Windows stores the sort order in the registry. Neither the Import/Export Wizard or manual copy operation will reference the sort order registry key. In order to have the sort order applied to the other PC, export the following registry from the source PC: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Favorites Save the above key as a REG file and apply this in the other computer. The sort order is now copied/overwritten.[/i] The issue is that in IE7 I checked that resgistry key but it seems to not have the favorites in the original sort order but ordered alphabetically. So how can I do it in IE7? Thanks Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900246
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    - How do I power save a HDD? I have just installed another HDD just for ghost backups. I do not want this disk to spin all the time, so how can I power it down when not in use, yet leave the main (other) HDD going? Please help, Frank Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900239
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    - SP3 and INETCPL.CPL I am trying to install SP3 on a machine that is fully pactched and has IE7 on it. It fails with a message (unable to copy INETCPL.CPL) when the file exists in the source directory and in system32 so this should not be a problem. I have not had this problem on 2 other machines. Any ideas? Mark Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900226
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    - Where is the safely remove icon in xp sp3 I just installed XP SP3 with no apparent problems. However, I don't see an icon in my task bar when I insert a USB device into a slot to safely remove the devise.Is it now OK to remove the devise with out asking permission as in SP2? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900213
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    - Cannot launch IE6 after installing win xp service pack 2 hi guys, after installing win xp home edition service pack 2,i'm not able to use IE6.When i click the IE icon,it opens and close almost immediately.Other programs working fine.I have to remove service pack 2 in order to get IE working back.Any solution to this problem.Thanks in advance... Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900207
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    - Slipstreaming SP3 From what I have read, it is not possible to slipstream Service Pack 3 = with Windows XP 'Gold'...i.e., the original version of Windows XP. Since Service Pack 2 *can* be slipstreamed with Windows XP Gold, is it = possible to slipstream SP3 with a slipstreamed version of XP SP2? Or is = that a ridiculous idea? Thanks for your advice. Daddy Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900204
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    - cannot launch IE6 after installing win xp service pack 2 Hi Guys, After installing windows xp service pack 2, i'm not able to launch IE6.When i click the icon,it will launch and close almost immediately.Other programs working fine.Any solution to this problem? Thanks in advance. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900201
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    - ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS I have a program there that I no longer use, and I can not uninstall it cause some kind of file is missing. Is there a way to take it off the list? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900200
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    - RECYCLE BIN My recycle bin shows full but when I open it up there is nothing there. When I empty it, each time it tells me there are 3 files to delete. After I delete them, the same thing happens over and over each time I enter it. Is there anything I can do to fix this problem? Thanks for any help Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900199
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    - Slipping SP3 into 5.1.2600.0 Can you slip SP3 into build 5.1.2600.0 (Gold) or must you slip SP1a or SP2 first? Thanks Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900197
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    - ActiveX Control I am attempting to download & install Microsoft Update. When I attempt this I am told I need ActiveX Control. The instructions for installing ActiveX Control reads as follows: 1. Right-click the Internet Information Bar. It's located just below the address bar. 2. In the right-click menu, click Install ActiveX Control. When I right-click the Internet Information Bar, there is no "Install ActiveX Control" in the menu. How do I work around this problem? ----- Lou Of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900175
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    - Administrative Account How do you get the admionistrative account to show on the normal log in screen. It currently shows only when booting in Safe Mode? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900174
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    - wmiprvse.exe application error & random characterss I have a new Dell computer--Inspiron 530 with XP. Message is "instructions at "Ox7c91847c" referenced memory at "Oxffffff9". The memory could not be "read" I have Norton Corporate Symantec and Spybot updated and runs OK. When I open a program a letter or digit will repeat itself in a blank space (Google, Family Tree Maker, Money 2007, Eudora) erase what is there until I stop and erase it. Appreciate suggestions. -- Thanks LF Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900173
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    - SP3 Installed - Won't Boot This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C8B089.8DB77DC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SP3 installed on an XP Home machine. Appeared to install OK, showing I = must now reboot. I rebooted. I get the 5 options to start in various ways, = Safe, Normal, etc., as thought the machine was shut down improperly. I tried all 5 ways but = it always comes back to these 5 options. =20 I did a Drive Image backup prior to installing SP3, I suppose I will be = able to reboot=20 with the Drive Image CD and restore... hopefully. Earl ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C8B089.8DB77DC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16640" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>SP3 installed on an XP Home machine.  Appeared = to install=20 OK, showing I must now</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>reboot.  I rebooted.  I get the 5 options = to start=20 in various ways, Safe, Normal, etc.,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>as thought the machine was shut down = improperly.  I tried=20 all 5 ways but it always</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>comes back to these 5 options.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I did a Drive Image backup prior to installing SP3, = I suppose=20 I will be able to reboot </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>with the Drive Image CD and restore... = hopefully.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Earl</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C8B089.8DB77DC0-- Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900169
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    - SP3 and beethov9 silliness I installed SP3 on My Dimension 8400 with only one minor glitch. It froze on the restart shutdown and required a power down restart. Everything came up as advertised and the machine shows no ill effects. Then I attempted to update a Dimension 4600. While copying files it couldn't find beethov9.wm_ and gave the option of retry or skip. Retry didn't work so I clicked skip and it proceeded to about three quarters of the way through the installing files section and choked again on the same file. This time the only options were retry or cancel. Retry didn't work so I canceled. Unfortunately this canceled the whole installation resulting in an uninstall of the update and a warning that it had done a partial installation and the machine may not work properly. After much gnashing of teeth and another failed attempt after assuring file permissions were in order, I started in Safe Mode, logged in as the Default Administrator and the installation completed flawlessly. It seems silly to have the entire upgrade foiled by a media file. Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900161
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    - Blue Screen/ Auto Restart OK, have a problem. Friends computer has something wrong with it, it reboots even in safe mood before it can load XP. I can see the BSoD for about 1 sec. , then it disappears. I can't get to the control panel since it won't boot, so what can I do? Tag: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility Tag: 1900148

I am currently running Windows XP MCE. I created a backup and put it onto an
external HDD. From there I copied the .bkf file to another drive and luckily
I did because the other drive crashed. However now when I go to restore the
.bkf it says "Unexpected end of backup set in filename.bkf created on
5/6/2008 at 10:36AM." What can be causing this error?

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Re: Restoring From Windows Backup Utility by Big

Big
Thu May 08 10:55:11 PDT 2008

Derek wrote:
> I am currently running Windows XP MCE. I created a backup and put it onto an
> external HDD. From there I copied the .bkf file to another drive and luckily
> I did because the other drive crashed. However now when I go to restore the
> .bkf it says "Unexpected end of backup set in filename.bkf created on
> 5/6/2008 at 10:36AM." What can be causing this error?

Bad backup.
Its not unusual that a backup program creates a file but the file is
corrupt. It used to happen with tapes a heck of a lot.
And if the external crashed, it might have been on the way out while you
were doing the backup.

Most backup programs have a compare or validate backup option to test
the backup files. Also most procedures for backup suggest several
copies of backups and of course an occasional test of your backup
software.

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