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    - Activex Control Won't Run Hello I am trying to update a laptop which has windows xp pro sp1 installed. I cannot run windows update because i get the error message "Due to the security settings on this machine activex will not run" i have gone into internet explorer 6.1 and set all the security settings to low and enabled all of the settings regarding activex controls. I still get the error. what do i do now? also, i tried downloading service pack 2 and installing it manually, and i keep getting the error "Cannot find the specified file" unfortunately, it does not tell you what the specified file is. HELP! I am stuck. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860537
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    - System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool Hi all, in the Startup Programs, I have around 600 files, .inf .cpx .dll .cpl .tmp .ocx .nls .exe .odb .oca .msc .com .txt that are not present in regedit.... RUN. How can I do for removing them? thanks Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860525
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    - File Type Association Problem I was testing a trial version of Nero and answered the question about opening certain filetypes with a yes. This associated quite a few file types to Nero. Is there a way to reset all filetype to the XP defaults? Norm -- nwc Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860521
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    - pages are not opening hi I am using HP updated lately. I think the SP2 is what I on now. After the recent updation, I am having trouble opening orkut. The log in page is opening. When I provide username and password, then the page status shows waiting for img3.orkut.com..... the page never loads.. I am using Windows Live OneCare as well. pls advice. rgds, Justin Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860519
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    - sharing two network card Hi, I have ADSL connection and wireless as well(from different internet provider), It looks like only one connection is utilized.For example, when I disabled wireless, msn messenger goes offline and later reconnected through ADSL. How to share both connections? Thanks wu Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860516
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    - virprotect Can anyone please advise me of an idiot proof method of removing virprotect from my pc. It is driving me insane!! Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860515
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    - System 'Freeze' Problem I have Windows XP Pro installed. For no apparent reason my system keeps on 'freezing' (?). I consequently have to re-boot manually in order to unblock it. Lately, this has been happening rather often and it's getting rather uncomfortable to work with. I've checked program and system events and there aren't any apparent errors. I've also run my anti-virus (Norton) and all sorts of 'spybot' detecting programs, but have not found any problems. My 2 separate hard disks seem to be operating correctly and have run on both a checkdisk and defrag without getting important feedbacks. Is there anything else I can do ? Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- bd Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860513
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    - PORTABLE HARD DRIVE - READ ONLY Help please I have a newly reformatted 120gb Hard Drive which will allow READ ONLY access to files. Does anyone know how I can solve this please? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860511
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    - What is CD2 when winXP call this cd ??? HPyesterday for the first time , appare on my portable nootebook HP witn winXP professional with winXP this notice: there are file bad and please insert the original cd of windows XP the CD2 . but when i buy my portble pc i havenâ??t NO cd of windows XP !!! i try to insert the 2 cd that i have create when i buy mi pc ...but it say that is not the correct cd ! what is the solution?? help me .... Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860510
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    - ERROR visual C++ runime ?? I have an HP notebbok with SONIC digital media home ( plus v7 ) today when i close the programm say this errore on screen: MEDIAHUB.EXE ERROR Istruction 0x0036ade0 at memory 0x0025f5d0 , memory not â??writtenâ?? and an other windows that say: istruction at 0x00000001 at memory 0x000000001 , memory not â??readâ?? and a other windows that say: MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ RUNTIME LIBRARY ...\Sonic shared\Sonic central\Main\mediahub.exe R6025 - pure virtual funcion call what is this error ?and what i try to eliminate this error ? help me... Thanks in advance... OEM version... this error when i open the programm and select an option on MENU ! Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860509
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    - Opening My Computer Slow I have one computer/user at an account that has an issue with MyComputer opening VERY slow. It is as though it is looking for something on the network and having no luck finding it. However, there are no apparent mapped drives that can not be resolved or other such things. The system is otherwise clean and has been checked for all manner of malware. Where in the registry or in the user profile would I look to make sure there are no "network places" it is trying to resolve and can't? Thanks for any suggestions. Bob Showalter, Packer International Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860504
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    - Printing issue. Hi All, When I give print to a shared printer (HP LJ 1022) which is installed on a windows 2000 server from my win xp sp2 system I get a dialog box which reads 'Windows explorer has encountered an error". In the event viewer the details shown are as follows: 'Faulting application explorer.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module sr32.dll, version 6.0.909.0, fault address 0x000287de.' Please note that this issue is occuring in two machines. Other machines on the network with win xp sp2 are able to print with no issues. Can anyone guide me on this please? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860489
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    - Machine slows to crawl, no other program running Hello, I ran sypbot and ad aware and have Sophos antivirus running all the time. Something has been boggin my system down later, so I have to wait for every little task. I have a Dell D800 laptop with 2 gigs of ram. When no progrms are running, in the performance dialoge, the pages/sec is completely maxed out TEh cpu is running about 70% and the average cue length is about 60 percent. I have 14 items in my system tray, sophos anti virus, spybot, smart sync for backups, hotsync for palm, hot folders, which gives recent folders, ad aware service, the rest are sound, disconnect device, windows stuff. 49 processes are running. SavService a sophos part is using significant parts of cpu, 40, 50, .... But I need it. If I restart the computer runs great. Is my computer hijacked? Is something running I can't find? How do I stop this? Thanks Jimk Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860466
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    - Desktop icons have disappeared Hello After a hitch trying to install and configure a software, nearly all my non system desktop icons have disappeared. They are still present in C:\Documents and Settings\Dave Neve\Bureau What could be stopping them from displaying please? I've tried all the normal display things but nothing has helped so far. Regards Dave Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860462
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    - Rearranging Programs list Executed Start / Programs and got a list that showed all programs. I was attempting to rearrange these programs alphabetically and accidently moved it over to my desktop. Now the program folder is showing on my desktop and I don't know how to get it to show back up when i click Start / Programs. I have had this happen once before and I can't remember how I solved it. Thanks Tom -- HP 7975 Intel Pentuim 4 CPU 2.00 GHz CPU speed 1992 MHz RAM 1GB Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 2 I.E 6 All Microsoft updates applied. Outlook 2003 Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860449
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    - WinXP Sp3 Hello Group I would like to check that indeed Microsoft created the SP3 version of the WinXP but was cancelled or possibly shelved to give way to Vista. Some Warez site showed some specimens for it but . Supposing the upgrade is really available does it improve the WinXP performance dramatically? Does it have any peculiarity which might make Vista redundant confirming the reason that it was never distributed? TIA Roy Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860448
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    - folder wont delete....how delete? I have a folder on my desktop. Whenever I try to delete it I get the error message: "Cannot Delete...Cannot find the specified file" Im not sure how the folder got on my desktop and I can change the name of the folder but not delete it. Any hints on how to delete the folder? thanks! Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860442
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    - I have huge number of .txt (text) files 7/Jan/2008 0:31 I have huge number of .txt (text) files . They are bogging down both my computer and me, so I want to get rid of them. Since I am a 'pack rat' I want to save them: 1. Go to My Documents; 2. select about 15 text files; 3. right click on one of them; 4. choose 'send to'; 5. choose CD-RW Drive (E) 6. insert disc into Drive E; and 6. delete the files if necessary. Do I have this correct? Thank you, Barry Karas PS I have Windows XP with SP2. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860441
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    - "Cannot find script file c:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs" Hi All, "Cannot find script file c:\MS32DLL.dll.vbs" Getting this error while opening the C:drive of my local machine having OS -windows XP. Any suggestions... Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860433
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    - Boot as 2nd drive = boots OK: as only drive it fails. Neighbor had pc not booting. I have same model so put his drive in my PC to save his pictures/music etc in case needed to reinstall XP. When I put the drive in my Pc, ( cable select - his was second connection on primary IDE cable) I booted my drive and it announced - "need to scan secondary drive - was shutdown improperly" , so I let it scan/fix his drive and I could see his files in XP - copied to CD - all set. Rebooted and ON MY PC I have had 2 boot options on MY primary drive, ( I often have several drives in there) so I elected to now boot his ( as secondary drive). His drive booted up - looked good. I bought back to his house ( thinking I was done) and it hangs (his only disk drive). It STARTS to boot and looks good .... just before it would be at the user profile screen ( 2 users) it hangs at a "XP Home Edition" screen. I removed what I could from his box in case something hanging it, but same thing, so I brought it back to my house. Put back in as secondary drive - booted it -- OK. HOWEVER, if I make it the ONLY drive in my PC ( as with his) using primary IDE cable - master connector , it hangs on my PC too - same spot. I then had it as ONLY drive on my pc - using primary IDE cable - slave connector - same thing. so , ( FINALLY !) to my question: What is different OS-wise when it is hooked up as the secondary drive ? What is happening JUST before the user names appear on-screen. Also .. more info ... in no case on either Pc using either connector can I get Safe Mode ( or any other F8 option) to work when I boot that drive.IT will let me SELECT any of the F8 options ( Command Prompt, Safe Mode , debugging etc), but it does the same things onscreen, hangs at same spot. I expected it to get me to a C:\ prompt - WHY is it getting me to the XP user profile screen ??? AND when after hanging I do a hard power-off, it never notices that I powered it off. I EXPECTED it to announce- shutdown improperly - need to scan disk - it doesn't. Back in as second drive ( with another XP drive as primary) and still works fine. It's late so I'll sleep on this one for now. Any thoughts ? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860426
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    - Please Wait...XP Blue Screen on Boot! Hello All, When ever I switch on or reboot my DELL D620 laptop, I see a windows XP Prof blue screen with message "Please Wait" and white dots progressing for few minutes and then it automatically proceed to login screen. I'm not sure what caused this issue. Can any help me resolve this issue? Thanks, Channa Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860424
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    - Software installation troubleshooting issue Attempting to install Microsoft Accounting Express 2008. Download proceeded without incident. Installation proceed for a few minutes only to generate the message: Setup failed to install MOA2008. See C:\ Documents & Settings\Maurice\ Local Settings\ Temp\ Mbsetuptmp137.log Regrettably, I can only navigate to the 'Maurice' Folder as Local settings folder is not seen and I am logged on as Administrator. Four install attempts have been made only leading to the same outcome. This is a Windows XP Pro machine with all of the service packs and updates Pentium IV 1.8 Ghz processor with 1Gb memory. I have tried the search function which did not locate the log file. Guidance sought Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860410
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    - Standby Fails Recently, whenever I put my WinXP Home machine into standby, it always awakens a few moments after entering standby. Something must have changed. Any suggestions? -- PT Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860407
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    - svchost problems I have been having problem with my system where it would run fine for a while than seem to freeze. I was able to find out that in the task manager sorted by CPU that svchost.exe would be at the top of list using about 6 megs of memory. I found that if I ended that process the system would work fine. I finally felt that Norton Virus program might be the problem (no way to tell what was using the svchost.exe process) and uninstalled both the Virus and Live Update programs. Now the system works fine and svchost.exe is not there. So I assume that this was the problem. I have had problems with Norton causing problems with other machines at work so I will not be using this program again. I think I will probably be using either Trendview or McAfee - not sure which yet. My question is whether there is a better way to find out what program an svchost.exe is connected to? At the moment I have 10 of them running and no way to know if these are legitimate or not. Thanks, Tom Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860406
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    - Vista or XP on Eee? Hi, I'm just raising my voice here. I'm not a Vista fan, and plan to buy an Eee soon, so I'm wondering whether the new Eee will have XP on it (I actually read abt it recently on this site... i think its techqi.blogspot.com) but people have already hacked Vista on to Eee (just Google for it, I forgot... sry). Any thoughts? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860391
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    - Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is not registered I cannot access the Disk Manager and get the following error message: "Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is not registered. LDM supports Windows 2000 or later. Check the operating system version on the computer named ..." As I am using Windows XP professional with all the service packs and critical updates that are current, this error message is a mystery, particularly since I have previously been able to use the Disk Manager. Can you assist me in tracing and correcting this problem please. ---Antonin Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860387
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    - MMC disabled: how do I get the registry right? I noticed early last year ago that MMC (Microsoft Management Console v5.1, the version that shipped with Windows xp) had stopped functioning. If it's opened the interface window is just empty, and the MMC folder under C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Application Data \Microsoft\MMC is blank too, same with the corresponding folder on my personal account (which also has some admin powers). I'm sure some registry keys have been erased too, no doubt by a virus - as I said this change happened quite a while ago and there's no sign of raging infection on the pc now. Still, I'm planning to do an overall reboot of windows in a few weeks, but before that I'd like to get the MMC in order again. The MMC files under System32 are intact: Directory C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 774,144 b mmc.exe 66,560 b mmcbase.dll 1,136,128 b mmcndmgr.dll 46,592 b mmcshext.dll but they don't get through. I'd appreciate any informed help with getting the registry settings right, and also with protecting against this stuff for the future (the security systems have proven effective for a long time, but seems they didn't notice this). I'm not a whix z when it comes to registry repairs but I do know how to import changed keys, back up reg settings and so on. Windows XP SP1a Protection: Norton System Works 2007 and Personal Firewall 2006, and HijackThis thanks! Stevie Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860377
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    - Unattended Installs Does anyone use this tool for Unattended deployment for Windows XP or Windows 2003 in their corporate environment? Is this allowed? I am concerned with anything nLite may add into the unattended media. Security risk? This is the best tool I have found that has the ease of bundling drivers for RAID cards and Security patches/Service Packs. This is mainly what I would use it for. We already have our own security templates and custom settings being applied via the WINNT.sif and script during post build. Thanks. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860370
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    - Utility for re-sizing photos Trying to load up a digital picture frame with same size photos. Anybody recommend a good utility to re-size photos (mostly jpeg) ? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860366
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    - delete keyboard layout? How can I delete a custom keyboard layout, created with MSKLC? Where is it located? The custom keyboard layout is damaged, I think by using a registry cleaner. I tried to install a new one, changing the layout number, but this did not work. So I want to delete the damaged custom keyboard. But how? Thanks in advance, Gerhard Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860364
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    - Re-installation of old version error My younger brother did something stupid with our PC and now it is a complete mess... We have a service pack 2 CD and XP cd as well (older version)... Originally, the PC has winxp but my brother installed the service pack... Now the PC has 2 OS..when you try to restart, you must select which one you want to run.(.the original XP or the service pack.) Because the PC is becoming so slow, I want to delete all of it's contents and re-install my original win XP CD..but the thing is, I am getting an error that says. "Setup cannot continue because the version of windows in your computer is newer than the version on the CD".. I want the older version in the CD so please help me how do I continue the installation and delete all files/contents on my PC.. Thanks Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860359
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    - From Windows 95 to Windows Vista SP1 RC1 - the Evolution of the Start Button The evolution (?) of the start button.... read my comments below this link! http://news.softpedia.com/news/From-Windows-95-to-Windows-Vista-SP1-RC1-0-The-Evolution-of-the-Start-Menu-Button-75318.shtml The vista start button stole its concept from other OS's like linux...(KDE)... but now the stupid round ORB (perl) of vista creates problem for support techs all over the world... just imagine this conversation: user = Hello I have a problem with my text editor... tech= Ok.. lets see if we can fix it.. press start then go to all programs ...then... user= wait wait wait.. .I dont see any start button! tech= is your computer turned on Sir? user= Of course its on you moron! tech= its on and you do not see a start button? Are you sure you are using Windows? Hmm are you using vista by any chance? user= Oh yeah this stupid new version of windows that sales man gave me .. who made this crap? Nothing works here! tech= ok they changed the start with the ORB, do you see it? user= what the heck is an orb Sir??? Tech= they also call it perl.. its a round thing with a flag on it! User= I dont see no perl and I dont see no flag! Tech= Well it supposed to be a flag.. thats how it started out but now its more like a squarish thing with 4 colors!!! AARRRGHHHHH!!!! Just put your mouse in the left bottom corner of the screen and press the left mouse button!! User= WHat are you yelling at you overgrown baboon?? This vista program is stupid!!!the startbutton is an orb a perl with a flag thats not a flag..... Tech.. = ok let me take some pills and I will guide you on how to change vista to the classic theme! argggg Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860358
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    - error code 0x80040017 hi, If anyone have solution for this issue in windows xp sp2 "a problem is preventing windows from accurately checking the license fot this computer error code 0x80040017" thanks Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860354
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    - windows\system32\reset What happens when I click on windows\system32\reset? what resets? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860351
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    - My Computer folder When clicking on My Computer from the start menu, I only see the icons. The whole left side of the screen is missing (system tasks, Other Places and Details). How can I restore these items? Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860349
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    - AutoPlay Not Working Hi friends, I posted a message a few days ago about my computers CD/DVD AutoPlay not working at all. I "never" could fix it. BUT I installed Windows Media Player 11 last night and lo and behold my computers CD/DVD Auto Play started working! When I put a CD in either of my computers DVD/CD players/burners windows now gives me a pop up box and gives me choices of what I want to do. Including Nero 8.xx functions, ACDsee Pro 2 functions, Windows Media Player, etc etc. I am really happy about that.... That was an easy but completely unknown way to me way to fix it. Pete Carr Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860344
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    - audio leads hi im just wondering if any one can help me,,,i have a guardian NZXT case and an old a7v400-mx i accidentaly pulled the front audio cables from the board and dont know how 2 reconnect them correctly.Main reason being that there are 6 individual wires instead of being 2 plugs as i am farmiliar with,,i hope ive explained this properly and any help would be greatly appreciated......thanks Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860332
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    - Problem Booting Windows XP Home I'm encountering a very puzzling problem with my wife's laptop, a Dell Inspiron E1405. We live about 40 miles from Santa Fe, NM and on Friday we drove to Santa Fe and my wife brought her laptop along with us so she could read me some stuff she had written. When we returned, she wanted to get online but the wireless was taking some time to, I believe, get synced up with the router and so she decided to reboot. The reboot process failed with a blue screen which indicated a problem with plug and play with the likely cause suggested as a driver problem. I have been unable for the last day and a half to get this laptop rebooted with Windows XP i.e. Windows XP Home. When we first got this laptop, about a year ago, I installed Fedora Linux on it. However, since it is my wife's laptop, she has not used the Linux installation. Anyway, I discovered that I am able to boot the laptop with the Linux installation just fine which suggests that the hardware being used by Linux is fine. I was also able to boot a Linux Live CD which allowed me to perform a backup of my wife's files. After getting her files backed up, I decided to see if I could run the diagnostics on the laptop and try to repair the XP installation with the original media. There are some pre-boot diagnostics that are available for running on a menu which one receives after pressing F12 during the boot process. I ran those and they all passed. I tried to boot from the Windows XP reinstallation CD but this failed with the same blue screen which claimed a plug and play error. I booted with the Dell Drivers and Diagnostic CD which came with the laptop and ran all the tests which are available including the ones in the troubleshooting option for not being able to boot. All of these passed. I booted with the Dell Media Direct reinstallation CD but that did not seem to offer me any options that I wanted to pursue at this time. So, that is where I am now. I'm really puzzled by all this and am not sure how to proceed. I'm very knowledgable of Linux but am not very knowledgable of Windows XP - although I have done a reinstallation of XP a couple of times in the past. I am wondering if the Dell Windows XP reinstallation CD has a repair capability although I'm not sure how I could use it if I can't boot it. I'm also a little puzzled about how this could be a driver or software problem if I can't boot from the original media installation CD. I have not updated the BIOS on this machine. If anyone could provide suggestions about what to do next or how to proceed, this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860328
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    - Common Language Runtime debugging services I started getting this error message when I tried to use my picture scanner and then the scanner would not work. I am now getting this message every tiem I start my computer. It starts with sprtcmd.exe It states application has generated an exception that cannot be handled. Process id=0x1218(4856), Thread id=0x1464(5220) It instructs me to clidk cancel to debug. Then another mesage comes on saying no debugger found. Regular JIT debugger is not available. code 0x2(2) cordbg.exe !a 0x1218. Does anyone know what this debugger is, why I may have lost mine all of a sudden and how I can get it back? Thanks for all your help. Mary Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860310
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    - multiple fan monitor? My brother has an HP PC that has 3 fans inside. Is there any software available that would tell you if one of them stops working? Thanks, Steve T. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860300
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    - Explorer crashed in an unusual way I got the following error message when attempting to transfer files from my laptop to a remote desktop: Runtime Error! Program: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. Of course, I have no idea how to contact the support team. The application did not automatically submit an error report. I searched the list of known issues on the Microsoft site, and I found an article stating that this error can occur when using running your own code created using the Visual C++ 6.0, but it doesn't say anything about Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) crashing. Someone should report this to Microsoft. Darrell Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860299
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    - System Optimizer Windows XP tips and tricks. Learn how to bypass very common windows problems, speed up your system and make it more reliable with useful tips and tricks. http://windows-xp-tricks.blogspot.com/ Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860295
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    - DVD/RW Software Question: I recently upgraded my Dell Dimension 8200 with a new LG DVD/RW drive. The main reason I did this was to copy jpg files over to disk and the drive came with software but I'm not sure what does what. I would appreciate it if someone could please explain what each does and what is the best to use for my purpose. Nero Cyberlink DVD Suite SecurDisc Viewer Acrobat Reader Lightscribe I also have another question which hasn't been fully answered. After I installed the drive instead of saying DVD/RW it says CD-ROM because it isn't digitally signed. I've been told not to worry about this and I suppose I should try and create a disk to see if it indeed does work but am still wondering why it isn't digitally signed and is there a way to correct this? I would hate to think I spent all the money, time and effort just to have another CD-ROM drive! Thanks, Robert Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860289
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    - Prevent group from installing windows updates - how to. I am wondering how to add a user (an adiminstrator) to a group that does not allow them to update the computer (clicking the little yellow shield in the task bar). The user must have admin privileges to run a few certain installed programs. But I do NOT want to allow them to use the windows update feature. Can this be done? System is XP Pro with all updates applied. Thank you, Ward Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860286
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    - Swapped HD, now computer won't boot I have two fairly new HP desktops. I purchased one in early 2006 (call this one Computer A) to replace the one I lost in Hurricane Katrina then purchased another one about one year later (call this one Computer B). It's a long story - - - - Computer A has been in storage for some time, thus, Computer B is up- to-date with the applications, documents, etc., etc. that I use daily. However, Computer A has a built-in reader for the memory cards from digital cameras -- it accepts all formats; Computer B does not. I really want to have the built-in memory card reader in the computer I use daily. Today, I swapped hard drives -- pulled the HD out of Computer B (the one I have been using daily) and stuck it into Computer A (the older one, that's been in storage, with the memory card reader built in), and vice versa. Computer A -- which now has Computer B's HD installed -- booted up, found some new hardware and installed it and is running along like nothing ever happened -- and I now have the built-in card reader. Computer B -- which now has the HD from Computer A -- does not want to boot. When I start it, I get a black-and-white screen asking if I want to start in Safe Mode, a couple of other modes, or if I want to start Windows. It counts down the seconds and starts Windows -- then the black-and-white screen reappears and we go through this loop until I pull the power plug. Turn on the power, and it does the same thing. If I pound on the F1 key while it's booting, I can go to BIOS setup. So, I'm thinking about putting my original WinXP CD in the computer, boot to the CD, wipe out the HD, reinstall WinXP and MS Office, and stick Computer B (which now has a re-formatted HD from Computer A) in storage as a backup. Or maybe I should forget about it and have a couple of fingers of Wild Turkey. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860282
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    - Installing XP Pro on a tablet PC Is it possible to install Windows XP Pro on a tablet PC and then just add the needs driver to make the tablet pc functionality working? Actually, we only have Windows XP pro in the field and we don't want Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Do I need absolutely to install the tablet pc edition? -- _________________________________________ François Racine ICQ#: 36826607 More ways to contact me: http://wwp.icq.com/36826607 _________________________________________ Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860274
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    - documentviewer I downloaded something called regcure and I think that is my problem, a window keeps popping saying documentviewer the message is "the feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available" First which disk would i find it on and second I have tried to do a system restore thinking that would fix it and no matter what date i choose it can not be restored, I was not smart enough to click create a restore point with the regcure, would uninstalling this help,,I have windows XP, I would appreciate any help!!! Thank you Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860257
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    - boot up I turned my computer off the other night but next day when i tried to boot up the screen just staid blank I tried to use the windows xp startup cd but when it started up it said system initialising then nothing else happened. Can someone help please. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860254
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    - iexplorer syntax What is the syntax for a command line launch of a url with iexplorer? -- jh Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860243
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    - "An exception occured while trying to run I get this error message "An exception occured while trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\System32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL powercfg.cpl"," when I try to open the power configuration in control panel. Similar message (desk.cpl or sysdm.cpl) when trying to open the System or Desktop icon in the control panel. In safe Mode the Display and Powerconfiguration icon open fine but the System icon does not. Question: 1. has anyone seen this issue and resolver it? 2. What does\does not load in Safe mode that may resolve some of the issues? 3. Any ideas on how to proceed? Any ideas besides a reformat reload? Thank you. Tag: StacSysTray Tag: 1860239

Hello,

For the past three or four days I have the following window appear at
bootup.

Component "actskn.ocx" or one of it'd dependencies not correctly Registered.
A file is missing or invalid.
I get rid of the window by pressing the X but at every bootup it appears
again.

Win XP Home SE
Mem 1Gig
HD 200 Gig.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Robert

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