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    - How to setup a network printer? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to setup a network printer? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900711
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    - Log On As Administrator? Stupid question but how does one log on as administrator? I have a piece of software that requires that I do this before installing. Never had to do this previously. Any help will be appreciated. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900706
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    - Update for Microsoft Outlook Junk Email Filter 2003 (KB949044) Pro I am not sure if this is a Office or Windows problem. My XP system runnig on Office2003 had been trying to do this update for the last month or so. It kept updating- something it says the update is installed, other times it says there is an error. Even when it said the update was sucessful and the system did its updating after closedown, I kept getting the screen that shows that an update will be perform when I shutdown the computer. Can someon please help to sjow how to either complete this update or remove vestiges of this update totally from my system so that I do not get the annoying attempts to update as well as to install during shutdown? Thanks. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900705
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    - Keyless installation of XP SP3 I think most of you are aware that XP SP3 has a new feature that permits you to install XP without entering a product key. Doing so gives you a 30-day grace period before being required to enter the pk. Activation requires entry of the product key at the time of activation if it has not been previously entered. In effect, this makes your XP SP3 cd a trial copy. To do a keyless installation, when you install XP and reach the screen where you are asked to enter the pk, leave the fields blank and click Continue. To take advantage of this you must be using an XP SP3 integrated cd so you will need to slipstream XP SP2 and the download from https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4&DisplayLang=en I use nLite for the slipstreaming. You must do this on an XP x86 machine. Do NOT use Vista. I have not had occasion to use the rearm command in XP SP3 but it may work as it does in Vista with a keyless install. The rearm command gives you an additional 30-day grace period and may be used up to three times. The command is "slmgr -rearm". Why you would install keyless is up to you but I use it for experiments in virtual machines that I only run for a day or two. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900704
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    - master volume control The master volume control in the tray sometimes "mutes" itself. How do I stop this from happening? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900688
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    - Slipstreaming SP3 using HD based ISO I still have the ISO image on hard drive from when I slipstreamed SP2 with XP Pro gold to produce a bootable XP SP2 CD. I'm wondering if I could use that HD based ISO image to merge with SP3, using Autostreamer, to produce an XP SP3 ISO image. It will be interesting to see if SP3 will be available free on CD. MS has done that twice in 2004. In Feb 2004 they released a Security Update CD that included SP1A and all subsequent updates. That CD was widely distributed and available free by mail, and at the checkouts at BestBuy, Staples, etc. It was released to address a security concern. Then in the fall of 2004 the SP2 update CD was available free by mail. ID Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900684
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    - Security Center XP-SP2 - I removed a couple of programs and then cleaned their entries from the registry. After that, Security Center doesn't recognize Zone Alarm and AVG Free 8.0, which it did before. It does recognize Windows Firewall. Perhaps I mistakenly deleted the wrong registry key. If so, is there a fix for that? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900683
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    - Sound Icon Missing Hi: In the past, there was Sound Icon sitting at the right bottom of System Tray, but recently it's gone. Sound-Icon is quite a handy because there is a handy feature, from 'mute' to 'loud' by just one click. How to restore/rescue Sound Icon at the right bottom of System Tray? Thanks for your help in advance. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900674
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    - Multiple references to the same footnote How do we put multiple references in the body of the text to the same footnote? For example, three superscript number "3" 's in different paragraphs that all refer to the same footnote. We also want all three footnote references in the body to be re-numbered (updated) if another footnote is inserted before the third footnote. Can this be done? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900658
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    - svchost.exe-again I've read through most of the fixes already posted, but I am not a techno-gek and need step-by-steps.... The problem started today, after 2 problem-free years, suddenly on of the svchost.exe applications is hogging 99% of my CPU and it will not stop. If you can help me in plain english, I'd really, really, appreciate it. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900650
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    - Uninstaller I tried removing one of my older program softwares which came with Canon printer's optional software. But the unstaller file seems corrupted (Uninst.isu) and prevents uninstallation. I just want more space for my hard drive and this software (5MB) not required for me now. Is this wise removing or delete a folder (PhotoStitch) and its contents manually? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900638
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    - Uninstalling a useless icon from control panel? Hi all Have posted this previously and thought problem was solved, but it was not. I have a program name and icon (my digital camera with a camera icon) in my "control panel", which I think I unknowingly must have installed. I have no use for this icon and it's commands are all grayed out. Appreciate if anyone is able to assist me in a way to uninstall it. (I can't use system restore). I don't know if this is sufficient info. Thanks in advance franktee os winxp pro dell insp 9300 Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900635
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    - USB flash drive: Does the insert cause an event? I'm researching something on a PC, and I need to know if a USB flash drive was inserted. There is nothing in the event logs, but is there any way to determine if a USB flash drive was inserted into a PC? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900633
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    - XP Home Edition with Office XP Student Teacher Edition My PC has been taking an extreme amount of time to boot, so last night I reinstalled windows xp Home SP1. For the install, I used the option of installing a fresh copy over the existing copy without reformating the disc partition. I then went to install Office xp standard for students and teachers version 2002 and the disk will not load. I copied the contents of the disc onto my hard drive and attempted to run from there, the info copied fine but it still would not execute the set-up program. It looks like a copy of the office programs are still on my C drive in the program files folder, but when I click on the app, the computer crashes. Help Please. I have now wasted about 15 hours on this nonsense. Should I reformat the HD and start from scratch? Finally, it appears that the computer is running about 50% slower than normal. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900628
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    - XP SP3 Does anyone know, if XP SP3 is available to order on a CD or DVD? Sadly I am forced to subscribe to HUGHES satellite ISP and with a download size the likes of SP3, will most certainly cause a "fair access policy" violation that in turn causes them to reduce my download speed to less then dialup. -- :-) Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900625
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    - Bizarre -- Windows Media Player won't play wav files after SP3 This is weird. I can't play Wav files after installing SP3. I get the message "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type..." Anyone else seeing this? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900604
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    - Dead Sound Device after Software Install This is XP Sp2, C2D 6400, 2 GB RAM, Asus P5LD2 MoBo with RealTek High Definition audio device. After installing some audio software (NCH Swift Sound suite www.nch.com.au), the Realtek sound device was dead. Checking 'Sounds and Audio Devices' in the control panel, I get 'no audio device', all buttons and boxes there are greyed out. DVD-Writer, DVD-ROM and WebCam not recognized anymore. I uninstalled those in Device Manager, then running the Add Hardware wizard brought them back to life but not Realtek. Uninstalled all NCH software and cleaned the registry, to no avail, the sound device is still dead. Device is enabled, driver info says it's working properly, properties are set to 'use audio features .. use mixer features .. etc .. on this device'. Any hint as to what to try next much appreciated. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900598
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    - WinXP SP3 Issues I am in a corp enviroment using Novell as NOS. I have mutliple PC's of varying makes and models. mostly HP and dell. I started updating PC's yesterday and I always do a test on them one at a time to see if the patch will cause problems with our other software. Here is my findings so far; 4 with problems : 2 without... 50% 1. One PC is now in a reboot loop whereas safe mode doesn't work... will have to do a restore. I will have to work on this problem to find a fix... i suspect it is the stop: C0000139 GDI file missmatch error... (so they said they fixed it in this release) but i will see tommorrow when i get a hold of the PC... 2. Two PC's installed fine and rebooted fine, however repeated attempts to revisit microsoft or windows update site has a issue where after the Microsoft update site finishes its scan, it reports more patches due (mostly office 2003 patches) but never the less after selecting them for download and install they all fail. Says an error like this "a problem is preventing updates to install" (or something similar). The SP3 apparently breaks both the windows or microsoft update site from being used again. However, you can go to the download site and download the patches one at a time and install them with out issue. I used Microsoft's free tech support service last night and after 6 hours of them remoteing in, i finally have a batch file that re-registers all the .dll files for windows update. This has fixed the broken updaters. 3. One PC would not allow me to log-in to the network (i am on novell client 4.91) and had to go into safe mode to uninstall novell client and reinstall it to fix that issue. 4. Two PC's installed just fine and did not exhibit the issues described above. 50% shot of it working correctly... one note however, On two of the broken ones, I used the administrator download to install it from our network drive instead of downloading from web. One of them being the reboot looper... I will hold off installing / rolling out more until microsoft releases SP3(b)... Plea for sanity... Come on MS listen to us and get it right.... This thing has to be solid if we (I) as an administrator are to roll this out to 150+ computers in my organization... or I will have each user call your free support line when they blow up.... Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900594
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    - service pack 3 will not operate media player11 after 3 re installs including 2 complete installs .completely removed from computer and using vlc much nicer programme. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900592
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    - Can't install anything from windows update. I don't know what the problem is. I go to windows update. I click on what I want to update and then click on download/install. So the updates start downloading but when it's about to install it says "windows failed to install the following updates" and no other message is displayed saying what the problem is. Can anyone help me out? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900591
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    - Why do pictures from my Digital Camera cause Windows Explorer to Crash with Thumbnails? Computer is a new Dell Precision 3400 with dual core Pentium and 2 GB RAM. OS is manufacturer's load of XP with SP2 and all of the latest updates since delivery last month. Camera is a Nikon D300 shooting in 14-bit Raw mode. Sometimes -- and only in some folders -- Windows Explorer barfs when asked to display thumbnails. If it fails in a folder, it will fail everytime in that folder so there's obviously something about the pictures in that folder that kills it. BUT ... when I view the same folders from another (but older) WinXP over the network with thumbnails, there's no problem and the images of the JPG in the folder are displayed properly. What possible incompatibility could exist between a folder of digital pictures, about half .NEF and the other half .JPG and one WinXP computer but not another? TIA Norm Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900573
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    - copy user settings to default profile I was wondering if there is a way to modify the default profile so you can include mapped network drives, wall paper and desktop toolbars etc. I know how to copy a complete user account, so would I just copy the user I want over the default user? Obviously I'd make a backup of the Default User folder first but just wondering if there's another approach. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900570
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    - Which virus/spyware scanners? If you wanted to be certain that a Windows computer was not infected with any viruses/spyware/trojans/etc, which scanners would you use? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900564
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    - remote connection We have a windows XP laptop with the firewall service stopped and the remote connect enabled that we still cannot connect or ping the system. What else can block an IP connection? The system works fine but we can not support it remotely even with PC anywhere. Thanks, -David Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900557
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    - User received remote desktop disconnect often Several times a day a user who works remotely is receiving: "The remote session to the remote computer was ended by means of an administration tool. Your administrator might have ended your connection." When I look for info on debugging this the only thing I see is that the admin may have disconnected the user, this is not the situation. I also looked at the registry for the following: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogOn\AutoAdminLogon and saw that the value was 0. Any other ideas would be appreciated. Thank you, Ken Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900541
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    - Slow Printing Problem - New Twist! One of my users - like many other people out there - is having the issue where if they select "file -> Print" from just about any application on their machine, it is taking 30 to 60 seconds for the Print Dialog Box to appear. We are using ALL network printers that par printing via SMB and using Unix Based (LPR Port) printing, and all of us ar using WinXP Pro an an Active Directory environment. No other users on any other machines are experiencing this problem. And now for the twist!... Other users on the SAME MACHINE are NOT experiencing this problem! Could there be something corrupt with this users profile? (NO, we are not using roaming profiles!) If so, how to find and correct the problem? All suggestions appreciated. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900538
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    - The system cannot find the batch label specified From time to time I have encountered this cryptic error, and I could not understand why the perfectly good script will generate this error, until today. It seems like the if the target label is spanning the batch processor's buffer (blocksize=512, from my observation on Win2K & XP), the error message is generated. To test my theory, I have created simple batch file as following. goto BROWSER rem ##################################################################################################################### rem ########################################################################################################################### rem ########################################################################################################################### rem ########################################################################################################################### :BROWSER If the :BROWSER spans buffer boundary, then batch processor will not find the label and throw error. It is hard to imagine that Microsoft has not encountered this issue internally. Fixing this issue will be extremely simple and it won't slow down the batch processor that much. Microsoft should fix this error as there are quite a few batch files out there with many goto and call statements. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900526
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    - What is it ? Found under c:/Program Files a folder called "illminable" I have no idea what it is for or were it came from. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900517
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    - svchost.exe and MpCmdRun.exe Hi, I have a problem where svchost cause my computer to run at 100 %. It seems like that svchost is running MpCmdRun.exe (windows defender comand line) and that somehow goes wrong. Is there a fix for this or what should i do ?? Thank you in advance. BR Peter Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900508
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    - XP SP3: what are the improvements? Is it faster, smoother? I was planning to install the SP3 patch, but I read that AMD-CPU users got BSO error's and allot of other problems such as boot failure's and boot-loop's and such. So, before I go thru all that, I would like to know if there are _noticeable_ improvements or speed-ups. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900477
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    - Windows Update SP3 SP3 is now available through Windows Update. I just finished. Took almost an hour. It seems to be working fine. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900471
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    - Can't reassign program to file type Recently I noticed that my PLT files had lost their association with my plot program GOPLOT.EXE. I tried to reassociate PLT files with the program, but every time I do, Internet Explorer winds up as the associated program. Note that GOPLOT.EXE is a standalone executable and is not installed via the normal installation procedures, thus it doesn't show up on the default list of programs to associate with files, but in the past I just browsed for the program, associated it with the PLT extension, and it worked fine. GOPLOT.EXE still works if the PLT files are dropped on its icon, but a double-click on the PLT file brings up Internet Explorer. Any ideas? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900454
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    - streets and trips 2007 i have streets and trips 2007 with gps locator can i get basic streets and trips 2008 and use my old gps and will it work Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900453
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    - Windows Time and Event Log Order Hi, I have several PCs appear to have the date change on them for periods of less than an hour every couple of days or so. When I go into event viewer and look at the appplication or system event log, I leave the default view up and as you scroll down the list the date will change then change back to the right order. If I go to View/Newest First or Oldest First, it stays consistent, for instance one event will show 2/10/08, then the next 3/10/08 then the next back to 2/10/08. Changes back to the correct date appear to sometimes occur after a synchronization with a time server so I'm assuming that events in the event log have an internal date and time that is not shown, so that in the default list view the order is correct, but the date and time shown in the list view reflects the date and time in windows when the event was recorded. Do my assumptions seem correct? Has anyone seen this behaviour before? I need to understand further how the time in the BIOS and the time in Windows work with each other. I'm further assuming that the reason the events are in that order is that the BIOS time is not changing and so the internal date/time of the event then remains constant allowing me to see the correct order of events. Does this assumption appear to be correct? -- Tom B. Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900451
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    - Restoring From Windows Backup Utility 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? Tag: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900438
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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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900360
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    - Does The SP3 Download IS0 File Include the Latest IE7 and Express 6 ? Tks, Fred Tag: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... 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: Windows crashes... Tag: 1900326

My sister has a four-year-old Dell 2400 with WinXP. A few days ago, when she
booted up, Windows began to load, then the screen went black and her mouse
and keyboard went out. The power light on the tower was still on. The same
thing happened after several attempts to boot.

When I went around to look at it, I booted into safe mode and began to do a
system restore. Right in the middle of the restore the screen went blank.

I opened the case and made sure all cables were firmly seated. Grasping at
straws I booted to the CMOS setup and looked at the event viewer. It only
mentioned something about a keyboard malfunction.

Can anyone give me an idea of what might be going on here?

Thanks.

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RE: Windows crashes... by sgopus

sgopus
Thu May 08 20:56:00 PDT 2008

Yes, if the Bios is set to halt on errors, it will not boot if the keyboard
has some kind of fault, try a replacement keyboard.

"silas" wrote:

> My sister has a four-year-old Dell 2400 with WinXP. A few days ago, when she
> booted up, Windows began to load, then the screen went black and her mouse
> and keyboard went out. The power light on the tower was still on. The same
> thing happened after several attempts to boot.
>
> When I went around to look at it, I booted into safe mode and began to do a
> system restore. Right in the middle of the restore the screen went blank.
>
> I opened the case and made sure all cables were firmly seated. Grasping at
> straws I booted to the CMOS setup and looked at the event viewer. It only
> mentioned something about a keyboard malfunction.
>
> Can anyone give me an idea of what might be going on here?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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