XP Key Numbers
Need to re-install XP and Office Works after a crash. No one knows
where the 'KEY' numbers are. How can we find them? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321824
Open folder on windows explorer
Hello everyone
When i open a folder, music for example, it shows me all names of singers. I
would like all folders, that deppends on folder music, that has the same
columns names. How do i do that? I've tried and didn't found. Can you help me
please? I know it must be a very basic question, but please help me. Tks in
advance.
Regards
Pedro Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321814
Copy to portable hard drive only unchanged/new files
Hello
I hope you can help me on this task.
I have the images folder, as documents as music folders to copy every week
to my portable hard drive. Before windows, this task were fast and simple,
with DOS comands, but i don't remember the comand to copy all files from D:
to hard drive but only new files. If i add a new folder or file to the main
folder images, i would like to copy it (without knowing wich) to my portable
drive. Like an update of my pc disc on my portable hard drive. If you could
help me, i have 2 questions :
1. Is there a way of doing it on DOS Comand?
2. Is there a way of doing it with XP?
Thank you very much for all you can do
Pedro Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321812
SP3 - "To XP or not to XP - that is the question"
"Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1?
Or in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3 Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321811
How can I make Windows XP last for the next seven years: Groups,
Hi all;
I am concerned with the rumored demise of the Windows XP. I have
a Dell Dimension 3000 running Windows XP and Service Pack Candidate
3. Frankly, it was a little hard to get used to it, and I certainly
DO NOT want the hassle of a new OS, etc.
Here is my question: Forums, Lists, Groups dedicated to
maintaining and supporting Windows XP after M$ ceases to, and also
books like, hypothetically "Maintain and support your Win XP for
Idiots." or the like.
Can you help me please locate such groups or handbooks, please?
I certainly would appreciate the help!
Best!
Robb Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321809
Security
I've run a check on my comp. and this security question has been brough up
(MS04-028 Microsoft security bullitine) to do with jpeg. It says the infected
file is A0008818.dll. I have be to microsoft update, and it says no updating
required. Could someone help me with it, I am at a complete loss as to what
to do. Thanking you. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321806
Restore disc
Hi there. This is probably a stupid question for most of you, but I
need to know if it is o.k. to run the restore discs on a different
[used] hard drive? The discs are mine, puchased legally, but I no
longer have the original computer, so code #'s etc, are unknown.T.I.A. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321802
Error message opening excel after using Vista
Howdy. I opened up our companies excel worksheet that has our IP addresses
in it. well after checking it out (i'm using Vista SP1) no one is able to
open it anymore. It says it may be marked read only or the server may not be
up neither of which is the case. Any ideas what's going on and if I can fix
it without resorting to my backup system? thanks. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321796
Lost MIDI play function
My computer stopped playing MIDI .mid files a couple of days ago and I
can not figure out what is causing this problem. I can play .wav files
and they sound okay. All the computer's sounds play as they should.
When I open a MIDI file the player screen opens and looks normal. The
progress slider moves along as it should, but there is no sound out of
my speakers.
I've not changed any hardware, nor have I installed any new software.
Computer; Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard with an Intel Core 2 Duo
processor, two 1GB memory sticks, a 500 GB Western Digital SATA hard
drive with about 400 GB free.
I'm running Windows XP Pro, SP2 with automatic updates. I also run MS
Office 2007, Adobe Photo Shop, and some other rather ordinary software
clients. I use Pizzicato's Arpege music software to compose and play
music, but it won't play, now. Everything else seems to be working
well.
The Systray Vol. control seems to be working as it should. All the
volume sliders are at the top, maximum volume setting. None of the
Mute checkboxes are checked.
Any suggestions? Thanks, Gordon Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321771
setupapi.dll file missing entry's
I can not use any program in my Controls menu. everytime I do the computer
gives me the message that the setupapi.dll missing entry's. When my computer
starts up in the morning I get 8 or 9 error messages of the same thing
"setupapi.dll missing entry's". can you advise me on how to fix this problem. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321770
Excel
My old laptop ran XP but has gone to the big laptop angel in the sky - ie
bust !!
I have a new laptop running Vista with Microsoft Office included ( I paid
for it !)
I have transferred some spread sheets from a CD back up disk but they will
not open .The back up is originally from my desktop which ran ME.They went
onto XP ok.
The message says Cannot open .xls file ???
Any step by step explanation to solve the problem would be appreciated
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Mick
Silver Surfer Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321768
XP SP3 - delivery today (24/03/2008)?
According to neowin.net news (quoting
http://www.crn.com/software/206904757) the release of SP3 is due on
24/03/2008
Could this an Easter Monday surprise plot by MS or an ignorant rumour
spread by some infidel who does not know that 24/03 is Easter Monday? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321767
Move command XP
Hi i'm trying to figure out the MOVE command using the command line. My
understanding is that it can be used to move several files and I can
accomplish this by using wildcards . But when trying to move 2 or 3 files
with different extensions separating the files with "," it fails saying
syntax is incorrect. Any tips?
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Regards
Oni Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321763
Ms Outlook - Signature is not detecting
Hi all,
Today i have faced very strange problem...am using Ms Outlook and made
settings to add signature automatically while composing,replying and
forwarding to mails.It was working fine till today afternoon but now if i am
replying or forwarding to any mails the signature simply disappeared and add
to more this am able to see the same original settings.Signature is getting
added automatically while composing a new mail..isn't that strange...i know
it is...
Any Suggestions..... Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321761
XP Reinstallation
Need to re-install XP and Office Works after a crash. Do not have
original containers so we do not haes'key' numbers. How can I get
these without having to pay MS $49? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321754
Unable to instal Skype 3.6 for Windows
Hi
Can someone help me to solve the problem of unable to install the Skype 3.6
for windows or earlier version in my Windows XP Professional SP2?
Whether online installation or after downloaded the file, the installation
just cannot start ( or fire ).
Thanks in advance. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321740
AVG Free - Pop up question if you please
Sorry if this is off topic, but I am sure there are a lot of windows users
who use the free AVG 7.5 virus protection. I am running xpsp2.
Is there anyway of stopping the damn thing from opening your browser and
displaying an advertisement to update to the pay version 8.0. This happens
when I click check for updates. I think it only happens once per day (if
you recheck for updates several times), but I am not sure about that. I did
some searching in google and failed to come up with an answer.
Thanks...Pete Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321726
Un-installing Quick Time components
Hi !
Windows Xp Pro + SP2 and all updates
Maybe not for this newsgroup but could someone please help
I am trying to install a copy of Power Director 6 Deluxe on a desktop
All goes fine until the installer finds and wants to un-install QuickTime
6.5 and wants to install QT 7
It says unable to uninstall
I then went to add/remove and uninstalled QT
Re-booted and tried to install again, getting the same message as before
How can I un-install all of QT's components
Too scared to scratch in the registry
Have also used Advanced Un-installer Pro 7, amongst other s
Any help would be appreciated, otherwise I will just have to reinstall PD 5
again as well as QT 6.5
Mike from Africa
South Africa
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Show me and I'll remember
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Looking for place
Where is there a good place to get info on buying a printer?
I've about given up in ink carts and am thinking about color laser
printers. A long time ago someone suggested an HP 2550, but I just read
that it costs hundreds of dollars when you run out of toner, having to get
a new drum, etc.
I know you can Google printers, but I don't really want to research
thousands and thousands of articles - I'm just looking for a forum or NG
that would narrow things down a lot based on long experience, rather than
a week to write a review.
JimL
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America always does the right thing, but only after exhausting all other possibilities, Winston
Churchhill. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321703
How to Open Explorer when Plugin Flash Drive
When I plug-in my flash drive into my USB port, I get a sound but no popup
for Windows Explorer. When I look at properties for the device after it is
plugged in it, the Auto Play option is do Open Explorer but it does not
happen. What needs to happen to make Explorer open when I plug-in a flash
drive into my USB port?
Thanks,
Tony Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321700
Drivers
I know there is a better path to get to the driver downloads for my computer
than Window updates because I came across it some time back but can't seem to
find it now. The one I saw would update the drivers to all the hardware on
the computer. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Maynard Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321693
Error message
Started this week. At startup when the Desktop appears, getting the following
message: Windows cannot find 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\networks.exe'
Well, neither can I.
What's up with that? Can this be fixed and if so, how?
Thanks in advance. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321685
Troubleshooting was Re: Reinstaling XP
It's me again and my apologies for yet another omission.
I just renewed my Norton anti-virus subscription and closed the Norton
window. After I closed it, I could, for about three or four seconds, see
through the Norton window and see the browser's text and what not behind the
Norton window. I could see the four blue bars that make up the window
square itself. This happens maybe twice a month with Netscape or Firefox.
Does that sound like memory problem? Any more ideas on what I can do before
I go whole hog and reinstall WindowsXP?
I've decided to reinstall only Word and not whole version of OfficeXP
I'm using Flock right now. I downloaded it a few days ago and it's leaving
today. I thought I'd try it before I reinstalled FF and Netscape and it's
not the browser for me at all. It allows me to do things because the
programmers want me to be able do them, not because I need to. I think
they're called "features." That is one of my biggest gripes about all
software. Design and write it for its purpose not because you can.
Thanks muchly Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321683
Backup Software rcommendation
For Windows XP Home
I'm looking for backup software that would do several things:
1. Create an "image" backup suitable for completely restoring to a new hard
disk in the event of the original's failure
2. Make quick backups of selected folders of data files, which can be
quickly referenced, opened and/or restored.
I have Norton Ghost 12.0, but find all the Norton products cause too many
other problems, and plan to remove it as soon as I find a substitute.
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how to disable playing of video DVDs
Is it possible in Windows XP to make it so that a DVD movie cannot be
played on the computer? I have one family member that starts watching
a movie on the computer (even though we do have a home theater) and
will not surrender the computer to others that need to do actual work
on the computer.
Brian Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321673
Recovering data from disk using ERD manager/ Diagnostic and Recove
My PC doesn't boot any more and before i want to install xp with the
recovery discs, i would like to get my data off...
with ERD manager I can copy files, which are not effected from C: to D:
I can't copy them to another external drive, since these drives are not
recognized.
I can't copy files to the Boot CD with ERD manager on it.
Are the tools: that allow me to boot and more importantly let me copy to a
external hard drive?
thanks a lot
alex
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Alexander Banz Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321672
Viewing Files
Can I goto windows explorer and view my files in such a way.....
(folder) Main
(subfolder) subMain1
(file) file1
(file) file2
(subfolder) subMain2
(file) file1
(file) file2
....something like a Tree View
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Gator Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321669
Organizing Your Folders and Files
Hi
I spend a lot of time organizing my files and folders so I can keep track of
them. Is there a right or wrong way of doing this.
Has anyone come across an article or blog on the best way to organize your
Files and Folders.
What is Microsoft's View on this Topic.
What is your View?
Cheers Possum.. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321666
Clock Resetting on Power Up
I have a problem with the clock on my computer resetting on power up to 01
January 2002 00:00. This happens every time I start the computer and has a
knock on effect to other applications.
I am running a desktop with Windows XP Media Centre Edition.
About four weeks ago I had a problem with pop-ups and advertisements on the
computer. The clock then started to change time dramatically. As i thought
I had a virus and restoring the system from a previous date would not work, I
performed a system recovery.
The issue with the pop-ups and advertisements has now been resolved but I
was still having trouble with the clock. Then, about two weeks ago, it began
to reset each time the computer was switched on.
Time synchronisation will not work at all and this problem persists despite
now leaving the clock on manual.
Can anyone offer any advice?
Thanks Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321655
How to open a program @ Windows log-on?
I want to open LiveMail when I log on so it will be checking email while I go
pour my coffee. I'd prefer to have it open minimized, but I may be asking way
too much.
Ideas?
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Thanks for your time! Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321649
Image stacking
It looks as if DarbeeVision uses some form of advanced image stacking
to do their defocus and subtract to get the depth information. I
looked up their US patent # 7043074 and they do have very interesting
IP that applies to using image pairs, multiplets. One of their
accepted claims even covers aligned image pairs (wouldn't this be the
unsharp mask?). I have to go deeper into the image processing
functions, though the perceptor does a really good job of finding the
image detail. This entire package looks very good! I am very curious
how they are able to quickly synthesize a stereo pair, this is usually
very labor intensive.http://dvnphoto.com/downloads Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321642
Reinstaling XP
My computer is running slower than a turtle, so I'm removing and
reinstalling a few programs to try to clean & speed it up.
After I reinstall it, how do I get the XP updates that have been issued
since my original installation in '93?
Much obliged Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321630
question about xp d recovery drive
i have xp home sp2 up to date
hp pavillion.
ive been having very slow and halting performance and heve had difficulties
with some programs.
ive done numerous anti-virus scans and malware scans with avg, defender,
spybot, spysweeper, counterspy and have found nothing. my scan time over the
past week or so went from 3:20 to 6 hours for a total scan of my entire
computer.
i have 71 gb of space on c drive of which 33% is used.
i have 5.27 gb total space on my hp d recovery drive, with 85% used.
one of my avg scans of my d drive caused spysweeper to quarantine a ps2 bug
from d drive. now it seems to keep showing up during scans of d drive.
is it normal to have so much of d recovery drive filled?
it use to take only a few minutes to scan it now it takes an hour or more.
thanks. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321622
What is "Reserved System Space" and what can I do with it?
I'm running XP Pro, SP2.
I recently did two things.
First, I took a 250 GByte FAT external harddrive, backed it contents up to
another drive and reformatted it as NTFS, then restored the contents.
Second, I installed an incremental defrag program, Diskeeper, on my system.
When I looked at the newly reformatted drive Diskeeper reports that over 10% is
"Reserved System Space". This is an order of magnitude more than on any of my
other 250 or 300 Gbyte drives, or even my one 500 Gbyte drive.
Could this be an error in the defrag program? (The company says no.) If such a
large chunk of the drive is reserved does that mean that it will never be used
for my data? Is there any way to shrink this allocation?
I hope this is the right place to ask this.
Cyril N. Alberga Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321617
Flash video
A LOT of stuff on the internet is Flash. Do these always work only as
streaming videos? I have yet to get a Flash to replay, not good on
dial-up.
JimL
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Folder view in Explorer
I've got XP Pro on my desktop and XP Home on my laptop.
On the laptop I can't get the folder view (folder tree in
left pane) to stick when I click "Apply to all folders"
under view options.
It works in XP PRo. Am I missing something? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321602
can't copy files to thumb drive please help
Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
please.thanks in advance Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321597
Help and support
I seem to have lost the line for Help and support in the start menu. I don't
know how it happened. The program is still accessible through the control
panel but I'd like it back on the start page near the "run: command.
TIA
Regards, Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321595
Interesting error - can anyone help
I am running XP sp2 - w/ 1 gig ram. I just installed Acrobat Standard 8 -
all was well. Today it automatically updated. Now I boot and get a page that
says Windows can't open file: 00014280.rbf - I tried to google the file
name - no help. I have to click cancel to get to the desktop. Each reboot -
I get the same error. Is any one familiar with the file? How can I stop the
error page from occuring - how can I get rid of the attempt to read the
file? Any help is appreciated. I called Adobe - a useless call as the
gentleman was unable to understand english at all. How frustrating!!!
Any suggestions are most appreciated....
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Want task bar open at all times
Is there a way to keep the task bar open at all times instead of having to
click on the arrow to expand it? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321588
Screen capture
Running XP Home/SP2 ....
I find it necessary to run an old DOS graphing
program under CMD. It runs and I can make the graph
but it will only print to long-obsolete dot-matrix
printers. So I'd like to capture the screen and save
and print the captured .JPG image.
But PrtScrn and Ctrl-PrintScreen don't seem to capture
it. When I exit, IrfanView won't Paste it in. Any clues,
hints, suggestions? Thanks. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321581
NET framework 2.00 service pack 1
I have this large (186.00 mb) program. I don't understand. I thought I was
running Windows XP home edition with service pack 2. This seems to be a
developer's tool to write applications? As a home, family user what programs
might this be supporting? Can I locate when it was installed? Could it have
been mistakenly downloaded with a Windows update? Can I remove it? Thanks
alot!
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viv Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321580
XML CORE SERVICES 4.0.SERVICE PACK 2 (KB936181)
i have downloaded this 3 or 4 times now and the update icon still appears in
the bottom right hand corner.i have checked and they have all downloaded
correctly,i have contacted microsoft but they refer me to my computer
suplier.can anyone help as microsoft dont really want to.it is their product
so they should be responsible for it even if it is sold with a computer. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321576
rundll error
The message I get is.....An exception occured while trying to run
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\spads.dll"DllVerify"
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I appreciate any help I get. Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321563
Hibernate question
I'm running Windows XP Professional with the hibernate feature. However,
ever ytime I come out of hibernation I have to put in my password. Is there
a way around having to do this? Tag: get free softer :::::::: Tag: 321555