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    - spuninst I just found a folder on a secondary hard drive (LOCAL DISK F:) which is used only for backup files. It has a very long name (ef44c9a3432aa7643863a0eef55acfee) and contains spuninst. I don't know why or how it got on this drive. I understand this is to uninstall program updates. I did a search on my C: Drive and found 753 entries but only 1 on my F: Drive. Can I delete the one on my F: Drive? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321535
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    - FTP Program I am using XP Pro SP2. I have long been successfully using CuteFTP as my FTP program. I installed Filezilla as well, as I wanted to get familiar with it to be able to recommend it to a friend. I cannot get FileZilla to connect to any of my websites. Could the fact that it is co-resident with CuteFTP be the problem? If so, will I be able to use Dreamweaver to update my sites with CuteFTP installed if I ever wsh to? TIA Tag: spuninst Tag: 321532
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    - Keeping my folder view constant Whenever I set my folder view on List, it will stay there for a while and then (all of a sudden) it will change to Tiles. After I change it to List, I go into Tools, Folder Options, View, and Apply to All Folders. Then I hit OK. It will work for a while and then change back to Tiles. I do not know what I am doing wrong. Can anyone help me? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321527
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    - start up stopping when starting up the first page appears with the system information then stops telling me to press f1 if i want to continue how do i stop this happening.this problem started after a power cut with the computer switched on Tag: spuninst Tag: 321520
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    - Tracking Cookie - What am I Doing Wrong? Every morning I have a routine that I follow, visiting many web pages, checking email, etc. Yesterday after going through this routine, I ran Ad-Aware2007 I found 5 Tracking Cookies as follows: Tracking Cookie index.dat insightexpressai.comIXAIBanners948/ The remaining 4 were the same except for the name following the IXAI. I went to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS and added these five Tracking Cookies asd follows: 127.0.0.1 insightexpressai.comIXAIBanners948/ including the other four. I saved this file and then checked it again to make sure the new entries were there. They were. This morning after going through the same routine, running Ad-Aware2007, there were the same five Tracking Cookies. What am I doing wrong? -- ----- Lou Of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321519
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    - Editing the right click context menu. Hi. I am learning a little about web design. I am hand coding some pages but getting '.html' files to choose between the browser and editor is a pain. I want to right click on a .html file, see 'edit' as an option and it to call NoteTabPro, the editor I am using. I've been in to the folder options, looked at file types, selected 'html' (and 'htm'), and gone into advanced. IN advanced I can see an option for 'edit'. I used browse to point it at the .exe of NoteTabPro... but it still doesn't show when right clicking. Ok, still in advnaced I created a new item, called it "Edit an html file", selected the editor and again, it still doesn't show. OK, whats up? What have I got to do please? This is XP pro, fully patched, SP2. I am admin. Thanks. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321503
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    - Re:File System in Windows XP While trying to format my hard disc, I found that, I could not format my hard disc in FAT32 file system. Have microsoft stopped FAT32 file system with SP2 or I am doing something wrong? In case MS has stopped FAT32 file system is there any way I can change NTFS to FAT 32 type? Thanks. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321491
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    - Serious concern about time changing. Hello- This may seem odd, but here's what's happening. First off, I have a customer who has 7 PC's, at least 3 of them are COMPQ computers, and the others are DELL's and ANTEC computer. Here's what is happening... First off, Windows SBS 2000 is what each of these PC's are attached too, only (1) one of them is newer than the others. (this one is fine) what is happening is that all of the computers loses the TIME! It doesn't matter if it's one hour ahead or past... in fact it's both! They constantly lose the proper time. Can anyone tell me is this an XP issue with Computer & Dell computers? As for the newest one, I built that one for him and it keeps the time without any problems. Can you advise on what might be the (issue) problem? Is this XP in general that is causing the issue? If you are asking me if SP2 is on them, I believe they are... although I can confirm this. But, I am open to any suggestions or comments as to what is causng this problem. Thanks in advance! Tag: spuninst Tag: 321489
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    - Changing FOLDER TYPE in WinXP - how? How do I tell WinXP to make a Music Folder into a Normal Folder? In other words, I don't want to see "Music Tasks" in the lefthand column in Explorer... I want to see the normal folder options. There's no way to arrange files by "modified" in the Music folders, which is extremely annoying. Even when you select DETAILED view, it won't tell you the Modified On date. Thanks! Tag: spuninst Tag: 321485
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    - XP Backup - All Network Devices Grayed Out I have been running XP Backup for several years. It has been backing up My Documents from several XP and Vista boxes on my network. I did a Full backup and then Incremental backups each night. Every few months I redo the Full backup and restart the process. This week I added a new box to the network, went to XP backup to change folders that were being backed up. Well, much to my surprise backup could not longer see any of the devices on the network. All network computers are grayed out and you cannot even open them to see the drives, folders, etc. All of the folders to be backed up are shared and can be seen for the system running backup. I have not been able to find any solutions to this problem. Help. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321482
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    - Windows XP frozen and safe mode freezes also-have unsaved files! H Hello! I have Windows XP 2005 Media version and I use AVG for virus protection. My computer is approx 18 months old and under warranty but I am not getting any help over the phone and that is all they are offering at this point. I have files saved on my computer that I had not backed up and do need to recover if I at all can. I have a flash drive ready to do that! Trust me when I say I have learned my lesson and I don't plan to save anything directly on my computer. I will use CDs and Flash Drives to maintain my files for when I need them. My computer was working fine until approx 1 week ago. When I turned on my computer, it froze (locked) up. I was able at one point during the day to get the computer to let me open up in safe mode. I performed Check Disk and it told me that the volume in C was dirty. It proceeded on to check the rest of the disk. However, when it completes and goes to the log in page and I clik on my icon, the system freezes up. Now I cannot even open up in safe mode as it freezes (locks) up in safe mode as well. Today,I called Dell as my computer is still under warranty, and was told she could help me to do a system retore and I would lose all of my files, etc. She advised that first I contact a local repair person to get them to help me to back up my files and then call her back to complete the system restore. I couln't get any other info or help and ended the phone call more confused and stressed. I have many files that I have not backed up on any other source and I know I should have done so all along. I have been able to do the F12 and all the tests pass. If I do F8 and go to prev safe configuration it will bring up the sign in page, but freezes up when I click on the icon and try to input my password. What is causing this? Is my drive corrupted? How can I fix this without losing all my files? I need my computer desparately and need your help even more. I opened the computer and cleaned it out. It still freezes up. I am at a loss and desperately need help! I am not very computer illiterate when it comes to the this type of technical part of a computer. I follow directions well and am eager for some help to get my computer fixed soon! I hope I have given enough info for someone to be able to help me fix my computer if at all possible! MsGiraffe Louisville, KY Tag: spuninst Tag: 321476
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    - "Search Results" column order won't stick. When I do a search for files, the column order is not as I would like. The column "relevance" is displayed, and the column "date modified" is not displayed. I KNOW how I'm _supposed_ to control this feature - right clicking on the column headers brings up a dialog box allowing me to set which columns are displayed, the width and the order. Like I say, that much works OK. Ans when I change the order it works UNTIL I DO A NEW SEARCH AND THEN IT REVERTS BACK TO THE UNWANTED ORDER. Problem is, the column order won't stick (or keep it's settings) the next time I do a search, the incorrect colums appear. It's as though the settings are not retained between searches. This behavior is not present on my laptop, and I believe it's a problem with a file on my desktop. Does anyone know where XP might store these "search results" column settings from session to session? Is it a registry entry? .INI file? Anyone know how to make these column settings stick? Thanks Henry Windows XP Sp2. Rather normal system, no weird Anti-virus or unknown TSR's, plenty of memory. I check to make sure no illegal processes are running. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321471
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    - Multiple Desktops Is there a way to create and access multiple desktops? Mine is getting full and I'd like to categorize items if possible. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321466
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    - The young golfer from Wales believes "Discipline is definitely The young golfer from Wales believes "Discipline is definitely learned and gets better with practice." Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead. http://shenrilaa.googlepages.com/ Tag: spuninst Tag: 321461
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    - Corrupted text display in Chinese Win XP pro + sp2 Dear sirs, When I run a chinese UI setup program, it displays the corrupted text interface. Anyway, there is no such problem in other Chinese Win XP pc. How to solve ? My os: Chinese Win XP pro + sp2 ; non-unicode language setting is 'Chinese (Taiwan)' Thanks Tag: spuninst Tag: 321460
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    - Some DVDs no longer play I have 2 DVD drives and both have stopped playing certain DVDs, mainly retail ones but also some DVD games. I have no problem with CDs and most Copied DVDs. I have tried updating the firmware. I have all the codecs I need and i'm using power DVD. I have tried a full system recovery, still no joy and I have not made any changes to the hardware. I used to have no problem using either drive to play DVDs and both have went at the same time so I don't think it's a hardware issue. I have looked everywhere for help and no one has any answers. Can somebody out there please help? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321459
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    - FIXED CORRUPTED RECYCLE BIN My Recycle Bin became corrupted when I deleted NORTON SYSTEMWORKS and ran a REGISTRY CLEANER file from ADOBE regarding FLASH PLAYER, Ihe RB ICON was there but you couldn't OPEN the bin by either right-clicking or double-clicking. The folder had FILES but you could not access them. I could delete files through CC cleaner. NORTON, SONY even this USER BASE seemed to have no answers. Finally, a friend suggested I delete the RECYCLER folder suggesting that XP will create a new one upon reboot. Finally, I found another posting that suggested the same thing. When I tried delete it, I kept getting an access error-disk full error (you've seen it before). A program on my computer entitled UNLOCK finally helped me delete it. I shut the computer off for 30 seconds and started it again to find a new Recycle Bin. I had a "smaller" problem in that when I deleted files, the FULL Bin Icon was not showing. You can correct that by doing the right-click-on-desktop properties and refreshing the ICONS. It's been hell but feels great to have this back. NORM Tag: spuninst Tag: 321458
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    - Local Drive C: All of a sudden I have a problem in that explorer will not open my LOCAL DRIVE C:. It brings up the block to choose a program assosiated with the request. I do not have the same problem with any other drive like Drive D, CD Rom, DVD or Removable Drive. They all open without a problem. I can choose explorer to open the drive manually by browsing to it, but once I have it selected, I can not set it to open like that every time as the block is grayed out. I have run a number of virus scanners and there is no problem. Somebody suggested that I remove autorun.inf in the root directory, which I did, but it did not change anything. Can anybody help. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321453
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    - Removing items from start menu Hi ! How can I permanently remove items from the start menu in msconfig, not just un-checking them but removing them. ThankX Mike from Africa South Africa -- ================================= Tell me and I'll forget Show me and I'll remember Involve me and I WILL learn ================================= Tag: spuninst Tag: 321451
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    - XP SP2 CD I may be re-installing XP soon, and I was thinking about ordering the CD for XP SP2. I was wondering if the SP2 cd will contain media player 11, and IE 7, or do you still have to go out and download that stuff after putting on SP2. Thanks in advance. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321439
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    - IE Cannot display the Webpage message....... Help!!! I am running Windows XP Professional SP2 with all available updates. I am not able to connect to the web and recieve the message "Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage". I have disabled the Firewall and have disabled the Antivirus Program. I have ran Ad-Aware 2007 and have ran WinsockXPFix, ISPFIX, LSPFix, RegCure and they have corrected found problems with out correcting the connection problem. I can see my Local Network but not the WAN through IE. I have even tried reinstalling IE7 and Windows XP Pro (over itself) and yet I still can not see the web. I have tried removing and recreating the Internet Connection and Networks. I have the problem even if I am connected through Wireless, Wired or Broadband Cellular connections. The only updates that I have not installed is the .NET Framework 2.0 Update and the 3.0 Update. I have searched the forum for assistance and have tried everything that has been suggested in previous forums without success. I am just about ready to REFORMAT and RE-Install the OS to see if that works. I am able to get online with other computers (both Wired and Wireless) over the same network but not on my DELL Inspiron 5100 Laptop that is having the issues. Any information that you can provide to aid in the repair of the problem is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ray Tag: spuninst Tag: 321436
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    - Startup window When I was first setting up my system, Windows XP Pro asked me to enter the user names that would be using the computer. After that when I rebooted, Icons with user names would appear at startup. How do I get back to that? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321430
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    - Asus A696 USB Driver I just got an A696 but XP will not let me connect to it via USB. In Device Manager it gives me a ? symbol under USB devices. When I try to load a driver by having it find one, it says it cannot find a driver. There is no info on the ASUS website that can help. Any help here? Thanks. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321429
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    - No DST change Hi I have Windows XP SP2 and all updates (supposedly) Computer did not update DST this morning. Have been having problems with programs that set time preceding (Mozilla Sunbird) March 9. I tried to download the XP update for DST but got a message that it was already installed or a later version is installed. But it doesn't work. (KB931836) Some background. About 2 months ago I had no sound in my system except for a few items like AIM. I decided to reinstall windows on top of my current copy. I did this so I wouldn't have to reinstall all my applications. Sometime ago I slipstreamed XP with SP2 so they would install at the same time. So I ran that installer. The install went OK, but Windows Update would not update after that. I sought some help from MS, and ran a program that they sent me to clean the registry.Updates now work, but for some reason the DST updater does not work. Any ideas for a solution? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321426
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    - reading a file updates the modification time I just noticed that reading a file updates the "Date Modified." Even using the TYPE command in a command window updates the Date Modified, even though the TYPE command cannot possibly modify the content of a file. Why is this happening? How can it be fixed? I often really want to know how old the content of a file is, and the only reliable way, looking at the Date Modified, is no longer reliable. Is this the result of some security update? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321421
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    - Copy favorites to a USB flash drive Is there a way to copy my favorites to a USB flash drive? I want to copy them on to my wife's laptop. Thanks, (jbrown15@hvc.rr.com) Tag: spuninst Tag: 321418
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    - New Hard Drive Windows XP Pro, Dell 4100 system, ATA-66 or ATA-100 Ultra DMA hard drive. A recent disk check showed an error in one sector. Elsewhere in this NG, it was recommended that I get a new hard drive ASAP. I have only one now although there are two bays. It is 20 gb. Can I replace that with a 100 gb or any size gb hard drive or am I limited to the 20? Can I just add it to the remaining bay? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321409
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    - Autoplay I have an external HD attached . After I boot up autoplay starts and seems to scan through every file. Is this supposed to happen? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321391
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    - can't find network card Now and again, say once a month, Windows (XP SE) fails to find my network card. In order to make it do so, a "cold" reboot is necessary. Pushing the reset button alone won't achieve it. Is this normal or does it mean that there is something seriously wrong either with my network card or XP. OR Tag: spuninst Tag: 321385
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    - Bluetooth not in the control panel Can anyone help me? I've just spent ages trying to discover where the bluetooth devices area is in the control panel so that I can connect my PC with my phone. I have tried changing the control panel to classic view and it still is not there! Has anyone out there had this problem and did you ever resolve it? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321384
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    - How do I get a single column list back? A long time ago I was able to do some sort of tweak so when I had to open a file list it looked exactly like my Windows Explorer and everything was in one long column. Having to do a repair install and numerous updates after that, I no longer have that. Instead I have multiple columns which require a horizontal slider bar...unacceptable. Since that was a long ago, I don't remember how to do that. Can anyone help with advice or point me in the right direction? Thanks. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321371
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    - MP3 Properties/Summary Problem I have been going through some of my mp3 music files & updating the properties.... Now, nearly all of them have the expected standard Artist, Album Title, Year, Track Number, Genre, Lyrics... etc.... under 'music' in the summary.... but.... I do seem to have a few random mp3's that only list Track Number, Title, Comments, & nothing else at all under 'advanced' which doesn't make sense to me... xp identifies them all as the same file type, standard MP3 Audio... I certainly cannot spot any file differences at all.... any idea how to enable the full summary selection so that I can add the Artist data etc.... Tia.... Tag: spuninst Tag: 321370
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    - Thank you I would like to say a big thank you to all who give their time to help those of us who are less knowledgeable. What would we do with out you? I thank you. James Morgan Tag: spuninst Tag: 321368
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    - why don't I have Security tab in Windows Explorer? I have a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC that is part of our Domain. When I right click on a folder i.e. "C:\Program Files" and choose properties there is NO Security tab. There's a share tab and a General tab, and that it... I had the PC rejoin the domain. changed mydomain.local, to just mydomain and it went throught the steps, welcomes me to the domain and rebooted. I didn't delete the computer in Active Directories... I found a news group thread that says to go into Windows Explorer and from the menu go to Tools\Folder Options\View and uncheck the option for Simple File Sharing. That didn't give me a Security Tab. I did reboot after I made the change. On my personal PC same setup, the "Simple File Sharing" option is checked, and I do have a security tab. Can someone point me in the right direction to resolve this? Thanks Kelvin Tag: spuninst Tag: 321357
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    - Explorer.exe slows/freezes my pc experience! I have Windows XP SP2; 512 MB RAM; 40GB Harddisc space (maximum; about 12 GB left) and 1,0 Ghz CPU. Last month I had discovered that I had about 16 viruses and trojans on my pc when I had them removed with Adaware (The updated Mcafee VirusScan did NOTHING!) and used a "registry cleaner" too. (I made no backup, to save some of my 40GB diskspace) But now sometimes when I reboot, explorer.exe will fail to initiate (with an error message) and when it does, it slows my pc after some minutes. Examples: when I am surfing the net (or moving through my folders and files) a website (or folder or file) will take 1 minute to load or would freeze. But when I use taskmanager to shut down "explorer.exe." the surfing speeds up. And when I restart explorer.exe I can once again move through my folders and files again...but only for about 15-20 minutes. Because it will freeze again! When I look in taskmanger I see that explorer.exe is adding 4 kb of RAM every second, yet the entire windows explorer is frozen. (no way to go to my documents or even activate the "start" button! Unless if I shut down explorer.exe then resatrt it...) Is there a way to fix this...or is my RAM and Processor Power too low for today's standards??? Or has the virus/trojans/malware done something? (or Adaware and the registry cleaner) Tag: spuninst Tag: 321347
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    - XP too many user accounts? Set up new computer in office. 12 users. When one logs off, the next user cannot put in password without restarting computer. Help? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321345
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    - Reinstalling updates I am having to reinstall all my updates. 84 of them. They all download and start to install. All goes well until I get to #75 which is the IE-7 update. It will not install. It starts to update and then continues to run for hours. I have turned off my pop up blocker and my anti-virus but it will not complete the install. This is the third time I've tried it. Can anyone tell me how to proceed. I have downloaded it months ago and it worked OK, but because of a problem I had to reinstall my OS and all the updates. Thank you for any help. James Tag: spuninst Tag: 321342
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    - Stop Error 0x0000008E HELP, I was just doing my thing today when blink, I got this Stop Error Blue Screen. I haven't installed any drivers, I wasn't even doing anything when it happened. I have plenty of HD space (&0+ GB Free) and RAM (2 GB), I've not added any hardware or changed anything. I rebooted and it seems fine, but now since I don't know what caused it, I'm afraid it'll happen again. Under the tech info it said: Stop: 0x0000008E (0xc00000090, 0x2ECF1772, 0xBA4E7E10, 0x00000000) Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete How do I find out what caused this so I can fix it so it won't happen again? Thanks, Dawn Tag: spuninst Tag: 321338
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    - PC won't boot after new motherboard fitted My Medion 8383 wouldn't power up and the local computer shop diagnosed a duff motherboard. I took out my HD and put a blank brand new one in before I took it to the shop. They fitted the new MB and said it was booting fine. I have now connected up the original HD, so just moved the power and data cables over from the new HD to my original. It won't boot up. I get a black screen offering to boot nortmally, safe mode, last good configuration, all options return to this screen. I get the black Wiundows screen with the couloured window as it boots up. Apart from take it back to the shop, is there anything I could try? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321327
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    - Administrator Signon How do I sign on as an administrator? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321323
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    - user accounts trouble!!!! i had 1 user account the admin account that i used for everything the i created another one and when i turn on the pc it says that the admi account will only come up in safe mode. and the new account doesnt wor when i try to run programs or anything. any help you can give me woul be very appreciated! thank you -- jeremy2008 Tag: spuninst Tag: 321321
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    - XP Start up applications Is there a microsoft application that can optimize my startup time without me having to play detective one check mark at a time on over 50 odd files? I have installed and deleted several trial programs that automatically added their startup routines, but did not remove them when I uninstalled. Now I have a very long startup, and I cant' figure out which line is nessessary, and which ones are phantom without hours and hours of try this one, then that one, etc.... Tag: spuninst Tag: 321318
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    - PLEASE HELP!!:):) Help!! When i open a program, it doesnt show up in the taskbar! What's wrong!?!?!? Help appreciated, obviously!! Thanks!! -- ___-___Eoin___-___ Tag: spuninst Tag: 321316
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    - My Windows XP Pro is not detecting modem and Dvd Combo Drive My system is P-IV, HP Intel Original Motherboard,20 Gb Hard Disk 256 Ram,and 1.7 g Processor. I reinstalled the windows with new cd but windows xp is not dectecting the modem driver?I also have replcaed my modem with new one but same problem presists,in past when i used to refresh my Windows Xp Pro it dectects all the drivers automatically. And if i install the Dvd Combo Hardware drive, system shows message on startup incompatible device and if i cancel it then it is not present in the My Computer and also the Cd Rom icon also not present?if i install Dvd Rom on system on then cd rom icon vanish? And my system is not shutting down, when i shutdown the system after shutting down LED on CPU doesnot go off and system restarts automatically,and i have to unplug it for shutdown? Tell me is there any Virus or some problem in my Bios or tell me how can i fix the problem? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321305
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    - Clock not updating My PC clock is not updating. In the settings its greyed out. Using XP Pro. How can I get it to update? Tag: spuninst Tag: 321303
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    - Downloading IE 7 I spent hours last night trying to download the new IE 7. It would download allright but when it got to the part of "Installing Updates" it would never finish. It literally ran all night and never did complete the download. How do I do it properly. It seems pretty straight forward. Thanks James Tag: spuninst Tag: 321301
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    - TweakUI for XP Produces Registry Error I use TweakUI for XP SP 2, and I was having trouble keeping the folder settings. So, I opened the registry and looked at what TweakUI had entered. It was NOT the same as what Microsoft had recommended on their website. The numbers were correct and the placement were correct, BUT, where the correct way to have the entries is BagMRU Size, TweakUI has it entered it as Bag MRU Size - with a space inbetween the Bag and the MRU. After hand correcting this, my folders are now keeping their settings. Is there anyone else that has noticed this error, and if so, is there any way to advise Microsoft's TweakUI developers of this of this error in their program? Thanks! Tag: spuninst Tag: 321298
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    - How do I get pics to show "in order" in display/slideshow? I use My Pictures Slideshow as a screen saver; but can't seem to find how to get them to display 'in order'. Using old family pics, I have them named with date first, such as '1913-Mom&Dad', '1999-Susie' etc. They sort correctly in the folder, and if I use the slideshow function when viewing them, but in the Display/Screen Saver/Slideshow function, they show randomly. I've checked under Display functions within the Control Panel & I can't find anything to help. I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions! Thanks so much. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321297
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    - My Laptop Goes On Standby when in use While I`m using my laptop, suddenly it will go on standby and shut off. This is annoying and what causes this? My system is Processor 1600MHz, RAM1.00 GB, windows xp. James Tag: spuninst Tag: 321293
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    - XP speed question Looking for some ideas .... I am using XP Home w/ SP2 on a Dell w/ 1g ram on a 1.7 g P4. Computer is a Dimension 8200. I do have a fair amount of software on the machine - so the boot time & save settings time is long. It would be nice to speed that up - but I am tolerant of that problem. What would delay the opening of a window - or the saving of a file? It is pretty clear that the computer slows down at times. I am noticing it more now that I am using Dragon Naturally Speaking Pref 9. It takes an esxtraordinary amount of time to process and type the dictation. Other functions seem slow at times as well. I am using Norton as an antivirus program (2004) - and I have noticed that Norton can slow things down scanning a file. I am looking globally for reasons the machine is slow - not all the time - but on occasion. Another thing I noticce is there is hard drive activity after the desktop appears - and looks ready to go - and when I look at the task monitor - the usage is by normal things like explorer airsvcu - and svchost - etc. Would it make sense to create users for different kinds of use - would that prevent all of the drivers from being loaded (if that is the problem). Currently I have one user. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Tag: spuninst Tag: 321286

I just found a folder on a secondary hard drive (LOCAL DISK F:) which is used
only for backup files. It has a very long name
(ef44c9a3432aa7643863a0eef55acfee) and contains spuninst. I don't know why
or how it got on this drive. I understand this is to uninstall program
updates. I did a search on my C: Drive and found 753 entries but only 1 on my
F: Drive.

Can I delete the one on my F: Drive?

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Re: spuninst by Frank

Frank
Sat Mar 15 06:20:11 PDT 2008

"Todd B." <ToddB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28DB401D-C039-4BF2-8944-2C6484B53F43@microsoft.com...
>I just found a folder on a secondary hard drive (LOCAL DISK F:) which is
>used
> only for backup files. It has a very long name
> (ef44c9a3432aa7643863a0eef55acfee) and contains spuninst. I don't know
> why
> or how it got on this drive. I understand this is to uninstall program
> updates. I did a search on my C: Drive and found 753 entries but only 1 on
> my
> F: Drive.
>
> Can I delete the one on my F: Drive?

Whenever you have a question like that you should rename the item and if no
problems occur for a couple weeks delete it.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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