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I was not able to resolve the issue regarding the "Floppy Disk Fail..." error message on start up, so I have been repeatedly pressing "F1 to continue..." for Windows to proceed normally. I ran a trial scan with a Driver Updating program, which reportedly declared all my "drivers were...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) This one is baffling me..Have customized several desktop icons in XP Pro as long as i have had XP (years); namely, My Computer and recycle Bin by going thru the Control Panel applet. Suddenly these will not 'save' and are...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) I try to register a dll and found out that the mpr.dll (when using Depends.exe) don't find the WNetRestoreConnectionA function. The detail error message is ". [ Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to...

lan driver req

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) Really just worried about 3 components: Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Nothing else thanks! /j

Hello all! I'm building my first system from scratch, and have done fine up until the XP installation. This is by far the first XP installation I've done, so thought it would be a breeze. Not turning out that way. It runs like normal until it gets to the part where it restarts and is...

How do you configure internet in XP? I'm used to Windows 2000 and it is so easy. But, as soon as I started XP, there is no internet. I was using a wireless adapter but had to use wired recently. Then I discover there is no connection. Making matters more complicated is that my...

hi, i have 3G USB Modem and i get my internet connection from this. i just bought Prolink WN2001 USB Wifi and want to share my internet through this usb wifi. i installed the software that comes with the wifi, but when i share my internet, both my phone and my computer cant get the internet...

Right now I'm using.. ASUS P5Q pro turbo 8gig ddr2 800 (yeah it was cheap so i got 8gig over 4 lol) Q9650 quad core overclocked to 3.4ghz sapphire radeon HD 5970 antec 850 modular psu So I had a question, would it be worth it to upgrade my mobo//cpu//ram or would the better choice be to wait...

the past few months i have my pc opened for several hours(6-7 nonstop)because i usually download movies and stuff like that.will this affect my computer in the future and if it is how many hours should i have to keep it opened... my pc: i5 4670 intel hd 4600(for now) 8gbs ram 500 gr hdd...

i want drivers for Dell inspiron 6000 drivers please help me out

Hey, I was recommended to this site to ask a few questions about upgrading my current system. I'm currently running with these specs- AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ 2G Ram (Already ordered more) M3A32-MVP DELUXE Motherboard (ASUSTeK) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB Overclocked...

As the title says, I could never find out.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I have ACDSee installed on my XP Pro computer. Everytime I right-click on a file (any file, for that matter), one of the choices is "Browse with ACDSee". I want to remove this from the list. I tried running ShellExView...

Hello, I have a serious problem that might involve formatting and reinstalling everything, but I wanted to try you guys first. You've never let me down in the past. No one else has been able to help me so far. I've always used the US-international keyboard in Windows XP because when I write...

To clear up any doubts, I am using a different computer to write this message. Ok, to start from the beginning, 2 days ago I had had enough of feeling insecure behind windows firewall and decided to go for ZoneAlarm basic. We had also had a previous issue before hand with certain firewalls...

OK, my computer has decided to do a trick it hasn't done in a while. The computer refused to open any .exe files except for outlook and firefox. When I try to open any other program I get a 'Windows cannot open this file' message followed by a prompt to either send me to a website or select the...

This is a simple problem I am sure. I've upgraded through windows update to .net 3.0 but now everytime I load windows up I get prompted to select an account and password. This is only one account with no password so why is this now asking me! Its annoying. Can I turn this option off!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) its screen has lost its top portion with the tabs and the bottom portion with cpu info only the middle section shows---where active tasks are listed help me get it set right thanks

Hey I recently purchased monoprice 8247 5.1 surround sound and It would seem impossible to plug that in to my pc without a receiver to hook the speakers into. My motherboard supports 7.1 surround sound and has RCA ports in the back for it. As i understand it though i need a receiver thats 150+...

Hey guys. My old computer was unable to run current games for the last 4 years or so. Im finally able to build a new computer and it will be able to run anything out there today. Here is my question......what have i missed game wise? Ive been looking into what games i want and i have a...

Hi there, I am having some big problems installing windows xp, i have just built a new system from some old parts of mine and some new ones which i bought, it boots fine etc. So i boot up my windows xp disc and it runs, i press enter for setup, f8 to accept agreement, then press c on the...

Hello, Does a P4 HT 2.8 CPU support Microsoft Server 2008 64Bit?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) This is more of a strange occurance than an annoyance but I thought maybe someone has a solution to this one... Some time back I created a new folder in My Documents. Amongst other files, this folder contained at least one...

Right now im running a dual display configuration, and what i want to know is if i can have each desktop stored in seperate folders, so if i want to save a file to the secondary one itll go there instead of the primary one. Anyone know any software thatll let me do this?

Hello, plz validate my security code ,i am unable to acess my email account

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I'm wanting to copy a playlist to a CD with MediaPlayer. When I use the File/Copy command the "Copy to audio CD" command is not available (highlighted). The CD drive is working, just can't be accessed from MediaPlayer. Any...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?) Does windows keep a data base of all installed files and what package they belong to? If so, how does one access it. If not, does anyone know of an aftermarket tool that can do that? Or in short, is there some...

I need the best antivirus I'm thinking in the Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security but I don't know if McAfee is better. My future system will be a DELL XPS 700 with dualcore etc,,, so the antivirus will run very nice in the pc. The thing is that I was a panda user 3 or 2 years ago (until...

Archived from groups: rec.audio.tech (More info?) I have a simple and I think common question: How does one eliminate the annoying feedback heard from a stereo's speakers when a computer's sound card audio output is plugged into the stereo´s aux input? Also, there is the same but louder...

What are the popular heavy resource-consuming applications? I ask this question seriously because I am wondering why people need and thus buy the powerful hardware they use today. :idea: Thanks in advance.

Hello, I've got a messed up iso of windows. When ever I burn it to a CD and try to boot from the CD and install, it goes along fine, until the intaller reaches "copying files". I skip through it and reach a stable and working xp install. There is no defragmenting program. I'm looking for a...