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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Global desktop, start menu, mydocs |
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Thank you so much, I will check those out for info.
Yoly
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DRod
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:10 pm Post subject: RE: AMD X2: is the 2nd core used -- how do I know ?? |
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Have you checked Task Manager, Performance Tab, you should see the percentage
use of each core?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: RE: I would wait if I were you |
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Just curious, did you do a Fresh install or an Upgrade? I noticed you have
4gb so I wonder, did you use 32bit or 64bit version?
D.
"ukspaceman@gmail.com" wrote:
| Quote: | If I could give you one piece of advice if you are planning to migrate
from Windows XP to Vista...........DON'T !!!!
I have run all of Microsoft's OS and even a couple of Linux. Never
have any caused me as much stress as Vista.
I was lucky to actually boot successfully one time out of ten. The PC
would lock at various stages even after logging in. And that was after
a fresh install with no third party drivers or software
I found it significantly slower than XP Pro and don't get me started
on the ridiculous security settings and warnings. It would suit users
with either little common sense or paranoia.
I hoped my PC would have made the experience of Vista a rewarding one
but it didn't. I ran the compatibility test prior to upgrade and the
only problem highlighted was with Nero burning software. After install
my PC was rated as 5.
Maybe wait for a SP (there has to be one) before you take the plunge.
I am now running XP Pro again and its perfect.
MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition
Intel Core2 Duo 6400
4gb Ram
Gainward 7600 GT
2 x 250 Western Digital Caviar 250gb HDs
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Poprivet
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Cannot Shut down Windows |
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Patti MacLeod wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Gundam,
Have a look at the information presented at James A. Eshelman's
Windows XP Shutdown & Restart Troubleshooting:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm
Regards,
When I shut down windows, after the shut down processing complete
and the windows box " Windows is shutting down......" disappear, the
PC hang and just display a blue screen with the mouse pointer in the
middle, Please help!
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ntregopt from Sysinternals (now Microsoft owned; go to MS site) took care
of that for me. You might also grab UPHClean while your'e there; User
Profile Hive cleanup.
HTH
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Trevor
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: BSOD now on installing XP |
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It's showing up during the installation from the CD as far as I can make
out. I don't know what HD is installed. We have no documentation as a
neighbour sold it to us.
"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Trevor" <trevor@nospam.woldsweather.plus.net> wrote
Further to posting of 29/06/07 when I got this BSOD
*** STOP: 0x000000ED (OX81765AF8,0XSC0000006,0x00000000,0x00000000)
I am now trying to reinstall windows as the repair option just kept
rebooting and going round in circles and now whilst installing windows I
get this BSOD:
STOP:
C000021a
Unknown Hard Error
Not looking good eh?
How exactly are you trying to reinstall XP? Are you booting from the XP
CD? I would expect that error to show up after XP is installed when trying
to boot, not during the process of installation. So are you not giving us
all the details?
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
0xC000021A: STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED
Have you tested the hard drive with a drive diagnostic utility from the
drive manufacturer's web site?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: added new RAM ,now change bios? |
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On Jul 2, 4:46 pm, natch <j...@msn.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello, I began a thread last month about adding RAM, got lots of
responses and they were very helpful.
I had that pesky RD RAM, nearly didnt do it because of the cost but
bit the bullet. Anyway I had some local guy I used occassionally to
help me with major problems once or twice over the years. Sufficed it
to say, Im not really trusting this guy anymore. Anyway my question is
this, after I installed the new RAM on my own, my system recognizes
it. I emailed this guy just to tell him I wont need his services. He
is saying, oh but you must now correct your bios, and I cant tell you
how to it, Id need to come over (and be paid of course).
so what might he mean
is this really necessary
thanks in advance
(its a dell dimension 8250 with windows xp)
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless networking dropping out |
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people don't realize that the wireless frequency is shared w/ cordless
phones, and microwave ovens often generate interferrence. If your drop
outs occur when either of these devices are in-use in your house then
that's the culprit. Sometime a neighbor's cordless phone can mess you up.
And some cordless phones don't even need to be in-use to cause issues,
just having them in the house can mess it up (better ones will shut down
xmissions when the phone is in the cradle). To verify, unplug from the
wall and remove the battery from the handset.
a second problem area is power management. go into the properties page
for your wireless adapter and check it for power management settings.
Change it to "Constantly Awake Mode", or "Maximum Power Mode", or
something like that. Laptop adapters often dial down the power until the
signal drops out, and let up it a little. This can happen over and over
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George
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: I have two jproblems with two different machines. |
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| Quote: | thanks for the help.
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He is a helpful Moron isn't he 
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"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:
dave_bree <dave_bree@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
both are laptops.
correction: both are door stops
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: computer problems, is it my hard drive |
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Personal opinion, but ... I don't think anything is wrong with your hard
drive other than you either still have malware on it, or files are corrupted
(highly likely). So, with any luck, you'll now end up with a 2-drive system
unless you decide to return the drive after things are fixed.
Malke and Rock gave you -excellent- advice you should follow so I won't
parrot them.
The quickest solution for you is probably to back up any important files you
created (pics, letters, etc), be sure to backup up Documents and Settings
also. If you've kept all your created files in My Documents subfolders, all
you have to back up is Documents and Settings and all its subfolders.
Disconnect from the internet, unplug peripherals:
Then reinstall the operating system from scratch.
A google search will get you lots of step by step instructions on how to
reinstall XP or better yet, if instructions came with your PC, use those.
It's mostly straight forward but it's different for different machines.
The Dell site has a lot of info on this, too under the Support area.
Once installed, reinstall your antivirus and spyware apps, connect to the
'net, and download all the updates for XP as desired.
If you should accidentally download IE7 in the process, just use
Add/Remove to take it off, and you'll be back to IE6.
HTH
Pop`
cjpaetz@earthlink.net wrote:
| Quote: | It all started about a month ago ...........
I have a Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP operating
system (no network) it is
a home computer that is more than 4 years old.
I have had some Virus / Trojan Horse problems which are
resolved. My computer is
now protected with Avast and Stopzilla.
I have changed ISP's in the last month in my thrashing
about to resolve problems.
I have downloaded updated drivers through a service
(driveragent.com) and also sub-
scribed to a registry repair service (registryfix.com).
While these steps have eliminated many of the strange
"blue screen messages"
like : BAD POOL HEADER or IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL , I am
still getting
a "blue screen message" that says Windows has to be shut
down to protect my
computer and these are becoming more frequent.
I suspect (but I'm not certain) my hard drive (which is
a Western Digital Caviar internal 40GB) and have ordered a
Seagate 160GB to replace it.
I would appreciate any comments about the possible source
of my problems.
I DO intend to replace the hard drive and while I can
handle the physical aspect
I don't how to install the OS.
If more info is needed I'll try to provide it !!
Many thanks,
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R. McCarty
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: BSOD now on installing XP |
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Is it a commercial/OEM PC ? ( Gateway, HP, Dell ) if so you can
locate it's unique Service Tag # and use that on the vendor's web
site to get it's original factory configuration. The information should
be on the back of a desktop or on the bottom of a notebook. All
OEM PCs are required to place the Windows COA ( Certificate
of Authenticity ) on the physical case. This will have your product
key for installing XP.
If not a major OEM PC ( But an independent shop built PC) did
your neighbor provide the original disks/documentation ? Instead
of a repair or in-place upgrade you really need to restore it to it's
factory condition. ALL OEMs are required to provide a means of
restoring a PC to it's original/delivered state.
"Trevor" <trevor@nospam.woldsweather.plus.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | It's showing up during the installation from the CD as far as I can make
out. I don't know what HD is installed. We have no documentation as a
neighbour sold it to us.
"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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"Trevor" <trevor@nospam.woldsweather.plus.net> wrote
Further to posting of 29/06/07 when I got this BSOD
*** STOP: 0x000000ED (OX81765AF8,0XSC0000006,0x00000000,0x00000000)
I am now trying to reinstall windows as the repair option just kept
rebooting and going round in circles and now whilst installing windows I
get this BSOD:
STOP:
C000021a
Unknown Hard Error
Not looking good eh?
How exactly are you trying to reinstall XP? Are you booting from the XP
CD? I would expect that error to show up after XP is installed when
trying to boot, not during the process of installation. So are you not
giving us all the details?
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
0xC000021A: STATUS_SYSTEM_PROCESS_TERMINATED
Have you tested the hard drive with a drive diagnostic utility from the
drive manufacturer's web site?
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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Martin Murray
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: XP Home --> Pro upgrade |
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I've been through a lot since I posted this request, but am now considering
this again. Yes, I want to do the upgrade, but the last time I tried I ran
into a technical problem. My XP Pro install disc complained that the XP
Home installation on the computer already was NEWER than the Pro version.
Therefore it stopped the upgrade. Did not even give me the chance to
override.
Any way around this?
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Martin Murray wrote:
I've been using XP Home on my Fujitsu for some time now and want to
change it over to Pro. Are there any "gotchas" to be aware of with
this?
It's the easiest and most-likely successful of all possible upgrades,
since so little has to be changed.
As always, though, when you take a big step like an operating system
upgrade, be sure you first have a backup of anything you can't afford to
lose, just in case something goes wrong.
But are you sure you want to do this? Are you aware that XP Home and
Professional are identical except that Professional includes a few
features (mostly related to security and networking) missing from Home?
Most home
users (even those with home networks) don't need and would never use these
extra features and will see no benefits by upgrading.
For details go to
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/whichxp.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/choosing2.asp
Also note another point, not included in any of the above: Professional
allows ten concurrent network connections, and Home only five.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Gary S. Terhune
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: I have two jproblems with two different machines. |
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Again, please re-post this as two separate queries. Trying to stay straight
on which machine we're talking about is something I don't want to do.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"dave_bree" <davebree@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | The HP machine was used by my daughter with online viruses attached, I am
trying to get into safe mode to run a scan and clean it, the screen that
shows the desktop will not come up.
The other has not had anything added that I am aware of, the last known
addition was GPS system, the system was workking fine with that program
for
several months, now it goes to the welcom screen and just sets there.
Sorry I can't give you any more info.
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
1. Please repost this as two separate posts. Subsequent replies will
quickly
become too confusing.
2. I have to ask what you've recently installed to those machines
(perhaps
the same thing?) or configuration changes. Any info you can provide as to
what lead up to these problems would be invaluable.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"dave_bree" <dave_bree@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Problem one, an HP machine, is in safe mode but no screen shows just
the
safe
mode border, tried the f8 key and has no response.
Problem 2, have a dell, it goes to the windows login screen and just
stays
there, the little bar moves from left to right but nothing else, no
messages
or errors, this goes on for hours. any suggestions, both are laptops.
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Gordon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: XP Home --> Pro upgrade |
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"Martin Murray" <email@martinmurray.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I've been through a lot since I posted this request, but am now
considering this again. Yes, I want to do the upgrade, but the last time
I tried I ran into a technical problem. My XP Pro install disc complained
that the XP Home installation on the computer already was NEWER than the
Pro version. Therefore it stopped the upgrade. Did not even give me the
chance to override.
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Presumably your Home installation has SP2 and the CD is only SP1. Two
options - either uninstall SP2 from your Home installation just prior to
doing the upgrade, or slipstream your Pro CD to include SP2. There are many
google references on how to do this....
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Gary S. Terhune
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: XP Home --> Pro upgrade |
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Slipstreaming would be the preferable option, since Martin will then have a
disk ready if/when it's needed to do a Repair install.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Martin Murray" <email@martinmurray.com> wrote in message
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I've been through a lot since I posted this request, but am now
considering this again. Yes, I want to do the upgrade, but the last time
I tried I ran into a technical problem. My XP Pro install disc
complained that the XP Home installation on the computer already was
NEWER than the Pro version. Therefore it stopped the upgrade. Did not
even give me the chance to override.
Presumably your Home installation has SP2 and the CD is only SP1. Two
options - either uninstall SP2 from your Home installation just prior to
doing the upgrade, or slipstream your Pro CD to include SP2. There are
many google references on how to do this....
HTH
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