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video card trouble

amsjsj — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 06:18:30 GMT

It's rude to be rude! Did you ever stop to think that maybe the clock was
set ahead by mistake? You can inform the OP that thier system date is
incorrect without being rude about it!

--
Mike Brearley

"Frank Jelenko" wrote in message
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It's rude to set your clock ahead. Change it to the correct time.
"amsjsj" wrote in message
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I have windows xp, creativelabs live x-gamer, ecs motherboard(sis chipset)
and the ati radeon 9200 se. My problem is on my monitor When i have the
refreash rate to 1280 X 1024 16 bit or 32 bit. Everything on my display has
a like a blur or shadow to it. But at the lower refresh rate its not to bad
but still noticeable. I installed the ltest drivers. should i go back to
drivers from cd? please help!

Windows Explorer: Showing "Tip of the day" sub window?

Dirk Schwarzmann — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:04:52 GMT

Hi,

is there a way to permanently switch on the "Tip of the day" sub
window in Windows Explorer?
It can be switched on using the menu item "View->Explorer Bar->Tip of
the day" but WE does not remember this setting at the next startup so
I have to switch it on every time I start a new WE :(

Thanks in advance,
Dirk

The Mystery of Re-appearing Icons!

tiggy2 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:30:01 GMT

Hmmmmm1 How would you suggest I fix it please?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

Quote:

>
> "tiggy2" wrote in message
> news:D5E2E751-C805-4125-AB49-F1CD04B98FAF@microsoft.com...

Quote:

> > Hi all:
> > I have several (but not all) users (WinXP and Vista) on a SBS2003 system.
> > When they delete icons and shortcuts from their desktop they seem to
> > disappear fine. But at the next logon hey presto! - the deleted icons are
> > back! Why should this happen, and why does it only happen to SOME network
> > users and not all?
> > Can anyone please help - it is happening to me too!
> > Thanks

>
> Sounds like a roaming profile issue.
>
>
>

Eventlog when USB Device connected

Steffen Pelzetter — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:00:01 GMT

Hello,

I've got a virus alert message from a client in our network.

The drive letter of the infected partition points me to an external usb
device.

To be sure I would like to know if it is possible to see in the eventlog or
somewhere else when an usb device was connected.

I couldn't find anything in system or application log yet.

I had switched on auditing for the security log. May be I can find
something there what could give me an idear when such an event was occuring,
but don't know for what I could search for.

WinPE and Boot

lekfir — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Hi,
I am using winXP and I want that in the next boot I will boot into WinPE
(That located in the USB Key) instead of XP.
Changing from BIOS is not the option because I should do it from Windows.
In VISTA I used BCDEdit to change the boot sequence but it is not possible
in XP...
Any idea?

Thanks!

Installation Process in Korean

icart89 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:22:01 GMT

icart89 wrote:

Quote:

> Sometimes when I'm downloading or updating something, the information is in
> Korean. For instance, to update iTunes, the instructions are in Korean. But I
> haven't updated my itunes in a while so I can't say if it still shows that
> way. I can tell what buttons are what, but it's irritating because I can't
> read it. Most times, it's in English but I always want it on English. How do
> I change the language so that anything that pops up is in English?

And what does 'Control Panel' -> 'Languages and Locales' applet says?
Look through all 3 tabs.

Supplemental Language Support (2)

freespec — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:03:01 GMT

freespec wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I try to install East Asian Languages but after I checked the box, click
> Apply button and inserted the CD Windows XP Home Edition (SP1a), it gave me
> this error message:
>
> The file 'jxis.nls' on Widnows XP Home Edition CD-ROM is needed.
> Type the path where the files is located, and then clicke OK.
>
> It looks like it's a defective CD but I tried someone else's CD (XP Hom) it
> still gave me the same message.
>
> I searched in Help and Support Center on the computer, it seems a very
> straight forward process.
>
> I bought this computer from Dell several years ago and had to reinstall the
> Windows. It never occured to me this is a problem. Called Dell support and
> they are clueless.
>

Some XP releases miss support for Far and Middle East languages. Browse
your CD, and find \I386\LANG folder. Are there any files inside?

how can I read the account password when logged on?

Margo Guda — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:49:02 GMT

One thing to comment on, is that the ASP.net account is needed by the
computer, it's created by the install of the .net software.

"Margo Guda" wrote:

Quote:

> Thanks, what I have done so far is without logging off I went to the
> control panel user account applet and did that, and now the password
> that I saw next to my regular user account is gone and has not popped
> back up. So I guess I can log off and expect to be able to log back into
> this regular account.
> I'll keep your advice around, though, it's very good to know.
>
> JS wrote:

Quote:

> > Note: There is a hidden 'Administrator' account (the account name is:
> > Administrator) in Windows.
> > The default password for this hidden account is normally blank (none).
> >
> > For XP Home users:
> > Boot the computer into Safe Mode
> > Do this by pressing the F8 key (several times) after the Power On Self Test
> > is finished, until the Start menu appears.
> > This will get you to the correct menu window.
> > Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account
> > and any other accounts.
> > (Note: Accounts are displayed alphabetically).
> > Use the mouse or Up/down arrow keys to highlight the 'Administrator'
> > account.
> > The default password is a blank (no password required).
> >
> > For XP Pro users:
> > You do not need to go into Safe Mode.
> > At the Welcome Screen, do/press the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys twice to display the
> > Windows logon box.
> > Type in "Administrator" (without the quotes), by default the password is
> > blank, no password need be entered.
> >
> > Once your have logged on then change/delete the password on your account.
> >
> >

IE opens slowly and hangs, pages load slow

DLGolfs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:23:01 GMT

"DLGolfs" wrote in message
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Quote:

> My IE opens very slowly, hangs and sometime does not open. Other
> computers
> on this cable work OK, temp files and cookies empty and still no
> faster.
> OUtlook works good and other office programs are OK, that tells me it
> isnot
> the processer.
> Task manger does not show anything running. 44 processes running
> though.
> Downloaded program ato further see what is runnig and still do not see
> anything
> ANy other suggestions? SHould i reinstall IE 7? I have sp3 but it
> did not
> slow down when this was installed, there is not correlation.

Did you ever resolve your svchost issue?

Serial Backups

Bridgeman — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:11:01 GMT

Thank you Mike,

I understand what you've said. I'll retry using Append. How do I id the
appended files?
--
Bridgeman

"Mike Torello" wrote:

Quote:

> Bridgeman wrote:
>

Quote:

> >Thanks for the speedy response guys. I was using the Windows Wizard and
> >thought I'd set up as Appending the new files that's why I am puzzled that it
> >seems to overwrite the existing backup. If I use Incremental will that
> >create a separate daily backup? I would like to specify a unique file name
> >(the date basically) for each backup so how do I do that and still have it
> >scheduled automatically?

>
> Yes, you will get a separate daily backup, but it will be a fraction
> of the size of the original and it won't be able to be used as a
> stand-alone... it requires all backups that preceded it if a restore
> is needed.
>
> About specifying a unique file name for each: even third party apps
> won't let you do that. You specify the name of the original and they
> append 1, 3, 4 etc. to the end of that to show the serial nature of
> all of the incrementals.
>

Auto Play Options

Peter — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:25:37 GMT

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:00:49 -0500, Elmo wrote:

Quote:

>Peter wrote:

Quote:

>> This question is about the Auto Play feature in WinXP as it pertains to an
>> external USB hard drive.
>>
>> When I connect my external hard drive to my PC the Auto Start feature
>> kicks in. It scans through the entire external drive file by file to
>> determine what types of files are there (pictures, video, music, mixed,
>> etc.) Once it has finished a screen pops up and asks me what action I'd
>> like to take depending on the types of files that were found. (All of
>> this is normal behavior.)
>>
>> My question is: Is there anything I can do so that when I connect my
>> external drive to my PC the Auto Play feature kicks in but it does NOT
>> scan through the entire drive file by file, it just takes a specific
>> action (that I will pre define) regardless of what types of files are on
>> the drive?
>>
>> In other words, I don't want Auto Play to waste time figuring out what
>> types of files are on the drive. I just want it to take a specific action
>> whenever I plug in the external drive.
>>
>> Is there any way to get WinXP do that?

>
>Open "My Computer", right-click the device, click Properties, click the
>"AutoPlay" tab, and look through the options available. If you select
>"Do Nothing", I would think that would prevent the scanning of the files.

Yes, if you check "Do Nothing" it does prevent the scanning of the files
but it also prevents any other task from happening.

What I am looking for is a way to say - whenever I plug in my external
drive just perform this task - pay no attention to what's on the drive. I
can not find an option to do that nor can I figure out how to specify that
in a custom Auto Play handler (which I can write using TweakUI). But, I'm
hoping there is a way to do it.

Peter
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Flash drive info needed

Mist — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:21:48 GMT

"Mist" wrote in message
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Quote:

> Windows XP SP2
>
> Use a flash drive to store important files not quite "worthy" of being
> burned to disc constantly. Mostly text, QP, WP, pdf, rtf, jpg.
>
> Discovered a few minutes ago that all of the text files are hosed.
> Thinking
> I may have mis-saved, I ran them all through all possible combinations
> that
> I have on this system. It didn't fly.
>
> Is there something about flash drives I should've known but didn't?
>

Yes there is. FLASH memory has a limited number of erase/write cycles.
Important files should never be saved to FLASH memory of any type as the
sole repository.

Windows Media Player 11

Hodari — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:17:01 GMT

Thanks wolf, but the Organization of WMP has me baffled, I have performed the
reinstallation a couple of times to no avail. Do you know where to find
sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane?

"Thee Chicago Wolf" wrote:

Quote:

> >About a month ago, I did a system restore on my computer. Since then I have
> >not been able to play music in the WMA format. I have spoken with Napster
> >tried to download their DRM restore for Windows XP, but the file will get to
> >the 99% complet level then quit without installing. I have turned off system
> >restore, I have used my Windows XP installation disk to remove media player
> >and reinstall from the website. All this is to no avail. I implore on you,
> >if you have a solution to please share with me and the rest of the world.

>
> Perhaps try re-installing WMP11.
> http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...xp-x86-enu.exe
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf
>

sfc /scannow

regfla — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:15:00 GMT

From: "Edward W. Thompson"

| "David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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Quote:

>> From: "Peter Foldes"

Quote:

>> | David

Quote:

>> | Under C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 all the original OS files and all
>> Service
>> | Pack files are already slipstreamed and ready to go. Providing the OP
>> has let this
>> | happen from the start of the original install and up to all SP's that
>> was installed.
>> | If the C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 does not exist then the OP has
>> to do what
>> | you posted

Quote:

>> | --
>> | Peter

Quote:

>> Thanx for the clarification Peter.

Quote:

>> --
>> Dave
>> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
>> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

| Please allow me to interject.

| I have never been able to run 'sfc/now' without having to insert the WINXP
| CD (well 'never' within living memory :-)) All relevant references in the
| Registry have been checked and rechecked. This thread has been the first
| reference I have seen that suggests the problem may be due to differences
| between the installed version of WINXP (SP3) and the version that is in the
| i386 folder. I have checked the C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder
| which is compressed, and note the inclusion of SP3.cab whereas in C:\i386
| only SP2.cab is present. Will simply copying the contents of
| C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 to C:\i386 'fix' the problem or should I
| delete the contents of C:\i386 first? Secondly do I need to 'uncompress'
| the files before copying to c:\i386 or doesn't it matter?

| Will appreciate your guidance.

No I suggest to slipstream the C:\i386 folder with SP3 so the OS does what it wants to.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

inserting objects in wordpad

Ronald Foltz — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:42:03 GMT

Thanks for thje info Pegasus
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> "Ronald Foltz" wrote in message
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Quote:

>> When inserting a .wav sound into a wordpad document, the only way to
>> remove it is by "back-spacing". . .when that is done, is that .wav sound
>> still stored in the computer some-where? If so i would like to
>> delete/erase them for the room on my hard drive. . . thanks for any help

>
> While you are in the middle of an editing session in Word, Excel, Wordpad
> etc. your data is kept in RAM, not on the hard disk (ignoring things like
> the paging file or background backups). When you close the file then all
> new/modified data is permanently lost.
>