XP Pro OK in normal startup but won't open in Safe Mode
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:34:00 -0700
HP Laptop XP PRO SP2
Normal Startup works ok. But when I try Safe Mode startup, the user login
screen shows. I can move the cursor. When I hit any other key, the system
freezes.
If I let it sit frozen, eventually changes to the roving microsoft XP
screensaver (still frozen).
There is only the one ...
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Scripted Backup Batch Files
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 00:01:01 -0700
So I have multiple networks and I need to find an easy way to backup every
computer on each network.
Each network is setup so that I can create a maped network drive Q:
What I want to do is have my management program run a script that will first
run my net use commant ensuring that Q: is up and running and ...
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Date & Time Problem
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:08:00 -0700
Every time my computer restarts, the date & time setting reverts back to
Pacific Time Zone when I have set it to Eastern Time Zone. How can I stop
this from happening? Is there a registry setting that has to be changed? ...
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DISK DEFRAGMENTER
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:05:12 -0700
When I try to open Disk Defragmenter I get (mmc.exe - Application Error) the
application failed to intialize properly (0xc0000033). click on OK to
terminate application. Any way to fix this? ...
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Windows search function
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:35:00 -0700
Currently running WindowsXP with service pack 2. I just noticed when
selecting SEARCH from the start menu, the hourglass appears then the system
hangs and never gets into the search function. The clock will stand still
also. I can open anything on the desktop but clicking on START button does
nothing. It wil ...
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Re: I cant schedule a task to run
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:24:01 -0700
cquirke wrote:
The workaround is to create an arbitrary new Task. When you do so,
that Task will be pre-populated with the correct machine/user name,
and will work. You can then delete that Task, go back to edit other
Tasks, and you will now find them pre-populated with the correct
machine/user name and th ...
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upgrade to USB Enhanced contoller
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:23:02 -0700
Running windows xp service pack 2. USB enhanced controller not installed on
machine. Recently upgraded to boradband and need to install the usb 2.0
driver on pc. Thought I could copy the usbehci.sys, usbhub.sys, usbport.sys,
hccoin.dll, usbui.dll from my xp laptop (connected to broadband) to the xp
pc. Can I ...
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Re: I cant schedule a task to run
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:19:01 -0700
cquirke wrote:
The workaround is to create an arbitrary new Task. When you do so,
that Task will be pre-populated with the correct machine/user name,
and will work. You can then delete that Task, go back to edit other
Tasks, and you will now find them pre-populated with the correct
machine/user name and the ...
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XP computer is slow
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:28:13 -0700 (PDT)
I repair computers for my friends. I receive a lot of computers that
my friends say are ?slow?. It used to be that a cleanup of Spyware and
startup programs would speed things up. But more often lately this
does not work. I have had 3 computers in the last month that are slow,
that is when you press the start bu ...
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restart problem
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:28:02 -0700
After I have customized my "display" and "sounds" settings in control panel
and then restart my computer, all of my settings revert back to the default
ones. What can I do to have my customized settings remain in tact upon each
restart? ...
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