Windows XP is the successor to both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and is the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel and architecture. Windows XP was released for retail sale on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in ...
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Microsoft Windows Licensing, transferring from old to “complete” new PC
In an question i asked, it seems that one phone call will help to transfer the licensed copy of windows to the replaced hardware
Microsoft Windows Licensing, Validity/transferring between ...
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Why won't WIndows XP recognize my network adapter?
I have used Everest to determine that my network adapter is a RealTek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter and installed the appropriate driver. But I can't see any Local Area Connection in my Network ...
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Selectively Uninstalling Windows Updates
I recently installed a bunch of updates from the Windows update site. Now, some of the previously installed enterprise Java applications on my computer are not functioning properly, so I would like ...
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Where to find XP driver for “NATPC M7” android tablet
I have just purchased a NATPC M7 8GB 7" Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) Tablet PC.
If I look under "Model number" within Settings-phone status I see it says "MID_Serials".
I have no idea how to ...
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Outlook advanced rule for marking similar messages and moving to trash
I would like to get some help as I'm confused.
Basically I get message saying that 123456 was resolved.
"resolved" is a rule's key word making the message marked as RED category.
I would like to have ...
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How can I know the missing drivers after fresh installation of XP?
I just got a computer off the street, and it's super good.
It doesn't come with a system, so I installed XP. After installation, hardware manager shows yellow notifications on parts like LAN, grapic ...
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How to retrieve the list of computer shutdown timing for Windows OS?
Is it possible to retrieve the list of shutdown timing (regardless if it is shut down by the computer or by the user) for a Windows OS XP and up via command prompt or software or anything?
For ...
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How to tell how many USB ports a WinXP box has from across a network connection?
I'm remoting into an XP box... that's 3 feet from me... as you do.. but I began to wonder how to tell how many USB port it has if it weren't right next to me.
I thought I could just look in device ...
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Require password after screen saver
In the screen saver settings for xp/w7
Our "wait time" and "On resume, display logon screen" are greyed out.
We've been told there is no group policy to cause this. Wait time is set to 15 minutes and ...
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Install Windows XP on a removable hard drive
I've got a hard drive connected to my PC with eSATA. I'd like to install Windows XP on it without having to reboot the computer.
What is the best/easiest/quickest way of doing this?
I plan on ...
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What music was used in the Windows XP installation wizard?
I've just created a Windows XP VM so that I can test in IE6. (One day I'll look back and laugh.) There was a music track! It was quite soothing and had just started breaking into some vocals when I ...
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Synergy: weirdness when moving the mouse from one desktop to the next
I have two desktop pc's, set up as follows:
Left: Ubuntu 11.10, 2 screens, vertically oriented. Synergy server (version 1.3.6, installed from the official repos), starts at login.
Right: Windows XP, ...
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Can't boot Windows XP after putting HD into another RAID 1 PC
I have an existing Windows 7 system with RAID 1 set up on two HDDs.
I have a third HD from an old computer that has Windows XP Pro SP3 on it. I want to put this HD into the new computer so I can ...
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Windows XP IE Enhanced Security Configuration
It isn't in add/remove and as far as I can see there is no GPO. How on earth do I turn it off, logged in as administrator?
IE8 SP3 XP.
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How can I add a coloured, random, ragged brush stroke to a black and white graphic in Paint.net?
I have a black and white photo and I want to add a sweeping brush stroke wash in colour across it so that you can see the B&W information through the colour.
A second possibility is to do a ...
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How to change the location where Windows XP caches its RAM or temporary files?
I'm using SSD as my OS drive, and I can say its really slow when a painting program uses the undo memory, it stores them somewhere, which I dont know where, but i guess its using the SSD since i cant ...
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XP: how to know whether someone 'woke up' computer?
I have been trying to connect all day via Teamviewer to a machine in a different town. Now it suddenly works. I think someone there may have walked by and moved the mouse to wake it up.
What logs ...
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Uninstall TCP/IP Windows XP (uninstall is greyed out)
A laptop displays "aquiring network address" continuously for both wired and wireless network connections. TCP/IP is set to obtain an IP address automatically, and use an automatic DNS address. DHCP ...
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How to copy files through a Remote Desktop Connection over VPN
I need to connect to a client's server through VPN.
I'm using Windows 7 but the VPN from the client is compatible only to Windows XP. I installed a VM (Windows XP) on my Windows 7. After I installed ...
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What do I have to change to allow a local XP computer to open the event log on a remote windows 7 Computer?
I want to open the event log of a Windows 7 SP1 computer remotely from a Windows XP SP3 computer.
Both computers are on a domain, and the user has domain admin privilages. The firewall is turned off ...
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Apache Tomcat 6.0.29 startup causing Win XP SP3 reboot
Some of our Windows XP Developer machines die (black screen - no ping) when starting up Tomcat from a console. This only happens if the Tomcat debug console window is displayed (not minimised). When ...
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XP machine cannot see server even after host is added to hosts file
I have added a machine to my network. One of my Windows machines (Vista Business) can ping it and see it, however, my XP machine cannot see the machine.
I have changed the ...
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Windows 7(or XP)'s Network Security Tab Missing
I am setting a local network of windows xp and windows 7 machines, together with a NAS (Synology Diskstation DS209). And then i set up those windows machines so that the users can access the ...
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Copying Environment Variables in Windows XP
How can I copy the value of an environment variable into another environment variable? I'm updating a DOS batch script for use on Windows XP. Let's say that I have environment variable FOO, which ...
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Giving group indicators in Excel 2007 a name rather than numbers
This is a question relating to Excel 2007 - Can you give groups names?
Is there any way of giving the grouping indicators a name rather than using 1, 2, 3 etc?
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I lost the password for an Excel file, how do I recover it?
For some reason I cannot find the password I used to protect an Excel 2010 file a few months ago.
How do I unlock or recover it?
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Where is the local cached version of a streamed video?
I had opened a video website and watched a streamed video which has been completely buffered. I want to get a copy of the video, which I know is located somewhere in my hard-disk because it's ...
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Don't want “Safely Remove Hardware” procedure under Windows XP
I am using a PC with Windows XP and a laptop with Windows 7.
Under Windows 7, I can simply physically remove any USB stick. Files are written directly, when this is finished I just pull out the USB ...
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How to track down the source of strange funny noise in Windows XP?
I have very strange issue of hearing a "froggy" sound from my Lenovo laptop built-in speakers on Windows XP every 20 to 30 seconds. If I turn down the volume, the sound is gone. Obviously, there is ...
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How can I automatically run a script from my CD when the OS is up?
I want to write a script that will be run from my CD any time the OS finishes to go up.
My questions:
What type of script to write?
What should I write to cause the script to run automatically when ...
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Chrome running as service on XP
Chrome is running as a service at startup on my XP machine. Is there anything suspicious about it?
Thanks
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Can't boot into Windows after removing Linux
I had Linux Ubuntu and Windows dual booting from my computer. I used Gparted to remove the Linux Ubuntu partitions, now I can't get into Windows.
I think it's got something to do with the Linux ...
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How can I find out who is trying to hack my computer?
I'm using Windows XP. I have heard that other users (or hackers) can access my computer's data when I'm online.
So how can I know who is accessing my computer? I would like to create a log of these ...
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Defining a new Win+key shortcut
Is it possible to define new WinKey+some_key shortcuts? How would one go about it?
Also, is it possible to somehow redefine Win-E (starts Windows Explorer) shortcut in the registry?
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Why would a few files not let me copy/open/see properties?
I have a few files that I recently put into a folder on a network drive.
When I try to move any folder that contains them, or the files themselves, I get a warning dialog box that just says Cannot ...
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How to access a shared folder on Windows XP (advanced file share)
Information:
Server name: HSERVER (Windows XP SP3 Professional)
PC name: UPC (Windows 7 x64 SP1 Professional)
I have a folder, shared in Windows XP, with the advanced file sharing.
Permissions have ...
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How do I make all descendant folders picture-view folders in Windows XP?
There's a "picture view" for Windows XP folders. I keep creating new folders in a directory and adding pictures to them.
Every time I create a new folder, I have to go through the added action of ...
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PC boot no signal
So when the PC boots up, is shows the BIOS message and after that the led of the monitor switches between red/blue but after a few minutes(like 4-5min) boots up..what's the main problem?
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Cannot Connect to the internet and cannot access router
After my update on my OS (WINDOWS XP SP2) i had a problem with my internet connection, i cant access the internet and my router.
i am using google chrome and it keeps saying that the webpage is not ...
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Can't find .emacs file on Windows XP
I have installed emacs, specifically GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 for Windows x86.
After installation, I can't find .emacs file. I have the .eamcs.d folder which contains other customization files that will be ...
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Windows 7 handles communication with router differently than Windows XP and Ubuntu?
I have a small network with three computers running windows XP, one running Windows 7 and another one dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10. All are connected to a router, which is connected to a ...
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Windows 7 on an old machine
My PC has AMD Sempron 2600+ (1.6 GHz) processor, 1.25 GB of RAM, low-end video card integrated on the motherboard: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP (64 MB).
I am running Windows XP on it.
If I put Windows 7 ...
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Appending the partitions structure of a system
Let's say I received a computer with Windows XP installed, and it has 3 partitions.
I want to upgrade the PC to a Windows 7 installation, and also change the partitions structure to only 1 big ...
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Are these crazy values in Windows Registry?
While trying to fix a bizzare error message from a software package, I was poking around in the registry, and noticed that some values looked 'crazy'.
For example:
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Lost a Word 2003 document, any chance to find it?
I wrote a document in Word 2003, using Windows XP, and it all seemed fine. However, I saw that its size was not increasing and its modification date was not changing. When I tried to close and reopen ...
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Replaced DVD ROM with DVD RW, but new drive is not detected
I have replaced the DVD-ROM drive in my computer with a DVD Writer but Windows will not detect the new drive.
I have not installed any new software except a firmware update for the new drive.
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Fix an ad-hoc network hosted by a Windows XP machine (problems with MTU)
I have the following problem. I use an old Windows XP laptop as some sort of a wireless router by creating an ad-hoc wireless network. It works OK with my Win7 laptop, but when I brought my MacBook ...
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Cannot boot from HDD after XP installation
I am not expecting an exact answer here but a just a list of things to troubleshoot would be good. I am trying to fix a friend's computer and thought I almost had it. Here's what has been done up to ...
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Caching SmartCard PIN in Windows XP
I am installing an application for signing scanned documents with a smart card certificate. The trouble is that the application is asking for the PIN for each document it has to sign, and it is not ...
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Why is Malwarebytes broken?
I have used Malwarebytes for about 2 or so years without any problems but for some reason, last week it crashed while I was trying to check a .pps file.
Since then I have been unable to start ...
