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Unable to find Barcode Scanner
I have an a Symbol barcode scanner model LS2208 that I'm trying to use on a couple of Windows XP machine. The scanner uses RS-232 for its connection.
On the first machine, everything works great. I ...
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Exctract files to a different folder
On a Windows XP machine, I have a zip file located on "c:\temp\mydata\okidata.zip"; using 7-Zip application, I would like to write a batch script and extract the file silently to the following ...
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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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Protocol for Ethernet over USB?
I use USB to connect to modem on my computer. As mentioned here. There are about four main protocols which a USB cable to provide ethernet-style networking. I'm curious to know which one do I use? How ...
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Why does a monitor connected through a DVI-to-VGA connector goes black when booting?
I have a Galaxy GF9500GF PCI-e video card, 1GB. It has two DVI ports and I connect it to a VGA cable using a special connector. When Windows XP SP3 is loading (I can see the progress bar), the monitor ...
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msconfig “access denied” - need to be an administrator, when I am
On a WinXP SP3 laptop, any time I make a change in msconfig, I receive the following error:
System Configuration
An Access Denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service. ...
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How to retrieve all Windows XP post-SP3 updates for a specific language? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Offline update of Windows?
I would like to download a super-pack which embed all critical updates released after the Service Pack 3, in French, in order to do an offline ...
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Windows XP SP3 cmd console freezes on exit command when in fullscreen mode
When I do Alt+F4 on pure clean cmd console in fullscreen mode it does exit out of the console process (a disk is working for split a second) but it fails to close the console window after that, so I ...
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Windows XP PRO SP3. Setup ASP.NET dev. environment
I have Windows XP PRO SP3 And Visual Studio 2010.
By default I have IIS 5.1. And there is no option to upgrade it.
I want to start developing ASP.NET.
Could any one give a good reference how to ...
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pbwmdrmc.dll not copied from Windows XP installation disc
I installed Windows XP SP3 in my office system. During installation from CD, it showed
pbwmdrmc.dll cannot be copied from the disc
I pressed skip, and installed. Now the applications and cmd ...
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Windows audio service fails to automatically start after VirtualBox install
I'm having a completely nonsensical issue in Windows XP SP3. Basically my "Windows Audio" service no longer starts automatically. Despite being set to "Automatic" I have to manually go in and start ...
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Repair corrupted directory files
Last time I used my computer, it ran out of battery and turned off while I was working.
Now when I restart it and try to start my web browser, it reports that files were corrupted.
I cannot reinstall ...
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Radeon X300/X550 card running slower/faster than other box with onboard graphics?
I have two new (compared to my Win95) boxes (OK, they're both over 3 years old but whatever). One runs WinXP SP3 and the other one has WinVista SP2.
The XP box has an onboard VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP ...
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Windows XP Home Serial Key Expired; Product is no longer sold
I installed Winows XP Home (SP3) Norwegian in a VirtualBox, entered a valid key. Activation window says it can't connect to the activation server, okay.. (Message ID 32777)
So I try Windows Update, ...
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Error 1931. The Windows Installer service cannot update the system file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msxml6r.dll
My uncle is trying to install the MindJet MindManager Viewer 7 but get's the following error message :
MindJet MindManager Viewer 7 Installer Inform...
Error 1931. The Windows Installer ...
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What should I do when chkdsk “cannot open volume” during restart?
On my my Windows XP SP3 box,
when running Windows normally,
from the command prompt I type "chkdsk C: /R"
(or, equivalently,
in File Explorer, right-click on the C: drive, choose Properties, Tools,
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Why does IE8 show up as multiple processes in Task Manager?
I'm using IE8 on WinXP-SP3, and when I run IE, there are quite a few iexplore.exe entries in the TaskMgr Process List, even when I am not using multiple tabs.
I am running this page in one tab ...
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How to disable Autoplay events for a specific device?
I have this USB microphone, and I usually keep it connected to my Windows XP box for recording, but since there are not too many USB ports on it, I sometimes have to disconnect it to use the port for ...
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How can I stop Microsoft Security Essentials launching on startup?
Microsoft Security Essentials automatically installed/ran itself during our last Windows update. How can I turn it off?
I don't want to uninstall it.
I don't want it to run during startup.
I don't ...
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Windows XP limited users access shared folder
How I can access a shared folder from the network as a limited user?
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Get “Cannot find file” when trying to install SP3 on Windows XP
I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 with Windows XP SP2. We want to run Microsoft Office 2010 on it; that installation says we need SP3.
I cannot get Internet Explorer to run reliably; we never use it, ...
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Getting a list of network enabled processes
Can you possibly get a list of network enabled processes through command prompt that are working through internet and running on your operating system?
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How to copy files from local machine to remote virtual machine?
Is there an easy way I can copy files directly from my machine to the virtual machine?
I have downloaded a lot of .HTML files on my desktop and I need them on the virtual machine, I noticed that I ...
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How to make an association betwen a keyboard an a particular window icon?
I want to create associations between a key and an icon on Windows.
For example, every time I push F1 I want to have the effect of having a desk free of windows, I want them all to be minimized.
OS: ...
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Windows only boots into Safe Mode after reinstallation — virus related?
Because of a virus on a USB flash drive, my computer crashed. I then formatted my partition and installed Windows XP SP3. I tried it three times, but it still doesn't boot.
I can go to into Safe Mode ...
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Tethering a Windows XP laptop to a CentOS desktop
I have a laptop running Windows XP Service Pack 3. There is a CentOS 6.0 desktop next to it. The Windows XP laptop has a Wi-Fi card, and it has Internet access. The CentOS computer does not have a ...
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Partitioning Allocated Space on Drive
I want to partition a drive allocated with 65 GB into 10 GB and 55 GB. I've found a tool called 'Partition Magic' which is able to separate drives without formatting them.
Currently I have 20 GB free ...
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Laptop screen won't turn on
Sometimes when I press the power button, the laptop screen won't turn on. After trying on/off a few times with power button, I give it a few hard punches on its back, and then it eventually turns on! ...
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Any Mp3 organizer which can replace album with folder name
I have Huge Mp3 collection . i want that a software which can replace
1)Filename with Title
2)Foldername with Album
I am using Windows XP SP3
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP4 wasn't installed
I lost track of my account when my question was moved to superuser.
I wasn't able to install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP4 through automatic update so I downloaded the update from ...
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Windows XP Professional Version 2002 SP3 restarts when I try to Hibernate
I googled this and tried some solutions, but nothing seems to work. In the past, Hibernate worked fine. Someone told me that this can be caused by specific hardware, and I have lots of that, because ...
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System.exe trying to connect microsoft ISP
When i connect to internet, I often get these firewall notification requests that system.exe is trying to connect
Process: System
Remote Address: 94.245.121.212, PROTO41
through PROTO41, the ...
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Blank Screen on Windows XP SP3 Installation
After installing Windows XP SP3 (upgrading from SP2), it shows a blank screen - rather than any login. I can login via safe mode (with networking), but not during normal settings. Anyone see this - ...
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Computer crashes every 5 to 10 minutes
I have a computer that crashes every 5 to 10 minutes. It just blanks out, and then starts up. When Windows starts up it says there was a serious error. Furthermore the error report window comes up ...
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Cleanup system restore duplicate folders
I've just noticed that they are several folders with Folder Name (2) created in different places on different drives. How do i find and clean up those duplicates and why they are there without being ...
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SystemRoot not substituted
I have a strange behavior with the environment variables at my Windows XP SP3.
When I logon as Administrator, the %SystemRoot% strings in PATH are substituted to C:\WINDOWS, the value of the variable ...
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Checking recent system changes
Are there any tools or techniques that allows you to check recent changes made to your system including creation, modification, and deletion of directories, files, registry, installed applications ...
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Back up the entire Firefox 4 settings [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to export everything from Firefox to another PC
How can I back-up entire Firefox 4 settings and then apply them after a clean re-install?
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Missing Start Menu programs on Windows XP SP3
I just removed a piece of malware that hides the entire C: drive on my Windows XP SP3 machine.
After cleaning it and running unhide.exe from Bleeping Computer, I noticed all the programs in the Start ...
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Flagging a hard drive as formatted
I'm using a Western Digital 3TB hard drive on a Windows XP SP3-based Lenovo T410i. I've used the disk for some months without any problems but all of a sudden the disk shows as being unformatted - ...
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Can Windows XP sp3 be installed on Intel 64-bit instruction set?
I would like to know whether Windows XP sp3 be installed on Intel 64-bit instruction set? I am referring to Intel® Atom™ processor D525 (1M Cache, 1.80 GHz).
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Is overclocking worth it? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I overclock a dying PC?
I have a (relatively) old computer running WinXP SP3 with an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processor that I am thinking about overclocking to try to ...
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Hard disk is being accessed constantly
I recently had some problems with my computer (see installed Xubuntu 10.10 and now I can't start WIndows XP) and then after I got my computer back from the shop, It was running fine for a couple ...
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Mac Remote Desktop - XP32 Crashes on Connect
I'm having an issue where my Windows XP (32-bit) box crashes after I connect using the Mac Remote Desktop Client. The sequence of events is as follows:
Connect to XP box using Mac Remote Desktop ...
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System restore eating up hard drive space?
I had maximum allotted system restore space for a drive set to about 4 GB But how could I gained 25 GB of free space on that same drive on turning system restore off ?
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Installing a third party firewall [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Is the Windows XP firewall good enough?
Should you worry about using third party firewall or the windows firewall is sufficient?
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Cannot start chrome browser
Suddenly, I cannot start Google Chrome anymore. When I double click chrome.exe, it seems that nothing happens. I can see chrome.exe in the task manager after clicking chrome.exe , but after a moment , ...
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Control Panel not listed in Windows Explorer
On my Windows XP SP3 laptop, when I open Windows Explorer, Control Panel is always missing from the folder tree in the left pane, obviously even when My Computer is expanded.
My user account is an ...
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how to delete protected file under WinXP SP3
there is a dir called C:\dcfa827bc56b26f4dc922bb28e on my hard disk that is protected or something and I can't view any files in the subdirs Program Files and Setup. I think this may be a rootkit, ...
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USB devices recognised on Windows 7, but not on Windows XP
In the last week, some of my USB devices have failed to be recognised on my Windows XP SP3 laptop.
It first happened with 2 external USB HDD enclosures connected through a mini USB hub. Connecting ...
