Windows XP

how to make a ghost of window xp

how can i make a ghost window xp latest version with sp3 and many of software, drivers inclued in it

Application not responding in Windows XP Professional

How do I determine what is causing a "Not Responding" status in Windows Task Manager when running my application? It changes back and forth from "Running" to "Not Responding". It is very slow but eventually finishes. Using Windows XP Professional and SQL Server 2000.

Barcode scanner that dumps into text file

Hi, I'm going to try to implement a barcode system to keep track of inventory. I was wondering if anyone can suggest the best handheld scanner to get that will let us scan several barcodes and then dump the scans into a text file? Or if anyone know of another better way to accomblish this. I'm...

Crystal report error message

i am having error message like (Reminder does not exists with part of formula) but this report is working in Win98 now i changed to WinXp in work.

Validate Windows XP Home edition

I need registration and produdt key #'s so I can validate windows

Typing WWW into Browser address field?

I recently had everything moved from one hardrive to another. I never used to have to type www into my browser. Now I have to. I get a spelling error if I don't. I would like to fix it so I don't have to type www.

Ghost for Windows XP

How I Can make a ghost for win xp?

SOLVED: Password Locking issue in Windows XP Pro

Password Locking issue - SOLVED DETAILS - just in case anyone else has this problem !!! Hi Folks - I don't know how often this site experiences someone logging a question - to which they also include the answer . . . BUT - hey - I like being different !!! :o) Anyway - I experienced this fault...

Active Directory How to Identify Inactive Computer Accounts

Hello, I have a lot of computers in my Active Directory that are inactive and/or obsolete. I am searching for a very safe and fool proof procedure which i can use to identify these computer accounts in active directory and move them to a separate OU. I will keep them in this OU temporarily and...

E-Mail delivery delay

A user sends an important e-mail that doesn't show up in the recipient's Outlook inbox until several hours later. Is this a common problem? Is there any way to verify the time sent, or to find out what caused the delay? I'm being asked to investigate and have no idea where to begin. (The recipient...

Format painter not working in Word 2007

User cannot do the double-click to maintain format painter as turned on to format multiple items within a document. Format painter only does one click to format one request at a time. We uninstalled and reinstalled Word 2007 from MS Office package and it worked once on first try, then did not...

Office 2007

I have an exchange 2003 server with sp2 running on server 2003. When people running vista send a word or excel docx to someone running xp on the domain, owa wants to open the docx as a zip file. Everyone is running office 2007 and I have updated the mime on the exchange server. how do you correct...

What causes FREQUENT 'Active Desktop Recovery'?

What causes FREQUENT 'Active Desktop Recovery' ? For some reason I regularly get 'Active Desktop Recovery' ? - EVEN AFTER a 'Windows drive' WIPE & RE-INSTALL ! WHY ?? Even after iinstalling XP SP3 it made no difference. Admitededly it's only irritating BUT that's bad enough when it happens as...

Windows XP administrator rights

hi, i have a user with account granted with admiistrators rights. It was joined to domain. when i try to uninstall a printer software, it prompt me i dun have administrator rights. Is there a workaround ? pls help.thanks

Eradicate Virus Remover 2009 on Windows XP

Eradicating Virus Remover 2009 My computer (Dell with Windows XP) got infected with Virus Remover 2009. It is a pesky virus (malware) & keeps popping up informing that I need to install this software to remove virus from my PC. It shows a scan and informs that a number of files are infected. I...

Screensaver Settings Locked

I am running XP Pro SP2. The settings to change the screen saver time and log on are locked. How do I unlock these settings?

Help needed calling a vb6 exe from within another and closing the calling exe.

I have 3 compiled vb6 projects. They all interact with each other but are kept as separate exe's to ease upgrading etc. I can use shell or shellexecute to run the other exe files from within an exe but I cannot fully close the calling exe file. I can get it to dissapear from everywhere except the...

External USB hard drive keeps using the same drive letter as a mapped natwork share

I have an XP Professional computer that I use to backup the contents of a network share (just for redundancy's sake). The problem I keep having is that when I connect the hard drive, it keeps assuming the drive letter of a network share that already is being used. This is a problem as I want to...

OS Downgrading

1. I have liscenced Windows Vista Home Editon, i want to downgrade it to XP, but i dont have liscenced version of XP, shall i be use the same liscence of Vista to install XP. pls help me in this. 2. i want to install visual studio 6 and visual studio 2005 in vista home edition, will it be possible...

Windows XP start up problems

There was a power failure whilst my computer was on, upon turning it on again it comes up with the 'windows did not shut down properley screen' however it doesn't allow me to choose an option to start as it is stuck on the selection 'start windows normally'. after the 30 second countdown it...