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Customization Tweaking

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Help Service in XP Pro

dave.green1

I have the Help service disabled in Win XP Pro, SP1. My question is this: If I start help on a app, any app, XP automatically changes the bloody service from disabled to automatic and alays starts it.

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Last reply by Jerry Atrik, 2002-11-07 20:07

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Defragment

Ace

I run under Windows 2000 and I wanted to defrag my C drive because there's not a ton of space so I thought that it would free some space. I have enough to make it defrag without the error going You do not have enough free space to defrage.

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Last reply by ghayes, 2002-11-06 15:31

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Got another problem

Ace

OK this time my Disk Cleanup doesn't seem to work anymore. When I click on it, it runs but then after a few seconds it stops loading. Everything is still running but I don't think it's searching for any files anymore.

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Last reply by Ace, 2002-11-06 04:23

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Sound file from the XP instal...

Hipshot

When I instal windows XP there is somekinda music file in the end of the instal, when you choose to register online or not, I really like that song, any one know how I get it (must be on the cd but _I_ cant fint it)?

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Last reply by Hipshot, 2002-11-04 01:39

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is this caused by servicepack 1?

Mav_erick

I just realized that since I installed Servicepack 1, I cannot play certain divx-movies anymore. I checked the videcodecs, tried nimo-codec pack and tsunami, but neither of them did it. The files are not corrupted, since I can still play the on other computers.

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Last reply by CyberGenX, 2002-11-01 01:22

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Clear Internet history

jinglebells

I want to clear the history of the last visited sites when logoff Plzz help me in that

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Last reply by Nick601, 2002-10-27 00:32

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Which reg file(s) control the "look" of XP?

BladeRunnerUK

Ok so when I reinstall XP, I have to spend ages getting the look back to how I want it from the default. You know, colour scheme, all the menu bars in explorer / outlook, text style & size, etc, ect.

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Last reply by franzj, 2002-10-25 17:55

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Asking a Favour

reversing_drive

I don't have XP or. NET , I Use Win2K, though i have this hobby of collecting the wallpaper picies that come with the Different Windows OS's I have the Win2K ones (duh. . . ) + WinMe ones, though no XP ones or If.

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Last reply by Christianb, 2002-10-24 03:41

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Is the XP serial key stored in the registry?

Curley_Boy

I remember when I was using 98 I could search for the serial key in the registry. . but it doesn't show up in XP. Could someone tell me where to find it plz?.

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Last reply by Jason B, 2002-10-23 21:34

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Monitor standby problem in SP3

Ignis Fatuus

Could someone perhaps help me to resolve the following problem? I have been running Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 for some time quite successfully. During this time I have had my computer set to switch off my monitor to standby mode after 10 minutes of inactivity.

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Last reply by Ignis Fatuus, 2002-10-22 02:22

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What's the verdict on SP3, then?

packman

It's been just over a month now since Win2K's SP3 was released. How many of you keen Win2K Pro users have installed it yet? If so, have you had any problems as a result? I'm wondering whether I should install it, myself.

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Last reply by adamvjackson, 2002-10-21 03:24

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Restoring My Computer Icon

palladin

Just deleted the My Computer icon from my desktop. . . yea I know, trust me I've already kicked myself :x. I can restore a shortcut that gives me most of the functionality, but how do I restore the original, other than rebuilding the profile in WindowsXP pro? ;( ;(.

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Last reply by Jerry Atrik, 2002-10-20 16:57

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Does anybody know if this messageboard will run on Windows?

Christianb

I noticed that it's PHP which can be used on windows. However it's possible that some linux only functions are called breaking compatiblity. Does anyone know for sure whether this will or won't run on windows? Thanks in Advance, Christian Blackburn.

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Last reply by Christianb, 2002-10-17 06:24

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Dynamic Disks on XP Pro WTF??

Curley_Boy

I read an article on viahardware. com that suggested a huge performance boost would be evident if I upgraded my 2 HDDs to dynamic disks. This I did only to discover that not only was there NO noticable difference in speed but my page file usage had increased (for no reason that I can yet deduce by nearly 20mb overa ...

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Last reply by Curley_Boy, 2002-10-16 20:47

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Disable set as wall papers and disable Set as desktop item..

jinglebells

I have windows 2000 compuers and customers set wallpapers from the website by right clicking them and by the option of Set as Wallpaper. . . . . I dont want the customers to set any wall papers on the Computer it should be completely disabled.

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Last reply by jinglebells, 2002-10-16 20:01

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How do you post images to the forum?

Christianb

What is the proper syntax? doesn't work and doesn't seem to either. Crazy. What am I doing wrong? Should I remove the %20s? Thanks in Advance, Christian Blackburn.

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Last reply by Christianb, 2002-10-16 06:07

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Help ! EVENT ID Error 7000

ToySoldier

Hi, I JUST started self teaching myself Windows 2000 MCSE as of last night. I did a fresh install of Windows 2000 Server w/SP3 on my stand alone computer (P4-1. 8Ghz w/intel chipset). During the bootup I receive a message that says a service failed to activate and to check my EVENT Viewer.

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Last reply by ToySoldier, 2002-10-15 20:39

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ICShare and internet speeding Tewaks

jinglebells

Hello Friends This is my first mail in this Forum. . Hope u could help me in solving my problem. . . i have 15 computers and all Win2000 i am using a cable modem and i share the internet connection using the feature of ICshare of Windows 2000.

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Last reply by jinglebells, 2002-10-14 12:21

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Folder Openning every time Windows boots

Avalanche

I recently had a serious problem with the drivers for my sound card, it caused the PnP Software Enumerator to be corrupted, forcing me to use the Repair function on my Install CD to get Windows to work again.

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Last reply by Alien, 2002-10-13 18:48

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batch file [executing EXEs]

aze

Hi all! i'm trying to make a. BAT file that works like that: c:\winnt\. . . \program1. exe c:\winnt\. . . \program2. exe but when i run the bat file it doesn't run the program2. exe while program1.

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Last reply by Igor, 2002-10-02 02:29