When I click on All Programs from Start, and go to Accessories, the Calculator is no longer there. It also should be on my Start Menu. I think I recently made a restore point, which I really know nothing about. Can anyone tell me how I can get my Calculator back please. I am able to open it from the Help & Support page by clicking on the link.
View 11 Repliesi was recently going through the Windows XP services shutting down various components that are not necessarily needed that take up RAM. Personally, I have plenty of RAM and didn't really have a problem with it, but wanted to see what would change so I could tweak my girlfriends computer which is running sluggish, even after doubling her RAM to over a gig. (Getting more HD soon...) Everything is fine, however,
I realized that my calculator/ MS Paint/ and all the games under 'Accessories' are missing. I can't seem to figure out what component of Windows is linked with those particular programs. /WinXP%20Services.htm
I'm babbled as to why the on screen calculator pops up every time we hit the letter 'p' on my sons pc? It didn't used to do it & i have no idea how to stop it.
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View 9 Replies View RelatedSome how and some way MS paint and all accessories were removed from my PC. When I try to reinstall I need to use OEM SP2 CD... I don't have it and never have.. I HAD a Recovery DVD (Lost It), had a recovery partition (Removed It.. Don't ask..) Now what can I do with out paying some ridiculous fee. BTW this is an HP a330n
View 7 Replies View RelatedHye . my system just had a major GLITCH. the screen flashed and i lost loads of start menu programs. ( they are still installed ) but they are missing from the all programs menu )? + i have just tried to use the caculator and its missing from the accessories menu. i went to add accessories but it doesnt show the icon in the start menu .. i can type in calc.exe in RUN and the caculator pops up . but i would like to have the icon to click on. KNow what i mean.
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI've reinstalled XP and some icons are missing from the "Start"/"all programs" menu. Both Outlook Express and Internet Explorer are missing. I was able to locate them using "search" then open and pin to start menu. (The search function displays i.e. shortcuts for "administrator", "guest" and the other user, but not for me. The icons do display on the "all programs" list for the other user). Any suggestions as to how to get them back on the "all programs" menu?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow can a program that is not even present on my C-drive (but once was) appear in the control panel when I open "Add or Remove Programs"? My registry is somehow holding onto this old program even though it does not really exist on my C-drive. I am trying to reinstall the program properly but when I finish the installation, Windows XP will not let me open it! It says my file path is invalid, apparently a reference to the "ghost version" of the program that I cannot get rid of! So my question is: how can I get my registry to realize that the program is GONE so that I can reinstall it successfully
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View 6 Replies View RelatedGot a machine that crashes a lot. Was running the 30-day trial of NOD32 and it discovered at least one virus before it crashed again.On reboot I could not run any program - nothing whatsoever. Can't get into the registry, msconfig or command prompt.If you try and run something you get the message:This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel.This link looked promising, but I couldn't do any of the things it suggested, renaming regedit.exe to regedit.com and you still couldn't run regedit.com from the run prompt.
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This is a clear explanation.
I am running xp sp2, and when you click on start-all programs, a list should show..i lost assesories, and all the other standard ones, the only thigs that are there are programs i loaded, but the puzzleing thing is its on my lap top and only under on user name, not the 4 others..make sence?
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I have try to disable firewall.