I have a p4 box that has been upgraded from 98se to XPSP2 using a clean install.All is fine except that the dialup connections are slow and regularly break, eg a webpage will only partially load. Mostly pages with losts of images. I have to use a download manager to DL files above 250K, and then it has to retry 5-10 times.
View 10 RepliesI use windows xp pro, and the pc is new. I do all the maintenence all the time, and I know its not a virus or spyware. This is something that happens about 50% of the time, what is causing this?
View 7 Replies View RelatedDue to frequent travel I still use a dialup connection on Guam, to save ISP fees for broadband.
After booting up and logging in to my ISP, Eudora and Firefox both work fine.
If I Disconnect from the ISP, and close the software.I cannot check email and Firefox cannot see any server.
So I have to reboot as I only have one phone line and need to keep the line clear...this is very annoying.
Disconnect after 20 minutes is not enabled. Download accelerators don't work with all downloads.I have checked my port speed.Dell had 2 driver updates. I downloaded and installed them. THe transfer rate on downloads is 2.08 kb/sec.Downloads still time out. I am having problems with downloads timimg out. I am unable to download anything over 500 k. I have contacted Dell and my ISP, I have deleted temp files, cache, cookies, etc. I also use Spybot S & D, Ccleaner, Disk Cleanup, and Defrag. None of the above seem to help. I am so frustrated! I am attaching a thumbnail of a download. Is there a way I can speed up the downloads or prevent the timeouts?
View 14 Replies View RelatedDell B110/ XP/ 512RAM. I always use standby mode, and it's not a problem. Except sometimes, I bring the computer out of standby and start the dialup connection as usual, but the connection icon does not appear. Things seem ok for about 10-15 minutes, then everything locks up and I have to restart. The computer functions normally after that. This happens about once a week (using the computer every day). Is there something about standby mode that cause this, or am I doing something wrong?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI recently installed Win XP Professional and have a question about User
accounts.My computer is a standalone PC with 5 users. No network. I connect to
the internet using dialup. I have a lot of older software, and games too, and I read see over and over that you have to have administrator privileges to run them.From messing around in Linux in the past, I know that it can be a bad
thing for everyone to be logged in on administrator accounts. Even the
XP help files say that you should only log in as administrator when you
absolutely have to. My problem is that the "Limited" account is too
limited, and the "Administrator" account is too open.
I just recently had to get rid of a virus, and even though multiple virus check software says that I'm clean, I'm still having trouble in that I can't connect to the internet through dialup anymore. Looking through avasts log shows that kernel32.dll, winsock.dll, and wsock32.dll were all infected, so I believe that there is residual corruption on these files. Because I can't just replace kernel32.dll, I was wondering if there was a way I could fix both winsock.dll and winsock32.dll. I have my xp reinstall disk and was thinking maybe I could extract it from there, but have no idea how to do this.
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to create their dialup connection to the internet, I couldn't.I went into the 'Internet Connection Wizard'. Told it that I was connecting directly to the internet. Then I told it I was going to set up the connection manually. But whenever the option comes up to setup a dial-up or broadband connection, the dial-up option is greyed out and unselectable.In device manager, it shows my modem as being fine. It's installed with no conflicts.
me how much memory i can install on my pc and also what size sticks i should buy
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600) Compaq Presario 5405EA 470032-640 MODEL1
System Serial Number: 4D23KQNTB02G
Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 073Ch
I have the current 32 bit version of XP Pro.
Can I do an upgrade to the 64 bit version of xp, - or do I have to do a clean install of the OS and reinstall all the software from scratch to upgrade?
Can I continue to use my existing XP Home with upgraded HW (i7). Is the MS OS married to the old CPU & MB or will a phone call get the reinstall running?
View 3 Replies View RelatedOn my old comp. I tried to swap P2 350/512 100/2.0V S1 to P2 450/512 2.0V including heat sink and fan.After booting the screen was black with nothing on it , when I removed CPUand booted without any CPU in I had the same result.Reinstalled the P2 350 CPU and everything works fine. P2 450 was taken out from working comp.It looks like both CPU's have slot1 connection and fitted well in the socked.
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View 8 Replies View RelatedI want to delete my old OS. It had NT, but i put XP Professional on it now. NT is located on my C drive, while XP is located on my E drive. Can i just delete the windows file on my C drive to get rid of it or what should I do?
View 1 Replies View RelatedCan I update frome windows home to xp pro with a retail ver. of xp pro or do I need an upgrade
View 14 Replies View Relatedso I've found somewhere that sells Windows XP for a reasonable price as an OEM. Now I've been told that that means I have to install from a completely blank harddrive but my PC is around 3-5 years old and my friend says that it might not be compatable with XP. is there any way I can tell as I don't want to buy WinXP only to find it messes up my PC.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI bought a computer last year with XP. I read today that since April there has been no support for XP and the suggestion was to upgrade to 7. I read the instructions and it's way too complicated for me. Then I read that 7 users can downgrade to XP.I don't get it.I just would like to know: Can I safely stay with XP for a couple of years?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a friend that wants to go from Windows ME to Windows XP Home Edition.
Does she have to buy the Windows XP full version? Or just the Windows XP Home
Edition Upgrade?
i currently have windows 2000 pro
and i am going to buy winxp pro soon, but i have a few questions..
1, can i do an in place upgrade? without losing my settings?
2, will upgrading affect my cable modem settings?
3,do i need to delete anything or just keep everything the same..
4,is this a complicated task? and do i have the right system riquirement
Hello everyone, i have a psp and i have version 2.81.I know this is illegal but i need to know how to upgrade it to version3.03.
View 19 Replies View RelatedShould invest in Windows XP 64 or not. Would it improve my performance (I have an amd64 3200+) and if I would have to back up everything i want to keep on there. And would I be better off if I just waited for vista?
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View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a computer with Windows 2000 Pro on it and I wanted to upgrade it to Windows XP Pro using an unused Windows XP Pro CD/license (Version 2002, it says) I have. However, when I stuck in the CD and selected "Install XP Pro," it told me "Windows XP Setup does not support upgrading from Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional to Microsoft Windows XP Professional."
So it will only let me do a clean install. Is this because I have an OEM CD meant for a new computer? I thought you could upgrade (rather than re-install) to XP from any genuine XP CD?
my laptop is nearly out of disc space can someone tell me how i can upgrade it the specs are windows xp home edition hi grade
View 12 Replies View RelatedMy computer is 2 years old and after adding many games for the grandkids my computer has started slowing down. I now have 512MB of memory would it speed up my computer to add memory? If so how much should I add and how do I do this? Is there a site that shows step by step instructions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I was given an old Gateway laptop computer with a 400 MHz Pentium processor and 256 kb of RAM, running Windows 98SE. I decided to upgrade it to Windows XP Home. The upgrade starts out fine, it checks the system, gives no error messages, and then begins to copy files. The hard drive and CD indicator lights flicker to indicate files are being copied, and there's the dotted scroll bar that scrolls from left to right on the screen to show you that there's activity going on. the hard drive and CD indicator lights stop flickering, it seems that files are no longer being copied from the CD to the hard drive. However, the dotted scroll bar on the screen keeps on scrolling from left to right. I have left it doing this for several hours; that scroll bar keeps on scrolling, but the installation process stops. The system doesn't hang, the file copying just stops. Win XP is never installed, and after reboot it reverts back to Win 98SE.
Instead of an upgrade, I tried wiping the hard drive, reformatting, and doing a clean install of XP, but it doesn't help. It gets to the same point in the setup, and just stops copying files. No error messages or any indication that anything is wrong. I have tried installing Win XP on at least 10 different occasions, but no success.
I want to upgrade the computers at my business in derbyshire, UK. I want to upgrade two office PC'S to XP. They both meet miniumum specs but how much do i need to pay to get the software legally and where would i get it from?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI upgraded an emachines t2542 from xp home to pro. Now I can't fix the resoluyion past 4 bits. Did the advanced settings, but all that is listed is "default monitpr" with no option to click on 'properties'. Went into device manager and there is no 'display' tab. The only items with ???? on them are an audio and a 'vga' device. I tried to update driver for vga, but it says it cannot be found even though I have the HP 17vs disk in.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI orderd an SP2 upgrade CD from Microsoft as soon as they were available. I have not yet upgraded my Windows XP SP1 computer to SP2. The SP2 CD is a bit old. Do you think it would it be better to download the most recent SP2 upgrade from Microsoft web site instead of using the SP2 CD?
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