Home Memory Change - Turn Computer Off
Sep 3, 2005
Windows XP Home Changing Memory for a friend.She has one stick of 128 that came with her computer. I have checked it all out. (How much it will hold, kind of memory, etc) what I need to know for sure (I guess for some support) All I have to do is turn her computer off take out the 128Mb put in the two sticks of 256 and reboot the computer should recognize the different and more memory. (right ?) Also does; anyone no what the name of that program is that you can use to see if your new memory is working?? I had it and don't no what happened to it. If you no please point me in the right direction. and let me know if I am right about changing the memory.
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Oct 3, 2004
Kindly advise me how to changemy computer ID in XP home. When I purchased my laptop while travelling abroad the dealer initiated the computer and typed in an ID. This ID "YOUR-AYZ9QSTP1" appears whenever I communicate with other devices. I need to replace it with an appropriate personal ID.
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Apr 6, 2007
I downloaded some windows updates but not all of them installed. When I go to Turn Off Computer, the "Turn Off" button has changed, indicating that when I hit it, it will install the updates. There's also a field I can click which will Turn Off without installing the updates. When I click the Turn Off buttion, it attempts to install two updates. It doesn't appear to be successful. Every time I Turn Off Computer it apparently tries to install the same two updates. I can reboot and do this over and over and they don't "take".There's nothing in Event Viewer to indicate what's going on. I couldn't find any installation logs though I'm not sure where to look.
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Aug 12, 2002
If those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelSound Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right. Right click on it and select Modify Change the value equal to Reboot your computer and the beeps will be gone!
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Sep 14, 2005
I am having repeated messages with low virtual memory for my desktop. I'll have programs stop working with low memory messages, can't load another program message, things wont print. I reboot, and all is fine for a while. I'll go into the control panel to increase the virtual memory. It was set at 764mb. I changed it to custom 3000 mb min,4096 mb max. rebooted. went back to control panel and virtual memory was still at 764 where it says total paging file for all drives current 764. but higher up in the panel it says c: 3000-4096. How do i get the memory problem solved?
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Jan 19, 2006
I have a white box Pentium 4 CPU with XP professional service pack 2 build 2600 installed. The motherboard is an intel D865GLC with 512 MB RAM installed in Dual channel mode with 1 256 MB stick of ram in slot zero of bank 1 and 1 256 MB stick of ram in slot zero of bank 2. This memory is dual channel compatible. I tried to add another 2 sticks of the same type ram but from a different manufacturer.
Here's the problem: I can use any 2 of the 4 sticks of ram together, both from the same manufacturer or 1 from 1 manufacturer and 1 from the other for a total of 512 MB. Everything works fine. I can place one stick in slot 0 of bank 1 and the other in slot 0 of bank 2 or I can place 1 in slot 1 bank 1 and 1 in slot 1 of bank 2 with no problems. I can even place a 3rd stick of the same type ram in any open slot and all's fine (except the machine complains that this is not an optimal memory setup). Memtest86 reports no errors with any of the above configurations
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Jan 13, 2005
I am using a P4 1.5 MHz system with 512 MB RAM, 64 MB Gforce MX card, new 80 GB hard disk with 4 partitions each 20 GB. My OS is, Windows XP with SP2 installed. I am getting error that my virtual memory is low(page file size). When I change the settings using the System icon in the control panel, still it reports the page file size as 0 MB only. I re-booted after changing, tried System Managed Size option. But still the page file size remains as 0 only.....
When I press the set button after the new settings it shows the changes for the drive and then asks to reboot. After re-booting it says "Either no page file or virtual memory too low" I tried re-booting in safe mode too. Still the change is not effected.
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Jun 12, 2006
laptop has a pre-allocated memory for it's graphics, that i want to change coz i did a memory-upgrade, so it allows me to do so. Only, i can't find it out how: The graphic chip is a "Intel graphics media accelerator(gml) 900" The "normal" bios i can enter does not allow me to change it's settings, it has something to do with "SBIOS" & "CMOS-setup", more details here:
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Sep 30, 2009
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Aug 19, 2005
I change the memory setting in my user profiles in..-- mcm
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Jun 18, 2005
I have set aside a partition on a computer to be Virtual Memory. It is something like 1488 MB. When I went to change the Virtual Memory settings so it will use this partition, I got a blue screen and had to reboot. I kept working with it and finally got it to accept 100 MB for the lowest and 1400 for the highest setting. However, after reading more, I think the 100 MB should have been higher. It won't let me change it to anything else
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Aug 25, 2005
I am trying to increase my virtual memory and am doing so the way I am
supposed to by running "control sysdm.cpl" and going to the appropriate steps
and then restarting my computer. What is happening, though, is when I go back
to it my settings are saved in the "custom sized" places as the new values I
put in, but the "currently allocated" amount doesn't change at all. Shouldn't
the currently allocated amount change to the minimum I designate in the
custom allocation box?Right now, the only way to get my graphics program to work faster is by overloading my memory so that Windows will automatically increase the virtual memory.Why don't my custom settings change anything?
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Feb 23, 2009
I have a message when starting my computer with os = Windows XP A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer A recent hardware or software change might have caused this Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. Check with software manufacturers any windows update I need If problem continues, disable or remove any new hardware or fortware, Disable Bios memory options such as caching or shadowing If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable pomponents, restart your comp Press F-8 and select advanced start-up options then select safe-mode Memory options IOS caching or shadowing
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Dec 7, 2007
I am running Windows XP, i want to change my virtual memory to custom page file size, can someone tell me the ideal minimum and maximum sizes recommended.
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Jan 4, 2005
I can't change home page from about:blank, popups, won't accept a webpage in IE unless I type full www.yahoo.com, usually accepts yahoo.com.
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Aug 21, 2005
Somehow my home directory (C:Documents and Settingsuck.DELLBOOK) ended up with a DELLBOOK extension, my computer name. Is there a way I can rename this buck, without the DELLBOOK extension? I have an app that complains about the path being too long.
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Jun 19, 2005
I formatted my hard disk on my own computer and put new motherboard and CPU in. Then I put in XP. The hardware I had in ended up as CD= D, A drive =A, Zip =C. Therefore my software went onto a drive called E. Some programs will not load on an E drive and only demand C. Can I change my E to C and my C to E?
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Aug 27, 2007
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Jul 30, 2007
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Nov 15, 2008
I have a a home built system running win2kpro on a twin 80 gig HDD's C & D, D is only used for backups, Can I swap over the drives Re-format D and install XP home on it then do a file transfer of all relevant data and program files from the original primary drive, once done and up and running satisfactory I aim to re-format and use it as before as a backup disk.
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Mar 27, 2008
I cannot change the workgroup name at all. when I right click my computer, got to properties and click on the tab computer name. It does not show the network ID option and/or the mshome workgroup area is grayed out and I cannot change this option at all. I ran all updates and the machine is sp2. Can anyone please shed some light on this weak networking OS?
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Apr 30, 2008
The "puter" in the local senior center has xp home & has always froze when another user clicks on "change user" I just started visiting the center & would like to solve this problem for them. Any advice / help will be appreciated.
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Oct 16, 2008
Change the email address on my home page and I do not know enough html or FTP to change it to my new email address. Some one else made the home page for me but they are no longer available.
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Apr 13, 2006
I can not change my home page It's back to about:blank after I close the Internet Options. It is somewhere in my registry How do I change it?
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Aug 3, 2005
the home page area is grey and wont let me change when i try to change my home page,
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Sep 19, 2005
Is there a way to change file/folder ownership in windows XP home edition without booting into safe mode to access the security tab
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Jun 13, 2006
I can't change my homepage anymore it's stuck at this stupid video renting site and also i can't listen to any audio in web pages or any other program except windows media player and i've noticed when i'm on warcraft 3 i can't only hear background music and clicking sounds but no battling or speech audio that's really weird and i've set the proper volumes in the game already so i don't know what's going on also, i'm using symantec antivirus corporate edition and spyware doctor but they were both recently been unable to protect my computer in real time when b4 it was always ON and protecting my computer, now i can only scan computer with those programs (i have not changed the settings on these programs and it still says real time protection is enabled).
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Feb 23, 2008
My problem with this computer is that every time the computer is turn on it freezes at any time... but then i turn it off and back on and i hit Delete and load the Fail-Safe Mode bios and save it then restart the computer it works fine... but then i cant turn off the computer because it would freeze... I have all software and bios with the latest updates but still i get the problem i have restart Windows Xp and still have the problem... I can give you guys a more details about my system if you need me to.
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Jan 18, 2005
I am trying to cleanup a machine running Windows 2000 (not sure what release).I've run AntiVir, Spybot, Adaware, and CWShredder, but am still experiencig problems. For example, I can't change the default home URL from 'about:blank'. AntiVir found many archieves (probably more than 30) with 'infected file' that couldn't be deleted. Most of them appeared to be .dat files, but one was a .cab file (polmx2), which I suspect is part of the problem. I'm also guessing there may be hidden files becuase I couldn't 'find' them in Windows.
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Sep 19, 2010
I am having problems with a dell inspiron 1150 Laptop computer that will not turn on. It is connected to a electrical power cable, and does not have the battery. the power cable is working fine.
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Aug 1, 2009
I've never had any problems with my computer in the past, I look after it as well as I know how but have recently been having problems with The Sims 3 (a lot of people are having issues with it). My problems related only to the game play and I had them sorted out and fixed finally. I played today when it crashed on me. After about an hour of waiting I still could do nothing to get the crashed game off. I had tried all the key commands I know, including the obvious ctrl + alt + del but still it was going nowhere so I switched my computer off at the tower. I know, stupid, but I could see the waiting game was getting me nowhere.
Anyway, now whenever I turn the computer on, it does the initial load, then it takes me to that black screen asking if I want to run it in safe mode or start it as usual and after that screen, it starts to load up windows but stops and takes me to a blue screen. This is the message on the blue screen - A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
Disable or uninstall any anti-virus, disk defragmentation or backup utilities. Check your hard drive configuration, and check for any updated drivers. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.....
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