I used the wrong xp upgrade disk for my PC - I used the xp OS disk I have for my Laptop. I tried to switch disks in the middle of the process. but after crashing the computer and making it unable to boot I was forced to do a repair with the wrong disk and complete the upgrade with it. NOW, I need to change the xp OS Key so I don't have an invalid install and can activate it. I tried MS Key-Update-Tool, but the program won't accept the key. PLEASE HELP.
I have NO CLUE if this is some virus or something i got while trying to remove adwear or when downloading something off the internet, or whether it was my own mistake or something that wasn't done correctly... yeah.. I AM lost >.< Some times my computer just seems to stall. When i'm not doing anything, i don't notice it at all, it works just fine, but when playing a game (Just about any game), or trying to use a progam like acrobatic reader or microsoft word It seems to stall quiet often. 5-10 times every 2 minute
I am just about to enrol on an mcse course so I am playing about creating user accounts and policies on my own computer, however while logged in as myself (administrator) I added XP/All Users to the security tab of C: and placed deny access to the drive. As now I am locked out of my own drive. I assumed as I am in an adminsitrative account this would not apply to me and now when i try access security tab from c:'s properties it wont allow me
My was browsing around and got hijacked. AGHHHH. I seem to have IST.IST Toolbar amoung other things. I ran adaware, spybot and MS antispyware but it keeps coming back
I wanted to uninstall Windows XP, then reinstall it again because there were some errors in it. There was no uninstall option in Add/Remove programs so I installed XP (H.E) thinking that it would write over the one that was already there. Instead it installed another a second XP on the D drive and I dont know how to uninstall it
In a attempt to lock out my users from certain software....I made some lock down request using REGEDIT and now I can't use anything. I have no RUN box....I can't even open up Computer management. How do I get back into REGEDIT with no RUN box
I know only enough about computers to get me in trouble. I was removing some old video games and stuff from my computer and I removed something I shouldn't have removed. Now everytime I turn on my computer a message comes on saying I need 'e100bnt5.sys'
I made a huge mistake on a friend's computer. I removed a file when a virus software told me to. Unfortunately it was wrong and it thought it was a virus. Now I have to know how I can put the file back. It is csrss.exe
I inadvertently resized my windows partition. When I attempted to reboot, I got a hal error. The HP recovery utility then partially ran, but disk 2 is missing from my recovery cd's. because that is not what I wanted to do. I tried booting the recovery console and running FIXMBR, but that didn't work either. I looked at the drive with Knoppix. It shows the HP recovery partition and also shows a partition that is hidden. Looking at the drive on my roommates laptop, the recovery partition is visible, but not seeing the other partition
It comes up in the middle of turning on with a message "Enter CURRENT Password". I tried taking it off in the setup boot menu, but think, by selecting "Clear startup password," I reset it to some default password, which I dont know. Now i cant get my computer to turn on, cause dont know the turning on password
like a fool i downloaded webshots, it seems to be riddled with adware, now no matter what i try i can't get rid. i have run ad-aware, spy-bot sd, microsoft anti spyware and i have norton 2005 but i am still suffering with the blessed pop-ups and my system is running fairly slowly
I reinstalled Windows XP Pro over the current version as I was having problems. I did a complete install instead of a repair, wasn't paying attention. I did make a complete backup of my hard drive prior to reinstalling. I now do not see any of the files or modem setups in my start menu. What files do I need to copy from the backup instead of having to reload all the programs from scratch?
This will sound really like a really stupid thing to have done, but basically i followed a troubleshooting article on the microsoft website to try and fix an error on my PC, (every time i shut down i get a big blue screen thing). Part of what it suggested was removing a number of files from the registry. I did this but unfortnatly i seem to have just made things worse. The error message still appears when i shutdown but now i seem to have deleted something needed for my CD drive as this now says that the regisry is corrupted in its error box. Is there any way of getting the files i deleted back ( i did not make any backups).I am running windows 2000 and the files i deleted were Cdralw2k and Cdr4_2k
I made a mistake when I moved into a house that doesn’t have high speed Internet. I signed up for netzero to get me through the months that I will not have high speed. I installed their software then their software downloaded some more software that is still locking my computer up on occasion, even after I have uninstalled their software. It doesn't lock it up totally it just doesn't let me run any other programs and it doesn't let me log off (even through CTRL ALT DEL). It also runs a program in called ipconfig.exe that never seems to finish running
I removed WINDOWS PICTURES AND FAX VIEWER by mistake from my computer that came in with DELL, I was wondering if I can retrieved it If not, then how would I downloaded one
I use 127.0.0.1 for yahooPops and 127.0.0.2 for Hotmailpopper, but since I upgraded to SP2, 127.0.0.2 seems 2b blocked, can any1 tell me where i can go to sort this out?
There's 5 hours of updates related to SP1. Do I need these? There's conflicting answers on win site. Doesn't SP2 cover everything? I had sp2 before running the recovery discs. I have aol 8.0- where I had 9.0 before. I'm trying to make the computer "Brand New".
I am using Win XP Home sp1(OEM) version(I bought the cd along with my assembled pc) and then upgraded to sp2,and is uptodate in all security updates from MS.I decided to upgrade my pc.I am changing my Mobo, CPU, and HDD.Now is it true that my original xp cannot be copied to my new hdd? It also seems that I cannot use my old xp(sp1) cd on my new hdd and register/activate in MS site. Does anybody have any actual experience regarding this? Will I have to buy a new OS too?
I recently took the plunge and upgraded to DSL. Everything seems to be working o.k. but I was wondering if there is anything I can do to optimize my system.I am running Windows XP.
I am working on a friend's laptop that had an XP upgrade, how can i tell what OS was there before? The friend has no idea,no manuels. I went to the manufactuers website, the laptop as made in 2000, so it could have WIN98 or WIN2000
My computer has 1meg memory (2 x 510mg ) with two extra slots for expansion , I have been trying to add another 510mg memory but when I boot up the computer It shows system at 510mg total memory, does this mean my computer cannot be upgraded to 1.5mg ? and if so why is there extra expansion slots ?
I have a compaq that had many virus and spyware problems and want to reformat or reinstall the hard drive. I installed xp upgrade over ME and am not sure how to approach the problem from here. should i try and do a re install or ust start over.` I had excellent advice to find what my computer was doing from this board
I upgraded to SP2, on Xp Pro, now when I try to start windows explorer, the explorer.exe restarts. This is on a K8V-X Motherboard with Athlon64 3000 cpu.
Friend has an upgraded PC with XP with a HD that is going bad. He has CD but has lost product key. Does MS put some ID on HD that can be used in replacing HD ? Could I copy/ clone present HD and install on new HD? Can you move OP XP to new PC? He also lost key for MS office CD.
I have recently upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro and notice that my CD-ROM and DVD R+W drives don't work. They are recognised in the device manager but not in My Computer. They cannot read any type of media and seem to crash my system. I have tried upgrading each firmware, checking cables, reinstalling drivers but still no luck. I have noticed that in the bootlog it states that several drivers did not load including pciide.sys and not sure if this may be one of the problems.
I've recently installed a ecs 7050m-m (v2.00) with a phenom x3 8450 processor. It boots all the way to the option (f8) screen but no matter which option i pick it just reboots rather than loading windows. I've tried just safe mode but it only gets as far as btkernel then resets. Any ideas why this might be? was working fine with previous board? Is it because I didn't install the new board drivers before fitting? is there any way to fix it?
I want upgrade memory (existing is 128MB) in PIII 866MHz, to 256MB or more, to install Windows XP.Can I add 256MB module, so total will be 384MB(128+256)? Or I need use 256MB module only? Or 2 x 256=512MB?
