I was on-line several nigths ago, when the we suffered a power failure. Since then, everytime I try to use the modem(covenant 56k), I get a message indicating the port is in use by another program, and the dial-up attempt is aborted. I have re-installed the device-drivers for the modem and the port(COM1 -modem acutally is uses COM3), but still get the same results.
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On my Windows XP tablet, if I put an MP3 player into a USB port, does it charge the battery even when the pc is completely shut off? I don't like to leave it plugged in to charge when I am using the pc since it keeps bonging (making a darn noise) every few seconds.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedIve tried disconnecting and reconnecting it a different cable, a different port, even a different computer.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Optiplex GX240 running Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4,512MB of Ram,40G hard drive and an external 200GBHDD. A 250W power supply. The unit has 3 built-in USB 1.1 ports and I added a USB 2.0 PCI Card for the external. I presently have an USB hub port hooked up to one of the USB 1.1 ports, which leaves the other 2 free. On the USB hub port I have an old HPScanjet 3300 scanner, an Intel Webcam and my Sony Cybershot camera. On the USB 2.0 PCI Card I have only my maxtor 200GB external. I am recently getting a balloon red x alert in my system tray that reads "Power surge on hub port" (A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port)and what to do to solve the problem. When I click the message to solve the problem I see a question mark which I then highlight and hit reset.I follow the instructions to reset and it reappears.
View 2 Replies View RelatedEver since a power failure yesterday, my computer is not booting 100% of the way - it seems to stall at the end after loading desktop etc, can't see anything missing but I am unable to do anything. Nothing opens when clicked on. It works perfectly in Safe Mode with Networking.
I checked Device Manager and found 3 things highlighted:
HID Non-user input Data Filter
HID Non-user input Data Filter in HID section, and
WAN Miniport (IP) in Network Adaptors.
I do not have a wireless network, only a hard-wired one, so not sure what that is about.
The computer shut down due to a power failure in the house. I started it up and the windows loads OK till I get to the page where it has the users names listed. I click on any user name. When I click on the name, it opens the page for a second and shuts down. I can see the wallpaper of each user and it closes immediately. It reads LOADING PERSONAL SETTINGS and then it reads LOGGING OFF, then it says SAVING YOUR SETTINGS.
View 10 Replies View RelatedDuring an installation of XP we experienced a power failure.The installation had been running for about 8 minutes when power went out.I After electricity was restored, I attempted to reinstall XP on the laptop however, now it will get to the Windows horizontal bar screen, and then a Windows Message comes up and says The system is not fully installed.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI was on the computer this morning (plugged into a power bar) when all of a sudden the power went out in my neighbourhood. I was just on the desktop at the time I believe. I unplugged everything to prevent anything from surging to be safe, and I went out for the day.When I got home, the power was back on, and so I plugged the computer back in. However, as I plugged in the computer, it turned on by itself. Normally it does not do this when I plug it in after it was forced to shut down for a blackout. I immediately knew something was up.When it started to turn on, it immediately went to a blue screen of death.
It won't get past this screen. I've tried Safe Mode, Last Known Good Configuration, Normal Mode and it just keeps going back to this screen. I also noticed it doesn't make the normal noises when it's booting up. It doesn't make that 'click click' sound when I'm booting up (I believe that's a hard drive sound?). I do have access to the Windows Recovery Console (I think - it appears as an option - I don't know if it will work) but I don't know what to do. It sounds like it did something to the hard drive... when I boot up the computer normally it asks me to press F1 (because my CMOS battery is low)... now on that screen it says Serial ATA at the top. I don't know why that is, or if this has anything to do with the low CMOS battery before, but I can't get it to turn on at all at the moment. I don't understand why the power failure would do this (or what it did)... I've never not been able to boot up after a power failure. And surely there wasn't a surge since it wasn't plugged in when the power came back on.Did it kill the HD? Anything I can do to at least recover some files?
My power went out for ten seconds yesterday, and when my desktop re-botted, it says drive D (hard drive) needs to confirm file consistency. It then performs a check and says all is well. The desktop then appears and the whole computer freezes. Anyone have any ideas on a fix? I have Windows XP with SP2.
View 2 Replies View RelatedOr at least I think so, there was a whopper of a lightning storm and then Windows wouldn't start up the next morning. I've been trying to trouble shoot and am at a standstill close to the answer.
It will start in safe mode
I cannot restore it using the disc
I disabled several things in device manager and that didn't help
I tried the repair from disc as well, doesn't work
I finally reformatted - still doesn't work.
can anyone help we had a power cut whilst my daughter was using her computer which runs xp.Now when we restart it it just continually restarts, I tried pressing f8 at the welcome screen and started in safemode this made no difference just went to the welcome screen and started again!
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a windows 2000 server crash. Assumed I had a power failure this weekend. The monitor also died. I replaced monitor. I hear the computer start up. Power to system, but no visuals.I do have a boot disk made on 3.5 floppy disk. What are some simple tips or things to do before I begin to restore the system.I have checked all power cords.Computer is AMD with raid system unsure of rest.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a problem I have a new system installed Windows XP professional. Everything was ok till yesterday. I just have a few more things to install and I have the computer plugged into the 4 plug UPS so if the power goes down the computer has 5 minutes to shut down. Well the hydro went off yesterday for a few seconds and all of the other computers came back up but the new one. It was booting into Windows got to the Windows logo and the bar going across loading then after 10 minutes still sat there. I decided to re-boot to see what was wrong as I am a computer tech. Nothing so I went into safe mode that was fine got out of there same thing logo looks like it was starting nothing. I did put in the Windows XP disk thinking to just do a repair still the same thing. I get the Windows screen like it is loading nothing. Go back to safe mode and here is what it says and there is no disk at all in the drive. Can not run setup from Safe Mode rebooting computer.
View 14 Replies View RelatedMy PC starts up fine, BIOS all OK. Then I get the message about Windows failing to load because of possible power surge or hardware problems or something, and a choice between loading Windows normally, loading the last known working setup, or the three variations on loading safe mode.
I had a power outage last night and when I turned the computer back on this morning, it says that error. "Disk Boot Failure - Insert system disk and press enter" I do not have a working CD drive in the computer so I hope that doesn't have anything to do with it.
View 4 Replies View Relatedloss of power to the house has resulted in loosing all administrative accounts & profiles. Cant log into anything on the admin section. Only 1 acount acces and has no admin privlages. Have been told it may possibly be a damaged user profile. Need help on how to repair this so i can log on . Thanks PS its a dell optiplex gx260 :with pent 4 & windows xp prof., version 2002, service pack 3
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe power failed during the "copying files" stage. Now when I try to reinstall it it says that "Setup cannot find a previous version of Windows installled on your computer." Then it wants me to insert a full version of xp in the cd-rom drive.
After I did this, it says that it cannot read the cd, or that its invalid, I tried it on another cd (same os and everything except its service pack 1) and then it says the same thing.
well i have read a lot about this problem but im dont think i really found a solution so i thought i would make a new thread. Well i was just on my computer using p2p file sharing program. and then my computer froze. first the program itself and then the whole computer just froze. So i held down the power button until it turned off and then i turned it back on and then i received this error. Disk boot failure. insert system disk and press enter.
I have my stuff backed up, i used it as a secondary and i backed up the things i needed, so i dont really care that much if i need to format. The funny thing though is that it actually froze once on my brothers computer when i was transferring files and when i restarted it wouldnt boot up and when i took out my hard drive my brothers computer booted up perfectly and after it booted up perfectly i shutted it back down and then i attached my hard drive as a slave again and then it booted up.
I have a laptop that is showing the Ethernet port as a 1394 port. How do I get it to recognize the Ethernet port correctly ?
View 10 Replies View RelatedWe are trying to start a laptop but windows is not starting up properly. As the boot begins, it takes you to a screen that says, :"if a previous start up attempt was inturrupted due to a power failure, then choose Start Windows Normally". We follow the directions, takes us the Window XP screen trying to boot it up and then takes us to the Gateway screen and then back to the screen where it asks the same question again.The cycles continues without any other options.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI tried with Partition Magic 8.0. It rebooted, and when the script would usually kick in, an error was displayed instead: xmnt2002 program not found - skipping AUTOCHECK and then it would boot. That frustrated me. I tried again, this time unhiding the partitions using grub before booting. Still, same error. So, partition magic was not going to work. Next I decided to try to go to the Linux installation directly, and use the YaST utility to resize my windows partition. I tried, but that failed as well. YaST gave me the "Failed to resize partition. The Installer will now exit" error each time I tried that. So, the Linux-rout failed as well.
By now I was quite frustrated. I decided to re-install Windows from the disks I had been provided, deleting the windows partition using the installation menu and re-installing it on a smaller portion of the unallocated space. Windows was installed using the same amount of space as the first installation -- It did not allow me to resize it's disk usage like I had planned. So, I lost all the software, but no matter, I reinstalled it all in a few hours, then attempted to resize my partition again...............
is there a way to change the IIS port from port 80 to 81 or something?
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy other computer is a hp using windows xp. The computer lost power and now program files will let me access any file in that folder, either through explorer or through any program that is in that folder. The computer is not connected to the internet and never has been. The computer is only used for backup of photos and backup files. Virus scan comes up with nothing. I tried the whole folder options thing.. no luck. When you check the properties of that folder, there nothing showing. Shows 0 mb in folder.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDesktop Manager allows you to switch between multiple desktops creating more elbow room for those who like to stay organized while pushing the max thread limit.1. First grab XP PowerToys from microsoft.com Once installed right click then check: task bar > toolbars > Desktop ManagerYou may now view up to four new desktops. I prefer not to have "Shared Desktops" on as it reminds me more of linux (and is cleaner).Now you may hide the buttons etc. and use Windows key + 1-4 to switch between desktops and Windows key + v to preview.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running WinXP pro and have lost all the reguler power schemes from the power options propreties window. Also I'm unable to Save a new scheme.I beleive the schemes where deleted from the power properties window by right clicking and selecting delete. They used to be there anyway Unknown is listed above Turn off monitor-Turn off hard disks-System standby-System hibernates and everything is greyed out. They are still listed in the registry but with no value set.How do I go about getting the schemes back?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have an IBM NetVista running XP that at shutdown will close windows but will not power off machine, user has to hold power button to power off.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy PC has old configuration, the Max Power Supply can be only up to 350W. You know that every parts of the PC, either external or internal hardware will consume power. What I would like to know is that, what would happen to my PC if the total power consumption exceeds the MAXIMUM VALUE of the power supply unit.
I have not changed any settings yet i am trying to download some music and all of a sudden it wont download because I dont have a tcp port available.How does this happen when i have already downloaded 100s of songs and in the next breath.I can't.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI got an app that send e-mail alerts. Unfortunately my ISP only allows SMTP traffic on port 587. This app only uses the standard port 22.Is there anyway in XP for me to remap outbound port 22 to port 587? I found the firewall port settings but it will let you enter new ports and redirect them I believe but it won't let you edit any of the standard port settings.This is a tough one. I doubt there will be many, if any replies with a solution. But worth a shot.
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