Is there a Group Policy in Windows that will disable the Windows games in Windows XP & 2kpro. I don't want to uninstall them. The company that I work for is putting their foot down internet use and game play.
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i cant play online games..it's like something blocks me..how can i disable the router somehow? i can't play online games
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have this problem and i really don't know what to do....it always happens except when i am playing some games in full 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, follow these steps. Check to be sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates. Try changing video adapters. Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe Mode.
Technical Information:
*** STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x806FF94F, 0xB59E33C8, 0x00000000)
Beginning dump of physical memory Physical memory dump complete. Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
I am not able to use the add or remove command nor the security center and the error message is: windows can not find c:windowssystem32 undll32.exe
View 11 Replies View RelatedFollowing advice from others, I have tried to remove or disable Microsoft's indexing feature from XP as it slows my system.I have marked my hard drives so that the indexing service is not allowed to access it within the properties for the drive.I have run "services.msc" and disabled the startup of the indexing service.Despite all of this, the service stills starts when I power up the computer, as indicated by the magnifying glass icon in the system tray. The start up status of the indexing service is still shown as disabled.
View 14 Replies View RelatedAnyone know how to permanently disable/remove the explorer bar pane in windows XP explorer. I have been searching for 2 hours and can not find a answer. If i press the x it goes but next time i open a window it is back.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm a bit uneasy about the fact that the 32bit XP only supports up to 4GB of RAM. Seeing how hardware has progressed these days, 4GB+ of RAM may be the standard in the very near future. So I was wondering how much trouble is 64bit XP Pro interms of getting the drivers and getting games/software to work?The other option is to 'upgrade' to Vista but I've only heard bad things about it from my friends who've tried it and they all went back to XP Pro...so is Vista really that bad?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHaving trouble with PC game, game stops and says D3D device D3DERR NOT AVAILABLE.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have an Advent T12 Desktop PC, running Windows XP, 3.4GHz Processor, 512 MB Ram, 250gb hdd. I want to upgrade my Ram so I can play 'Brothers in Arms:Hells Highway' can you tell me by how much Ram is needed to play this game? Also will I have to upgrade anything else to play it? From the answer you give for the needed upgrade will I be able to play any of the 'Need for Speed' games?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a list of Windows XP Hotfix in my ADD/REMOVE section, can I remove these safely without corrupting my system?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI had ad aware 6 on my computer. I intstalled ad aware 7 without uninstalling 6. Ad aware 7 uninstalled it, but it is still on my add/remove programs list. How do I remove it from this list?
View 3 Replies View Relatedi 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 don't know much about computers, and by my own admission,I send emails and yahoo, and play games... or I am trying to. I noticed that I couldn't save a photo sent to me on my yahoo email, saying 'your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded'.When I tried to download free games off MSN, this was also the message.I have read some of the posts regarding security, and the answers are all regarding settings in OE. Strangely enough, I don't have outlook express, although I used to, so don't know where it has gone.I followed one link going through the 'run, cmd.etc etc' and that didn't do anything, came up with an error message. I have only had this computer 3 months, and can't have broken it already.
View 9 Replies View Relatedwell for the past couple months I've been getting this really annoying problem with the "System" process randomly using the CPU A LOT on WinXP Pro. This is only noticeable while playing games that use high amounts of CPU usage as well (two of which are Continuum which is an online multiplayer game and Sims 2).
I've been through many forums trying everything that could possibly be a problem. Removed the registry entry related to avis, set the settings to best performance but no change. Now I would assume that it has to do with something running, but just this morning I shut down all my server process, and basically anything I could.
I just recently replaced my 200 gig ide harddrive with a 1 TB SATA hardrive, as my old one kicked the bucket. I have reinstalled windows xp and all drivers and got everything working. It is working better than ever ,as my old harddrive was sluggish for some time before it died. But now i am unable to play any 3d games. They boot up fine ,but whenever anything is rendererd in 3d it hangs at random intervals for a good 10-15 seconds then continues for a few seconds and hangs again. I have tried half life 2, swat 4 and ceaser 4. Swat 4 even hangs in the menu screen.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI had a random thought. and I can't find much information on the idea. What happens if I make my XP partition 40 gigs so I had room for programs, but then, for something like Oblivion, Id partition 8-10 gigs strictly for the game. Then Sims 2 id do like, 10 gigs strictly for sims 2. So...would that make the games run faster cause theres only a small area to search, or, is it a waste of time?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI had bought a Compaq Presario 5013wm a few weeks ago. The system came with Vista. I was having a lot of hardware issues with network and gfx card, so I opted to install XP. Well, XP wouldn't install because I had no floppy disks to load the raid drivers with, so I went under the BIOs and changed it from RAID to IDE. So now XP is on and everythings working... kind of. The problem I seem to be running into is some seemingly random crashes. From what I've noticed, they only happen while playing a game and, very rarely, when playing music. Sometimes I can play for hours and other times, just a few minutes. The graphics card is a Geforce 7300GS and it has the latest drivers along with the audio. Checked the temp and it seems to stay between 64-67C while playing a game, which I hear is normal for my card. The BIOs is still in IDE mode.. not sure if thats an issue.. can't turn it to RAID without a floppy drive -__-;. Upon thinking of it, I doubt that's the issue as the few times I was able to play before uninstalling vista, I recall the same freeze.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have Windows XP Media Center and and ATI Radeon HD 2600 pro vid card. During any type of game play, i.e. COD or Quake, if I adjust the volume or use the Q3E minimizer, I have to exit the game and readjust the brightness in the game system settings before I can play again because the screen gets dark. Other friends I play with do not have this problem
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've always had weird things wrong with my system which I've suspected memory problems, like games that take up a lot of memory would sometimes crash, etc.
I had gotten BSODs before, but RARELY. Now recently, at least once a day I've been getting this BSOD "DRIVER LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO" (something like that)
ok so i formatted twice did a HD surface scan did ram checks and an asortment of other random things and yet still my comp won't let me install random diff games such as maple story and WoW and is running really slow ... also my comp sees me as having a 1.2 GB processer when i really have a 1.6 so thats is also making me mad ... plz help bout to throw comp out 2nd story window ... btw i am running win xp pro corprate edition
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am wondering if someone can help while i play any games on my computer the games minimise to taskbar for no apparent reason. I have tried disabling the virus software etc even updated graphics drivers etc still no joy. When the game minimises i click on it in the taskbar it runs ok for another 10/20 minutes then does it again.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs above really, All my games minimise and the mouse goes invisible but can still be used, very annoying and have no idea why this suddenly happened. I have run AVG and Norton's and they found nothing. I updated my drivers even reinstalled Norton in case it was that. It is driving me made.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently found that my Games folder was empty. When I try to re-install the games from my XP Pro cd, I get the errors: "Setup cannot copy the file sol.hl." etc. If I cancel and try to continue setup, It just gives the same error from the next item.I tried to uninstall and reinstall the Accessories and Utilities folder and recieved the same errors. The cd is a Genuine Windows XP Professional Upgrade. It includes Service Pack 2. Version 2002. The cd is not scratched or smudged in any way and I can see the files on it when I browse the cd. I also checked my cd drive by installing two other programs from two different cds. It works fine.
There are several things that happened or I did to the computer before I lost the games but I dont want to get into the details if I dont have to (dont want to write a small novel). The most significant, I think is that I had to reactivate my copy of Windows, because I had removed my etherlink card (I only have dial-up here). Also I messed up some drivers and had to reinstall them. I'm not sure which caused the reactivation screen to pop up. When I reactivated, I couldn't connect to the internet and had to do it over the phone, so they gave me a different Product Key to use.I hope that information helps to explain my situation enough. I would just do a clean reinstall of XP, but am now afraid it wouldn't copy the files from the cd.
Since updating to Service Pack 2 in Windows XP, I am having frequent lockups while running games such as, FIFA Soccer 2004, FIFA Soccer 2002, and NBA Live 2003. I have upgraded my video driver and have gone through the typical procedures for eliminating processes and background programs. I also disable virus protection when running the games. I have tried various settings for the video and audio whithin the games, but nothing works! Here might be some helpful info from my dxdiag 9.0 file: Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
View 21 Replies View RelatedRecently I have gotten this low fps in games, wich i think comes from Higher than usual CPU usage My pc is: 512MB ra Pentium4: 3GH Geforce 5200 128mb I could always play most of the games with quite high FPS ( 30-70)
And recently i got about 9.. wich really sucks, also when i am using Photoshop, listening music(itunes) ,and while i'm on msn, it starts to be slow, while i used to be able to do that + alot more thingsw ithout high cpu usage, any help?i tried scanning virusses but nothing finds, maybe a better virusscanner, or something, we'll,
I have the following computer that I would like to upgrade so that my grandkids can play their games on it.Is this setup upgradeable to play today games? Would it make sense money wise? What upgrades do you suggest?
View 12 Replies View RelatedOkay so I seem to have this problem with every single PC game I try to play. Basically I'm just trying to focus on possible causes of the problem. When I start a game up, let's say Age Of Empires III, as soon as the intro video comes up I hear some weird clicking or ticking. Then I can play as usual but with the clicking popping up every once in a while.. Then usually after a random amount of time the game will freeze. OR I can actually quit the game and do somethin else for a while but somewhere down the road - my PC freezes.
This happens with every game, more often with more taxing games on my video card. Now I know clicking is usually associated with HDDs but I just dunno about that. I have two HDDs and for example. I had Pirates installed on HDD 1 and had the problem so I wiped the drives clean and installed WinXP and Pirates on the other drive and had the same problem.
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I installed the Eset NOD32 3.0 antivirus, I wanted to remove it. I couldn't remove it on a conventional way, using the add/remove tool, so I removed it from my windows startup list, and then physically removed the folder from my HDD, and then used PC Tools Registry Mechanic thinking that it would do the trick,but it didn't. I tried various registry cleaning programs, but I just can't find it in the lists.
View 10 Replies View RelatedA program wouldn't uninstall properly for some reason. So, after several tries, I finally decided to just delete the directory. How do I remove that program's information from system registry and Control Panel add/remove list?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently installed Mcafee. I defraged my computer and restarted it. When it loaded up I noticed that everything is taking 2x as long to load and it is taking long time to even get the start button list up. I was able to get into the add/remove program list but nothing was there. I waited for about 10 minutes and then nothing still, I don't know any other way to remove McAfee, how to remove McAfee, add/remove program list won't work here.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have tried previously to uninstall my HP Officejet G85 printer from HP Pavilion a1130n running XP Media. There is no Change/Remove button in Add/Remove Programs but the program is there, 150 MB, and the file suggested on the HP website for uninstalling older printers from XP produces a message that it's "unsupported" can't remember exact verbiage, been a while since last tried. Even reinstalled in the hopes that a message would come up to the effect "this program is already installed, do you want install to remove it prior to completing this install," but it just installs the printer again with a number after it ... I'm up to "hp officejet g series - 3."
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