it gave the c drive a big red X and dropped tons of pos.tmp files in places. I downloaded an antivirus (the program was fine, it worked for my friends who had the same virus) and ran it. Randomly in the middle of the running my computer just died. It reset itself. So I went back into the account, and it reset itself again. I've done some work and am able to realize that the system will LOAD to the point where the account becomes active. Before any program can be used the computer restarts itself.
Windows display setting keeps resetting after startup On startup of my computer the monitor screen displays normal sized icons, then enlarges to gigantic icons. After all programs are started I right click on the screen and click on properties. Display properties open, then I click on settings and move the slider to my likings, I click apply and the desktop reverts to normal size and operates in all areas normally. The problem is I have to perform this task every time I restart my computer. It's obvious that the apply/ok setting in the display properties setting is not sticking. Is there a fix for this condition? Please HELP. Running Windows XP.
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To be able to set your own screensaver, follow the following instructions: Go to run and type gpedit.msc Navigate through User Configuration>Admin Templates>Control Panel>Display Double click Screensaver Enabled and apply. This should fix it. NOTE: Group Policy Editor is only available in XP Professional
recently my pc has been resetting itself(rebooting) for no apparent reason,i also experienced a crash with corrupt screen graphics.My pc has been stable for 4 months now and i have not recently upgraded harware or put any new software on the pc?
My install of XP Pro now resets itself 5 or 6 times a day without warning. It can happen anytime, and it's as if I've pressed the reset button on the case but obviously I'm not. I've got Sophos AV software, Zone Alarm Pro and Spybot installed and these can't find any virus's or spyware or malware. It's driving me mad because before this it was a very stable installlation.
I'm having a keyboard problem that nobody can solve. Should I reinstall the driver? Windows says if I remove the driver it will automatically select one the next time I reboot. Has anyone done this? I'm afraid it will screw up like most Microsoft programs and I'll have a laptop with a dead keyboard.
I have a laptop from my old company which I used to use to login to work.I have not used it for some time and I can't remember either my own password or the administrator password.My old company used Active Directory so I am not sure whether any of the solutions available on the internet would work because of Active Directory. Can anyone help me reset either my own password or the Administrator's password so that I can use this laptop? The OS is XP.
I was reading a string from 2007 on this site about a similar problem I'm having. My XP computer keeps resetting and after the computer restarts and an error report is sent I get a rather vague web page from Microsoft that a device driver might be at fault.
The string I mentioned reading involved a member here that seemed very knowledgeable and quite helpful, I think it was "The Hound" at any rate in reading the string The Hound recommended setting up the error process, for lack of a better term, to not automatically reboot so the message on the bluescreen could be read. I've done that but the system is stable for now.
I bought my laptop through the university and it came with XP Pro preinstalled on it. I did not receive any cd's with it and was wondering how to go about getting it back to a freh copy of windows. I think my registry is buggered now and wouldn't mind starting afresh. I did some digging and found a thing called sysprep that has the option to prepare the machine for the end user.I'm wondering if I pushed it that would take it back to the state
I have XP SP2 with a Sandisk C250 MP3 player on it.Two things I am having a problem with:I have a mini-SD card in it, WMP 11 sees it has music in it but will not tell me what it is. Player itself recognizes the music and the music is on the hard drive of that PC (WMA files). Short of buying a card reader and reformatting, then reloading, how do I delete music from it. Is the card the problem or WMP?
I reset an account password by typing in "control userpasswords2 " in the Run command and clicking on an account and clicking reset password. When I came back to that account on which I reset the password on, some of the things are reset. I noticed that one thing that is reset is the MSN Messenger background images. For the Background of MSN Messenger, I had other downloaded background pictures in the Backgrounds tab, but now I don't. There only saved in my folder.
I got a PC from my brother in law ages ago. Just tyring to upgrade it but when I hit the delete key on boot up it asks me for a password. I asked my brother in law and he never knew of a password and didnt know. Is there any way of resetting or removing this password?
I want to reset my windows xp ,by reseting i mean returning like it was when i first turned it on , like new, I tried system restore and all but it only restores to like about yesterday.I want to RESET not delet every program so it cant work
all my drop down menus from address bar to simple options in settings and such all keep resetting Rapidly, as if I was clicking on it non stop, what this is doing is hindering me from being able to do anything on that page that is displayed because it keeps pulling down the topmost drop down menu
I recently bought a graphics tablet that was Win98 compatible but that had a driver adapted to XP. I tried to install the tablet on the XP machine but thr wizard had problems and couldn't find my driver. I have the driver installed now but I can't get the system to install again like it did the first time. I accidentaly clicked the "do not try to automatically install this device again" and now I can't seem to undo that and have it run through the process again
I have a windows XP operating system. Whenever I reset the clock - it bounces back to the old time (three hours behind) I have tried to change the timezone setting from Pacific to Eastern but again it bounces back
I am having a problem on my dell laptop insprion 8100, its running windows xp.The last few days it keeps resetting itself, I then get an option to upload a report which I do, I then get an error message I have tried loads of things now, virus checks, dell system check disks, and reformatted & then replaced windows still no luck, I thought it must ne a virus. I have searched and read a few people thought it was firefox but I have not even placed that back onto the computer but it still resets. I do see a blue screen b4 hand but can't read what's on it before the laptop resets. I hope someone can help as everything pointed to hardware but the dell disks pointing to software
I have Tweak UI set to auto logon for me and it works fine once then it resets itself and turns that off. I also have ultramon setting my backgrounds and they never stick after a reset of the computer. I wanna say this has something to do with me installing and uninstalling mcafee and norton a couple of times. (i have only norton now).
she clicked on one of those web ads and now it is loaded with spyware and malware, cannot conventionally get on admin account, and on the limited account it barely works (on the admin account nothing loads, cannot run explorer.exe either) on the limited all system functions are disabled (system restore etc)
I recently got a new computer with XP Pro operating system. The first clip-art CD I ran brought up a box with choices of where and how I wanted to run CD's. I chose "Take no action" and now wish to change that. How do I go about changing that default choice?
I have some kind of puter glitch in that when I restarted my desktop, it now goes into a virtual loop of resetting itself. I have taken out the master drive, put it into another PC, and ran diagnostics/virus scans/worm checks/etc., all coming up negative. But no matter what I've done (won't go into safe mode, won't do last known configuration, etc.) it still resets itself. I've now started the task of taking off all of my files & data so I can send the PC back to be fixed (unless someone has a good idea of what to try next). My concern lies in the registry/win.ini files that "tell" the PC how I want/have my files & programs. If I make a disk image of the drive, will that "reset" my settings when my PC is returned? I don't want to have to reinstall everything and redo all my settings, etc. (I-Tunes, MS Office, etc.). Or will that potentially cause it to have the same problem over again?
My Toolbars (in my folders) are reseting to there original states. That is, when i open my folders, such as 'My Documents' i am missing the 'Address bar' so i unlock the toolbar and add the 'Address bar' and then lock the toolbar again. But when i reset my computer the folders revert back to not displaying the 'Address bar'.I've run spybot, ad-aware, symantac AV, and Reg Mechanic and nothing has helped to fix it
every once in a while i will notice that my pc clock is a few hours behind, the minute is almost always right, but even that will vary +/- 5 minutes or so. this isnt a huge problem, but i was wondering if it might be an indication that i need to install a new battery on my motherboard?
Can anybody give me instructions on how to create a good bootable CD that will activate all necessary functions and contain all necessary programs when resetting up a pc. i.e I need a cd that will boot to DOS (command prompt) and give me access to format, fdisk, mouse, and load cd rom drivers etc.Ideally I would like it to work no matter what OS may still be resident on the HD.
I recently somehow misconfigured different actions for the [File Folders] file type under [File Types] in [Folder Options]. Now whenever I go to open a folder, it opens a new window for that folder, even though [Folder Options] is set to browse in one window. And I have tried EVERYTHING, and know the only possible solution is to set the paramaters for [File Types].
I want a program to run at startup and I want to be able to change what I have done at any time.
There are a number of unchecked entries in msconfig and I have to use Selective Startup all the time.
If I want to revert to Normal Startup under the General tab instead of Selective Startup, the program's box automatically rechecks itself in Startup.
The Startup tab gives me a handy record of what I did and allows for an easy change of mind so long as I continue to use Selective Startup.
If I edit the Registry to stop programs running at startup, they won't show in msconfig and I lose the handy record of how it was and I may have to reinstall the program to go back to it running at startup.
I would like to accomplish this:
1. Use Normal Startup instead of Selective Startup.
2. Have some programs not run at startup, but be able to easily change back to having them run at startup.
3. Have a readily accessible list of those programs and the details as shown under the Startup tab as a reminder of how it was without having to manually enter it all into a text file or keep a notebook or reinstall.
Is there some way to use Normal Startup, stop programs running at startup, but retain or find a list of those programs (including the details under the headings Startup Item, Command, Location) that is shown when using Selective Startup with unchecked boxes under the Startup tab?
To put it another way, use Normal Startup but somehow retain the convenient flexibility of Selective Startup.
My startup time went up drastically. I have disabled all but two of the automatic startup items using msconfig. My system used to start in less than two minutes, easily. Now it takes a more than a minute or two longer than that. I know what the problem is; the only three items that show in the system tray after startup are: 1) The AVG Antivirus icon . 2) The Spybot SD Resident icon. 3) Local Area Connection (This is the icon which shows two computer monitors with screens that light up and go dark periodically)
Now, after the problem started, the last item, the Local Area Connection icon is the one that doesn't load, for VERY long. So it may be something to do with that. Also, just before the icon finally shows up(after which point the computer is fine to use) I've notice that a Windows security notification icon appears...it flashes, for just a second, and then is replaced by the Local Area Connection icon. For the record, these are the two icons I'm talking about: http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p282/sw1sh1/LAC.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...tification.jpg
I have had my automatic updates disabled for a while now, so you might think that that's the reason the notification is showing up but I've already disabled that notification using Windows Security Center.
Try making my laptop less slow and not freeze all the time when doing the simplest of tasks.
However, my problem happens after trying to disable the Startup Items from the MSconfig dialogue.
-After I have unchecked the boxes I don't want, I click OK or Apply;
-It then tells me I have to restart for the changes to take place, so I do this;
-Then after completing its restart a message says that "The System Configuration Utility is in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing this message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Windows starts up."
-it then opens the MSconfig dialogue box again.
If I just close the utility or click ok, sure enough it keeps on opening every time I startup. Or else, what it's trying to convince me to do is to start up in Normal Mode. But I won't do this because then all the Startup Items I'd disabled become enabled again and the whole lengthy task was a waist of time!
