I have a laptop with xp pro installed and I want to reinstall the operating system however the sticker on the bottom has gotten smudged. I went into my computer - properties however the key listed there is still the oem one. Is there a way to find my actual key anywhere in the computer or get it from microsoft?
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Something strange is happining with my computer. Certain things don't work, here's a few:1.If I Right click and select "properties" on "My computer"... it does nothing.2.Most icons in "Control Panel" don't open anything (add remove programs... sound... etc...)3.Double clicking a file without an extention does nothing (used to pop up a "which program to open with" window.) What could be the problem
View 6 Replies View RelatedI try to see the device manager, click "My Computer" in the desktop and click properties the responde said:
Windows can't not access the specific path, device or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item".. how is possible is my own computer at home and I don't have network or something like that and I am the only one, who uses?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedA black screen with my computer's summary displays itself first then the welcome screen appears. The problem is that I can not prevent this from displaying, even with 'My Computer-Properties-Startup and Recovery', this does not fix the problem. I am also blocked out from some areas even though I am Administrater and can not properly reboot and also to get behind it either.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy XP machines has blank tabs on any property I want to view.
View 2 Replies View Relatedhave this win xp pro (sp2), which shows under my computer's properties but when I downloaded the service pack 2 setup and tried to install, it was telling me my windows is not a sp2 and am having difficulties.I've used a keyfinder software to view my windows xp pro product key and it finds it and tell me the key and also shows me my office 2003 product key too.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm running Xp Pro SP2, i'm unable to access the properties of MY COMPUTER, MY NETWORK. I cannot adjust the time and date of my PC and some other options in Conrol Panel. Ok, so far what i have done is. I did run SFCscannow command 2 time with my XP CD in dos prompt and it replaced all my DLL files, but problem is still the same. I have Norton antivirus, Ad-Aware SE Pro, Spybot and PcBug Doctor running in my compuer and i scanned my computer with all of them nothing detec no virus. I tried to use expand command in dos mode C:>expand f:i386 undll32.ex_c:windowssystem32 undll32.exe and it gives me error msg "Can't open output file: c:windowssystem32 undll32.exe"
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have been having a restart problem lately and it only happens everyone and a while. It happens about once a day and sometimes twice it is usually hours past boot up. I have heard about uncheecking a box in system properties. If i do this what will happen the next time the code reaches 00000x000
View 3 Replies View RelatedAround a week ago my computer started to act very funny. When I incerted a cd my properties window would open, when I started a program my microsoft office started to install, then I need to re install drivers.
View 1 Replies View Relatedmy computer jams every now and again for a minute or 2 depending on what i do for E.g if i press ALT and TAB to quikly change wat im doing it jams. also whenever i click on something like a folder or shorcut of a program , instead of opening the file or folder the proprties come up ( this problem is now fixed but it might be a sympton of a virus or sumthing ?).i think its cuz of a file i downloaded off the internet.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI've created several O.E. email folders like "Family", etc. within O.E.I think I've even copied two of them to a CD.I can't get that CD to open even tho the "properties" indicate it contains "X" amount of data, (a lot).Right now I'm stymied trying to open the CD. I messed with it so long that the tray locked on me and I had to shut down and fiddle with it to get it to open.what to do next to try to open the CD?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI recently had a blue screen of death nightmare and managed to get the system running again by running chkdsk in Windows recovery console. Everything seems to be fine except for the links to My Documents and My Pictures in the start menu. The links are still there on the top right but neither of them have the folder icon and when I right click to open properties I get a desktop error saying "The properties for this item are not available." I can still access the contents of the folders but want to get my system running properly again.
View 14 Replies View RelatedYou know how you can set the properties of a folder by right clicking and selecting properties and then under the 'Customize' tab you can choose whether the folder is for Music, Photos or Videos, etc...? Well that ability is not available in the same way for the actual D: (second harddrive). Somehow Windows decided to make my entire D drive a Music folder so when I'm in the root folder for D: it doesn't have the option to "Make New Folder". Instead it shows "Play All" and actions for Music type folders. See photos: It needs to be "File and Folder Tasks" not "Music or Pictures Tasks" but how do you change this setting on a folder (or in this case, harddrive) if the Folder Properties do not have a Customize tab??
View 5 Replies View RelatedXP Pro here. I am new to it and don't know squat about it for now. I am taking over a small business and the computer that came with it. On the system properties general tab there is info about the system listed there including who the computer is registered to. I would like to change this from a person's name to the business name. I thought this info was listed in the Oeminfo.ini file.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to set the screen saver to end only on a keystroke or mouseclick like many linux systems do?
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen i right-click my desktop and choose properties, the panel that opens doesnt have any tabs.The weird thing, is when i click on the places of the tabs, the tab switches, but they r invisible, and much much more smaller... like, every tab is about 3-5 mm in length, aqnd i have to be accurate, click on something i cant c, with a small size.Another thing, when i change any setting, then press "Apply", the tabs r back normally, but when i reopen the panel, they r gone.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI cannot change desktop wallpaper.The Desktop tab under Display Properties has all of the available options for wallpaper in gray. I also cannot click "Browse."Also I cannot choose a picture to "set as Desktop Background."
View 14 Replies View Relatedwhen i go to my computer properties my cpu is not listed anymore it used to be there now only list ram. I'm using windows xp the cpu is amd athlon 7850 it came on the mother board which is asus M3N72-D does anyone have an idea what could of caused this and what to do?
View 12 Replies View RelatedAfter it found all the double files, i asked it to delete the first copy of each double, simple. right?
Unfortunately, it changed my desktop back to the old classic windows style. I went to properties to get back the windows XP style. Ya know, the one that it comes with, soft round edges, microsoft blue. Unfortunately it won't change back, even though I keep choosing that style and hitting apply
I have windows xp and Im having trouble with my background. When I go into display properties, under background I cant select any backgrounds. It stays one solid color and behind that is a background.
View 8 Replies View RelatedEvery image I place an image in 'My Pictures' folder it is by default being placed in my Background list.I would prefer to use the browse function in Display Properties>
Background to select which images to add to the list.As it set up right now I will eventually end up with an unwieldy number of images in the list.What can I do to change this.
Awhile back when my computer was going cuckoo ( i think because my daughter went on that stupid kazaa infectious website!!!) Somehow pictures from a folder that had nothing to do with screensavers or wallpaper suddenly appeared as choices. Well i couldnt figure out how they got into that d.p. tab much less delete them but somehow i stumbled across a way to disable so no one could change it. well needless to say can't figure out how to enable it and was wondering how to fix it.
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen I right-click on the desktop and choose Properties, all I get is a drop-down box to select a theme - no tabs for screen saver, etc. I tried the "Restore All Display Tabs" solution at kellys-korner-xp.com, didn't work. The tabs do appear if I boot in safe mode, but changes aren't saved. I've run virus and spyware scans (including the scans at ewido.net), nothing picked up.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIn Win XP/Home/SP2 (all updates applied), when I right click on an item on my desktop (shortcut, file, folder, etc.), or in Windows Explorer (not to be confused with Internet Explorer), then click on "Properties," nothing happens. No properties are displayed; no error message comes up; nothing.When I try this, I am logged in as an administrator.A search of the forum revealed numerous similar questions which have never been solved. The only one that seems to be solved is regarding the properties of the display (i.e. for wallpaper, screensavers, etc.), and that works properly on my system.
View 6 Replies View RelatedWhen i right click on an image file(jpeg) and choose properties..is it possible to add properties like height and width,and in megapixel perhaps?aside from the default: location, and size.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have tried to follow instructions on loading my drivers for the Dell E153FP flat panal monitor.I did it once before and it worked.When I did a clean install od WinXP,when I get to the properties tab in the Monitor section,the tab is disabled and the monitor is not listed in the system devices.In the display section of monitor it is labeled as (Default Monitor),and will not let me in properties section.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a new sony laptop s2hp nice machine It says it comes with 40gb HDD, but I can only find around 25gb by looking in properties of the C and D drive (under my computer). It seems the C drive has used over 75% of its capacity by just having Windows XP prof. and Office installed. Have I missed something or has the machine got less memory than the claimed 40GB.
View 5 Replies View RelatedRecently I've formatted my pc and installed winXP pro and then something weird happend. When I click on properties on one or more files, thing are all right but, if I click on properties on a folder, they do not appear. Can this be solved without another format?
View 3 Replies View Relatedi cannot access the properties in programmes when i right click. or in my computer when i right click on the c drive. I cannot access the desktop properties when i right click either. there is no error messages just nothing happens.: eek: i cant seem to get a smilie either by the looks of thingsgelike
View 14 Replies View RelatedWinxp OS. When I right click on my desktop to go to properties, "NOTHING" happens. Why is this appening and canI fix this ?
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