I recently had to restore practically the whole system (windows xp home) becuase of a glitch. I had my folders intact, but every app and setting had to be re-done. Is there a way to have a backup where if everything blows up again, I could quickly restore everything? I should rephrase that: i know there are ways, but is there a way to do this for a consumer-level user with a budget?
View 13 RepliesI have a six year old Dell PC that is on its last leg. It cuts off all the time and I am out of memory on my C drive. I want a brand new PC but I want to keep my hard drive intact. I don't really want or need any new programs. I want to continue using XP. What's the best way to go about this. Is there a good online store or should I just go to some Mom and Pop PC shop and have them build me a PC. One problem, I have some very sensitive info on my hard drive and I don't just want to hand it over to people I don't know. What can I do?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI was a victim of consumer fraud where I paid someone that I got out of the yellow pages to erase my Dell 8200 Desktop (after crash of 4 years worth of data loss) and reload Windows XP Home Edition as was when purchased. Long story short, the "certified, licensed, Member of BBB and Chamber of Commerce." I have XP Pro un authenticated that Windows will not authenticate, update unless I pay them for a authenticated copy. First of All, I am not made of money. Secondly, I have a copy of XP Home Edition that came with the pc.
View 3 Replies View RelatedThis should be easy but am unable to determine which level I am running. How do I find out?
View 4 Replies View Relatedusing: IE 6.0 sp2 on IE Local intranet whats the default Security level for the zone?Medium or Medium-low.
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs there a utility out there for low-level formatting SD disks? Or a utility that can delete and re-create partition on an SD disk. The disk is corrupted somewhat and Windows XP can't seem to format it.I don't need a picture recovery tool (i already have that).
View 7 Replies View RelatedA storage disk with several hundred folders in it. I want to print a list of all the top-level folders; I don't need to list second-level folders or even what files are in the top-level folders. The only way I know to do this is to open a DOS window in that drive and Go to File/Edit/Select all/Copy then paste it into a Word doc. But then I have to edit out all the date and size info.
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have a personal computer with windows xp with internet explorer 6.In internet options under the security tab,I am trying to access the internet custom level. However it gray shaded out.I cannot change the custom level.I want to allow installation of Active X controls that have invalid signatures.
View 7 Replies View RelatedIn event viewer under application I get a warning which says trace level parameter not located in registry; default trace level used is 32. Can you please help me with this.
View 5 Replies View RelatedPC MightyMax after I was having problems with my cmd not starting up. My cmd would say some 16 bit message The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal operation or for that matter try and run anything dos related and I really don't know how that started. I downloaded PC MightyMax to try and fix some of those problems. After installing I ran the test it said and it said I had a good bit of problems wrong and it said I had to pay to fix them so I just said forget it. I restarted my computer and when it got back to the windows part a message comes up in a bunch of symbols I deffinately cannot read. To be blunt just about everything is in those symbol things. It has a button to click even though I can't read it. I click it and it does nothing. I can't get to my desktop or anything. I tried starting in safemode and got to my desktop after hitting the button on the message and all my desktop items and everything else is in those weird symbol things
View 14 Replies View RelatedCrusty (-: Old B@stard :-) Wrote:
> If the L1 cache was deactivated, or defective - you would know it by
> fact that the computer would take forever to boot up.
View this thread: http://extremetechsupport.com/foru [...] l?t=156008
Notice considerable lag when doing the following simple tasks: use the dialog boxes to browse folders (save as, etc) is slow ,double clicking my computer or any folders is slow, right click and create new folders is slow, clicking START button and going to programs is slow
View 14 Replies View Relatedwhen i opened up my favourites folder in explorer some of my folders have disappeared my daughter has been on the computer but swears she has not even opened favourites,can anyone tell me why this has happened and if it is possible to retrieve my folders.I have tried system restore but it did not help
View 6 Replies View RelatedI appear to have folders and subfolders in my Favourites list which i cannot get rid of, ive tried right hand clicking but no options are available, ive also tried organise favourites Also, i have an unwanted toolbar that pops up at the bottom of my screen with things like Travel, Casino etc which i think the Favourites may be linked in some way i have no idea how to find the source on my computer to delete it. i regularly delete my cookies.
View 4 Replies View Relatedbut i got a music folder with close to 100 seperate artist folders inside....all of which contain mp3's from various artists. (About 1200 mp3 files all inside these 100 folders...all inside 1 folder if that makes any sense)I'm thinking about moving all those mp3's outside there folders so that i have just one continuous stream of mp3's. Basically i want just my mp3's inside the main folder without their individual artist folder.
View 12 Replies View Relatedwhenever i try to get into my USB or my video folder a windows error message comes up and says that it needs to exit my computer. It has become increasingly frustrating.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to get windows explorer to hide all folders that begin with? Eg, the folder .myfolder would be classed as a hidden file and not viewed?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm the only person who uses my PC and having two "My Documents" folders and subfolders is confusing. So should I only use the one associated with "user" or the one that's directly off the C drive? Getting rid of one of the "My Documents" folders is either impossible or would cause big problems - right? (XP Home Edition)
View 3 Replies View RelatedI screwed up and clicked something while trying to change desktop icon. Some message opened and said I'd have to allow something to happen so without thinking I stupidly allowed it. Now almost all my folders have this annoying blue task bar running down the left side of the folders. It's a royal pain, takes up space on the page and I can't seem to find how to undo the damn thing.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'd like to know if it's possible to use my own images as a BG for certain folders. For instance, I've made a 'Games' folder, which is where I put shortcuts to games, and would like to use my own image as the BG for that folder. Is it possible? Is there a way to do this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedA while ago I put my pictures into folders. I now realize I don't like them in folders. How can I remove them from the folders they are in?
View 12 Replies View Relatedi have in "MY MUSIC" folder, over 85 individual folders all of which have an album cover displaying the artist that they represent. I have noticed in various other places on my PC that certain random folders also display an album cover.why is this, i have tried to select the restore to default but it seems to not wipe the folders clean. i hope this makes sense, its kinda annoying me that this is happening.
View 14 Replies View Relatedi would like to know how i can set explorer, in xp, to permanently have the "folders" tab on. what i'm after, is that folders list that appears on the left when the "folders" tab is clicked. it makes moving files aroud simple and quick, and having to click the "folders" tab every time i open a folder annoys the hell out of me.
View 10 Replies View RelatedWhat's the best way to import folders (e-mail in Outlook Express) from one machine to another(not networked)? I have copied the whole Outlook Express folder onto a CD from the old machine but am having difficulty in importing sub-folders etc. to the new machine.I have a series of additional folders under Local Folders on my old system that I would like to transfer to my new system.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI went into Folder Options > File Types > Found the folder one, went on its properties and changed the icon, clicked ok, blah blah. However, now whenever I open a folder, it instead opens the default "Search" thing.
So I went into Folder Options > File Types > Found the folder one, went on its properties and added a new thing called "open", to open with "explorer.exe".
Now the folder opens, however when I double click a folder within that,rather than it opening in the same window, it opens in a new window!!
And no, this is not the setting in Folder Options that selects between the two. It is alerady set to open in same window. I've gone through all the other settings in Folder Options.
I've literally just started having problems with my computer. Sporadically I have lost the ability to right-click, sometimes whenever I do so on either a folder or on an application, no little menu comes up
Also, when browsing through folders, the loading starts to become very slow and sometimes the blue menu at the side of the window isn't there at all. When I click on images to preview, or folders to open, sometimes nothing happens at all and the window just remains the same.
ALSO whilst trying to open some applications I get the error pop-up sound, but no error message box comes up to tell me what the error is. It just makes the noise, and I close the half-loaded application without it crashing (This happened with Photoshop, Adaware, Outlook Express, and once with Sonic RecordNow - all started loading, the error noise was heard, and the program left half loaded or missing parts) I've tried again and it seems it's all hit and miss like the other symptoms...sometimes i'll be able to right-click normally, sometimes i'll be able to browse files normally, sometimes programs will load, but the problem still (at random moments, it seems) arises again.
When Alt Ctrl Delete -ing, either nothing comes up and an error noise is heard, or the little window with the information does come up, but the desktop behind it flickers as if constantly reloading very fast.
The only error sound in which a box popped up, was one telling me "xvidcore.dll was not found". I clicked OK and everything reloaded as if windows explorer had crashed (the start bar, desktop etc).
I haven't done anything as of now, too scared to restart, or try and open any applications it might not like. I can't be exactly sure when I started to have problems, as I leave the computer on for days at a time sometimes (it's been running for about four days this time, about three days is normally the maximum) because I use BitTorrent a lot seeding and downloading.
it asked me to make a new folder thats wasnts c:windows. so i did and its xp. i started up computer and none of my old files are on desktop, toolbar etc. but they are there on ym computer. how can i restore these to how they were? and install all my programs again?
View 1 Replies View Related2 days ago, I used add/remove programs then Norton Removal Tool to remove Norton AV, and replaced it with AVG Free. My PC seemed to work fine until yesterday: upon booting, AVG automatically tried to update and ended up reporting "something bad happened..."; Not sure if AVG issue is relevant but now I CANNOT OPEN FOLDERS or APPS!
Now about 9 times out of 10, when I try to open a file or app, the screen icons and background pic disappear momentarily, and nothing opens. If I manage to open a folder, it seems my PC hangs up similarly at the following task (sometimes I get my RCA Lyra icon suddenly showing up in the toolbar). BTW I experienced the exact same problem a couple of times before the AVG install but rebooting would always fix the issue. Not anymore! It took many reboots but I was able to get AdAware to run - found nothing - and Maintenance Mechanic 6 - showed PC Repair is needed but hangs once it gets to reading the disk index. I tried deleting Lyra, but it won't let me (hangs once I manage to open the add/remove program page).
I want to see my hidden files in my computer but i cant make it happen i tried go to folder options/view/show hidden folders i apply and the ok but it doesnt work i go abck there and the do not show is thicked I am runing xps2 , is just reformated computer
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am using windows xp pro, now when I go to my computer- tools-folder option and try to select the option show all files and also uncheck the option below it that is show system files and folders still I could not see my hidden files and folders, is there any other thing that can be done to see hidden files and folders.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIs there a way for me to keep a hidden file "hidden" in a ZIP folder?
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