my computer is giving me problems once again. when i log on to xp my desktop is not shown. my background is there but no icons and no start menu or anything. when i go through the task manager then i can access my applications but that is crazy.
View 8 RepliesNot to be seen. when I go to my computer and then to the desktop, ok it shows there so I have to move the item into a desktop folder. Close my computer, go to my desktop and move that item out of the folder back onto the desktop.... this has gone on for a long time and it's starting to get old...
View 4 Replies View Relatedmy problem is that when i start the computer and log on my desktop does not appear, so i just have my wallpaper showing, no start button no desktop icons, no ummm that bar at the bottom. The only way that i can do anything is by doing ctrl alt del and using the new task button to start the individual programs that i need to use. It is very frustrating and when my parents need to use the computer it is a huge program. I was wondering what could have caused
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe PC will turn on and go through start up when it gets to the desktop it restarts. You can only see the desktop a split second. Then right before it restarts a blue screen flashes with alot of stuff typed on it but it doesn't stay on long enough to read it. There are very few times when the desktop does stay up. When this happens i get a error that says Missing C/Programs.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedOkay, guys, you've all been great in helping with my computer issues. One more and I think I'll be out of your hair for a while at least. The situation is I've got a computer running XP, but the hard drive is a little too small. I had a larger hard drive in my 98 machine and I've slaved that drive and installed it in this computer. I've moved everything I need to the C drive temporarily and I want to reformat the D drive to wipe out everything on it. Problem is, I know how to do it from a DOS prompt but XP doesn't seem to have one. How do I format this drive (mainly want to get rid of the operating system)?
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View 10 Replies View RelatedI have XP and when I open my device manager, no devices are shown at all. This is not corrected by the usual microsoft help (i.e set services plug/play to automatic).
View 1 Replies View RelatedI need to get into some user hidden files like application data etc so I can reconfigure some things.I run CFS3 and when there is a conf problem sometimes one needs to delete the Appdata folder to reset it as well as dropping in files so I do not have to do a new complete confg of controls.I have it on my smaller PC but completely forgot how to set it up to see on my new build.
View 2 Replies View RelatedA common problem Im sure, but I cannot fix:When Im browing with I.E., or opening emails in Outlook,images or video clips are not shown. There is a blank box with a smallwhite square and cross in the top right corner.
I have tried downloading Flash Player but this does not seem to help
I have a Toshiba Satellite running MS Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002. I have been receiving the following error for quite some time now. I had emailed Microsoft couple of times to ask what else I could do to resolve this and they did not respond.Error after booting up:Windows cannot find C:WINDOWSsystem32,egsvr32.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then Search.
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View 4 Replies View RelatedVista on laptop and now want xp back on it. so i put this disc in that deletes everything and copys new files so i thought windows xp would of been back on as i have done it before. but i get a black screen saying BOOTMGR is missing. all i want to do is to get my xp back and it keeps saying ctrl alt delete.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have the MSMSGS box checked in my Startup file, I think it's something to do with the Windows Messenger service. I'm not sure what this is as I mainly use my PC for emails and surfing. Is it safe to uncheck the MSMSGS entry, and if it is, how can I remove the Icon from the bar at the bottom right of my screen?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have thought that my Internet explorer was messed up.So I downloaded Mozilla, I still think that it is messed up but I have another problem now, The thing that is messed up with internet explorer is when you go to a website like utube.com or street fire.net to watch a video on internet explorer it would show the video for a split second and then it would disappear, but when you went on to mozilla and went to any website with any video it was fine. so i thought it was a problem with internet explorer, then the problem proceeded to windows media player, the computer would rather free or restart itself with any program that played videos, so you would think the problem is with the video card, well that what i was thinking because i have been having this problem all night with windows movie maker trying to make a video it would restart itself, well i finally got so fedup that i sent the error report after it recovered from a serious error and it popped up a microsoft help page saying it was a video driver error, so i updated it restarted same problem so i went to display advanced did what it said same problem but the send error report popped up a different error this time said it was from a device driver but it didnt know which one and it wanted me to test direct draw, where it shows u black and white triangles and such and asks you if you saw them, well on the third part of the test where it shows a white ball bouncing full screen it showed that then flashed the blue screen with tons of words and restarted and same thing when you try it again, so my question is, what could this be? I just want to fix all of my video problems. I went into my device manager and it says that the device is currently functioning properly. And if you are going to respond please explain well because I am not very computer savvy I just know a little.
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View 11 Replies View RelatedAmd xp 2700. Get's to the windows screen then reboots. Get an error message that just flashes by fast before reboot. Says something about not enough virtual memory. tried chkdsk fixboot and fixmbr. maybe i've managed to mess it up enough for a reload.
View 8 Replies View RelatedComputer started running slow and then locked up for no reason. Upon trying to reboot, I got a boot disk error, then a ntldr error. After running my setup disks I get the blue screen Stop: 0x0000007f ( 0x00000)unexpected_kernel_mode_trap.
View 6 Replies View RelatedC:WINDOWSSystem32 pops up everytime I start my computer. I have run Spybot S&D and installed Microsoft's antispyware.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI have and Acer Netbook Aspire One A0A110. I'm trying to run Disk Defragmenter and an error pops up every time when i run it. The scan has been cancelled because an error occured in file :C:ACERPreloadCommandAlaunchXCoadeTracerCoadeTracer2008-11-26-28-39.log. I can't find out what is causing this. Acer sucks because they don't come w/software, but is avail for purchase.
View 8 Replies View Relatedtry to change my DRM folder from read only, but everytime I close the properties window it stays read-only. I can't figure out why the permissions of this folder can't be changed.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOn my older notebook I have XP Pro. Recently, I disabled the welcome page. But after the computer boots up now the following window pops up: Security checking, Password OK/Cancel. Although, by clicking the X or Cancel I remove the window, it has become a nuisance. Is there a way to prevent this occurrence or remove the window permanently?
View 6 Replies View RelatedPc blue screened and now blue screens on boot every time. this what i get, stop: 0x0000007E sfsync03.sys - Adress BA8C9A20 Base at BA8C8000, Datestamp 4395aa16. I can't boot at all, when i try safe mode a list of files appear but it never boot. I read online some other peoples similar issues and the mention of the game toca race driver 3. i installed that game 2 years ago and recall it never uninstalled properly.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIt will open in Notepad but no picture Just a jumble of code.
View 8 Replies View RelatedInstalled some software vinyl audio and did a restart as requested. Pc now boots up but straight after it says welcome it reboots over and over again. Not seen this before and its on a pc that have sensitive info on that the user does not want to lose it. Is there a way to make it boot up so we can get the info off and backed up to a usb hard disc. The PC appears to reboot at the same point exactly again and again.
View 6 Replies View RelatedRecently, my laptop hasn't been shutting down properly. Whenever I go to turn it off it doesn't respond, so you have to keep going to start-turn off-turn off over and over again. Either that happens or when I try to turn it off I get the 'End Now' program box coming up with something about ending ccAp, the odd thing is that yesterday it shut down without a problem, which is the first time in a few days that it's done that, and today it's gone funny again! Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong at all?
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