Lose Auto Run On CD Drives
Jan 1, 2005I just reloaded my computer and it has happened again usually after a little while I lose the auto run on CD drives any ideas
View 5 Replies
ADVERTISEMENT
Enable Auto Run Your Floppy Drives
Jul 3, 2003Ever have the curiosity to enable auto run on your floppy drives? Probably not, but just in-case you have had the itch to do so, I will explain how it's done.This tip involves editing the registry, so I would highly recommend making a backup of it first before proceeding.Find or create the key :
HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Microsoft->Windows->Current Version->Policies->Explorer->Then find the value named : NoDriveTypeAutoRun.Note : if your value has 95 in it, proceed to step 1, if it has "B5" or anything else, proceed to step 2.Step 1. Right click on this value and click Modify. If the value has 95 in it, delete the number 95 and replace it with 91 , making sure to keep all zeros and spaces in the value.Step 2. If the value has B5 in it, or any other letter followed by the number 5, change ONLY the number to 1, so, for example it looks like B1. NOTE: If you value does not have 95 in it, and instead has a value with a letter such as B and then a 5, this tweak may not work.Then click OK, restart your computer, and you will now be one happy auto run man.
Auto Start Options For Hard Drives And CD's?
Sep 21, 2007When I boot my external hard drive or put a cd into my laptop (running XP), a window pops up, like normal, asking which program I would like to run in order to view the multimedia on the drive. I used to have Nero and other programs like Jukebox, which I have uninstalled, but they still appear on this list as options, although they have no icon and do not work. How can I modify this list to remove the defunct programs? How can I have it not appear at all or run a defualt program automatically?
View 4 Replies View RelatedDon't Want To Lose My IE
Jul 28, 2007When i turned on computer started ok but when it was almost booted up and on the desktop i get this pop up window 'desktop' Internet Explorer has been removed from this computer . Do you want to clean up your personalized settings for this program yes or no when I click on no it brings up my desktop and My IE icon is there and my internet works great , I have tried to reboot but still get this pop up ,afraid to click on yes don't know what this will do and don't want to lose my IE.
View 4 Replies View RelatedContinius Lose Of Connection
Apr 13, 2007My interent connection seems to just disconnect randomly every so often (Depends, sometimes in hours, sometimes often) The green light for the link just goes, and begins flashing for a bit, then re-connects. Its been doing this for sometime now, anyone got any suggestions on why? I use some Zoom USB network adapter model, connects to comp, to modem, to phone tab bit from which I get the phone and modem connection.
View 14 Replies View RelatedUnexpectedly Lose Internet Connection
Mar 18, 2008I am not using a router, but i still unexpectedly lose my internet connection, i'm using windows 2000 professional, i've check with cablevision and they say everything including the modem is running fine, they suggest problems with my system settings, any ideas as to what might be causing this, it happens 3 or 4 times in a 6 hour session, if i shut down my system I can get right back on the internet.
View 4 Replies View RelatedLose Internet Connection After Reboot
May 30, 2010My computer keeps losing internet connection everytime i reboot. It also changed the theme from Windows XP to Windows classic. The programs have been running extremely slow. I have tried to search for solutions but I can't find any.
View 2 Replies View RelatedXP: Hal.dll -- Reformat Drive C --- Lose All Data
Jan 2, 2007My computer told me that my hal.dll file was missing or corrupt, so someone from this wonderful website directed me to an article that told me how to re-set the startup to the cd rom drive. After that I was able to start re-loading xp from the cd that came with the computer. The problem now, is that halfway through, my computer said that drive c has to be reformatted, and in order to do that, all files on the c drive will be deleted. Is there any way around this? I don't have access to the start button or anything else, so I don't know how to back up whatever is on my hard drive before I reformat the drive to finish installing xp!
Divide Partition Without Lose Data
Aug 30, 2005Can a partition be divided into two partitions using XP software without losing data? What is a virtual partition? Advantages, disadvantages?If 3rd party software is required, then please make recommendations. My machine is running XP Home SP2. The drive came from HP with two partitions. One partition's software is locked.
View 7 Replies View RelatedLose Of Hard Drive Space
Aug 12, 2005In the past week I have noticed that every time I start my system I am losing a .5 GB of space on my hard drive. I use Norton for virus protection. I have done a chkdsk with no avail. Scans show no worms, virus or any other problem.I have gone from 65 GB to 55 GB in two days.
View 6 Replies View RelatedDual Boot With Xp And Vista But Don't Want To Lose All My Applications.
Aug 31, 2007i have xp, and i have a vista disc, i was wondering if i could dual boot with vista so i don't have to format my hd when loading vista as i don't want to lose all my applications.
View 7 Replies View RelatedRegistry Mechanic Installed And Lose All Documents
Aug 22, 2007I found this program when browsing the net. I did the scan and apparently i have plenty of problems with my pc 408 in total anyway to fix it i would have purchase this program or reload my ms xp ,i just dunno whether to trust this program also about reloading repairing my xp what is the best way? and will i loose all the docs i suppose i'm best of taking copies of everything on my pc
View 5 Replies View RelatedSystem Restore / Lose All Software And Files
Aug 28, 2005PC model W2785. It is a 2700+ AMD Athlon XP Processor. 512 MB DDR RAM, I have recently upgraded my graphics to a G-Force FX5500 AGP 8X with 128 MB DDR. I gave all this info just to get to the question: I am having a problem with Window's System Restore. I have through time created several restore points so that I could go back if I needed to replace something that I lost by messing up and deleting some part of some software that's on my computer.
Everytime I try to use Window's System Restore it acts like it is working. It goes through all the procedure, then reboots, but when my computer gets back up and running I get the message that my computer could not be restored to the chosen restore point. It doesn't matter which restore point I choose it is always the same. What do I do to get Window's System Restore to start working again, short of reinstalling my computers original software, which will lose all software and files
Click On Outlook Express & Lose Connection?
May 18, 2005Just recently started that when I click on Outlook Express to check my E-mail, I get instantly dis-connected!A couple of times I stayed connected for several second and than I think when Norton antiVirus kicked into check for viruses than disconnected.Norton is updated. I am puzzled? I don't know much about PCs to start with.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWorstations Intermittently Lose Connection To Network
Jul 29, 2005On my office network, the domain controller is a Win2000 Server. Ever since I began upgrading workstations to Windows XP two or three years ago, I have had difficulties. The machines running XP Pro lose connection to file shares on the server (and other fileservers) after a period of inactivity, sometimes as short as five minutes, sometimes as long at 2 hours. When the user tries to open a network share, Explorer hangs.sometimes after 3-5 min a username/password dialog will ask you to authenticate using a different user account than the one you're logged in under, then your connection is restored for the time being.other times, you end up getting a "file not found" or "you do not have permission to access this network resource" error. I've been dealing with this for two years, and recently it's gotten a lot worse on one computer, so I need to fix it badly.
View 8 Replies View RelatedLose Connection To Internet After Several Hours Of Inactive
Aug 9, 2005I have a new Compaq Presario M2105US with XP sp2.My network includes 2 iBooks with airport cards, the Compaq Presario and a Desktop Mac with enthernet connection to my Linksys WRT54G v.3 wireless router. I've got TimeWarner broadband.I can easily connect to the Internet through the Linksys router with all computers. However the Compaq will eventually lose the connection to the Internet (though not to the router) after several hours of inactivity. But only after several hours (perhaps 4 hours or more, but not less than 3 hours). If I use the computer in the evening for example and take several breaks, everytime I come back to the computer and wake it from sleep, it will quickly re-establish the Internet connection. However if the computer is sleeping for hours, like overnight, and I wake it up, it appears to re-establish contact with the router because the network conneciton reports a connection with very good signal strength. But I can't access the Internet. Only by logging off and on again or by restarting can I regain internet connectivity.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMapped Network Drives: Programs Unable To Find Drives?
Apr 20, 2006I have setup a wireless network between two computers in my office and have installed some software that will automatically backup folders on each of the two computers.It work by backing up certain folders on computer 1 to the hard disk on computer 2 and vice versa.I also have a program installed on both computers that uses the data on computer 1.simplify the process of locating the data on my network I have created virtual drives using the Map Network Drives function in Windows. However; if I start up my computer and open these programs - they can not find the drives, I have to open My Computer first and double click on the drives before the programs will read from them. I am guessing that for some reason Windows is not connecting to these drives, even though I have set them to "reconnect at logon".
View 1 Replies View RelatedComputer Stalling For No Reason/lose Access To The Internet?
Sep 28, 2005my computer stalling/freezing for no reason. I have AVG and have used Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy and neither have found a problem. Sometimes all of a sudden I lose access to the internet, Im on a LAN but when I lose access the other computers on the LAN still can access the internet fine. If that problem doesnt occur, my computer just decides to stall and when I restart it sometime freezes on the Window XP screen.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIcons Dragged From Web Page URLs Lose Their Identity
Sep 19, 2005I doubled the size of the Taskbar to accomodate the shortcuts to web pages, and I drag URL's to the Taskbar. After a few days of use, the icons are replaced by IE default icons.
View 4 Replies View RelatedLose Sound - Restart Dell Dimension 4700
Mar 7, 2009I am having a problem with my Dell Dimension 4700. I had to format my hard drive and reinstall windows XP Pro. I then went to the dell website and reinstalled all the drivers listed under my computers service tag.Now whenever the computer is restarted or if I run certain programs like Windows media player or quick time I have to delete and reinstall the sound driver through device manager. I can normally regain sound without having to restart my computer. But when I try to use a program my computer does not like then I loose sound again. This is very aggravating.
View 4 Replies View RelatedUpgrade Home Pro - Don't Want To Lose Stuff Hard Drive
Mar 23, 2005I have a 'new' HP with XP Home on it... I also have a Full upgrade to XP Pro disk from my Dead Computer... I want to 'Upgrade' from Home to Pro; but, I am very nervous is there anything to watch out for? (I don't want to lose anything) - HP Tech Support says it IS possible -yet, after some of their other, not so hot answers, I am very nervous about this... (mainly I don't want to lose the stuff on the Hard Drive (Programs/Files) -they give no CDs. Thought - Comments - To Watch out for?
View 10 Replies View RelatedCd And DVD Drives Paths To These Drives / Deleted From Windows
Dec 27, 2007I recently installed the program registery fix and i believe it has caused my Cd and DVD drives or the paths to these drives to be deleted from windows as they do not show up in my computer. I have tried the options in the following list but none of them have helped me, i'm really stuck but i can't fix the problem.
- I've tried deleting the upper and lower filters but they are not in the selected registery.
- I've tried a system restore but i can't go back to a previous point before the registery fix install.
- I've tried unplugging the leads and restaring but this didn't help.
- I've tried microsoft guided help but it couldn't find the upper and lower filters.
- i beleive they are still listed in my bios but don't know exactly what i'm looking for when in bios.
I don't know where to go from here, i also run alcohol 120% a virtual drive software and the registery fix has had no affected on these drives but i'm wondering if this maybe why the program registery fix deleted my actual drives becasue of the virtual drives and replaced the paths to my actual drives but i'm not sure it's just a guess. I've deleted the virtual drives and tried the steps above but i've had no luck.
System Not Seeing Removable Drives - Get Dvd Drives Back
Jun 26, 2010My operating system is Windows XP Pro. As of yesterday all was fine, I even burned a DVD. Today "My Computer" isn't even showing my DVD/CD recorder, only showing Drive A: 3.5 Floppy. It started when I downloaded (I think) WindowsBlinds, just wanted to do some color changes. Well when I installed it, Norton came up with a Trojan. Norton Quarantined or deleted it and said no more further actions required. The install finished (windowblinds) and I tried a couple different skins and decided to uninstall it. Uninstalled with Revo Uninstaller
View 6 Replies View RelatedGeneric Host Process Crash - Lose Connection To My Wireless Access Point
Jul 25, 2008Generic Host Process Crash So I have this problem and it's been driving me crazy for some time now. It seems that "randomly" when I lose connection to my wireless access point, I will get a Generic Host Process for Win32 crash. I have disable the forced shutdown that usually occurs after this happens, but since it renders the system mostly unusable, I have to reboot anyway. What's odd is that it doesn't happen every time I lose connectivity to the network.
View 18 Replies View RelatedAuto Run / Auto Start
Sep 1, 2005I have a problem with a laptop running XP pro SP2. Problem is, if I load a CD or DVD into the Drive they dont auto run they just spin up, and to launch I have to do it through explorer, Similarly with my Digital Camera, when I plug it in its supose to ask me what i want to do with the files but the same happens the Nikon program does not auto run, have tried the solutions mentioned here bon this board but still no go.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMany Removable Drives - Shifting Other Drives
Mar 10, 2006I am using Windows XP Professional SP2 on an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe MB. I have 5 internal HDD's and 2 external USB drives, I also have 2 DVD R/RW +- Dual Density drives, a Zip 250 and an Orb 2GB drive. So far this year I have had to reinstall my Windows like 8 times and done about 4 Windows repairs! Each time I seem to get 4 extra removable drives added to my system. In Disk Manager they are listed as "Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device", I have changed Device Usage to Do Not use this device (disable) and also I have uninstalled each device. Unfortunately, each time I restart the computer, they come back, shifting other drives to another drive letter.
View 5 Replies View RelatedLoosing Mapped Drives / Loosing Connectivity To Drives?
Jun 6, 2005I work for a fire department and they have Desktop Authority map certain network drives when they login. For some reason, DTA will map the drives when they login, and everything works fine, but after an hour or two, they lose connectivity to that drive and are no longer able to access it. I know this is very vague, but has anyone had this problem?BTW, I just recently upgraded from NT 4.0 to Server 2003 Standard, and we've had tons of other little problems with permissions and the like. Is this the cause of the dissapearing drives?
View 1 Replies View RelatedXp Log In Auto Log Out
Feb 21, 2009my computer recently started logging off automatically as soon as i log in under any of our user names. It doesnt matter if its in safe mode or regular mode. I dont want to loose the data on the hard drive if i fix it some other way.
View 5 Replies View RelatedCD Rom Will Not Auto Run
Jun 12, 2005When installing new software, my windows XP CD rom will not Auto-run
View 1 Replies View RelatedLog On - Then Auto Log Off Immediately?
Apr 15, 2007Whenever I log on to a non-administrator account, my computer automatically logs itself off again before I get a chance to do anything. I see the logging on message, and before the desktop even shows itself, I see the 'saving your settings' message, and I'm back at the welcome screen. I'm pretty sure it's a bad configuration in one of the administrative tools. I'm running windows xp pro on service pack 2.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAuto Log Off The Profile After Log In
Aug 30, 2004This computer boots up to a user profile (Welcome) selection log-in screen. Unfortunately, it does not matter which profile is selected because as soon as the profile logs into the users desktop screen (if flashes on the screen for less than a split second) the OS (XP HOME) immediately logs off the profile and returns the computer to the profile log in (Welcome) screen. The computer does NOT re-boot, it only cycles back to the user selection (Welcome) log-in screen. I have also attempted to boot the computer in safe mode and access the Administrator account. The results are the same. Also, I also tried the "Last known good configuration" in safe mode
View 4 Replies View Related