Lost a program I used to delete commands in my start run . I know I can do it in the registry but this was a nifty little program that let you pick the ones you wanted to delete . Anyone know the name and place to dpwnload such a program ?
I came back later, turned it on, and BAM! I ended up with a blue screen whining about not being able to load a registry hive, C:WindowsSystem32ConfigSOFTWARE in particular.So I google searched on my brothers machine for a way to fix it, which pretty much involved loading up 6 annoying Win XP boot floppies that takes days to load (Ok i'm exagerating a little there....) and getting into the Recovery Console to perform some copy/delete commands to get myself back to previous registry files. Which to my dismay, I found out that it took me back to the stone age (like when XP was first installed, infact to me it seemded like it had gone back even further).
System recently began taking a long time to load, and to execute commands.. Also some unusual responses. Slow to load browsers. Whether I.E., Chrome or Firefox. When logged onto the internet, responses, page changes and other commands are very fast, and links connect with very little delay. The problem is with trying to start up and log on, and do other work on the system. Sloooow. Also I have Skype 4.0 installed, and wanted to Uninstall it in order to add the latest Skype. However when I try to uninstall via Add/Remove in Control Panel I get an Error message " Network Error occurred while trying to read file C:\WindowsinstallerSkype.msi" I get this even if I try to install the new Skype over the old (4.0). What seems to be the problem?
Is there some place that I can search to see if windows files/commands are legitimate? I have Zone Alarm and it has programs on it trying to access the Internet that I do not recognize. Another one was: Microsoft Out of Bounds. I have Windows XP Home Edition with all updates.I have ZoneAlarm free and McAffee AntiVirus.Nothing has been detected.
When i go to delete lets say off of desktop. If i right click the thing and hit delete. It starts to delete but it realy does not start then like 5 or so mins later ill get the pop-up "do you want to delete this file" then i click ok and it will start to delete then. Then when i am trying to delete it is realy slow intill the pop-up come with the message.
i was using both window 7 and xp but now i have deleted the drive containing window 7 but still when i turn on my laptop there comes two options to start either window 7 or xp. so how can i delete the option to start window 7
with XP - Pro SR on HP media centre. using msconfig and going to start up list I delete MS Messenger & Real audio update ( I NEVER use these) they are the only items that keep coming back even after several reboots etc.
I have reached that point where I have way to many programs that boot up when I start my PC. I have Windows XP and it takes a day and a half to boot up. Can anyone tell me how I can review all the programs that boot up and delete the ones that I don't want?
I didn't find an existing thread to the topic, so i apologize if the question has already been answered. at one point in time i had a mahjongg game installed on my windows xp run pc. i placed a shortcut on the start menu (above the frequent programs list). somehow or other, the shortcut was not removed when i uninstalled the program. my attempts to get rid of it since then are as follows:
1. when i right click on the icon, and select "remove from this list", nothing happens. 2. i attempt to run the shortcut and it says "the item you selected is not available. it might have been moved, renamed, or removed. do you want to remove it from the list?" i select yes, and nothing happens. 3. i attempt to rename the shortcut and it says "cannot rename file: cannot read from the source file or disk." 4. i open the properties and there is a message in the target type field saying "this is not a valid shortcut". i cannot change any of the fields without getting the error message in #3. 5. reinstalling the game doesn't change anything. i get the same error messages as above. 6. i searched through the registry for anything named "mahjongg", and it doesn't turn anything up.
I'm wanting to write a macro that will run when I start my computer or shutdown my computer. Here's the deal, I use netzero as my ISP. Netzero is constantly downloading ads that show up when I go to log on. Now the ads are using audio which is even more annoying. Anyway, I found out where the files are kept and I know the names. I'd like to write a file that auto exe's when I turn on or off the computer. It would also be nice to have a function key that would operate the auto delete. Any ideas on how to make this work?
If it is possible, and how to do it, to delete the My Recent Documents which shows up in the Start menu in XP. If that cannot be done easily, is it possible to delete the entries that appear there.
I accidentally made a duplicate? startup folder? on my desktop from my start menu to the desktop. The copy on my desktop works the other (in the drop menu) does not. If you load a program in the start menu? startup folder? upon re-boot it will not start the selected program. My question is how do I delete the? startup?folder in my start menu? When I try it will not allow me to do so. This whole thing isn?t causing any problem. It?s just starting to grate on me.
My hard drive was formatted due to a virus and now when the computer is turned I get an empty file folder every time. I would like to know how to remove this and have it just go directly to my desktop.
I am running Win XP on a HP laptop. When I boot up a program always tries to load but it is one that I don't have or have tried to load. It always asks for the disk which I do not have. It is not located in the start folder, so I do not know where to go to delete it.
I'd like to know how to delete windows xp using commands... or any other effective way to remove it to free up space in my hard drive. I have another OS in a different partition.
I use XP pro, and my word processing programs are Word Perfect9 and MS Word from Office XP pro suite.I have always used alt+130, 160, 162, etc. to use accents, etc, for foreign languages. Never had a problem. Now, they don't work. How do i acquire this function and get it working again?
Well, I have windows XP SP2 machine, with 1 gb ram, and 75 gb of HDD. The problem I am facing is: I cannot run DOS Commands like:IPCONFIG, MORE (etc) I have suspected that system32 might have not been added to the PATH, environment variable, but I have checked the PATH environment variable, and my PATH environment variable is s follows: %SystemRoot%system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%Sy stem32Wbem;What I need to do so that commands like ( IPCONIFIG /ALL) RUNS.When i run the IPCONFIG /ALL command, then the error message which is produced is as follows: 'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.
I recently ran into the problem of having a lot of the command shell commands such as 'ipconfig' "missing". The error message is: 'ipconfig' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. how to fix this without a complete re-install?
what i delete in the registry or some where else but the problems is that the CMD in Xp dont recognize the command net( net start, net stop etc.)stem-restore?
Just wondering if anyone know a good doc/list/page listing all the shortcut keys default built into Windows XP? I tried looking it up in help, but it only gave a couple and by no means was all of them
i have a load insxtruction in my autoexec.bat file,Sqauashman told med that it is a builgtin commad in xp congtainedd in cmd in xp. since i put it in the autoexec file i need a dos windosw i do start-run and in thde diazlox box i type in cmd and click ok but it does not help
in my pc commands are not working in cmd prompt (some commands are working properly) i got the error like is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Can I somehow save commonly used commands? For example, I have problems with my printer about 1/3 of the time. Microsoft has the fix HERE (Method D), and I want to save that run command into a dropdown menu or something (I've already saved the notepad file to the desktop) so that I don't have to look it up all the time. Is that possible? I know it will be there when I open it, IF I haven't used any other run commands, but I want to make sure it's always available without having to look it up.
For some reason CTRL + ALT + DEL doesn't do anything on my computer. i don't even know the proper term for what it does do, but i would appreciate any explanation alternative.