20 Most Recent Microsoft Windows XP Professional Questions & Answers

Try this program:http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Unins... and disable automatic updates: START-> CONTROL PANEL-> AUTOMATIC UPDATES -> CHOOSE THE OPTION -> Turn off automatic updates <- :-)

1st thing to check is you have a DVD drive installed in your computer, if you look at the drive it self it should have DVD or CD embossed on the front of the drive, if you only see CD or similar you can't play DVD's, if it does have DVD or similar you may need to install DVD software, have a look on filehippo.com for some software.

Explorer does not required a product ID, if your trying to register another program online through IE you need to check that Windows XP is running Service Pack 3 so your browser complies with the latest security protocols that came in to force when support for XP was dropped.

As the question is not clear, I suppose you want to change your video pixel resolution: right-click on the desktop and select Properties, then choose the preferred resolution from the Resolution settings, then click Apply and click Ok on the confirmation message. If the desktop is not perfectly displayed just press the AUTO button on your monitor.

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Try uninstalling it and re-installing it.

Please try restarting your PC and check.Also you might need to reinstall the audio drivers and check if the previous solution doesnot work.

To add Chinese in the language bar, please do the following:
1) Go to Control Panel->Regional and Language Options
2) Under the settings Tab, click the Add button.
3) Under the Input Language,Select the chinese language you want.
4) Click the OK button.
5) Click the OK button again.
6) Check if you can select chinese in the language bar.


I hope the above information is helpful.Thank you for using Fixya.

Disconnect your laptop wireless connection from the wireless acess connection. (Reboot your laptop if necessary). Then reconnect your laptop wireless connection, if your wireless network is a secured wireless network, your laptop will prompt for a network key ie your wireless network SSID password. Make sure the network key correctly entered ie.("Most wireless password keys are Upper or Lower case sensitive")

If the problem persist, then use the "Command Prompt"
Start ->"Run" ->Type "CMD" ->The command prompt will appear, then type ie without the quotes,
1. "ipconfig /release" -> enter
2. "ipconfig /renew" -> enter
3. "ipconfig /flushdns" -> enter

Hope it helps.

• Something you have running in the background is failing. Googling around shows one person who had installed Style XP and that was causing the problem. Other links show people having the problem but no solution. So if you haven't installed Style XP, you'll need to do some systematic troubleshooting.
  
  The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't?
  
  The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?
  
  Be sure the computer is clean:
  http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
  
  If the computer is completely virus/malware-free, manage your startup to find the culprit.
  
  Start>Run>msconfig [enter]
  
  This brings up the System Configuration Utility. Look on the Startup tab and find the probable culprit. Uncheck the box next to its name, Apply and OK out. You don't need to restart immediately, but the next time you do you'll get a dialog saying you've used the Utility. Just tick the box that says in effect, "don't bother me about this again".
  
  How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
  
  The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx
  

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Easiest and perfect way is to open the cabinet and see the make and model of the motherboard. Second method is to open http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/WinDriver-Expert.shtml download the small software and let the software to detect exact drivers (including VGA driver).

Please follow the steps to download win xp sp2

(1) click on the link to go on downlad website
(2) on the download button on this website click download.
(3) Save the service pack in your computer harddrive.
(4) run sp2 setup when download complete.
(5) it will take half hour to complete and restart your system.

First, you need to have administrative rights to change date and time.
Check whether you are part of admin group or not. To check click on start and click on run, type "control userpasswords2" and hit enter. It will display user information, make sure you are part of administrators group. If not, try logging from administrator and run the same command
"control userpasswords2" and click on your user name and click on properties, go to to group membership tab and select others and then select administrators. This will make you part of administrators group. If this doesnt solves you problem try the CMOS Settings.

Try changing the date & time from CMOS settings. To go to CMOS Setup, restart the system and there will be options highlited to go to setup.. ( eg press F10 Steup ) and play around only date and time setup. Rest if not known to you, do not change anything.

It looks your profile is corrupted. You can login with administrator's login id other than the local profile user id and rename the old profile located in c:\documents and settings\ your user login name folder
and rename the folder. After that logout and login again with your user id, one having problem with profile and again go to the c:\documents and settings\ your user id name folder which you renamed and move your critical data on desktop or my documents to the new profile.

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This is the link to download the HP Wireless utility and driver set.

Hi,

If you mean all the internet history and you are using IE7/8 then follow this instruction >>>>>

Open IE7/8 and select tools tab on the right hand side. In the general tab where it says Browsing history just click on delete.

There is also an option to delete your history when you close IE.


Regards.

Hi!

In order to have a multi-boot system (i.e. 2 or more operating systems installed, so you can choose the one you want to use each time), you must have Windows XP installed FIRST, and then install Windows 7.

If it's ONLY Windows XP that you need, repartition the hard drive during the first setup step of Windows XP installation process.

Good luck,
Pelu.

If you have left the earphone plugged in to the laptop for a long time, this may have bent the contacts in the socket, and stopped the speakers from working.

To Enable the Pointer Device, go to, Control Panel, click (Mouse) in the Hardware and Sound category. Go to, Device Settings, in the (Devices) block, click on, and Highlight; the item you want to (enable) this being the Pointer Device. Click the Enable button, just below. Be sure to (Click) on the Apply button, click OK. You may need to Update Drivers. Click on Hardware, click Properties, click, on Driver. If the, Update Driver (block) is not Grayed-out click Update Driver, click (OK), this will ensure that the application take effect. Note: Restarting the computer will configure system changes in the computer applications to prevent errors, and to finalize the (Installing / Uninstalling) of programs, and or (Enabling / Disabling) of Hardware. "Did this Fix it."