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  1. jaymax2U

    Resetting SystemRoot - Permanently

    Hello! Running a RAID I mirror on an XP i386 O/S platform - Boot Disks RAID was broken, would not copy, rebuild etc. Event produced two boot disk C;\ and D:\ Booting attempted from either produces a 'mixed conflicting set of ENVIRONMENT variables' Now my %SystemRoot% is pointing to D:\ So...
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    Disk partition recovery

    System i386 O/S XP Prof. SP3. I am running a USB2 external HD [FUJITSU 80 GB MHV2080AH Hard drive]. The hard drive has disappeared from the 'My Computer' Listing, at times it appears as a Generic 'Local Drive (M) ' with no other attributes of Total Size, Free Space, etc. I cannot access the...
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    Correcting errors in the volume Bitmap

    Hello, XP SP3 - 160 Gb, SATA, NTFS, 2 drives in RAID 1 [assuming it is the system disk, other larger storage disk on system] Went down during the night - automatic reboot and running chkdsk apparently for the last 10 hrs at least, continuously scrolling "Correcting errors in the volume Bitmap"...
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    Index.php not being served

    I am having problems processing index.php files when pointing to a directory. My test.php runs fine showing all the details of the PHP Version 5.2.12 installation. The server is an Apache/2.2.11 (FreeBSD) The serving page is from a virtual domain, which for all other purposes functions well...
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    DNOHTTPACCEPT & Others

    Why is my Apache2x web server Process listings on s FreeBSD Platform showing the following: ps -waux | grep httpd # ps -waux | grep httpd root 904 0.0 1.1 21060 11140 ?? Ss Fri01PM 0:12.50 /usr/local/sbin/httpd -DNOHTTPACCEPT www 1006 0.0 1.1 21060 11436...
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    PDF to Word

    Hello, I have converted some pdf files to word files in Acrobat 8.x. The resulting Word document seems to be made up of series of floating boxes of each individual line or paragraph over the Word page. Is there a way of inserting or embedding them so that they would be like a regular Word...
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    Start menu linking problem

    Why is it that in Windows as soon as one things seem to be getting better something else pops-up. Seems like a problem toggle at work. Windows XP SP2 These are probably all related From the Start Page [i] When I select the Start >> 'Help and Support' link a Shortcut Dialog box Pops up...
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    Storage disk Freezes Boot

    Is there any reason why a non-system disk would cause a machine to NOT boot up? Freezes at the splash screen stage. Remove the disk and it boots fine. Thanks! "Storage disk Freezes Boot
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    Disks appear mysteriously unformated

    Windows XP and on Win 2K Pro I have an intermittent problem on my hard disks, that appear on start up or reboot. Manufacturers Diagnostics and S.M.A.R.T. tests all come back OK! The disks are shown as unformatted in My Computer listing, asking if I want it to be reformatted ... etc. Usually, I...
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    How do I disable Microsoft Fax - in XP

    Just installed XP Prof. SP2, just a few hours now And already subject to frequent freezes Event viewer shows several warning around these times w/ Microsoft Fax as source. Message from event => Don't need all these bells and whistles, especially when they do not work well. How do I remove...
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    Installation of XP on MOBO/SATA drive

    Machine configuration Computer Type: Advanced Micro Devices 2180 MHz. BIOS: AT/AT COMPATIBLE Date: 04/04/06 Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) BIOS Manufactured: American Megatrends Inc. BIOS Date: 04/04/2006 BIOS Version: 080011 BIOS Size: 512 KB System Manufacturer ECS...
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    Floppy Disk not Recognized in Clean Install

    Floppy Disk not Recognized in Clean Install" I am attempting a clean installation of Windows XP on a new disk. I have 3rd party drivers to install but the system at this step fails to recognize the floppy drive. At least it fails to respond to the F6 > S > 'Insert ... floppy disk ...'...
  13. jaymax2U

    XP Upgrade Freezes

    Hello, Does anyone have a solution to machine hanging and freezing during an upgrade of 2KProf to XP. Occurred during the installation step - now I can neither continue the upgrade or stepback to the Win 2KProf. Thanks XP Upgrade Freezes
  14. jaymax2U

    Documents and Setting

    Hello, Win2K, XP have "Documents and Setting" folders that contains User's settings. Frequently I am finding new User's settings created following the pattern "username"; "username.hostname"; "username.hostname.000"; and "username.hostname.001 ... etc". What type of events are causing these...
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    Applications hang & System freezes

    I have an unstable XP -SP2 installation that has evolved into the current state over the last few weeks. The terminating event is a crash preceded frequently by a " The task Master has encountered a problem and ... " statement. Similar statements have been "Google Taskbar Installer haes...
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    Probably OS problem => Browser failure

    Platform: A Dell Inspiron running XP Professional v. 2.002 SP 3 Browsers, IE 8.x and Firefox 3.5x have failed to process http files sent from servers I can successfully ping the sites, domain names => IP # conversions OK Entering IP # in http URL address makes no difference. All returns "Done"...
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    Single file extract from tar file

    How can I do a single file extract from tar file tar xvf example.tar # extracts the whole tar file, which may be very large.
  18. jaymax2U

    *.doc files - MS - installer; corruption; file conversion; ?

    Hello, MS Word 2003, Win 2K O/S Several of my word documents, '*.doc', now appear with a default type icon with a small windows logo inserted. On opening these a "Windows Installer" dialog box appears . saying => Preparing to install, this is followed rapidly by another "Microsoft...
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    Error in disk private region

    Hello, WIN 2K O/S / ip384 all disks are configured and formatted as basic disks ran dmdiag.exe on machine ==> on all the disks, What is the "private region" of a disk; never heard of it before. ---------- disk header Harddisk3 ---------- dmdiag: ERROR: scan operation failed: Format...
  20. jaymax2U

    Remote computer access of regedt or regedit32

    How can I do a remote access of regedt.exe or regedit32.exe on another machine. O/S on both PC's Win2K Prof. What I have been done: Remote machine is on, stuck in a questionable state On active machine I use the following: [i] cmd [ii] In CMD Window => net use...

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