Recurrent problem with SEARCH--terminates with a C++ Runtime error When I run Windows Search, it will almost always terminate with a Runtime Error! Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Program: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. When I ... 8 Jul 2010 17:00
downloading YouTube videos I have two questions about downloading YouTube videos: 1. Is cnet.com a safe site from which to download a video downloader? (I Googled cnet.com and got an OK review from McAfee but some negative comments from individuals.) I'd like to use the safest site possible. The downloader I was looking is YouTube Downl... 6 Jul 2010 00:21
USB Flash Drives?? I have 2 SanDisk Cruzer Crossfire disks, each 1gb FAT format to use with DOS programs.. Gdisk shows #1 with 124cyls, 255hds, (A)status.. Gdisk shows #2 with 994cyls, 32hds, (no)status How can I make #1 & #2 duplicates?? I have wiped, reformatted, and have tried Ghost Clone to no avail.... ... 6 Jul 2010 08:57
Explorer to open Computer not My Docs Hi, When I used to open Explorer I always got "My Computer" above "My Docs" in the list, and "My Computer" was always the expanded one. Now "My Docs" has moved above "My Computer" and that is the expanded list. A small problem I know, but irritating as I always want to get somewhere in "My Computer" first witho... 6 Jul 2010 13:24
Windows XP 'forgets' power settings I have run WinXP (SP3) for several years and the one thing that has been a constant annoyance is that the power settings (to shut down the monitor and disk drives) do not persist more than a couple of days and often will not stay more than a couple of hours. It is a desk top machine (Dell XPS-400) and on the P... 6 Jul 2010 14:30
Where can I find poolmon.exe? Hello, I need to run the tool called poolmon.exe, I have installed the Windows 2003 support tools and it doesn't appear to be in the list, any ideas? ... 7 Jul 2010 16:47
Stats microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (last 7 days) "Caveat: Quantity is not necessarily a measure of Quality" Newsgroup.................: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Stats Were Taken..........: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:15:20 GMT Stats Begin...............: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:26:44 GMT Stats End.................: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:03:30 GMT Days...... 5 Jul 2010 16:41
Corrupt WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM Data Loss Hi Daave, Just a quick update to round this one off. :-) I could not do anything so cut my losses and reinstalled XP. Had to use my Win98 to start it off but all is well and my PC is almost back to where it was. I had to download a lot of microsoft security updates but that was to be expected. I installe... 5 Jul 2010 03:30
IE7 & IE8 in Windows Directory On Windows XP Professional with SP3 and all the updates maintained current as they have been published and offered by Microsoft Update procedures : I have these folders in the C:\Windows directory... ie7 ; ie7 updates ; ie8 ; and ie8 updates. The ie7 folder is kind of small, at about 25 MV, but the ie7 updat... 5 Jul 2010 11:06
SP3 I have XP Pro and IE7. I am told that MS no longer supports XP but support is still available if it is on SP3. Is there anything I have to be aware of if I download SP3 on to XP? Will things be different? And how do I get SP3 on to my laptop? TIA ... 7 Jul 2010 16:47 |