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Hi, I think after I loaded some new software my autoplay function for photos stopped working. So I right clicked on the drive and clicked on Autoplay tab. It said "Music Files" so I switched it to "Pictures", clicked "Prompt me..." and hit apply and OK. I put my SD card in and the autoplay didn't work. I went back to the SD drive and it said "Music Files". I have tried it numerous times even with restarting the computer, but after I switch it to "Pics" it somehow changes it back to "Music". Any suggestions?? Thanks.

I am trying to help out a person who can only type with one hand. Before I go recommending any software that he may have to pay for, I would like to see him use what he already has. Does windows XP have a Speech to Text feature and if so, where/how can I find this please? Thanks.

I Have A Ibm All In One Computer P-3 866 Mhz /256 Ram...when Loading Win Xp Pro..it Errors Out And The Messege Is ...bad_pool_caller...what Do I Need To Replace Or Do...thanks!!!

How can I enable the hibernate option in windowsXP Thanks...........

after i installed windows xp on a standalone computer, the windows created only one user as an administrator without password called "walid". everytime i started windows,it stopped to show me the name "Walid" after i click on it's icon the windows go on and started. I don't want windows to stop everytime to show me the name "Walid" I want windows to start automatically. How ? Thanks in advance..........

I bring in my digital camera photos thru the MS Camera and Scanner Wizard. When I email a 0.7 MB jpeg photo from Outlook at the other end it breaks it up into 18 separate emails with photos (if email client is Yahoo email) or initially 18 emails if email client is Outlook express and then within 1 second the 18 emails are combined into one with the correct photo. How do I correct this behavior. BTW some option in the MS Camera and Scanner Wizard was set to make emailing photos easier and I suspect that is the problem. Mike

I have two hard drives installed with xp on both. One just comes up as the slave drive F:. I want to know if the boot.ini file can be modified to boot into the operating system of either drive at startup? Thanks

Hey everyone! I am like totally computer ignorant, so I am asking for help. Here is my problem... Whenever I try to install a program or anything I always get an error message before it finishes. It doesn't matter what type of program this always happens. Does anyone have any answers for me so I can fix this problem? If so thanks! I'll be looking forward to it! --Raiden

Hi i need help please. I am trying to rescue my neighbours pc but am running out of ideas on how to solve it. This is the problem:- The pc has 5 user accounts in XP Home editon. But when you get to the welcome screen, the right hand side, where the names and pictures of the users are, is blank. only one account is acessable by pressing Ctrl,alt,delete twice. When you eventually get to the desktop, everything appears to work fine except when you go into Control Panel and click on User Accounts you receive the error message "The current user account is not recognised. Restart the computer and then go into user accounts". I have tried this also in safe mode with the sam…

Hi Everyone My problem is as follows: 1. I have Fast User Switching (FUS) turned on. 2. I am logged on as user A. Someone else is logged on as B. 3. I click Start, Logoff, Switch User (or perhaps just use the Windows key + L) (or CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then click Switch User on the Shut Down menu in Task Manager). 4. I get to the Welcome screen that shows the list of users known to the OS. 5. I click on the icon for a different user, (say) user C. 6. Instead of logging on to user C's desktop, I stay at the Welcome screen. This happens if there are two users logged onto the machine. You can switch between A and B, but any other user can'…

Folks, Each time, when I turn on my computer (with win xp home edition) in boot-up process, in memory count section, it keeps counting memory (looping). I have to click "Esc" key on keyboard to cancel looping and continue boot-up process. Please let me know how I can get ride of this looping? :confused: Thanks

I think i posted this in the wrong section, sorry guys. I need some serious help !! I have two servers, how can i use both of them to run a single installment of 3dstudio max and other applications while SHARING there processing power? I think its called cluster processing.

I am experiencing a dmboot failure which does not match the circumstances described in the MS article on Event ID: 3, "Failed to start on ..." I am running on Win 2000 Pro. I have 3 hard disks, C:, D:, and G:, all SCSI. C: is my system/boot disk and is FAT32, basic. D: is NTFS, dynamic. G: is NTFS, basic. The event log entry says Event ID: 3 dmboot: failed to start volume Volume1 (D: ) Disk manager, however, shows two separate entries for the drive, a normal, healthy entry for Disk 1: dynamic, online, healthy, 16.94 GB, D:; and a 2nd, Missing, dynamic, offline, failed, 16.94 GB, (and no drive letter). Most of my apps are on D: and all seem to work OK. Be…

I use Outlook 2003 at work which I can manage pretty well with but on my laptop has Outlook 2002 and within it I am pretty much lost. I managed to create and import a few .pst files from work onto my laptop. The problem is that each import created new entries for all appointments and contacts. I do not see an option during import to replace entries with imported information. Now I have a bunch of redundant entries in Contacts and the Calendar in the Outlook 2002 on my laptop. The .pst I create from work is complete and up to date, so what I would like to do is delete all entries on the laptop but I don't see how to do that in Outlook 2002. Any suggestions? T…

When I go Start> Settings> Control Panel I get this message "There was a problem sending the command to the program" Another words the control panel dont start. Now if I nav through Windows Explorer to the Control Panel, it will start that way. Has anyone seen this problem?? If so, how can I fix it??

Hi, i'm currently using Windows XP Home Edition. recently when i start up my computer, I am gettng error messages. i have an example below windows cannot find "[][][][][]". make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. to search for a file, click the start button, and then click search. i had to use brackets in the descpription, but the error message actually contains boxes. i don't understand what the boxes are. also there is a similar message after i cancel this one and it contains two boxes. i have to cancel each message 4 times. i'm stumped. any help woul dbe much appreciated.

i just did a system recovery on my hp pavilion a305w. i have my cable modem hooked up and i can surf the net and view most sights but i can't get my windows update to work nor can i sign into my messenger services or limewire file sharing program and i seem to have problems with yahoo services sometimes but winmx connects fine. i've tried to use the troubleshooting techniques but nothing. i'd appreciate any helpful info. thanks, mike

Hello. I have a new Dell P4 (3.0 ghz, 1 gig ram, (2) 160 SATA hds, ATI X600 Pro video card w/256MB Ram, Canopus ADVC 300 converter, M-Audio Firewire 410 1394 audio I/O, Intel MB) Doing A/V production with Sony Vegas (video) & Cubase SX (audio), I noticed some timing skips and noticed that the CPU would intermittenly spike to 100%. I tried playing a MIDI file with no plugins added with the same result. This would also happen from Vegas's timeline. Prior to purchasing the P4 all my work was done on a PIII 800 w/ 512 ram. This system runs like a charm still, but the ram is maxxed out, thus the new PC purchase. I started looking on the Net and found some info about…

I am having trouble adding/deleting stuff in my Coolmon display and would like to know if there is any other program out there like it that I can try to see if it's easier to work with? Thanks.

Hi, would like to check if there is anyway to find out whether any of the OS is sensitive/dependent on DSR from the registry? Thanks.

Had a corrupted profile, so made a new user id (different name) and followed microsofts instructions to transfer emails and addresses to new profile. Made sure it showed local rather than "temp" user. After transferring everything deleted old profile. When the system rebooted all information was not saved and the profile shows as if it were a newly created one. How can I make sure all my information ...emails, favourites etc are saved when the system reboots and all information doesn't disappear. Thanks for the help...

My sons PC has started showing this error whenever he tries to install a game. The CD runs for so long and then comes up with this error. I have changed the HD, memory, CD Drive, cables and still the problem persists. The games install on other machines ok. Could it be a problem with the motherboard? (the only thin I haven't changed) It is an Asus A7N8X-E

I am having trouble learning about certain aspects of pc math like "Hexadecimals, Binary numbers" e.t.c, can anyone recommend any math course/tutorial which covers this that's simple and easy to understand please? Thanks.

I installed XP Home on my laptop and duly activated it within a couple of days after checking that all the drivers etc were working ok. The past few days I have started receiving the warning notice that XP needs to be activated. The first day, I ignored this, but the past few days with the countdown continuing I decided it would be best to reactivate. I select the activate now option, and am taken to a page where I get the message "this software is already activated". I then tried a manual activation and again got the same message. The question is, in four days time is my software going to cease working, what can I do.

I have this problem where I was not able to send or receive using Microsoft Fax (for WinXP and 2000). I'm using a GPRS modem which I have got working for other fax softwares like Symantec and MightyFax. I was able to establish a connection but was not able to send or receive. I can hear the ringing sound from the remote fax machine I was dialing but no fax was received there. Error message is "An error occurred while sending/receiving fax". For Win2000, I was only able to send but even then, the fax was not clear. Help appreciated. Thanks.