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Customization Tweaking

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Uninstalling XP

Gimps777

I installed XP last week and frankly i am not satisfied with it for gaming at all it sux for my voodoo3 also so i am going back to 98se or 2000 but my question is is there a way to put on 98se or 2k by just installing or do i gotta format and start over and lose everything?

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-09-15 20:02

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How to set grouping

bobafett32

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone here knew how to set the number of windows needed before windows will group them on the start bar. Thanks.

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Last reply by waddy, 2001-09-15 13:22

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installation problem

Sunridge

Greetings, I'm trying to install Winxp 2600 in my Bro's computer (clean installation) , during installation an error poped up saying Fatal Manifest parse error Controls. man. . . . . anyone encounter this before??? is there a solution to it?? specs P3-550 Abit BH6 mobo Pioneer DVD 3DFX Voodoo 3 - 2000 256 bm ram SB ...

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Last reply by Sunridge, 2001-09-15 02:53

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I hate the green start button ..... help me change it

waddy

I have looked everywhere on how to change the color of the start button. . . . any know how to do this ? i want it silver to match my theme. . . . Also the grouping of webpages in the task bar is driving me nuts how do i stop it ?.

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Last reply by ValkyerieK7, 2001-09-14 05:37

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Kiddy buttons in IE

force67

I like the winxp theme (after you change it to silver) however, is there a way to keep the theme with windows, but ditch the dorky buttons in IE? Let me know. Thanks.

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Last reply by force67, 2001-09-13 05:01

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Vooodoo 3

cyberpapa

YEpp it´s a hard time istalling the Voodoo3/3000-. . You guys are doing it wrong I am using build 2462(. net) and build 3541 (adv. net) and XP. pro rtm all function oki with the grafic card. It took me several min.

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Last reply by cyberpapa, 2001-09-12 11:22

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Description of XP Powertoys In-Depth

ThC 129

Im looking for a genuine help file or some kind of doc that will explain to me how to use all these tools and what they do. .

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Last reply by CRamaglia, 2001-09-11 23:42

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.net version

cyberpapa

Do anybody drive the build 3541 version, the please let me know is there is a crack-patch to it. I need a serial or patch to deactive the registration. .

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Last reply by Xiven, 2001-09-11 14:38

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Can't logon as administrator

srg

When I try to logon as administrator I now get a User Environment box: Windows can't load the user's profile but has logged you on with the default profile for the system DETAILS- Not enough storage is available for the system.

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Last reply by shassouneh, 2001-09-11 04:54

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Uninstalling XP from dual boot system

Shredder

Ok all. . . . . don't know if i done this the right way but i just reformated the 2nd harddrive that xp was on. Now as you all know on dual boot systems you get a choice of what OS you want to start on bootup.

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Last reply by DQD, 2001-09-11 04:34

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W2K Advanced Server

B_2

Is it possible to enable APM (Advanced Power Management) within this b E a S t ?

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Last reply by B_2, 2001-09-11 01:05

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Sblive Fixes (duh@@@###)

force67

Im sick of these stupid SBLIVE FIXES, they are stupid. I have installed a million different ways with a million different driver combinations, they all work POORLY, in their own little way. CREATIVE sux.

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Last reply by Shakedown, 2001-09-10 19:32

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Dual Booting 2k and Nt4

Andyboy 2001

Hi folks I wonder If anyone can help me - at the moment I am trying to run windows 2000 Professional in a dual boot setup with my old NT4 workstation partition (Why ?!? I hear you shout - well I would like to keep nt4 as it is what I am using at university at the moment - has all their software on it, and I want to ...

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Last reply by shassouneh, 2001-09-09 11:01

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Turning off ZIP file integration in explorer

jra101

Does anyone know how to turn off the integrated ZIP file support in Windows XP? I prefer to use WinRAR and when I open a directory in explorer that contains a lot of zip files, they are listed as directories, something which I find really annoying as it clutters up the folder view in Windows Explorer.

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Last reply by jra101, 2001-09-08 21:04

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Cummulating virtual COM ports!!!

reversing_drive

I only have one physical COM port (Serial Port), though as you know when you have comunication devices such as PCI modems, they are assigned a COM port number. I am now up to number 10, though i only have one PCI slot modem.

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Last reply by DosFreak, 2001-09-07 21:03

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Power Toys

Ex26

With the media player that comes with power toys (runs as a tool bar) is there a way to make mp3's play with that player when you open a. mp3 ? or save the songs in the list after a reboot with out haveing to create a playlist.

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Last reply by Ex26, 2001-09-07 06:30

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Wierd XP freeze

DarkWIng

Hi. I have a wierd problem with winXP (build 2600). From time to time (10min-10h) system just freezes. And it allways happens when I click on something(some button,menu,. . . ). But the wierd part is that only screen and input(mouse&keyboard) stops.

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Last reply by Low dog, 2001-09-06 12:29

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tweaks for xp

ironman666

hi everyone. i was wondering, based on everyone's experience, if its worth it to use windows xp power toys or tweakxp 1. 16. should i wait for MS to officially release a tweakui for xp or is it ok to use one of these new tweak programs.

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Last reply by ironman666, 2001-09-06 08:24

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Have only Windows Classic for themes

fallguy

Topic pretty much says it all. I just installed RTM, build 2600. BOth RC1 and RC2 had the new XP themes. For some reason a clean install of 2600 doesnt. I check in add/remove, dont see them there. Any ideas?.

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Last reply by Seldzar, 2001-09-05 21:33

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Do you *really* want to tweak these services?

clutch

I know we have a how-to around here about doing this, but I saw this link at Technet today and I thought I would post it. It explains what each of the services are in Win2K, and what effect they have on the OS.

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Last reply by ZoSo, 2001-09-05 03:36