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Windows Software 5498

ntvdm.exe errors on program installation

ddyck

Any help on the following would be greatly appreciated. I recently upgraded a system running Win95 to Win2000 Professional. The installation process appeared to work fine. The problem I am having now is that I am unable to install many different programs.

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Last reply by pbuckne, 2002-01-26 18:50

Windows Software 5498

Messenger sign in screen

Thunder

I have a list of name a mile long when I go to sign in to Messenger. How do I get rid of all those name? Thunder.

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Last reply by Thunder, 2002-01-26 11:10

Windows Software 5498

HELP! Ghosting / Imaging

SnapperOne

An IT guy we occassionally hire says, because of some suspicious hard drive sounds, we should Ghost one of our mission-critical business PCs. The repair vendor we use, however, says they don't (read won't) ghost a Win2k system, they image them.

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Last reply by Ali, 2002-01-26 02:19

Windows Software 5498

AUDIGY Retail Drivers Needed

uab

Hi, i had to reinstall xp, but i forgot i lost my audigy installation cd and the creative website only have upgraded drivers for download ( talk about customer care, sigh ), anyways, any of you know of a place where i can dl them.

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Last reply by Mr.Guvernment, 2002-01-25 21:40

Windows Software 5498

help! welcome screen went away

skatepawn

after installing some new software for my cisco wireless internet card the program disabled my welcome screen. i went to the control panel/ user accounts / change the way users log on or off / and get an error saying that a recently installed program has disabled it and that i should uninstall, i tried uninstalling ...

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Last reply by ofelas, 2002-01-25 20:47

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NT4 & DirectX 6

Ron_Jeremy

Hey all. I've been away from these boards for a while, but wanted to say it's good to be back. These boards are without question the place to be for NT info. I found a DX6 hack for NT4 after exhaustive searches on the 'Net.

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Last reply by Ron_Jeremy, 2002-01-25 13:15

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DVD decoder

whoisit

Does Win XP come with DVD decoder? If so, is it integrated into Windows Media Player?

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Last reply by whoisit, 2002-01-25 08:27

Windows Software 5498

caller id

Splen1

Upgraded 98 to xp now my caller id does not work. Tried two different caller id programs neither work. Does xp support caller id?.

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Last reply by Shrink, 2002-01-24 19:53

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"Always on top" windows wont stay on top!

Pythagoras

My taskbar, winamp, and editpad (a text editor) all have always on top selected. After a few minutes they will just randomly slip to the bottom of everything as opposed to the top and stay there. I havent found anything at ms's knowledge base, does anyone have any clue what could be up?.

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Last reply by Pythagoras, 2002-01-24 05:59

Windows Software 5498

mail server recommendations?

dcxman

morning all! does anyone one know of any good mail server apps for Win2K Adv. Svr? price is not majorly an issue although stability and trustworthiness are. any good suggestions? thanx in advance.

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Last reply by clutch, 2002-01-23 19:45

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ASP + MSAccess + IIS 5.1 was working and suddenly stopped! W

Four and Twenty

I have been rebuilding a website that I made about a year ago. The rebuild is an all asp driven site connected to an ms access database. I pulled the tables and java scripts off of the old page and put it in an ms access database and the whole thing has been working great for about a week.

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Last reply by clutch, 2002-01-23 17:57

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100% cpu utilization when using the search feature in XP

kujo

when i try to search for a file on my computer i get 100% cpu utilization and my computer hangs. only when i stop the search the cpu utilization returnes to normal. i'v disabled the animation and turned on the indexing.

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Last reply by insaNity, 2002-01-23 17:46

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Freeware

teenguy

I need a application to clean up Temp folder, cookie, Histor, all Internet related files. Can anyone suggest a good Freeware software. .

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Last reply by teenguy, 2002-01-23 10:00

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Shutdown Script

teenguy

I got the below info from a WindowsNt book. But i don't understand the last paragraph in the script. I want a script only to decrease the time of my machine to shutdown but here it seems that last paragraph is related to reboot also.

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Last reply by teenguy, 2002-01-23 08:35

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System Lockup Under WordXP / WinXP

Poxnor

Heyo, I'm trying to help a friend, who's computer has a rather persistent problem that I cannot figure out. When running Word XP (Under Win XP), sometimes the computer entirely locks up. While I am typing, occassionally, the top half of the cursor will have moved to the right to reveal the top half of the next lett ...

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Last reply by ThC 129, 2002-01-23 08:26

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XP Pauses for 2 secs about every 30 secs

DaveInVA

I just moved up to XP Pro from Win2k. I did a CLEAN install on a fresh reformat. The system was working well with Win2K. I have a couple of problems with XP Pro that will make it useless to me if I can't fix them.

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Last reply by DaveInVA, 2002-01-22 21:19

Windows Software 5498

What is compatabilty mode exacly?

Borknagar

Does all it do is tell a programs its a differant OS or does it try to I guess emulate 9x/nt?

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Last reply by OLEerror, 2002-01-22 14:35

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What old DLLs are required to use non-signed skins

ThC 129

What DLLs are required to use non-signed skins in XP. I used to use StyleXP but now that they want money for it i need to find something free or just use old DLLs. .

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Last reply by EddiE314, 2002-01-22 08:23

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network domain

compuman145

hey peeps, I am running in domain ad. kent. ac. uk, I am trying to change the work group to ssb and it will always go back to the domain. can you help compuman145.

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Last reply by compuman145, 2002-01-21 12:48

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Need a Secure!! Firewall app and ftp server

Mr.Guvernment

Hello, Our company is in need of some GOOD!! firewall software, as well as ftp software. I know all about norton and McAfee and such, and BPFTP /CUTE and all that, but i see them as home user software, and would prefer something more *professional*.

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Last reply by Mr.Guvernment, 2002-01-21 01:20