Some Of The More Common Known Start-UP, Hang, Shut-Down Problems With XP

A good page to save to favorites in your XP trouble shooting folder.

http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

Thank you. The print is sort of small so I'll try to cut and paste it into a Word doc and up the size. I've wondered why I've been having problems with my computer lately.

MercyMia said:

Thank you. The print is sort of small so I'll try to cut and paste it into a Word doc and up the size. I've wondered why I've been having problems with my computer lately.

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If you're using explorer, you can try to click "View" in the toolbar, and then select text size, and choose another setting.

Just a bunch of interesting stuff.

http://www.aumha.org/win5/index.htm

I was surprised to see this. I used to have significant problems with Win98, but have had none so far with XP. Thanks for making the resource available.

You are welcome.

From time to time I post pages and links like this when I find them.

After all, that IS what the How To section is for, not showing pictures of body parts ( unless their is a question involved about something serious) or seeking dates or general harassment!

ShyGuy68 said:

If you're using explorer, you can try to click "View" in the toolbar, and then select text size, and choose another setting.

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This is good to know.

Thanks fgarvb1

Information is always useful.

And, I want to remind everyone to get updated virus definitions OFTEN, like every month or week, at least.

And get the Windows updates and install them.

These two things will prevent many parisites from infecting your PC and keeping you from enjoying things like LIT!

Also, I haven't searched lately, but I was wondering if there is a quick and dirty list that will tell you which memory goes with which motherboards. Not make and model of course.
What I mean is: There are 4 memory boards on sale, PC100, PC2700, DDR, PC133, etc.
Which one would work in my PC or my friend's E-Systems ?
Is there a link to a site that describes this for people like me?

This should get you started.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=me...e=n-1474413423_q-ixH/XGfD8d2D2O3mog5/WAABAA@@

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MagicFingers said:

Information is always useful.

And, I want to remind everyone to get updated virus definitions OFTEN, like every month or week, at least.

And get the Windows updates and install them.

These two things will prevent many parisites from infecting your PC and keeping you from enjoying things like LIT!

Also, I haven't searched lately, but I was wondering if there is a quick and dirty list that will tell you which memory goes with which motherboards. Not make and model of course.
What I mean is: There are 4 memory boards on sale, PC100, PC2700, DDR, PC133, etc.
Which one would work in my PC or my friend's E-Systems ?
Is there a link to a site that describes this for people like me?

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It will tell you right in your owners manual, but if you can't locate it, just go to either Crucial.com,
or
Kingston.com

And follow there step-by-step memory search guides.
This won't be the best place to buy it as far as prices, but it will be the most acurate.

Another good site to look at for those sort of things is www.tweakxp.com It covers thing suh as hang up and the such to steamlining your OS.

Marcius

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cyberski said:

It will tell you right in your owners manual, but if you can't locate it, just go to either Crucial.com,
or
Kingston.com

And follow there step-by-step memory search guides.
This won't be the best place to buy it as far as prices, but it will be the most acurate.

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Thanks cyberski and marcius. There is some good information here.
I am aware that certain size and types of slots must match certain memories, and that the FSB speeds must be matched, or be compatible with the memory. i.e. I have an ols Intel 810 chipset with a Celeron processor. I would love to put lots of fast DDR ram in it. However, the FSB only runs at 66mhz in my configuration, so it wouldn't work for me. I know my own PC because I built it and researched it. The problem comes with working on someone elses PC where you don't know a thing, unless you take it apart and research the MB numbers. If it is a brand name you can get this easier, but if not...

I could just never really know the difference between PC 100, 133, 2700, DDR, SDRAM, etc, and where you could use them.
I KNOW, I should do my own research sometime, and I will.

Just explaining why I asked the question.
And thanks for the thread and all the links.

*bump*

Too many good links on this thread to let it sink to the bottom of the list.

bumping...hoping this thread grows and is kept alive

Here is a link I discovered. It has a lot of XP stuff if you can find it.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm

fgarvb1 said:

Here is a link I discovered. It has a lot of XP stuff if you can find it.

http://www.theeldergeek.com/index.htm

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'S a very chatty newsletter. Makes it easier to absorb the technical stuff. Thank you.

THANK YOU!

We just got a new computer, and its OS is XP, and we've had nothing but trouble.

Sorry to hear that, Celtia
I've had my computer for 3 years and it's showing its age. To me this seems premature, but a friend told me the average life span of a computer these days is 2 years. How can that be when it takes 4 years to pay off the loan???

If your computer is Screwed because of malware ,spyware or whatever.

http://www.michaelhorowitz.com/removespyware.html

Malicious software goes by many names: Spyware, worms, viruses, Trojans, Adware, keystroke loggers, pests, and more. "Spyware" often is used to mean all malicious software other than viruses. I use the term "malware" instead.

The following is a blueprint for removing any and all malicious software from an infected Windows computer. This is not customized for a particular malware program, but applies to any and all malicious software. The intended audience are computer nerds and, as such, many details have been omitted. If you think your computer may be infected (see Symptoms section below), print this page and give it to your local techie

The more I read about SP2 the more I worry about it.

Be sure to set a safe point before installing it!

Myself I have Goback and have backed up my hard drive.

If the fucker boots up at all.

I am going to post some links for you viewing displeasure.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242&product=windowsxpsp2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;windowsxpsp2

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875355&product=windowsxpsp2

Some more.

http://isc.sans.org/xpsp2.php


And then this!

Microsoft Delays General Rollout over AU for Windows XP SP2

by Scott Bekker

August 17, 2004

Microsoft has pushed back the general rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 over its Automatic Update delivery channel.
Last week, the company posted a schedule online showing that widespread distribution of the critical, security-focused service pack via the Automatic Update function of Windows Update would begin on Monday. An update to the page shows the release of SP2 via AU is now supposed to start on Wednesday, and even then only for customers running Windows XP Home Edition.

The schedule for SP2 to go out over AU for Windows XP Professional Edition customers is listed vaguely as "later in August."

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Microsoft did proceed on Monday with plans to make SP2 available via Software Update Services. Last week, the company posted a network installation version of SP2 on its public Microsoft Download Center and made the service pack available over AU to customers who were already running pre-release versions of SP2.

The change to the schedule was posted to a document describing a tool allowing IT administrators to prevent Windows XP computers in their networks from using AU to automatically downloading and install the service pack. Many IT departments, including IBM's internal IT department, are eager to prevent users from downloading SP2, which is known to break many applications because of its new firewall. The document (available here) doesn't explain the reason for the delay.

The move makes sense in light of Microsoft's public apologies to IT customers last week for the short interval between the announcement of the tool and the date when computers inside corporate computer networks would begin automatically pulling the patch down from Microsoft and installing it.

Because most corporate computers run the professional version of Windows XP, the delay should give those customers more time to test the service pack or install the tool.

Very helpful thread.....

I've been running XP for about 3 years now and have few problems compared to 98. I also have numerous links for xp and such and would be happy to offer what help I can to those in need.

One suggestion would be: be carefull what you download!
even windows updates can mess with you, always read before you download. I turned off "automatic updates" quite sometime ago.....(I prefer to know what Microsoft is doing with my puter).

Feel free to drop me a note if I can help any of you.

Enigmalone

Bump...still relevant