Windows XP

How to force application windows back to main screen?
At work I am using a big external screen with my laptop. At home I then often have the case, that certain applications - which apparently save their last window position - reopen off-screen (i.e the app is running but the window is out of sight). I can force these windows back onto the laptop's panel by selecting "... 8 Sep 2009 11:27

Exception Processing Message c00000a3 Parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75
Thanks for this works a treat. Started getting the error message a few weeks a go, tried all sorts of things but disabling the floppy drive got rid of it. thanks again... "Kasun" wrote: Hi, I had the same problem in my computer. I disabled the floppy drive from BIOS & then then the problem solv... 7 Oct 2009 10:48

A disk read error occurred; Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
Here's what worked for me: created a partition far smaller than the capacity of the disk I was working with. "Disk read error" went away. -- orbis360 ... 6 Oct 2009 03:27

TraceLog
I'm trying to use TraceView after executing Tracelog. Is this the right forum or if not could someone point me to the correct one. Thanks David ... 8 Sep 2009 12:34

Black screen after logon
WinXP SP3 - After logging on the screen just goes black. The cursor is there and you can move it, but nothing else is there. If I do ctrl-alt-del to get Task Manager up, it shows no applications running, 17 processes running, CPU usage 0% or maybe 1%, and no users. After about 5 minutes the desktop comes to lif... 8 Sep 2009 15:59

Multiple removeable disks ?
A friend's emachines T6412 system had a bad hard drive which I could not repair. I installed a new hard drive (WD SATA 200G) and installed Windows XP Home. Now windows explorer (or compmgmt.msc/disk management) shows four "removeable disks" (F:, G:, I:, H:) in addition to the boot drive C: and the CD/DVD RW (D:). ... 7 Sep 2009 15:39

Error Deleting File or Folder
Had a problem "Cannot delete file: Access is denied" the pathtoolong.com helped me. -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200909/1 ... 7 Sep 2009 12:16

Subject: InstallShield (R) Setup Launcher has encountered a proble
Hi I have the very same problem now. Did you find a solution? Thanks for your help. LouLou -- LouLou ... 7 Sep 2009 12:16

Installing XP Pro - Couldn't find NTLDR
I have an XP Pro CD slipstreamed with SP3. I have a Toshiba Netbook, currently running Ubuntu 9.04. I want to replace this with my copy of XP Pro. (I have done this several times before with no problems) I put the CD in the external USB CD/DVD drive, choose "boot from CD" in the boot menu and immediately get th... 7 Sep 2009 17:52

"Phantom" installation of Outlook.
Greetings All, Windows XP SP2. I have completed installing on a new computer and have everything running pretty well but have one lingering problem. All the software I am using was used on my old computer. I use Thunderbird and do not use OE or Outlook. I installed Word and Excel from office 97, which ... 8 Sep 2009 15:59