What operating system are you using? If XP, home or pro and what service pack? What WP version?
There are some instances (OS for example) where a clean install is probably gonna work better than an upgrade. Sometimes. Often enough to make...
Ramona - FYI, \system32\charmap.exe is the file and it's in the same location for 95-2003 operating systems.
That's basically what the GAL (global address list) is designed to provide. Would that work for you?
What happens if you key in the full info rather than using search? For example, if your domain name is MyDomain then MyDomain\domain users...
joezep1 - I AM NOT one of the folks Mr. B spoke of when he talked about our users who are good with dump file analysis but since I think they are...
I split your post away from This one where the user wanted to do a fresh OS install and then restore from backup and thought his apps would work...
Mike - the specific app that handles add/remove is \system32\appwiz.cpl The way windows file protection on XP works, if something happens to...
Hi romaniaexpress and welcome. This section is a good place for the thread unless something comes to light later that points to a hardware...
System restore and pick a restore point from before the problem started would be my first suggestion.
Take a look at This article.
This has nothing to do with your using NTFS or FAT32 file systems. The applications will require a number of registry entries and some files...
Suggestion - if it is working, leave the entrie(s) alone. Comment - the XP registry can tolerate lots of bloat without any effect on performance.
Try opening a cmd window, keying inchkdsk /rpressing ENTER, and answering Yes to questions about doing the chkdsk at next boot then reboot. It...
You may not have to buy the OS and do a reinstall. Check your hard drive for a folder named I386. If it exists, it should contain the XP...
Restoring files won't be a problem. Restoring Applications won't work - at least, the applications won't work unless they are very old,...
I agree - thanks for the heads up. Got it.
Not likely to be the cable modem with those symptoms. Sounds like maybe a poorly set up firewall or something. It would really help to know...
LOL - thanks for the beer offer. Just glad the 'fix' was that simple.
The regsvr32 commands aren't going to check anything. They are going to 'register' the .dll files for the OS. It is done at install time by the...
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