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on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:13:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in news:1669128.mHi6Z2e3Ve@schestowitz.com: Linux vs. Windows - All You Need to Know ,----[ Quote ] | Linux already powers everything from supercomputers to mobile phones. | Google runs more than 10,000 Linux servers. Amazon.com switched to | Linux and saved a cool $17 million. The French National Assembly has | started using Ubuntu on more than 1,000 computers. Since the | blockbuster movie "Shrek," the DreamWorks studio has been using Linux | to render its 3-D graphics and special effects.

Server side.

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| | [...] | | Windows Vista | | What's best about it? | | Everything looks sharper and more vivid than it does on the outgoing | Windows XP. The new Flip 3D application helps you quickly switch | between the different windows, and the search features have been | greatly improved, too. | | What's worst about it? | | Six months after it launched, gripes continue. Many people still | complain that they can't run their favorite programs on Vista, so | many others are holding off upgrading from XP until a second edition | of Vista arrives.

Desktop side.

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| | How much does it cost? | | Around Pounds 180 ($365) for the home Premium edition (Pounds 120 -- | or $243 -- if you have XP already). If you want all the bells and | whistles, go for the Ultimate edition at around Pounds 320 ($648).

UK only. US pricing is rather cheaper, though Ultimate
at $399 for a full list price is a bit much. (The street
price is lower and most people can get by with an upgrade.)

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`---- http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/59265.html Google Desktop already offered superior search, and not just for Windows. Vista is the fluff that locks Google Desktop out and looks better _out of the box_ (XP can be customised to look the same). The article says that Google has 10,000 Linux servers, but Gartner begs to differ: Google: one million servers and counting ,----[ Quote ] | Gartner reckons that Google now make use of more than 1 million | servers, spitting out search results, images, videos, emails and ads. `---- http://www.pandia.com/sew/481-gartner.html Journos... Yet Linux, despite being free still can't manage to put even a ding in Windows desktop market. What is wrong with this picture?

Nothing. Roy is looking at it from a server standpoint.
You are looking at it from a desktop/access standpoint.
The two are quite different.

What is a desktop computer, really? To most people, it's
probably a magic box. Click here [*], open a document.
There's a *lot* going on underneath, from the disk drive
reads to loading and refreshing the random access memory,
or RAM [!] to the presentation layout computations and
font loads into the display subsystem (whichever it
is), various abstractions such as windows, title bars,
and controls/gadgets/widgets/blivets/what not, and the
monitor interpreting the video signals to make elements
on its screen glow, but does the user care? No. He just
reads the text he wants to read. [+] [%]

Click there to listen to a song. The hard drive chunks
and chugs some more; the data buss gets a little warmer
from all the current going through it; the audio device
pumps some stuff through to the earphones or the main
preamplifier ultimately leading to a high-end audio system,
which has little motors moving some paper or a crystal
around, driving the user's eardrums, and at the end of
the day, the user is satisfied because he hears what he
wants to hear.

Click to watch a video. Hard drive chunks and chugs,
video card might do part of the decoding with the CPU doing
the rest (I'd frankly have to wade through the details),
the audio system is doing its thing, the monitor glows in
a very precise fashion, and at the end of the day the user
sees what he wants to see.

If the user is accessing the Web the network card gets
involved, as does his ISP, a bunch of routers, maybe some
wiring, and the server dishing out data packets going in
his general direction.

The actual click gets processed by a bit of code that
has to figure out who gets fed the file for more detailed
consumption. In Gnome's case, that's nautilus (though it
might be replaceable). KDE might use konqueror; I'd have
to look. IE handles Windows (it used to be SHELL.EXE,
but IE4 replaced it long ago). In all three cases the
program/code has to figure out what type of file it is,
and what tool to run.

But does the user really care what is underneath? No. Not
unless it malfunctions and needs repairing or replacement.
It's a bit like trying to monitor what the chassis of the
car is doing as he's driving, or where a bit of fuel is
moving from tank to engine; most people simply don't think
at that level.

It's not even clear the user cares which browser, though
he might be caring that the default browser (the blue
"e") isn't doing the job, so downloads Mozilla Firefox.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be an issue -- and that's why IE won
the browser wars. (That, and back then IE4 was actually
better than Netscape 3.)

The server is even more magical and mystical. Those
familiar with the industry (I know a little of it)
know about industry-standard 40+-U rackmount units [#],
Blades (a variant of a rackmount that can squish 10 CPUs
into about a 7U space), heat flow (a requirement if one
wants his equipment to continue to operate reliably!),
uninterrupted power supplies (these can get pretty big for
a server room), router switches (the ones we use occupy
about 1U and have 32 or so RJ45 ports) and backups.

That's of course the physical side; there's issues
with name resolution, data packet transmission and
retransmission, and framing as well. each packet has
to have source and destination, specified in multiple
formats, some of it presumably for historical reasons.
IP packets in particular contain MAC addresses and the
4-byte IP address, along with a lot of other gunk.

Those that aren't familiar with all this might say "Oh,
well, I can access www.cnn.com through the blue 'e' and
read the news." And we want to sell them Linux? It might
be a tough sell to those who have never had a problem with
Windows.

Unfortunately for the consumer (and for Microsoft), lots
of people have problems with Windows, to the point that
"BSOD" is a well-known acronym.

[*] it is possible that the user might manually type in a
command line e.g. 'mplayer myvideo.mp3'. Both Linux and
Windows allow this, but do not require it; the main
difference is simply that SHELL.EXE/nautilus/konqueror
handle the visual click, but CMD.EXE/bash handle the
user's command line, with some additional drivers
handling keystrokes. Of course the visual display
system still has to show the text, unless one is
contemplating remote invocation (ssh/rdesktop/vnc/etc.)
in which case it's someone else's display system.

[%] Reading e-mail fits into this category as well.

[!] Dynamic RAM must be refreshed every 2-4 milliseconds or
so, if I'm not mistaken, or its contents is lost. This is
regardless of whether the RAM is holding anything really
important or not, though in an ideal system an empty page
would not need the refresh signal and power consumption
would thereby be lessened. However, since RAM is commonly
sold in "sticks" of about 1 GB each or so, and a page is
around 4k to 16k in size, there's been no real effort in
implementing such a notion. In the PC, DMA channel 0 is
dedicated to RAM refresh, IINM.

[+] Editing is also possible in some cases in each of
these scenarios, depending on tool capabilities and
user desires.

[#] These can come in smaller sizes; many musicians
like rackmount equipment as well. One 40u cabinet from
Rackmount Solutions has outside dimensions 74 1/8" h by 22"
w by 25" d, just to give one an idea on size. A person
could walk inside such a rack, if it's empty and the
person isn't overly large.

--
#191, ewill3@earthlink.net
Linux. The choice of a GNU generation.
Windows. The choice of a bunch of people who like very weird behavior on
a regular basis, random crashes, and "extend, embrace, and extinguish".

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including defraging
the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate a
\DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB
(initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File or
the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

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Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components ) and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg. Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk footprint. Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here: http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/ "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-9EB392306E1F@microsoft.com... I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive. I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing fixed the error. Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when I set the page file size in Windows Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys to the root because the system says the file's in use. Can anyone offer any assistance?

I've never tried to do what you are looking for. I just thought that program
was a possibility

FrankV

"George Jurak" <GeorgeJurak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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FrankV, thank you for responding. I do have Microsoft Office, but I don't see "Photo Editor". I do see Microsoft Office Picture Manager, but that program will not let me do what I want to do. I want to take a Picture and put a Frame aound it AND be able to add an Image and/or Text to the frame. Can you Help, PLEASE?? -- George Jurak "FrankV" wrote: If you have Microsoft Office it includes a photo editor. FrankV "George Jurak" <GeorgeJurak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9C7E28FA-084B-42C0-B045-6AAC220CB227@microsoft.com... Is there a add-on that I can purchase that will allow me (with the Paint Program) to take a Picture or Image and put a frame around it AND put images and/or text on the frame?? -- George Jurak

Laptops do not use CRT's
"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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"Unknown" <unknown@unknown.kom> wrote: Laptop or Desktop? CRT or LCD monitor. Could it be that only the monitor is not working? Laptop, therefore a CRT monitor. The trouble with that theory is that once the machine comes up, it's flawless. If it were a monitor problem, something would happen from time to time while the machine was running. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type
SFC \PurgeCache [Enter]
What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some
products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes.

"stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including defraging the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate a \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot. "R. McCarty" wrote: Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components ) and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg. Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk footprint. Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here: http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/ "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-9EB392306E1F@microsoft.com... I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive. I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing fixed the error. Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when I set the page file size in Windows Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys to the root because the system says the file's in use. Can anyone offer any assistance?

Ok, enabled verbose messages, and i notice after i logon, it pauses at the
blue logon screen with "starting" or "enabling Wlnotify.dll" than it moves
on, and i can see my background and wait there for my icons to load.

"John John" wrote:

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That (KB906485) is not where you should enable it, that is for a different purpose. I should have called it "verbose messages" (instead of verbose logging) but I pointed you the the proper articles earlier: How to enable verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status Messages in the Windows Server 2003 family http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325376/ If you find nothing after doing the above the problem might be related to the User Environment or GPO, you can enable User Environment logging for further troubleshooting: How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833 Try KB232376 first. After you enable verbose messages reboot the computer, during the startup you will see on screen information telling you what Windows is doing when it is starting the computer, with these messages see if you can find out what it is that is causing the delay. John PATRICK wrote: Ok, i went into the regedit and setup the verbose logging. As far as the links you sent, i didnt quite understand what you were wantin me to do. Where can i view this verbose log file/post it here? thank you, patrick "Daave" wrote: Patrick, The reason I had asked about overclocking is that one of your startup processes (Nvcpl - rundll32.exe) can safely be permanently disabled. It's only useful for overclockers. And as I mentioned before, a number of your other processes can be safely permanently disabled as well. Use Google. Also see: Startup Programs Database http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/ TASK LIST PROGRAMS http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm I still think you need to rule out startup issues with a more diligent approach. Try clean boot troubleshooting: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434 And I don't believe you answered John John's verbose logging question. For more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906485 PATRICK wrote: Daave's Question --------------------- I thought you said you had disabled AVG. I suppose you re-enabled it. Is it the barebones antivirus or the deluxe suite, including the firewall? If the latter, it's conflicting with Zone Alarm. Also, have you disabled the Windows firewall? Unless you have malware disguised as a legit process, you seem clean. Search Google for details, but you'll see a number of these are not essential. Do you overclock? If not, the first one can be disabled. One trick is to disable half of these startup items and see if the slow startup is fixed. Then narrow it down further. Do you have AVG set up to automatically scan your hard drive? If so, when is it scheduled to do so? --------------------------------------------------------- My Response I did disable all items on startup, and started the computer with no difference, so re-enabled all the stuff that i disabled, because it made no difference. There should be no conflicts because i dissabled ALL programs. The windows firewall is dissabled. I do not overclock. I also turned off auto scan with avg. I'm just baffled on what could be causing this. When i did search for this issue, which there is many answers to slow startup, the only one that really discribed my problem was an issue described by windows, and said that if too many/incorrect drivers were installed it could slow startup, but i really dont want to go in and tamper with my drivers, because im unsure of which are which. "John John" wrote: You didn't answer Daave's last post (re: AVG) so we don't know where you are at with your troubleshooting efforts. Did you enable verbose loging?

Photo Editor does not come with recent Office editions.

FrankV wrote:

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If you have Microsoft Office it includes a photo editor. FrankV "George Jurak" <GeorgeJurak@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9C7E28FA-084B-42C0-B045-6AAC220CB227@microsoft.com... Is there a add-on that I can purchase that will allow me (with the Paint Program) to take a Picture or Image and put a frame around it AND put images and/or text on the frame?? -- George Jurak

Thanks for your quick replies. I'm not sure where to start to identify the
third party software that is sending this to the printer - any suggestions on
how to go about this? Thanks again.

"Bob I" wrote:

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Remove the third party software that is sending the printscreen to the printer and clearing the screen capture. BW wrote: Hello. I am having trouble using the printscreen button to get a screen capture. When I press printscreen (or alt-printscreen), it just prints the screen to my printer, but apparently isn't putting it on my clipboard. If I then go directly to Powerpoint or Word and go to Edit, the "paste" (and "paste special") option is grayed out - I can't get to it, so I can't then paste the screen capture that I think I should have. Thanks for any help you can give me.

You're going to need your cd.
You might want to post in the office update newsgroup.

"Diana" <Diana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A828BBB9-F323-467F-99B7-56E62FE3A69E@microsoft.com...
|I just rec'd the latest service pack install and it is asking me to insert
my
| Microsoft Office with FrontPage CD... I can't find it and cancel the
install.
| BUT, now I can't open Excel without the same prompt appearing. What is
| happening and how do I fix this?

Have you tried booting the computer with the XP CD in the drive? If it goes
into XP you need to change the boot order in the bios to boot from the CD
first. After powering up the PC (with the CD in the drive) you will see a
screen for a short time telling you what key or key combination to press to
enter Setup. Press the key. If you aren't fast enough, reboot again and
hit the key as soon as you see the message. Once you change the boot order
save and exit. You should then be able to boot from the XP CD and either
repair XP or delete the partition and reinstall from scratch.

You can't run the install XP from within XP itself.


"Chico" <Chico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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To make a really long story short, about a month ago I got infected with malware and it totally screwed up my computer. Of the many problems I have, whenever I try to open an application I get a prompt to choose what application I want to use to open it. For example, if I try to open Word, it will paradoxically ask me what I want to use to open it. Sometimes choosing the same application from the list works, sometimes it doesn't. Of the numerous other problems I have, I can't open many critical files such as Control Panel. I've tried fixes such as System Restore but nothing works. I want to do a clean install of XP, but when I put the CD in my drive, the prompt screen loads but when I click on "install XP" simply nothing happens. Is there anything I can do? Thank you in advance for any help. Post 1 of 1 | Back to top

There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a new,
fresh OS installation.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

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To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type SFC \PurgeCache [Enter] What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes. "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-5CF846A27F1E@microsoft.com... Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including defraging the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate a \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot. "R. McCarty" wrote: Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components ) and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg. Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk footprint. Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here: http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/ "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-9EB392306E1F@microsoft.com... I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive. I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing fixed the error. Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when I set the page file size in Windows Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys to the root because the system says the file's in use. Can anyone offer any assistance?

Just click on the bubble & when the download window reappears,minimize the
window.
~Gary

"Jack Nation" <jnation@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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|I use WinXP with IE7.
|
| Often I get a "Update Ready to Install" icon notice in my Quick Launch
Tray.
| When I click the icon to go ahead and install the update, a speech bubble
| comes up telling me I can use other programs while updating. How do I get
| rid of the speech bubble?
| --
| Jack Nation
|
|

Open a COPY of the picture in MS Paint. Then Click Image, Attributes,
Edit the Width AND Height to put a "border" on the right and bottom say
add half an inch or what ever looks good. Then click Image, Flip rotate,
and pick 180 to allow access to the "top" and "left", Increase the Image
again. then rotate 180, to get right side up. As for "text" click the
"A" button, make a box and plug in the text.

George Jurak wrote:

Quote:

Is there a add-on that I can purchase that will allow me (with the Paint Program) to take a Picture or Image and put a frame around it AND put images and/or text on the frame??

Download TweakUI from Microsoft download area, and then use it to
"Unhide" "F:"

John Ratzenberger wrote:

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Lenovo laptop, 2 USB 2.0 ports, XP/SP2. A pocket drive lives in one USB port as E:, the other port is everything else. Has been working fine for years ... I installed iTunes/iPod using 2nd port -- all work fine. Both USB ports are still working hardware-wise <=== Note. If I plug in a USB device with own program, such as camera, iPod, etc, it works fine. But the 2nd port (the one the Ipod was in) is not recognized by Windows if I plug in a thumb drive, etc -- I cannot see the drive F: in My Computer. If I open a command window, I can see drive F and read/write, etc ... I just cannot see it in Windows itself ??? Annoying ... Any ideas - thanks in advance John

Did you do a Repair Install or a clean install with format?
"Q" <Q@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to troubleshoot a GP issue. When I go to help and Support/Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems/Advanced System Information I get the following : " Cannot display the page The page you are trying to view cannot be displayed. This may be because: If you are trying to view this content over the network, there may be network congestion or a problem with your connection. There might be an error in the page's address. The page might not be available. Please check your network connection or try another page. " If I run msinfo32 I get this - Cannot display the page The page you are trying to view has an incorrect address and cannot be displayed. Please try another page. I have reinstalled SP2 and ran the msi tool from kellys corner. Nothing worked. Any help is greatly appreciated!

you need to boot to the cd, and then run the repair install.

"Chico" wrote:

Quote:

To make a really long story short, about a month ago I got infected with malware and it totally screwed up my computer. Of the many problems I have, whenever I try to open an application I get a prompt to choose what application I want to use to open it. For example, if I try to open Word, it will paradoxically ask me what I want to use to open it. Sometimes choosing the same application from the list works, sometimes it doesn't. Of the numerous other problems I have, I can't open many critical files such as Control Panel. I've tried fixes such as System Restore but nothing works. I want to do a clean install of XP, but when I put the CD in my drive, the prompt screen loads but when I click on "install XP" simply nothing happens. Is there anything I can do? Thank you in advance for any help.

OK, that helps. Have you checked the System Event Log ? you
may have startup issues. Speaking of that what sort of boot time
are you getting ?
Event Log, Click Start, Run (type) EventVwr.Msc [Enter]
Expand the System Log in the Left pane, check Right Pane for
red icons that denote errors.

"stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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There is no anti-virus or other security software installed. This is a new, fresh OS installation. "R. McCarty" wrote: To purge \DllCache, open Command prompt window and type SFC \PurgeCache [Enter] What Anti-Virus or other Security software is installed ? Some products ( eTrust 7.x ) can interfere with Pagefile changes. "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B53E6F61-CEDA-48D5-8699-5CF846A27F1E@microsoft.com... Thanks for the suggestions. I followed your instructions including defraging the volume and trimming some of the Windows components. I did not locate a \DllCache folder to purge. Even after manually sizing pagefile to 256MB (initial) and 384MB (maximum), I still get the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error after reboot. "R. McCarty" wrote: Set Pagefile to None, Reboot, Defrag the volume, then set a manually sized pagefile of say 256 or 384 Megabytes ( Min/Max ). I still would recommend you use Add/Remove programs ( Windows Components ) and then say XPLite to trim back the footprint of XP. You can also reduce it further if you purge the \DllCache which will recover ~500 Meg. Actually, I'd download and use Perfect Disk 8.0 in both a Boot and GUI mode pass to get the drive optimized. On several occasions I've been able to get Windows XP installed/running in a 2.7 Gigabyte disk footprint. Perfect Disk 8.0 evaluation versions here: http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/ "stgislander" <stgislander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20FB6531-89A7-4886-A602-9EB392306E1F@microsoft.com... I just completed a fresh installation of WinXP and I immediately began getting the "System Has No Paging File or the Paging File Is Too Small" error. Before asking my question I thought I'd review the other posts to see if I could fix the problem. My project requires only the OS and my control application so a small (4GB) removable microdrive was selected. The drive has only one partition. Both files C:\pagefile.sys and C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys were located on the drive. I followed the suggestions in KB Article 315270 and ensured that all users (Administrator and one other) has Full Control permissions. I also followed some suggestions from Pegasus about giving everybody full access using the "cacls c: /e /g everyone:F" command, and ensuring that the SYSTEM account has full access to the HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management registry key. I even checked that the "Read-only" box was not checked in the C:\pagefile.sys properties per someones suggestion. Nothing fixed the error. Finally, following a thought from R. McCarty that the C:\pagefile.sys file might be corrupt, I deleted it thinking that a new file would be created when I set the page file size in Windows Explorer\Properties\Advanced\Performance\Advanced\Virtual Memory. Of course that wasn't the case, and I am unable to copy C:\windows\system32\temppf.sys to the root because the system says the file's in use. Can anyone offer any assistance?

I have no idea what you might have loaded. It's not part of Windows, and
you have to install yourself.

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Thanks for your quick replies. I'm not sure where to start to identify the third party software that is sending this to the printer - any suggestions on how to go about this? Thanks again. "Bob I" wrote: Remove the third party software that is sending the printscreen to the printer and clearing the screen capture. BW wrote: Hello. I am having trouble using the printscreen button to get a screen capture. When I press printscreen (or alt-printscreen), it just prints the screen to my printer, but apparently isn't putting it on my clipboard. If I then go directly to Powerpoint or Word and go to Edit, the "paste" (and "paste special") option is grayed out - I can't get to it, so I can't then paste the screen capture that I think I should have. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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Its been going on for about a month now.

Again, do you recall doing anything in particular right before the
problem started?

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When I boot up in safe mode I can do just about any thing I want albeit rather slowly.

So other than slower performance, you do *not* have the same startup
problems, correct?

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I've done a virus scan and scanned with windows defender in safe mode.

Windows Defender is a start, but it's not enough. You need to try more
anti-spyware apps. Here are my recommendations:

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

SpywareBlaster (doesn't scan but is a good preventative)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

The following may be helpful down the road *just in case* the above
three miss
something:

A-Squared
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

CWShredder
http://us.trendmicro.com/us/products/personal/CWShredder/

I've also heard good things about SUPERAntiSpyware (although I haven't
used it):

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Since your Safe Mode bootup is fine, you may benefit from clean boot
troubleshooting:

"How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434

Finally, make sure you keep your hard drive properly maintained:

http://securitytango.com/tango.php

or

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm