Re: [H] XP Annoyances
I'll bet a virtual sixpack that your system is infected with something. Try download SpyBot at www.safer-networking.org - note the definitions update. In the Features section you can see everything that is loaded by the O/S, and delete whatever entry. Or, you could simply do a RunRegEdit, and search (F5) for the string C:\Documents, alternatively Documents, and then delete the relevant key. Your second problem sounds like you've installed the system as ACPI Enabled Computer (or something like that). If this is the case, you should take a closer look at your BIOS settings in the Power Management department. If you disable Power Management, your problem will most likely be resolved. To my personal experience, it's always a good idea to reset the MB BIOS to Setup Defaults, before installing the O/S. HTH. Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
Explorer-Folder Options-View Uncheck Restore Previous Folder Windows At Startup? Power the monitor on before booting? Odds are the video card senses no active monitor thus never enables any of the connectors. ATI's force detection might fix that, also setting up a profile in Catylist w/ a hotkey combination to activate it (ctrl+alt+shift+1 for example) might. Nvidia likely similar. Never use this myself, always have Win2k style login dialog after C-A-D setup. There are admin options to allow automatic admin login on reboot for X amount of boots, dunno if that's the same trick. Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
Tried the 'view' option before and then just tried again (enable, reboot, disable, reboot) and it doesn't work for this situation. I've given up on the monitor thing. I had thought I'd had it fixed, but what happens, happens sometime after XP is fully booted. If I turn on the monitor anytime before full boot, the video is on. If I wait a good long time, then there is no video. All options in Power Management are set to Never. Steve maccrawj wrote: Explorer-Folder Options-View Uncheck Restore Previous Folder Windows At Startup? Power the monitor on before booting? Odds are the video card senses no active monitor thus never enables any of the connectors. ATI's force detection might fix that, also setting up a profile in Catylist w/ a hotkey combination to activate it (ctrl+alt+shift+1 for example) might. Nvidia likely similar. Never use this myself, always have Win2k style login dialog after C-A-D setup. There are admin options to allow automatic admin login on reboot for X amount of boots, dunno if that's the same trick. Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4149 (20090611) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4149 (20090611) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4140 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
LOL, that's good, never noticed that. I wonder what's happening to charities these days then Of course, the only final recourse is to do a fresh install and see if that solves the problem, then see what app can cause the problem. I have a hunch that Internet Download Manager (which I think works great for downloading)has a problem. I do have one more problem with explorer, or rather the recycle bin, where every once in a while I get a fatal exception trying to empty it. Of course it takes all the explorer windows with it, but I noticed that the tray icon for IDM disappears also. And I can almost swear that I did not have these problems before IDM. Whatever. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
I'm a fan of Free Download Manager, but I don't really have any bad things to day about IDM - never tried it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: LOL, that's good, never noticed that. I wonder what's happening to charities these days then Of course, the only final recourse is to do a fresh install and see if that solves the problem, then see what app can cause the problem. I have a hunch that Internet Download Manager (which I think works great for downloading)has a problem. I do have one more problem with explorer, or rather the recycle bin, where every once in a while I get a fatal exception trying to empty it. Of course it takes all the explorer windows with it, but I noticed that the tray icon for IDM disappears also. And I can almost swear that I did not have these problems before IDM. Whatever. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset
Re: [H] XP Annoyances
Idm is soo good that I actually bought a license. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from Aljawal -Original Message- From: Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:34:04 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] XP Annoyances I'm a fan of Free Download Manager, but I don't really have any bad things to day about IDM - never tried it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: LOL, that's good, never noticed that. I wonder what's happening to charities these days then Of course, the only final recourse is to do a fresh install and see if that solves the problem, then see what app can cause the problem. I have a hunch that Internet Download Manager (which I think works great for downloading)has a problem. I do have one more problem with explorer, or rather the recycle bin, where every once in a while I get a fatal exception trying to empty it. Of course it takes all the explorer windows with it, but I noticed that the tray icon for IDM disappears also. And I can almost swear that I did not have these problems before IDM. Whatever. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra
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I suppose most download managers are about the same. With IDM I can hightlight a list of files, right click and tell it to download and it has no problems translating the text. Same with Free? Brian Weeden wrote: I'm a fan of Free Download Manager, but I don't really have any bad things to day about IDM - never tried it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: LOL, that's good, never noticed that. I wonder what's happening to charities these days then Of course, the only final recourse is to do a fresh install and see if that solves the problem, then see what app can cause the problem. I have a hunch that Internet Download Manager (which I think works great for downloading)has a problem. I do have one more problem with explorer, or rather the recycle bin, where every once in a while I get a fatal exception trying to empty it. Of course it takes all the explorer windows with it, but I noticed that the tray icon for IDM disappears also. And I can almost swear that I did not have these problems before IDM. Whatever. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep.
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I use a combination of Flashgot and FDM for that. Hitting F3 brings up Flashgot with all the pieces of content on the page. I can then filter and choose which ones to download. Flashgot then passes them to FDM for the actual downloading. Can also use the right-click context menu to send inidivudal links to Flashgot --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I suppose most download managers are about the same. With IDM I can hightlight a list of files, right click and tell it to download and it has no problems translating the text. Same with Free? Brian Weeden wrote: I'm a fan of Free Download Manager, but I don't really have any bad things to day about IDM - never tried it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: LOL, that's good, never noticed that. I wonder what's happening to charities these days then Of course, the only final recourse is to do a fresh install and see if that solves the problem, then see what app can cause the problem. I have a hunch that Internet Download Manager (which I think works great for downloading)has a problem. I do have one more problem with explorer, or rather the recycle bin, where every once in a while I get a fatal exception trying to empty it. Of course it takes all the explorer windows with it, but I noticed that the tray icon for IDM disappears also. And I can almost swear that I did not have these problems before IDM. Whatever. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: That is weird. Sometimes I swear Microsoft built in an autoconfig option in Windows where it randomly changes a settings every couple weeks. That, and Bill Gates has a big random bluescreen button on his desk that causes a random Windows machine to BSOD somewhere in the world. If you noticed, since he left the CEO spot the rate of BSODs has dropped dramatically :) --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: The problem is that this install is maybe two months old. Rather than use any tweaked installs, I went back to the basic full, not modified XP install and now I'm having problems. I just hate to have to reinstall all games apps. Though I would like to know why this machine is doing this stuff Steve Brian Weeden wrote: When's the last time you did a fresh install? Sounds to me like it may be time again. Slipstream in SP3 and all the updates and fixes you want and nuke it. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: This worked, eventually. I had to set passwords in two different places before it would work. I had to go to User Accounts and create password (even though one already existed), then control userpasswords2 unchecking the box got me an autologon. It must have been that XP either forgot the password(?) or, I mis-remember and although I had to click the user on .net, it really didn't have a password. Surprisingly enough, when you do control userpasswords2 and uncheck the box, it asks you for a password, but upon rebooting, it doesn't work. Only worked after creating password. Steve FORC5 wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski
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Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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What about that BIOS setting many PC's have, to halt on errors? Most I have seen are set to just stop on Keyboard errors only.. Yours could be set to stop on all errors? Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve
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may not help but I have a 19 that will not wake up IF I turn the monitor off, as long as I let the power management handle things it wakes up fine. Usually turning the monitor OFF then ON would bring it to life fp At 01:49 PM 6/9/2009, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve Brian Weeden wrote: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Since we all move so slow, why is it called rush hour?
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Looks like steinie (JRS) is the genius, certainly not me. I'm not 100% sure, but I just did a test after setting the main bios options to halt for no errors. It didn't have a selection for halt on all except video. I'll do a more thorough test tomorrow, but this looks really good to me. I did not think that the MB would halt on a monitor not being present after fulling booting into XP. Sheesh. JRS wrote: What about that BIOS setting many PC's have, to halt on errors? Most I have seen are set to just stop on Keyboard errors only.. Yours could be set to stop on all errors? Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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Is your monitor DVI, by chance? I've seen a number of times when this happens using DVI displays (and who isn't DVI at this point...). Since DVI is just a digital bus, the system/display driver has to detect the digital device in order to use it. If this detection isn't working properly, the issue you describe can occur. Usually, updating your video drivers is sufficient to resolve that issue. I would suggest a full uninstall/reinstall, rather than over-the-top installation. Greg -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:57 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] XP Annoyances Looks like steinie (JRS) is the genius, certainly not me. I'm not 100% sure, but I just did a test after setting the main bios options to halt for no errors. It didn't have a selection for halt on all except video. I'll do a more thorough test tomorrow, but this looks really good to me. I did not think that the MB would halt on a monitor not being present after fulling booting into XP. Sheesh. JRS wrote: What about that BIOS setting many PC's have, to halt on errors? Most I have seen are set to just stop on Keyboard errors only.. Yours could be set to stop on all errors? Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve
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The drivers have not been updated for a while (GTX280) and, yes, this is the first time I'm using the Digital Interface on a monitor, for a period of time. Last Time was a Samsung where the DVI interface dies after 2 or 3 days.. Greg Sevart wrote: Is your monitor DVI, by chance? I've seen a number of times when this happens using DVI displays (and who isn't DVI at this point...). Since DVI is just a digital bus, the system/display driver has to detect the digital device in order to use it. If this detection isn't working properly, the issue you describe can occur. Usually, updating your video drivers is sufficient to resolve that issue. I would suggest a full uninstall/reinstall, rather than over-the-top installation. Greg -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:57 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] XP Annoyances Looks like steinie (JRS) is the genius, certainly not me. I'm not 100% sure, but I just did a test after setting the main bios options to halt for no errors. It didn't have a selection for halt on all except video. I'll do a more thorough test tomorrow, but this looks really good to me. I did not think that the MB would halt on a monitor not being present after fulling booting into XP. Sheesh. JRS wrote: What about that BIOS setting many PC's have, to halt on errors? Most I have seen are set to just stop on Keyboard errors only.. Yours could be set to stop on all errors? Well, the monitor issue is still open. Tried all sorts of keyboard combinations to no avail. I really don't understand why either the MB or the OS would suspend or just halt with no monitor seen. Steve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4142 (20090609) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
[H] XP Annoyances
I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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Steve, I will risk stepping into this pool! If I read your email correctly, you may have a dot-net grumble, and, a power/ACPI/ glitch. I am still learning the dot-net business. No help here. I do accept ACPI; only because XP gets really grumpy without it..., like, unless a new-build will NOT finish a build, come live, and, ask for UName/PW. Period. At this point, for me, the vertical noise is very big. I mostly try to disable all POWER MANAGEMENT choices in bios. I manually turn my PCs on. I manually turn my PCs off (when necessary. Yes, I am a dinosaur! LOL! I have given up with Reset/Reboot buttons. I do know where they are wied and what they are supposed to do. I suspect they are now read differently at least in P45 logic). Fine. Oh, yes, I can be so wrong in this belief. :) But! I have 3 P45 m/bs running HSN (hot, straight, normal) right now. (Very well actually because of this List!) Maybe just magic or blind dumb luck (BDL). I am happy with mine! I can not speak to TweakUI. Sometimes it works; sometimes it causes trouble. For now, remove it and continue testing. I also run plain-vanilla WinXPpro @sp3. All good here. Best, Duncan Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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sounds like permissions have been messed with, I might try creating a new admin account from scratch and see if things cooperate better. Account can always be removed. fp At 01:50 PM 6/8/2009, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- He who laughs last probably made a backup.
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Hello Steve, Monday, June 8, 2009, 3:50:23 PM, you wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. I don't patch. Then again, I don't put systems straight to the Net. Patches sometimes introduce quirky behaviors. SP are typically safe. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
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I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
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in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.comwrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Senility means never having to drink just to forget.
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Yep, that's the same way you do it in Vista/Win7. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:51 PM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: in xp control userpasswords2 from the run line, uncheck the appropriate box. may work, forgot about that. At 04:22 PM 6/8/2009, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I had a similar issue with trying to get the monitor to come up after it auto shuts off due to inactivity. I found that by giving it the ctrl-alt-del salute and then hitting esc it woke up the monitor. That Tweakui problem is weird - I used it to do the same thing for years on my XP systems and never saw that. Is fast user switching disabled? I always had that off, maybe it makes a difference. I know under Vista/Win7 you enable autologon a different way, by going through the advanced user accounts settings and turning off users must enter a login/password. That might be the ultimate setting that TweakUI is accessing, although I'm not sure. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've got three minor problems with XP that aren't show stoppers but annoying. First, I mentioned this in a previous message to the list. I have a folder, C:\Documents, which opens at startup. This is not a M$ created folder, I created it. I have been through some 200 webpages and nothing has worked. I also searched completely through the registry for that exact folder. Startup and Run keys were examined long ago. Don't know where to look for this one now. Second, The MB is a Gigabyte Ultra-durable P45 and if I do not turn on the monitor (powered off via power strip) and boot up the system, it will show a black screen/monitor going to sleep. Nothing will change that (mouse, keyboard, yelling, screaming). All I can do it either hit the power or reset buttons to reboot. I've been through the Power Options in Windows (all at Never) and nothing in the BIOS seems to apply. Third, I have Tweak UI installed and if I set it for one account to boot up, it will do that on the next boot, but thereafter, back to the .net choose your account screen. I go back to Tweak UI and the box has been unchecked. How do I get it to stray? This is plain vanilla XP, fully patched, no tweaks of services or anything else. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! ThanksSteve __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4139 (20090608) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Senility means never having to drink just to forget.
