Windows XP

The two most common types of windows are either the clear panes of glass you can look  through in a building or vehicle, or the series of popular operating systems published by Microsoft.

Expanding on the latter, Windows was developed as a graphical user interface for their previously popular MS-DOS operating system.  DOS required users to have a good deal of technical savvy and memorization of text-based commands, whose parameters could become very complicated to do relatively simple things, like moving files or sorting them by different criteria.

The Windows solution for that was to simply give the user menus they could easily navigate and basic commands to click on that generated the same complicated input in the background, but with an interface easy enough that anyone could work with it.

Windows 3.1 was the first notable step in the series, and Windows 95 expanded significantly on that formula, opening the doors to faster 32-bit computing that would be developed further in later iterations of the OS, including Windows 98, ME, XP, Mobile, Vista, and network-focused versions like Windows Server and Windows NT.

Windows' main competition comes from Apple's Mac OS and the various open-source Linux operating systems.  Despite user complaints about bugs and shoddy performance in virtually every version of Windows, it remains the most popular OS in the world.

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• Microsoft indexing.

  
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  Have you tried to disable it on the services.msc -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Brian V" V@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1CF34900-E183-4BFC-957A-5C3C26E436CB@microsoft.com... >I ...
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• XP account password lost

  
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  "Gerald Bramwell" wrote in message news:uXscL3vaKHA.6028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi my wife has managed to forget her password on her PC, she uses a > password to keep the kids out but has now managed to keep her self out. Is > there a way she can get the password back or override it and make a new > ...
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• New Hard Drive vs. New Computer

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  There are two types of hard disk errors: a) Physical errors b) Logical errors Chkdsk.exe checks for logical (=file system) errors. It can repair some but not all of them. The hard disk diagnostic program that your disk manufacturer has on his web site will check the disk for physical errors. This is the one you ...
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• Sound interference from keyboard after XP installed on new drive

  
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  After continued issues my previous hard drive, I finally invested the time to install a 500 gig drive Id had (brand new). I do a lot of media work, run video as well as music/sound from my computer using computer speakers, my stereo amp, or both. Previously, before the new install, the sound was crisp. Now, the ...
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• registry help needed

  
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  Well, its fairly obvious: Read the CD FAQs! "someone watching" wrote in message news:OLGGNHwaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> I recommend you try the CCleaner FAQ pages. Perhaps running the > program in >> Safe Mode will fix the problem. >> > Have not read CCs FAQs but did try safe ...
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• windows explorer problems

  
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  "Keith G Hicks" wrote in message news:OpLIOZvaKHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I know this is an XP newsgroup but I couldnt find a "7" one and I dont >really give a rip about Vista :-). > > > "Keith G Hicks" wrote in message > news:OyiLTVvaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Im still ...
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• hijack caught by sygate, help required.

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  On Nov 21, 4:19*pm, "SS" wrote: > Not sure if this is the correct forum. Anyone know what (and how) to do > about this, it was caught by my Sygate firewall..... > > Application Hijacking has been detected > The application: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\reader_sl.exe *try > to launch ...
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• How to Find and Download Missing Driver Without any Software

  
  TechMynd — Authority: 136
  Experience of Windows 7 has been wonderful. Windows 7 has got a huge drivers database and you do not need to search and install board drivers for graphics, sound, memory cards and more. If you are using Windows XP or Windows Vista and you just installed fresh copy of it then finding drivers and installing them might ...
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• Re: How do I dub my cassette recordings to HD and then to VD?

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  Hey, I recently found that article when I got around to wanting to get my music off my old cassettes and records. However when I went to the download for the plus program it says that it is no longer available, but comes with the new vista puters...I have a laptop that is XP... do I have to buy a NEW laptop with vista ...
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• Auslogics Defrag Adds Features, Windows 7 Improvements

  
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  The newest revision of Auslogics Disk Defragmentation utility is gaining functionality that once was the domain of paid programs. Where it once only defragmented files, it now defragments files, consolidates space, and will move system files to the beginning of the drive – essentially most of what Diskeeper ...
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• proyecto de s.o(parte 2).wmv

  
  Windows Operation System — Authority: 158
  el video es un proyecto para la materia de so y describe como debe instalarse un sistema operativo como windows xp en una maquina virtual. … “sistemas operativos” “windows xp” “maquina virtual”
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• Re: error code 0×8024D007

  
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  As to McAfee, please see: You receive error code 0xC80001FE when try to connect to the Windows Update Web site or to the Microsoft Update Web site to install updates [link] Also: Virus scanning recommendations for computers that are running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista
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• Third-party CD/DVD Burner Issue

  
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  Its External and name for this is, .... USB 2.0 Portable Slim External DVD/RW Drive, SABRENT. In my wild guess, ... when I unwittingly attached a very powerful USB cable, DVD/RW Drive/Burner might have fryed, that caused internal damage, thus there is NO light at the front panel of DVD/RW Burner. Cable came with the ...
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• NTUSER.DAT and pagefile

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  Learner, Who told you that they are too big? -- SPAMCOP User "Learner" wrote in message news:%23HHv30saKHA.5036@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >I wonder if my NTUSER.DAT file is too big: 17,920 kb > I wonder also if pagefile.sys file is too big: 2,095,104 kb > > I have xp pro and office 2003 > > ...
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• webpages and registry

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  Learner, You are talking about Typed URLs Clean History & if you use IE8 you can set it to delete them when you close the browser -- SPAMCOP User "Learner" wrote in message news:uE2pdzsaKHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I noticed in registry that all webpages are saved there. I dont see the >utility ...
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• Defrag/Checkdisk conflict

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  boot up with a xp cd and run the check disk via the recovery console. -- db·´¯`·...¸> DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - ********.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ...
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• Is restore last known good configuration the same as restore a

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  Is restore last known good configuration the same as restore a previous registry?
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• C: Drive too full?

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  Hi, I am using Windows XP Pro. My hard drive is small, 34.9 GB. Currently 19.6 GB (or 56%) is free. At approximately what percent of used space will the computer start suffereing degradation of performance? Thank you.
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• booting sound is stopped mid-way

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  When I boot I get the start of the booting sound and then it is stopped mid-way, as if something started and surpressed the sound. After booting I can get any sound. How can I fix this?
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• sfc xp sp3 CDs?

  
  Technology Questions — Authority: 171
  On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:09:01 -0800, tfarney wrote: >Noting that the backup program would not run, found that task scheduler was >not running. When I attempted to start it, got a message that the module >could not be found. After searching, the idea that a file check might help, I >ran sfc /scannnow and ...
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