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Topic: Computer hanging up. |
jolynyk
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Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 10 Jun 2012 4:28 pm |
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| Running Windows XP... My computer started acting up about a week ago.. When I call up Yahoo mail, & then when I'm done with it, I try to minimize it or X it out, it still stays on the desktop. If I go to start, & bring up the list of programs, & then click anywhere on the desktop, it still stays on the desktop. Tf I go to the task bar right click to close, it dissappears from the taskbar, but still stays on the desktop. If I bring up task manager, & close everything there, but it's still on my desk top. The only way out is to push my restart button on the computer. It's an AMD.. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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jolynyk
From:
Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 10 Jun 2012 9:34 pm
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| Do you mean an in-place re-install, new or just over top?? |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 10 Jun 2012 10:15 pm
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| jolynyk wrote: |
| Do you mean an in-place re-install, new or just over top?? |
In-place over-install. First, assuming you were running XP, with SP 3, make sure the setup disk you use has Service Pack 3.
Boot to the XP SP 3 CD, then run a repair installation on top of the existing Windows partition.
I would back up any data files before doing this, just in case something goes bad.
Of course, if the PC is already unusable, things are already bad.
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jolynyk
From:
Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 3:58 am
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| Thanks Wiz, will do.. Everything else works fine, & shuts down properly, except for the things I mentioned. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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jolynyk
From:
Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 9:29 am
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| I'm using IE8.. I will download Google Chrome.. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 10:38 am
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Another question for Wiz. What if the original XP install discs that came with the computer doesn't have SP3 on it? In my case, over the years, I have had to have Windows update to SP3.
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jolynyk
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Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 11:00 am
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I downloaded & installed Google Chrome and so far, (fingers crossed), everything is working fine, A few things in different format & places than I'm accustomed to, but I'll get used to it eventually..
Good question Richard, I forgot to ask that.. Incidentally I still have & use the Korg D3200 I bought from you.. I really like it, & use it a lot in conjunction with tracks I build using BIAB 2012, though i did put a 250 gig hard drive in it... I bought a hard shell case for it & love it. In fact so much so I found another D3200, & gave it to my son in Winnipeg.. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 12:45 pm
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| Another question for Wiz. What if the original XP install discs that came with the computer doesn't have SP3 on it? In my case, over the years, I have had to have Windows update to SP3. |
Good question Richard!
In your case, you need to download XP's SP 3 for the mothership. Then, you need to merge it with the contents of your licensed XP CD. The process is known as "slipstreaming" a service pack. You can read about how to do this here. Choose your weapons after reading that forum discussion, then burn a new bootable CD that contains the upgraded XP files.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 4:50 pm
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Fortunately, I am not in need of doing that yet. Just curious.
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jolynyk
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Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 6:56 pm
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Well installing Chrome certainly fixed the hang up problem, & is much faster... BUT..
it doesn't have the tool bar & looks like it's not available for Chrome because it's still Beta..
I really miss the tool bar with File, View, etc.. If I got an e-mail, & wanted a recipe for example out of it, I would hold my left mouse button, high light what I needed, then go to File, Print, & Print Selection. It would only print the high lighted area.. I can't seem to do this with Chrome.. Maybe they'll make this available.. because now I have to high light copy, paste into a Word Processor & print that way, long way around.. Win, lose situation.. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 7:13 pm
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| jolynyk wrote: |
Well installing Chrome certainly fixed the hang up problem, & is much faster... BUT..
it doesn't have the tool bar & looks like it's not available for Chrome because it's still Beta..
I really miss the tool bar with File, View, etc.. If I got an e-mail, & wanted a recipe for example out of it, I would hold my left mouse button, high light what I needed, then go to File, Print, & Print Selection. It would only print the high lighted area.. I can't seem to do this with Chrome.. Maybe they'll make this available.. because now I have to high light copy, paste into a Word Processor & print that way, long way around.. Win, lose situation.. |
You haven't looked around the option under the wrench icon, have you? Everything you mentioned is found under Tools (wrench), including the key combination Ctrl+P to open the Print dialog window. If you highlight text, or a section of a page, then press CTRL+P, the Print box will have "Selection" checked and ready to print on your command.
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jolynyk
From:
Prince Albert Sask. Canada
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Posted 11 Jun 2012 8:22 pm
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| OK thanks Wiz, I got it now.. I was pressing Control-P, & it's Control-Shift-P... I'm good to go now.. thsanks for your help. |
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