Questions tagged [windows-xp]
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boot.ini, boot from primary partitions after extended partition
Is there a (Win NT) rule that MBR primary partitions must come before extended partitions?
Active partition is on rdisk(0)
I've got a secondary drive with 4/5 partitions (depending on how you count it)...
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Why can some HKLM entries be read on 64-bit PCs but some cannot from VB6
So our software is used by one of our customers on legacy Windows versions because they're in an industrial,air-gaped setting and they have Windows XP and a bunch of old servers that are the only ...
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Use SMB2 or SMB3 in Windows XP?
i have multiple PC's and the one is on Windows XP and the other ones are on Windows 7 & 10. I wanted to ask if there is any way to use SMB2 or 3 on the Windows XP PC? A upgrade isn't possible ...
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Strange Ethernet adapter reproducible malfunction that impacts across dual boot Windows setup
The behavior is pretty confusing. The story is about my Ethernet adapter on my retro computing ASUS laptop (2011 model). It currently has Windows 7 and Windows XP on two HDDs respectively. The ...
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How do you use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to Remmina?
I have a Chromebook with a Linux Virtual Environment that is a Debian 12 Bookworm.
I installed Remmina after looking to RDP to my Windows XP OS. I know that I can connect to my Windows OS from Linux ...
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Audio Driver has 'Location: Unknown' and isn't working even though windows xp says it functions fine
I have a dell latitude d830 with windows XP professional. I'm using the built-in speakers. It's definitely not a hardware problem as when I switch my HDDs and boot into Windows 7 the audio works fine. ...
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how can I install and operate printers etc that must run on win xp 32bit, on win7 ult 64bit laptop?
can it be done with or without VM? and if need VM can I include Linux Deb 12 as 3rd OS option? I have newer laptop to merge all on. all 3 laptops are Lenovo Thinkpads. winxp 32bit on a T61, win7 64bit ...
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Windows XP "Base System Device"
I've got an old Acer Aspire One 531h laptop my friend gave me. I'm trying to make some use out of it, so I did a fresh install of Windows XP. All my devices and hardware (as far as I know) work. Yet ...
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Install Windows XP to an USB [duplicate]
Not like "Windows Setup" in that USB, I meant the live OS as I need a live recovery environment to fix my PC when it leads to trouble
https://archive.org/details/super-nano-xp
Here's the ...
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Run software intended for Windows XP on Windows 10 - Software requires GPIB card
I am trying to run old software that is intended to run on Windows XP on Windows 10 instead. This software requires a General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) card which connects a mechanical machine. The ...
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Why cant windows xp installer, either 32 or 64 but, detect my IDE drives. No SATA
Windows XP installers can't find hard drive to install to. The available drives are both IDE. All answers I've found just ignore this when mentioned in the question, and instead focus on SATA driver ...
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Wifes old XPSP3 Dell LT died
Dell/Toshiba brand 40Gb HDD she's been using for past 15 years good but, it refuses to bootup in any mode on any of the many, older x86-era Dell, HP, IBM, Sony, Gateway or Toshiba LT that I tried.
I ...
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Multiple instances for multiple sessions in RDP
I recently created a VMWARE ESXI Server for the sole purpose of splitting the software's I need into their required operating systems, but there's an issue, The software's that need to be run are ...
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need to replace my old Dell Vostro l/top with a S/H one, older software I run will only work on Windows XPSP3 - will the newer I5 processors run XP [closed]
I need to replace my old Dell Vostro l/top with a S/H one, The older software I run will only work on Windows XP-SP3 - will the newer I5 processors run XP
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Win XP HDD's ownership rights were ruined after using "Take Ownership" from another computer [closed]
An old friend of mine recently found an old 80gb HDD and he gave it to me and said he asked if I could copy his old data from it.
So I got home, plugged in the drive and started copying from the drive....
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How to disable TCP SACK in Windows XP?
Device 1 Windows XP. 192.168.101.173, I have access to the application code, but it is massive.
Device 2 Embedded device. 192.168.101.205. I don’t have access to the code or even to logs from this ...
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I have an error when opening an old video game on Virtual Machine. Error says 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I want to play an old game through virtual machine, but when I click 'open', it comes up with an error saying, 'Unable to initialize display. Width: 800, Height: 600, Depth: 32'
I'm using Windows XP, ...
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Recovering a Windows XP machine broken by trying to install pcANYWHERE 8.0
I tried installing pcANYWHERE 8.0 on a Windows XP machine, ignoring the compatibility warning dialog, on the assumption that the client would still be usable for connecting to Windows 9x machines and ...
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USB passthrough doesn't work in VirtualBox
I can't get USB passtrough to work in VirtualBox. Help would be appreciated.
Host system is Ubuntu 23.04. Guest VM is Windows XP SP3.
VirtualBox is version 7.10 ( newest ATM ), extension pack is also ...
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Can Windows XP be run on an SSD as a VMWare guest OS?
I know similar has been asked before, there is a lot of information around pertaining to Windows XP being installed on a SSD.
I can understand that Windows XP was not made for SSD, OK it was released ...
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How is Windows XP still vulnerable behind a NAT + firewall?
Everyone knows that Windows XP is highly insecure these days. However, here is an example situation:
Windows XP box is connected to a LAN.
This means the router's firewall is between the XP box and ...
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QEMU: passing usb devices running fullspeed to vm with ehci usb controller running lowspeed
I have Windows XP VM with GPU passthrough and would like also to pass usb keyboard and mouse to it.
I am doing the usb passthrough with:
-device usb-host,vendorid=0x1e7d,productid=0xafca \
-device usb-...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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Windows XP checks disk twice and then gets a MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
I am trying to safe my dads laptop. He tried to install a printer with a CD and since then the laptop wont boot. He tried to install drivers and utilities, the cd does not mention windows XP ...
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SATA Driver for Sony VAIO VGN-FZ240E
I'm trying to install Windows XP on a Sony VAIO VGN-FZ240E laptop so I can play some old PC games, but I cannot proceed because I am missing SATA drivers. Sadly, it appears Sony is no longer hosting ...
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HDD External can't be recognized on office PC
So don't know what's wrong
Before it works fine
Now I can't access HDD external from office PC
I try to use 2 different PC not work(windows 10)
I try at home with my laptop it's work (windows XP)
WD 4 ...
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VM from IDE XP partition on multiboot AHCI Win 8.1 partition
I have a single hard drive with 3 multiboot partitions:
Windows 8.1 Professional;
Windows XP x32;
Windows XP x64
The current XP partitions contain many programs for which I no longer have ...
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Windows XP - screen turns off after X time
I have a Windows XP PC that's supposed to stay on without closing the screen etc. Even if the setting is set to never, after a while the screen shuts down no matter what I chose.
Any idea?
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Apple Mac mini install Win XP and 7 on?
I have a 2010 Apple Mac mini Server (Unibody) here that I’d like to be able to boot into both Microsoft Windows XP and 7, in addition to macOS, for the purposes of running some old automotive programs ...
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Struggling to get Windows XP to boot after recovering from HDD damage
So I have an old Windows XP machine, and the other day, someone was deleting some files, when the whole system froze up. After a long time, the machine was hard-shutdown by the user. After this, it ...
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Make a System Image of an Old Windows Computer as a VHD file
I have computers with Windows XP, Vista, and 7 installed. I have some ideas that I would like to use these computers for but I would need to backup everything on them first. I'm interested to know if ...
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Would 16KB clusters be better than 4KB for 1TB NTFS partition on a very slow PC?
I'm running a desktop PC with legacy Windows XP. The operating system is on an SSD drive. Data is stored on a 3.5 inch 750GB internal hard drive.
The 750GB hard drive is making noises, so I will ...
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Can we run old games in a Hyper-V XP VM?
They're really old games that used to run on XP or earlier systems. And of course, many of them don't work as expected when running on newer systems.
I created a Gen1 XP VM with Hyper-V Manager and ...
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"Error Loading operating system" on QEMU
The Windows 2000 Professional virtual machine is essentially installed on VMWare Workstation Pro, when I convert the VMDK file to QCOW2 or run the VMDK file directly using Virt-Manager, it shows "...
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monitor mode with winpcap 4.1.3 TPLINK
Can I do monitor mode usinng 4.1.3 winpcap, I have a TP-LINK W727N wireless adapter, and I want to know how I can achieve this ? Note: I will not be using npcap.
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How to connect to a computer with db25 without screen?
I have and old computer and I need to install Ubuntu server on it but I don't have a VGA monitor, what I do have is access to a db25 to usb cable and a laptop with SSH client. Is there any way I can ...
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Able to get online with Windows XP VM (Internet Explorer), but unable to access websites (UTM, MacOS)
I've recently installed Windows XP through UTM on MacOS Ventura. It was all going smoothly until I ran into errors opening up any other website than Google on Internet Explorer. I'm trying to install ...
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Graphic glitches in virt-manager win-xp guest
I'm having graphical issues with my windows XP guest in virt-manager. I haven't done any extensive testing, but at the moment I have only encountered it inside the game 3D Pinball Space Cadet (which ...
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Windows XP installation failure, blue screen white text, stop error screen
512GB hard drive is functional and formatted NTFS.
8GB of RAM tested ok too.
Used genuine Microsoft installation CD.
BIOS version: F.12
BIOS vendor: Insyde
2012 HP Pavilion dv6
CPU: Intel Core i7-...
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How do i rdesktop from Kali Linux to Windows xp and display on Windows 10?
I am on a windows 10 laptop. I am SSHing into a Kali GNU/Linux (has a public IP, and an IP in a LAN) (no root privileges). I am trying to remote desktop into a Windows XP computer (On the LAN, no ...
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Trying to install 3D Studio MAX 1.0 on Windows XP virtual machine, error: "Hardware drivers are not installed. Application will terminate"
In an XP VM, following al tracker's instructions from here: https://vetusware.com/download/3ds%20Studio%20MAX%201.0/
in which the patch is applied, bypassing the dongle, but it still gives this error
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Did NVIDIA eventually drop old BIOS screen modes?
I have a PC setup for retro gaming and development (I say retro...it's running Windows XP and Windows 7, if you can call that retro these days).
I've tested three different graphics cards in this ...
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Non-bootable legacy Windows usb pendrive
I am trying to get some vintage laboratory equipment to work. Unfortunately out of my control; the laboratory equipment has software that is written for old Microsoft OS, like Windows XP. The software ...
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Control Offline Windows XP Machine Through Steam Link
I have a windows xp retro game machine that is permanently disconnected from the internet. I am hoping to use this computer remotely through a Logitech G Cloud Handheld.
Right now my current theory is ...
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Pentium 3 freezes on XP. (SSE2)
On my old work PC I often encounter freezes until it is rebooted. I can work all day but something happens and my computer stops responding (mouse freezes too). I'm aware of Pentium 3 issues with SSE2 ...
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where to obtain Windows XP-compatible Process Explorer
Where can I obtain a Windows-XP compatible Process Explorer? the current release of Process Explorer does not run on XP SP3, attempting to executing it just says "Not a valid win32 executable&...
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finding all jpgs with name date size and directory
Windows 10 or XP
I need to find all jpg files in an external hard drive: they are in different directories.
That output would be added to an ascii file alljpg.txt
Name date size directory
dsc002245....
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On VirtualBox, how to to access the host CD drive from the virtual machine?
In VirtualBox (6.1) on macOS (10.12), I have Windows XP as a guest OS. I can't find how to access the physical CD drive from the guest OS. I've found on the web that in the storage settings of the ...
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Windows XP on Hyper-V Server - broke view after change resulution
I have a computer with Windows XP installed.
The goal is to move this workstation to the virtual machine.
I uninstalled the disk driver and used Disk2VHD.
I am trying to run a virtual machine with ...
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Blue Screen when i try Install Windows XP X86 in X64 Machine
I need to install Windows XP X86 in a physical computer. How i don't have a 32bit processor computer, i try to install system in X64 machine.
(i need to test a automation software that available only ...
