June, 2004 Archive

Stop 0x000000A5 Error When You Are Installing Windows XP

The bios in this system is not fully ACPI compliant. Please contact your system vendor for an updated bios. If you are unable to obtain an updated bios or the latest bios supplied by your vendor is not ACPI compliant, you can turn off ACPI mode during text mode setup. To do this, simply press […]

STOP 0x0000009C MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION Error Message in Windows XP

This behavior occurs because your computer processor detected an unrecoverable hardware error and reported it to Windows XP. To do so, it used the Machine Check Exception (MCE) feature of Pentium processors or the Machine Check Architecture (MCA) feature of some Pentium Pro processors. The error may be a result of any of the following: […]

STOP 0x00000074 BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO Error Message in Windows XP

Normally caused by having one or more RAM sticks that are either damaged or not placed into the computer correctly. turn off the computer and double check the RAM seating. If the memory is seated correctly, it could be that you have a bad DIMM. Try swapping out the DIMMs one at a time. Link

STOP 0x00000073 CONFIG_LIST_FAILED Error Message in Windows XP

One of the core Windows system hives (the SAM hive, the SECURITY hive, the SOFTWARE hive, or the DEFAULT hive) cannot be linked in the Windows registry. However, this error does not mean that the hive is damaged or that it was not loaded successfully. Link

How to Configure Internet Explorer to Have More Than Two Download Sessions

To comply with current Internet standards (Request for Comments 2068), Internet Explorer limits the number of simultaneous downloads to two downloads, plus one queued download. This configuration is a function of the browser. However, as connection speeds increase, and the number of total connections that are allowed to Internet servers increase, the two-connection limit may […]

Windows XP access to Linux Samba Shares

To allow Windows XP to access samba shares on a linux samba server, the Windows XP user/password needs to have been enabled in samba with the same user/password. This is configured under the Password Tab in Samba Swat. First Add New User and enter the user/password. And then Enable User. If despite having the same […]

Try the worlds best software systems

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Install Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is no longer available from Microsoft directly due to legal wrangling with SUN. If you dont want to use the one from SUN, you can still find the Microsoft one here: link🙂

Stop 0x000000D1 Error Message When You Turn Your Computer Off

Stop 0x000000D1 Error Message When You Turn Your Computer Off When you shut down your computer that has one or more universal serial bus (USB) devices attached to it, you may receive the following error message on a blue screen: Stop 0x000000D1 (0x00000040, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xfc96a9dc) This problem may occur because the OHCI endpoint is […]

HOW TO: Create a Mirrored Volume in Windows XP

This step-by-step article describes how to create a mirrored volume on a remote Windows 2000 Server-based computer by using the Disk Management snap-in in Microsoft Windows XP. You can use the Disk Management snap-in to create a mirrored volume from unallocated disk space on a dynamic disk, or mirror an existing simple volume on a […]