hi all new to this not good with computers thinnk mine is knackered been like that for awhile anyhowys is it poissible to have like 2 systems running like when u log in u switch user thou same account? also think it says i got like 3 hard drives thou i only got one any advice or help would b gratefull thank ......

XP allows for multiple user accounts with simple log off/on. If this is a problem then you can chance the other accounts by being logged into an admin account and going to start > control panel> user accounts and either changing or deleting the other accounts.

Windows sees partitions as drives and also your optics (CD/DVD) drives are also shown as such...

In my computer you should have :

c: drive (or local disc) this is the main windows drive.

then listed would be Drive A: floppy disk drive if your computer has one

Then listed the optical drives as CD or DVD or Ram drives.

in some configurations you may have
C: local disc and
D: as programs or windows
and E: as My documents or storage.

Also if there are any memory card readers ( for cameras) of flash (thumb) drives...these will also be seen as seperate drive.

thank for advice most appreciated i checked and for c drive it says dsk1_vol1 confusing in the bios menu as well its like it has 2 operating systems thou shud only b 1 is there some progarame i could get ? maybe would sort it out has me worried as last week was on computer odd time thou took up like 25gb thou i wasent downloading etc thank for ur help most appreciated ..........

sounds like you might be using a dual boot with a linux and windows. or even possible of w98 and some other operating system. Linux and converted w98 with converted file system is the only ones that use the disc 1 _vol 1 identification for harddrives.

This would also make it look like there was more than one operating sytems.

How about telling what the operating system is and what is the bios page reporting (as you put it)

hi thank again for advice done a check says im running micro windows xp home edition serv pack 2 when i went in to the device manager says in processers intel (r) pentium (r )4 cpu 2.60 ghz 2.59 ghz when system loads up at the beggining takes ages and when it finally does load up windows the screen flashes couple of times then eventually boots in theirs also progarames on system that i aint got any idea what they are ! something called hyper terminal etc for talking sake if i do a search comes up local hard drive(C) then if i pull down scroll menu also comes up with dsk1_vol1(c good lord all this computer has done is give me stress !!! appreciate the help ur giving

HyperTerminal is an application that you can use to connect to other
computers, to Telnet, to sites, to bulletin board systems (BBSs), to online
services, and to host computers, by using your modem, a null modem cable,
or and Ethernet connection.

If the hyperterminal application was set as the default telnet client then it can become vulnerable or currupted and may cause loss of control during start-up as it performs scanning of telnet urls..or opening .ht sessions automatically!

It is built in to windows but has a major vulnerability issues where it can be used to take over someones computer. Also saving certain .ht files or sessions can cause havock to your computer. This is especially true for .ht extensions in emails.

This might be what has happened to you!

Microsoft had a fix for this in SP2 but could still be problematic if you were linked to a website and tricked into a few keystrokes to activate the hyperlink activity on that site.

Sometimes removing hyperlink will stop the applications depending upon it but you may not be able to remove it without a full restoration of the operating sytem.
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To remove hyperterminal requires registry editing and if done wrong could make your computer un-operatable
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To stop hyperterminal:
* Disable the handler for HyperTerminal session files (.ht files) by
removing the following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htfile

* Click Start, click Run, type "regedt32" (without the quotation
marks), and then click OK.
* In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htfile
* Click on htfile, and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.
* In the Confirm Key Delete dialog box, click OK. For Windows NT 4.0
Server: In the Warning dialog box, click Yes.
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It is reccommended that htperterminal be removed as default setting for Telnet

Un-register the HyperTerminal client as the default Telnet client
If HyperTerminal cannot be removed, to help prevent attacks that use
Telnet URLs, make sure that HyperTerminal has not be set as the default
Telnet client. The following steps can help you determine whether
HyperTerminal has been set as the default Telnet client. These steps also
describe how to un-register HyperTerminal.

* Click Start, click Run, type "regedt32" (without the quotation
marks), and then click OK.
* In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\telnet\shell\open\command
* If the value C:\Program Files\Windows NT\hypertrm.exe /t %1 exists,
change it back to the following default value: rundll32.exe
url.dll,TelnetProtocolHandler %l
* In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netscape\NetscapeNaviga tor\Viewers\telnet
* If the value C:\Program Files\Windows NT\hypertrm.exe /t %1 exists,
delete this key. By default, this key does not exist. When you delete this
key, you help prevent HyperTerminal from being used by Web browsers other
than Internet Explorer as the default Telnet client.
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If you are not comfortable about using registry editing then I would recommend that you do a complete reinstallation of the operating ststem. You might need to do this anyway if it is determined that you were hacked instead of just having hyperterminal corrupted in your system!

Either way you must stop the application first..one way or the other!

2 tricky for me is there somewere i could get windows home setup disk for free as i have my keygen on the comp!! prob b easier to do that the ways things are its all confusing anyhowys thank for information and help

This sound like you are using a pirated version of XP, if you are using a keygen to make COA numbers.

This is probably against the forum rules as well...

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no no when i bought computer had no disk bought it frm 2nd hand shop ! just other reply was too wipe hard drive and stuff thou cant do that as i dont have disk thou i have my keygen on computer