Hi,
I recently bought a Dell 5150 notebook that came with Widows XP Home Edition. This is my first experience with XP - my desktop still uses 98 - so I'm something of a novice with it.
Anyway, after playing around with it for a couple weeks I've noticed something odd...several of the Windows components that are supposed to be there seem to be missing. WordPad, Sound Recorder, Volume Control, HyperTerminal, and the Pinball game are all missing. And by that I don't mean I can't find them, I mean they aren't there! For example, when I type "wordpad" at the Run line, I get an error message that says "Windows cannot find WordPad". And when I click the box in the Control Panel audio and sounds module that says "Place volume icon on the taskbar" I get an error message that says "The volume control program has not been installed". Same for the other accessory-type programs I mentioned above...they aren't installed.
Here's the weird thing: when I go to Add/Remove Programs, and then Add/Remove Windows Components, in the list that opens up of Windows components to add or remove, none of the missing programs are listed as a choice! Yes, I click the Details button until I am sure I have seen the complete list. I even inserted the XP reinstallation CD, and ran the Add/Remove Windows Components from there, but again, none of these components is listed as a choice.
I can't figure this one out. Has anybody else had this problem? I'm sure these components are supposed to be part of the XP package. I can even find the compressed files for the programs on the installation disc and on the hard drive in the I386 subfolder. But If I can't install these programs using the Add/Remove Windows Components utility, how can I install them?
Thanks,
Allen
I recently bought a Dell 5150 notebook that came with Widows XP Home Edition. This is my first experience with XP - my desktop still uses 98 - so I'm something of a novice with it.
Anyway, after playing around with it for a couple weeks I've noticed something odd...several of the Windows components that are supposed to be there seem to be missing. WordPad, Sound Recorder, Volume Control, HyperTerminal, and the Pinball game are all missing. And by that I don't mean I can't find them, I mean they aren't there! For example, when I type "wordpad" at the Run line, I get an error message that says "Windows cannot find WordPad". And when I click the box in the Control Panel audio and sounds module that says "Place volume icon on the taskbar" I get an error message that says "The volume control program has not been installed". Same for the other accessory-type programs I mentioned above...they aren't installed.
Here's the weird thing: when I go to Add/Remove Programs, and then Add/Remove Windows Components, in the list that opens up of Windows components to add or remove, none of the missing programs are listed as a choice! Yes, I click the Details button until I am sure I have seen the complete list. I even inserted the XP reinstallation CD, and ran the Add/Remove Windows Components from there, but again, none of these components is listed as a choice.
I can't figure this one out. Has anybody else had this problem? I'm sure these components are supposed to be part of the XP package. I can even find the compressed files for the programs on the installation disc and on the hard drive in the I386 subfolder. But If I can't install these programs using the Add/Remove Windows Components utility, how can I install them?
Thanks,
Allen
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