can they be read on any other computer?
It might be the drive is acting up.

Sure, go ahead and tell the guy to dunk his laptop in warm water.

why gerbil, I do believe you are correct!
but I'm in a giving mood today.

camthalion, bootskin is the bees knees when it comes to modifying your bootscreen.

I know a couple of things about the...

Change the boot order from your bios settings. you can access this when the system load screen comes up. it is the first thing you see when you turn the computer on. You want to make sure it tries...

My first impression is that your laptop card could be going. If you haven't made any recent system changes, this could be the most likely variable.

Just to double check, the IP for your card in...

i'm thinking you mean programming language instead of 'computer program,' and what would you be wanting to do that requires a 3rd party program to hide?

Do you mean that the computer can only log on as part of a domain? like you are being blocked at the login screen, and cant login using it as a workstation?

Or, do you mean how to reset the way...

tough luck on the hard lesson limetwist. The first thing I tell 'anybody' who has an operable computer when the post a problem, is to backup all their stuff.

Because even if you do everything...

Usually when something like this happens, it is because it is corrupted. Possibly because the computer did not shut down properly, possibly because the hard drive is damaged.

I'm guessing the...

Ok, that means something got left behind from the initial installation.

first step, since you still have full control over everything, backup. anything that you can not afford to lose, make sure...

I browsed through the hijackthis log, but nothing glares out at me that could be a problem.

doublecheck that all the anti-virus software you use is properly updating first. also check that your...

try the disk from your desktop. if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and you'll need to order from compaq.

If it does, you might have problems with registration. the key from your laptop might...

my guess is mup.sys is currupted, but since you can't use your xp install cd, that is a problem, but I 'really' doubt its hardware on your computer, it's most likely the cd's fault.

try cleaning...

Just to be sure:
check your windows firewall, see if it is disabled, and see if you can re-enable it. a virus could set some group policies that would disable the firewall, and take steps to keep...

you might not have permissions. Are you doing it on an account with administrator priviledges?

It might be bad video drivers/card.

remote desktop doesn't use the physical card on the computer to display.

I'm assuming you've got a card to be able to play TF2, so try contacting the...

Whichever it is, there are a couple of things that could have gone wrong. If it cannot find the 'registry' it is pretty problematic. If it is a specific *.dll, the easiest solution is to try a...

give us a chance at least...

There's no info you can give on what kind of an error occured?

Had you or your son installed any programs on the machine just prior to trying to restart?

Try to boot into safemode. Hit F8 just before the windows load screen shows up. that will give you boot...

it might be that your girlfriends pc could have a nic with some severed pins. the laptops probably don't, and the cable obviously doesn't, but if its affected that much by signal drop, then it might...

I'm thinking you re-partitioned part of your drive to get the second operating system on there. first, start a reinstall. then, when you get to the partition options page, remove all the extra...

Do you have both a norton subscription and zone alarm? having two security suites running at the same time can lead to problems, and will slow your computer's performance down.

To clarify: when you are remoting into another computer at work, is that from inside the netork, or outside it? I can't see how you could remote into any computer outside the network unless all the...

The error is 'also' related to bad or incompatible drivers. try using older drivers for your audio?

if that doesn't do it, try rolling back your video drivers, then take out all but the essential...

here's a definition of a partition gap:
http://www.forensics-intl.com/def9.html

first, check your capslock key before you start typing.

next, try putting the cd in the tray, turning the ocmputer off, and when you turn it on, hit f12 or f10 (depending on what kind of computer...

I got this error before and was directed to this program:
http://www.jrtwine.com/Products/DelFXPFiles/DeleteFXPFilesInstall.exe

The specific problem I had, is that somehow, the files got...

as in, it does not add itself to the open list?

if that is the case, you can try checking the box: always use this program to open files of this type' in the 'choose program...' menu.

my client is a student of the university. i work for 8 bucks an hour as a 'nettech.' if this doesn't turn out to be an easy fix, i'll throw a reinstall disk at her and be on my way.

well, it should be pretty clear what to do, pop the fedora core cd in, and go through the steps until you get to wipe the partition table, and do so. then you can, instead of re-formatting in any...

I am working with a client who brought her computer home for the holidays, and now the sound won't work properly.

When the user tries to play a sound file in any media player (i tried WMP and...

I don't know what to tell you about the XP installation. but here is what you can do to get any files you need off of your drive, provided it isn't corrupted.

you need:
a USB thumb drive. ...

also, as noone has said it yet, and it's always worth saying, be absolutely sure that your microphone is plugged securly in the correct jack. (The one with the little microphone symbol next to it.)...

buy a dell. my dimension 4600 cost me all of 800 bucks. it boasts a 2 Ghz pentium 4, 512 RAM, 60 gig hard drive, and a conveniently placed AGP slot.

double check with them though, because they...

Well, that would just about do it. I'd say it was the motherboard's problem, and there is a problem with the ram slots themselves. if they are dirty, clean them very thouroughly and try it again,...

An 0x000000fe stop error is an error in the USB driver. some digging on the MSDN website gave me for your actual error:
The USB client driver has submitted a URB that is still attached to another...

if not the CPU it is something to do with the RAM. have you tried the questionable RAM stick in another computer?

it is either the CPU overheating or bad RAM. go out and pick up a CPU heatsink with a good fan directly on it and see if that solves your problem. if not, try and find some known-good ram that is...

have you considered also the possibility of a new bot? and checked for any suspicious running services, killbot, reboot, hjt, etc?

Something needs to 'set' services to disabled. Go with blud's...

try booting in safemode, and look at the drive properties in there. there will be a 'security' tab there that you can set permissions rights with for all user groups.