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| | I resently worked on a Windows 2000 Pro OS that was on a domain network. I changed it to a workgroup and created a user with limited account type, but when i tried to log in it wouldn't go.An error message popped up saying that the user was not registered … |
 | This Memorial Day weekend reminds us all of those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and to protect a way of life that is based on freedom. While considering the brave men and women who stood up for what is right over the past 250 years, it made me realize …  |
| | I turned my computer on this morning and the green light came on but nothing happens. I don't even hear the fan running. When I hold the green button in to turn it off nothing happens. Does anyone know what could be the problem. |
| | Hi, I need to "force" a CD Drive to "read " an empty CD. e.g. make the laser move across the the disc's surface while it is spinning as if it was reading data. Usually when a blank CD is inserted the Drive starts reading but then stop right away …  |
| | i have a ergo laptop with a 40 gb fuji hard drive in it when i tern it on it asks for a hard drive password it is in a school one of the puiples has locked thhe hard drive is there anyway i can get on to the hard …  |
| | Hi all, I just bought a new 300gb WD velociraptor HDD, I opened up the box and to my surprise there where more than just the two plugs I was expecting, there is another plug with 8 pins and I'm not sure what I need to plug into it or … |
| | Hi All, All of a sudden I woke up yesterday and found that my laptop would not start and there was no lights either,so called Dell care center and was told that mother board has konked off and needs a replacement with prohibitive cost.The charger lights show green led while … |
| | :'( Im not sure if its ok to ask for help here sorry alittle new to this but im having a problem with my comp i ran a virus scan of my comp all it found was one adware so it removed it and restarted my comp but now i … |
 | Hi all =) well, I have this problem with vim.. Whenever I write a code, I get a dark yellow highlighting.. this happens only when I'm on the user mode. When I switch to the root mode, everything is normal, i.e. syntax colors appear normally.. I googled for a solution … |
 | I hope my title says it all. I can't show you the jpg error, because the size is too large to upload (3 MB). The mix of Firefox, Windows 7, Zonealarm. I am researching Firefox in a Firefox forum. All I know is the Combo of the same Firefox, no … |
| | Hi All, I have a Hp pavillion 2500 laptop i just cleared the heat sink as it was shutting again and again bcs of heat but now after reassmebly it is not detecting my hard drive and this is a big problem i have gone to two technicians and they … |
| | Is there a decent piece of software that will allow backup of DVD to AVI - been searching for days but getting totally lost. Happy to purchase this but don't want to purchase a 'lemon' |
 | Some of us just want a satnav which tells us how to get from A to B while avoiding traffic congestion. Others, apparently, want a satnav that imitates SpongeBob SquarePants for reasons which, to be frank, are completely beyond me. After all, I don't live in a pineapple under the … |
| | Hello all, I have a problem with a laptop that I have not seen before. The original problem was the original heat sink assembly was not working so I ordered a new assembly straight from HP (It's an HP Pavilion dv9728ca running vista home premium). I installed it and the … |
| | It seems that the world has gone football crazy now that the World Cup is underway in South Africa, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuvuzela"]vuvuzelas[/URL] and all. But with ticket sales not having been as successful as expected, and [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/seats-to-spare-ndash-but-fifa-wont-let-south-africans-fill-them-2002630.html"]reports[/URL] of rafts of empty seats which FIFA won't sell tickets to South Africans for, overseas … |
| | Hi, guys am new member and i want to know about network security, and i want to know WAN how to establish with some examples. thank you. |
| | My laptop was working fine this morning. Went to use it this afternoon and had a blue screen saying a problem was detected and it needed to shut down to prevent further damage, then it did a memory dump. I tried booting it up in safe mode and it just … |
| | Hi, several applications use as much as CPU as they can while starting up. This takes one and sometimes several minutes. I'm using WinXpPro SP3. I suspect it is the registry or a service that is not started but should or maybe a replaced driver/DLL. It happens with and without … |
 | Hi all, I live in a home that hosts international students studying at university and we offer wireless internet. It's pretty fast and the quota is reasonable but with the number of students that live here we get a somewhat 'cookie jar in the dark' situation and have been having … |
| | hello can you help me please, how to install 2 operating system, my board is M3N78-VM ASUS and it is dual booth. i already installed Windows XP and now it is running properly...i want to install Linux operating system can you help me how to install this in dual booth...thank … |
| | Hello, I am using 2 OS, 1-Vista Ultimate, 2-XP professional in order basis to open bootup screen to choose which OS. I have Intel DG35EC motherboard, Intel Core2QUAD Processor-Q6600@2.4Ghz , 2GB Kingston DDR2, Seagate 250GB HDD SATA. Today i cleaned my cpmputer table mostly because of DUST, so also little … |
| | i keep on getting this Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage |
| | Hi, Recently my computer got a virus which kept bringing up a window saying that a program had stopped responding and so I scanned my laptop with Malwerebytes and it managed to find the infected files and get rid of them. Now, before this, my laptop experienced a crash, which … |
| | i will begin this by saying that i am not a sys ad, and what i have learned so far was all from tinkering here and there. i really am just a beginner. i work in a small lab, where our internet connection comes from a LAN cable connected to … |
| | hi so i set up my linksys wrt54g2 router to my desktop and the internet modem, and through all that the internet works fine on the desktop. and the router itself has a network "mikonek" with a passkey and all, but when i connect my laptop to the network, it … |
| | When I right click and or double click to load a song for instance, it takes forever? I counted...right click takes 6 seconds! and when I open a song it takes 10! I understand this is a small problem but i find it very anoying. I have a home built … |
| | I have a problem with IE 8 on another computer. When I try to connect I get the cannot display page. But when I check the work offline option my homepage will come up but nothing else. Any ideas? |
| | I recently installed Norton Internet Security. Did a full system scan. Was able to delete all but five files. All five are located in C:\RECYCLER (that's what Norton tells me). The following is what I get from Norton. The file C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-2508614513-4166783643-2927389754-1003\Dc8.exe is a Adware threat. |
| | First of all, I would like to intoduce myself here, as this is my first post. I am a 16 year old male from Pittsburgh, PA, US. My biggest intrests in life are gaming, and hardware, so I love places like this :cheesy:. Anyway, there is one problem that has … |
| | I have a solo9550 laptop that will not start. I have replaced the battery and power supply and ran through other steps such as discharging the laptop. (Unplugged and held power button down for 15 seconds.) When I plug the power back into the laptop, severals may happen. One time … |
| | Hello, I hope my query does not voilate the forum rules. I going to purchase a 23" monitor but cannot decide with one to buy. Dell ST2310 23 has 250 cd/m Brightness with 50000:1 contrast ratio. the other one, Dell SP2309W 23, has 300 cd/m Brightness with 80000:1 contrast ratio. … |
| | A friend of mine is having lock up problem, the PC always boots up but randomly locks up every couple of days, sometimes more. On two occasions, at least, the computer locked up while surfing the web, the monitor went black, and the PC started beeping until I turned it … |
| | internet explore creates shortcut when i double click it |
 | Politics makes strange bedfellows, and so does business apparently. In the wake of Google's frontal attack on Apple at I/O recently, and this week's reports that [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5552152/google-hq-throwing-out-windows-in-favor-of-os-x-or-linux"]Google was dropping Windows as an OS [/URL]choice throughout its company, it seems that Apple could be running into the arms of Microsoft for … |
| | Here is my problem. I have two Intranet servers(Server1 and Server2) and I have one application Application1 in server1 and another Application2 in Server2. So I access both the applications in the following way. [url]http://Server1/Application1[/url] and [url]http://Server2/Application2[/url] Now the requirement is that I should be able to access the Application2 … |
| | I use Ad-aware to remove spy ware. I quarantined my computer yesterday and now I'm getting a RUNDLL Loading Error every time I log on to MS XP. The error reads: "Loading Error C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files\Bridge.dll The specified module could not be found." What must I do to stop this … |
 | Steve Jobs of [URL="http://www.apple.com"]Apple[/URL] has declared that [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL] Windows is in terminal decline. No really, that's what he's said at the [URL="http://allthingsd.com/d/"]All Things Digital[/URL] conference in LA. And he's had backing from people like Dreamworks, who now access the Internet through an iPad. OK, we'll take it as read that … |
| | Need help, I want my PC to XP Home, to ask me if I want my PC to remember passwords. Is thete a function that I need to enable. Please let me know. Wallace. |
| | or will only load very rarely. i'm fairly certain there is some sort of dns settings affecting virus embeded in flash player. i've tried uninstalling flash completely, and running an antivirus to find the sucker, but upon deletion the situation has not improved. this same problem is also keeping me … |
| | Hi, My name is Harriet and this is my 2nd post. Please let this serve as my introduction to you as I really don't know my way around this community. Before I used Windows Live OneCare (which was discontinued) I backed up to my external hard drive using Acronis. After … |
| | hello can you help me how can i put My Documents and My Pictures in windows explorer...like those Drive D: Drive C: hoping for your positive responds thank you in advance... |
| | Recently I bought some computer parts Gigabyte GA-M55SLI-S4 MotherBoard e-GeForce 7900 GS Graphic Cards (2) Anyway, the motherboard doesn't have a video output. So I connect my DVI cable into my monitor and I boot up the machine. The machine starts up and gives me 1 short beep. When I … |
| | Hi everyone, excuse me if I am posting in the wrong place but I am new to this.I have got hold of a Compaq p4 with no hard drive.I would like to use it with windows XP or a later o/s on it.I put a new hard drive in it … |
| | Dell Inspiron Laptop Windows 7 (64bit) Wireless card - Dell 1510 mini (but I think made by Broadcomm) Been getting BSODs (always whilst on wireless) - so updated wireless driver to the latest one on the Dell site. Now the wirelss adapter won't enable. I've tried old and new drivers … |
| | Has anyone ever seen this it's a dell inspiron laptop (sorry don't have the model) my customer upgraded to win 7 and he gets screens that look like this, We've uninstalled and re-installed the video driver 2 or 3 times. The only way to clear it up is to change … |
| | hi, i wondered if i could bother you all for some help, i haven't got much knowledge in this field although it's something i seem to need at the moment. basically i was wondering if you could make me some suggestions on hardware/software/retailers ok first off, i'm in need of … |
 | For some time now I find that Windows XP Professional will not drill down through more than one folder unless I return and then try again. Very tedious. I suspect that this might be as a result of one of the updates from MS. What might be the problem/solution? SNIP |
| | I have an ASUS M3N78-VM mobo with WD 350g SATA drive running Win XP. Everything has been good for about 7 months but I now have intermittent problems when powering up the machine. From a cold start the SATA drive is not recognized in the bios and I get a … |
| | i have gigabyte GA-945GCMXS2 motherboard, i have 512 mb(x1) of ram(DDR2-667) installed in one slot, and other slot is empty. I want to perform a memory upgrade(preferably 2gb in other slot), but the problem is the manual which came with it says it supports max 2gb, while the site[URL="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2"]http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2521&ProductName=GA-945GCMX-S2[/URL] says … |
| | I have an Acer Aspire 5100 running Windows XP. I recently installed a LightWave USB TV/AV Combo TV aerial unit to enable me to watch TV on my laptop. I live in Uganda so don't have many options apart from this in my place. Everything was fine for a day … |
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