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| | Im looking to get a microsoft office package for a new PC that I have brought. Would Vista be the best one to get or does any one recommend something better? I have heard mixed reviews on vista. |
| | Hello all, I'm trying to fix a problem. This E-machine did not boot up, so I changed the power supply, puter came on but no beeps, or anything on the monitor. All the fans run, could it be the mobo? |
| | Hi I have a dell Inspiron 8600 with a fx5200 go I had a bad lcd so i bought a relacment when I installed IT the screen only flashes red green blue white black and so on on an external lcd I can't see my post but I boot to … |
| | Hello, Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Basically, I'm running Vista and have two external hard drives, a 500gb Western Digital, and a 2tb Lacie which I just purchased. I use both at the moment, but I'm beginning the process of transferring my files bit by bit from the … |
| | can some one please help me. i got a dell as a second comp for my son to mess with. its a dell dimension 2100,pentium3,pc133 256mb,20g hard drive. this dell had windows 2000 so i formatted it,now i have tryed to install windows xp with no joy the CD drive … |
| | hey ppl, i've just joined da forum so hello to everyone... i've gotta a boot up problem...i scraped my PC down to it bare bones with only the mother board powered yesterday but the machine refuses to boot..i've replaced the RAM, reset the CMOS....still no result... though it did boot … |
| | Have the above laptop, and it simply won't power on. Have done what Sony helpfully suggested and held down the power button for 15secs with and without the battery. Have tested the AC power and its reading a 19.5v. Hard drive is working ok with a 2.5" USB caddy - … |
| | I have a 4-year-old PC that all of a sudden froze during some routine tasks. It hasn't really done that before. I did a re-boot and got nothing. SYMPTOMS - PC turns on with all fans and LEDs (including RAM LED) - No image at any point on monitor (have … |
| | So here's the problem folks. I had just turned my computer on and started working on it when it suddenly powered off as if I had unplugged the laptop without the battery in. It has done this once in the past and after a few days miraculously started working again. … |
| | Everyone please give me ur suggestions about which processor and motherboard is best for Estate company work in London. & which processor and motherboard is best for working for telegraphy company. i have to design 25 computer for estate company as well as for telegraph company so please give me … |
| | I recently sent in my laptop to HP to replace the battery. When I finally got it back after about 3 months, my antivirus subscription had finished. Now, it seems like I have a trojan or virus on my computer. A program called "Auto-Protect Results" (I think it's part of …  |
| | I can't change my background, all i can do is change the color. There's nothing in the Web page background thing. I recenlty installed AVG, Spybot, and HijackThis. I ran avg until there was nothing left that it could pick up, and I immunized with S&D, but i don't know … |
| | I've had this problem with Hotmail over the last 3 weeks, everytime I go to login, the page begins to load and just goes blank while "loading." The little hourglass still shows that it's working but nothing happens. Sometimes after a long, long period of time (hours), the page will … |
| | hey guyz, well i am quite new to the geeky thing, i have got a intel 845GLLY motherboard and 256 gb of ram with p-iv 1.8 GHz processor. i need to know that if i can increase my ram to 1 gb, is there be any problem in the performance … |
 | Microsoft Update [B]KB951748[/B] is known to cause loss of Internet access for [B]ZoneAlarm[/B] users! I suggest either Option 1 or Option 2 in the link below: [url]http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html[/url] [url]http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=52727[/url] PP :) |
| | Hey I'm Justin from Australia, I recently purchased a nVIDIA Geforce 9600 GSO for my AMD 4800, i am now having the same problem that many people have. I have inserted the graphics card into the motherboard and the fan on the graphics card is spinning, once i connect my … |
| | i am unable to access the items in my control panel such as add/remove programs etc. please help! there seems to be some sort of trojan at work. here is my hijackthis log and my combofix log. i'm not massively technical so basic instructions would be much appreciated. many thanks, … |
 | OK here is the problem at work. We have a lexmark printer that is randomly printing images of Clifford the Dog(funny right)...it also prints other characters from that cartoon. This has been happening since the printer was received. It happens in between jobs and sometimes when no one has even …  |
| | I have a Brother MVC 215C color inkjet with scanner, fax etc ... If I don't print for a week or two, I have to clean the black ink - not the colors as they are fine, just the black. I've tried different cartridges with the same results. I have … |
| | :'( Ok I am having a host of problems with my computer. First before i can eve log in on to my page there is a box that comes up and says that the iinstruction @"0X7712492 memory cannot be read click ok to terminate! Then there is another one that … |
| | Hello. I wanted to upgrade my graphics card but know nothing about computers. Would a XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card - 256MB DDR3, PCI Express, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV work on a PC with a Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.60GHz with a Intel D865GBF in … |
 | Okay, after booting up my vista based notebook, it runs like an angel. Only problem, it takes 65 seconds to boot up, from the older 45 seconds. I performed every single tweak i could get my hands on. about 55 to 60 of those seconds are spent on the vista … |
| | I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium. During the time I am setting it up, I attempted to set Windows Update in order for it to automatically seek the newest updates. I am unable to do so because the selections are grey out. There is a message … |
| | One of my pc's that i built recently has the following (as well as a 600watt quality psu): xfx 630i motherboard- [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3517183[/url] Pentium D E2180 CPU 2.0ghz stock- [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3505668&CatId=2851[/url] Thermaltake Ruby Orb Cpu HSF- [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2844209&sku=T925-2032&srkey=ruby%20orb[/url] Now, here's my problem. I've heard a lot about overclocking, and how you can max … |
| | Hi, I'm new to the whole open source racket and was wondering what Unix or Linux OS is the easiest to work with. I just need something to get me started until I can learn about open source a little more and learn some programming. I was looking into Ubuntu, …  |
| | My computer screen keeps randomly blacking out and I have no idea what to do. I'll start it up, use it for a while and then it seems to still be running but I cant see anything but a black screen. I have tried everything to get it to go … |
| | Hi there, Just wondering if anybody can help me out here. I'm in no ways a computer whizz so please excuse my ignorance on this! I have just tried to set up Microsoft Outlook with a new mail account. While I can send from this new account I don't seem … |
 | Well over time my cpu has slowed down and I have followed all of the cleaning and virus/maleware/trojen cleanup procedures and I am clean as a whistle, but I have a very slow boot up. My question is, can I just reinstall windows and not loose any files or important … |
| | I have a Compaq 5300US, running Windows XP. Last night I noticed the screen displaying this message. "non-system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready" the cursor is blinking right under these two lines. the screen looks like the MS - Dos command mode screen. all … |
| | This is really a followup to a previous post that I did. Here is the situation. Lightning strike took out my dsl modem and router. No power response when trying to turn on the computer. I fugured the MOBO was fried since network card on MOBO. Got a new MOBO … |
 | I have installed many anti-virus for protect my computer but no one it's working its good. i want to know how to come virus to my system somebody told me that its coming through USB and Internet and also i want know which one is better protect from virus ??? |
 | Hi Guys... i'm sure the topic has given you a braod hint and if u've still been brave enough to open this just help me out... i have a dual boot system, windows XP and Ubuntu 7.1. i need to change this setup to a virtual machine setup, host xp … |
| | I'm really sorry to ask this but, I'm a complete noobie when it comes to computers. I won't go into too much detail but, basically I was force to reinstall my OS and I'm missing three drivers for it. I am unable to connect to the internet and my other … |
| | Hey all good folks at Dani Web !!! I have a Dell Optiplex GX240, vertical standing desktop machine. Right now it only has 256 MB RAM and a 2.0GHz proc. I bought the machine as is. It came with everything original but it was missing a hard drive. I put … |
| | i would like to run memtest, but i don't know what to click on to begin. here are the choices. download prebuilt & ISO? source code? pre compiled bootable ISO? (.gz)? (.zip)? pre compiled bootable binary? (.gz)? (.zip)? pre compiled EXE file for USB key (Pure DOS)? pre compiled package …  |
| | I've been getting a lot of popups and trying to use symantec and spybot to deal with it, but that's not working. Today, when I tried to log in as Administrator to my computer, it did not load the toolbar or any icons, just the desktop background and a cursor … |
| | hello daniweb community, can any one help me? my xp machine cannot log in to my desktop, after loading xp and when it shows the blue windows where the logo of xp is shown , it is stuck there forever. even if in safe mode its like that. is there … |
| | Hi Guys, I really hope you can help me with this as i'm going mad trying to find an answer. It's quite a story and i will try and keep it short. I have a HP laptop, and the operating system is windows XP, and it works on Service Pack … |
| | I copied photos to desktop and now cnnot delete them. In fact, they are multiplying! I delete the icons and they deep coming back. Up to 11-12 copies to this point. Anyone know what is going on? Jack |
| | When I had XP, I found it incredibly easy to get my microphone to pick up good, high quality sound. However upon getting Vista, I'm having trouble getting it to pick up anything quieter than shouts. I thought I'd fixed it yesterday when playing Team Fortress 2, as it seemed … |
| | All of a sudden, my computer won't load certain web pages. Pages like Myspace, my hotmail account (stops working after I try to login), the google page loads but won't load when i try to search, yahoo won't load, the list goes on. Other pages do load like this for … |
| | my scanner will no longer scan, it says it is being used by another program. how do i find what is using it so i can stop it or delete it? |
| | Hi. I desperately need the help this community. After installing a Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler on my Athlon64 3000+ @ 2.00 GHz, my computer failed to boot. It didn't even post or go to BIOS. I have a Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard and managed to enter the BIOS setup … |
| | I'm not sure if I changed a setting for start up because when I tap/hold F8 to get the safe mode selection screen, I get another black screen that says: "Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Copy Right 1985-1988 All Rights Reserved" "Dell System Dimension 4600i BIOS Version A/O" and some other … |
| | On normal boot up none of the icons on the desktop or start menus work. When you click they show egg timer and hang up. No program works. Ran in safe mode and performed Spyware doctor [programs work in safe mode]. Couple of spywares and trojan ; Aware.Sahagent and Trojan.Packed.ExeSt … |
| | hi folks my friend's computer keeps switching itself off - hence me posting her log here for her as she can't stay online long enough. It also switches off when not online I should add. She's running Windows XP professional with a service pack 2 log as follows: Logfile of … |
| | I am new to DANIWEB. I am desperate because I bought a laptop on the internet a year plus ago and it locks up/freezes up/cpu loop/ or whatever the lingo translates to. I retired from IBM after 35 1/2 years and have 8 software patents in the mainframe world. I … |
| | My computer shuts down for no reason at all. It does not matter what I am doing, but is more prone to do it on 'secure' sites - eg. Internet Banking. I thought I had a hardware problem, so have replaced motherboard, processor and memory. It ran fine for 3 … |
 | Just a quick question... I have an HP Pavilion with Intel Core 2 Duo (the lowly 1.87 Ghz E6300 version). For the most part, it is pretty decent. When I first got it, was pretty happy; thought it was much faster than my last pc...but now I want to pep … |
| | Hi, I am currently using the latest version of Mozilla Firefox running on XP. I also am using a 21" monitor which I suspect to be altering my viewing abilities while surfing. I am unable to see most color and details on web pages and what should be tabbed or … |
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