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| | Im visiting my parents and they just installed a new printer on their pc, it told them to restart the pc so they did. however the pc would not restart so my mom decided to pull the plug out of the wall and put it back in, now when i … |
| | I have a friend who installed a new monitor. Acer Model AL2016wc We resized the display to make it easier to veiw, but she does not like her icons that small and going back through settings/control panel/display.. cannot change her settings back to where they were. Please help.  |
 | Lots of people are arguing about which OS is better, xp or vista!! What is your opinion. I think that vista is better. What about you? |
| | Hi ,I am new to daniweb. I need help.I am looking for all the registry errors found in windows XP and vista.is their any link for that or does any one have the list. I need it urgently. Regards, Ankur |
 | Yesterday I was on my computer for much of the day and it worked gloriously, now not so much. When I turn it on the usual BIOS post comes up except it shows less info then usual. And it doesn't appear to recognize my keyboard as I press F12 to … |
| | Ok, I installed this game a long time ago, Knight Online. For awhile now I have been trying everything I can to get rid of it off my computer and everytime I try by using the Remove Programs, it starts up briefly and then I get an error saying "Version … |
| | My friend says his mouse is hijacked, I haven't gone to see this yet but he says he has to keep changing USB ports in order to keep running. Anyone ever heard of this? |
| | Hi Guys (and Gals), I'm in the middle of a Windows98 reinstall on an E Tower e333i. After install I had dblbuff.sys, ifshlp.sys, himem.sys and REM[Header] error in EXE file error in EXE file errors. Was able to fix the first three by downloading files from internet and installing via … |
| | Hey everyone, We had a user here who's e-mail recently went down (I'm not sure why, I was not the tech to fix the initial problem). She had initially had some e-mails typed up and saved in her Outbox folder, to be sent out once a week for eight months. … |
 | Hey everyone, I have Vista installed on my C: partition and XP installed on G: Every time I reboot, the PC goes straight into XP, with no option for Vista. How can I make it to where the computer gives me the option at boot?  |
| | Hi there! I've been browsing these forums as a guest for quite some time, and recently (read:last night) managed to pick up some nastiness. I've done the basics, I think.... ewido, AdAware, SpyBot, loaded updated and ran AVG... But I'm not the right kind of Geek to decode all this. … |
| | I've just reinstall XP sp2 on my laptop, got everything going but now for some reasons I can't access any files in it while I'm on my other cpu. It shows the Laptop on the network but files are restricted. All restrictions are allowed in Security settings too. Another thing …  |
| | How to identify the driver of a device working in Linux (RHEL 5) ?? |
| | As my computer have not sound when I check it the message display "There is no Active Mixer Devices Available." You may install mixer devices from the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard in the control panel. Please advise. aSIF |
| | I just installed XP pro on a new hd on this system and all went well during the installation. when it reboots to finish install it locks up on the Flag screen after the bar goes once acrocc and starts the second pass. I tried to boot into safe mode …  |
| | Hi guys, I have a Windows XP (with SP2) box running Firefox 0.10 (yesterday nightly build). Using a ADSL connection, Firefox is able to open pages from the web without any problem. But using Internet Explorer, it always get a "cannot open page" error. I've already run ad-ware and spybot … |
| | How can I get VMWare player to install on Ubuntu Linux 7.10? The server (from apt-get) needs a serial number, which I do not have. The VMWare player that I have is an rpm file. How can I install this on a Debian-based distro? ie: Ubuntu. |
| | Hello ;) Having trouble with my silver powerbook running OS X...on starting i get a folder with a flashing question mark on it. I haven't the boot disk needed to load my desktop so that i can then 'bless' the system folder. Have borrowed an installation disk which when i … |
 | Hi folks, I have an urgent problem on my hands. When I booted my pc in winxp, it booted ok, but the desktop and taskbar are completely missing. In other words the desktop is completely blank. With this blank desktop I can do nothing such as reinstall xp etc. Please … |
 | Okay so I've been getting A LOT of pos.tmp etc. files in my C: Drive and My Docs. I also have a Red X for the icon of my C Drive. I also have these "system messages": System Warning: Windows performed illegal operation. Your system files could have critical errors. …  |
| | Hi there! I'm having serious issues here. Explorer keeps crashing whenever I try to access anything in it - example, my documents. I can see the files for about a good 15 seconds before it crashes, and then I lose the start menu, taskbar, and things on my desktop for … |
 | I find out that our country (slovakia) has lack of experience in mailing systems. There is no one who to ask and no discussion forums too. I can do it on Forums like daniweb and other foreign sites. The problem is that the network in our country is not the … |
| | My computer is so screwed i can't do a whole lot due to its refusal to work properly i ran quite a few checks using Ewido and AVG and found these: Downloader.Iframe.u Not-A-Virus.Hoax.Win32.Renos.dw Trojan.Qhost.abh The problems i am having include: -can't use the control panel due to "effects on computer" … |
 | I have a Windows XP machine with Microsoft Outlook XP on the same LAN as an iMac running Jaguar with Microsoft Entourage X. Samba is currently set up to share files between the two computers with no problem. Is it possible to synchronize my address book, e-mail, and calendar among … |
| | Hey so I'm pretty computer unsavvy, I'm in my house in the middle of nowhere accessing my router via satellite internet connection, and now I find that my router is nowhere and I'm using an unidentified network. I do have access to the satellite connection across the street? So maybe … |
| | i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment. |
| | It's a Del GX260. After a power outage, it does not boot. Message: no boot device found |
| | Hi all. My wife's iBook G3 is showing the small folder icon with a flashing ? on it. She has not backed up the HD for some time and reeeealllly needs documents off it. Listening closely at start up, I do not hear the HD spin, but rather hear two … |
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this is going to be a long thread coz i will explain the situation in detail. ok the problem is simple....the computer 'beeps'when i turn it on and then shuts down automatically and nothing comes on the screen. these are the hardwares that i currently have PSU: coolermaster extreme … |
| | Hello all! This is my first post here so go easy with me! I have been putting together a new build machine using a Foxconn 6497 motherboard and a ATi radeon X300 64MB graphic card. The board has no built in graphics ,so hence the small graphics card just to … |
| | I am office manager of a small law firm with about 20 computers using Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. We share our documents on a network drive using folders labeled for each client, project, etc. My problem is that many users "accidentally" drag a folder and move the contents to … |
| | have you ever bought a pc with a large hard drive, and two days later , you come to find that a large chunk (about 15gb/103gb) of your new drive missing? Well, when this happened to me, i shutoff system restore, and as quick as day, i got my 15gb … |
| | Does anybody use Uniblue's registry cleaning tools at all? I ran a registry scan using their trial version as I have a number of scvhost.exe apps running in my processes tab of the Task Manager and it said it found over 700 errors but the trial version can only fix …  |
| | I reinstalled Windows XP with SP2 and everything works perfect, except I can not get Print Shop 20 Deluxe to install correct. I had this program installed on this computer before and did not have a problem. I installed it on my other computer to make sure the disc was … |
| | Hi all, Apart from Lynx, could someone recommend a good cross-platform text browser? Thanks. Jamie. |
| | I have an old IBM laptop 560X model 2640-60U. It has a Pentium 200MHZ processor with 96 Megs of ram. I have a Mobile CD PCMCIA CD Rom drive that I would like to use with this laptop. I do have a drivers floppy for this CD rom drive. I … |
| | Hey my primary drive 0 is getting funky and once I turn off my computer (its a Dell, Windows, 2000) and turn it back on its will come up with the same info on my drive but sometimes it comes back and itspretty much like chance to get back on … |
| | after update of bios, Computer can't start windows or read HDD. i only get black screen. It's defenltiy Bios! |
| | Hey all, newbie here, have a question for ya. Machine: HP PAvillion 5218nr (2006) 80Gb HD 200Meg Ram (UG) And the ever lovely Celeron M I've read similar posts on the topic already but wonder whether there's a genuine problem uninstalling/deleting the HP system recovery partition if i have the …  |
| | Howdy folks. I'm a newbie here. I am working on a remote server that we rent for our coldfusion websites. It has Windows Server 2003 installed on it. Something is wrong with the operating system, and I'm hoping that I won't have to reinstall it. It mostly works, but there … |
| | when trying to install, while copying files to windows insalation folder, many files come up as: "setup cannot copy the file." so i just skip file. or they come up as: "file was not copied corectly." What can i do? |
| | does anybody know what exactly an extended atx mother board is? I hear a lot about them, and i want to know what they are and if i can find one with a socket 775 or AM2+. Please let me know what they are and where i can buy one. … |
| | Hi I bought 80 gb IDE HD for celeron PC as secondary HD When i installed the hd it suppose to show the full volume of 80 gb but it was showing only 34gb. I thought this celeron PC may not support such big HD So I tried the same … |
| | I used to subscribe to a radio talk show host's newsletters about computers and technical info and also downloaded the radio programs on podcast thru iTunes. However, I never had time to read all newsletters or listen to podcasts so I unsubscribed. Now my grandaughters received iPods for Christmas and … |
| | I am running these protection programs [I]on my son's PC[/I]. Am I running any redundancies? Are any of these going to conflict with each other? SpyBot S&D w/Teatimer AdAware AVG Anti-Spyware SpywareGuard Spyware Blaster Comodo Firewall Pro HijackThis! I've just installed comodo on son's pc and it is a bit … |
| | Please help. Every time I try to load Conquer Online [URL=http://conqueronline.com/](the game)[/URL] I get this error. The D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:DLLLockCB Please help me. I tried reinstalling Direct X. And I still got the same problem. :confused: Thanx :o OS: Win98SE |
| | First and foremost, who are you folks and how did you figure out how to increase the length of your days or go without sleep!!! The obvious effort you put into helping the less fortunate and knowledgeable is amazing. Not to overlook many others that contribute, as I only found … |
 | Hello everyone, *sigh* continous computer problems recently. I had a faulty hard drive replaced it with a 320 gb SATA seagate hard drive a little while ago(starting from scratch). The old hard drive kept refreshing; it was whirling down, then spinning, the whirling.. etc. After installing the new hard drive … |
| | Hello, I have a problem with MSN messenger. Every time i open it, within 3 seconds i get a message saying "MSN has encountered a problem and needs to close" I see some other people have had this problem and i have followed their instructions about posting a topic here … |
| | Hello All, I'm new to the site! I hope someone can help me. I have a client that has winxo pro on a Compaq desktop evo. The problem is all of a sudden someone was working on it for him and boom some of the web pages no longer display …  |
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