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| | I have a windows vista laptop and a windows xp desktop that sits doing nothing, though the hardware is fairly good. Can I link the 2 so that while I play games on my laptop, it also utilises the hardware in the desktop? That way I'd have an extra 2 … |
| | I returned from work yesterday and my monitor was completely dead. No power light - no nothing. It is only about 5 months old and showed no signs of deterioration. I tried new outlets, power cord, etc. to no avail. Any ideas of the cause or a fix? Thanks!  |
| | trying to get my laptop to work wireless not sure what im doing im new at this and I hope im in the right place like i said Im new at this thanks  |
| | Hi all My IP is of the non routable types, 10.40.100.xxx. It's a static IP. I'm using IIS to host a website. However, my IP being the non routable type, I cant get others to access my machine by typing the IP in the address bar ([url]http://10.40.100.xxx[/url]) and my ISP's … |
| | Hi, I have a small office and running about 9-10 pc in a room including fax/printer. I can access all pc using wireless router. But now I got a new issue. We have a invoice system which is installed on one machine using wamp server. What I want to do … |
| | Are you a windows user that wants to start fooling around with linux? I know a lot of people who are. But theres a few reasons why they aren't in linux learning. The Windows user is afraid that partitioning his/her hard drive is going to screw something up. Maybe, they … |
| | Please bear with my questions which some of you will think are simple. I just discovered this site today, and I need some advice from users who are more up-to-date than I am. I currently own a G5 desktop running 10.4.11. It has an airport card. I am researching buying … |
| | Whenever I do a search I am redirected to a different site than the one I want to go to. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:04:47 PM, on 1/8/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: …  |
| | I have a really nice Compaq ML350G2 that I use as a Ubuntu LAMP server - 2x1.3Ghz cpu, RAID, etc. Works great except for the fan noise which is insane. I purchased and installed a high-quality Silenx IXP-74-11 fan which is truly whisper quiet. The problem is that 30 seconds … |
| | Hello, I have the full version of norton ghost 10. I have made a backup. Now can someone plz guide me the process to restore the backup through command prompt i.e. when you boot your computer and boot in command prompt mode. Thanx in advance  |
| | I have a strange problem that has been driving me mad for over a month, and would appreciate anyone's advice on the matter. Here's the current configuration: ISP: TPG, static IP Modem/Router: NetComm NB5Plus4 OS: Windows XP SP2 (windows firewall disabled) Zonealarm firewall, McAfee anti-virus My problem is that one … |
| | I keep losing my internet connection and am forced to reboot. I've flushed my dns cache and it helps sometimes. What else can I do? |
| | I have a database filemaker pro that i wish to stop using and start using Access. This will help with all of my sharepoint thoughts. So if anyone knows the best way to import/export the database from filemaker pro to Access |
| | Hi anyone who's interested in helping me :) Here's the deal, down and dirty: Changed around the sizes of some partitions, then rebooted and installed a linux distro on a seperate partition. Went to go into XP Home (SP2, or course), and it first told me autocheck could not be … |
| | Hi to everyone I noticed a few days ago that my CPU usage is up to 100%, the process was svchost.exe. Also I find tuvurqo.dll and fccby.dll and a few other that were created in that day when this problem starts! My question is: How can I delete these 2 … |
| | Hello, sorry to post straight away on a forum asking for help, but I'm afraid I have to admit defeat. First of all I work for my boss, and when I went away for christmas I was in the middle of setting up the network, and I came back to … |
 | My son tried to access our laptop & this is what it said :( This is the message blue screen Stop C0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry can't load the hive (file) \systemroot\system32\config\software or it's log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent or not writeable,. Beginning dump of physical memory. … |
| | Well, i want to print screen the process of reformatting for teaching my friends, as they dont know how to reformat pc at all. I checked over some websites which teach how to reformat, but the pictures are very limited. So, my question is, how i able to print screen … |
| | i purchased norton ghost 10 a couple of days ago. The softwares workin fine but accidently i broke the installation cd that had the recovery environment. Is there any way to create a duplicate cd of the same. Plz help me out. Regards Bharat Shivram  |
| | I recently loaded Norton SystemWorks 2004 on to my XP Home platform. Norton GoBack is a separate installation on the same CD. I'm having trouble loading this program and receive the following error message during the process. [I]Error copying the file "help\SymHelp.chm to C:\Program Files\Common FIles\Symantec Shared\Help\Sym Help"[/I] I disabled … |
| | Hi! I would like to run Dual Monitors, i've been looking at other threads and haven't seen the answer. I have a 7300nvidia PCI express 512MB DDR2 HDTV and DVI-I (SLi , purevidieo,) I have two VGA monitors. and I have a motherboard built 6200 nvidia also that has a … |
| | Hi was thinking of getting a new case, and i came across one that i really like - [url]http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119136[/url]. it comes with a 1000W power supply. it got me thinking, how important is a PS that powerful ? Im interested in high-end gaming, and i was wondering if its really … |
| | I dont even know where to start. A few weeks ago a variety of problems started after someone started fooling around with my computer. I think they were trying to make a static ip or something. I dont know if it worked. I began having problems with my internet connection. …  |
| | My computer has been infected with somekind of spyware that leaves a yellow sign with exclamation mark in the notification tray. Every 30 seconds or so a dialog bubble appears from the yellow sign with the following message: Your computer is infected! Window has detected spyware infection. It is recommended … |
| | Guys I really am desperate right now... I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors using PowerQuest Partition Magic 7.0. What can I do? Is it possible that this is a hardware malfunction, like bad harddrive? Or is there any … |
| | Hey i was trying to make one of my partitions bigger with partition magic 8.0. In the process of resising my pc froze, so i had to reset. Now the partition is bigger but i cannot open it. When i do an error checkup with partition magic i get the … |
| | Ok, I need some help. Recently My C: drive has been running out of space, so I figured I would use Partition Magic to marge my other partitions, and make it all one big drive. I got the program, started it up, and tried to redistribute the free space on … |
 | Hey Guys, I have read other threads here that are similar to my situation, but it seems that all of these people could access Windows. I have a Windows XP SP2 PC that I tried to partition the 80 GB HD into 3 partitions for dual OS. I was shortening … |
| | Hello all. Here we go.... I used partition magic to partition a 20gig 2.5" drive installed in one of my desktop systems with an IDE adapter. Windows will not recognize the drive after using PM, before all was fine. I have tried booting with several boot cd's/floppys. The best I … |
| | This morning everything was just fine... I was running XP media center, and wanted to create another partition to install XP Pro on. I used partition magic 8 to move my primary partition and create another bootable partition for XPpro. In the middle of moving the partition the computer crashed. … |
| | I have inherited a PC with 3 Operating Systems - on start up I must select one of the Operating Systems - the other 2 do not work. I have no idea how to get rid of the 2 redundant operating systems. I have a new Windows Vista Full package … |
| | Hi, all experts. I'm having problem with Norton Ghost 10 Recovery Disk. I tried to boot the PC with the CD into recovery environment. Unfortunately, it went through the loading process then come to a grey screen, with a big mouse pointer. Later on, the screen refreshed and the mouse … |
 | I have always used PartitionMagic and DriveImage and when PowerQuest was bought out by Symantec, I started using PartitionMagic and Norton Ghost but this new machine of mine runs Win XP x64 edition, and neither of those programs are x64 compliant ... from what I've been reading on various forums, … |
| | I am starting this thread in the hope that I might get some help to restore my laptop. On New Years Eve as I booted up I got the "Windows cannot start system32/config/.... file is missing or corrupted. Spoke with Toshiba and since I could not locate my recovery cd … |
| | Ok chaps, here's the setup, and I'd like your advice how to make it go as painlessly as possible, please ;) I currently have a Foxconn 760GXK8MC motherboard, running a 40Gb Master and an 80Gb Slave drive on an IDE channel. I've purchased a 320Gb Western Digital SATA drive to … |
 | I need to buy a new computer. When I go to sites that are selling them, I see so many different options that I don't even understand. I am wondering if any of you wonderful people can tell me what I should be looking for. I am not a gamer … |
| | Hello everyone; I would appreciate if anyone can help me out how to trouble shoot of the following windows problems: [B]1. I can no longer boot my pc on ANY Safe Modes options. [/B] When I leave my computer switched off for at least 16 hours or more then turn … |
| | I am using a gigabyte 7VT600 1394 motherboard. AMD 2800 processor at the auto settings on the motherboard It is running at 2075.00MHz, system buss of 166, and a multiplier of 12.5. Does this seem right or can I get more out of it. It seems a little slow for … |
 | Is there a way to remove the windows xp pro 9 connection limit ?  |
| | I'm embarassed to be posting this here, but I've been having a problem with my computer lately. It runs Windows Vista 64-bit and has a whopping 8 gigs of ram. However, for the past few weeks, there has been a constant RAM usage of 30-40% being eaten up by svchost.exe. … |
| | I am using XP Home with SP2. I installed IE7 a long time ago and it was great until jut a few days ago. All of a sudden I cannot get to any webpages at all, I just get an error message "Address not found." I also have AOL and … |
| | Hi, I added a hard drive from one pc to another & the graphics on the screen looks blurry and bad. when i download the manufacturer which is gateway video drive for that specific drive. when i try to install it following the guide it doesn't. the guide does say … |
| | i am having trouble if i double click on my cd drive in my computer i get a message please insert disc. i already have a disc in the drive. the drive that i had in when this started happening was a dvd-rw . i've changed the drive to a … |
| | Dear all, I would like some help with my PC which seems to have been hijacked. I cant get into safe mode, into control panel and Ctl-Alt-Del doesnt work either. So no way to see what is causing the issue. I can open some programs randomly but the PC is …  |
| | Hey, i bought 2x1GB ram upgrades, which didnt quite fit in my comp. they didnt click in all the way when i thought i had installed them, so really i had no RAM when i booted my computer up. i could tell the computer was on, but my monitor never … |
| | Hi All, I am a newbie -- and have just installed a New Windows XP Home Edition (Legal and Registered) on my computer and was trying to unzip a program and recieved this message.... Component'COMDLG32.OCX or one of its dependecies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid. Ok …  |
| | I've installed a new hard drive on my grandsons computer. I have an OEM XP Home to install, however, when I try to install, the install goes to the loading files for install, then indicates that the plugin.ocx file cannot be installed. If I bypass and continue I get an … |
| | I have my friend's PC which is almost identical to my so i told him i would look at it. When you start it, you don't get video. The screen wont even turn on. These are the troubleshooting steps i took. There is no internal speaker unfortunately. Yes, the DVD/CD … |
| | Hi All, I've been trying to set up a reliable system to send compressed videos of counselling sessions here (Australia) to a doctor in the U.S. We had a VPN based system for a while, but for various reasons, this is no longer appropriate. Transfer sizes are usually about 500MB … |
| | The power supply reads proper voltage (voltmeter), however no lights come on for this 750gb Maxtor HD One Touch IV. I know that I can get a warranty one, however I had literally finished, one day before, organizing every single music, video, footage, file, and harddrive backup into something clear … |
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