50,473 Archived Topics
Remove Filter  | |
| | my computer had been activated for the past 3-4 years. i was working properly, now its asking to activate windows xp. There something wrong there; but still i said yes when it asked if i wanted to activate windows. still more problems, it does not detect my internet connection. I … |
| | I am unable to change the home page of IE even after making changes in the General tab of Internet options menu. IE always opens with microsoft.com as the home page. Any solutions? |
 | I would like to know how to get rid of the Quicktime question mark that keeps coming up on both Firefox, IE7 and MSN 7. I don't know where to begin correcting this issue. I have checked my security settings, tried defaulting windows media player, real player and quicktime to …  |
| | Most webpages wont load on my computer. It was fine last night and no settings have been manually changed but just overnight its stopped working. It comes up with "page cannot be displayed". it's not only the webpages either though. I haven't been able to connect to World of Warcraft … |
| | I need help! My computer is acting funny. I've ran virus scan and spyware scan and came up with nothing on those. What's happening is when I click on a link in an email or on a webpage it opens it in that window instead of another window. Also when … |
| | Have a Dell Demension 3100. PC. It is a windows xp media center sp2. These computer dont come with floopy drive, so i am trying to install a floopy, but to no avail.It wont recognize the hardware. I have attached a data cable , since none was provided with the … |
 | Hi, I have a celeron D right now and i am looking to upgrade my cpu would a core 2 duo fit in the same socket? or do i need a new motherboard |
| | Hey there! I heard that this site was really helpful and as of right now I really need the help. Recently I updated my macafee. After that nothing seemed to work. So i UNINSTALLED it. Thinking that everything would be okay... macafee was somehow still there. Now I was arrogant … |
| | I have a Pentium 4 - 3.4, on a Asus P5P800 motherboard, and have 1 Gb of ram installed. The problem? When I boot the computer It always says 400 Mhz Dual Channel Linear mode, but today, I upgraded the ram to 2 Gb's using the same rating as my … |
| | I have been trying to fix my pc. Can anyone help me by reading this log on what needs removed/fixed? Thank You! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:00:10 PM, on 4/19/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS.0\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS.0\system32\services.exe … |
| | A friend bought a HP with no discs or OS. It worked a little than was unusable. It's has an athlon 1900, 80 gig HD hp cd writer and dvdrom. I'm trying to help him, I formated the HD but had to do it on my computer. I'm trying to … |
| | could someone please help me with my internet explorer redirecting me to other search engines with google set as my home page |
| | Hi there hope someone can help I have an AMD ATHLON 2600+ (333MHX) Instaled on an Asrock K7S8X motherboard with 256 mb 233mhz ddr and a Geforce fx 128mb (AGP) graphics card. When i turn it on the fans spin theres no beeps and theres no video output from the … |
| | So basically I was typing my research paper, then Word froze so I restarded. Now all of my files are gone. Before it went to log on a little window popped up sayin something along the lines "Enviroment profile cannot open. It will open temporary enviroment..." I searched about this … |
| | So I deleted some files that are on a drive mapping of remote computer. Where do they get put? I looked in both recycle bins, and there is nothing. Anyone know? |
| | Hi every1 I installed DirectX 9.0C on my computer recently but when i go to Run->dxdiag, i'm shown tat only DirectX 9.0b is installed...... I'm not able to play any games because most of the games need the latest version of DirectX and i get a error msg sayin "Unable … |
| | I',m new But i need help already . The thing is that my computer takes ages when it says 'windows is starting up' or something like that Plz help thx :'( |
| | Hi Ive read numerous posts like these and couldnt find a answer for these circumstances, i recently foolishly turned off my xp laptop off by the mains button not knowing what could happen, everytime i start the laptop it says along the lines of " windows could not start properly" … |
| | hi all... theres been a problem with my laptop n i don't know what it is.. for your information i share this laptop with my family.. it seems that my bro is playing the online games name GUNZ. and he use some hack..i don't know what it's name.. and sudenly … |
| | :?: can anyone help me here?? As soon as i enter the window internet icon. this strange message appear which had never appeared before. it says viz: " WINDOWS INSTALLER " PREPARING TO INSTALL, a MINUTE OR TWO IT DISAPPEAR. Can anyone tell me what went wrong here ? and … |
| | Every thing is pink on my screen.Connected a CRT to check and its ok there.Is it the inverter? |
| | This is a long one. I tried to make it easier to read by deleting the spaces. Ultimately I'm trying to fix a buffer overrun with explorer.exe runPlatform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe … |
| | Hi!I came home one day and I found a new account on the login screen {I use XP and Internet Explorer, btw}:(My Name)(My Roommate's Name)[B]Admin[U]e[/U]strator[/B]Somehow, someone hacked into my computer with a new admin account {I do have the default Admin account in Safe Mode, though.} So I assumed my … |
| | BEST DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER AND SMALL MIC IN USA...!!! Hi everyone...!!! I am an indian right now in usa on a short trip. I am here for just 4 more days. I want to PURCHASE -------- THE BEST DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER - the objective is to be able to rcord … |
| | |
| | Hi - I'm new to MACs. I have a dual G5 running panther and wish to upgrade to tiger so that I can finally run my Garmin device. I got hold of a legal copy of tiger (for an imac) and on installing got the MACs version of the dreaded … |
| | Hello! I am new to the forum. I found your site thru a Google search. I am somewhat skilled in dealing with computer issues, so I am helping my Dad who is clueless. The downside of this is that I don't have the computer right in front of me, but … |
| | Its called microsoft windows Xp Home edition with this can i delete my regular Windows me and install Xp with it ...XP was done preloaded witht he new computer we jus got but i'm wantin to fix the old'n up and i dont wana delete it if i cant install … |
| | My OS had been giving me some problems. So I tried to repair/reinstall it. but when i tried to boot from the cd and tried to repair it it took me to the recovery console and their asked me to enter Administrator paasword. I had never set an Administrator pass. … |
| | Hello people i need a little help please.... something really messy happen with my PC this morning her is my story i shutdown my pc normaly lastnight everything was fine i turn it on the next day i wirte my pass and everything on my destktop was gone i couldn't … |
| | Installed MB(not new) into presario notebook 2100 and I have only one problem remaining.USB port will not work/see any items drawing power from the port but works with my camera ok.I've tried uninstalling the port but to no avail.I'm stumped at this stage.It only has 1 usb port.If I leave … |
| | trying to build a second pc up just to use as teamspeak server but having big problems with the hard drive or something in the system. System is :- AMD athlon 2000xp+ 256mb ddr ram (but also used a 1gb stick to test) 52x cd rom (cant remember wot mainboard … |
| | Hey, hopefully this is the right place to post this and not the NT/2k/XP/2K3 forum. I've had to change all the IP addresses on one of my networks. The DNS server for the network is a 2K3 Standard server, and it has 2 hosts that need to resolve to that … |
| | I have really hard times with my winxp recently. Time to time (sometimes, immediatelly after start) exporer stucks. Main syndrome is that, only thing which is working is ctrl+alt+del, which brings up task manager, but you cannot click anything. Next thing whis is working are windows shortcus eg. WIN+D will … |
| | i installed windows xp with out uninstalling me first and niw i cant connect to the internet. i have a netgear wireless router and when i try to connect to the network it says i need to install the hardware for it, but one of my freinds said that the …  |
| | [COLOR=Cyan]Hello. [COLOR=Black] My Compac win98 was running Ok. but now when I start it show the window logo, and then then this message came: ' VMM32.VXD is required to run windows. if this file is not in your PATH, you may need to reinstall windows. I don't have disk for … |
| | Hi Guys I discovered that my partner had tried to install spyware on the computer we share at home .. Anyway to cut a long story short he is the administrator and he has access to all of my folders and my profile which I dont mind however I want … |
| | Ok, about a week ago, my nephew got my system infected with Spylocked. I removed it, ran adaware, spybot etc. My problem now is I'm recieving fake "Windows Security Center" looking popups telling me there are problems on my system. I know these are bogus, the web address is [url]http://vnmxjcx.com/start/?aid=334[/url]. … |
| | After my windows totally crashed i thought it might be time to format my hard drive, taking it out of my computer and placing it in a friends i pulled off all the flies that i needed to keep. after putting it back into my computer i attempted to format … |
 | MEPIS is one of the easiest versions of linux to use. Especially for a new user. Here are some good reasons to choose MEPIS over some other version of linux. 1) Support is readily available 2)MEPIS Network Assistant 3)MEPIS System Assistant 4)MEPIS User Assistant 5)MEPIS X-Windows assistant 6)It is very …  |
 | This is just a general question. I have a wireless router (of unknown origin) in my laptop. It's 802.11abg, of course, and I was curious: How does one go about hooking up an antenna to a wireless card?  |
| | Hi.Quickly moving on to my problem : After I turn on my computer (about 10 minutes later) my computer suddenly slows down. When I check my process it turns out my svhost.exe is eating up my ram and my cpu (100mb ram %79-98 cpu). When I turn off that particular … |
| | Good Day, I bought my japanese laptop last April 7, 2007 here in Yokohama Japan after that together with my friend we convert it to English OS, everything is in good condition except the DVD. I try to insert a DVD Movie but it appears, your Windows cannot view DVD … |
| | Hi Guys, I saw that this problem has been done before but after reading the details I was still unable to solve my problem, Perhaps some light could be shed. Generic host process for win32 services........ C:\DOCUME~1\MARKD~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4.tmp.dir00\svchost.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\MARKD~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER4.tmp.dir00\appcompat.txt szAppName : szAppVer : 0.0.0.0 szModName : unknown szModVer : 0.0.0.0 offset … |
| | My free trial with Panda Antivirus Platinum is twenty two days away from expiring, and I'm not 100% sold on them, there were some less than satisfactory events. I have a grand total of six months experience with my home computer, so I'm going to have to rely on our …  |
| | The other day a formated my PC. I managed to get the WMP tool bar on the start bar, but i can't get it anymore. Can you help? Thanks |
| | Hey there, this is kind of a long story but i wanted to make sure i got all of the facts in there even if im not sure they are relevant so i am running windows xp pro sp2. recently i was prompted to install windows media player 11 and … |
| | Last night I was online, on a forum and was writing a reply to someone... Well As I clicked their icon to reply.... 1. My keyboard locked up. ( I figured nothing big, its viewsonic and it does it every once in a while) 2. During this time my mouse … |
| | Hi, every so often for the past few weeks my machine (Mesh Matrix 1800) has been acting wierd. I've had this for around 5 years and it's worked without problem. Now, when I try to shut down, it takes anything from 15 mins to never shutting down and I just … |
| | So last Wed I noticed that my PC was acting really weird. A few quick examples, I couldnt remote into it and it was running really really slow. Well I went to reinstall XP and it wont boot from CD. It gives me the "Press any key to boot from … |
The End.