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| | My daughter is still using Win98 and I wanted to buy her an Epson printer R340. The documentation for this printer says that it works with Win98 ME etc. What is the difference between Win98 and ME that would make this printer not to work with Win98? Thanks; Dougie |
| | Hello everyone, I was installing Windows XP OEM onto my friend's computer. I have done this several times, but this was the first on my friend's machine. He was running a bootleg copy of XP previously and the copyright warnings were annoying him, so I gladly accepted the offer to … |
| | Hi Just installed IE7 and getting this message on start up 'SmartBridge Alert: MotiveSB.exe. Entry Point Not Found' 'The proceedure entry point GetProcessInageFileNameW could not be located in the dynamiclink library PSAPI.DLL.' Can anyone help please Here is a Hijackthis log just in case it is needed Logfile of HijackThis …  |
| | Hi there; started pc this morning and the start menu and quicklaunch toolbar are inactive. They are present and visible as normal, but have no functionality. I'm running Symantec antivirus and also Iolo system mechanic 6 prof. System mechanic tells me my registry is OK but I suspect it might … |
| | I am new to this forum. I am trying to Install Maxtor Diamond Max 10 100 GB SATA 150 HDD on my old AMD 756 motherboard using VIA Vt6421 SATA PCI adapter. I installed PCI driver and my operating system (2000) recognizes it as Raid card. The problem I am … |
| | Well, for the last 2 days a nasty virus, or whatever is disturbing me a lot. Whenever I connect to internet it runs automatically and send email messages. I know this because my antivirus programs show a lot of [I]Scanning Message[/I] small window from lowe-right screen to..... Well I ran … |
| | I was asked by a friend to see if i could help them with a problem they are having with there computer but was unable to help. When you click the start menu and go to programs there is nothing in the menu besides the startup folder(witch is empty),,,, No … |
| | hi all can u advise on how to synchronize my addresses and contacts on the blackberry8700g using MAC through entourage application?? |
 | I have this program on my desktop that is somehow ended here, but I can't delete it on easy way (right click, delete) cause it says it's full write protected or in use(but it's not in use). How to delete it forcely |
| | I have windows xp and I cannot get the system restore to work, it is on but it will not go back to a later date. advice Please. |
| | I am waiting on my xp disk to arrive in the mail. The computer is finished and would really like to get it up and running. Could I use my xp pro disk to install and when the new disk comes use the key off of it or would that … |
| | I purchased an SB Audigy2 zs gamer last year for my homebuilt system, and I am pleased with it up till this point. (I did not get the version with the "breakout" IO box) it is just a stand alone card. My problem is, now I want to use ventrilo … |
| | Hello, My laptop one morning just didn't turn on. The fan began to spin and the power light was on. However, blank screen, no beeping as if it was POSTing. I did some research and performed a PAS alternate boot. The hard drive and scroll lock LED lights lit for … |
| | I had a system32/drivers/ntsf error and found the way to fix it from microsofts site. But when I go into the recovery console. it wont allow me to enter the commands I received from microsoft. I ran a chkdsk and it says it's unrecoverable. I am really limited as to … |
| | I have a Advent 3511, 2.9ghz, Pentium 4 with 512MB DDR and have just tried to install a XFX Geforce 6800XT 256mb graphics card. Uninstalled old graphics drivers, unscrewed and removed old card, replaced with new card and secured with screw, reconnect power and turn on and just get a … |
| | I know upgrading notebooks can be a bit of a problem. What is the easiest way to find out which cpu's certain notebooks(in particular dell notebooks) can handle? I was hoping to find perhaps a site that lists the notebooks by model number and rates the highest cpu speed they … |
 | I'm New to this ... I'm Upgrading a MSI 6178 Mobo. from a 700mhz Celeron to a 1.3Mhz Celeron. Fitted the to cpu and now I cant get the screen to switch on and I'm unable to make any changes if needed to the bios or system setup :( Can … |
| | I have Norton Anti-Virus, and even in safe mode, it cannot delete a virus we have: C:\WINDOWS\system32\winrmc32.dll It doesn't really affect our system, it just pops up a box that says Virus found, but really, Norton should be able to delete it. -- I also cannot go into the folder … |
| | I have Spybot and Adaware, and I'm still getting System 32 box at startup, how do i get rid of it please, i have Hijackthis and here is my log, thanks very much for your help!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:34:36 AM, on 12/7/2006 Platform: Windows XP … |
| | Ubuntu Linux (6.06 LTS): I have Firefox installed as well as Epiphany, and Firefox will not open when opening HTML and bookmark files. I try to open an HTML file off of my desktop, and it opens Epiphany, even after changing the default browser to Firefox. Help! |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 8100. Lately, when I turn my PC on I get a loud noise coming from the back of my computer. It sounds as if my fan is making a lot of noise. What can I do? Can it be replaced and how expensive is that? … |
 | Hi I'm trying to find a technical/service manual for a compaq presario700. looked everywhere but no joy. any ideas anyone? thanks. JemB :?: |
| | Basically, when I shut down this Gateway computer from a client, it keeps running. Windows is gone, and the is no display but keeps sending a signal to the monitor. The fan also stays on. Only way to shut computer down compltetely is by unplugging it... please help |
| | my compaq has been trouble free until yesterday. i did a restart and it just set with the fans running. i could hear the hd find its home track. no disk lights no buzzer. if it sets turned off for 1/2 hour it will restart and run fine untill turned … |
 | So a friend used to do alot of travelling as a semi-conductor call centre manager. He used to fly most weeks and spend probably most of his time away from his office desk. So obviously because of this he spent alot of time in airports. So basically he made the … |
| | I've recently relpaced a MOBO in an older laptop running Win 98SE. When i put it back together the keyboard doesnt seem to work properly. When i press A i get E. When i press S i get V. Whats going on here. Ive also noticed that the video doesnt … |
 | I was looking to buy this: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813188009"]EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard[/URL] - $250.00 Recently however I have seen that people have been having trouble with the Bios (Bio nightmare from my EvGa Gfx card last year :mad:) and am having second thoughts. … |
| | I just built this computer a couple days ago, Its an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ processer with built in sound and video on the motherboard. I have a spider-man coolant case and an DVD rw/CD-rw drive and a basic disc drive. No one wants to buy windows again, so i …  |
| | I was wondering if anybody can help me out with something. I am trying to update Toshiba BPCI TAPI Service 1.4 to 1.43 in Windows XP Pro SP2 on a Dell Latitude 110L and WIndows keeps installing the 1.4 instead of the 1.43. I uninstalled 1.4 from the Add/Remove program … |
| | Hi people, Were thinking of buying an ipod nano for one of the kids xmas presents. Now we heard, that you can only download music from apples site, and cant say download them from anywhere else and put them on the nano. Does anyone know what the score is with …  |
| | Hi Apologies if this is in wrong section or has been covered before! I had a prob with my hard drive and had to reformat. The only way i could access my hard disk was to take it from my laptop and put it into pc as a slave. From … |
| | [COLOR=black]Hi everyone I'm a newbe to this site and they call me Gimp because I have a gimp leg.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]I really need some help before I toss this machine in the trash. Here is the situation. My son fried his computer that I built him last year by hooking up … |
| | I have an office server and I need to add a computer to the server. There is already a computer using the network conection from that room. I want to put a router into that room so that both computers can be attached to the network. I have a d-link … |
 | [B]i have one onboard speaker and would like to add some more but my mobo wont accept the speakers (4 pin) is there anything i could do? as i am looking ito pimping my pc with heaps of internal speakers[/B]  |
| | When I try and click on my desktop icons on my desktop or my start menu they will not open. It just refreshes the page and everything disappears. I have run adware and spybot to eliminate minor infections but still these do not work. Here is my highjackthis log for … |
| | My Shortcuts to programs in the Start Menu and on the Desktop don't work. Also, I don't know if it's related, but for several weeks I haven't been able to print from my laptop over a wireless network to a printer connected to my desktop. The printer works fine from … |
| | I'm running Windows 2003 Small Business OS on an application server and have no trouble running programs from the server on any of the client computers. There are only 4 client computers on this little network and we are licensed for 5. The problem is that we cannot use network … |
| | I have a very frustrating problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I recently built up a new system--Pentium D with a Maxtor 200GB ATA100 drive. I have attempted to load Windows 2000 Pro and 2 copies XP Home Edition and have encountered a similar problem on … |
| | i use a trial version of vista. its the best operating system i have worked on. please, can some body help me in getting the product key for vista.. sameer  |
| | hi, just came across this memory on ebuyer and looks like the fastest memory on planet. [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=23310872097&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=108445[/URL] OCZ PC2-8000 DDR II-1000 GOLD EDITION XTC but can't find a suitable m'board for it. can any one suggest any? the problem has to do with the mhz of the memory which is … |
| | Windows will not boot. The root directory is corrupt and hence the "bad or missing System file". This came about after uprading Zone Alarm. During the mandatory reboot I logged in as someone other than the administrator. As it was nearly complete with whatever process it was doing after logging … |
| | I have a problem with a friend's computer. She is using Win98 S.: When she right clicks on her desktop or tries to create a new folder from explorer she gets the following message: EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at 01B7:7FCCC6F9 The screen goes blank and … |
| | arggh can someone please help me im at my wits end. i bought my pc just over a month ago and it has been working fine up until yesterday when i bought a scanner home so tried to work out where to plug it in when my keyboard didnt work, …  |
| | Any way to open every one of IE7 bookmarks in its own tab automatically? as if i could it could mean i could read every one of my posts ever seriously though... any suggestions?  |
| | Was having trouble with file explorer, internet explorer and "my computer". Unchecked the "allow third party...." tab in IE preferences and it is working better now. Here is my log. Any suggestions? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:43:39 AM, on 12/2/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | Hi I need some help I am trying to upgrade my dreamsys 5001 from 128mb to 512mb -but nothing happens (apart from a few bleeps and no action on the screen). I put the old memory in and tried to adjust the bios but it won't let me access that … |
| | I reformatted hd. installed a purchased version of win98se. Loads fine. When comes to screen searching for driver for the compaq Cv735 the system reboots. Does this if i take my WinMe drive and install it. The system came with Win98se but started re-booting on start-up after about two yrs. … |
| | Hey guys, I need to back up 15gigs of pictures, videos, etc from one computer to another. though i know nothing about networking, i'd prefer to do this wirelessly since i have a router and a wireless card and such. also, i used to have a wireless filesharing network set … |
| | i requre a scrip through which i can directly make changes to the keys in gpedit ?? Thanks in advance. |
| | :cheesy: Hello All. I have just been setting up my wireless network, and there are two questions i have.1 is: while my network was on cat5, i was getting transfer rate of 615kps, now with my wifi, i am only getting half this, why?(modem and adaptor only 2meters away) and … |
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