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I use Win2000 sp3 on allmost all of my computers, I'm also a little aprehensive about my PC being able to communicate with Redmond in any manner which I am not in complete control of. I know we've all heard that MS builds backdoors into its OS's and blah blah …

Recently when loading my home page it is replaced by this 'find 4 you' screen. It also lists five new titles in the favorites. Is there a way to get rid of this nuisance. I have ad aware and anti virus. Sorry I am not a very experienced user[size=1]. [/size][size=2]I …

Ok, I've followed the instructions to enable file sharing between computers on my home network. However, whenever I have dragged and dropped a file into the file sharing folder, for whatever reason it isn't available from the other computer. What am I missing here? My OS is Windows XP Home …

Can somone please explain why I should use a third party firewall instead of the one shipped with win XP. What benefits or security enhancements comes with using Norton or some other firewall, wich you therefore will miss when using the XP firewall? Isn't the XP firewall secure enough?

To start off, whenever i open up my internet browser i cannot click hyperlinks which open up new windows. This then proceeds to freeze and then finally crash. If i open up task manager it says that internet explorer is not responding. If i right click these 2 windows underneath …

I am having a problem with IE6. I may have deleted some necessary files when I did a clean up on my computer. When I go to several internet sites and want to download, the bar at the bottom of the screen immediately says "done" but nothing happened. One of …

Hello. I am very new to programming, and obviously very ignorant to the details that follow. So I will have many questions on a variety of subjects in my time using this forum. My first question, however, should be very simple. Is online hosting from a different site better than …

Hello all, I'm new here and need your help for a litle thing. I'm trying to install a vmware 4 on Mandrake 9.1 Linux. But, the installation freeze after the message that show two different identifications to my kernel. One 2.4.x and other 2.4.x-mdk. IN fact I think it's the …

i just installed mandrake and when i boot my machine it jsut sits on the background of my desktop and would not load or give me the log in screen any suggestions???

does cox allow you to host your own webserver on their network? And does any one know how to set up the members space they give you with your account? (ie. [url]http://members.cox.net/techtalkforums[/url])

i have an issue with win xp destop...a taskbar of sorts has showed up on the left hand side of my desktop and it has "folder tasks", "other places", and "details", it won't go away and i need someones help with this pls...if anyone has had this or knows why …

I have ME version of windows and now have the Windows PRO . I do NOT know how to get started??? How do I install the Operating Software with out loosing my Windows ME ??? Some people say to download the Windows PRO but first UNINSTALL ME windows. THE SYSTEM …

I have a remote pc on a dsl line. it is dynamic ip and I want to access it from another location. I have a router in place. the IP always changes is there an easy way to get the ip. it is running win 98se.

Ok , I was just wondering what are the programs used to make GC movies like in Final Fantasy and the Matrix Reloaded?

I got this message on my computer that was in a *.txt format on my desktop and I have no idea how it got there. Here is what it says: An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) occurred at PC=0x88D7C29 …

I posted this as a reply to another post, but I figured I would make a new thread just in case it may be usefull to people who are having this issue. I modified it a bit to be generalized, please feel free to add comments/revisions to help those who …

I have a codirect USB 128MB flashdrive. Windows 2000 recognizes the drive when I connect it as I can read and write to the drive with no problems. The drive is also listed in windows explorer as the "E" drive. My problem is I cannot safely remove this drive. When …

I just bought a new motherboard and processor, an intel P4 2.4 (500 FSB) and ECS LV4XA2. Problem is after I installed all my hardware and software, my computer starts freezing up. It'll start booting up and after the windows XP intro. goes away, it freezes. I've tried almost everything, …

When I start IE it doesn't bring up my homepage for like 1-2 mins and when I click on a link or try to bring up a new window it takes the same amount of time. I ran an adware scanner and deleted all of it and downloads go at …

use of ps command in Linux rad hat without any options (-ef, -aux or a), what is the result will be list (PID TTY TIME CMD only)? Can I use ps alone for investigate the executed machine on which the command was entered with maintenance program that been run at …

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Hello, if someone can help me, that would be GREAT! I have a network running in the house with 2 desktops and a laptop. I am connected with SBC DSL with a wireless router that it came with. I have internet running on 1 desktop and the laptop, but cant …

[size=5][font=Times New Roman]Hey hey can anyone help my, I have been using a computer with windows 98, the problem was that the C drive was full so naturally I moved some of the files to its D and E drives unfortunately being slightly retarded I inadvertently must have moved some …

my computer restricts how many boxes i can have open at a time. when im on the inernet and open sites after about 7 boxes are open the next one i open is a blank page. after that opens it wont let me open anyhting on my computer. a few …

I am not too familiar with the HiJack This! program, and would like someone with experience to instruct me on what is safe to delete: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:28:05 PM, on 12/29/2003 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

Hi guys, I am interested to run my own webserver at home, to share files with my friends and also, run my small journal on it. I searched for guides/tutorials on how to start a Webserver by using Red Hat Linux, but I can't find of any. I hope members …

Hi All, i have an AD win2k network with two redhat 8 boxes to run the intranet. all the win2k boxes can access the redhat boxes through samba, the problem i have is that a new machine running xp pro cant get in to samba. when i type in the …

I have win xp, sp1, and a lexmark z65 printer. I have installed all the drivers for the printer. here is the problem that I have I have reformated and reinstalled win xp in the last month or so, before I did my reinstall, I could go to print pictures, …

I am a complete noobie. I don't know anything about Linux. Can someone please give me some tutorials?

Every time I start up my computer I am prompted to enter my username and password. I am running windows 98 and the dialog box says it is for microsoft networking. How can I change this?

I am on a network with a Web Proxy server, my Windows 2000 PC with IE6 and latest patches cannot reach a web site on our local network. I have set all the proxy and bypass proxy settings, tried specifying the site address (as machine name/site etc) and tyrned off …

was in the middle of playing a game when i froze up... had to turn the power off to get it back...when i restarted it was a blank screen ... comp was running but the power light was flashing for 20 secs then turns off evantho the comp is on …

[size=3][color=navy][FONT=Times New Roman] help.....please i went to this site and it saved to my cache so naturaly i cleared it and delted my cookies and temporary files and when i hit the arrow down on the adress bar nothing shows up, but when i type in www. the sites that …

Hi guys, Today, starting up computer. Ony error appears when loading windows XP about can't access the disk. I have solved this problems by hitting F8 during boot and start XP from last stable boot. Now XP is working correctly again but each time on booting before starting XP, windows …

Hey guys, I am having this error - spooling on any printer I print on. I checked the server with all the printers and although it looks ok, I am not sure where to search for the errors. I have about 30 printers and this error is new to me. …

Whenever I shut down my computer, it immediatly starts back up again. I just built this computer a while ago, and it has done this ever since. I cannot figure it out; I have tried everything. Running WinXP home SP1 (bleh), on syntax sis s648 mobo, P4 3.06, Radeon 9200se …

My windows xp wont come on all I get on the screan is Compaq. I have tryed the start up disk but it is not working is there a way to troublshoot and get the windows xp to come up?

I keepo getting my Xp computer crashing oin me and going to the blue screen. Commonestr error message is aklong the lines of IRQL_ Not_les_than_ equal-To or similar to this and often blames miscellaneuos drivers although removal of these drivers mnakes no difference and scanning of valaidity of drivers shows …

I using winxp pro .trying to use Easy video splitter,it worked once but,every other try i get this protection error message . "Debugger detected shut it down and restart " Win NT users : please note that having the winice/softice service installed means that you are running a debugger !!

I am not sure if motherboard or processor are just going. Computer has been running fine for a year since I built it. Soyo Dragon KT 400, XP 2400 Chip/ 2 Ghz. The problem started about a week ago when I noticed the fan in the power supply went (bearings …

I just replace my secondary hard drive on my 1700 Mhz computer. I also added another 512 Mb of PC 2100 DDR SDRAM. I have spent the last 2 days trying to get things to work and now XP starts to load and hangs. After checking with the Microsoft Knowledge …

[COLOR=DarkOrchid]My webcam seems not 2 be working right. OK i turn it on an everything is fine but when i'm done using it i turn it off of course....but when i want 2 turn it back on i have 2 re-start my whole computer 2 get it back on. Please …

My computer is windoes xp, the Processor is AMD Athlon 2000+, 40GB Hard-drive, 512 memory, 40xCDRW and a DVD. I only use it for sufing the net and the odd file. do you think I need to update Thank-you Peter.

I have a Compaq Bundle unit, 5103CL. Came with ME installed, no cd. Got the upgrade to XP cd from MS. Used it. Reformatted the 40 GIG hard drive to acquire the additional space. This eliminated all the FAT32 info....as in everything ME! Now I want to copy everything to …

Hello, Is there any way to change or erase the date last accessed info on a file? Thanks, Joe

This is a rather strange problem. For some reason, none of my HTML files have the internet explorer icon any more, since installing Windows XP Pro. If I double click them, they do open in IE (6 by the way) but the icon is just the default Windows one when …

Need help using win me had virus,cleaned virus now on startup files missing and cannot open programs.Can I restor files by reloading me or can I get files from some where. Need to fix whithout loosing any drivers or data because cannot openj programs to backup data.

I own a maxtor 120gb 7200 ulta ata/133 hard drive. I have used it for the last 3 months without any problems. I am using it for video editing purposes and have large files on it. This morning, my computer would not recognize it. It comes back with E: not …

I have xp professional installed on computer (HP). It looks like it is booting a corrupted video dll file or something as the windows xp professional logo comes on during boot, then the screen goes haywire. I can see the desktop load but it is shows about 20 desktops with …

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