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Hi, I have an MOV file on my USB key that won't delete. Every time I try to delete is says its being used by another program, but nothing is running the video. Any suggestions?

Hello everyone, I have a P4 with a WD-2000 Sata HD. Recently it crashed with the blue screen of death with the stop error 000000051. Because of it I can't boot Windows. I am trying to recover my data on it. I want to add a 20g IDE HD as …

Hi there to my family at DaniWeb !!!!! I have 2 Dell Optiplex, Windows XP, machines. They are identicle, stand-up desktop machines. #1 I got working by just putting a hard drive in it, woks fine now. #2 needed a hard drive and a processor. I bought a 2.6 MGz …

Hello, I have a mesh windows vista pc and stupidly went messing about with system32 to customize my themes. I ended up replacing the shell32.dll with an alternative off the internet. At first nothing changed but when I booted up today, I reached the logon screen but when clicking on …

Hi there, this is kind of a long story, but [I]please[/I] bear with me. After having read about being able to use a Sixaxis (PS3) controller on a PC, I decided to try it. This consisted of a libusb driver (LibUsb-win32) and an executable file called ps3sixaxis_en.exe. I had to …

I recently upgraded the RAM on my emachines T2984 to 2 - 1GB sticks of G.Skill DDR PC3200 [URL="http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr&no=34"]http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr&no=34[/URL]. I also recently added a 500GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148135"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148135[/URL] I've noticed a significant decrease in performance even though I doubled the memory I previously had. When I load my …

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Ok, I have a compaq prissario with a standard DVD/CD ROM, NVIDIA 8500 Graphics, and 4 GB RAM. For the past few months I have been having issues witht he CD/DVD ROM reading some of my disks, and the amount is spreading. It will load up the auto run for …

I have just dust cleaned my machine as the fan was becoming very noisy, now when I try to switch on I get the POST screen then when windows is supposed to load it switches off, the HDD are spinning all fans are working, sometimes I get the start windows …

I have two Thinkpad R50s', one of which I cannot reboot as it's a victim of BSOD. Question: can I simply take out the hard drive of the downed computer and put it in the other to check to see if it's okay?

How do i replace a cd/dvd rom from my Toshiba laptop that am suspecting to be faulty.The pc is a Toshiba satellite 1700-200 model no ps170E-00021-EN

Hi [B]Simple problem Drive C is running out of space. Easy solution buy a new hard drive and copy everything to the new drive. Simple? a nightmare![/B] I have bought a larger HDD a Seagate 250GB and want to use that as a replacement for my existing 60GB WD HDD. …

I have also posted this to Vista section but if any: My TOSHIBA external HDD stopped working. It failed to copy data and I had to force restart due to system hang up! I found then it isn't even detected. I tried on my friend Laptop XP no success! It …

Greetings to everyone here at Daniweb Forums! As you can see I'm new here, but sure I'll be getting plenty of help from all of the great members here! ;) Well, I should start my story way from the beginning. I started building a PC about a year ago (buying …

I've had my acer Exstensa 5220 laptop for a while now but today when I went to turn it on afer putting it into hibernation mode which I regularly do I pressed the on button and lights came on as though it was going to do something but after a …

Hi, I apololgise if this has already been answered, but I had a look for the same problem and couldn't find anything. Recently my power supply went bang, so having replaced it (with a slightly more powerfull one) it worked ok for a week. Just tried to boot it up …

Does anyone have favorite software to run network cameras? Thanking you in advance for leads.

I came home one day and found my computer off which it is always running, come to find out that i had a cpu fan go dead. went to the store and bought a new one and put it on the cpu. all the lights come on and the fans …

My daughter's computer won't get past the beep at start up, and seems to get in a loop where it keeps trying to start, then resets itself and goes through it all again. The last time it happened I dusted the motherboard and it ran ok, but this time it …

I recently upgraded my computer with new motherboard, memory, cpu graphic card and hard drive. After assembling, it started up and worked great. Later, I got the really bright idea of trying to add some of the old DDR memory from the old computer into the DDR2 memory slots. I …

Hey everyone, Had my graphics card fry so I replaced it but now the computer will not boot up. It hangs at the screen where it tries to detect the IDE drives. Can't enter bios or safe mode either. Any suggestions? I haven't tried anything because I really don't know …

OK so I called toshiba with this error. I was installing the recovery disk and after the first cd ran at the end this pop's up and now I have no OS and can't even ecover anything at all. Is there anyway to get back in without spending a whole …

Hey to all the good folks at DanniWeb !!!!!!!!!!! I have a Emachine, T1740, with Windows Xp Home Edition on it. I'm lost when it comes to dealing with drivers and hardware that won't install right. This computer was givin to me. It was loaded with a few viruses and …

I have had a crash on my laptop. On start-up it will not go beyond the "Welcome" window. Any and all input will be appreciated. I can do simple things but do not know the best way to get this fixed. Thanks, El Viento

Does anyone have any information regarding video card compatibility with an AGP PRO 50/110 slot on TYAN Thunder K7X pro motherboard? This is a server board, and the AGP slot is longer and accepts AGP cards with different configurations. I just haven't figured out which cards are compatible with this …

I was being really smart and tried to update the bios of my Acer Aspire E360 Desktop, but it failed. Then being super smart, I restarted the computer, but all it gives me 1 long beep, a short beep, then it gives me endless short beeps. There is nothing on …

I had a previous thread and have resolved it for now but I am looking for some advice on problems with my HD. I had a dual boot system and my primary hard drive was a Wetern Digital 80 GB and my secondary was a Maxtor 80 GB. Before my …

I have multiple FAT32 based flash drives (pendrive, CF). The only thing in common is that my PC reports them as "not formatted". I cannot format them in either FAT or FAT32 from this PC either, however NTFS works fine. I have run CHKDSK from my PC agsint the card …

I have a 5 year old Sony Vaio desktop - Model PCV-7762 - that when trying to boot up won't boot, nothing comes up on display, and the lights on front of CPU and on the keyboard blink rapidly. Only thing can do is pull the power plug and shut …

The swivel broke on Gateway Tablet cx2618 running XP and for some reason the laptop wont boot up at all now. Before I submit it to Bestbuy for service, I would like to get as much as my info off as possible. It takes bestbuy three weeks for repairs. I …

Hi all I searched the forum for solutions, but it seems that every one with a pc freeze problem is maybe unique? I have a laptop, Fuji Siemens Amilo pro. It is an Intel(R)CELERON (R) M, processor 1.60GHz, 448MB of Ram. OS is windows xp pro service pack 1, updated …

I have run into a very interesting, not to mention frustrating issue when trying to start up windows. It all started when I was transporting my pc in the back seat of my car. It may have gotten bumped around a little. Now when I try to start it up, …

Hi all, I changed over my hardware from an existing and running PC to a new casing. The installations done was a powered motherboard, CD Rom and Floppy, video and wireless card, two 512MB rams and a master HDD. Which is still working and with an OS. However, when I …

Hey guys, I've been reading online for a few days while trying to uncover why my computer will not stay on for very long. Symptoms: Running Hot within minutes. Shuts down at 90deg. Get hot faster when in BIOS. Can boot all the way to the desktop, but once there …

Hi all, I've got a problem I haven't encountered after sifting through a few pages of posts on here in different forums. I upgraded my machine last year as my old mobo completely died to the following system: [LIST] [*]MSI K9 VGM-V mobo [*]AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core 4800+ 2.50GHz …

i have intel DG31PR i tried installing vista 64 bit as a second OS but it was so pathetic that i had to delete it and come back to my XP.. but when i tried to access network..it gave me a message that i don't have a eathernet device on …

at first my epson c90 status monitor worked, but after refformating the hard drive and reinstalling a clean XP the status monitor will not load, that is the ink levels are greyed out in the printing preferences window. Can anyone explain this problem for me please? I have uninstalled the …

I orignally had a dual boot system and it ran great. I no longer had a need for a dual boot system and removed my second HD. I changed my jumper setting and got it running great with the single hard drive. Now I am getting the error " primary …

First off, I blame myself for this one. But in my defense, our computers are all on the same circuit (independent of the rest of the house) on UPS backup and decent surge protection. Mainly due to we have 4 computers and a laptop in the house. (1 work computer, …

About an hour ago my PC shut itself down, and now it won't start back up. A few times over the past few weeks when I go to turn it on there has been this noise, sounds like something is sticking. To resolve this I have been pulling out the …

I have an HP Pavilion a520n machine with 2-256mb ram modules, 184 pin ddr sdram, pc2700 333mhz non-ecc raring. Per hp spec and motherboard spec. It's expandable to 1 gig ram max per HP, although the motherboard allows 2 gig max. There are 2 ram slots on board. I want …

I have an HP desktop pc , a1640n media center addition with an Intel 1.86ghz dual core cpu . I would like to upgrade my cpu to the fastest one supported by my motherboard . I know that my front side bus will run at 533 mhz , 800 mhz …

Hi everyone I was unable to turn off my pc a few months ago and had to turn off power supply to shut it down, I was then unable to reboot so gave up on it and brought a new one. I am now wanting to get photos etc out …

My external Western Digital Elements 500GB USB drive occasionally sets itself to "Write Protected" and I can't alter any of the files on the drive until I reboot and the write protection is reset. This usually happens after a day or so, and rebooting is the only way of unlocking …

Please help, I'm getting beeps on startup and the computer hangs...

When I try to install my 3dfx video card to update my video, I get three strange beeps on power up and the monitor doesn´t respond. When I remove it and put back in the old card, it works fine. Can somebody help?

Help, i've got a dell latitude cpx and the keyboad is really messsed up. You see, just like that i get a repeat of the s. It's usually an n or m or other keys, not all of them do it but it doesns't happen all the time, like that …

I am little bit confused. I have intel 845 chipset mother board which has two slots in it. I want to upgrade my ram. I found that in my mother board ram is DDR and in market DDR2 ram are there which are cheap and easily available. Only thing confusing …

Hi there, Does anyone know what the APN for O2's 3G network is? We have consulted them and they said that it is mobile.o2.co.uk with the usual username and password. However this is not working. We have a PDA that will not connect to the internet, because I believe that …

Hi. I visit my 81 year old father once or twice a year and always try to clean up his computer and get it running better. I delete all the strange things that he "doesn't know" how they got installed.. and run a registry cleaner... (can't remember the which one, …