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I installed Windows 7. After installation of Visual Basic 5 I cannot manage to add components like the Microsoft Data Bound Grid Control (DBGRID32.ocx) and all the rest of the .ocx type controls. The error message is either "Permission denied" or "error accessing the register". Has anyone a solution other …

I'm at a loss...leave work on Friday, everything is working fine. Some time over this last weekend, a problem develops...none of our XP Pro Workstations can connect to our domain network when they restart on Monday, and our Server 2003 with Exchange 2003 can't either. All of these systems cannot …

Well call me crazy, but I'm trying to install Windows 98 on an old XP desktop. The problem comes when I try to boot to the Cd-ROM, after hitting F8 and entering the boot menu and choosing "Cd-ROM" it opens a second menu that promps me to choose the boot …

I have a solid state 500+ G HD. It's partittioned. On one side I have 125G and the other 450G. I use to log in, both sides, using Windows 7 Ultimate. I forgot my password for the 450G side. I want to remove the 450 partition so I can use …

since updating windows 8 to 8.1 I can't access my pictures and some other folders in my documents. what shall I do?

Good Morning Room. I have a Gateway GT5692. It's a gaming computer and has 3 cores. The chipset is an AMD Phenom X3 8450 2.1GHz 2MB Socket AM2 Triple-Core CPU. MY QUESTION IS: Which chip do YOU recommend? I want to upgrade to a faster chip without compromising the MB? …

Hi all I am noticing when Windows comes out of sleep mode my mouse pointer does not re-appear nor function and usually have to re-start using the keyboard shortcuts. Also when I use Media Player to stream radio stations the sound is choppy for the first 30 seconds and then …

Ok, my stupid laptop won't work at all. I press the power button but nothing happens. No lights come on, not even the little lightning bolt. I took out and put back in the battery and still nothing happened. I looked everywhere to help me but everything sucked. WTF DO …

I can't get access of any of the computers using the run software. After i do the cmd part it says enter username and password. Help me.

Hi all, and thanks in advance for any replies... So the other day I was tidying up my desktop, and tried to copy/cut and paste some files/folders etc, but whenever I tried to "paste" something - by right clicking, using keyboard shortcuts or edit menu - nothing happens except that …

Irrespective of what application I am in, the "help" windows keep opening automatically. Am not sure what triggers this. It seems to be some hesitation in moving the mouse. Very annoying. Thought it was a windows feature which could be turned off but it does not seem so. Others I …

Hi, I have a problem that windows media player cannot play vob files in windows 8.I have already installed k-lite codec. In windows 7, I can watch any video files with wmp player. Please help me!

I have triad to install pastel Accounting version 6 application on windows 8 and it cant run and even on windows 7 you need to lower the user account settings for it to run. Can someone help me out? Can I be able to mount it using comand line? if …

I went into the following location of the registry HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon and the String key was there for 'shell' with value of 'explorer.exe' however still would not run on startup. I also went into the location of HKLU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon the string key for 'shell' was not there, so …

Is there any procedure to avoid failed updates to repeat with same message of failure again and again.

Hello ... I have ISA server 2006 + Bandwidth Splitter +GFI Web monitor,, I make rules in Bandwidth Splitter for limit speed to client and evry thing ok but if client download from youtube it's download takes all speed of the line "only youtube"...... Notice: not all client..... help plz...I'm …

What if bluetooth driver failure occurs? Sony Laptop bluetooth driver failed when updated to windows 8.1 from windows 8

Hallo, I am trying to browse a few websites using Ms. Internet Explorer 11 like google.com & daniweb and both of them mention that my certificate already expired. What should I do?

I have hundreds of music videos I have either downloaded or made myself using ATI TV Wonder. I have been storing these on a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5tb ext. USB drive. Space is now becoming an issue. These files are in mostly vob, mpg, mp4, mkv and avi formats. I want …

**Bold Text Here**help me with Microsoft Windows 7 OEM EN 48 in 1 For All Laptop / PC ISO DVD <<<< i need it pleas

HI, I have netbook with Windows 7. Below will describe what I've tried: 0) I have took Hard drive out and did chkdsk e: /f/r on other computer. I did that for all visible partitions. I put Hard drive back and this what I've tried: 1) When you select "Start …

I am running Windows 7 with a HP printer after a period of inactivity on my pc I have noticed sometimes that when I want to print something the link has dropped out and does not go straight to print like it does normally do but the printer spool icon …

I have tried to go through the bios and upgrade using a flash drive however when I try boot from the flash drive it just shows me a blank screen. Help please!

I'd like to apologise if I appear naive, also I'm not sure if I'm writing to the right people. But not long ago I upgraded my Laptop from Windows 7 32 bit to windows 7 64 bit. I was a clean install all right. The thing is that plenty of …

Hello, I have HP ProBook 4720s Win 7 64bit and I have problem because while working on my laptop it suddenly freezes and I can't do anything beside holding shut down button for few seconds to shut down my laptop. I am not 100% sure but problem could be in …

I turned on my wife's laptop and Windows 7 wouldn't load. The loading bar came up at the bottom but then the screen went black. When I switched off the computer it rebooted itself to the same place again. Safe mode would work either. I ran the disk check(?) at …

Aspire M5811 loads and shows "Detect Drives Done, No Any Drives Found" and after the windows logo screen it loops and does the exact same thing. It wont boot into Windows 7.

I restore my computer because it was stuck. After that, on the touch screen desktop, some aplications like games, calender, conracts, mail, maps , weather , one note, news, sports, have an X on the right corner of the icon. When I click the icon, I got a message saying …

How to delete history. .

i have installed Ubuntu OS as "install inside windows".when i've been running Windows unfortunately i deleted the Ubuntu files.i couldn't recover them.now the problem is, the shortcut to choose Ubuntu OS at boot time can't be remove. plz tell me how to remove it.

After problems with my wife's laptop that wouldn't boot into Vista, I decided to use the System Recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but I get so far then the error message crops up "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the …

Hi All This is my first post trying to find any one discussing IBM Cognos BI? SP

Please I really need urgent assistance here., I got a brand new pc and want to degrade it from win8 and install windows 7.. The computer system will not allow me to enter boot setup.. or boot from dvd.. Thanks

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Turn Off Automatic Updates [/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][size=2][font=Arial][color=#000000]Click Start , click Control Panel , and then double-click System. [/color][/font][/size] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click the Automatic Updates tab, and then click Turn off automatic updating. I want to …

This may be a bit more complex situation than someone wants to take on. I am not looking for the simple solution of reinstalling. There is something simple I am overlooking. The system boots to the point of selecting the OS. The only one is Windows 7. Win 7 was …

Hello, please how do i send message from my computer to the other computers on the same lan with me using windows7 with no software installed. I do this on other OS. Though, i have been told it's msg.exe, this does not seems to work with other lower OS. I …

Hi, I have an Asus laptop, it's about 7 or 8 years old. The only thing wrong is that it is very very slow so I want to do a reinstall. I thought a clean install the best way to go, I did a repair a couple of years ago …

I locked my file with the command code below cacls "C:\Program Files (x86)\CrossTec\CrossTec Remote Control\Support" /E /P everyone:n it locked, but when i tried to unlock it by changing the last n to an f or a y, it wouldn't unlock. instead, it gave me this: NOTE: Cacls is now …

I have a new windows 7 64bit machine. OS and all software already installed, running swell. But my old 32 bit xp machine has my big, monster file drive with all my music, pix etc. Can I just pop that file drive into the new box? thanks!

Help! I have windows xp and someone uninstalled or deleted a few microsoft programs from my pc and now i can't see any of my emails, can't compose emails, can't delete more than one at a time. Also I can't see any yahoo messenger messages, and alot of other crap …

internet explorer has stopped working i cant open any web pages. mozilla firefox will open the yahoo page but when i try to go to another site any site it says its untrusted i cant even check my email and i get a security warning? how do i fix this? …

Win7/32/laptop: I don't know if this is the correct area or should I be in hardware. I've always understood you go in and click to remove USB hardware from the computer, and that if you don't it will eventually ruin the port, or screw up driver/software. On my wife's laptop …

Hi, I was recentley on my toshiba satellite pro l450d-12x laptop and it went completley dead my battery and as usal it shut off so i charged it up and tried powering up but it didnt. my battery said before it went off the it needed replacing could someone help …

I can't send out any mail from my hotmail account for some reason! I do get incoming mail but when I try to reply it gives me an error. Please help!!

Hi As we know we can make image of HD and Clone Hard Disks and Partitions with dd.exe(http://www.chrysocome.net/dd) but How can I re-create a bootable disk from a raw image dd format to a bootable and executable HD installation?which commands I have to use? I appreciate your help

I have a W2K system that suddenly locked. I had not noticed any slow downs or other booting problems. I shut my computer down while my cell phone was still charging thru the USB port. I don't know if that could have caused the problem to begin with. anyway, when …

**Stick with me for some time, this may get pretty difficult and dizzy to understand. This isn't a bug that I want to resolve. It's rather a bug that I want understand and be able to answer "How it's possible?"** There is SMPlayer (Media Player) on internet. I watched "Seuss' …

Hello, I have a major problem with my Win Xp Professional. Every time I enter the Internet, windows shuts my computer automatically within a minute. The message presented is as the following: "This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and log off. Any ansaved changes will …

How does this work? I need to setup something so I can access my home computer from anywhere. I followed the instructions [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx"]here[/URL] but I'm still having problems. I have a WRK54G v1.0 Wireless-G Broadband Router, I've setup WPA with a shared key. I turned off SSI broadcast, enabled MAC …

i have windows 7. what are the benefits of switching to windows 8?