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Hi all, Just wanted your opinion on which security suite to run on my new Windows 7 Dell Studio 8100 (Intel i7 CPU) machine. The machine came with McAffee Security Center as standard and it seems a decent program, but they don't offer anything in the way of browser virtualization, …

I have been getting an error message titled wmdc.exe-bad image "C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Trying installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support". I also get all different …

Hi, My IE starts acting wired recently. When I tried to Load a Chinese web site, it starts loading up fine, and after it is fully loaded, the page suddenly refreshed itself and turned to all '?' marks. This only happens on Chinese web pages. Does anybody have any idea …

I have a dell laptop inspiron 1501 laptop with registry probems and its slow. I had stop sign firewall and i guess it got corrupted and stop working properly. I got another program that removed two trojans. I have a registry cleaner and everday it cleans up anywhere from 4-20 …

Hi!! Iam really not sure whether this is the right place for this thread. Anyways, i need AutoCad R10, one of the oldest versions of Autocad. Can any one help me ??

[ATTACH=right]14704[/ATTACH][B]Reviewer's View[/B] I'm the kind of person who has an almost religious fervour when it comes to keeping data backed up, perhaps unsurprisingly as I am an IT professional and my livelihood depends upon it. So when it came to the hands-on testing of System Mechanic 9.5 for this DaniWeb …

Hey I've been getting ICMP flood errors lately, and now today hardly any of the services on my machine work like Windows Audio and I can't enable the audio services, etc... And the services keep getting disabled like security center and stuff. And I can only choose Windows Classic and …

hi I am using comcast as internet provider. I am able to browse all https (secured) sites. But not able to browse http sites. previouse i was able to do so. but i dont know some how the properties or something changed. can any body faced the same problem. can …

My new WD 320Gb works fine on my Win7 laptp and another XP desktop but will not work at all on my Win7 desktop. Tried windows update. Doesn't show up in My Computer or Disk Managament?? Any clues?? Thanks Cygnus2112

I posted this in wrong forum before..sorry. Using ISP Comcast, windows xp sp3, I followed the following steps. Start-run-CMD-txt box-ipconfig-ipconfig/release IP goes to 00.000; then type ipconfig/renew...I get my original IP. Can anyone help? Thank you, Jim

I have a Sony ICD-R100PC recorder that I purchased in 1999. The recorder comes with a data cable (parallel port) and some software (Win95/98) that allows you to download the voice files (*.ics) from the recorder onto the computer. I can get the software to "work" under Windows ME. I …

When I am on websites like my gmail, or even here on this site, I am typeing into one of the boxes things, when I fill it up I get a bar on the right like normal, as what I am writing gets longer the page grows upwards. Thats normal. …

I'm having an annoying problem with my browser. Every time I go to certain sites, my browser pops up a new window that usually goes to google. Some times to other things. But mostly Google. I'd like to stop it from happening and I'm wondering if something called [B]spicetraffic advanced …

I haven't been able to solve my problem, and I was wondering if anyone here could help me further solve my problem. I have run anti viruses, malwarebytes, and I've been to cmd and typed in sfc /scannow but I still have no luck, and I can't even run system …

Hey guys, this is my first post here as I have been struggling with a problem with my internet for about two weeks now. I'll try to describe the problem in as many details as possible. I have a HP laptop with Windows Vista. Recently I moved to a new …

Do I need to keep all these Visual C++ Redistributable installs, which one can be deleted,the most recent ? [B]Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Corporation 25/10/2009 0.42 MB[/B] [B]Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Corporation 25/10/2009[/B] [B]Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.17 Microsoft Corporation 30/10/2009[/B] [B]Microsoft …

All the registered IIS MIME types in IIS 7 + Windows Vista are registered in the following config file. [CODE]C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config[/CODE] I was wondering where I can find the same file in Windows XP when I have IIS 6 installed? Additionally, in Vista if I add a MIME type MANUALLY, it …

I am running XP and have formatted before with no problems. Yesterday I started to format and when it was at the point of installing windows, we heard a large crack of thunder and the power went out for a minute, which in turn shut my computer down. When I …

Hello all, This has been happening a lot. I downloaded something for University (some lectures a friend put in a .rar for me), and it was from SharingMatrix.com (like RapdiShare, HotFile, MegaUpload and so on...) It's roughly 300MB, and I started downloading. surprisingly it finished in about 10-15Mins. I checked …

Hi, I am totally novice to vmware, but I have a desperate situation where in I need to run a program that only runs in windows 98 or ME provided DOS. But I need to switch to XP in as it is more stable. Only for running that program i …

Hi! There is a file on my desktop of size 0 bytes. When I try to delete it, it says "Could not find this item" What is the problem? This is really irritating me. Any help would be highly appreciated

I need some help finding instructions on how to re-eanble Outlook 2007 SP2 Junk Email Options. Mine are greyed out. I suppose it could be a GPEDIT problem, but I don't know what module to load so that I can change it. In any case, I cannot choose the level …

Ok so I installed a new Asus v60 cpu cooler on my system today, and after I installed the cooler my internet and audio aren't working. And also barely any of my services can be started. Is there something I could've done wrong? The cooler seems to be installed fine.

hey so heres whats happening recently i have been receiving the windows message "windows has Recovered from an Unexpected Shutdown" randomly... i dont know what triggered this because it happens occasionally on shutdown and i get the blue screen but a lot of the time i dont see the bluescreen.... …

I can't get Mario Teaches Typing 2 to work it does the the title movie thing and I think freezes befor that it says youu may want to change to 256 color. Can some one please help.

I've been trying to install an add-in for Word 2003 (with all necessary updates I believe) for Serenity's Editor software which has its own add-in installer. The add-in appears to install properly but when I open Word, the error message comes up: Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040200 and there is no …

Hi, I'm dealing with this problem lately. When I'm using firefox (3),my cpu (E7200),is overloaded! It only happens with firefox,not with any other browser. From an ordinary 6-7%,my cpu can reach,just in few seconds,the 100%,remaining stucked there forever!!! I'm using windows 7 (32) ultimate. Any idea? P.S I'm sorry for …

whenever at school i visit websites like youtube, mail services, etc, i keep getting this messgae (see below). It is really annoying, and my school presentation will need a youtube video presented from the school computer(s), and i can't bring it in on cd, etc. thanks to those who can …

folks, this one has me stuffed!! admittedly I am no techie legend, but I can hold my own... I have beside me a HP pavilion DV5000 that has an XP pro install. the error is is in that during boot it will go all the way to the desktop, show …

there is of course a way to put settings in your registry that will allow you to right-click on a dll or ocx file and then click Register or Unregister fromt the context menu. However, for those of you who don't like messing with your registry (or don't know how) …

Hello, a few months ago I started not being able to view javascript. Google ads, chats, javascript popups, chats ect. I use Mozilla firefox but I have the same prob on IE (Yes javascript is enabled on both). I use XP and run Nortions Internet Sec 2005 although I have …

Hi I have Windows 2003 server at home. I want to access this machine from the internet. Instead of opening port 3389 to the internet, I would like to have it accessed via the RDP web connection. So I installed IIS... created a self signed SSL. Withing the network at …

Hi ive tried so many times to change my desktop background, ive tried downloading and applying my pictures but nothing happens. There isnt even an option when i right click to change the background. My computer is new and ive only had it a week so dould it be that …

Plz help got this IBM p3 Thinkpad 600X that wont boot without bios password. av tried removing the cmos but no succeess. tried shorting the parallel port but wont work. Plz help

Hello Guys and Girls, I have an IBM ThinkPad which is running Windows 2000. The other day I foolishly ran CHKDSK when I really didn't need to. After that, when starting-up the machine all I get is a Stop Error message and the machine won't continue booting-up at all. In …

Hi, my Outlook will not open after downloading and running the latest service packs yesterday. Outlook opens into a tiny window, first it said Microsoft SEtup Bootstrapper is not working, now it only opens in a tiny window and then closes saying, cant open Outlook. Tried uninstallating service packs through …

Greetings! PROBLEM: switching between USB desktop speakers and USB headphones to listen to online music without closing browser. I'm running an HP laptop with XP(SP3). Sometimes I use USB desktop speakers and sometimes USB headphones (through a USB hub) to listen to online music. I unplug the headphones from the …

So about three months ago a virus was rampaging my parents old DELL 2400, and I did not feel like fooling with it so I took it to a computer repair place to add some anti-virus ware and get rid of the little booger. Now, however; the thing gets stuck …

Any help from fellow DaniWebers would be appreciated, I have a 3 yr old Compaq V2000 laptop. I recently installed a new hard drive on it and decided to install Vista Ultimate. I formatted the disk from within the Vista install. Worked fine for short time. Now the thing randomly …

I am getting the message when i start the computer that Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Error. I have seen the advanced options/details of the message and it is as under: szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2055 szModName : wiaservc.dll szModVer : 5.1.2600.2055 offset : 00017f81 Please help me …

Hi how can know how ports is open and how can get list of open ports name ??? thanks

Hello guys, I've using Acrobat Reader 9.3.2 and I want to insert an image to the PDF file. As I searched through the web. I dont have the tools for inserting images in my acrobat or maybe I just can't see it. They said, to insert an image "Go to …

Is there an option in Outlook 2003 or a free add-on I can add to enable the popup(toasts) when an email enter in a subfolder of inbox (because a rule I created) Thanks for your help!

Please advise if I am in wrong forum for this post. Re: Gateway NV52 laptop, AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2.1 G, 4 G ram This came with vista on it and a mail in for windows 7 update which I did get and installed. Worked great for 3 months then …

When using IE, some of the sites, i.e. Yahoo Mail, render themselves with HTML showing. The page is general disoriented. I have to keep refreshing the page until the signon boxes in in the proper place on the screen before the signon is accepted. After refreshing the page keeps changing, …

Good evening: Does anyone currently use this configuration, or know how to make the Laserwriter Pro 630 work with XP? Thanks, Rando

My grandson recently ask me to look at his notbook, When i tried to boot it up i got this message. The image apphelp.dll is possibly corrupt. I cant do a repair with original cd as the notbook has no cd drive or floppy drive. Is there any other way …

[B]I use Windows 7 at work on a Dell. My new Gateway laptop arrived yesterday and I have stayed up all night trying to find the Dock Bar. I viewed a thread about it that is 3 months old. Does this mean that since I don't have a Dell I …

Hi, first let me stress - I have no real computer knowledge and most of the phrases etc mean nothing to me! I'm a stay at home mum and work from home making stationery etc and my husband bought me an external hard drive to back all my work up …

How do I move or backup my e-mails from Vista to a usb stick and then restore them from the USB stick to Windows 7. Thanks, Raya