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Firstly I want to retrieve the stuff off the hard drive it has all the videos and songs that I have done so far and not put on the internet, would still like to do that. Ahh I finally get some time off and then SHAZAM computer decides not to …

I use win 7 pro 64-bit. I am trying to install a 64-bit driver for my Mustek scanner. I keep receving the message "Error 1606. Could not access network location \." and the driver will not install. Contacted Mustek and they referred me to a Microsoft registry fix but my …

My computer won't connect to the interent. I have to go thru diagnotics and then it will connect. They tell me it might be my ethernet card? I got a new cable and that did nothing so I don't know if it is my ethernet card or something else. I …

I am running Vista I had an internet explorer icon on the quick launch bar; it disappeared. What happened? I booted my machine. The internet explorer icon was on the quick launch bar. I opened two browser sessions. I was reading information from these browser sessions. The computer went to …

Can anyone tell me ?Why p1,p2...is written to the different cable.kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.

I cannot see where else to post this so here it goes.... =The font size range is a bit too large. I find it very disagreeable. for my taste, the big is far too big. Sorry. =I cannot link from Microsoft Windows to Win NT/2000/XP. I can only get there …

where I can get the driver of my motherboard?

Alright, a problem that's fresh, as it just occurred today, I'm looking for some help, hoping I could come here to find some. I booted my computer up this morning, it came up to my COMPAQ first screen, red-and-white, where F10 is System Recovery, F1 is Setup, and 'Esc' is …

Before you jump to conclusions about "oh this is some kid who doesnt search the forums," I did. Ive looked through a few of the Vista threads about BSOD and none of them really answered my problems. I just installed Vista last night. I got my first BSOD trying to …

My screen has suddenly started to flicker badly on my new Acer laptop (Vista operating system) its like the horziontal hold has gone on an old TV. Anyone with any idea, comments much appreciated. Thanks Matt

I have a desktop XP machine that in the last 2 weeks started shutting down randomly and rebooting. It does it now continuously even when trying to start in safe mode... it won't even get that far. I can get into the bios, but it doesn't seem to get me …

Scenario: 4 machine network 2 Windows 7 Home premium 64 bit boxes 1 Vista 32 bit and 1 XP. Dell 968 printer connected and shared on 1 Windows 7 box. (this was formerly connected to an XP machine). Before the swap out of 2 XP machines for 2 W7 machines …

I just bought what is called a recyled hardrive because my other one just died. the problem is my computer doesnt recognize the hardrive. i have a dell inspiron 600m with a toshiba hdd i just put in. i know you can only install those drivers using a floppy but …

When i start my Computer.startup and recovery window comes.when it finish .it says windows cannot repair this computer automatically.Click finish to exit and shut down your computer.when i click on finish it shuts down automatically .so kindly let me know the idea.how should i resolve the issue.i am using windows …

After the progress bar in Vista, a Blue Screen of Death appears and my PC restarts (both in a fraction of a second, so I can't provide screenshots). I was installing Google Chrome, Updating An AV Database, and updating Adobe Reader (I had my built-in Wifi running), then I left …

i have problems with my mouse during game play ( cs,just cuse 2 ...) its not stak or frize its look laick its go slow moshen its real annoying can't play plz help. -win 7 -64 bit -1g video memory -4g ram ddr3 ( if its help ) ( dont …

This could also be a hardware issue, but seeing as this problem has never presented itself on any other O/S I reckon it's probably 7. I've done every update possible so you all know :) So I have a USB keyboard + mouse attached to a laptop via a USB …

My problem is happening at Boot UP, I get the Bios boot screen and when it completes the load it goes to a black screen with a flashing prompt where the widows boot up would happen. The prompt does nothing. This started right after a Microsoft update(May 12) and I …

Specs (from what i can remember) - Windows XP Professional - Completely up-to-date (service pack 2, weekly updates, etc.), dual 1.2 ghz athlon processors, radeon pro graphics, 256 SD ram, one 60 gb harddrive with 53 gb used and one 80 gb harddrive with 45 gb used, i'm not on …

Couple of months ago, I upgraded my IE6 to IE8. First I really didnot had any problems browsing using IE8 but recently I see that when ever I open more than 1 IE windows, the IE applications seem to slow down and I donot see any problems with other applications …

My internet connection is slower, its dial up. I am using firefox. It really works faster for slower connection. But in some program, automatically IE opens & it is very slow. Even if i am trying to close ie, it is not closing. What might be the problem you think? …

my father bought this computer off our cousin she had no clue where the installation disk is i need to know how to create a windoxs xp cd so i can reinstall xp on his computer so i have no disks no product key and no idea what to do …

I'm getting some error messages when starting up my XP machine. This is what I get... The format of the "runex or runonceEX" entry was invalid. A vertical bar ("|") is needed after the function name and the function needs to support winMain () paramater. Then I click on OK …

Hi there I have a compaq presario cq60 and from yesterday while it was being used it just went blank i left it over night and turned it on this morning, laptop starts up i can hear it but the screen is blank i have even tried taking the battery …

Every time I try to shut down my computer it just does nothing and goes back to the original main screen. It doesn't freeze or do anything malicious, it just goes back to a normal operting computer. However about 1 in 5 times it does turn off as if nothing …

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My beloved laptop is a HP Pavilion dv9925nr running Vista Home Premium. It tries to boot going to a black screen saying something is 'inaccessible' wanting me to use a disk and restart. Advice greatly appreciated!! I have Advanced System Care Pro and use it frequently. I installed it on …

hiya all, a mate of mine has a new machine(windows 7)he has installed his old xp drive and set it to slave,windows 7 sees this as local disk G,IT can see the folders,but denies access saying the path is not found,any help would be swiftly passed on and appreciated.hes been …

I need to search for all files on my computer that contain certain html tags. I tried the search function that comes with Windows Explorer (My Computer), and it can't find html tags, even in files I know contain them. I have Windows XP.

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me with this problem. I also hope I can explain it properly, and not make it too confusing. First, I want to explain the setup to my system. I have a wireless Linksys router connected to my cable modem. My pc is wired …

My Niece has asked me to fix her E!-system 3085 laptop. I don't know how she managed to do it, but she deleted all the drivers from the machine. I've managed to get most of them back, I ran a 'repair' from an XP bootable. The lappy is now OK …

Can anyone tell me?Why i am getting this error?.You have reached a limit for sending Email.When i tried to send the email.using gmail.Kindly let me know the Idea.Any help would be highly appreciated.

the drivers are up to date and get code 10 error mesg

Hi folks, Every time I start windows seven, a message box appears with the following text: Error on loading C:\windows\system32\oobefldr.dll the specified module could not be found What can I do to fix this problem? Thanks in advanced

Hi everyone i wrote a program under MS Windows XP using VB6, and i included a help file created by the MS help builder of that same windows. the problem is now when i try to run this program over MS Vista or 7, the program run naturally but when …

Hello all, I have a problem. I have a dual boot system with XP as primary and Win7 installed off of XP so that XP has the boot files. My problem is now I want to get XP off and solely have Win7. Can I remove the XP partition then …

How can I change windows 7 from enterprise to ultimate edition after installation?

Hi None of my dvds or cds are playing when I put them in my disk drive. I have a Compaq presario. Please help!

I am having trouble burning a DVD with Nero Vision Express 3.0. It is a movie I own. My three year old is in the "independant" stage and I don't want the orginal to get damaged. I have burned several movies and I have not had this problem before. The …

Hi Guys, I cant find the Folder options button under the tools tab on my comp. Its shows me some map drive, sync drive etc. None of the usual options are showing. In one of the previous threads. this is what was suggested. "[U]man this problem was getting on me …

Does anyone know of a script command which will install a network printer for all users on a PC? As you are probably aware by default it will only install the printer for the person logged on at the time. Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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Anyone having problems getting their old scanner working with Windows 7 ? I just installed 7, trying to get my HP Laserjet 3050 scanner running is a nightmare. Any recommendations ?

hi! a friend of mine have acer one laptop, a idiot added a hdd password, so now he cant start his machine. how can we remove it?

Hello. I have Sound problems with Win XP-SP2. One of the symptoms is that at the device manager I see TWO "PnP Software Device Enumarator". At properties window none of them allouds me to disable or unistall it. Is there any way to disable or unistall one or both of …

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i have a gateway labtop...i used the s-video out ...when i was done i turned it off..the next day i turned it on and have -black screen-power light on-hard drive spinning-no beeps-keyboard not working-blown cap replaced..have 18.5v across cap now....have power on lcd plug 18.5v (black wire)...dont know what to …

Hi, I get the above error all the time now since a few days ago. I suspect that it was introduced by some automatic update from MS, but I don't know which one, or I would uninstall it! It seems to be getting more frequent also. It occurs on websites …

Dear friends, I have one problem in my project. I am making one label printing software for ebay. I had made up 95% of the project. Now what is the problem I want to get a field value from ebay site. My application is windows based. I had put one …

I am set up with an extended desktop on my laptop computer. When i am watching a video on full screen on one screen i am unable to work on the other screen without it exiting the full screen mode. Is that just what always has to happen or is …