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Remove FilterWhen i tried to open any web site .it says internet explorer is currently running with add-ons disabled.any web page does not open .Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be highly appreciated.
in the attach file I want the selected area will be fixed. I mean when I page down this section not go up. this will fixed and the above thing only move. how I do it?
Hello, My copy of Microsoft Word 2007 doesn't Work. When I start it up, the process takes up about 4200k of RAM for 2 secs, then it cancels, no GUI appears. I did a Process Monitor scan, and it appears that a registry key is the culprit. specifically "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-21-2116093324-2522989915-1662506377-1008\Components" However …
Usually when I go to [url]www.msn.com[/url], I can just click ,"hotmail", and again, click on my user name on the next page, and be taken right to my hotmail inbox. What really happens now, is that when I try to log in, after the next page, the address bar fills …
Hi, I got a laptop HP/Compaq NP6000 in an auction. Now when I try to login I can see that it has windows professional (ofcourse I was told by the seller about this..) However, the admin password is something I am not aware of... ans unfortunately I am unable to …
Is there a way I can reset my password for winserver if i cant log on to begin with, when i installed i ignored the suggestion to change my password to follow the security rules, any help please, and i dont want to reinstall, thanks.
Ok i think this is really bad. I just got out this computer its got 80gb HD and a P3 800mhz. Unfountuatly theres still a PW on the op system (win 2000) Only the administrator account is active. I an unable to reload the operating system because the setup at …
Can anyone tell me how to remove a password. I recently bought a computer from a friend who forgot the windows password. How can I remove the password request each time I boot to windows? I really want to keep many of tghe programs installed, but if I have to …
Here's the deal my wife droped her laptop and spilled coke all in the back of it. Well i did what i'm supposed to do i imediately took out the battery memory and hardrive so the computer can dry. Well i waited three days and put it back together it …
Once upon a time a long long time ago, Daniweb helped me out when my old pc got a nasty trojan (maybe a worm, can't remember). The solution to that one was: get a new computer! I'm hoping that this is the right forum to ask about a problem on …
About a month ago Yahoo Mail included a Toolbar just above the text area. Since that time I have not been able to SEND or REPLY to any mai from this computer. I notified Yahoo about this and they suggested that FireFox 0.8 was incompatible with the Color/Graphics mode and …
Wondered if anyone can help, I bought a noname digicam for my daughter and the software cd that came with it doesn't work, no support from the retailer and of course the manufacturer is unknown I tried searching online for a driver but it only recognizes that it is a …
Hello. I've been having problems. Sometimes, my computer hangs then goes to a black screen. It goes back then 5 seconds later, it goes to a black screen again. Im thinking it only happens when I play games since it doesn't hang now (I didn't play computer games now). All …
Hi, I have a problem with office xp 2003 installation: " The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" actually the feature is the Hebrew language , and it already exists in the CD. What have i to do to solve the problem …
I had to reinstall windows XP on my HP Pavillion zd7030us laptop because I got the blue screen of death. I was able to install service pack 3 from my jump drive. However, I am unable to install IE or get a local area connection so I am unable to …
There are a few programs that are totally getting on my nerves with their updates. Windows is my latest pet peeve. I find it difficult to believe that there are grand changes to Vista that require updates several times a week. Windows Live and Fingerprint are examples of what was …
Hello everyone. I just joined your group today. As you can tell from my login I’m on the old side of life. What I know about PC’s has been mostly self taught over the last eleven years with a couple of Trade School classes on Building your own PC. Right …
When I look in START UP, It shows programs EMPTY, yet when I bring up the internet, it seems slow doing so. From page to page appear to be ok. What areas would I look to to speed this up? Also, on MS config, how does one know what should …
I've been having this problem for about a month or so now. When I try to access a webpage, it frequently cannot be displayed or comes up with address is invalid with the url: [url]http:///[/url] I assumed it had something to do with a virus or malware which diverts the …
I dunno if I'm posting in the correct forum but I need urgent help. I'm currently a student doing my final year project in school. I've been task to come up with a prototype/solution for a Single Sign On(SSO). I've been researching for about 3 weeks now but I can't …
Hi I have a LG HL-DT-ST DVD Ram GSA-H22l ATA and a HpDVD840e USB External drive which both used to work on my Vista Ultimate. Last week the side bar clock changed its time differant than the on on the bottom right of the sgreen at the same time possible …
I have Windows XP in my computer, At any time while working with my computer.,it freezes., no mouse can be moved.,alt+ctrl+del doesn't work, and i have to re-start the computer. This is happening for a year ago, i had posted here early , but couldn't get proper solution. Sometimes i …
Hey all! I got a little problem, well actually not so little when I try to go play something the graphic card crashes I get a notice on bottom right that it crashed and restored and sometimes I might get a bsod. It has worked well before, but it suddenly …
So, I'm silly. I plugged my hair dryer into the same power strip as my computer. The end result was my computer totally going out. So, I tried to reboot my computer and once I got past the boot screen, some blue screen flashes up really fast. It was white …
In attempting to organize/delete my favorites I get the following: Cannot read from the source file or disk?
Hello, Been lurking around these forums for a little while and I have reallly appreciated all the help. I am dualbooting my system, Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.4. All was working quite well, when one day, I rebooted from within windows, and when I tried to come back in, Windows …
I've never seen this before so I have no idea what to do to disable it. [url]http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6640/56831523.png[/url] I want to disable that sidebar. It's annoying. I hope it's not some kind of spy/mal/adware. Can someone help me please?
My compaq presario S3500CL desktop won't start. When press the power button, It just attempt to start then nothing happened. Its not even booting or try to start up. Is there anybody who has an idea how to solve this problem?
Is it possible to reinstall windows without re-installing everything else?
Hello everyone, earlier tonight my son handed me his ACER Aspire One netbook and said' Dad it wont start' I was confronted with the following:- "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." The options are: Start …
I have an OWC Mercury on-the-go 160GB hard drive that was used on a Mac and I have plugged it into my PC (running Windows 7). It does not appear under "My Computer" though I can find it in Disk Management labeled as Disk 1 and also under Devices and …
Hi Everyone, I have a problem regarding dual booting. Here's my situation... On one harddrive i have windows xp installed. (Installed First) I recently installed windows 7 on another harddrive (Installed After). Im finally happy with Windows 7 and would like to remove windows xp and use that HDD for …
Recently when I reply to a text e-mail in Outlook 2003 (Windows XP) the format of the reply is in very tiny italics. Since it is plain text format, all the font choices are grayed out--I can't simply click on the italic button to change it. Although the toolbar says …
Hello all members i forget the password of my excel file which have very imp data. i must have to recover the file. kindly help me out to do so. PLEASE NOTE THAT! The password i usually use is up to 12 characters which includes * and capitalization of characters. …
I am facing rather a piquant situation recently. Whenever I click a program icon on the desktop, instead of the program get executed, I get a small pop up window with the caption 'file download' security warning and asks whether to save the file or to cancel it? The program …
I'm interested in setting up a home server. However, I am not very knowledgeable in the home server software that is available. I have heard a few things about MSFT home server and ubuntu home server, but not enough to make a definite decision yet. I like hearing feedback from …
We have a very small environment, 20 or less servers across 4 geographically spread locations. All connected via a MPLS WAN with T1 speeds. I want to monitor/alert on the following items: [LIST] [*]Up/Down status on servers(including individual services would be a huge bonus) [*]Windows Event log errors [*]Disk space …
Hello all, I have a dual boot with XP and Win7 and I am trying to rid myself of XP but it seems that the XP partition is the system partition. Is there any way I can change the system partition to my Win7 partition? Thanks.
Hello, When I try to reformat my computer with the windows 7 installation disk, it cannot detect the harddrive in the custom install section. In the upgrade section, it says there isn't enough room even though there is more than 90 gigs free. Please advise!! Thanks
Hi everyone, as you read I recently got a "STOP: c000021 Unknown Hard Error\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll" error. I read other posts about this error being caused by installing a new OS or some other format change, but my situation is a tad more... primitive. The basic situation that caused this error was …
the other day i think i got this virus, it starts with the window security center popping up telling me i have virus infecting my computer and wont let me open any file on desktop. did some research and and it is just like what describe on this site [url]http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-pc-antispyware-2010[/url] …
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. The other night my husband vacuumed out the dust inside my computer and after hooking everything back up and turning on the CPU, the screen remained blank on the monitor. The orange power light was on, but never turned green like it does …
People who are unhappy with the progress of the military actions in Iran and Afghanistan finally have something to blame: PowerPoint. “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces commander, said in an [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?emc=eta1"]article [/URL]in the [I]New York Times[/I] this week. The article …
Hi, my pc keep on looping in user login. Logon/User options always come back. pressing f8 and try all options the same issue arise even administrator and user keep on looping and looping.
I was told once that you can program your computer to stay "at the black screen" so that Windows won't even start -- that you can require a password before Windows will boot up. We are going to buy a new computer in the next couple of weeks, and I …
"This version of Windows requires a video card that supports DirectX 9.0 or newer." Seeing as how I don't want to go thru the hassle of replacing the video card at this time, could someone please help me here. I would like to revert back to the older version of …
I recently got a Lenovo x200 Tablet PC with vista business preinstalled. It was working fine for a while but then some problems started appearing. First of all I can't download any torrents on it, it says "No conenction could be made because the target machine actively refused it". I …
Good Day Can someone please tell me if it is possible to disable the "Help and Support Center" starting up when booting Windows Millennium is Safe Mode. It is really annoying as I never use it? Thanx a stack Francois
Hi everyone i have window XP. and i have goggle crome, mozila firefox and internet explorer browsers... but in all browser i m not able to access websites properly... whenever i try to open google or any oter it demands for certificate ... everytime it happens......... if any website open …
may i please ask for help ... when i start computer, it begins to start for few seconds then my screen switches to a black screen - with a white box in the center saying Power-on Password almost like skelton key under it and date on bottom of the screen …
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