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Remove FilterI'm using Windows 7 (64-bit) on a Dell Inspiron 1750 Spec: Pentium (R) Dual-Core T4300 2.10GHz 4GB RAM I used firefox 3.6, IE8 and Google Chrome. Recently my computer has completely frozen. Screen locks, can't do anything. CTRL-ALT-DEL does nothing. All I can do is hold power button down to …
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In quick succession, HP and Microsoft reportedly killed off two iPad wannabes this week. With HP's purchase of Palm and its WebOS, it meant that [URL="http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project/"]the Windows 7 tablet[/URL] that Steve Ballmer showed off at CES in January (and which you can see here in [URL="http://byronmiller.typepad.com/byronmiller/2010/04/hp-video-shows-ipad-wannabe-teaser.html"]this video[/URL]) is suddenly shelfware. …
Hi all. I have a sony vaio. I also have the disk from sony with all the software on it. What happens is while loading, it stops and gives an error message " Error occured while creating recovery partition". I sent a message to Sony, and they want me to …
Hello, Not familiar with PC connected in network with a domain name. Had to hold CTRL-ALT-DEL to enter my credential, worked fine. Brought the PC at my office, tried to connect to internet, but no connection (figured it was caused by the domain/network ID). Successfully created a new network connection …
[COLOR="Red"][COLOR="Green"][I]Hi FRIENDS, I had a question ....i hope you guys ll solve my query.. Suppose i have a company with 100 client machine...I want to install OS on that 100 machine...I purchased 1 licensed xp cd with 5 client capability....but i want to install same cd key to my other …
The laptop i'm using is an Acer Ferrari F0200 running on windows 7. It does not have wireless wifi link built into it. So i bought a wireless adapter: Aztech Wireless-N USB 2.0 adaptor(wireless-N WL552USB). I can't install it since the laptop doesn't have a DVD driver but just from …
hi everybody, first of all let me jus say thanx for reading this post, even if u dnt reply. I am running 64 bit OEM Vista Ultimate, and have been since jan 28th. I have had a range of problems, bbut most have been fixed/worked around, but i cant seem …
It so happens, when I choose to view a site the pictures are not able to be viewed. When I try to search on yahoo, it says "the browser has sent a request that the server cannot understand." I have tried and tried, but nothing works. Is it my browser, …
Hey there, I'm Joolz. I'm new to DaniWeb. I have what's probably a silly question... But I was just wondering if there is somewhere to get skins for the vista taskbar. I know how to change the colors on the computer, but to be honest, simply changing the color isn't …
Hey guys i have a problem with installing some programs, Like avira security, Pro tools LE, I get and error that reads = 'This installation Package could not be opened . Verify that the package exist and that you have access to it,or contact application vendor tp verify that this …
When scanning with Ad-Aware, this message comes up. "The wrong volume is in the drive. Please insert volume ECD2010 into drive D:" No idea what this means. Can anyone help please? Ian.
Developers Brad Lassey, Alex Pakhotin, Vladimir Vukićević and Michael Wu this week unveiled what they're calling a pre-alpha version of the Fennec browser, better known as Firefox for Google's Android mobile operating system. You can [url=http://bit.ly/fennec-android]download the code[/url], which as of last week had been tested only on Motorola Droid …
Hi guys, I am currently in possession of a friends ASUS Eee PC 900 which needs XP re-installed because upon startup there is an error to do with the system32\hal.dll file. I own a GENUINE Xp disc (which came with my computer) however, the notebook/lappy does not have a Cd …
Hi, Just recently my friend's brother helped me upgrade my PC and I have found it a big mess! I need help desperately! I have a SONY VIO laptop and I still have all the recovery CDs with me. I couldn't find any posting regarding reformatting computer with Window 2000. …
OS: Windows 7 (64bit) Adapter: Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller AV: Norton 360 ISP: PLDT myDSL ph Problem: I regularly get disconnected to the network. I got errors in my ping. Like "Destination Unreachable" sort of... i cant remember and "Request timeout" when there is a yellow alert …
Hi I have a new Dell Dimension 3100 PC running windows XP Home. I'm having difficulty with the microphone recording level in that it is so quiet you can hardly hear it. The sound drivers are from SigmaTel and are the latest version. I've checked all the sound levels through …
My client is running SBS 2003. When it was setup, their IT guy ran CEICW and RWW and OWA worked fine. A few days later (after their old IT guy left) they called me and said they couldn't connect thru RWW or OWA. I tried and got the Welcome screen …
I am having problems with the Windows XP Home Ed. system restore. It only opens up a blank white window. I just got rid of some bad spyware and when I tried to recover it wouldnt do so. Microsoft tech couldnt even help me.. All they told me to do …
I run a small computer lab of 10 laptops using Windows 7 x64 Enterprise edition. In order to prevent users from changing the settings, I have created a Group Policy Object that restricts access to the Control Panels, among other things. When I built the GPO just the way I …
Hi, I have a very much legit copy of xp home. Now I bought it assuming I could install it on my work computer and my kids computer. A friend of mine said it's not possible and I just wanted to check if I could use the same key on …
Hi, My uncle cannot log into Windows because somehow the user account names are gone from the Windows XP login screen. I tried booting with the Windows XP installation cd. I got to a point where I thought I was about to reinstall windows but I wasn't sure so I …
Everytime I plug a device into a USB port on my laptop I get the following error"This device cannot start Code 10".I've tried updating the driver but it says I have the latest version.This only been happening for the last week,before that it was fine.Should I try uninstalling every device …
Hello. For one or two of our Windows XP Home Edition profiles (too many kids), but not all profiles, we've been getting a Windows Defender Warning stating WD has "detected programs that might compromise privacy or damage our computer." It names "TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.DZ." Paired with this is a 'b.exe' message stating …
This computer an HP Pavilian laptop, suddenly failed, and shut down the system. When reloaded, all the desktop icons, except for perhaps 15% of them changed over to MS Word ( W ) logo's and none of those shortcuts will load. Seems like attributes or properties changed. Just won't load …
Hi guys, I'm a newbie here, so please forgive me if I miss anything out. I restored my Dell Studio laptop (Vista 32 bit) to its original factory settings the other day, after backing up all my documents etc. Everything went fine, windows and my internet browser are all looking …
I'm running Windows XP When I try to write in a forum that usually works all right, I get a these massages and the IE shuts down. Can you help me please?
my stand by option not work. I mean it enable flase. how I repair it. I install a new windows xp, service pack 2.
Hi , some times my computer show a blue screen that says error happened the error is [B]"IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL"[/B] and in the last of the message wrote [B]"dump physical memory"[/B] , i think that error occur after i installed new hard disk in my computer but I'm not sure that the …
Hello and thank you for looking at this, I have been having troubles with my computer. It is running windows 7. Randomly Internet Explorer has a pop-up saying "You last browsing session closed unexpectedly". The odd thing is that internet explorer does not show up in applications and does not …
I'm spending a lot of time in Microsoft Word/Office and am finally frustrated enough with my problem to look for a solution. I couple of years ago bought a Dell c610 Latitude laptop with MS Office 2003 installed on it. "My wife lost the CD" was the reason given to …
Hey guys, I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion dv6810us laptop, and I've recently begun having problems with my DVD drive. When I push the button to eject my DVD drive, nothing happens. Also, I have a DVD in there right now and it doesn't recognize it. …
Hi all. I use a PC a lot but ask me a techie question about it and you may as well be speaking Martian, so please bear with me. I have an intermittent problem whereby my PC freezes, and shows a screen of slightly off horizontal lines, sometimes black and …
I plug the usb in, it says new hardware installed, and then in the bottom right i get the icon to connect/disconnect it, but I cant find the drive so I can copy things to it...
My Dell Dimensions 8100 main hard drive is dieing. I have a second hard drive installed already recognized and with plenty of gigs(60 or 80). The problem is I've never had a computer that started with a different OS. Do I install Windows Me First and then Windows XP?? or …
i m currently using windows vista home basic.... i think my registry files are corrupt and i am unable to fix this problem......
When I want to print in Auto CAD 2008, it show a error massage (Error loading ntprint.dll. The specified module could not be found). Why show the massage & How can i solve it......?
Question I want a drop down list, where each item would have a separate value and when one item is selected, the corresponding value shall be posted in a separate cell. For example, say the items to appear on the list are A, B, C, D and the corresponding values …
Hi all. I have this peculiar problem, that all popular antivirus sites have been redirected to localhost (127.0.0.1). My computer has Windows XP prof. SP2. I've checked the hosts file (windows\system32\drivers\etc), and it is fine. I next checked the system for virus with latest stinger, it didn't find anything wrong. …
hi. i'm encoutering an error when i'm trying to install windows xp on a laptop with a pre installed windows 7. the xp cd will boot, but after a while, before entering the setup options, a blue screen error will appear.. is it possible to have that laptop installed with …
I've been having issues with a virus on my computer. It is a pop-up that says my computer is infected with horrible viruses that are stealing information from my computer and that I need to download their anti-virus software to fix it. This virus also redirects my computer almost everytime …
I have Windows Defender installed, and whenever I open the My Videos folder, which contains tons of movies, Windows Defender warns me that malicious code is being run, and it has to close explorer.exe. While I can sorta play some of the movies (by having the expand folder option for …
OS on my laptop: Vista. To keep it short, my laptop does not turn on normally anymore. When I turn it on, screen stays black, and lights keep turning on/off every minute or so, as if it was restarting. I thought that taking out the battery and putting it back …
I was recently laid off. Before turning in my work laptop I was allowed to download all my files to a flash drive to take with me. I bought a new laptop (w/Windows 7) and everything was going fine until about a week later when all of a sudden the …
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I used the safe mode but it gives me the defalt username wich is not the right one is a reset disk a option? I need help!
Hi, I have a list of display names in Outlook 2003 and I would like to convert each of them to corresponding email address. The names are usually in a format like: Doe, John (Company - US/Dallas) We are using LDAP and Exchange, so I think somehow it would be …
I have windows vista on a sony laptop. My primary (C) drive is corrupt, however my recovery drive (E) is still intact. MY laptop is stuck in a continuous reboot loop. I got all my data back, so thats not an issue. Using a vista boot cd and going to …
hi, i am running windows 7 and am trying to install nba 2k10 on my computer. when i am installing microsoft .net 1.1 framework, the following error occurs. application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id=0xff0 (4080), Thread id=0xf54 (3924). Click OK to terminate the application. …
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