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Hi, I been able to get my computer better since the last post. I found out to run "Shutdown -a" to stop the Network/NT or something like that which cause the force shutdown in a minute. I am starting to remove "XP Antispyware 2010", but when I get to the …

Hey recently my explorer.exe messed up and wouldn't open, and now whenever I try to reinstall Windows 7, it says that all the sources for installation aren't available. I've tried formatting my hard drive but that didn't do anything. Any1 got any ideas as to how I can fix this …

My Computer kept freezing, I just have a hard drive failure 1 week ago, so I changed to a new Hard drive Seagate barracuda 1 TB 7200 32 MB. But then problem still persist, So I thought Power Supply is wrong, because I also added 2 GB DDR2 Memory RAM …

i have a home computer, so why do i have 2 local area connections? ive never had 2 until a few hours ago, when i reformated. ive always only had 1. i have already tried to disable the second on but it wont let me, and if i disable the …

When I go to close an IE window. An error occurs and it sends the information to Microsoft. I kno sending it won't fix it. so i was just wondering what has happened! I don't know if its connected to the other problem but when I search something on google, …

High CPU Usage despite nothing showing on Task Manager or Process Explorer. Greetings all, I hope this is the correct area to post this to, If not I apologise and could it be redirected to the correct area. Anyway, I do hope someone can help with this infuriating problem, and …

I am having problems getting Tiger Woods reinstalled on my machine. I have a downloaded zip version of it. When it is being unpacked it gets to a certain point and I get blue screen and restart. I have narrowed it down to the unpacking of the data folder in …

Can I set the value that MS word will use in the 'Save' dialog ? Usually when a word document is saved, Word will select the first few words of the document in an attempt to auto-create a document name. But I have a textbox near the top of the …

Now this may be the wrong place to look but im unsure. I have looked for the answer in many places with no luck, and I've had luck with this community in the past to help my with my technical problems. So the deal is, Im running my pc on …

I am unable to load the windows 7 pro operating system on my computer after enabling the raid 5 w parity I want to run??? 4 WD 750gb sata hdd intel dg45id mother board intel q9400 8 gig ram ????????

I have a bunch of CD-R's that were created on a MAC. All my Windows XP computers can read them with no problem. They just ahve data files, pictures, and programms. No music or movies. When I put them into my new Vista laptop, they just show up as blank …

Hello guys. Does anyone know how to create an expandable hyperlink in MS Word?

I have been using a program (EPX 5.5) for year which allows uploading of photos to a website (eventpix.com) and I have not been able to access the site lately. I get "no reply from server" notices. Eventpix.com support suggests some setting on my firewall or in Avast is preventing …

My W7 32 bit installation was misbehaving very badly, so I decided to reinstall. I chose to use the 64 bit install instead. That went easily enough. However, my favourite screensaver stopped working (black mark). Then I installed XP Mode for 64 bit, and installed my 16 bit application (that …

I've been trying to install this USB HP 2 Mega-Pixel Webcam and when I do... Let's start with how I do it. I install all the software from the Installation CD including the Driver. I then restart my computer. After that, I plug it in - - A "Found New …

Recently I notice that accessing to remote computer always fail. Before this it’s not a problem to access to remote computer. Once trying to access remote computer error message prompt “No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections …

I have both Office 2003 and Office 2007 on my computer. I want Excel and Word 2003 to be the default programs to open files when I double click on them from e-mails etc. Somehow, and I don't know what I did to accomplish it, I got Word 2003 as …

I can't access my own website even though other people on other computers have no problems. This has happened to me several times in the past and I have never figured out what causes it or fixes it. I have cleared my cache and turned off my McAfee firewall, but …

Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine either on a partition or preferably a USB harddrive? A old friend has some old games he loves and wants the portability of his laptop but still able to play the old games, most of which I suppose are DOS.

Hi there, I am part of a domain, and hate having to take my PC in to the IT all the time when I have a problem. The problem is when they image my PC, it deletes every thing of the C drive (system), but keeps everything on the Z …

Hi there... i have two XPs copied on same partition... one (i.e. the older one) is running well but the other (newer one) is not detecting the monitor and LAN... no connections shown in my n/w connections... kindly explain the reason as well as the solution.... Thanks...

Hi, There seems to be a problem in my display setting ,where in I cannot find the Windows XP theme present there by default.Also my Internet explorer opens a new page in same Window even after selecting new tab option.Any help is appreciated.Thanks in Advance.

Hi there, I am working on a Emachines EL1200 desktop system with a Realtek HD Audio sound card. The computer had some trojans and other malware on it I was able to remove with the assistance of AVG and MalwareBytes Antimalware. Now the machine will only play sound if you …

Help!!! My windows is not starting up. A few lines of text appeared, then the screen just went black. I tried F5 after i see the text. I chose safe mode. i get lines of things... then, it just stop/jammed. the last line says multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windowstem32\drivers\isapnp.sys what does that mean?

Can you tell me ? .Why i am getting error the call Failed due to Sound Devices Problem .i am Using Windows 7.Kindly let me know the Idea.any help would be highly appreciated.Kindly find the attachment also.

I got an error/BSOD late last nite around say 1215am 2/10. MSoft wanted my pc to restart to install some updates. After restarting it went to the blue screen of death with the following codes: following "technical information: ***STOP 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x8050D532, 0xF78BE3B8, 0F78BE0B4) No file names were given. No …

hello,,sir, I can't simply activate my windows 7 after installation,, the windows update doesn't work and internet explorer doesn't work too..can somebody help me please..thanks and more power!

hi everyone.i'm using winxp pro.i already configure my remote access setting.i log as admin with same username and password in the computer i want to shutdown.but everytime i type shutdown -s -m\\pcname..it comes out with access denied error..what do you think is the probelm?pls help me.i used also shutdown -i …

My Pc has just started acting wierd it wont let me load up windows, it comes up with the screen, Start windows normally safe mode ect. when i click on anyone of the opitions it restarts my pc and just brings that screen back up again. plz plz plz help …

Many thanks to those who lend a hand with this problem. Specifically, my computer has both XP home and professional loaded on it (A friend of mine loaded both in case something went wrong with my computer so he could still access files and fix whatever went wrong) and while …

Hi!! I am on IBM Thinkpad R52 with 1.73 MHz processor and 256 DDR2 RAM. I use Nero Ultra 7.0 for burning cds( I have a combo drive). I havnt been able to burn cds since yesterday. Whenever i try loading Nero Burning ROM, Windows error pops up (Sorry for …

Hi I'm installing a new western digital WD4000YS SATA drive in a computer that did not have Sata drive, the mother board has the correct cable connection, but when I reinstall Win XP pro, I receive the following message IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL would this be related to the …

would it be okay to use a graphics card from a crashed computer on a different computer? My computer recently got the blue screen of death and I had to get a used computer. The graphics card I have on this one sucks and i cant play any games because …

I reformatted my hard drive. When I re installed everything, I installed the dell roxio software. Now I can not burn cd/dvds with out using using Roxio's software (drag to disc etc) and more importantly it will not finalize the disc. If I unstalled the Roxio Software my drives do …

does anyone have any experiance with microsoft navision / avfconsulting ?

Hi A year ago i tried to figure out how to do the 'simple' task of popping a shortcut to any website or web page onto the desktop and still haven't found the solution! In IE it's easy, right click and choose send shortcut to desktop, there, you're done, and …

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trying to sort this one out all day,can download any program,install them,but xp will not open them,this machine belongs to a mate of mine,any ideas would be greatly appreciated,thanks in advance.huggie

I want to upgrade the SATA hard drive on my laptop, but when I try to install windows xp on the new hard drive from the CD drive I get hung up. I push the F6 key when prompted and then come to a point where I am asked to …

Well like the name says I'm and so freaking new. Trying to learn as much as I can from every place that I can but there are two things that I really want to see about doing. First I would like to change the sound my computer makes when it …

Hi, i'm new here, and i recently gt sick of my old hp pc and took out my burner, another cd drive, 4 sticks of ram (ot sure what size, gotta check and see when i load it up) a sound car, and video card (32, weak, i know), as …

I can't get my Samsung YP-K3 MP3 Player to work with windows 7 it wont even let me install the soft ware disc. Can any one help.

[COLOR="red"][COLOR="Green"]Hi, Does anyone know if Vista Home Premium can connect to SQL server using the ODBC ? I have tried to create a connection with all the right info such as user id and password but error is "failed connection server does not exist or access denied". The story is …

I have folder 1 on a USB drive 1965 folders containing 17937 files I have folder 2 on C: this has 1942 folders containing 17662 files I am in windows XP How can I check if Folder 1 contains every file of folder 2? Many thanks esdel

Hi Newbie here, basic skills. Turning on what has been a very stabe system for 5 years it runs for a few seconds, fans on, black screen, as soon as the two cd drive lights start to flash, fans go off for a second or two and then the whole …

Hey guys, I am new to the site and i was if anyone can help me with a little problem. I have recently noticed that my laptop seems not to be able to install programs through DVD disks or iso images through Daemon tool. However programs like advance system care …

I noticed that once I updated my Firefox browser there no longer was a toolbar for Windows Media Radio... I did have a tool bar through Nasa, but removed it. Could that be why I had it before or is it because of the new update with Firefox browser. Anyone …

Hey everyone! (It's been a long time since I posted!) I've just upgraded from WindowsXP to Windows 7. One thing I hate is how how when I have an Explorer window open, and I start typing to move the focus to a file/directory name in that directory, it instantly assumes …

I have a Dell Dimension 3000 running XP Pro that I just upgraded from SP2 to SP3. After rebooting I get a BSOD 0000007E error. I cannot boot into Safe Mode without getting the same error. Any solutions? Thanks Jim

There has been [URL="http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/daveyw/2009/01/13/no-crisis-in-it-security-budgets/"]much speculation[/URL] regarding job losses at Microsoft of late, and now the truth is out. Thankfully the scale of the damage is not as great as at first feared, and nowhere near the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3757.html"]15,000 job losses[/URL] talked about recently. It would seem that 1400 jobs are to …