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Hello, I have received many flash drives on an order that have message USB Device not Recognized.....malfunction. Can anyone tell me how to fix this ? I am testing these drives on Windows XP. Thx

well im working on this for a customer and im kinda stumped. atfirst i just thought it was a loose cable so i removed the display. checked the cables and tightened everything down so it wasn't wobbling all over the place.. unfortunatly it still have lines across the bottom, the …

This is a WXP computer that starts from the "off" state in about a minute, however, a warm restart takes 15 minutes. I have defragged, emptied recycle, purged temporary files, deleted the prefetch folder, disabled unneeded startups. How do I fix this?

I'm trying to fix an ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus AMD2 Socket Board with a AMD Athlon 5200+ CPU. I have reloaded Windows XP Pro Service pack3 which runs all fine until I put a disk in the DVD Burner. (LG Super Multi) on a IDE cable. Orginally I set the …

my wife's just tried to log onto her computer (windows vista)... and it said: "the user profile service failed the logon, user profile cannot be loaded." any ideas?? yes, the password is correct. there's alot of important documents on there... i know i can probably retrieve the documents from the …

Dear, I have lost all the installed printers in Win2K Server. When I tried to add new printer it say alert "Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable". I have tried to restart the spooler service. It successfully started but when I opened …

I run Windows XP Pro SP3 and have an Intel Pentium 3 computer with 27 gb hard drive, 384mb system RAM, video card ATI RADEON 7200 with 64MB RAM, Sound Blaster audio, DVD-ROM, CD burner, 10/100 network card, and US Robotics v90 56k modem. Yesterday I noticed that none of …

I have a compaq 3200 computer. It takes so long to load. Then it freezes at times. Does anyone have any insight into this problem. Also, what is a tag? Thank you. Roxie148

Hi guys, am managing a small office network and i would like to know if there's a way to install a software from my computer to all other computers in the networ, and if i can manage each individually and remotely. Any suggestion is welcome!

Hi, Is there a way to partition a disk formated to GUID? I've just installed an XP on a Dell PC a friend received by way of the local post office collectibles. It's a nice Pepi PC but after installing the OS I've found out that the 80 GB HD …

Hi, I have never used aero theme, so I like it on my W7 :) The best thing that I like on W7 is computer speed. On XP my computer was slow(Don't knw why).

I have Dell and have Windows XP installed. This month (February 2010) I have had my Xp crash this being the 2nd time. I can only go into safe mode. I have done the repair before but it always takes forever. What could be the problem?? I have Norton internet …

I notice there was a query about this some time back, but couldn't see a soloution. This has happened on two computers of mine, both less than 3 months old. I suspect a virus, but I can't see anything. Any bright ideas, anyone, please. I'm stumped.

Just wanted to have an idea what people prefer for their systems. Whether they leave their systems running all the time or they want to turn it off using several ways. Please select whatever you prefer to do most of the time.

Hi! I've posted this on another forum but didn't solve the problem, so I thought I would try here :) I have an Acer Aspire X1200 with 4 gb ram, Athlon 64 dual core 5000+ 2.6 gh, and am running Vista Home Premium with SP2. I've had it about a …

I'm running WinXP with a 250GB HD. I have the HD split into 2 partitions, (C: and L:). Well recently I realized that I have about 70GB of unallocated space, so I decided I was gonna add redistribute it. I start up partition magic and tell it what I need …

maybe its a dum question but i cant encrypt anything on my win7 home premium my ENCRYPT button is grey meaning i cant press it i don know why i tried everything and my security tab does show up

Hello, I just purchased Microsoft Vista at Circuit City. When I went to install there was NO DVD and only one half of the product key. Circuit City will not reimburse me, or exchange for something else. Need the software/key legally. I’d like to find a full download and figure …

Hey guys, My sister in law has an old computer(Gateway),and she accepted some kind of virus,because she clicked ok when that fake virus cleaner popped up on her system. So,I tried going into safe mode but it only kept rebooting back to the OES startup.Someone suggested that I change the …

hello all, does anyone know how to shut off the auto complete (when typing in address bar or google search bar , etc...)in windows XP? any help would be appreciated. thanks!

Imagine a computer repair shop with about 20 computers that need repair. Most of the computers need the operating system installed to fix the problem. These computers all have Product Key stickers attached to the housing. Some are XP Home, XP Pro, Vista Home Vista Ultimate, Window 7 Home and …

Hello CRC's - I've read what they are - but how do you work around them? This is the first time I have seen this error. Here is what happened: I was trying to burn a CD and in the process - the burner or software (ASHAMPOO BURNING STUDIO) got …

i recently installed a vista software on my HP laptop,and was browsing.only for me to restart and my system was insisting on product key.please help me.

Hi, Just setting up another computer with XP. Just spent the last few days downloading SP2 (via dial up, so very slow!). Everything to do with internet explorer was working fine yesterday Just installed SP2 this morning and now we're hitting problems! Can conect to the internet fine and browse …

my friends computer got infected with the Internet Security 2010 virus and when i when to try to remove it the virus put the computer into a log in\off loop once i fixed that the desktop freezes and the virus has disabled task manager. the cursor is the I beam …

Hi, Im kinda new here and Im hoping someone could help me. My problem is that whenever I startup my machine I'm getting Limited or no connectivity. After a while of tinkering with the modem and the cables and stuff and doing commands (ipconfig/release/flushdns/renew, netsh int ip reset/winsock reset) turning …

My bl**dy outlook express keeps deleting the messages it has downloaded leaving only the titles and the half envelopes. It then ties up bandwidtrh and time downloading them AGAIN. I have dial-up and when it takes me 30 minutes to download and email and then I loose them and have …

how can i disable the internet.

I realized last week that somehow inexplicably, Microsoft has become the underdog. Want proof? The US Justice Department *and* the EU approved the search deal with Yahoo! That the United States approved the deal is not really news because Justice has rarely met a deal it didn't like no matter …

Hi All I have a problem. I have been having some problems with my PC so I called technical support and they suggested that I should re install the drivers. I entered the CD with the Vista Drivers, followed the instructions after a while a black screen appears with this: …

Heres one for ya! I made the mistake of letting someone sit at my pc while they where spending the weekend here with our family, and after almost 3 years of good pc health, yep, I got one. Pretty smart one to, undetected by all the major spyware, and virus …

hi, I am experiencing a strange problem , when I trace from Start->Programs->accessories->Entertainment, at the entertainment tag I find that it empty and also I cant find two programs viz. paintbrush and calculator.any help will be appreciated and thanks in advance.

I use xp pro. Idistribute an educational PDF with sound embedded. Some recipients tell me they can't get any sound. They click onthe links on various pages of the document and nothing happens. Sometimes I get sound and sometimes I do not even on my own PC. I am at …

Setup: Sony Vaio laptop (was expensive) Vista Business with SP1 Saga - long and problematic battle with Vista (I am not a fan of this OS) Problem - Windows update isn't working and I can't seem to get it to work. Error code is 80070424 and I think it might …

Is it necessary to have all versions of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1,SP2. Framework 3.0, and Framework 3.5 SP1 installed at once, or can I get rid of them to free up some space using just 3.5 since it's newest? Seems like alot of memory usage that I could use. …

ok i turn on my computer and it goes through everything that it normallly does and after it gets to the windows xp screen and shows the bar on the bottom loading it just restarts again and again. does anybody know why this could be happening or has some things …

Have an HP Pavilion with Pent 4 processor (3-4 years old). I recently got some nasty spyware (Anti Virus Live) which took over my PC. I restarted in Safe Mode with Networking, I then tried to do a System Restore. Now when I restart the computer normally, after the Windows …

hi reinstalled xp pro,now there is no lan icon in My Network Places folder or My Network Connections,any help appreciated,thanks

Alright, Got my new build up and running finally. Installed Windows 7 pro, installed the VGA drivers and the mobo utilities. Not connected to the internet with it at this point, but Im not real concerned about that yet. I have a spare G adapter, just want to get the …

my computer has been running slow and iexplore.exe is close to 100% at times, especially when changing pages, when cpu usuage is near 100% i get spikes in networking usuage. how can i fix this problem? any help appreciated

I ran malwarebytes this morning and it found a few spyware programs and removed them. I do this regularly with no issues. After the computer restarted I cannot access any websites. I could before the reboot. The computer is connected to the router at 54mbps. My IP is 192.168.1.31, subnet …

Hi, I'm not really sure if I'm posting this in the right place - I've only just joined so please forgive mee!!! I started up my laptop the other day which is windows xp service pack 2, and when I logged in to windows this cmd.exe black screen thing came …

I've been trying to reinstall windows. I started reformatting my hard drive as part of this process using the manufacturer reinstallation cd. The format stops at 89% and just sits there. No error messages. I have all my data backed up on an external hard drive but I am unsure …

I dont know if im in the right thread or not but anyway, i recently turned on my gateway laptop but the screen stays blank. I tried the keys combination fn/f6 but nothing happened. I hooked up to a pc monitor but still the same problem. Has anyone any ideas …

I am working on my first build and I am getting no display when powered up. I have checked all connections, there is no power connector on the GPU, onboard graphics are not present on this board, and the cooling fan on the GPU works when I try to power …

i have the asrock p4dual915gl mother board, i just updated to windows 7 and keyboard driver won't work. what is the fix ?

Can anyone tell me ? .Why i am getting No Connectivity Issue in IPV6 Connectivity.Kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.Kindly find the attachment also.

This thing started about a month ago. I tried to burn a dvd but nero wasnt able to and after that my drive wasnt able to detect any dvds. i can still run cds though. i tried system restore but to no avail. config- HP compaq presario v6715EE C2D T7700 …

when i w.c to see the adapter detail.ip address,Dns and all about. but nothing is Comming.after some Time Information is Comming. and internet is very slow.kindly let me know the idea.why internet is slow.Kindly find the attachment also.

I've been wanting to make my system a tri-boot for a little bit now. I have a generic PC, custom built, not a mac. Here are the specs: Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz 2 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi AP Edition Hauppage WinTV-HVR 1800* Seagate Barracuda …