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Hi fellows! I went to use my computer and I got the blue screen right after when it boots up again past the windows xp logo. The error says "page_fault_in_nonpaged_area" with stop 0x00000050 (0xEC6B738D, 0x00000000, 0x8A70408C, 0x00000002) . I didn't install any new hardware or anything. Prior to that I …

when i open my pc it ask for user name and password , what do i do so that i can enter into my computer with windows xp proffesional

Hi guys!!! just wondering if you could give me websites where i can find simple floor plans for my AutoCAD subject. It would really mean a lot If you could site some. Thanks..

I was wondering is there any programs that tell the temperature of a CPU and support an Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz? I've tried a few programs like core temp and real temp, but my processor wasn't supported on either of those programs. Is there any that support my CPU?

Can anyone here assist using the xcopy command. I want to use it in a batch file to copy folder1 and all its subfolders and files to C:\folder1 thanks in advance

OK heres the deal. i brought this refurbished laptop about six months ago, But when i did i noticed it a said something about validating the microsoft license message at the lower right corner of my screen that just would not go away until it crashed like 2 months later. …

Hello all, I've recently run Malwarebytes to get rid of the Antivirus 2010 virus. All seemed well but I wanted to run it again in safe mode to be sure. Upon pressing f8 and choosing 'start in safe mode', the machine would run through the script indicating it was loading …

I don't know if this is the right forum for this issue, but I will give it a try anyway. We have two computers laptops in our house, one that's pretty new and another one that's a few years old. I few weeks ago, god knows what caused it, the …

Is it possible to change the color of the taskbar from black? It's kinda ugly.

Every time I try and select either my computer, my documents , or control panel from the start menu all of my icons disappear and will eventually reappear but the computer does not open the selected item and will sometimes rearrange all desktop icons??????:evil:

I have spent a little time on Technet, and will be spending more. But I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a website that had "summaries" of steps required to config (or checklists for config) of server 2008 (or server 2003 for that matter). What I mean is, if …

hi just changed my desktop background and when i hit apply the pic and the icons all dissapeared now I cant get it back. start menu still works and some gadgets are still up but other than that its a blank screen

Let me explain the topic :) I'm in an A+ class in college, and as a lab assignment, we were tasked with breaking a computer and getting another team to try and fix it. The only requirement, however, is that it cannot be so bad that the only way to …

when i tried to uninstall ms office 2003 i got error this action is only valid for Products that are currently installed.can anbody tell me why i am getting this error.program still there in the add/remove Programme.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be highly appreciated.

Hey, so at my high school, they just got a lot of new windows 7 machines with 8GB of ram and Intel 2.6GHz quad core processors and 1TB hard drives, but they keep randomly crashing. A few of them, some kids hit the power cables and now they won't start …

Trying to assist another who has an XP home machine. Apparently, the recovery disc does not support repair... only reinstall. I would like to assist by using my XP Pro disc using the repair option. Would this work with the different OS versions? Guidance sought

Hi! Could somebody please help me with this problem: My XP OS System Time keeps showing the word "Batangas" right after the digital system time. What should I do to correct this abnormality?

My PC has been very slow and glitchy for a while now. I used to play Fallout 3 at 60FPS and all my other games at good framerates. I haven't played Fallout lately cuz it always freezes my PC now and if it works, it'll work for less than 2 …

hi i disabled my display properties disabled on my computer it the monitor screen an now the screen is black an it not a virus at all i really need help with this one i can see the the mouse at all so how can i get back to the …

can anybody tell me .Local area connection Quick launch icon.available in windows 7.Kindly let me know the idea. Kindly find the attachment also.

When IE trys to connect to a HTTP site nothing happens. FTP and HTTPS work fine. Proxy is not checked under Connections? Help.

can anyone tell me why ProgramData folder in Vista and Windows 7. in earlier widows version like windows xp,windows 2000,Widows 2003 only ProgramFiles Folder .But in the case of Vista and Windows 7.Program Files and Program Data Folder.Why Program Data Folder is needed in Vista and 7 .Kindly let me …

Firstly, thank you all for the kind welcomes to this site, I hope u can help me (i need it). I recently upgraded from dial-up to 2 Meg broadband with Tesco.net. Everything appeared to install fine and it connects but thats where the fun ends. The modem is a Thomson …

Hello, I have installed a network printer on my computer running Windows 7 Professional 32 bit. The install worked fine and I can print fine but when the computer is restarted the printers won't connect again. If i open the printer directory it will ask me for my network credentials …

"Attempt to determine whether user and machine accounts are in the same forest failed (0x6b5)". Does anyone know what this code means? I've searched high and low for the information and everywhere I go, there's never any information out there. Running Windows 2000 server, and this error pops up in …

Hi, Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine? Run dual operating systems? I need Windows98 because some of my old software won't run on XP. Is this a good/bad idea? How do you do it? or should this be done by a professional? Thanks!

hi can anyone please help me i have just formated my pc and reinstalled xp without any form of backup (i know not clever!) now my pc cannot install my Ethernet Controler. i have little knollage about this sort of problem and have know idea how to overcome this. my …

When I try to open control panel, it does a search for the control panel then I receive the following error message. Windows XP Home edition is OS. explorer.exe-Application error Yhe instruction at "0x05959e56" referenced memory at"0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on Ok to terminate the program …

Hello folks, I have a Toshiba Equium M50-244 laptop that did work but now doesn't. I press the start button and get the Toshiba press F2 for set up or F12 for boot. Then i get a blank screen! nothing boots up from there on. I can start it in …

how do u format xp so i can put windos ME in

My cd rom would not read any cds so I was trying to find a solution to fix it, one I read said to go to start run cmd enter and I did and the screen system32 came up and I typed in WinMSD and retarted the computer now the …

I'm installing this wireless access point (router Linksys WRT54GS) and everything seems to be working fine, and it connects to the router via wireless network adapter. On the network connections page, it shows that the Computer connection to the router is excellent, But the router connection to the internet is …

Hi. I'm running on Win XP SP3 and have been using IE8 as default browser. In the last 4 months my system has intermittently blue screened (memory dump) with no discernible error code when starting IE8. I upgraded my memory about this time. This was a minor inconvenience, I had …

Good morning all, So I am having a major issue and am really at a loss on this one. I have an Acer 5050 laptop running Vista. It came with 1gig of ram which I upgraded to 2.5 a couple weeks ago. I also downloaded IE8 shortly before upgrading RAM. …

Hi, I have a Sony Vaio VGN-NS110E laptop, my friend was playing a game on it, then all the sudden he said it froze so i turned it off and turned it back on, then i get the message saying "A disk read error occurred." I grab the recovery disks …

Hi all. Every now and again I get these Java update messages, which (if I choose to) in stall the latest JRE. In the C:\Program Files\Java folder, I have: One folder named: 'jre6' Several named: 'jre1.60_' and then a number (01, 02, etc.) I presume that the folders 'jre1.60_...' are …

I have just purchased a brand new Laptop with Windows 7. My older PC will be decommissioned. I have all my disks for reloading my programs however although I have the disks for MS Office 7, I downloaded the BETA version of Office 10 and it seems to have overwritten …

Hmm why does my computer say that i have 415 GB of memory but if i look on the HDD then there is 500 GB there is the 85 GB gone?

I was thinking about all the amazing things that people go thru to get their pc and laptops fixed so they can run smooth. So I came up with the Idea of something like, maybe it'll be nice if people could post their favorite software that did wonders for them. …

I have an old icon program with icon in .dll format. The program installs ok in windows 7 home premium, but I get a message saying winodws cannot open files, not associated with anything. Is there any hope in getting this old Titan Seal Icon program to work? It has …

When I start my computer, it keeps coming to a screen that says "a disk read error occured. press ctr+alt_del to restart". I've tried this but it comes back to the same screen. My HP laptop did not come with windows cd. I have to reinstall OS. How can I …

Can I install a 64 bit Windows 7 on a computer that currently has a 32 bit version of Vista? I think that my hardware can handle a 64 bit Operating System. I tried to install a 64 bit version of Windows 7 but the installation program checked my current …

Hi i am doing C programming in netbeans and when i compile and run my program i get a message in the dos console that says i need to use the nodosfilewarning to disable the cygwin warning i am getting. I have attached a screenshot as it is a rather …

Hello USB problem solvers, I would like to let you know that I have solved my problem regarding my Flash drive, when I plugged it in to the USB port it was recognised by the system but I could not see what folders it had, so I looked everywhere to …

Title says it. Old Dell died, I had Office 2003 Professional from Dell, but on MS disks that appear to be retail type. New computer is running Windows 7 (64 bit). Install appeared normal with activation codes, program operations are OK with one or two unexplained shutdowns. Ive been running …

Hope someone may be able to help... I have always had a problem with the modem connection, if I pull out the lead to the broadband voyager modem, without cancelling the internet connection, the computer tends to freeze. My wife decided she wanted to use her computer and so pulled …

I am formatting my ibm desk top pentium 4 and when the first phace completes and it restarts the machine starts from the hard disk and tells me to press any to start from disc and when i press it starts the formatting again what can i do

Hello Friends, I used to use a registry cleaner called RegistrySmart, it seemed to do a good job in cleaning the registry and that was all it did, it was automatic you just pressed scan and that was it until I got an update from them which had a virus …

Hi, I have a problem with my sound on all programs for video (Youtube, DVD's, etc) Whatever program I use (WMP, real player, Win amp, quick time, etc) I can not get good volume levels. I have updated the drivers (Realtek) I have turned all controlls to max, ensured that …

Comp: HP Laptop OS: Windows xp Media Center I have the recovery on disk's (So can bring back to factory setting whenever.) There is a 12 Gig partition for recovery on HD, I have 32 gig left of HD space. Should I get rid of the partition and just hope …