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Good day I am setting up a Windows Media Server but have a question about secure access. I used to use a Windows Media Server that I hired the use of and it had a certain security feature - it would only serve video files from a certain folder if …

Why does my Internet Explorer always stop working whenever I try to download a PDF file???

Guys, I am trying to fix a friends laptop and like alot of fools I know he does not have the original disks that came with it. It was running Windows XP Home. The laptop in question is a Packard Bell. I thought I would be able to use an …

My computer has audio jack at back panel and on front panel - i use to connect my headphones to front one - then i listen music (i.e. through winamp) i can hear it from both my headphones and my speakers (that are connected to back panel) My question is: …

I just got a seven-port USB hub that I'd ordered from eBay in the mail today, and just tried it out with my external HDD but the external was not recognised through the hub. The blue light on the HDD comes on but the disc does not spin and just …

I have Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, which I run on eMachines version T2875. I also seem to have contracted a virus that uses Microsoft Internet Explorer to send pop-ups whenever I'm using Firefox, which is my main web browser. Yesterday, I noticed the virus for the first time, …

Hi, maybe someone would have any suggestions for above. Just to clear - I'm just average computer user who can "do" something with own device as long I have explanation given as "Problem solving for dummies". I've upgraded Windows 64 from Vista to 7 and seems everything works smoothly exept …

Hi guys, Normally when we insert a pen/thumb/USB drive, the autoplay will automatically run right?but in my PC,whenever I insert a usb, its 'driver' keeps on installing before you can use it. whether it is a USB bluetooth for my mouse,my camera,or a pen drive, it keeps on installing when …

I apologize in advance if this isn't the right place to post this. What started with an upgrade for my old Dell 1400 ended up being a total rebuild. New case, new motherboard ASRock N68-S w/ an AMD athlon II x2 240 2.8GHz and 2GB of Ram and a new …

Can anyone tell me the best free sites with Christmas cards, templates and games? It is urgent! Please HELP!!! Please HELP!!!

I recently got myself a few old games that I wanted to play but they don't seem to like XP. I get errors about DOS and such, and I know that XP doesn't support DOS, but is there some sort of "emulator" or something that I can get so I …

Hi, I'm having trouble installing Windows Server 2003 32-bit Enterprise Edition. I have a computer with an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard (AMD 64 chip) and on one drive I'm running Windows XP Professional 32-bit. My video card is an ATI Radeon X1600. I put the Windows Server install CD in, …

Cisco has wthdrawn their WUSB 600N_Win7_driver_ver3.00.01.0.zip driver. I need to install this on a Windows7 Pro machine. Does anyone have a copy they could share so I could try it before their senior tech calls in 48 hours? I am trying to install on a client site. Tnx Crosspost (sorry …

I've been having this problem on my Dell Vostro 400 XP SP2 for around 3 weeks now. The PC boots up fine and then functions well as it has always done for a random period of time. Then it starts slowly freezing eventually giving me no control at all over …

Hello I am new to this community and I know a 2400 is a dinosour. Some time back the system began to take forever to boot. I had all the usual virus protection and so on. I performed regular clean ups. Finnally it just crashed. I reinstalled the entire OS …

Hey, I have four hard drives in my computer; 2 by sata and 2 by ide. The two that are attached by ide are connected using an ide card. However, once I upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, my computer is suddenly unable to find the two hard drives. I …

Hello everyone. I'm here to put in my pleas for assistance. I tried posting information on another website and they gave some good advice, but the problem seems to have not been solved. Before I start describing my problem, I need to say something. I am using Windows 7 Professional …

I have a Studio 1735 Dell Laptop... hard drive failed, had it replaced but they forgot to do something that allows my computer to read anything (memory stick, IPOD, etc) plugged into my USB ports.... under Device manager my Network Controller ion is flagged... have no idea what driver I …

Hi guys.. I have this really weird problem. I am using Acer Aspire 4310. Whenever I play movies or audio, the volume is very low even on the highest settings. I even checked the audio settings in the control panel and everything was in its highest settings. When I restart …

Good evening you all, Today and after having several problems with Vista I finally was able to downgrade to XP. I was able to find the drivers wich was a really hard task although right now the problem is, as said, that I am not able to connect to the …

For some reason no sound recording programs or other recording devices that incorporate sound recording can find any sound devices. Sounds play perfectly however, as previously stated, recording does not. Here's a screenshot of my Recording devices list. [URL="http://ihost.nervousnetwork.com/up/6497soundshot.jpg"]Recording Devices Listing[/URL] (Please note I have set Vista to show all …

Hey I was wondering, is there anyway to restore my hard drives to the way they were hen I bought them? Because they are all split into partitions and stuff

Hi there. my mum has a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop with Vista Business installed. Now, she did a computer course and everything was carried out on XP. At this stage she couldnt handle the step-up just yet and so I was wondering how I would save the current installation of Vista, as …

my windows vista ultimate restarts randomly, often immediately after login. just solved an earlier problem of just the cursor and a blank screen after login using a rootkit recovery tool, but then this new problem occurs, if this is relevant. a blue screen sometimes appears before restart, but am unable …

Hi, I am having problems with Outlook 2000 ([URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post347611.html#"]PC[/URL]). Often, I have to restart my computer 3 times before I can get Outlook to launch! Either the program hangs/freezes on the splash screen when i try to launch it, or it freezes when I try to switch from 1 folder …

Hey, I’m new at all of this so try to explain this to me easily. Heres what happened, About 3 weeks ago I got 2 Trojan viruses and they wouldn’t let me do anything such as get on the internet or go on any of my files. I had about …

hello i downloaded a rmvb file and i cannot convert it to any popular format. i have tried mostly all video converters and they all come up with an error that they cannot decode it can anyone help me?

Ok I am building a computer and it appears I have everythng plugged in ok and then when I go to turn the power on, it only stays on for about 30 seconds and then turns off. What would I be doing wrong? Is there something I need to do …

Hi guys and gals, just installed Windows 7. Coud someone please recommend the best free e-mail program for my Windows 7. Do not want live mail or Gonzilla. Which is the very best? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL Raya

At first, i can't log in to my comp. then I had to use WinPE disc to go on a safe mode and just delete and transfer files since my C: drive is apparently full. After doing all those stuff, I noticed that my volume icon on the task bar …

when i tried to open my folder.i got strange things.[COLOR="Red"]is it virus ?[/COLOR] or anything else.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be highly appreciated.Kindly find the attachment also.

Hi I am getting this code from doing a update from hp bios now i get a blue screen saying "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart …

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which software is used to make mp3 song by joining several mp3 songs by cutting them as i want and then make a full song by combining them. plssss reply

Hello, all. I have a new computer running Windows 64-bit Vista. I would like a good registry cleaner, one that would also be able to run with Windows 7, should I use my free upgrade to W7. BTW, SHOULD I use my free upgrade to W7?? Thanks for your input!!

As the title states, recently some web pages shut off out of sudden. It happened since I installed Alexa tool bar, but I now I uninstalled it. The problem still exists. I'm running win xp, pro. thanks!

I got a Dell notebook and recently when boot up the screen goes black except for the mouse. When I press Ctrl-Alt-Del. The task manager come out and I have to switch task to go into Window. Is my window infected by virus or corrupted? Appreciate to anyone who can …

Hi there I have read previous threads to try to resolve this problem but the Task Manager is still reporting 100% CPU usage. I am a photographer running a quad core Intel-based machine with 4 Gb RAM and two 512 Mb graphics cards. One of the cards have failed and …

My IE starts by itself every 5-10 min and opens random pages. Mostly "Big think" and car loan pages, but also hardcore porn web pages. A week ago I downloaded the newest version of Avira and scanned the computer. Th eproblem was solved for a while. But it happened again …

I use Windows XP SP1, and my system runs into problems when I am disconnected from the net. The connection tray freezes every single time, and the tray icon of the two computer screens which flash blue when transferring data doesn't disappear as they usually would when a system disconnects, …

Does anyone know a software package similar to [url]http://www.tucows.com/preview/336102[/url] but works for Windows PCs? I do not have a Bluetooth enabled printer or Bluetooth printing adapter, which is why I am inquiring about a software based solution. I do have a Bluetooth enabled PC. Thank you.

Hiya, Anyone got any advice for helping? It reports it can't update with this error code. Have searched for fixes and this comes up: 1. Click Start. 2. Choose Run. 3. In the Run box, type (pressing okay after the command) :- Regsvr32 QMGR.DLL But it hasn't helped, any ideas …

somebody help me! Some bastards hacked into my comp and now I can't open simchamber.net at all.. I have tried using different browsers like opera, mozilla and Int. explorer but the result is same.. any idea how i can fixed this??

Hey guys...I have delayed asking this for too long but maybe its high time. My UPS faced some problems and it would automatically close down. So, basically windows was shut down improperly. Now, the problem is that my computer wont run chkdsk and thereare lots of damaged files. I tried …

I have recently installed Windows 7 (ultimate, 64 bit), on a Medion Titanium MD 8385PC desktop making it dual boot with Windows xp. Now when I log on using xp I still have sound but not when I log on using Windows 7. The onboard soundcard is a "C-Media AZA …

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I recently upgraded my 2nd computer from Windows 98 to Windows XP, after doing this I was unable to make an internet connection (long story) so I uninstalled it, re-configured my Linksys Router, and got connected again. HOWEVER, I can't browse the internet for more than 5 minutes, then it …

Hello All Have been trying to upgrade vista to windows 7 but I keep getting the same message. "Setup can't continue. Restart computer and restart setup. When prompted try getting the latest upgrades". This was done many times and the message that the upgrades were downloaded was seen yet it …

[I]Occasionally[/I], when I boot up windows, it doesn't detect my USB mouse. All I have to do is unplug and then replug the mouse and it works again but it's pretty annoying and I want to find out what exactly the problem is. Its not like mouse [I]input[/I] is not …

We have wireless home network- using N Utra Range Plus from Linksys- one hard wired XP PC, 1 Vista PC with wireless adapter and 1 Vista Notebook with wireless adapter. We do not have or want file sharing, only internet access. We tried to add another Vista Notebook, but Linsksys …