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H/W: Dell Inspiron 8600 with 1Gb RAM S/W: XP Media Centre Edition 2002, SP3 My laptop has been operating more slowly for quite a time, on boot-up & during operation. I do not use it for games or watching films (except the occasional YouTube clip). In the last week or …

Can you please help me? I keep receiving NUMEROUS IE pop ups while browsing in Firefox. I don't even know what to do. Thank you!

I always get this error message when I access my D: partition. It say Error in Window Explorer the program must be close. Send error. Quite annoying and I am afraid I might loose my data although I have done regular back up. Is there anything I can do to …

I recently bought a new laptop with Vista. My desktop runs on winxp. I want to hook up my laptop to the modem but it keeps asking for the disk, which there is none. I want to have my laptop upstairs and my desktop is downstairs. This will only be …

Hi, I want to create a DVD from .avi files. I already converted them into DVD format suitable for DVD-players and burn them onto disk, but the data is recorded only as sequence without menu, that's inconvenient. I need a tool to create subtitles so that it will be easy …

Hi there, Specs: Athlon 2400+, 256DDR, mobo MSI KT4AV, WDC 60gb hard drive I was recently infected by a program that put an icon called sexdial on my desktop. This seemed to cause an advert for a casino to pop up every 20 minutes or so (and still tried, but …

So, I've looked everwhere and gotten really frustrated... so i came here... and the search feature showed me a bunch of spam... so how do i throttle bandwith in server 2009? i have a 100mbps connection and i dont want someone coming along and dossing me/ getting files from my …

Good Morning, I recently had to reinstal Windows XP on my computer due to a virus which basically rendered my machine useless. All is now fine except that I can't get any sound. When looking in my Device Manager information it tells me that there is a problem with my …

Hi ra, Recently I downloaded Windows Server 2003 Ent. Edition from the microsoft website, and during installation it is giving me errors like bootvid.dll, kdcom.dll, c_1252.nls.... files are missing and couldn't install the operating system, could you please guide us what could have been the problem. I am trying to …

I had the Trojan:Win32FakeSpyPro virus, and my browser wasn't connecting to the Internet. I used MalwareBytes to remove it, but my browser still won't connect. I did a full scan yesterday and there are no viruses. I don't know what else to do.

winXP home sp1 i have one folder shared a comp across a home network, full read/write access across the network and from other user accounts. i once decided to make the folder private so other users could not see the files unless logged on as me. now i cant make …

Dear ALL, I have bought a PC COMPAQ CQ2000AN in New Zealand. That model does not provided the restore kit in CD formation. I know the restore kit which is installed into the harddrive but now the PC was not work and cannot go to the windows screen and DOS …

Does anyone know just what is happening with Microsoft Windows Mobile devices? It would appear that many users with Windows Mobile powered mobile phones have been getting SMS text messages dated 2016. The first reports came as folk started to receive Happy New Year messages from family and friends on …

Since I install Window 7 my IE is not working but my Firefox is working fine. Is there anyway I can get my IE working again or can I remove IE from my Windows?

Thanks for your services. I just got a Blue Screen Of Death on a 1 year old Dell Inspiron 530, running XP, SP2. Never had a problem before. Tonight, my wife started Left 4 Dead 2 and it went to blue screen and rebooted. I saw another thread here very …

Is anyone having this problem? I have a Toshiba Laptop and Vista is the O/S. I use it for home. I have a Realtek wireless network adapter. Linksys is the router. I am having trouble connecting to the internet. It was working fine for 5 months and then a couple …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Check for Disk Errors in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]The ScanDisk utility is not available in Windows XP. However, you can use the Error-Checking tool in Windows XP to check the integrity of your hard disk. [/size] …

I stopped a full or clean install of Windows XP on my Windows ME computer once I figured out it would probably want to format my disk and wipe out all the data I have on it. The setup routine would not give me an option to do an update, …

I have an incompatibility issue installing live mesh on vista business and Windows 7. I am told there is an upgrade for both, but cannot find from where to download it. Can someone tell me where do I find the upgrade and how do I install it. Thanks. Raya

About a week ago the entire top of my Explorer browser disappeared. I.e. I have no forward/backward buttons, no address bar, nothing. I have not been able to determine how this happened or what I can do to fix it. Luckily my homepage has a websearch option on it so …

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When I try to move mail from my inbox to a folder, I get: "Can't copy the items. You don't have permisssion to create an entry in this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder,. See the folder owner or your administrator …

Hi and thanks in advance for any advice. I am giving my old lap top to my kid and wanted to reformat before the transfer. Yesterday I reformatted drive C but did not touch the partitions as there is nothing on them. Then today I tried to install XP but …

Hello there name's mark I am new here so I will be brief, I am trying to repair a computer, but it wont boot, I have tried everything I can think of by controlling the power suppy, to swapping memory, Its a Biostar, and it comes right to the point …

I get this message and anything I attempt to do does not work. The screen stays frozen. I have put the windows disk in but to no avail The last attempt to restart the system from its previous location failed. Attempt to restart again? Delete restoration data and proceed to …

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 …