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hey folks ahhm! i have a very big problem in booting my operating system its just it so slow to go to my desktop, hoping for your kindness pls help me.. God bless!!!!!!!!!!!

i have laptop. the model name is " HP PAVILION DV 6000". i have installed windows xp. but it is asking some drivers. Those are base system device network controller PCI device unknown device video controller video controller (VGA Compatible) please help me to get this drivers. thanks, have a …

I am using internet through pc.but i want to use this internet on laptop also.can anybody tell me .how should i connect internet through wireless.

I have a [I]WinFast TV2000 xp [/I] tv card in my computer.I installed all the drivers and I put audio output from the tv card to sound card [I]line in[/I], but there is no sound when I try to watch tv or when I record!! In configurations,my Audio device is …

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i am wondering how does Windows 7/ Windows XP built in defragmentation options stack up against third party defragers like Auslogics or any others. I would like to see some pros/cons of using the built in defrag options vs third party.

Survey: Hello everyone, Which of the two os do you think is better in: a. affordability b. graphics rendering c. media playing d. multi-processing e. gui f. support

I just did a new install of windows 7, registered version all went well with the install but when it wasfinished, there was no taskbar or start button, any body got any ideas please

I have tried installing different versions of Ares on my Vista Home but to no avail. I cannot connect and I cannot share any files ( File sharing does not appear ) Every thing else seems to be OK but as I said, I cannot File share. I have tried …

Hello there......... probably I'm going to buy a new pc quite soon and I was wondering if now with W7 things are getting better. I'm XP user since years and quite happy with it. Someone has experience already and can give me opinion about W7? I have never used W …

If you have ever run across a web site that takes forever to load or doesn't load at all, here is an easy way to check if it's the site or "If It's Just You." Just type in the URL of the site in question in the "Google Box" and …

can someone give me suggestion about buying a motherboard that's insane GOOD in gaming? Whats the price and the specs and brand. Thank you!

Hey everyone, our office recently purchased a Dell XPS 13 for one of our employees. It is a high end Core 2 Duo 2.66 with 4GB of RAM and a NVIDIA Hybrid SLI. It originally came with Vista Home Premium but I did a clean install to Windows 7 Pro. …

Hi everyone, My house seems to be using a lot of bandwidth recently and I'm trying to see if its becuase maybe someone else is stealing our wifi (which is password protected), more likely, one of us is using more bandwidth than we realize. I was just wondering if anyone …

I can never make games that use full screen to work. Eg. Diablo, Command and Conquer, 3dPinball (Full screen Mode), Flight Sim 2002 (The starting screen works since the first few screens are not full screen). All these open normally without any problem. But they get minimized. Whenever I try …

[color=#115e94][font=Tahoma][size=3]How can an Exchange 2000/Outlook user receive emails into different folders/inboxes for each alias. For example, wish mail to wajohnson, walt.johnson, and walterj to all be received into separate inboxes or folders. The outlook email rules (and functions within) do not recognize any difference between an received email to 2 …

I am working so many things at the same time right now I am just hoping that someone has actually done... what I am about to ask. My old [B]PIII IBM r30 thinkpad[/B] is a --good ---solid 'little' machine. comes with cd drive (swap w/floppy) 256 meg of ram, and …

I am working so many things at the same time right now I am just hoping that someone has actually done... what I am about to ask. My old [B]PIII IBM r30 thinkpad[/B] is a --good ---solid 'little' machine. comes with cd drive (swap w/floppy) 256 meg of ram, and …

So I want to know some opinions/facts as to what will be the future of windows XP. It's been nice month or so since windows 7 has been "officially" released and lots of people have got their hands on it. What do you think this means for those people who …

Under Vista, I try to install a Lexmark x2600, but am prompted to click OK to uninstall old software. It had been working before, but suddenly stopped. The owner says she uninstalled the printer and all software, which I verified. I also deleted any lexmark folders, registry keys,and services (why …

Dear guys , recently i installed Backup Exec For Server From Symantec my server is windows 2008 enterprise sp1 Everything is done when i will create backup jobs to do backup from local server disk drives and folders BUT , When i want to backup specified client's folder or disk …

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OS is the Windows vista starter. My friend sent me a zip compressed file comprising videos. So when I clicked open - it prompted me to choose which program I wanted to open the zipped file in. Since it was video files, I clicked on the Windows Media. Windows media …

My kids got a virus on their Windows XP desktop. I tried everything, including malwarebytes, to get rid of the infestation but no go. So I decided to fdisk, reformat and do a Win98 to Win2K upgrade...except when I started the Win98SE install, the pc said "Insufficient memory to initialize …

Hi all Can any one tell me what is the main coding or process behind copy, paste in windows? And is there any technique or software available to prevent copy the data from the windows or cd? Kindly reply this.........?

Hello ! to all viewer, Please solve my hot issue that is my word file is corrupt, when i open word (*.doc) file then display Convert text option and not display my text data only show garbage style. How i can recovery or repair word file please Urgent Help required.

I forget where I can use my logon ID and password to automaticlly login every time my computer has to start. Where can I find this in Windows 2000 pro.

XP. Its NTFS. When I click on Properties, it shows read only.... advanced.... encrypt option is greyed out... I want to password protect files certain files/folders in my laptop..... Any way to do it, with the same user logging in... My laptop is used by many people but I want …

dear all, I have problem with my computer which used windows xp sp3 couldnot shut down normally, how should I do to solve it. for information windows send message error in system32

Want to customize email featurs on someones Outlook 2003 on an XP machine... I believe home version. What are my options for remote assistance in this instance? I thought there was an XP additional download but it might have been for remote desktop. Guidance sought.

How to make Vista's taskbar look and act like Win 7's. This does not include or add "Pin To Taskbar Function" which is not really needed due to the "Quick Launch Feature" 1. Open "Regedit" and navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop(Expand) and click on "Window Metrics" 2. Right click on empty …

I recently purchased a new Sony Vaio computer and it came with tons of software that I don't want or use. My question is how can I safely remove all these programs? I made a recovery disk and was considering wiping my hard drive and starting all over, but I …

In all my years, I've honestly never had a problem with virtual memory. It wasn't until I started using rainmeter that I acutally got curious about it. I have 12 gigs of RAM, and (by default mind you) I have 23.9 gigs of virtual memory. I've noticed that my RAM …

I really need help with this I have been trying to do a factory reset on my Dell computer that runs Vista home basic on it and I know it can be done cause I have done it before but now when I restart my computer and hit f8 to …

Windows 7..... Windows Live, Norton, CCleaner & Yahoo combined bar, take up 1/5of my screen. I get them even if I decline their install. I can disable them, but that doesn't uninstall them. They are driving me nuts! Please help. Thanks

An initial question was posted as follows: My task manager no longer has the usual tabs and i can't toggle between processes and applications.When it is called the task manager shows only the applications being run and no tabs at all. What is wrong here? DaniWeb Home > Forums > …

We purchased a Dell laptop with a dvd burner, only to realize that it didn't have dvd burning software. It seems as though all the dvd burning software I look at (Nero, Roxio, etc) get terrible reviews. I'm looking for a basic, reliable software that I can use to burn …

When I go to >my computer in the removable disk section I used to have about 7 different ones removable disk I....J....K etc. Now there is only one viewable and any usb flash drives etc plugged in can't be found.....now at this point I should point out I am a …

This is the first time it has happened. I opened my calendar in Outlook 2003 and a mass of entries are missing. The operating system I use is Windows XP Professional version 2002 service pack 3. The anti virus I use is ‘Avast!’ which seems to update daily. Outlook has …

I have actually dlownloaded some alienskins and wares from site, therefore later the control panel never worked. everything was enlarged to the absurd extend. Needed help but no one to turn to. I tried my might to see if there is other websites available but encountered here this site. Anyone …

Writing at the official Windows Experience blog, Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc refers to the latest NPD Retail Tracking Service data which shows that as of the February 2009 the Windows share of the US netbook market is a staggering 96 percent. That's up from less than 10 percent of US unit …

have a Dell Dimension 3000 and have been working for weeks on trying to get my sound back. My "fine details" follow at the end of my message. I get the yellow exclamation marks and the dreaded code 39 for everything. This happened after I tried stupidly to hook up …

Ok, well my problem is that my Help and Support center won't open and also Msconfig. When I try and open Help and Support, nothing happens and when I try and open Msconfig, I get an error message saying that "Windows cannot find 'msconfig'. Make sure you typed in the …

I have installed the Ubuntu into my laptop .My origin operating system is Window7. Now I have installed the Ubuntu into another disk(E , Window7 in C), but when I start the computer , it always boots with Window7 without the choices asking which OS to start I don't know …

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I have a Dell Studio 1535 laptop. The system function key combinations and the media control keys (along top of keyboard) don't work at all. I can't control up and down volumn nor stopping of a dvd. Oddly, FN + END button combination will eject the DVD. Your help is …

Hi my computer will not boot in normal or safe mode im getting this error on both boots its the blue screen error. Hp.. C0000135 (unable to locate component) This application has failed to start because usp10.dll was not found reinstall the application may fix this problem Can you help

Hello, my issue is actually one that I can not find on the internet. The problem is: when I try to write to it nothing really happens. A windows pops up saying "Copying Files" but it goes no where no matter how long I leave it. I have tried two …

Hi all i got a problem if i start .exe files then comes the open whit a probram and i chose the .exe file then comes a error does anyone know what did i do wrong or how to fix this plz sorry for me english i am from estonia

Alot of people say that put your CD in and restart your computer and then the setup starts but mine doesent do thati got the CD Drivers & Utilities Intel Chipset For Windows VISTA is this the correct CD?