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My computer says that cookies rejected when I try to log in to sites like yahoo and e-bay. I have set all my security settings to the right level and I still cannot access them. What can overide my settings. Please help me....

I'm new at attempting massive backups. I purchased a program call Rapid Backup 2, and I backed up x amount of data on the "C" drive and all of the data on the "D" drive. It took 7 or 8 discs, but when I view the disc in Windows Explorer …

Hi, I' running XP and now I' running into an issue with Internet Explorer. I have run AdAware and Bazooka to check for spyware. There is none. I have cleared my history and cache and temporary internet files. Here is my dilemma. When I go to type in a web …

i have internet connected in all my computers but i have bloced net surfing by blocking port80 from the router. could anyone suggest a way to change the settings of one computer temporarly to access the net. i can only use internet explorer.(no extra program to be installed) thankx

I configure my email account to outlook 2007 runs on Xp All my contacts are added. But when I send an email through it contacts not shown in "to" field When i press 'a' normally all the contacts starting from 'a' shown to me.Thats what i am talking about. It …

I have an fax modem card with 2 IC:MD5628D-L-C and MD 1724T-11VC-B. How can I install on OS WINDOWS VISTA 32bit this faxmodem?There is any link to find driver? Regards

If i push the start button then everything loads but if the user thing comes then it frozes can someone help me plz

Hi, just a quick question.. say a user enters a number in a cell how would i be able to get all cells that contained that number to be highlighted? Thanks

well recently formated my harddrive and installed windows xp again. before the format whenever i connected my xbox to my pc via eathernet cable a little icon called lan would pop up and i would connect no problem. now i get no icon and when i try to set up …

Hi All, my pc currently not able to log in due to wrong password message appear all the time. Problem start when i am changing comp name & workgroup name, after this pc automatically restart and request login ID and password. Previously this pc join domain and now use for …

Hey guys, When I create a file on the server and i login with an account called engineer and try to delete the file it says access denied make sure it's not in use or is write protected. I have the ntfs permissions set. I tried with administrator account and …

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Hey guys, I have a question regarding networking windows 7 and xp. I know windows 7 to windows 7 networking is really easy with the homegroup function. I just want to be able to do the same with XP and windows 7. All I want to do is share files …

I have been getting random crashes in the middle of just browsing or when I am installing things. I cant figure it out. I got Windows Ultimate 7 from Windows XP. I deleted the Windows.old file because I thought that was it. Ill link my crash dump and my specification …

[B][I]I had windows xp installed in my computer and after then I installed Fedora Linux in one of the partition of the harddisk. After Linux installation Linux has become my default operating system. But now I wanna make windows the default operating system. Plz help me to do this.[/I][/B]

I was trying to play around deleting the ones in the bar that I do not care for, and went to "Tools/Favorite Bar, and clicked on it. I thought it would give me a warning first, since I have IE8/Vista Premium, but the whole bar has disappeared, and they did …

hi guys, what are the uses of hosts file in windows? normally, i just use it to trick users to block some sites on their workstation.. but is there any other use aside from blocking sites? any input is greatly appreciated... ;)

Can someone help me pls. I have one pc for pernonal use my problem is product code block by microsoft, its fake key, i want to know how to become genuine pls. Its black screen right now pls.

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Hi, a friend of mine is having a weird problem with the icon of his recovery partition (D: drive). The problem is the icon shows up looking like the wireless network setup wizard icon ( in the control panel with the green waves coming from a usb key) instead of …

This is really driving me nuts and I cant figure out what is wrong. I made an administrator account and a guest account. I recently changed the guest account to administrator and the Administrator account to standard. It shows that both have been changed to that mode. But when I …

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I just bought a new E machine and it is running Vista Home. The computer will not shut down. I know this has been a problem in the past with E machines.......is there a fix now or should I return it? HELP.

Hello all, Herein lies a mystery surrounded by mismatched partition sizes, reoccurring chkdsk errors, and a host if suspects (hey, I am trying to add some intrigue so someone will read this!). Anyway, here it is: 2 Physical Hard Drives: Drive 0: Western Digital wd1200jb-75cra0: NTFS, XP SP3 Drive 1: …

I have an HP pavillion and my D:recovery drive is almost full less than 1G available, while my C: Drive still has plenty of space available. I have an external hard drive and copied the entire D: drive to it. My D: is FAT32 and External drive is NTFS will …

I foolishly installed Windows xp pro service pack2. It created a loop on startup because the Fasttrak 100TX2 controller driver installed is incompatible with service pack 2. Since I could not restore the operating system in safe mode I tried to reinstall Windows xp pro. I get the following error …

I purchased a USB to IDE/SATA adapter, successfully removed a corrupt hard drive from a Dell Dimension 2400 running XP Home SP3, connected it to my Laptop via USB, (WinXP Pro) recognized the drive but could not run anything on the drive without the message that the drive could not …

Hi everyone I wasnt sure where to put this, but I was hoping someone could help with this problem. Everytime I start my computer everything is fine up till the login screen. Once I click on my name to login I get an error saying explorer.exe - Application error The …

Does anyone have any recommendations for Bitlocker alternatives, preferably freeware\opensource ? Also I should note I have found out that you can hack Bitlocker, sad but true. I'd like to find something that up to present day cannot be hacked into.

got a dell optiplex 330 which had winxp service pack 2, an upgrade to service pack 3 led to a blue screen. A reformat and an attempted clean install of winxp failed with 0x0000007B (0xF7ABE524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) error message. A tested linux install worked why and how I don't …

So I just got Windows 7 64-bit and I also have a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. My computer isn't recognizing the disc at all. It's as if there is nothing in the E drive. Any suggestions? (I have a key, but I can't seem to download …

Hi guys, is anyone familiar with Outlook? I have a weird problem. Every email message has a header, and if that header is invalid the message has a 90% chance of not being delivered. What is invalid is the Message-ID. In my case it looks like <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAALrdosIyftRMmCDyguLhuOjCgAAAEAAAAPR56FHedFtOqN4tqk3zXw4BAAAAAA==@sbcglobal.net> and that is …

Hey, I need help trying to get my autoplay to work because when I insert a disk into my computer autoplay won't work. When I right click the cd in my computer it shows no autoplay option, and I've also been to run on the start menu and typed in …

i just used avg antivirus to remove a limit.exe worm from my computer. After removing them and restarting my system, xp does not log in. It gets to the user login and after choosing a user it begins to load the personal setting and immediately logs back out to the …

Alrite,ive connectd my pc to my tv by vga i can see the screen but there is no sound ive got suuround sound which was plugged into my tv,so i thought this would work by changing an option on my tv 2 change audio to pc.but it doesnt work.ive got …

I'm trying to fix a computer (Vista) that fails to boot after windows updates (BSOD, safemode and "last known good" don't work either). I have the original restore media and would like too do a repair install but it disables the option if the version on the computer is newer …

Took my old Windows 2000 laptop to work to be configured so I could use the network there which is fine but they put on the control alt delete bit at start up as a security measure. Having brought the laptop home I have the option to log in locally …

Is there a way to choose a System Restore date from the previous month? I had had SR turned off for a few weeks so the earliest date I would have would be Feb. However, even though the pointer turns into a "hand" when I try and click on the …

I have recently acquired windows Vista and have had many problems already but was able to overcome them, this however, is proving more difficult. I was running a keyboard that worked for a couple of days no problem, I didn't bother with drivers since it was working fine. One day …

Hi, I have just found a new drive in "My computer" but nowhere else (It is not shown under "Disk management"). In properties I get "Local Disk "Q", File system RAW, with 0 Bytes, all blue = all space used. What ever I try to do in "My computer" gives …

[url]http://forums.techarena.in/server-deployment/465548.htm[/url] [url]http://forums.msrportal.com/showthread.php?t=15296[/url] Hi On windows 2003 server I tried to access Folder Redirection (to prevent a domain user from saving to his/her My Document folder) by doing Run --> gpmc.msc (not gpedit.msc) "Folder Redirection" is missing. I tried to re-register it as below explained below : [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555218[/url] Run -->Type in …

Please help! Avast detected a trojan called "Win32:Crypt-FOU[tri]" in a file called "fuhulila.dll"and I cannot delete or add to virus vault. Hijackthis log below: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:47:43 AM, on 12/1/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16915) Boot mode: …

Can someone help me with [B]windows vista sp2 software?[/B] Thanks for anticipated prompt response.

Please help me learn. I would like to know why is that some software like Nero that could be installed in window XP doesn't workout in Vista. How i can tackle such problem that may arise in future with other software.

when i install Windows 7 it stops at 27% in the expanding Windows portion of the install. Help, please.

On my PC, I used to be part of a domain so all my preferences were stored in C:\Documents and Settings\stimpy.DOMAIN I don't use the Domain anymore and I changed to workgroup (so I could do some home sharing) and when I log in it pulls my preferences from C:\Documents …

hi all..... I am Gary from MAlaysia......I am new here.What i want to ask is why i got this error message...It started whrn i install application in Win XP.So the application can't be start.Before this i already install this application in Win 98 but there is no problem....Can someone pls …

My Gateway desktop, running XP, was freezing after startup. I found advise somewhere on the web to try cleaning the fan, so I did. After putting the computer back together, it didn't freeze up anymore, but my avast found several malware viruses called rootkit? I moved them to the chest …

As i was installing Nero 7 premium after some time of installation a dialog box opens with "unable to access shell manager" and OK only. Then i click ok installation wizard opens with message "The wizard was interrupted before nero 7 Premium could be completely installed. Your system has not …

How do I get a Tool Bar in Vista, the same as XP., with Tools, cut paste ect?