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I don't know about you, but I find this just ridiculous: [quote=http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11000CHFINA0]The Opera Web browser will be available for Nintendo's Wii starting on Friday[/quote] The technology to browse the web has been around for some time now. And I think there was a reason why game console designers didn't have …
Hello, Having a problem. I have a hP desktop that keeps going to the blue screen of death and them reboots. I turned automatice restart off in the f8 screen and it still does it. So what i have found is I can boot the computer in the Directory services …
downloaded Microsoft updates and my adrees bar is light grey, all my aol mail is also light gey and difficult to read. on the google screen the address bar is light grey as well as the block GOOGLE SEARCH AND IM FEELING LUCKY. I am running : Operating System System …
So, my internet connection works just fine, but those two little computers in the task bar have a red "X" over them which is supposed to mean I have to internet connection and when I go to the network center or whatever it's called, the internet connection doesn't show up. …
As stated in the title, my laptop, upon powering on, loads the bios and takes me to a screen saying: "No bootable devices--strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility--Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics." Naturally, I press F5. CPU Time Stamp Calibration Test Passes PM Timer 1 Passes …
The ultimate tweak: Windows Vista or XP installs on larger than default allocation sizes. Even 64KB cluster size. Lesser fragmentation. Make your drive perform like RAID. The choice of cluster size has an impact on real-world performance, though for most people it is not all that significant. In a nutshell, …
I've been getting update errors now for a while and i can't seem to fix it with my copy of the software. Every time I go to the page to scan for updates, I click on it and it comes back with this message: Windows Update has encountered an error …
My daughter just received a refurbished laptop from the grandparents as a birthday gift. It worked fine for a few days but now it won't go very far during startup. It's a Compac Presario V2000 and I can't even tell what the OS is or any other details. The startup …
Webpage will not save for offline. Here's more info: I have a webpage that is very difficult to import and save in Excel, Word, or send it as an email in Outlook. At work, I used Adobe Professional to save it as a pdf, which worked. But at home, the …
For Vista and 7 users: found a very useful free sidebar gadget. It shows the most resource-heavy processes in real time. Can be downloaded [URL="http://www.fileinspect.com/sidebar-gadget/"]here[/URL].
I pluged a tv card in my CPU it played very well video& audio every thing was going OK I injoyed watching & recording what ever i am interested in, suddenly after instaling a new anti virus I lost audio while video is available the tv card is (Honesteck).Audio is …
I'm brand new to the video editing world and I'm getting desperate. I made a decision to begin making my own DVDs for my seminars and students so after lots searching/shopping I invested, what for me is a small fortune, in a state of the art system. Until three weeks …
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I ran a repair install on windows XP. Then I encountered this phenomena: computer fails to boot: can't find a boot device. BUT, if there is a windows xp disk in the CD drive, then it will boot windows as long as i don't press any key to boot from …
Hi all, Wonder what happen is that..... When i try to connect to the internet, the blue screen automatically appear! Before this during using LAN had appear, after that i bought a network card to replace for try but.... It doesn't works too....... Even that i had change the brand …
Hello good people! I have just build a htpc. The mohterboard is a ga-ma78gm-ud2h with an AMD X2 250 Processor, it has a 1G samsung harddisk, a Infrared USB receiver. The PC seems to boot just fine when it has been unplugged from the mains. But when I shutdown the …
When PC gets old, it doesn't give good performance. Why?
HP Notebook - Pavilion using Vista Home Premium. Had for 2 yrs. I'm not an IT person, just a user. Recently obtained new cellphone & was searching for different ringtones. One website I was suddenly switched to a "scan website", I immediately tried to X out & it started a …
This post is to help a chap who pc'd me; I put it here in full to aid others. Nouveaunoise "hello there my name is conor i am from ireland and i have a problem with my comp. basically im an idiot and did something i knew i shouldnt have …
Hi there. I was installing some software, just a statistics program, but when I changed the disc as prompted, the computer jammed. I shut it down manually but since then the computer refuses to start up. The power works fine and it gets to a screen where it reads: Checking …
We have an SBS Server as PDC, exchange server & SQL server. It is old and in need of upgrading. We have an office nearing the limit of SBS. So, we bought a new non-SBS server as well as exchange & SQL. Now the question is how to best go …
Hello everyone! This is my first inquiry and I'm wondering: I just became a Windows 7 user. In my folders, how do I make it possible to manually drag files. (Right now, they won't budge.) Thank you for reading this and helping.
I wasn't sure wehre to post this, so here it goes. OS: 98SE The computer will boot up, but when it comes time for the desktop to come, there is an error message from the monitor: OUT OF RANGE Hf: 30kHz - 70kHz Vf: 50Hz - 140Hz Current: fh: 94.8 …
I have not been able to access "user accounts" in windows xp for some time now. I have run anti virus, spy bot and tried a few other recommended "fixes" I have found online. So far they haven't worked. I found the following, post on this forum and tried it. …
i installed MS Office home and student 2007 into my laptop.. and then i activated it.. the problem is.. i can use all of the apps(ms word, excel, ppt,etc) but not MS Access.. it prompts for a product key, but when i entered the product key, it says "The key …
Dear All, I have a bulk of folder and word and excel files. i.e A Folder contains so many sub folder and sub folder contains SUb SUb folder and inside excel and word file. I mean there are thousand of file in sub folder. Is there any technique or script …
It seems so elementary, yet the whole MS Kowledge Base never mentions it. When you list your files, under the "details" option, there are columns for Name, Size, Type, Date Modified and then space for dozens of columns you can choose to add. But NOWHERE does it say how you …
There was a good analysis [URL="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/microsoft-google-and-the-bear/"]in the NYT yesterday[/URL] regarding the Google Android strategy, which according to author Saul Hansell, is intended not to make money for Google, but to block Microsoft from getting traction in the mobile space. Given that Google is giving Android away, it's a theory that …
I'm having problems Networking Windows7 and Windows XP in the meantime until I upgrade the Windows XP computer to Windows7, which is I have the network running perfectly under Windows 7 but it won't see the Windows XP box. I've done some searching and reading and went into the advanced …
Some people like to get their free Microsoft products by adopting the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4255.html"]eye patch and a parrot approach[/URL] via sites such as The Pirate Bay. Some of us, however, rather like the idea of getting Windows 7 totally free, totally legally, and direct from Microsoft for good measure. Yes, I …
hello! Please help me how to repair this one...i watched dvd movies yet some of them wont play...there's a video but no audio to avail... your advice will be greatly appreciated! ;)
How to breakup XP administrator password or how to recover forgotten xp administrator password.
hello! I have two problems that I am unable to solve.. hope someone here can help me out with this. First, When I click on the taskbar button of my uTorrent or Firefox window, it does not minimize it, instead the window just loses its focus. All the other programs …
I moved and when I plugged my PC up, the fans run, but nothing will start (black screen). I have checked to make sure nothing came unplugged inside and everything appears to be fine and the fans run, but nothing else. Can you tell me what to do, please? I …
my computer says that the windows xp SP3 i use is not genuine..option is i should either reinstall a new XP or reinstall without removing the files alredy existing..but this takes me to pay 7,000+ pesos worth of money, which i cant do..how can i retrieve a new cd-key without …
Here is a tips to get commercial software for free in the legal way. Not the rapidshare. Just found an awesome website, they provides one software for free everyday. Most of them are very useful, free is the most attractive thing I think. Here is the link to the website: …
I see many others have the same problem,dont if should open a thread or not. I have a 4 PC home network using MS home network and internet connection sharing,without a router,I can access any site from any PC,except for one,I cant get ebay.com from one of the PC's.in Firefox …
I brought a new Philips 20" LCD Monitor. When I plugged in the monitor, the screen resolution was 1024X768. After I installed the nvidia card 7100GS driver, the resolution became 640X480. I am not able to increase it to any higher resolution. Every thing in the computer appears really big! …
I have an XP Windows pc that won't boot past the windows logo screen. It also says no hard drive installed when I try a windows recovery. Is this a sign of a dying hard drive? How can I fix/repair this and how can I copy the programme files to …
I have 20 or so hard drives that have accumulated over the years. We're in the process of moving to a new facility and my boss wants me to index all the drives and create basically a printed inventory of whats installed on them as well as all the Word, …
I am having problems with my computer. It is a Dell with a XP operating system. The technical support from Dell told me to send them information from msinfo32. I have personal information on my computer. I do online banking on this computer. Can someone see any personal and confidential …
I usually run in a Limited Users account to leave Administer Acct. closed against attack. In the past few weeks I"ve been unable to access User Accounts. If I click on Pick A Task I get the three choices: Change Accounts, Create a New Account etc...click on any of these …
I M unable 2 [b][u]OPEN MESSAGES[/u][/b] from my MSN Hotmail. [u][b]INBOX[/b][/u] opens with all messages displayed but cannot open a single message from INBOX. When I [b][u]HIT[/u][/b] the cursor on any message the bottom line appears as follows : [b]javascript:G('/cgi-bin/getmsg?msgMSG1072618043.2&start=667466&len=10814&msgread=1&imgsafe=y[/b] Shall appreciate solution ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
I recently noticed problems occuring in my software and during regular use of the computer. Examples : say your online reading on the screen, a certain few words will blink occasionally or clicks or pops audibly. It happens every few seconds. I finally hit ctrl, alt, del and went to …
Reformatting your pc without erasing the docs & files in your disk is a complex work. If your disk does not boot normally & you want to format it, just get another HDD (disk), make sure your new disk is not corrupted by viruses and have the OS installed already. …
A couple of nights ago I opened a video file with winamp, which told me that I needed to download a codec to watch said file. So I downloaded the codec and clicked Run (not Save) and suddenly my comp BSOD's on me and shuts down. I dunno if this …
Hi there. I have had my secondary harddrive go bad on me. all my files have gone currupt. I have had this problem before when I was a windows 98 user, and I managed to fix the problem with an FDISK, followed by FORMAT. So here is my problem. I …
can anyone help, can i copy pictures off my pc to a sd card, and if so how?:(
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