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Recently the gadgets in the Sidebar have become blank, e.g instead of the clock I get a black dial with a thin red needle pointing at 12. Instead of the calendar I get a white square. Any gadget added to the sidebar is affected and any gadget detached from the …

I am having problems during installization in my PC while i install window 7. It is very much difficult to having problem during installization . Isn't there is easy way to install window 7 .

It seems that every time i click on a link in a email i get an error message saying: windows cannot find "URL" Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again; but firefox still opens to the page anyway. I read some posts on google that said …

Hello , My friend got this problem . PC restared 5 times. I'v to tell her how to do it. [B][I]DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL technical information: STOP: 0x00 00 00 D1 (0x00 00 00 00,0x00 00 00 02, 0x00 00 00 00 00,0xEEAC9800 afd.sys - Address EEAC9880 base at EEAB700,DateStamp 41107eb5 Beginning dump …

[COLOR="Red"][B]iwant to instal winxp in my laptop with os64bit and remove windows vista from my laptop computer how can do it.[/B][/COLOR]

i get a virus on my computer when i try to install a new antivirus he just shut down

hi guys... who can help me out on this, it use to hibernate before until i did a disk cleaneup and deleted the hibernation memory which was a staggering 4.5GB... i tried to restore it but its not possible and it not in my recycle bin either....HELP!

hi there, i hope u guys can give me some idea about this problem...what is that "windows cannot load drivers"..."windows found the driver but cannot install the driver"...

can anyone tell me .why internet is not working.Kindly let me know the idea.internet is working on my computer.but when i unplug my rj45 cable from computer.and put in the laptop lancard port.internet is not working.Kindly let me know the idea.is the domain creating a problem.because my computer is the …

Hey guys, I just got a Toshiba Laptop running Vista 64 bit. I cant connect to the internet due to a low connection/ unidentified network message. The cable is fine because it works in my machine that is running xp. Any suggestions?

Yes, there was a couple threads about this. However, they won't work. I have been searching up solutions for hours and days now however none will work. One reason; 'cause my dad's computer won't open up the Task Manager. I have tried Ctrl + Alt + Del and Ctrl + …

So I have Windows XP Pro, and everytime I reboot my computer and start up, it tells me the password for my created Admin-level user is invalid. I then have to ctrl-alt-delete to get to the dialog box and for a username type "Administrator" and the Administrator password, go to …

Tried numerous times to install Scanjet 5590p into both XP and Vista after reformatting them. When scanning to e-mail program, it shows as default Outlook Express, but scanner cannot find the e-mail program. All my trials and attempted solutions failed, but I think the problem is the connection between the …

So I'm helping host an event for [URL="http://www.google.com"]Google[/URL] yesterday - called Atmosphere, it was based in London and had about 300 CIOs present. I was lucky enough to be chairing a couple of panel discussions (and will put YouTube links in here if anyone's interested in what CIOs from Amazon, …

The Clipboard is a temporary storage area used by Vista. Information (such as text, files, graphics, sound, or video) can be copied to the Clipboard from one program or location and pasted elsewhere. The Clipboard can only hold one piece of information at a time. Whenever something is copied to …

How beneficial is migration to Windows 7? will it be a good deal to shift to windows 7 from XP

hey everyone, just signed up here cos i've realised i know much less about pcs than i thought i did... i thought it was about time i upgraded my OS from windows 98 but didn't want to pay any money so borrowed my parents installation discs for Windows ME. i …

With the price of Windows 7 topping out at US$320, Microsoft will be handing shoppers less cash at the end of its [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UzmsUtoo4Q&feature=player_embedded]"I'm a PC" commercials[/url]. Price advantages of Windows-laptops over those from Apple evaporated further today as Microsoft's latest operating system hit store shelves and OEM factories. In typical …

Dell Inspiron 6000 xp SP3 2 partition XP on both. Use 2nd Part for music software only clean install. Was working fine but is seams after I installed Cakewalk Pyro it worked till I rebooted. Now it wont boot from cd or to 2nd part and just gives black screen …

When i start my computer, It show Window XP Logo and progress after finished this, The blue screen appear and nothing going on except mouse cursor that can move. I try to start in safe mode it show only black screen with the mouse cursor too. Please help me! :( …

hi ive a packhard bell windows xp says it has a virus, i have norton basic but this wasnt installed correctly, hence viruses! ive tried everything to sort it cant do i was wondering if there is anything i can do to sort this or would it be possible to …

As far a internet speed is it better to open up a new window or a new tab??? I don't like the tab option because you can't scroll through the different internet pages, like you can't when you have multiple internet pages open. What is more efficient for max speed??

I too have (different) unwanted sounds on my PC. They come only when I am connected to the internet, e.g. laughter, phone ring, scream etc. Windows XP and Norton firewalls are swtched ON and I am virus free. I can find no sound files that I cannot account for. I …

i have a dell 3000 when i upgraded my ram i goofed somthing up the computer would not start. now i have it up and running but it will not boot up it says no boot decvice found when i went to the bios it says no device installed now …

Can someone help me please, i want to know how to use the console to view any personal digital certificate install on your machine. Print the certificate.

Thank you first of all for the opportunity to ask my question here. I have a Lenovo ideapad laptop with Vista Home and my question is how can I correct what appears to be a problem in downloading audio and video files but especially audio...if they download at all from …

can anybody tell me .why i am getting error irql_not_less_orequal kinldy let me know the idea.and it comes to the point if problem continue,distable or remove any newly installed hardware or software Disable bious memory options such as caching or shadowing.Kindly let me know the idea.when i just restart computer …

Hello everyone. I recently installed windows 7 Professional and I have moved my stuff( documents etc ). I tried to install Visual C++ 2005 Express edition but it has compatibility issues. I wanted to download Visual C++ 2008 Express edition. I just wanted to ask if anyone has installed it …

This is a request for any experience with software, suggesting software, or suggestions to solutions for the problem listed below. We've recently integrated a repair facility into our large volume deployment (lvd) facility and our current software is not up to the task. [b]Background[/b]: The lvd has been using crm/manufacturing …

OK - another Vista freezing problem. Does not seem to match anything else I've seen in Forums. Running Home Premuim on a QC HP box. It ran fine for a month or so - so I suspect a virus but all scans/diagnostic show up nothing. Basically I can run programs …

I want to prevent user from booting to safe mode using F8 key. Any idea how to disable it? Pls help thanks!

I have a machine which I need to remove from a 2003 Domain, I am no longer in a position to contact the DC, nor am I admin for the Domain anyway, I just want to disjoin it from the domain, and join it to a local workgroup, does any …

my system has vista os the time of opening folders has increased what should i do to bring back the normal speed although i have done disk cleanup and disfragmentation please help

I need HELP ALL MY SOUND IS GONE. At first my sound was jumpy on certain games, so I installed a new driver and that broke my sound completely. I KNOW that I insalled the correct driver so I don't know what to do. I don't know if this has …

Ok, So, Im connected to the network, got an IP address, I open Firefox, and i get an error message "The connection was reset" I can ping google.com Pinging google.com [74.125.127.100] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 74.125.127.100: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=50 Reply from 74.125.127.100: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=50 Reply from …

Dear, I want to know how can i get again MY COMPUTER on desktop by mistake i delete it plz reply me as soon as possible. Rgds, Huma

Hi friens, I am working on disklless booting, i have 3 PC, 1 with windows server 2003 with all role installed, 2nd with RHEL-5, 3rd PC does not have any HDD,CD,FDD only have 256 RAM & LAN card, now i have to boot that diskless PC with server 2003 through …

Hello All; I have put together some Win7 Themes for myself and I thought I would share them with you. All themes contain no less than 6 wallpapers. All wallpapers are in 1024x768 resolution. Hawaii contains 12, I couldn't stop:D To install them, just download the zip and extract it …

Hello, I just stumbled across your forum looking for an answer to my question. I found a similar one, but the instructions were very specific. I just got a new job and the computer they have me using is complete crap. The guy before me really got it messed up. …

I have the following system and config: Emachine T5026, 1GB+512MB RAM, Intel Pentium 43.06 GHz, 350GB HDD(1 came with the machine, the other is new), XP PRO and 2000, new 400W PSU. The machine came with XP home and I upgraded to XP pro. About 2 months ago, I started …

Hi all ! My pc used to have a habit of of ocasionaly getting stuck at the motherboard logo on startup, and would not go past the logo and on to boot. The problem was usualy solved by a simple re-start, using either the start button on the front, or …

I have tried to repair both Windows XP and internet explorer (seperate), this works for about 2 minutes after rebooting but then I get error messages: In Microsoft outlook the error is TCP/IP error...cannot find server In Explorer it immediately goes to page cannot display error (without trying to load …

hi just new here not sure how to go about things but ive a question for you, how can i fix my pc from freezing, it will work for a short while then just suddenly it just freezes i cant do anything bar switch off power and start again i …

i have a really good background, but the icons i have (minimal, thanks to Launchy) clash with the image. is there any way i can make the image partially transparent? i am running XP professional v:2002 SP3 any suggestions?

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Hi please tell me how to create a batch file which has file path (absolute or relative) in it .. please give an example to do that .. thanks in advance...

Is there a universal pass word or way to get on to a computer that has XP . Person is gone and no way to get password.

It doesnt happen too often, and when It does happen its only for 5 minutes or so and then things go back to normal, but when it does happen its very weird. When I go to open any folder, recycle bin, My Computer or My Documents folders, instead of seeing …

why i get xp control panel through DOS command

Hi there: I was wandering if it is possible to make a folder uncopyable or unmovable? I urgently need to know this due to people taking important dat from my PC??