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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??

I face the below error message, when I attempt to mount an Access database "Microsoft Access has detected corruption in this file. To try to repair the corruption, first make a backup copy of the file. Then, on the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities and click Compact and Repair …

i have a dell 3000 i was up grading the RAM. so i went out to the garage and used the air to blow out 3 years of dustk i then put in the new ram. this is where i goofed up i did not get the top on the …

so,am having huge problems with my 3 mobile broadband.... the problem is....... im struggling to connect BUT only at mu home address??! i drive a mile down the road i connect fine, modems working fine and i have a good signal,when i do finally manage to connect (after approx 30-40 …

I currently have purchased Ghost 14 and it works great. I have a version of Ghost 7.5 dated for the fall of 2003. It works fine for Win98 and Win95. I have a 50 pin scuzzy that has NT and really need to ghost this drive. Does anyone know what …

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Ok, I have a weird problem, I have an Acer Aspire X3200- Phenom X4 9100e 1.8 GHz 3 gig ram with a 320GB sata hard drive The hard drive was completely empty, so I tried installing XP professional 64 bit, right before I was able to do any "choices" a …

Hi, Everybody,I am a new member of daniweb. Now i am in great trouble.Is there nybody to help me? I have windows xp professional installed on my computer, I have only one partition that is "C:".I have no floppy drive. I have a bootable windows xp-sp2 cd, but each time …

I just clean my Window XP from virus threat but now I couldn't access my C: and D: drives like before. Even my pen drive also affected. Instead of double clicking the drives icon I have to right my mouse and choose open or explore to access it. It is …

hi friends to work with some software i download a notepad file from russian websites but when i want to open it and read i see illegible content like the below image [ATTACH]12188[/ATTACH] how can i convert these text to russian language like this "Русски гражданский шрифт" what should i …

I installed windows 7 now i have no sound.

I have a program that is not in add/remove programs that is in control panel called "Paperport One Touch". It was a scanner and I do not use it anymore, but I can not delete the program. Any clues?

Hello, I am a student and recently bought a new windows laptop with Vista on it. I also have bought the CS4 Adobe Master Suite for my computer. When installing just TWO programs from the Adobe Creative Suite CS4: Photoshop and InDesign I keep getting "Error 1603" I did a …

About every 10th to 20th time I attempt connect to the internet I get a "No Connection Can Be Found" message. I normally have my wireless connection and 2 or 3 more sensed in the neighborhood. When I go to "Connect To", no connections are shown. To connect, I have …

Working with Vista Ultimate on a laptop that has successfully connected to router with PCMCIA cards. Internal card placed and is recognized by Windows. Seen in device manager and reports 'working'. Driver is digitally signed by Microsoft. Network and sharing profile established yet 'cannot connect' SSID with no security set …

can somebody please tell me why I cannot see my slave hard drive? The hard drive is present in my computer management, I can see it there, but I cannot access the drive because there is no drive letter assigned to it. It was working fine before I reinstalled windows …

my daughters windows vista will not start up, it says that problems have occured so she does the windows repair but this just comes up with a blank screen with the arrow, can you help ?

my daughters laptop comes up with windows unable to start, she does the try to repair bit but it just comes up with unable to repair and throws up a blank screen. can you help ?

Where do I go to remove icons from the task bar? I have Windows XP. Can I go to this same place to put icons back on the task bar?

Cannot get internet connection on laptop Problem with Winsok Provider Catalog

sir, last week i buy new toshiba laptop and yesterday i donloaded some games and image convertor and messenger ,,powerpoint,antivirus site and all suddently yesterday evening i open the system but its not opening in normal setting when i open in safemode then it is open and i opened in …

Right click on desktop go to properties > go to desktop tab>click customize desktop>highlight what u want to change> click change icon>select from list>ok>apply

hi all, I have a really weird problem with my windows xp. Everything works ok but when I load explorer and open drive c: all I can see are the folders - without their names. To be exact, the names are there but their text font is white, so if …

Okay everyone, team effort here? Here is the scenario, please tell me where I screwed the pooch. I installed the beta of Windows 7 on my computer 2 weeks ago and everything worked fine. After about a week, my computer went from the boot up screen of "HP" press esc …

hi all, is there a program that lists all non-default fonts that have been manually installed on your computer? Max

I installed the Firefox addon search status 1.3 to see the page rank of the pages I visit. Later the day i noticed 5 or 6 names on my toolbar just like shortcuts. When i tried to right click it new tabs opened with pages. Are these addons dangerous?

Hi there, just got a new pc running windows XP and Ubuntu dual boot. When I boot to windows I plug in the Ethernet cord and I get the message network cable unplugged. Now when I boot into Ubuntu I can use the internet fine. Any help would be great. …

Hi, I have installed imesh and an adware remover recently. Now, my problem is I cannot browse from Internet Explorer, but can browse from Windows Explorer. I have run the adware remover and deleted all the adware. Please help. Thanks in Advance

Earlier this year I created 2 subfolders in the Inbox of Outlook 2007. One is titled Hotmail and the other is titled Yahoo. when I click on either one it opens up the login page of that free webmail provider without having to open my web-browser in another window. Please …

How can i run chkdsk using the Dell drivers and Utilities CD

plz help me guys as my has become prone to hang up after sometym...i already have avast pro installd..n i use to do regular scanning..can it be due to h/w problem??:(

I have a office live website set up and have been using the email for 3 yrs. Stopped using the site 2 yrs ago. I am going to shut the site down and assume I will loose my email as well when I do. Does anyone know an easy way …

hi all, please give me advice for installation of local printer in wireless network. if anybody know sites for pdf of that issue please send me that site. how to add local printer in to wireless network. please send full information of that issue. email: [email]venkatkatake88@yahoo.com[/email]

Windows XP Pro is a 32-bit op sys, right?

How would i go about Executing a program when Windows XP starts but without loading Explorer.exe? I've tried placing a windows shortcut in the "Startup" folder, also a .bat. I've tried using the Registry folder that "msconfig" puts startup items in. I've tried adding it to AUTOEXEC.BAT in the root …

i had 3 partition in my hard drive but my friend deleted one of tham.and 30G gone with it. how will i come beck it?

I had to re-install windows xp professional on my son's dell laptop computer. After re-installing xp pro, it automatically popped up and asked for service pack 2. After putting it in the laptop, I got the error that it needed the asms file for sp2. I copied it from my …

hi guys, how to setup a webmail using my own internet domain name? like [url]http://mydomain.com/webmail[/url] pls. help...any ideas is greatly appreciated... thank you :(

Hi, My mobiles Modem is not being detected by my laptop, vista based. i have tried my best. please provide solution. i am not able to connect a internet connection on my pc as it is not detecting the phone modem. i am using Spice mobile phone and a vista …

Help My Microsft word program has suddenly lost its spellchecker. It gives the error message "Word cannot find the spelling file MSSpelll3.dll or Mssp232.dll". I have done nothing to change it and restore has not worked. A search of the computer cannnot find the files. The Woird program is a …

I will reformat my computer and my problem is I do not know how to install the drivers necessary for my hardware. How will I know what driver will I install?Please guide me. Thank you.

With normal folders, you can right click them and say "Remove from favorite folders, as per here: [url]http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011176721033.aspx[/url] However, Calendar and Contacts don't have that option. How would one remove them? Thanks, David

Ok so I am having problems with my nVidia Geforce 7900 GS graphics card and it messes up a whole lot when I play video games on my PC, and I don't know, but theres another problem, if this is caused by my video card as well but on some …

Help! All my folders have dissapeared from my desktop aswell as most of my shortcuts, and none of them can be found anywhere???

I want reinstall WindowsXp onmy Compaq Presario V3700 and i get error message Hard disk not detected, But my hard disk is working properly and I went to BIOS but cannot reset HArd disk Connection. I cannot locate HArddisk setting in the bios, Please help me how to change the …