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I'm confused on what to do here, and I'm really afraid to try anything without asking first because I know that I can easily mess up my system. I have Vista installed on one hard drive, and I just bought a new hard drive and installed Windows 7 on it. …

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Excuse my ignorance but I will explain my problem, I cannot seem to get my windows internet to go. My outlook express works fine, as long as I do not try to open a web page with it, I can get onto the internet via firefox, which is how I …

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Yesterday morning I booted my laptop and it stopped with the following message "lsass.exe object not found" When I click OK the laptop reboots and stops at the same place. Safe mode stops at the same point. Am not interested in reformatting. Any suggestions?

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Hello All, I am wondering if someone could help me. I have two daughters ( 14yrs and 12yrs ) that are coming to visit me in June and I want them to be able to use the internet while they are here, but I do not want them to have …

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Hi, umm, I was searching for help on this problem I have with my browsers, and I found an article on here, right? But 1. The thread didn't really help me all that much and 2. I didn't want to intrude on someone else's problem. Here's the problem I have. …

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i am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I built a new PC about 2 months ago. Asus MoBo Phenom11 Quad Core 3.2Ghz 8gigs of 1333 DDR3 Memory On board video( ATI 4200) 2 Western Digital Hard Drives 750 -Black Cavair Plextor DVD/CDRW Blue Ray DVD 750 watt Power Supply …

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Google chrome claims to be the fastest web browser,but I think firefox is more faster than chrome.what do you think ?

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I have windows xp ultimate and I had received a virus in some part of my operating system. So I deleted it. Now my computer will not start up. Goes to the safe mode selection screen. And that is it. How do I fix this problem?

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I'm trying to find the restore point on windows 2000 prof OS Laptop. Can anyone help. It's going so slow, hardly moves...don't know what to do. Thanks for your help.

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Is it OK to charge a few (2) mp3 players via USB on the same computer at the same time? Will be put too much of a load on the circuitry of the computer?

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when i attach some of the document .this attachment go in a separate attachment .they go in the body of the email.they are not comming in the toolbar.kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.

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Hi guys, I have recently bought a new motherboard (not a state of the art) and it has a g31/g33 chipset built-in. Not too sure what the model of the mobo is but the problem i seem to have is that when i got the mobo it had 128mb video …

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All I get is a black screen, continuous beeping, fan motor running-stopping, running-stopping, no keyboard, no mouse. Help, advice, assistance most appreciated.

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I am attemting to load Microsoft Ofice to on second computer, first one stolen. It will not load. Error message MAP132.DLL is corrupt or wrong version. This could be caused by installing other messaging software. Help Please!!!!!

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After BIOS and the "Starting Windows" screen loads the next screen is BLACK but the mouse does move around. KEYBOARD LIGHTS ARE OFF and it will not let me press anything (including cntrl+alt+del). There is no taskbar, icons, or anything. The menu does not appear when I right-click, and I …

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Hi there, Well my computers broken. i have Windows xp. So i start it up and everything looks normal, it goes onto the windows loading screen and the loading bar moves as normal but then gets a bit jerky near the end and then after that, it just goes to …

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i have to have a genuine windows xp can somebody help me

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All of my software worked fine, but as I update for new version it no longer connects to the internet. I have made exceptions in my firewall and my Symantec malware protection (several times, meaning that I took them off the exception list and put them back in again). I …

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I have a Dell Dimensions 2350-I need an Audio Driver PVC\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5 I can't seem to find it anywhere. MalcolmL

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Hi friends, My system is crashing many times every day, showing blue screen. Before crashing, sometimes there appears a notice on the screen like this : "bbrfbpmlweq-exe has stopped working" Microsoft will inform if any solutions are found later. In the Blue scsreen, error code(?) is as follows: "Stop: 0x0000008E …

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Hi, I have an XP machine and it boots up to just before the Password Screen into windows and displays the blue screen. Just a blue screen, nothing else, and the machine is completly unresponsive. I have tried to enter Windows in safe mode but again, it to just opens …

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Morning... I run Outlook 2000 on a PC with Windows XP, and just recently, the programme has been freezing on clicking 'send/receive'. Also, the Folder List at the left of the screen has become extremely slow, and sometimes freezes as well. This started on Monday (two days ago) when I …

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I forgot my PC password for windows 2000 and don't want to format my PC please help me.

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Hello, I would like to upgrade from Vista Business Service pac 2 to Win 7. I was wondering which Win 7 I would need to purchase. I upgraded to Vista from XP can I upgrade from Vista now to Win 7. The Vista Upgrade was an express one from Dell …

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Can anyone help me with my computer issue. I have a Windows Vista computer and am getting error messages on boot of the pc and when opening every program. Error: c:\Progra~2\jedubaji.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using …

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My Windows XP cannot open any of the programs/folders in the Control Panel

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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 …

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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 .

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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 …

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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 …

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[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]

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

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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!

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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"...

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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 …

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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?

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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 + …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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[b][url=http://www.topmediasoft.com/media-converter-daniusoft.html]Daniusoft Media Converter[/url][/b] software can help you remove DRM from protected wmv, wma, m4p, m4v, m4a, aac files that purchased and downloaded from online music store and convert to general video and audio formats, you can enjoy playing on portable media players, such as iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, MP3 player, …

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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 …

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Hi All, For about two weeks now my cookies are all being cleared automatically when I close my browser - regardless of which browser I'm using (in particular this is forcing me to re-log into any username and password accessed sites). This started about the time I installed the Chrome …

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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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! :( …

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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 …

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