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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 …

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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 …

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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?

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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