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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 …

I have problems uninstalling my laptop's Windows Vista. My laptop has dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows Vista OS. When I first bought my laptop, it is pre-installed with Vista and I was given only the system recovery disc from HP. Here's the problem: I wanted to uninstall Vista and …

having this problem for first time. Keyboard keys not responding properly. Its not typing the wrong words. But actually opens up different windows with different keys. Like with "R" it will open "RUN" command dilog box and with "F" opens SEARCH. And then suddenly START will flash and keyboard will …

Hello, I'm having quite a problem with an installation.I'm trying to install NBA 2K10,which requires .NET Framework 1.1.Sadly,After the setup finishes (or so it seems) the "RegSvcs.exe" generates an exception that it can't handle,and the process id is always different.I tried reinstalling the framework via safe mode,and trying more setups …

I have been using web browser for many years now (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Crome, Safari) and with heavy use of the internet, I have found that all of those browsers except Opera crash after the first few hours of having 20 tabs open with them constantly opening and closing. …

I read about this on the Speed Up Windows thread. I downloaded from Major Geeks and followed the instructions. These included a long wait after rebooting. It seemed to take a very long time and didn't appear to be going anywhere. I deleted the program. I'm willing to give it …

Hi! I've been having this problem lately. My time is set an hour behind. Like right now it says it's 12:52PM when it actuality it is 1:52PM. I have changed it an hour forward before but it just reverts back to an hour behind. Can I get any help? It …

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just reformatted and re-installed Windows XP Home Edition on my pc, and when I go to log on, it gives me an error saying that the domain cannot be found etc. I have since read on some similar sites that XP home edition will not log on to …

For the last couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer, I am getting Explorer.exe - application error messages. They vary in what they say, two examples exception Integer division by zero (0xc0000094) occurred in app at location 0x057aec8. Another says instruction at 0x050cb968 ref mem at 0x00000000 memory could not …

Hello I am currently using IE 5.5. When I try to upgrade to 6. The system go slow. Can anyone suggest me the solution. Thanks. Saj <snipped "fake" sig>

Microsoft will not boot, Safe Mode does not work either. Below are the error messages that I get. Please I'm not a technical computer person, so a detailed set of step-by-step instructions of how to fix this, is greatly appreciated. I run AVG software nightly around midnight, but the computer …

What will i do, my computer is running good if my internet not open, but if connected all windows not working.. pls help me?

I've been working with this computer for about two months due to a sudden shutdown issue. It has been cleaned (of dust and malicious software). I've tested the PSU and run several scans (Norton, AVG, Spybot SD, Malwarebytes, CC Cleaner, Regcure, Advanced System Care 3, and a few others that …

[B][I][/I][/B]hi!!!i helped my friend reinstall an old fujitsu laptop,it has win 2000 and changed it to xp pro,problem is the screen is to small,i used to have this problem on other laptop but it has the screen resolution changer in its bios,now im lost with this one,its not in the …

I have a file containing a word-list / site-list. I want to append another site/url to each of these words which are in thousands. How can I do that? Is there any software I can use to do this for me? Doing it manually would be a great pain - …

Is there a simple game program in which you have X * Y matrix (the actual game is played on that simple table field) in a standard windows GUI (fullscreen option is not needed), so the fields in that table-like grid of game are filled with small static icon-like square …

I hope that someone can help me with this. We have a computer where we can't get any of the installed browsers to work: IE, Firefox, Chrome. [B]Background[/B] My niece just came to live with us and brought her desktop computer with her (Windows XP Home). She claims that it …

Computer freezes/crashes when running games. Hello. I am currently having a little technical issue with my computer when I run games. My computer specs are attached or you can go to [URL]http://220.245.216.180/computer.html[/URL] to see. It is a bit different with different games. Soldier Front: Can do 1/2 a game up …

Hopefully I am posting this in the right place. I have a computer that is used for a specialized applicationand runs Windows 2000 Professional. The Video Card Failed (AGP) and I installed a PCI card. So far so good! When I boot up I am unable to get to the …

hi please anyone help me in this i want to download .net framework 3.5 sp1 but i cant find any solution please suggest me where i can download it and how to run it. Thanks. Rajiv

hi friends, can any body tell me the difference between the dll and exe

Hey, I was wondering how you block a web site, because i need to block aim.com so my sister cant d/l AIM cuz her grades are doing bad.. or something like that i dunno all my dad said was block it lol. also is there a way to password a …

With outlook one could use multiple e mail accounts & upon clicking on the Outlook icon, one could see all e mail in one spot, can I do anything like this with Vista & Windows mail, if so how? Also, same concept, I had sounds applied on XP when I …

Hi, In tools-folder options- view - show hiddens files and folders there will be two options, but none of them are selected. If i try to select the option [B]show hidden files and folders[/B] and click [B]apply[/B] . Still i'm unable to see my hidden files. so Now if i …

Hi. I pre-ordered Windows 7 Professional a few months ago and am looking forward to its release on October 22nd. The only thing that's annoying about it is that it will require a clean install and I cannot locate any of the drivers that I will require. I have checked …

Having a problem, with a computer refusing to detect the hardisk but. The information always displaying is "Drive not Ready System Halted"

Hey there I have a Toshiba M305 s49052 and I want to change the OS to XP due to a virus. This virus is blocking my net access. The problem that I am having is that when I run the Windows xp OS disc, I get a stop error after …

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