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I have a gaming computer that just died due to the CPU failing. It had a secondary 500GB HDD that I used to store software on. I am using my backup PC right now, but I'm wondering if I can simply move the 500GB HDD over to this one and …

I am NOT a expert on the computer! I AM familiar with MS config..who can tell me what should be checked on STARTUP and what should not., I dont want un necessary stuff running yet I dont want to make a major problem by un checking too many things! I …

Hello all, I am looking for a Fax Software, nothing big, easy to use just fax out and in, I do not need any extra feature that a lot of fax software has. before i had winfax pro is an old software from symantec they do not sell it anymore, …

[B][B][COLOR="Green"]I bought a computer (Windows XP Professional Laptop) at my old highschool fund raiser.[/COLOR][/B] Bad thing is, my old teacher said sign in as Administrator then just press"Enter" and it will be fine. Guess I should have known, It will not let me sign in as Administrator or Guest as …

Is there a way, in Windows Vista, to prevent certain programs from saving files to a certain folder? The reason I ask, is I recently opened a document from an email, made a bunch of changes, and saved it, not realizing it had saved to the Temp folder. Later, unable …

Howdy, I have Verizon Fios. They provided a wireless modem/wireless router that sites in my basement. The wireless connection is pretty week upstairs. I have the modem/wireless router hardwired and bringing a cat5 cable upstairs. Can I add a wireless router to that connection upstairs? That would be a wireless …

Microsoft and Palm today separately advanced web sites designed for developers to post and sell (or give away) applications for their respective mobile platforms, playing catch-up with Apple, whose [url=http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/]App Store[/url] celebrated its one-year anniversary in July. Redmond also unveiled a series of new phones this week based on Windows …

Last couple of days I use Windows 7. It really cool.

With this method you can add any custom button to the Explorer Command Bar/Toolbar which I'm sure you have noticed that Vista and Windows 7 have excluded some familiar buttons, including the Delete Button/Icon. [url]http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/06/custom-explorer-buttons/[/url] If you just want the "Delete Button/Icon" as I did, then download the following zips …

Hiya Im new to all this fixing computers stuff, I do the websites at work normally but blagged this extra job fixing the damn things.. everythings been fine so far. I do a bit of lurking here and bang problem sorted.. not this time I have a dell (details to …

Hi guys I have downloaded trial version of System Mechanic 7. When i try to run setup it says [COLOR="Red"]"Software Conflict: The currently installed software Folder Lock is not compatible with System Mechanic and cannnot be used at the same time. Please uninstall folder lock before installling or using System …

I have been using iTunes for a few years with my external harddrive (250GB Western digital) as the storage. I have never had any problems. Yesterday I copied 40GB of new music into my itunes folder (g: music). I then added the contents of my g:music to my library. This …

Is there an add-on for [B]Windows7[/B] explorer that you can add some [I]or[/I] most of the features found in other 3rd party explorer file managers eliminating the need to install a 3rd party file manager.

Any suggestions for backup software? I would actually prefer a backup image, not a special back up that I would have to "restore". Suggestions please.

Im having weird issues with local host in -filezilla -apache -mysql basically with these i cant get text from localhost ie i go to [url]http://localhost[/url] -nothing go to [url]http://ip[/url] - get website cant connect to filezilla admin page using 127.0.0.1 i tried to telnet to http and filezilla admin but …

Looking to allow a user to access a single application remotely... not the entire desktop. Is there some modification that can be configured. Ideally I would like to allow different trusted users to access installed app(s) that I select. What are my options and what exploits am I exposing myself …

For the life of me I can't figure out how to connect these 2 PC's. I also need to share printers each has with the other. Please help! J

Can anybody tell me .How should i use Active Directory Users and Computers .Kindly let me know the Idea.How should i make New user.IF Possible Kindly send me ScreenShots .Any help would Be highly appreciated.

hello I am getting frustrated. my friend has an XP computer, but a couple of daus ago his computer turned off and restarted by itself at first I tough it was just updating but when it kept restarting after saying checking nvram I got confused i tried taking out cmos …

Hi all, I have the same problem as robert 1023 had. My pc is custom built it has a amd duron 700mhz processor. I have two hard disks one ( let's call this hd-0) has windows vista with 4 days left to activate and have no product key, so that …

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Sorry for the inconvenience but i accidentally installed ESET NOD32 virus scanner without uninstalling my old macafe virus scanner... now when i start my other pc in the first 10 second or less it freezes.. when i reboot nothing happens. even in safemode! thnaks in advance!

I want to just ask and see if anyone has any interesting / unique thoughts on this "event" I am having. In one of my yahoo webmail accounts I (fairly frequently) am receiving an email that has [No Subject] in the subject line and has "undisclosed-recipients" in the "to" address …

I've done some research on this and I haven't found any really good suggestions. Here's the summary: [LIST]HP dv9000 laptop with Vista (updated regularly). [/LIST] [LIST]No recent changes - was working fine[/LIST] [LIST]Put it into hibernate mode[/LIST] [LIST]Tried to restart it the next morning and it woudn't start. All the …

Hi everyone, I am running a 32bit windows vista. Whenever i boot it up, i get this annoying error that says "Error loading C:\Windows\System32\hgGwWPhh.dll The specified Module could not be found" PLease help. I've tried everything i know!!:@

Hi members, I need help setting up a shared folder. The main computer is wired into a router adn the other computer sees the router with a wireless setup. I can only see the main computer for a short period of time and when I close out of it, it …

I bet nobody will be able to help, guaranteed. Here is my situation:, My wife has an averatec 4100 series laptop(discontinued)but it's running fine, no troubles what so ever, fast and efficient. Updated all the driver thru manufacturers(cause Averatec inc. are not given support what so ever, but The Laptop …

Well hopefully someone can help me find a way around this... Recently my old desktop's power supply failed and I felt that was a good reason to get an entirely new desktop. I ordered the pieces and assembled them and my new computer is now running Vista. I'm adjusting to …

please help i cant figure it out my Motion Computing LE1600 decided to start hanging on me whenever it started up yesterday and i tried to fix this problem by rolling back with the a system restore that didnt work so i decided to insert the disk that came with …

I am having issues with my graphics on my laptop and pc (less so on my laptop) on my pc my mouse turns into a line... like it looks like 10 mouses ontop of eachother only its just the tip... to fix it i have to shake my mouse a …

I get the message that C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UMM.32UXD is missing. I have the ME disk but when I put it in nothing happens.

What the heck is happening in Redmond? Is Microsoft really giving away antivirus software? Yes, friends, it appears that they [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/"]are[/URL]. Come on Microsoft, we really want to hate you. I've carried this Microsoft voodoo doll* around with me for years--stabbing it every time I have to pay money for …

I have a foxpro application that i access by mapping the drive.I have managed to hide the drive from the users such that they cannot see the drive in windows explorer.I do not want them to view the contents of the drive via command prompt because currently i have noticed …

my computer sometimes on start shows the blue screen error with some error message as physical memory dump i am not able to understand how to sort out the problem..please help to fix the problem.. thanx in advane..

I have just got my first cell phone with bluetooth capability. My laptop is Toshiba Satellite A105 with Windows XP Service Pack 2. It's 1 year & 2 months old. I've been trying to set up bluetooth on it so I can view the cell phone cam pics, 1.3 Megapixel …

I have a trojan on my computer and have not had much luck getting rid of it, so I think it might be easier to just reformat my computer, but it's been a long time since I have done anything like that so I am looking for help. I have …

I have a ACER laptop and it has vista on it and from day one (2 years ago) it has been giving me problems. The most recent is that all of a sudden I can not access my documents. I have Microsoft office 2007 and its there I can see …

I have a domain user that has logged into his new laptop and none of his email carried over. he can receive new emails, but cannot find his older ones. When he first logged into the new laptop that is connected to the network i had to configure his email …

I'm getting the Invalid Boot.ini booting from c:\windows\ But I just installed Windows 7 My disc offers no Repair console and there's no boot.ini on the drive (yes I've unhidden files) What is the correct format for a boot.ini in Windows 7 Thanx

So I Downloaded A WoW Trial Thing. And It Says "World Of WarCraft Was Unable To Start Up 3D Acceleration. Please Make Sure Direct x9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up to date. Now for my questions. Is Video Drivers Same As Video Cards? If Not How Can …

Hi there. Need help with a recovery reboot Got the blue screen of death - with a message that suggests that I restart the computer, press F8 and then start in Safe Mode....of course, when I try this it only gives me the option to run windows normally or to …

Hi all, Today I restarted my computer and all of the icons from my destop changed! They look very unfamiliar, with a red/blue/purple bull-type icon sitting on top of my regular icon. See link: [url]http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh99/jabberinjohnsons/Craigs%20List/StrangeIcons.jpg[/url] Has anyone seen this before? Also, I had at one time opened my "documents" and …

Hey, i have firefox 3.5.2 and when i go to some websites like facebook or histats they think im french and they change the text to french is there some setting i can change so it knows im english note its not ip dependent because it happens from multiple ips …

i am trying to reinstall Windows XP on my compaq presario laptop, but I cannot, it gives me a message: Hard disk not detected or power on the hard disk.

Sir, When i Tried To Uninstall Yahoo Messanger.i got error Could not open the install.log file.With Modal Dialog box wise Uninstallation Using Add/Remove Programme.Kindly let me know the idea. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Most of the times I receive the following blue screen stop error after the Windows logo and progress bar disappear upon booting up Windows. This prevents me from getting into Windows and I have to turn my laptop on and off several times to eventually get into Windows. Sometimes the …

What does this error from a blue screen mean ?? Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL If this is your first time (some useless text)......... Technical information *** stop: 0×000000D1 (0×FFFFFA7, F888FFDC8,0×0000000000000002, 0×0000000000000001, 0×FFFFF8800480B077) ***dxgmmsi.sts.address FFFF8800480B077 base at FFFF88004800000, Datestamp 490092102

I am trying to install Norton Internet Security 2009 to my laptop but when i insert the disk it is not running automatically like it should do. How can i change my cd drive to run automatically so i am able to run the installation disk. Thanks

This is sort of a continuation of this thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread221897.html[/url] The problem is similar, with a slight difference. Whenever I turn on my laptop, instead of the visuals going BLANK, the visuals DONT COME ON. Again, I've no idea if this is software of hardware related. I've just recently installed …

i need 2 reformat my pc i have an e machine with 2 disc,but recently ive had a new motherboard installed,can i still use the disc 2 reformany my pc ?