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Hello My laptop is running out of space on C drive.I have good amount of space in other drives.Can I transfer some space like 5GB or more from other drives to C without re installing windows again.Is there any software available for this.Please help me to solve this problem Many …

Actually i know the way to change folder background... But my problem is why i must set the folder icon so that it generate the desktop.ini file then only i can change the background.. I try to copy the desktop.ini file and the picture file in the folder which already …

I upgraded my Vista laptop from 1GB ram to 2GB ram. The crucial.com system scanner tool says I now have 2GB installed ram, but in Control Panel-->System it says the ram is only 1,790MB. So why the discrepency of 210MB?

Hi, first time visit....could anyone please help me. I have a Acer Aspire 5735Z, and Ive tried to look at a DVD. I can see the DVD, but I can't hear it. I can hear stuff from the Internet, the likes of youtube. I'm not at all clever with computers, …

Hello. I need help. I have this problem that my computer will automatically shut down and will never turn on again unless I turn it off for like an hour and turn it on again. It does not shut down like the normal shut down like the computer will prepare …

Hi all, It is strange that I cannot Update Adware (Free anniversary edition), Malwarebytes, or even spyware doctor trial. I have existed my comodo firewall and event turn off windows firewall. I don't know what is happening as I have tried Spyboat SD and it updates fine! Any help appreciated

On a recent pass thru the airport, my tablet pc experienced an alien force. All my settings reverted back to (I assume) defaut, causing auto downloading of unwanted updates. After fixing all that I could, I am left with Nero 7 shutting down Aero and resetting it to "standard" every …

Hi, Does anyone have any experience with this sort of problem. The PDA is an HTC P3470. The GPS seems to plot the position a mile away and does so over a few seconds before returning to the correct position. Some say it might be radio interference from the 3G …

ok, so grab your coffee and come let me tell you what happened. - had a friend build me a great computer... worked fine up until today, and ive had it for 5 months... I was playing some WoW (let the nerd bash begin), when i had a fatal wow …

Friends, I have Dell inspiron 1525, with intel dual core processor, 2 gb ram and company loaded vista home basic, which has been updated. Since one when I start my system and try to use any of the appications like ms office, a popup message telling that my ctrl key …

0xC0000005, 0x91D3E28F, 0x90221050, 0x00000000. The two in the middle are a complete mystery to me and I have been unable to find any resources about them online. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you might have. Jessie

when ever I open some programs it opens cmd for 1 millisecond then closes it. It asks me for permission and under advanced it would say: "cmd.exe" /c takedown /f "C:\windows\system32\sdclt.exe" && icacls "C:\Windows\system32\sdclt.exe" /grant administrator :F The Sdclt.exe part can be changed to other programs. When installing I have …

My mouse has turned choppy and often doesn't work for a few seconds. I have been having challenges with skipping on You Tube. today it is skipping on medical transcription reports. I have Gateway GT5628 running Vista Home Premium. Had some fan noise and lubricated the ball bearing and that …

Problem just cropped up in the past two or three days. I lost the ability to get online through Internet Exploreror and AOL software. The hardware manager showed some sort of issue with the ethernet adapter and indicated "device cannot start (code 10)".The system is a Dell Dimension 4400 hardwired …

Is there a way to install multiple versions of IE on an XP PC? As a webdesigner/developer I would like to run 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 for testing.

Hello, Im new to the forums. And I seem to have a big issue with my Windows XP Professional version. My computer has gotten pretty bad to the point where the only program I can have open is my firefox. Everything else I try to open has the; "E:\WINDOWS\system32\msjekjje E:\WINDOWS\system32\AUTOEXEC.NT. …

Hi I have a friends Acer travelmate 4000 laptop which has one user who is 14. It had 475 infections which im pretty sure i have cleaned, I also dl anti spyware/malware programs. my problem now is I created another logon account with admin rights and changed the 14 yr …

i have a conoscan lide 20 scanner i have windows 7 but my scanner is not working

I had a hard drive failure, prior to this happening my sound was working perfectly. Replaced my hard drive, and reinstalled WinXP Pro and updates, all drivers, including SoundMax, from motherboard CD (ASUS P5B) thought I added everything back but my sound is only partially working. If I play a …

ive already tryed somthing but it's ovusly failed my computer some how's crashes the apps that I'm useing then it crashes the whole the computer. I've already formated the computer hard drive but it didn't work any idea guys and it had it's hard drive replaced a few weeks ago …

I,m tring to swap a good running harddrive from a dell 4400 into a Dell 2400. but the 4400 won,t bootup when atempting to start up. It does not seem to recognise the drive ,They are both Seagates. Whats the snag? Thanks

i need AVerTV USB2.0 (M026) driver for vista x64. Could you please provide me with the download link if possible? Thanks

Microsoft Windows XP Service pack 2 Booted my desktop this morning and after all was loaded, my desktop icons do not load and everytime I click on any .exe, .jpeg, .mp3, ect. . .I receive the following error message: Windows cannot open this file: File: **** To open this file, …

Hi Folks, Im running an Asrock 775i65GV Mother board with Dual Core Intel Pentium CPU 2.80Ghz. My power supply is ATX-400TD. I have been running my PC happily with Samsung 512MB DDR PC2700 CL2.5. I need now to upgrade my RAM because i want to run M-Box2, its music recording …

My files were really mixed up, though I followed advice in "Using Windows XP" and put these in My Documents. I'm not sure all is now correct, but will follow along with that arrangement. Anyone that can advise on this?

Hi all I was given a Compaq presario 2500 laptop which needed a new HDD which I purchased and installed. I then tried to install xp with the original cd which I was also given, everything was going fine until it got to the second boot and it said a …

Hi everyone, New to the forum looks a good place to learn and help other, so i thought id register and see if any of you guys can help solve my problem which has had me confused all day! I went ahead and created a new build. I used a …

I've tried everything to stop Windows restarting itself when I'm not around. Software that is supposed to prevent shut-down (it doesn't); that command line thing (nope). Everything but disabling the automatic updates. You'd think that'd be the first thing I'd do, but it seems I'm having a problem there too. …

My computer do not startup. I need to use a boot disk for me to able to start it up. How can I do that? I have the boot disk.

ASUS M2V Mobo; 1GB RAM; six? months old. XP SP3 Every time I plug in a USB device like, say a USB2 Flash Drive, I get the message "This device can perform faster ... blah, blah" :( There are no errors/warnings in Hardware Manager. 'Upgrading' to SP3 didn't change anything. …

Hi guys, Each time I reboot the tray clock shows a different time. I correct the problem but as soon as I reboot it has a different time again. I thought maybe I had a virus so I scanned with latest updated Spyware Doctor with anti virus, and no probs …

Hi, I have had an intermitent problem with on of my mobile rackmount computers, It runs and starts great for weeks at a time but everynow and then when starting it up after transport to another location it will not start up, we get no bios screen and it will …

I've just reformatted my PC. Operating system is Windows XP Home, SP1. I have no sound at all. I tried to alter the volume settings but the system could not fins any audio/sound devices. I have a floppy disk entitled SiS 964 RAID installation support disk Rev1.0. What do I …

I was playing warcraft3 then suddenly my wc3 alt tab and this dl came up saying something about windows and i thought it was like a virus pop-up so i pressed cancel and then when i pressed cancel my computer restarted on its own. Then when windows started up it …

My Mom has an XP Home, SP3 5 year old Pentium computer. I can't figure out why, but even though the Taskbar is locked, every time she restarts or turns off her computer, the Quick Launch turns off. So, she has to turn it back on each time for the …

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Alright I just ran a clean install on this laptop and I've installed most of the drivers except the video controller driver. I can't seem to find the file to install it or what I am doing wrong. I followed these instructions exactly. [URL="http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&doclang=en&l=en&s=gen"]http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&docid=1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&doclang=en&l=en&s=gen[/URL] I did use the service number …

Looks like I picked up a trojan or virus from somewhere or caused this by installing a KB security for IE, I don't know what actually screwed my laptop. The KB patch needed a reboot and after rebooting there was only .lnk files being displayed, all the links to my …

I no longer want widows dark edition. How can I download a full windows xp and be able to edit my offline websites created in notebook with widows dark edition?

Hey a few days ago we had a power outage while i wasnt home. Came back and turned on the computer and it keeps freezing. Ill start up, log on, and get to the desktop. Then if i click any icons it freezes. I tried running norton but it scanned …

hi i have a doubt in password protection of winrar.In my knowledge there is little way to break the password protection of winrar. but is it still cant be reverse engineered?so that someone can break into winrar?? actually i have to protect a file using winrar. but my friend mentioned …

Hi when my pc starts up i log in but the system instatanly shuts down. I reinstalled windows and i am doing this in safe mode seen nothing else works.

I have a problem with my auto win dows updater for IE8 on windows xp sp2- (home edition), it fails to update manually and automatically? an error code appears as DC800042, what does this mean? can the problem be resolved for free? if so how?

Using Outlook Express on a Dell B130 laptop with Avast anti-spyware, Malwarebytes anti-malware with Windows XP, fully updated as of yesterday. I have an odd problem. I can type up an email in Outlook, and then when I go to hit send, the cursor starts flashing in between the cursor …

I am having sata hard disk i want to install windows 2000 profesional sp4 when in the part ion i want 205 gb for c drive when i give its not taking its taking only 5 digits only why and i install windows xp in d drive and i want …

Hi all, I'v been battling with this on and off, but cannot work out why I cannot load any pages that are [url]www.microsoft.com[/url]. I can access support.microsoft.com, amazon.co.uk, apple.com, in fact anything at all as long as it is not [url]www.microsoft.com[/url]. Has anyone seen anything like this before. It seems …

when i start windows server 2003 i get the error as pxe-e61 media test failure check cable what shall i do

My laptop was stolen out of my apartment a few weeks ago. It had Logmein, which is remote access software, installed. I've been monitoring my Logmein account regularly, and see the laptop comes online periodically. I want to track down where it is and who has it. If I switched …

Hey all, I'm the unfortunate recipient of a new computer bought from MESH, and unfortunately now that I finally have it booted up and working, I have a green tint to my screen that doesn't seem to be wearing off! I've literally had the system for three hours so I …

New to the group... hope I don't violate protocol. New HP Pavillion Elite Desktop with Vista. Charter Cable. Linksys router to four outlets. Internet connects perfectly with old Dell laptop. New HP will not connect (same cable, same outlet). Sent back to HP once. Repaired ...same story. Still no connection. …