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Hey guys, I bought a new computer with 4 gigs of ram, 64 bit windows vista OS, dual core 2.4 ghz processor. . and I'm having some problems with it. Firefox frequently seems to mess up. Sometimes it won't stop loading a page when I click 'X', it will become …
So I just reformatted my PC(windows XP pro SP3), and I can't seem to get internet access on it. Everything is plugged in and running fine, and I'm getting a connection to a laptop right next to it(where I'm posting this from) Anyone know whats wrong or what I can …
If you can fix this, you are a genius. This may be a long post. In a nut shell, I was playing on call of duty this morning when all of a sudden my net dropped. Futile attempt after next of shutting down router and computer from the mains. I …
How to password protect a folder in the windows xp. I have a single logon. It isn't a shared computer but I need to protect some folders with passwords. Is there any option to deal with it. I know about "pcsecurity software" but I want to know the way that …
hi, i am new on this i need help my computer will not reboot it says that it did not start windows succsessfully? i have tryed safe mode no good and all the others on that page. Any help will be great
This is a new one, i don't know if you allready treated something like this, but i want to find a future and better solution. Ok, this is it. I have this windows xp machine at work (P4 3 Ghz, 512MB RAM, 80Gb HDD, VideoOnBoard), friday at 12:00 i try …
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?
hi all, a few days ago my brother did something wrong with my computer when ever in click on some folder, search is displaying and when i right click on folder it shows search as first option how to remove this thanks
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?
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