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ive purchased a laptop from a friend of a friend. he brought a newer and better one. the laptop, p4 2.8g 512RAM XP Home Ed 60g HD, i checked the manufacturer and believe that i got a pretty good deal. until i ran into this problem. once in awhile when …

I'm really frustrated because my PC is fairly fast and last night and this morning it's been acting really weird. First thing I noticed was that the sound was really choppy in Bioshock and it was lagging to the point where it was unplayable. I got out and went to …

I have an (ancient) HP Pavilion 7840 with a Cognac Motherboard (200731). Windows Xp was installed by someone after market and has never run properly. I found where HP shows the bios should be 3.07 and what was installed was 4.06 so I set the bios to hp specs. Using …

Hello, I realize I am a new member , and with hopeful resolution of this problem , plan to be a much more active member ,, but i have been tryin to fix this for a long time and any help would be greatly appriciated. When I start Laptop It …

My Hp Media Center computer will not boot up. It will not go into setup,recover or reboot from the recovery discs. It just freezes up at the start screen. Does this mean my hard drive has died or I have another problem. I have considered getting another hard drive to …

Hello... so today, I used the "Save As PDF" feature in Word 2007, like I always do. So, I tried to open the file, and it won't open. I tried saving a different file as PDF, and it worked. I tried saving the problem file under a different name, and …

Hi all, I have seen MacBook from my friend and have loved nice bash command line interpreter. Is there similar one for Windows XP/VISTA??? Here are some nice feature lacking in windows: 1. Tabbing 2. Full screen on maximization of window 3. The use of sudo command (At least there …

Is there a ported version of GNU Make for windows? Is MinGW Make = GNU Make? Please help me..

So, is been a month now since IE8 doesn't remember the usernames, passwords and whatever else I type in forms. And this is very annoying, of course. And even bigger problem (I think they're related) is that the Windows Live and Messenger can't log me in, though I can access …

my firefox and internet explorer wont open properly... they both either open very slowly or dont open at all. when it does eventually open, the browser freezes (Not Responding) when i try to browse or do anything with it also, when i go to My Computer and try to open …

how do you disable system password? I couldnt change it back to disable in bios setup?

we have a forest root dc and a replia dc both running win 2003. I have a problem with our users on xp when browsing to any mapped network shares. When they try and access a share it takes up to 40 seconds to access the shares on the forest …

Heres the problem. I thought that my vista business had the problem so i went back to what came on the computer which was vista basic. The issue is when i log off of a account then log back in again my task bar wont load all my programs it …

hello everyone a few days ago my laptop started making this random clicking noises over and over again. Then it be followed by commercials that would play on tv from drinking and driving to air wicks. I did a few spyware and anti virus check and that seemed to fix …

I have a computer that hangs for about 10 - 15 seconds between the POST and when the Windows loading screen appears. I've tried changing settings in the bios but that didn't work. Anyone got any suggestions? Mobo- M861G, HDD- WD 320Gb, RAM- 2Gb, Cpu- AMD3000+

I would like to know what [I]preparation[/I] is is taken when upgrading a [I]Windows OS [/I]? In other words do you have to [I]reinstall all your software again[/I] ? [I]How do you make the upgrade easier ?[/I]

[QUOTE=demenace;889510]Try starting Internet Explorer without any add-ons. From the Desktop click Start/run then type iexplore.exe -extoff this will determine if the problem is an IE problem or some add-on that is crashing.[/QUOTE] hi, i'm having about the same problem here... i can only open the internet explorer without add-ons... now …

I created a website on IXWebhosting.com. I then set up ftp to a folder named "transfer". On my XP Pro computer I access it by: [url]ftp://66.116.193.2/ereddick.com/transfer/[/url]. It opens immediately (doesn't ask for the name and password I had set up). Then I choose "Open ftp site in Windows Explorer" in …

While editing explorer using edit /70 explorer, can any body give me an idea of what componant belongs to which line

I've been trying to delete some programs that i dont use i managed to delete almost all on em but i still had only 1/4 of my hard drive free so I found a folder in C:\Documents and Settings\.user-ZFG7ZFI280\My Documents and I found there same files that i had in …

In Windows XP, when using the default picture viewer to look at digital camera photos, I can select a picture and right click to choose "Send to Mail Recipient". This then pops up a dialog to ask if I want to make the pictures smaller: all this is fine. However, …

How do I turn off the Video Program that comes with my new laptop. It is QUICK PLAY. It goes on immediately when I insert a disc. I want to do myself.

I have a Lacie external hard drive which I've used with my Compaq 1015v and XP home. This week I bought an HP G7000 latop for my wife and replaced Visa with XP though the process is ongoing. But the new laptop won't recognise the Lacie.

If I have no text highlighted and right click on the mouse the normal menu comes up but with cut and copy greyed out. If I highlight part of the text and right click the mouse the menu shows [B]Move here, Copy Here. link here (greyed out) and cancel[/B]. I …

Problem: Lost password for user logon to Windows Vista. Would like alternatives to try (already followed the standard procedures and they didn't work). Failing that, I would probably have to install (fresh) Windows Vista Home Premium. What must I do to prepare the hard drive? Reformat? If so, how? Thanks …

I followed all the steps in the previous posts on how to fix prob. 19 in relation to my CD however my DVD burner still will not function even though the device mgr. says it is working properly. Is there another registry fix for the DVD?

Hello, a few days ago I configured 2 servers (A and B) to they can use the Terminal Server service per user (for 15 users), getting the licencies from a TS server C. I did that by reading the following instructions (in spanish): [url]http://www.ajpdsoft.com/modules.php?...rticle&sid=258[/url] The server C is the TS …

I am running Microsoft Windows XP and when I tray to install a mass storage USB device I have this message: An ActiveX control on this page is not safe. Your current security settings prohibit running unsafe controls on this page. As a result, this page may not display as …

I had an account on here before, but i've been through air force training and i forgot my log in. First, my system specs. Just for reference. Windows XP Professional SP2 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Black Edition 5000+ @ 2.61GHz Mainboard: ASUS M2N-SLI Video: GeForce 8600GT Sound: PCI-e Soundblaster …

I have window xp pro can boot normally but can't boot in safe mode or recovery console the system just restarts. Tried replacing config files default, system, software, security etc with older files usinglinux still have the problem. My restore files only go back to March.

Hi, I have recently upgraded to Windows7 RC 1700 [I]And loving it[/I] but when I install Ubuntu inside Windows7 it does not give me the option to choose which OS I want to boot. When I had Vista it always gave me the option during booting up right before the …

I just got a new pc and everything is working fine except my usb 2.0 flash drives. Every time I save or try to write a file that's bigger than just 100-200 kb, it hangs and then I get a "delayed write failed" error. The drive still appears in windows …

Hi, I have two spreadsheets with the same structure and I want to find formula to be able to just open these two plus a master spreadsheet and have both sheets 1 on top of the other to make 1 big table in the master spreadsheet. I cant find a …

Can anyone help me, I am trying to play AVI files from my camera and Windows Media Player is missing the codec for it. The code given is [B]0010-8000-00AA00389B71[/B]. I could do with a safe download/install. - Thanks for any help.

Hi... I'm new to VBA in Word and need a nudge in the right direction. I've written a Word VBA Userform that adds bookmarks & sets their values on the fly with either an ASCII Chr(9) for a tab or CHr(13) for carriage return after each bookmark. However, when I've …

I just bought a laptop for my wife and since she likes things simple, I decided to remove Visa in favour of Linux Ubuntu. But I've had so many problems finding drivers etc for the laptop (an HP G7000) I would now like to install Windows 2000 which she is …

I have been having the same problem as several people on these threads with IE6. I cannot open some web pages, especially eBay/Paypal, but also happens on other pages as well. I tried Spybot S&D, AdAware,Purge IE, CWShredder, Delindex, as well as trying all the regsvr entries. I finally gave …

About two months ago I added a DVD recorder to my sister-in-law's PC. She and I copied a disc from both recorders. Now she can not read a disc. I checked in the device driver and disc management no drives showing, both are gone. Anyone that has a fix let …

When i start my computer i get an error saying Feb 17 08:10:11 Privoxy(01836) Fatal error: can't check configuration file 'config.txt': (error number 2) Do you have any idea what this is talking about and how i can fix it?

I have XP Home edition and recently installed all three service packs. On the top page bar and within various dialog boxes I'll have other-colored pixels displayed where they should not be. Any fix to this??

Hellow Daniweb !! I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop that has given me fits when it comes to trying to install a Windows XP Home Edition on a new hard drive. I have the original installation disc that came with the computer. I have a new hard drive which …

Here's one for all you Windows Tweakers. :) 99% of the time when I open a IE window, I am going to some page other than my default homepage. I never just go to the same page ALL the time, so I always open the window, click on stop, and …

Hi, i found this message on my pc :Error loading:C\WINDOWS\system32\litijaro.dll The specifed module could not be found..... Now i've tried to eliminate the causes of this message but...i'm asking HELP!!! thanks!

Here's my situation: We upgraded our lab with 10 new Dell laptops and a ten user volume license key for Vista. Unfortunately, when you order a site license with new computers, Dell doesn't install the OS for you. I'd like to figure out the easiest way of installing and configuring …

[i]hello, my domain is [/i][url="http://www.sailingtherapy.com/"][i]www.sailingtherapy.com[/i][/url] [i]I have 2 problems and need a little saavy advice... trade for sailing lol. Anyway, I got a usb data cable for my gsm motorola t721 coming. I am looking for software to ramp to my isp from the cell cabled into my laptop, on …

I looked on google for this all i found was people wanting it TO hibernate, it may seem weird but i DON'T want mine to. This way i can run a server on it without it glowing all night :/ Anyone know how to do this?

Hi, Wondering if anyone could give an estimate on the cost of a basic .com site for 1 year. Thanks

Hey could someone suggest a free application for screen scraping ? the only ones i can find seem to be for big companies and for large-scale projects when i just need it to update press reviews for my blog. i use firefox but could switch based on what you guys …

hi guys i bought a notebook recently with windows xp. After a few days everytime i turned the computer on it would bring up a file c:/, this happened for a number of weeks. Recently two files now open on launch of computer, one titled internet file and another random …