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Okay, couple of days ago I was gift a USB memory stick. It worked fine until my friend pushed its metal part inwards...I pulled it outwards but now it does not work any more. The red light is on so it means the power is on, but USB device is …

Hi there, Does anyone know a way to export and import the subject matter in variuos versions? Please leave comment. Great thanks. :( :?:

This is a problem I have seen posted here and on other sites but have never seen a posting that said it was fixed! Here is the problem: After 5 minutes or so of working normally, IE will no longer display webpages. The seems to be a problem just with …

With DSL (new user) you can remain online all the time unless you power off or standby. Is the risk any greater for hacking, breakin, and all the nastys that can happen by just leaving your PC always online. ? I usually shut down at bedtime. Am I being too …

Hi can someone help me i have a acer Aspire5622WLMI laptop. i heard that you can get internet on your ipod touch without having wi-fi, you just run it through your computer. But i cant figer out how to do it, could someone please help me?

Hi, I have a computer with Windows XP and Linux installed. Now, there's nothing wrong with Linux, but whenever we try using Windows, it shuts down at random moments, not even if we do something special. Or anything at all. We can try some programs and they do start up, …

I have 2 Dell 1420's, both running under Vista Home Premium. One is a few months older than the other. I am running Borland C++ Builder Personal Version 6.0 on both of them. The older computer runs the c++ compiler flawlessly. On the newer computer, however, the debugger isn't working …

I am currently using a USB 3.5G HSDPA Modem with 7.2MB internet. I want to start my own Counter Strike 1,6 server and all the tutorials say i have to port forward in order to have a static IP. is there any chance for me to set started with out …

Problem is Windows XP comp won't let me onto Microsoft website, the load bar will go half way then stop. Suggestions or help greatly appreciated, computer neophite here! thanks db

hi guys i need your help regarding the problem in my computer everytime i open it.. it displays "c:\windows\system32\dhcpsoc32.dll. either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error." what could be the possible reason for this and how can i fixed it??? any assistance regarding this problem …

I recently switched on my computer and my monitor wont work. I am getting a message sayiing No Signal. Ive checked all cables and their ok, I bought as new graphic card and put it in computer but i still have the same problem. Can anyone help me with this …

Hello, I have previously consulted on daniweb.......i have yet another problem now...... there seems to be some malware or something on my comp.......i recently installed a fresh XP2 after removing the previous version(coz it was not booting with that version, had no other way).......firstly avast is not updating and does …

Although I have deleted many files and even Adobe Premiere, the Disk Defragmenter tells me there is only 10% free space available. How can I get it to recognize that I have already deleted files enough to free up at least 15%? I am an amateur computer user, but am …

I recently purchased a new hard drive after mine crashed. (I have a Dell from a few years back; got a "Missing or Corrupt System 32" message). I have confirmed the hard drive was installed correctly (shows model number as master in bios). I was running windows 2000. Made the …

hi guys can you help me with my problem.. i have a problem on my computer everytime i turn on it.. its automatically shutdown.. i dont know what part of my pc are not function properly.. i already change my power supply and my hardisk but nothing happen.. guys can …

hi everyone i am mimi. i need to know how to create a partition so that i can install two operating system. i heard about partitio magic but i need more explanation about it. can anyone help many tnx mimi

I recently had a run in with a virus problem and my antivirus gave me up. I was assisted greatly in fixing it by Crunchie and now my computer is all fixed. Except for fact that I am unable to update any software. Be it Kaspersky Internet Security, or MBAM …

Does anybody know how to program a printer? Specifically, Canon Pixma printers?

Hi there guys, I know you guys are great at solving my computer probs! Here's what's happening...at least once a day my computer seems to freeze and wont let me even open my task manager window. I end up having to reboot to get it going again. Also get a …

How does one stop the banal baloon messages that keep appearing in the lower Left hand corner e.g "the disk on drive d is low in space" and similar. They are a pain in the neck and another stupid Gates idea when they just don't stop, and keep blocking information …

The status bar has doubled in height, the "sound system" icon has disappered and I am not sure if we have plugged the speakers back into the correct port. Each time I try to open the device manager for audio on computer hardware there is an error code [U]cmicnfg.cpl[/U] The …

hello, i hope someone could help me. my sound drivers are installed and the sound was coming out, but in someday i downloaded "switch sound file converter" and after i've installed it there was no sound in my entire pc and i had media player, vlc, divX, mpc star, quick …

hi everyone, my taskbar speaker has disappeared.My audio only works sometimes when i open a file with vlc media player i can no hear youtube videos or windows media player.I have updated suond drivers and made sure everything has not been muted.i am running windows xp pro service pack 3.Please …

I have ESET Nod 32 Internet Security running and it says I have a virus in my memory and it's unable to delete it. My programs are constantly crashing and Im using around 3 of 4 GB of memory. How can I fix this?

Im new to this site but I found out that alot of people recieved help here. I have a Windows Vista laptop that cant access the internet right now due to this Virus so I am using another system to do research. Can someone help me please in removing this? …

Friends, mine is a Intel Pentium 4 processor with Windows XP and Fodora LINUX dual boot operating system. Default is Windows XP. Currently I am logged on as a different user " Shanky " other than Administrator and forgot the Administrator Password. The Windows XP after boot shows only Shanky …

Hi There, I really need help as I am a dumb bunny when it comes to windows problems. I already contacted the HP techs, after 10 hours of chatting with them for 4 days, nothing was resolved.... my vista computer, almost 14 months old, has a problem starting up/stalling/crashing after …

Hi to whoever read this and hi to someone who helps, my computer will not start it just loop,eg when you boot it, goes thru the regular start up, then go to the error page that has safe mode,safe mode with networking, last good configuation, windows normal, it doesn't matter …

I´m trying to install vista but I always run into a big freeze. I install on a clean hard drive and I go through the installation process with installing windows, installing features, installing updates, completing installation and reboot. Now one of two things happens. There will be a black screen …

What do I do to fix this?

Dear members, Recently I had some difficulty in extracting data from Pivot table.. And Im not able to attach the Excel file along with this tread. May I know if .xls file is not allowed for attachment? Coming to the problem, the original table contains data in 2 columns.. 1st …

I've created an Excel spreadsheet that I use to incorporate data into a Microsoft word document. (Word/Excel 2003) When I do the mail merge and bring in the data, Excel takes a few of the data cells and adds zeroes after the decimal. I've attached a .jpg image of the …

I recently installed the DivX Codec and it is working brilliantly with a few of my .AVI files. However, there are certain files that cause Windows Media Player 11 to prompt me with a [I]Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or …

I have just come to run a newly installed program and am getting the message:- "Run-time error '5'; Invalid procedure call or argument" when I attempt to run it. I am using XP Home. Any advice please?

I have no idea about scsi cards - I have a 2000S Ultra scsi raid Controller card (I found it in some trash) and need as much info as you can muster. Device Manager accepts it and it works. There is a Cylon like red light that scans back and …

After about 10 hours of chatting with my ISP's technical support (off and on over a few days) nothing has been resolved. At all. Please help. One of my desktops (XP SP2) will not pick up an IP address at all. I have another desktop, an xbox, and 2 wireless …

Can anyone help me create a spreadsheet like this?

there are some .gif file like 1.gif 2.gif n soon which lie on temporary file and which is creating some problem in system....it is sometime also present in processes....can anyone please tell me how to get rid from that file and can anyone tell me the solution of shutdown virus...please …

Sorry if this is in the wrong category, I wasn't sure where to put it. I have been having issues with images and tables not loading correctly on my website. Others can't seem to reproduce the issue, but it is still critical for me to sort out because I can't …

helo guys i got this problem on windows boot just at the start of xp logo "stop:0x0000007e(0xc0000005,0xf88d018e,0xf8a58850,0xf8a5854c)" ,its in xp professional windows,i need desperate help,i didnt installed anything new but somehow ,m stuck with it

Hi all, Thanks in advance for the help. This issue has really got me stumped, so I'm hoping that you guys and gals here at Daniweb can help. So, heres the problem: Whenever I double click a MS Office file (word, excel, ect), the associated program shell starts up and …

DEP will suddenly not let me log on to IE on my laptop, and unfortunatley it's the only browser I have installed there. Every time I try to log on a message pops up saying DEP is shutting down the program. I ran a virus scan and nothing. I tried …

For some reason I can't open any Microsoft Office files...the icon is that generic white icon with a tabbed corner and a window on it. Tried reinstalling office and I get an error.

I Dears, i am installing Vista on Toshiba Qosmio G20 But it did not find any hard disk on installation. there are 2 hard disk. Vista is working fine if i wana use but i want to formate this laptop. Any Help???

Hi all, Ive been asked to come up with a way to have a number of .ISO files stored on a central server (Windows Server 2003), which are then mounted via some form of virtual CD drive software. The idea is then that all the users connected to the network …

Okay so I am new to programming but I have a very basic knowledge of some things. I have been working with vba and I need to write a macro for a word document that only allows the people that are allowed into it to view it and I havent …

Hi, I'll start by saying that I am a rookie. For the past few months my Dell Dimension E510 (Windows XP Media Edition) has been experiencing problems with the blue screen of death. Specifically, the message Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and the Stop code:0X000000DI (0XE1ECB000,0x00000002,0x00000000,0XF8898CF6) appears. No specific drivers or devices are specified. …

title pretty much says it. think its malware but i ran malbytes and avg antivirus and got nothing. here is my hijack log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:05:32 PM, on 6/17/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Unable to get Internet Explorer version! Boot …

It's a dimension L-series built in 1999 It has a 733mhz pentium3 processor(370 slot) It has 384 mb ram and 42.5 gig of hard disk space? It runs XP just fine but it keeps (randomly) restarting and gives me blue screens saying "driver_irq_not_or_less_than_equal" and it dumps the physical memory alot …

I have two HDD's in my computer, can I transfer data to the HDD without Vista installed on it and reinstall Vista? Will I save my data this way?