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Remove Filterhelo 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?
Hi guys I'm trying to load office 2003 and get passed the inputting serial code and then when I get to install it comes up with I don't have administrator rights. Funny thing is I am the administrator. I am running Vista Home premium. Any help would be appreciated. Many …
One of the employees at my company recently acquired a new laptop. Since he received his new laptop, he is receiving the error " !Task 'mailaccountname' reported error (0x8004010F): The operation failed. An object could not be found" when he sends or receives e-mail in Outlook 2003 on XP. He …
Hi you all!! please can someone help me... i'm without dvd drive and no $$$ to replace it at the time and i need to format my disk... and the solution that i see is a pen drive setup... but the main problem is that i don't know how to …
I have a Dell Optiplex GX 520 PC. After downloading an antivirus my computer went to the blue screen, when I tried to reinstall Windows XP, my hard drive could not be found. For some reason I no longer have a hard drive, any idea why?
MY MSN SAYS SIGNING INTO WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER FAILED BECAUSE THE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE :!: :!: :!: :?: :?: :?: :rolleyes: :sad: :confused: PLEASE HELP ME
Hello everyone, i recently made another post which i asked for help since i had no idea what i was going to do basically. I have decided to go with Microsoft Server 2003 OS instead of ubuntu server. I have no idea how to work with a server os and …
I had created a Notepad kind of text editor using Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. When I save a text file through it, and when I click the icon of the text file I saved, it opens in Windows Default Notepad. Is it possible that I can make my text …
Hey Guy's. I recently upgraded from XP Home to Pro, but there's one problem it won't recognise my DVD Drives, XP Home recognised them, BIOS recognises them, but as soon as I open My Computer - NOTHING. The copy of Pro is full legit and it's driving me mad, any …
For some reason when I recently restarted my computer or whatever I don't know, I couldn't find my internet explorer program icon anywhere on my computer. I even went to Local Disk (C:)/ Program Files/Internet Explorer and couldn't find the program file/exe anywhere in the folder. But good thing I …
Hi, I have a problem "can't locate instal.log" file for magic iso. The file isnt in the program folder. I don't know what to do as i think this file is the cause of the trojan i have on my laptop. Cheers
Hi, I boot my computer this morning and after I logged on, there was simply nothing except an Windows Explorer with My documents open. Nothing else was there, no start buttons, no background(black), no icons, nothing. So i tried to open the regedit with all the way I knew, but …
What can happen to windows if your computer switches off without shutting down. I am having a problem with the power supply and it has switched off the computer a few times without shutting it down. Now I am not using the computer until the power supply is replaced.
Hi, I cannot connect to internet using internet explorer. I can browse web pages with any other browser. When I type a web page and click enter in internet explorer, explorer just waits and indicates that it is connecting to some ip on the left below corner. I think it …
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Crome is the latest browser according to user, but i can not use it, after installation there arise a problem. i don't know if it need to any cofigure. please help me if you have any idea about this.
Hi I have the games Battlefield 2 and Call of Duty 5 and I played both of them often with a friend. We connected to my internet router with a lan cable. Then we started the games and I opened a lan server. A few days ago we wanted to …
Hi everyone, I have a computer here that is giving me a few problems. 1. Before window loads, it always goes to the blue screen that checks disk. 2. Computer does not recognize the internet. (I am using a router, but it works well with all other computers) 3. Computer …
hey , when starting winxp i recieve a missing file message <windows root>\system32\hal.dll. can anyone pls help me with this problem . thankyou
When one tries to restore & you look at the calender, should the restore points be highlighted? The reason I ask is that I click different dates and cannot seem to get this to find a restore point or to restore, can anyone help?
Hi I am going to make a virtual tour for my IST project at school. I am thinking perhaps an interactive cutscene of a guy skydiving, with ambient sounds. Does anyone know any good virtual tour software to use, which is very detailed and easy to use, as well as …
Hello, I recently reinstalled windows on my computer due to a series of crashed and the win32 virus, i used my factiry CD. I use the Windows XP Media Center Edition, my machine is an eMachines W3507 At the begginning, i had the all famous NTLDR is compressed message, so …
My main desktop computer is set to dual-boot Linux and Windows XP Professional. I have the Linux OS set up to sync time with an internet time service. When I boot the WinXP OS, the time consistently shows four hours late -- as though it's interpreting the system clock to …
I need some help choosing backup software for the server at my work. Until now we've had a third party operate our backup, but they've been causing so many problems for us, we're going to start doing it ourselves. We have a desktop that we've been using 80gig magnetic tapes …
My computer always gets shutdown after a minute of booting. An error message comes saying that the "shutdown is initiated by NT Authority/system. Windows must restart because DCOM server process launcher terminated unexpectedly. The intruction at 0 x 00000000 referred memmory at 0 x 00000000. The memory could not be …
"Update for Windows Vista (KB932246) Installation date: ‎4/‎4/‎2007 10:53 PM Installation status: Failed Error details: Code 80242006 Update type: Recommended Install this update to address a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Vista. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. More information: [URL]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=83284[/URL] …
I need my list fron Hotmail to go to Outlook Express......It wont synchronise....and hotmail does not export a csv file ......so what now please clever geeks !!!
Hi, I recently upgraded my CPU from Athlon 64 X2 to Phenom II X4. Everything runs fine, except that Windows Vista only recognized 2 cpus instead of 4 cpus. I run dual boot with Windows XP, and there's no problem in XP. All 4 cores detected, with CPU-Z v1.50. Any …
Hi Daniweb family !!! I have an Acer Aspire 4520 with Vista Home Premium and 2GB of RAM. The Internet Explorer just quit working. When I click on the icon to start it, nothing at all happends. I went into Program Files, Internet Explorer folder and clicked on the icon …
Hello , Please any one can tell me the reference or the details of the retrieving the forgotten passwords in windows xp, i have lost my password, its very urgent. Please tell me about any program or software which can generate the password of the windows xp. its very urgent, …
Hey guys, I used to keep getting a screen of death error in XP and I got a new PSU (advice of novatech) and it seemed to have done the trick. However I was installing SP2 for Vista and on the restart to do Step 3 I got a blue …
Hi all, this must be the most absurd inquiry in the history of inquiries. i cannot, for the life of me, locate the plug for the internet networking cable on my tower of my PC computer. it runs ME, and veiwing the help files I came accross a vague suggestion …
1) On wiping the hard drive clean, is XP any different than Windows 98 ? Someone told me one cannot wipe out the info just by putting in the disk & doing it the same as 98? Could someone explain? 2) On System restore, why is it that if I …
I had a spring clean with a happy click finger the other day and used Windows install cleanup / smithfraudfix / ccleaner and a defrag....now I cannot browse to change frontpage,No MS Office enterprise,cant uninstall or install office enterprise as blue screen murders one or the other after 10 minutes …
Windows Vista Home Premium, 2GB RAM, BitDefender Internet Security 2009. I have had my computer on all day doing various things and no problems. Suddenly when I went to my RoboForm and selected the Logins I got the blue screen. I shut down, restarted and everything was fine. I was …
First off I should say that I have installed a new drive on my hp computer, and have tried to format both the old and new drive(after i used the new drive for a few weeks), but i was unable to. I had to fall to formatting my hard drives …
Start the problem, when I plug my Gateway M520s Laptop to AC car adapter. When I press the power button second after power indicator LED Blinking (manual says LED Blinking-notebook is in standby mode).Unplug the AC cord and remove the battery for 2-5hrs and press the power and F2 for …
I have a Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E8400 3.00 GHz Mother Board NVIDIA nForce 630i Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7150 256mb Power Supply Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750w Nvidia SLI ready Memory PC2-6400 (400 MHz) DDR2 Kingston 3 gigs Computer freezes after a certain amount of time or if …
hey guys i m looking to update my window xp to longhorn..want to confirm that if windows drivers and softwares((games))) will work with longhorn..
I have all of sudden started having problems with my internet connection after the computer has been in stand by mode for a while. If I'm not going to be using the computer for a while I will put it in stand by mode. (It won't go there on its …
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