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I've run into a problem when I try to download a file from a web site the dialog does not pop up saying [B]save to file[/B] instead I have to use the FireFox plugin [B]IE Tab[/B] switch the tab over to an [B]IE Tab [/B][I]and only then[/I] will the dialog …

I cannot uninstall some of my programs on my computer. I get a message INSTALL.LOG FILE. What do i do to uninstall these programs?

Hi all , I'm new to all this , so bear with me . My friend has XP and the drive is partitioned into 3 separate sections. C drive is 10 Gb , F drive is 10 Gb, and the rest is annotated "Everything Else" which is 60 Gb, I …

I have an application error that says - "The application failed to initialize properly(0x0000034). Click ok to terminate the program". When ever my computer starts this error always appear and not just that I cannot open Windows movie maker, photo scape, and I cannot even update my windows media player …

Due to problems I decided to re-install XP Pro and formatted my Hard Drive. When I ran the installation it got as far as "Installing Devices" with 34/35 minutes left to run and then stopped. I have tried both XP Home and XP Pro with identical results. Following advice from …

Today I was copying a file from my laptop onto my USB external hard drive when the transfer froze and I had to cancel it. The file is still intact on my laptop but the unfinished copy created on my external hard drive does not seem to want to be …

Hullo everybody, I hope that I am in the right place. Lately I have developed a problem on my PC. I run Win XP with SP2. It is a genuine Intel 3.2. The problem is that I log in and am doing stuff n Internet and a box pops up …

I have a gateway ML6732 with vista , the laptop keeps asking for a hdd password which was never necessary , how can I get around this , can I flash the C_MOS or reset the C-MOS on the mother board somehow ?

All of my browsers (firefox, IE8, Flock) go only to strangeUSA . com the address bar displays google or daniweb for example but the page displays strangeUSA dot com. HijackTHIS shows nothing at all strange. Spybot shows nothing (newest one) Nor malwarebytes Have reset my winsock and ip configuration using …

Can someone help with the removal of this? I have read and read and I can not figure it out and I need to get rid of it. Thanks Scott

Good morning!! Hope all are well. Please please please can someone help me. Not familiar with Pc's. I have a Compaq laptop and if shut down a while ago. Last week i took it to a shop to be fixed. They had fixed it and reinstalled more memory, nortons and …

Hi all, I am hoping that someone out there has a solution for this... Its driving me nuts. I have been searching the net for weeks trying to come up with a fix, but cant find one. So here it is: When using IE7 (Yeah, I know... I should be …

I setup 2 email addresses for 1 user @example1.com and @example2.com. there is no way for that user to select which email domain they send out from is there?

Well it's either this, or the domain name has been removed from the routing table. Or my Firefox is just being very biased about my browsing experience!:) Go on, [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/"]try it out now[/URL] (note depending on when you're reading this, it might have come back up and so it'll just …

Hey, whenever I click start and then run and type in regedit It won't open and I get an error message saying regedit is not a valid Win32 appliation. How do I fix this??? Also I found out my computer is infected with Zango adware andd according to this site …

Hi, Ive recently unistalled [B]unimportant[/B] software from my computer, done defragements, disk compression, disk cleanups and error checking quite regualarly for some time now. After i first started ive noticed that EVERY time i startup my computer it comes up with 2 error messages on after the other when loading …

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This will be not be the most useful feature and you can't do miracle by turning on this feature, but you would not neglect this feature because you will know soon how important this feature in vista. Vista doesn't have quick power off button and you will find it in …

I'm purchasing a laptop at the end of next month, and I want to be able to install 32-bit Vista on it. Currently, I'm looking at a Toshiba Satellite M60 laptop with the following specs: CPU: Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (2.00GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB) Ram: 1024MB (512MBx2) …

Hi all Weird problem, I deleted then re installed Picasa3 and now all it does is re load the pics from my pictures folder and then when it's done it says that there is no pictures in the program yet if I close picasa and open it again then here …

hello all i´m nowhere near a coputer wiz, so please bear with me. i got a hp 6734s laptop. love it. but, as of yesterday the media player, the entire laptops sound and mic do not work anymore. all volumes are on a high, i tried it with headphones too. …

I'm teaching myself Database design, using MS Access (2007). This question may have a basic answer, but remember, I'm just a learner and it's not so obvious to me. I would like to select a Company either by 'Name' or 'ID' or 'Account Number' in a Form and have all …

I was on my computer last night and turned it off around 3am.. I turned it back on again and it runs till the windows screen appers before user selection ad i receive a box titled above reading The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click ok to terminate the …

Hi guys! This time I'm getting help for a friend, so any advice you could offer would be awesome! So my friend has a laptop, but it won't power up anymore and it gets errors like these when it tries to: Extended Test: Service Tag HT4D0C1 (IDE Disk Test) 1) …

Just got a new modem but my PC still cannot access the internet.. can someone help ?

Ok, I should have came here first and asked my question but i stupidly thought the zonealarm forums would be able to help me. Alas i was wrong and will never err again... I see on my ZA log that there are a few connections, incoming and outgoing from svchost.exe. …

yah last week i formated my laptop with the XP window.......but after i format i found tht my photo cant preview. when i click to open is say preview not avalible.and at the same time i also cant copy all my photo. may i know what is the problem and …

I have a Windows 2003 server configured as a RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Server). This server was configured by the previous IT person, who didn't do a lot of things correctly. The VPN works okay, in the sense users can connect via VPN and then use remote desktop to …

Every now and then Vista comes up with a "Program Compatability Assistant" popup window (see image) when you want to run a .exe file. If you make the mistake, like I did, and agree with the Administrator option, then from hence foreward everytime you want to run this particular executable …

My computer won't let me name any files! I can name folders, but only once when I create it. If I try to rename a file it will say "If you change file name extension, the file may become unusable." I have some Japanese songs I want to change into …

hi, How do I install Vista on a seperate partition, I installed Vista on a seperate partition while XP was in another partition, and now only Vista is loading, what I need is to have dual boot with XP & VISTA. How do I do this... some other details... 1) …

hello everybody! I have installed windows XP in my laptop. I want to change my user name (loginname) of my XP. I followed the following steps. right click on [B]Mycomputer->manage -> users and groups -> users -> [/B] and then right click on my user name (pratapch) and say rename. …

Hi Actually i m trying to installation with XP operating system at least 3 times through the different disk but all time installation processes are uncompleted in installation phase (it is stop on the time of 34 min.) i have tow hard disk (10 gb & 40 gb) and two …

hi this is my first post, i had my wireless network all set up working fine then i reformatted my main desktop, it was always hardwired to the router, after the reformat i cannot connect threw a wire, only lets me do it threw wireless, anybody no how to fix …

Hi guys. i hope this is the right place for me to post this. i am planning on taking the MCSA. am planning on learning at home n writing it....but i need books n resources which i can purchase to help me. Any suggestions.

Im trying to reinstall Xp on my computer but i keep getting the message Data Error (Cyclic redundancy check). What does this mean and what should i do? Please Help

I always get this error in internet explorer 8 (or 7): [url]http://fdc3iq.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pQ2KBrqRQcgSCWQcFnYCMDnouVpmmACik8avgBYc0XFrzVuJboCSR_dtfGTUnUgtALHOtok3SlCvPVVaDGBACFho1EEMmXvNk/9.bmp[/url] how can I solve the problem?

Hi, recently, within the last week, my computer has developed a problem where it will suddenly just turn off. I will see a taskbar appear just before saying "Microsoft Visual C+..." and with a couple of seconds the computer switches off. It will happen randomly whilst just browsing the internet …

guys do you know what is the difference between accesing a shared folder creating a network place and accessing them creating a network drive? which one is more beneficial when, what is the advantages or disadvantages choosing one over the other?

Hi Just about a week ago i hooked up my VGA cable to my laptop instead of my desktop. Then i turned on the desktop just to make all the network shares available. But then i about two days ago i tried to put the monitor back to the desktop …

By accident I discovered an item entered in my History when I open Opera browser when the browser history has been cleared. I clear history, cookies, personal data, etc., check to make sure they are clear, and close the browsers. I reopen Opera and find the item there in History. …

Hi, I've just had to reinstall Windows XP (again). It all went well but under Documents and Settings I can see the previous user accounts. Is there some way I can bring them back to life? I copied all of the files from one of them to a new account …

Hi, I have 2 PCs running XP Pro, but do not have Windows install disks for either any longer. A Kernell32.dll error turned my production machine into a zombie - I can start it up, but (even in Safe mode) it restarts before Windows is running. I removed the drive …

Hi, I'm having trouble flashing my Bios. I have never done this before but my computer is not recognizing my 250 Gig Hd's full capacity. It reads as only 136 GB. Well on that not I ran BiosAgentPlus and this is what it read: Bios Type: Phoenix-Award Bios Date: September …

I have recently installed a program called fifa master successfully.But while openig it..,error come s like [B]"The application failed to initialize properly(0xc000007b).Click on OK to terminate the application."[/B]What is the error i cant understand..?

Hi! Greetings from abroad - I apologize for the poor English ... My (son's) computer can't access the internet ... I have deactivated all IE all-on programs and also used the MS guides in Vista, but it still doesn't work I have upgraded from IE 7 to IE 8 with …

Have brand new Hp 550 notebook with pre-installed free Dos OS. I intended to install windows xp sp3, but after loading the setup files and about to start installing windows I get the following error message '' ........ STOP: 0x0000007B (0F789E63C, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x000000000). I seached knowledge based at support.microsoft …

I have a Thinkpad T30 (5 years old) running XP Pro, SP3. T30 will take a max RAM of 1024, and my System screen says it has 512. I was going to order another 512 for the other slot till I openned it up and found there are already two …

I will try and explain...this is what I already did...I put in my xp cd and selected the first option...which was 'enter' then I hit 'r' for repair and it went thru the process of repairing...it finished fine but did not work as planned...I messed something up and want to …

Yesterday morning, I was using my computer, then turned it off and went out for a while, when I came back home and turned my computer on, nothing happens except for the powering up. It does not reconized that anything is connected to the motherboard i.e. keyboard, mouse, monitor. Hard …