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I am totally confused on how to handle can any of you help? The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings. To attempt fixing network connectivity problems, …

hi! i'm new. I don't know that much about software and hardware, or what makes computers buzz, so i'll be asking alot of questions. my first one is that i have some burned dvd's from a friend i'd like to burn to my computer to get them back to him. …

Windows Explorer on XP SP3 is behaving oddly. In the Folders two-pane view, I am accustomed to browsing through the contents of my folders by highlighting a folder in the left pane, then using the cursor-down key in the left pane to move to the next folder, and the next …

So my computer crashes during boot up and displays a BSOD screen saying DRIVER_NOT_EQUAL_TO..... something like that and the error says: 0x100000d1 (0x10f0e534, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x863738e7) PLEASE HELP! -also system restore to a month ago didnt do anything

hi, i have just finished building my pc, it has a GF8100VM-M5 motherboard, AMD Phenom 8450 x3 processor and a geforce 9800gt xxx edition graphics card, i have a few problems the first one is i always have to turn my pc on and off a few times before i …

Hi ! I have DELL Latitude Csx , which ( unfortunately) has its cd rom and floppy drive external (detachable), thus not allowing me to boot from devices other than hard disk. This is because , it does not recognize any device until it starts loading windows ( win 2000 …

I would like to build a batchfile on my desktop to tune the access to my HDDs. There is a command to start within cmd: "fsutil.exe fsinfo statistics c:" Does anybody know the structure of an appropriate batchfile?

We recently downloaded Internet Explorer 8 and in my profile only, I cannot click on links and have it go to a new tab (or open a window.) I cannot click on links in email, webpages, and I cannot figure out why :( My husband's profile (on the same laptop) …

To all most honorable members, Thanks for the opportunity to join this community. Here is my problem message and a little background: [U]Windows cannot access the specified device. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.[/U] I run Windows XP Home Edition. I can't access User Accounts …

I have an executive at our company that unfortunately uses the calendar reminders as a task manager. They have recently used the dismiss all button. I have been searching around for about two hours and have not found a solution yet to restore the dismissed reminders. I have tried the …

I'm using FF version 3.0.2 on 64-bit Vista. Every once in awhile it will just simply crash. I can restart and it will take me back to where it was when it crashed. Anyone know why it does that?

Word 97/XP Designed a page for a poster, added border all round, which shows in Print Preview as OK but when it prints the bottom border is not there. I have tried adjusting the borders, and 'kidded' the printer that the paper is a different size but still NO GO! …

Today I'm using AllWay Sync (Allwaysync.com) to synchronise "my documents"-folder between my desktop and my laptop over LAN. Since "my documents" contains about 50.000 files it takes quite a long time when AllWay Sync synchronic this folder - because it search through every file on both my desktop and laptop …

Hello, guys I use an ADSL service (my connection type is PPPoE) but in Windows Vista I just can't connect please help me.. Thanks in advance

We're wondering has anyone seen this type of virus/worm before? Our antivirus software (AVG-8) was not able to detect it. It occurred on an XP pro-SP3 workstation, (on a LAN, with internet access). The virus installs the following software, spontaneously: MS SQL server 2004, SQL server native client, native support …

I have a Windows 2003 server R2 Sp1 and XP SP2 workstations with Office 2000. Occasionally 2 users are able to access the same excel 2000 spreadsheet at the same time without receiving a file open notice until the second user tries to save the file. Then they receive a …

I was checking Windows updates on Microsoft website and there was an update for "Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and .NET Framework 3.5 Family Update (KB951847) x86". I checked the version of .Net Framework I have and I found several previous versions including version 3.5 listed above and …

hi! guys I'm in trouble, i've forgotten my password and i can't log into my laptop now. can someone know of any mechanism to recover or reset a password? i desperately need some help.

My laptop went into a perfectly normal Update and restart, but it didn't restart right. When it did restart it was black screen and then a window popped up and tried to "repair" whatever it is that's wrong, when that didn't work it let me try a system restore and …

I have windows XP and fedora 8 installed in my laptop. For some days evreything is ok, but suddenly when I try to open windows XP It shows the windows loading screen and then it showsit shows the error AUTOCHK.EXE PROGRAM NOT FOUND SKIPPING AUTOCHEK and then restarts. I checked …

Hello IT brethren, I am being requested to develop a website for a company. After spending a day with the company, understanding their problems and thinking about solutions, I came to conclude that more than a website, what they really needed was an intranet. Their final solution, I would say, …

My IE 8 doesn't work or My internet Options either can someone help? I cannot connect to any windows microsoft websites either. updates so I had to download mozilla firefox and that browser doesnt work that great either, please someone help me. Karen1962

I'm looking for a Windows variable (accessible in c++) that contains the path to a user's my documents folder in XP, but the folder above that in vista. SO in XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents Vista: C:\Users\Tom It is a program (AIM specifically), which uses this variable the directory and …

My question is, what is considered high physical memory use. I have an HP laptopo with AMD turion 64x2 and 4 gigs of ram.My operating system is VISTA Home Preimum and when I look at Resource overview, it show that I am using 69% of the physicla memory. Is this …

I have been getting the 0X000000C4 error now for days and I have resorted to eliminating nearly every piece of hardware in the macnhine and it now down to bare bones. I can not get past a recovery R option in windows boot. No matter what I seem to do …

this is a very basic command prompt question (sorry if i posted it in the wrong place) is there a command for cmd to sleep/wait for say 5 seconds? like say i have a .cmd file that says "start www.google.com" but i want it to wait 5 seconds before opening …

hi guys, how to prompt users in outlook to change their password after specified date? is it possible in outlook or how to do it? thanks...

hi guys, how to prompt users in outlook to change their email password after specified date? is it possible in outlook or how to do it? thanks... :)

I have heard this phrase a number of times in technical forums, but I have no idea what it means, or why you would do it. Can anyone enlighten me please?

Good day members. I want to know what are the shorcut keys in the Windows XP operating system. Thanks for your help.

Hello, Im stuck on a question I was asked. Id like to know the process taken by the PC to display a character from the keyboard to the word processing package say. press H sent to the CPU sent to memory word SW reads memory tells the cpu where to …

[B]Disable indexing[/B] Description: Indexing creates and maintains a database of file attributes. This can lead to multiple small writes when creating/deleting/modifying files. Searching for files will still work. Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Windows Search -> Startup type: …

This is a Samba Tutorial. Its for getting a linux server to replace a basic (windows NT4 level of functionality) server, perhaps in a costcutting scenario, to serve files to windows (nt4 to xp) clients. A good idea for a small home server (provided you have xp pro clients, home …

Hi! I have a big problem that I really hope experts from this sub-forum would make it small. [B]Scenario:[/B] The new PC (see specs below) was recently been installed with the OS and I gave the user a limited account (administrator accounts are password protected for my use). The machine …

Hi all, I just learned that I can edit the Windows (Vista) host file to assign IPs to domains (host) so that the local system checks the domain against the host file before going through the DNS. My question is: is there a way to redirect an IP instead for …

If I install Sp2 in my Windows will this affect any of my files on existing Sp1? Will I lost something?

I'm helping my daughter set up her computer at a new home, and she has forgotten her password. When I go to the Accounts in Control Panel it, of course, wants an Admin password. How do I reset this so that I can work in her account? Any thoughts appreciated. …

Hello, how do I fix a "missing hal.dll" error at boot when I cannot use the disk to get to the recovery console because I do not have the administrator password, and I cannot use the repair feature after (f8) the EULA agreement because the option is not there. Because …

HI I am wanting to restore my Compaq Presario V2000 Laptop. However I do not have the restore disk or any disk that came with the computer for that matter. Is there a way any one knows that I can restore without spending money? I know some compaqs you can …

Hi all my daughter has a Asus x8ol laptop and started to do a system recovery with the disc provided with the laptop, she followed the instructions and now has a white screen with the word ERROR (in red) accross it and in the top corner is says error 23 …

Hi everybody, I'm planning to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit to either Windows 7 Ultimate beta or Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I ain't quite sure if I could upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Can anyone help me out here? Anything I need to know before I go …

I was using Mozillia Firefox but continued to get a crash report. Now I am unable to use internet explorer. How do I get another browser on my computer?

Ok it all started when i wanted to try AVG so i uninstalled Norton 360 and had a slight probem.. i dont remember the problem but norton was gone from my tray, desktop and program list no i was happy... i tried to install AVG free version... and i got …

Hi all, sorry to bother you with this. After 1 month of going nowhere with their Tech support I decided to find the solution elsewhere: the web site: [url]https://www.rdprm.gouv.qc.ca/[/url] It's basically a governmental web site where you fill / send forms for vehicles reclamations, stuff like that. The web site …

I haven't tested this on Vista, but it's working on Windows 2000/XP: There's a cheat in minesweeper to activate a pixel in the top left corner of your screen, when you move your mouse over the mine field the pixel will become black if there's a mine, otherwise the pixel …

Ok I am here cramming as much knowledge before this big job interview as I possibly can. Here is what I am trying to peice together most. Ok, so Ive studied HAL's, and more in regards to creating an image. Here is what the job is needing. Someone to create …

I see that this is a subject addressed many times before, but it seems that each has a different solution based on the parameter listed. Background: Dell Dimension 4550 Pentium 4 2.0 ghz 256 mb ram XP (SP3) no new software installed except for installing new Microsoft Comfort 3000 Opti …

okay well i have to admit i downloaded somthing and it messed up mu computer. now i cant get onto vista only in safe mode. it will load and go to right before the users pager/ welcome page and it will stay black, somtimes it will restart itself.. i cant …

I just got a virus last night that would not let me log on. I had three users on my computer. Two were my roommate's, which didn't have their files marked as unshared. Mine however, I did not want to share. I got a new hard drive and loaded windows …

So to get to the main point.. whenever I try to use the MSN emoticons such as a smiley.. this is what you type right > : ) when you type it out.. it's supposed to APPEAR as an EMOTICON like this>:) and not just in characters like : ) …