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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 : ) …

I shut down my pc yesterday and turned it back on today, I presssed the power button on the tower and the pc makes the hard drive sound and starts whirring but i see a black screen and it just keeps making booting up sounds without actually booting up. Also …

I have bought a new desktop machine with AMD phenom Processor and JM26GT4 motherboard. My system used to shut down abruptly without giving any message, i used to work in Windows XP, recently i have changed the operating software to Windows Vista (Basic Home edition), it worked fine for first …

UXCore.dll can't find I was sent some attached pictures and when I tried to open the attachments I got "UXCore.dll could not be found so can not open" I ran RegCure but that did not fix the problem. Do you have any suggestions? Murray

I recently installed sp3 and it went fine until the computer restarted and everything was at the lowest resoltuion 640 by 480 pixels with the only setting for the colour quality of (4bit) and im not able to change it back to the way it was before what do i …

I really have a problem with my pc, when i try to on it, it wont boot past the hard drive, PSU fan spins. but thats it. but SOMETIMES, it ons! i really have no ideas wads wrong. Had resetted BIOs, changed RAM. still the same problem. PLEASE HELP! Lenovo …

Hi everyone: I would like to ask how to protect the computer from conficker worm. Thank you so much, I know this worm is destroying many pcs out there. Have a great day.;)

I have read so many forums with people having similar problems, and done everything people have suggested for them. Yet my problem still persists. Way back in October, IE stopped loading. So naturally I tried firefox since I had it installed. That also wouldn't work. I'm on a wireless connection, …

Try this one: I have a HP Pavilion dv5215us; running the Media Center Edition of XP. I booted up the machine this morning and it nearly got through the startup but because the battery life sucks (and I didn’t know that the AC Adapter wasn’t plugged in... I have one …

A new Windows 7 build 7057 has been leaked. It was compiled just 6 days back. It'll expire on 02/03/2010. There are lots of changes in this new build. Some of them are as follows: * The infamous UAC issue has been fixed. In previous Windows 7 builds when you …

I have a problem with the CD Rom and I hope there is anybody who knows what is going on and how to fix it. I have a laptop HP Pavillion dv 5218nr. It originally had 80 Gb hard drive but recently I bought a new 500Gb hard drive. When …

Hi to All, When i start yahoo messenger, it throws a error CiceroUIWndFrame:YAHOOM~1.EXE -corrupt file. I dont know what causes it. Has it got any infection. I just made a full anit virus scan of my system yesterday night but the problem happens even now when istart yahoo messenger. Sometimes …

HI all, I have HP-Pavillion DV5-1104TX laptop which i ordered from HP few weeks back.It was working fine untill 2 weeks and now it is very slow to start up.Actually it takes nearly 5 minutes to get in to full speed after it is booted to vista. (I have windows …

I am receiving the following 3 errors in my DNS Event Viewer: ------ [INDENT]DNS server has updated its own host (A) records. In order to ensure that its DS-integrated peer DNS servers are able to replicate with this server, an attempt was made to update them with the new records …

I have HP laptop with Vista Home-64 bit OS. If I'm logged in with a Standard User I can't play most of the videos on Youtube either in FF or IE and forget safari, it won't open any pages. If I run any of the 3 .exe file as administrator …

I want to set up a small server on my existing Windows Vista Home Premium, or Windows 7 PC's...one of them... I want to use Apache, MySQL 4 or 5...and PHP 5...the latest versions of all programs...They come in a bundle called WampServer2...everything you basically need for a server... OK...So …

I would like to know if there is a 1,2,3 backup solution for OS and the programs on it so that if you had to, reinstall windows, upgrade windows you could just load the backup and resume your regular work ? Even if you upgrade Windows from ? I'm looking …

Hey guys, I wanna know how to create a bootable dvd that have installer of windows 2000, xp and vista so that when i want to reformat a computer i just have to select from the menu in boot are if what os i'm going to install. I tried this …

I have the xp cd but my cd-rom is not being detected. i suspect the play of virus here so i want to format the entire pc. but how do i format it???

I have a 60Gb HDD I format it 20Gb/40Gb c: was 20Gb and had OS (XP) on it e: was 40Gb and had data c: was slow and needed a format I formatted e: and installed OS (XP) on it I now have 2 OS on, and can safely boot …

Hi all am having problems with my WINDOWS DEFENDER on my ACER ASPIRE laptop. It's been fine for all this time I have had it (well over a year) and all of a sudden a error message is coming up saying:- Application failed to initialse: 0x800106ba. A problem caused this …

Hi All, I am trying to install and use XANPP on my XP system. When I download it all I get is 5 directories using both the exe and the zip install file, I am told in the directions that it should install automatically either way but it doesn't do …

Hi there all, I've got one email that I REPLIED to ALL to that had a lot of recipients. The problem is it wont leave my OUTBOX. I've received many responses from the other recipients doing exactly what I wanted to do but it seems to have left their outbox.... …

Hi, I would like to point out that I am not stupid and do understand the principal of SIP and that it is not using up my system resources but on my new server their is a fan that activates when CPU usage runs above 80%. Every 10 mins or …

i was trying to connect to the internet then it said "error 797: a connection to the remote computer could not be established because the modem is missing or busy" the internet was working earlier, could you all help me out please? thanks

I really hope someone can help me. I bought a brand new desktop from Best Buy about a year ago and Ive regretted it since. Since the fist day I hooked it up I have had nothing but problems with crashing and the display driver failing. Ive took it all …

I have installed Alcohol 120 and then after my laptop is restarting in a loop... after logging in i get inly 5sec and then blue screen appears and restarts... atleast in normal mode i can login but in safe mode not even that... i tried F8 last know good...... but …

I am trying to configure a workstation on my network at home. It is a windows 200 pro PC. But when i go into network places there is no network connection being shown. I have removed a reinstalled network card, changed network card into diffewrent slot, but still nothing i …

Hey there, I am running into a problem with a program called system security which is going crazy on a friends Gateway laptop running Vista. I am in college and I am pretty awesome a trouble shooting mac computer problems so I have become, unfortuantly, the go to guy for …

I'm recieving the BSOD c000021a error message that follows: STOP: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000005 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down. I've forgotten admin password so I can't logon to recovery console. Thanks, Artifaxx

Hi guys, I am using the afore mentioned OS, and i have been experiencing Windows - Delayed Write Failure...etc very often. It only happens when i am playing a game (Cabal Online, lol). And it is rather frustrating as i built this computer just to play that game. When it …

I have 1 XP desktop, 1 Vista desktop, 2 Vista laptops & 1 network external hard drive. The 2 laptops are on the network, but they don't see the external hard drive. The vista desktop gave no problems.

Ok heres the deal ...i have a hp paviliion laptop dv9700 that i got from "questionable" sources but the price was right and i needed a comp. the problem is they used a dell recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but its not a dell so when i …

[url]http://youtube.com/v/KdFrSe1d92A[/url] Does this really work?? I reckon only if your computer can handle going that fast!! Otherwise it will only go AS FAST AS ITS ABLE!!! Looks interesting though. EDIT: People are reporting it DOES WORK! [url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=KdFrSe1d92A[/url]

Ok...I'll try and explain this in as clearly as possible. When I click on my computers, a new window opens up. Now when I click on any of the local drives:- C,D,E or F......instead of the drive a search page is opened. I think I know the reason. In file …

Hi....whenever I try top open a .exe file....this is the error that I get:- The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options in control menu. I tried to add a new extension as exe in file types …