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Im looking to do a bit of research on a topic, however I do not really know what to search to start. What do you call the implied software or terminology for a workstation-server system; where a user must log in with a username and password to gain access to …

hi...hope someone can help me...when i create a new account(say bob) with administrator priviledge....the administrator account icon dissappears whenever i log in.....it only shows the new account i created and guest account.Can someone teach me how to make the original administrator account appear together with bob account.thank you.

So... I have been working on a word document project on another computer and I saved it to a flash memory. Then I went home and opend the .docx document and it didnt load. The x in the .docx I think has something to do with it.

I just got this laptop this month after my beloved HP died, and it has basically the same specs as my old one, a 2.0 Ghz with 3GB of RAM, the only difference is it's a Compaq, which is still technically HP. So I figured it would run just like …

Good morning, I was happily using my PC yesterday, surfing the net, when suddenly the computer restarted. When it came on it did not boot up properly and a "NO VIDEO INPUT" message flashed around the screen. I have checked there are no loose connections. Does anyone know what the …

Im really bad with computers so i will not understand how 2 do any hardware stuff unless it is like spoon fed to me. Basicly when i Turn on my computer it beeps 7 times and the moniter says no signal input check video cable....I kno the VGA is plugged …

So I just want to confirm how to figure out when your motherboard is dead. My Gateway GT5235H Media Center Desktop Computer was functioning fine for a few weeks until suddenly one day when I tried to power it on after about a week of it not being used, the …

Hi, please help me to access the mapping drive from client PC to server in a network. Also help me to activate my missing partition, I had four partition in my Win-Xp PC of 80GB HD. where C & D is avilable but E & F is missing instead of …

hi..im new in here and i would like to seek assistance with my computer problem.. i encounter viruses such as trojan and w32...after i clean it and restart my computer im displays a message: "Error Loading C:\ Program Files\captcha5.dll.... please help..thank u very much!!

hi friends i have been trying to uninstall sp2 from windows server 2003. i read that it require to start system in safe mode, and later i can uninstall sp2 from control panel, but it was not visible there. can anybody guide?? thanx in advance...

I got BSOD, can someone analysis my windows minidump ? Thanks link below [CODE][url]http://mihd.net/4iepsd9[/url][/CODE]

Hello, I've been doing network administration (quite unqualified, I might add) for my company for about 7-8 months. We have an extremely strained HP Proliant (about 5-6 years old) running Small Business Server 2003 with Exchange with about 53 users. Over the past few weeks the DHCP server has been …

hi everyone? All of a sudden my Windows XP has started seeing one of my drives as not formatted. I have an 80GB HDD that i've partitioned into 4 drives. And then i have another 20Gb Hdd that i've connected as the primary slave. I've installed two operating systems Windows …

i will be thankfull to u if some one would like to tell me that how we configure the Ms OUTLOOK BOX

If someone could assist in a solution for this, I would GREATLY appreciate it since it has to do with my work laptop. My work laptop runs WXP SP2 with almost the most recent updates from WindowsUpdate. My computer was fine, then I came home last night and noticed how …

Hi i am trying to find a way to connect 4 cameras to one computer and view them all at the same time. The connection type is a normal video RCA input. I figured i would need some type of converting box with 4 video inputs and some sort of …

I have a crappy, old Dell Latitude CP M233ST, which I got for free. I just wanted to use it for typing Word documents, etc., but it runs terribly. The person I got it from installed XP on it when it barely meets the requirements and takes like 10 minutes …

Often, we want to access to word,powerpoint or excel. We click start -> all programs -> microsoft office -> choose word,ppoint or excel. My friend's computer does not show it. Anybody knows how to find and add these to start menu. Please advise

Hey, So my computer was running fine a few days ago and then i got a school assignment and i decided to download CS4 adobe photoshop. But i had to pay so i torrented a cracked full version, i downloaded and i scanned with norton and all was good so …

I am having Linux Fedora installed on my system. I want to remove it and install Windows Xp. But when i boot the system from the XP CD, it does all the configuration loading etc. and comes to the partition information page. There it shows "Unknown Partition type" and "No …

I've got a 32-bit machine (Pentium 4) running Windows XP Pro (version 2002). I understand that there are 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows XP Pro, and that some 64-bit versions of XP Pro will run on 32-bit machines (although I can hardly believe it, and I've also been told …

any one recently found office 2003 or 2007 applications getting frozen....as i am getting the same. proccess is offlb.exe or excel.exe..... pls help

Hi All I am a new PC owner and am getting the hang of looking after my PC but am having great difficulty with a Virus it has picked up, I have had my PC for less than 3 months, and am in dire need of advice My home PC …

Hi all! I am new, not too computer literate. I have a big problem with my computer right now, windows XP (I think I deleted internet explorer and now I can't download anything) Where should I post problem? I promise I won't have any more problems!!

I have a Sony VAIO VGN A417S - purchased Jul 05 I can no longer access the Entertainment package. When I try to open it up I get the following message: Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\ony\VAIO Entertainment\VAIOEnt.exe R6025 - pure virtual function call Can anybody help? Do I have to …

Hi guys, does anyone knows a software that can automatically get files on the workstation and copy to the server? or any script to do this task? any ideas is greatly appreciated... :)

Hi everybody Can any one tell me how to rename the start button. Suppose i want to name my start button as"Rahul" instead on start. Plz tell me?

One of our users has an issue with their email signature justifying across the screen only when they reply or forward. When creating a new email the signature is aligned left as it should be. Anyone have any ideas on what could cause this or how to fix it ?

My Vista PC crashed and I had to format my hard drive. Now I can't get Vista install to see the hd. It shows up in the bios. It also works for storage if I use it as a secondary drive with both Vista or XP installed on a master …

Hi guys, if DHCP server failing to assign IP Address to the workstation, what could be the problem? any idea is greatly appreciated... I tried IPCONFIG /RENEW on a workstation but it fails.. If i tried to manually configure the IP settings on TCP-IP workstation can connect to internet.. But …

hi, can any one help, over the last 2 weeks when i start up my pc then click on the the internet the home page seems to time out and i get the page saying cannot find page , but soon as i refresh or press home it goes straight …

I am new to this forum and facing a few problems with my PC. Here goes the first one: I had a virus attack and had to reformat the machine and install a new OS. My Xp Sp3 hangs when ever I insert a DVD. Earlier I never faced this …

At the first, sorry if i put this thread on windows vista forum since i can't find windows 7 forum. I've already use Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 on my laptops. After installing there is no weird problem. But now i can't close any open window via red X button …

One of my cousins computer(Running WinXP SP2) is having problems. When I booted his computer, it was running a scan(which is run when computer is not shutdown properly). It was verifying and checking the files and the folders within the C drive and FAT32 partition. But it was showing many …

i keep getting a message that says 16 bit error. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. the system file is no suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Is there anything I can do to open up this program. Please help.

I have a new toshiba notebook and currently, i have a problem with it. It does not want to start at all. I don't know what happened to it. I was just using it when it suddently went blank and shut off by itself. I was just so worried that …

Deer peepul, Just recently, I am unable to access hyperlinks from OE. Not only that, but my computer freezes up when I click a link imbedded in an email. I run XP/SP2, and OE 6. This is driving me batty.... Thanks!

when using IE it atimes becomes unresponsive and tells me it needs to close due to some error, what do i do?

I'm in WinXP on a Sony VAIO. I have cable Internet with a Linksys CM100 modem and a Linksys WRT150N router. These cooperate well enough so that I'm watching IPTV right now wirelessly. My connection is secured by WPA TKIP. However, my laptop wireless connection is broken. (I'm connected by …

For some reason or other my system sounds and sounds on speakers/headphones disappears. A day or two later all sounds are back. Every time I check everything and it's OK, all the settings remain unaltered when I lose the sound and when it returns. I haven't been able to pinpoint …

Hi dears I had a problem with my windows so I decided to install it again.But when I install it, it never ask me about serial number and after installing my windows shows a lot of errors about dll files.What is the problem? Thanks Bye,

Now that I am able to read the Drive's Firmware Serial Number (See previous post) is there some way to relate this physical drive with the Drive letter assigned by Windows by means other than 'digitalocksmith' suggested (i.e. hardware id's in the Details window) ?

Hello Everyone. I need a little help here trying to figure out what could be causing this. I just received a Dell Dimension XPS Desktop computer. I just did a Clean OEM install of XP Home. During the install i had the selection of NTFS(Quick) or NTFS. I choose NTFS …

I recently found out that the motherboard in my desktop is faulty, and I will be replacing it with a new motherboard soon, is there any way to keep a (stable) copy of windows without having to reinstall? I just built this computer, so I do not want to install …

Hi guys, if DHCP server failing to assign IP Address to the workstation, what could be the problem? any idea is greatly appreciated... I tried IPCONFIG /RENEW on a workstation but it fails.. If i tried to manually configure the IP settings on TCP-IP workstation can connect to internet.. But …

Hi I brought this for my god daughter and I cannot get camera or wireless internet to work. Camera says not found but there is one installed but will not start. Wireless Card is also installed but it says turned off and I cannot find how to turn it on. …

hey my task manger look like something else... without the menu... Just cheak the picture... Does any one has the clue..

Hello Everyone, First I want to thank you for taking a look at this thread. I appreciate your time a great deal, as I've been living with this issue for quite some time, and really would love to get it resolved. Here's the deal. I've got a home-built computer that …

When I booted up my Acer, I couldn't get into windows, it was stuck at "Verifying DMI pool data.....". I refreshed the CMOS by taking out the battery and putting it back in after a couple miniutes. Now my moniter display does not display anything and I do not know …

My wireless card and ethernet both connect to the network, but when I try to use a browser or any other program that uses the internet I get no connection. I've tried resetting the winsock and the internet protocol but neither worked. I made a call to verizon tech support …