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I would like to get 'help and support' back on my XP machine, but this is proving difficult. I need to turn on the service, but it is not even listed in the services console (it goes from 'Health Key and Certificate Management Service' to 'HTTP SSL' with nothing in …

I have Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), with 1GB RAM and it seems that the Hibernation option suddenly not work... However when I tried to hibernate it, the computer goes on to the sleep state... The Hibernation option is still on... Is there any way to diagonise the problem???

Okay, so I tried uninstalling a program from the 'Uninstall Programs' menu (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10) but it gave some weird error message, so I decided to hunt for all the files and delete it myself. However, I think the uninstaller is the Microsoft Installer, therefore, I can't actually delete the …

I need a way to play some kind of alert or sound when a cerain process is not running in the task manager. This program needs to always be running and occasionally throught the day it stops running for some reason and I have no way to tell when it …

I have a spare computer - reformatted the HD and now cannot get into bios to reinstall Windows ME. I hear the fan running, it continually reads both CD-Rom drives but will not read any disk. It will also not respond to any F key at startup to load BIOS. …

Anyone know a website which has printable downloadable listing of windows command prompts which are grouped (not in alphabetical order) but by topics eg network commands, file commands, hardware commands etc. I can find numerous links which has them in aphabetical order but I want them grouped in topic area. …

I'm not able to access the internet-have Windows XP. It appears that the problem is that my computer won't renew the ip address. I've tried ipconfig/release - which worked fine, but when I tried ipconfig/renew - nothing happens. I've done flushdns, reset winsock, checked under administrative tools and services to …

In the SYSTEM32 folder there should be a file called 'OEMINFO.INI' If there isnt,make it using Notepad. ("SYSTEM" directory for 98) Put the following lines in OEMINFO: [General] Manufacturer=(Type here without brackets) Model=(Type here without brackets) And thats it! What you typed will appear in the system properties page under …

My computer sometimes runs smooth than after a while it begins to lag very bad I cannot afford to purchase a new PC so please any help will be great. System Specs OS: XP Home edition System Manufacturer: Dell System Model: Dimension 2400 BIOS: Pheonix ROM BIOS Plus Version 1.10 …

i need intel webcam drivers for windows 64bit. please help me

Im a novice here so if in wrong place forgive me. can I get software that will let me wipe files clean and not just release them for use but leave info there? FWIW am using a dell with XP pro..

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum... I recently installed a Vista update and upon restarting, windows explorer kept crashing. The avira antivir would not run and claimed files were missing and I couldnt open my computer because when I did, explorer kept crashing. Because I have an external HD, …

Everyone I've run into a problem with an XP Home SP2 box that seems to have a problem with the default (\\computername) share. For some reason, I cannot access this system's shares over the network. The firewalls have been disabled, the server service is running, and I've created new test …

I was on my computer last night and I was just messing around but then i went on World of Warcraft and was playing for about 30mins. Then all of a sudden my Laptop (Which is a HP dv9208nr) Monitor scrambled like if u try and play a dirty VHS …

in my notebook pc msoffice was deleted suddenly how can i get back that

I work in a small office and we have a network of 5 computers. They were running slow, so we decided to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Removal. There were several trojans on each computer, so we removed them. It worked...except on one machine...MINE! When the program was deleting the files I …

Can an OS like Windows 98 be installed on a zip disk?

Hi, I have been using my laptop for 2 years and never had an issue like this. I keep it as clean as possible with 20GB space on the HD and regularly run AVG etc. In the past few days when I have been using itunes I have noticed it …

Hello everyone, I'm new at this so please be gentle. When ever I try to add a photo to something, (ie facebook or E mail), 'My pictures' starts up but freezes my computer completely. I have 'Process Explorer' running and when I check out whats taking up all my space …

Hi, I have just installed a clean version on Windows XP 64-bit on my computer. Every worked fine, i logged in and no problems. I restarted the computer just to make sure everything is good before i start installing my drivers. The first thing i installed was my chipset drivers. …

Hi We have a Windows Server 2003 Ent Ed SP2 and unable to FTP using both Windows FTP and Ipswitch WS_FTP Pro for any account EXCEPT one specific domain admin account. The error received is: ftp: connect :Connection timed out I have tried various accounts all of which are members …

I have a Dell Inspirion 1000 that I "love" and it will not log on. It gets as far as saying "logging on, saving personal setting" but it jumps right into "logging off"! Can someone help me with this.... Jean

I'm sure that many Office 2007 users are totally hacked off at the choice of colour scheme available and the lack of contrast at the top border. For example, if I've got Word and Outlook on the same screen, more often than not I end up minimising Word rather than …

I'm trying to restore a laptop back to an earlier time with Windows XP System Restore. It's been going for about 4.5 hours now. I'm afraid it might be frozen! Is it safe to turn off or restart the computer while running system restore? Any ideas?

Hi, I need help with my outlook 2007. I am running XP Home Edition and I have 2 email addresses with my own domain. My problem is that Outlook keeps picking up old messages and resending them to my Inbox - or to wherever my Rules re-locate them to. I …

Yesterday morning I've turned on my computer and instead of my barely 1 month old XP SP2 a blue screen showed up (only for a second). After recording it with my phone I've managed to realize the error which is 0x24. On the net I've found that in recovery console …

Hi, how to create an e-mail account on POP3 (windows 2003) remotely? what software is needed to be used? any ideas is greatly appreciated.. thanks... pls. help..

Hi. I am running Outlook 2007 SP1 on Vista and often if I start Outlook, delete some email and exit Outlook....the next time I start Outlook the "deleted" emails are still there. For some reason, the changes aren't being recorded upon exit. It wasn't always like this, but I don't …

I now have the windows xp disk that came with my previous HP computer. How do I go about uninstalling the windows vista, from my new computer and then installing windows xp with the xp disk? can anyone give me a step by step instruction, on this? I have the …

Hi guys! I´ve got a problem with my RealPlayer, when I try to play a radio station, my Internet Connection gets disconnected. I´ve tried several different Live Audio websites, like BBC and ShoutCast, and it´s all the same. I´ve tried unstalling and re-installing RealPlayer, but it doesn´t help. What should …

Dear forumers! A usual setup for me is that I play some PC Game and my girlfriend watches some movie. I have a 8800 GT a Samsung Syncmaster 2232BW, and a Samsung LCD TV with analog connection available. So what i would like to achieve now, I had been doing …

IBM Thinkpad Machine cannot start. Once it started and displayed Warning that desktop was recovered and then it hanged. Now it cannot start completely. I wonder what would be wrong. I remove RAM and HDD and nothing happens. I returns everything in place, yet nothing :( The friend reported that, …

how to fix a long pause or hang in windows start up process?

hi guys, is it possible to create an E-mail account via FTP or remotely? i'm using windows 2003.. if possible can provide the steps.. thanks guys..please help.. needed it urgently..

I am running Win XP Pro,and have just installed Vista HP on a partition.When I boot up,I get the choice of Earlier Version of Windows(XP) or Vista,but vista is listed twice. I am not fimiliar with the boot files in Vista yet,so anyone have any ideas?

I am running win XP pro on an AMD athlon 2000+ with 512Mb of RAM and I am getting a popup on startup saying that "windows cannot find C:\windows\config\csrss.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly and try again." I don't know why I am getting this. I have run …

I was able to install Visual Basic 6.0 in Vista Ultimate without problems... However, when I try to activate the ADO Data Control Component, it displays an error message (something concerning with the registry entries or some sort)... Then I tried reinstalling VB 6. The same thing happens again.. Can …

Hi, I have windows vista,I get Error Message 2869 when I uninstall the software.Pls help.

What do I click on to determine WHICH verzion do I have? Is IE 8 actually out for commercial use? Are there any OUTLOOK legitimate repair downloads out?> And IF I download IE 7 or 8 does this also update OUTLOOK?

hi all, im a newbie im having problems with my laptop, i can log on to msn but not the internet i keep getting internet explorer cannot display the webpage... i did a diagnose connection problem and it comes back... check the firewall settings for the HTTP port (80) HTTPS …

Whenever i start diablo2, i get this error: The instruction at "0x00382c43" referenced at "0x00000004" the memory could not be "written" any ideas?

I know what most people think should be done but as I have read vista upgrade is completely different than the old versions of windows. It totally cleans out everything and gives you a clean install. Does anyone care to comment on this. It takes a lot longer to do …

Hello, Something has caused the menus on certain programs (e.g. Notepad, Photoshop, AVG) to look weird. The background behind the text has changed. I think it was after uninstalling AVG, but I was making many software changes at the time, so I'm not 100% sure. I have attached a gif …

can anyone help my mate bought a new screen which keeps going into power off mode !

Hello there, I have a pc with 4gb ram and installed with it is Window Vista Premium 32x. I think it only uses 2-3 gb of my ram. Is there any way that could maximize it? I'm an avid gamer, I was suppose to buy the Windows Vista 64x but …

Hi guys i hav win xp with office 2007, i can't see my cd drive under "my computer", when i reboot my system drive light is on, but i can t see te in my computer.. i hav same problem sometimes earliar but it was solved i dont know why,, …

1) My outlook, I had several people BLOCKED via mail rules, I REMOVE the rules & the blocked senders just re appear again, I want to remove the blocks but it seems like I cant? No idea why? 2) Verizon e mail many people say they e mail me YET …

Hi THere Looking for some assistance - I've had a need to use anything other than very basic formulas in Excel, but I'm now struggling to generate the information that I want. In the attachment formula, I have some ratings, and have calculated, in column entitled Diff, the difference between …

Ok I downloaded boot and nuke to wipe my hard drive on my laptop. Once that finished and everything was completely gone, I tried to install Vista. It gets to the "Expanding files" part, hangs at 0%, then goes to 1%, then 2%, then an error comes up. "Windows could …

Hello, I was wondering whether somebody could help me. Sorry if i am in the wrong section. I am having a problem with my laptop. I am pretty sure that its now related to MS Outlook. Its definately not a mouse problem because i have tested both an external mouse …