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Hi, can anyone help me: The problem P.C. is at another address at my sisters. windows XP, the pc is in aloop i get a blue screen: stop ox 0000000a (ox0000001c, ox0000002, ox00000001, ox8053c565) dumping physical memory to disk then counts to 100 and shuts down. i could not fix …

Hi. I want to reformat my laptop. I got Windows Xp. But I didn't get an install cd. When i got this laptop, I just turned it on, and it started to install Xp by itself. Help? And ask for more info if you need to.

On a windows 2k computer, the RPC service was Disabled. Is there a method that can restarting it? Right clicking under Administative Serives>Servies has 'start' grayed out. :S

Anyone know when Vista [U]Svc. Pak 2[/U] is going to be available? Thanks!

have done a full re-install of xp on a friends pc but i cant find the drivers for the mulimedia audio or video device. pc is an 'ipex t200' with intel pen.4 . dont know what the chipset for the audio or video is. can some one help? would be …

What is the best free internet security for vista? For my XP I used AVG-free and comodo firewall. Does anyone know of any problems of using these on vista or whether there is anything better to use? Also, I intend on using firefox rather than IE.

Hello. I am having a problem with "Help and Support" in xp. When I open it and click on the index icon it opens a blank white page with a small red x.

OS: 32 bit Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (also most recent Ubuntu Linux) (I am the administrator) Model: HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC Wireless: A free local wireless network. Wireless Network Adapter: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN, driver 12.0.0.82 (latest) Before last week, I could easily connect to the wireless …

As the title says, I have been having a problem regarding my web browsers for the past 4 days. My computer is connecting to the internet fine, I am able to use all of my applications such as MSN, Steam and the ITunes store perfectley, however whenever I open a …

my system finds the HDD but when trying to install WIN.XP.PRO, there is a message saying HDD cannot be formatted. sometimes when it is formatted and win.xp.pro files are copying to the HDD, a message says the disk is damage or currupted. i used 3 HDD and it is the …

I installed Windows 7 on Windows XP aand BOOM Windows XP is GONE!!! I got windows 7 installed but XP... It got removed. I need to know how to install multiple systems.

Whats up guys, This is Lex, i just bought a new pc. a friend of mine ordered all seperate parts and made it one hell of a fast funny toy (on paper). i dont know anything about computers so this is what happend. i bought windows vista and installed it. …

ok i made a computor with this same parts by my self and then i switched the mother board cause the oldone fried. i formated the harddrive and installed vista every thing seemed to work but wtf no drivers are installed. this error happend right after installing vista 64 bit …

In my main account, after I logged in, I am faced with a completely empty background. Attempting to use task manager via Ctrl-Alt-delete or Ctrl-Shift-Esc is met with a popup stating that the task manager has been disabled by admin. Aditionally, Windows+C/R does not work (no response). I have gone …

hihi, can u suggest me a good and convenient video converter fit 3gp, i have tried some of video converters, but u know it doesnt fit for mine?? please!!! :)

Everyone knows that Vista is slow. I though it was because of the Aero. I may be wrong however. If that's true, shouldn't Home Basic not be slow? Or should I try to get Best Buy to downgrade to Windows XP Home?

Dear Sir / Madam; I have a dual-boot system ( Windows Vista and Windows XP ). Last day I installed a new software called Rollback Pro. ([url]www.horizon-datasys.com[/url]) During Installing I got an error message and I can't install this software correctly and I tried to uninstall it on my computer. …

Hello everyone i recently got my first server up and running. I have a few problems and since this is my first real network experience i am a bit lost. [I]My configuration is 1 Server Machine Running Windows Server 2003, and the workstation is running Windows XP Pro, network switch, …

I have a Vista HP T4400 that has started having trouble with the system tray network icon - at least. When I boot the machine, the icon for network connections in the system tray shows the globe icon indicating local and internet access and the bubble "Local and Internet access" …

Hey guys.. I'm in a desperate situation. So.. here's what happened. I was drinking water while on my laptop.. when I accidently spilled some water on my keyboard. As Soon as that happened, my computer automatically shut down with an error message that read something like the system has been …

Dimension XPS 4500 WinXP, Raid 0 striping shows Normal, but it gives error message Primary IDE...exceeded parameters.....F1 or F2, When it does get to Windows logo screen it just hangs as if trying to boot. Help. Two WD hard drives are apparent in BIOS, SATA Raid is set ON. [B]I …

Hiya, I wanted to try deleting some files etc because I believe they're causing problems but I haven't been able to access Safe Mode due to various viruses I thought I deleted them all and maybe I have but I still couldn't access Safe Mode. I looked on a website …

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I've installed a few software quite some time ago and the icons aren't working correctly. I tried solving it with Tuneup and CCleaner but it can't solve it either. First, when I open the file, they did not get the file type and ask me what program I want to …

hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could help me. my friend just bought a new vaio laptop with vista installed. He tried to make a new partition with paragon partition software n after sometime the screen went black and the computer won't respond. It gives an error message "interrupted …

Hi, I want to reset my laptop back to the first time i got it. I want to do this because my computer is becoming slow and I know that there are some hidden files inside from previously installed programs. For a 3 GB, 250 HDD, the computer shouldn't be …

I have installed anti-virus AVG 8.0 .When it came to be outdated,I wanted it to be updated,I have internet connection too. But AVG says there is Network Failure.So I un-installed it to re-install.But While re-installing at the end of installation it says" 1 error occured.Click details to show more information".While …

was able to log onto the network yesterday, but today get an error message "The link you are trying to access is unavailable or missing try checking your spelling and try again". I used the same spelling yesterday in going to the same link, but today have no access, need …

Am new here, so please be gentle :) I have a Windows XP Professional computer that's run just fine since 2003. Recently, it got hit with a truly strange symptom - the system will "lose focus" (stop responding to ANY keyboard/mouse input until Task Manager is run, and a item …

With all The windows 7 hype going around I was thinking about downloading and installing the beta. First off, would I be able to keep Vista and my computer as it is intact or would windows 7 overwrite what I have going now? I guess what I'm really asking is …

Hiya! I'm planning on buying a laptop, so I was just checking out laptop ads in the newspaper. I noticed one laptop I liked with Windows Vista Business edition on it with 4 GB RAM. What I'm wondering is should I automatically assume that it's a 64-bit version of the …

Please excuse my ignorance but I would appreciate any help on my problem. 1. I have installed an ACER CDRW Drive to my Compaq Presario 5116EA but whenever I try to copy or burn any file to it, it fails with 'Drive(s) could not be initialised' message so it is …

hello i am having a problem with my compaq presario sr1300nx,i installed new memory.went from 256 to 512 and now it wont post or boot,nothing,it comes on,all the fans run,but nothing on the screen,just black,change monitors,still nothing,i get a long beep,about 3 secounds long and thats it,it was working fine …

Hello people...I've got a slight problem. I have recently dual booted XP pro and Vista Ultimate,both 32 bit. I have done dual boots before,without any problems...but this time I have something I need to straighten out. They are on the same drive that is partitioned.(Win XP is primary) When I …

the code is given below <script type="text/jscript"> // Check the length of the textbox //for new function Length_Phone1TextField_Validator() { if ((aspnetForm.ctl00_ProfilePlaceHolder_txtPhone1.value.length > 2)) { aspnetForm.ctl00_ProfilePlaceHolder_txtPhone2.focus(); return (false); } return (true); } <script> and in cs file its code like this `this.txtPhone1.Attributes.Add("onKeyup", "return Length_Phone1TextField_Validator()");` Its not working in firefox but in …

I recently agreed to fix a friend's notebook and I had to reinstall WinXP and I thought I was done. I have to activate Windows but I don't have internet. I hooked up the ethernet cable so I could go online and find the correct drivers but it says I …

Hello! I have just started to write java scripts.when I enter script contents in wordPad and I want to open the Internet Explorer to see the results,this message appears.I want to know how can I solve this problem ?? [I]Massage[/I]:to help protect your security,Internet Explorer has restricted this file from …

I have a sony vaio pcg 7h1l. Had it for a little over a year now. Got a virus a while a go, but took it off. Then it would take about 4-5 times just to be able to log on. So i decided to upgrade from Windows XP media …

The server crashed and I have tried everything I can think of and read everything I can find for the last 2 days....this is what I get when I try to open phpmyadmin... [COLOR="red"]Protocol error: Unknown command type, closing connection[/COLOR] I don't know how to fix this... I have tried …

At times my system shuts down slow, is this normal? Or is there something which should be installed?

Heres the Story, 2 Months ago back we found a cpu fixed it, all system green...been working ever since yesterday around 5pm, I decided to see if I can hook up my 500gb drive too this computer(Gateway dx200-qs). So I open the computer, found that i couldn't because there was …

I'm using AVG anti-virus.I face a problem about .gif file.Even I know that it is an image file,avg shows it as a virus.Firstly,I didn't agree to AVG,But when I see processes in Task manager ,One process I saw is 1.gif,I scroll down,I saw 2.gif,3.gif and so on.When I tried to …

I am having a problem with the Internet Explorer 7 history. (Windows XP) When I click the star for "Favorites Center" to view the history and click "By Order Visited Today" it is blank. I have the option "Days to keep pages in history" set to 180 and the "Disk …

hi everybody! i'm really really looking for help for this problem i have. it's to do with my D drive......i have a laptop so this drive is my cd/dvd.cd rom drive. i have a toshiba equium m40x running windows xp service pack 3. this morning i tried to install a …

On MacBooks, Powerbooks, and some iBooks (I think), the scroll function is using two fingers. On my new laptop, the function is scrolling with the far right of the pad. Is there an application for Windows XP that will activate this function? I have a Synaptic Touchpad. -- Alex

I'm looking at a friend's computer which hasn't been able to boot up for several days. With nothing else but the power cord plugged in, the processor fan cotninually runs. The computer is completely off, in fact, won't power on, but the fan still runs. Aybody have an idea what …

I was given a computer with windows xp on it but no disks. It has worked fine except at first when i signed up for the internet with a number of providers i could only get 1 or 2 pages and then it would disonect, I was told i might …

I was using my computer today when the sound just disappeared. I have had this problem before and solved it but i've forgotten what i did to fix it. the only program that still has sound is skype. Any help will be appreciated

Heres something under the task manager and the performance tab. I look at my physical memory and my total is 2037 cached is 1172 and it says i have only 0 free i dont think that is true. But in the memory block it says im using 1.07gb. Doe anyone …

CAN someone please tell me what to do here? Is there any way first of all for me to find out who is doing this i already reported it but i have a feeling it will still keep happening.....ive changed password and sec question does not matter still happening they …