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I'd like a reference for all registry entries that might be used by XP after an install. All right, I know I can't get all entries, but I'd like as complete a list as I can get. I'd rather not have to go to the knowledge base or forums and …

I looked at other threads and searched online about this and I have gathered some information about what Error Loading Operating System means but I don't know what to do when it comes to my computer. I have a Dell XPS Gen 5 computer year 2005. I've started to notice …

My mother gave me an old tower that has windows NT and she can not remember the login password. Please help me, how can I bypass this or reset this?

Hi, I have built a website that uses ASP and am running IIS on windows XP professional. On my local machine I can access the website either by going to [url]http://ipaddress/sitename[/url] or [url]http://computername/sitename[/url]. THe problem comes is that I need other computers on the network to access the site, but …

After updating to XP service pack 3 from service pack 2 i was just wondering whether anyone noticed a longer time to complete hard disk drive intensive tasks such as manually launched full system anti-virus scans? My systems rate of of work done for this type of task decreased by …

I formatted my Gateway MX6420 laptop and now my sound doesn't work. I tries to install the sound driver from Gateway and a few more from HP with the same Failure message. Any one with any ideas, I've searched for weeks with no results.

Hello All. I WANT TO SHARE INTERNET WITH 2003SERVER , I HAVE 2 LAN CARDS IN MY SERVER PLEASE EXPLAIN ME WITH DOMAIN & WITH WORKGROUP , SO THAT I CAN SHRAE MY INTERNET tHANING YOU

I have some questions about DHCP and DNS Server. How do we install DHCP and DNS Server? How do we configure the DHCP Pool in the DHCP Server?

Hello, My computer is afflicted with ispynow, which prompts a phony message every 12 minutes saying just that and asking me to buy protection from some bogus third party site. Anywho, I've been reading some of the ispynow threads, and have found the following files on my computer: system32: TDSSfpmp.dll …

it has a usb jack but the computer wont recognize it ive tried everything and it just wont work. my comp doesnt have fire wire ieee1394 jack but i wonder if i install it my self will it recognize it then? i dont have the disc that came with the …

Hi! I'm working on a problem on my uncles computer (XP Home). When I start the computer up I get the generic message indicating that Windows didn't start normally. I get the standard choices to start normally, in safe mode, or with last good config. No matter which I choose …

Hey Guys please Help Explorer keeps shutting down right at reboot and keeps recurring over and over again Heres My log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:56:50 PM, on 1/22/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16762) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: …

Hai everybody when i plug my laser printer to my computer the printer spooler is suddenly getting stopped. when i start is and refresh its again disabling. im using Norton 2003. it says no virus are in my pc. help me

I am facing some problem in making my system work. The system could not work beyond window is starting up though the mouseis just moving but every other things just as dead. Pls what can be done to get all my data.

Alright.. Hey.. So yeah my problem is fairly simple unlike others I don't get any bluscreens, errors, messages etc I don't get anything Simply put whenever I restart or turn my PC on, windows will not start up.. It'll get stuck anywhere along the way and usually when it gets …

Ok,so I've been messing with Win 7,Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. First off...Windows 7 flies! My question is...does vista Ultimate eat more performance than Home Premium? Because I had HP for 3 days with a patch for dream scenes...now I have Ultimate and its definately slower,especially when I can barely …

i need help on unhiding my videos which i saved in shared docs using the dos because my folder options are not showing. i even dont remember the names of the files.please help me coz i really need these files.thanx.

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?

Hi I designed I asp application but when i put in my localhost it shows error like [B]"You need to disable anonymous access for this code to work."[/B] pls resolve it

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 …

I have web pages on a Windows 2000 intranet web server that uses IIS. Everyone has to use Windows Network login to get into the Intranet. I need to restrict who can view Intranet web pages which are located in this directory and also in subdirecties of this directory -> …

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 …