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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 …

This lesson presents methods that will help you automate Windows XP Professional installations. When you must install Windows XP Professional on computers with varying configurations, scripting provides automation with increased flexibility. You will learn how the Windows Setup Manager makes it easy to create the UNATTEND.TXT files that are necessary …

When opening Microsoft Office outlook - personal files part of titles are in gibberish Who knows how to repare it? Thanks

Any help with my problem would be gratefully accepted. I have a Compaq Presario 5116EA with Intel Celeron X86 Family 6 Model 8 Processor 797 MHz. I have upgraded to Windows XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 2 and added 256 mb of memory, increasing it to 512mb by adding …

Not sure if im allowed to post what i am going to post... Windows 7 is awesome, even the beta, which is on microsoft.com now for free download, the beta is not finished and needs a few more things added, or removed. such things as the kernel size, have not …

Amd Athlon 64 processor 3000+ , 1.0 ram . 80Gb internal hd . Radeon 9250 . Windows 2000xp professional sp2 . WD elements 500 Gb external hd . We did not receive any recovery disks with our custom made computer in August 2006 ; bought from a shop that was …

Hi, I get this error window when I boot up my computer. "Error loading C:\Windows\system32\tenugizu.dll The specified module could not be found." My internet is really slow (I use Mozilla) and pop ups come up frequently when I click on links or go to various sites. I'm not that literate …

I have the enterprise version of Norton Suite, it has the console etc.. I want to be able to set up a session on my server where I can host ghost images.. the only thing I want to know is how do you create an image of a client computer? …

I've created a service using srvany which starts a little prog I wrote to monitor for a "switch user" condition and then on recognising one, kicks off a batch file which starts an ftp synchronisation. The service is set to autostart and I've added Spooler as a dependency. The problem …

Hi to everyone here and thanks in advance for any suggestions. Let me preface this by saying my computer skills are very limited, so speak slowly, lol. I have an Emachines T6534. About 2 weeks ago, out of nowhere, I got a blue screen error message. Something about nv4.dll file …

hello everyone i just configured my first server. I made a domain named "test.local" and added a xp computer to the domain. I can see the computer in the active directory and can log into the domain with the correct username/password. My problems are: 1) When i change the Group …

Computer = Acer Aspire 5515 Laptop OS = Vista home basic with SP1 Router = USR 8054 with WEP encryption I can not get the wireless connection to work with my network. It sees my home network, but when I try to connect, it fails to connect, when I diagnose …

I am getting a Blue screen of death when I use steam to install games. It started yesterday when I tried to play a game while I was installing Visual Studio 2008, it flashed a blue screen for a split second and restarted. I changed my settings to not automatically …

I have Windows Vista Home Premium, and i have noticed that their is now a SP1 waiting to be installed via windows update, i would like to know how many Vista users have moved up to SP1, and what their views on it are ? Thanks

ok so i have a windows 2000 and i dont get on the internet with it. everything i have on it ive transferrred it from another computer... now, heres the problem: one day i noticed my moniter flash blue, i figured it was nothin because it automatically restarted itself... ugh …

Hi, I need to ask for help about how to change windows XP name at startup. I have installed 2 WIN XP and I want to give them different names when the system shows me the text like this after booting: "Select windows XP professional" Thanks Regards,

I have never posted here before; if it's inappropriate to ask this question here, I apologize and I hope someone will direct me accordingly. PROBLEMS SUMMARIZED: 1. Administrative Accounts cannot access power settings. 2. Screen goes dark after 1 minute, regardless of settings. 3. Computer goes into hibernation after a …

Can anyone share with me the great mysterious wonder of where to locate the Outlook Addressbook on my C drive ??? Thank you in advance:)

I want a FREE program for windows to convert a CD or DVD into an ISO image on my hard drive. Are there any around?

Pages sometime hang up., IF I reinstall XP is this a fix for this and if I try to do that, what disk do I use? Only one disk>?

I have a laptop that has an interesting problem. When browsing "Myspace" and only that site, it continuosly looses and reconnects when running wirelessly. You can see everything and can change to any Myspace site, but it is quite slow loading becausre of that. This problem goes away when you …

Two questions here...One how is is possible that entering a specific site "my space" my cursor freezes? it appears to be only that site.... Secondly say I wanted to wipe out my system and start new, is it as easy as it was on Windows 98? That was just pop …

Hi all. My question is about the registry. I've read many tutorials ,but I want to understand it more deeply, from "programmer point of view" How,why, and what exactly ends up in the registry? lets say I had developed a program in C++ (a text editor,with windows,menus etcc.. ) Now, …

Hello! I have the following, very annoying problem, and can't get rid of it. We use a barcode-reader, and since I've installed IE7, whenever I read a barcode, it pops-up the favorites' window's rss feed panel. It's very annoying, since we have to read lots of bar-codes with it, and …

We have a G wireless router that works well with all of our XP computers. Just purchased an HP with Vista Home Premium SP1 with a built in N wireless router. It does not communicate with the G wireless router. Internet is fine when hard wired to our comcast modem. …

When I had Windows XP, I could have names appear on my screensaver images. I now have Windows Vista 32 and cannot find where to check to have the names appear in Screen Savings Setting.

I am wondering why when I go to save something on an excel 2003 spreadsheet, and then reopen the sheet, it reverts back to the last placed i saved. For example.....today the last cell I typed in was B25, and then I saved the sheet. When I went to open …

hi, i'm using XP PRO i've tried to setup an FTP at home but i'd like to access the FTP at my office..so how do i configure the FTP to do this? in the IIS configuration should i use my router IP address or my machine ip ad? any help …

Is there a utility which you load with a .txt file which is a list of files and directories you made previously, so it generates, sort-of, a virtual directory tree (explorer-like, with icons and all)? _______________________________ For example: You have a list, a .txt file, which has this text in …

Recently I've been having trouble ripping CDs to my itunes library. The program will rip a song or two and suddenly stall. At this point Itunes becomes unresponsive and makes no more progress on the rip and I can still hear the CD drive attempting to rip the track. I've …

Im trying to fix a computer for my son in law but it wont start up. Its an emachine 420 2.60 ghz intel celeron processor 80 gb hard drive. I noticed that when i switch it on i hear a clicking sound once from the processor and the fan is …

I just got a computer of mine back from my niece. Not working very well. When boots it just has blank desktop, except for background pic. no start menu or icons. When I right click on background, I can get to various programs, but the icons won't do anything. I …