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I'm having a annoying problem with my start menu. About a month ago I was infected with a few trojans and i spent the better have of 2 weeks getting them off. After I noticed a few problems with my options. These problems were not so bad that i couldn't …

Hey all I was just wondering about something. I've read numerous times about xp product keys and how you can only use the software on one comp at a time. My specific XP recovery disk came with my computer and does not ask for a product key to be typed …

The instruction at Ox7c91b1fa referenced memory at 0x00000010. The memory could not be written.? This happens as Windows XP is booting up and then I click ok and it removes the screen but not the problem. Happens everytime. I have worked with JHolland1964 in Viruses but we are blocked or …

I am trying to follow MS advice on how to fix a 'ntfs.sys is missing or corrupted. I get into the repair console fine. I tell it the c: drive (where windows is installed) but once in there, i cannot acces the cd-rom to copy the fresh ntfs.sys file i …

Anyone trying the beta of SP2? Opinions? It fixed a bug i had where hibernate totally messed up my wireless, which is nice. HyperV is nice too (I run server 2008)

Hi Ya'll! Im using a computer that has no sound. I think there may be an issue with the drivers but am unsure how to check my drivers or install new ones. The computer is a custom computer and had "Sound Max" in the system tray on the start-up. Now …

xp recognizes my external hard drive by it does not show up in my computer. It is formatted and has information on it. When I right click my computer and go into disk management xp sees the hard drive but it does not have a volume letter.

in my windows mail i can use the find message option to find who my mail is from. i put the name in the from section and click find now, the message i'm looking from is found then windows mail freezes and i can't do another search. Could this be …

Hi guys, anyone have the idea how to solve this problem. My Win2k3 server got BSOD and it says Beep.sys got problem. any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

What is bittorrent and do you have to pay for it?

Any one using Chrome and accessing pages with flash would have come across the problem that this page requires Adobe flash where as the link points to get flash plugins from macromedia site...where as i do have the latest flash from adobe... any help...

I am also experiencing the Isass.exe 0x00401082 on my Dell computer. Has anyone been able to find out what's going on or a solution

Hey, I am no longer to run windows, or anything on my computer. Everytime my computer is about to take me to the login screen, an error comes up saying The instructions at "0x00401082" referencd memoryy at "0x00000000:. The memory could not be "written". CLick OK to temirnate the program …

Hi, I have had advice on another forum: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post512196-3.html[/url] that I could transfer my data from my dead XP Pro to a new PC using a powered ATA/IDE to USB 2 connector from my XP system's hard drive to the new machine. The problem is that the new machine is …

can't open this one here are the pics. thanks. gpedit.msc I mean sorry for the misspelling. [url]http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb236/20nerd07/gpedit1.jpg[/url] [url]http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb236/20nerd07/gpedit2.jpg[/url]

I recently tried to install Norton360 and not only would it not finish the install, now I cannot access QuickBooks2007 and some other important programs. I wasted a bunch of money looking for help at several computer stores and now they're telling me to reinstall XP. I have the disk …

hey i have a problem sometimes my computer will act really screwy and everything i click with the left mouse button comes out as the action a middle click or sometimes a right click. Also sometimes if i click an icon on the deskop it will select it, and if …

Can anyone out there help me, please. I had an e-machine with XP home installed. the machine died the death BUT I managed to salvage the hard drive. Working by studying here and other forums I have created an i386 file of the installation on CD. When I tried installing …

can anyone help me? I formatted a laptop with a german window OS window Xp and after installing window XP professional the LAN and WLAN do not function again. I tried to download the driver but it did not work . I would appreciate if someone could assist me. I …

I have a 128kbs upload speed so files and pictures can take quite awhile to send. Is it possible to see the progress in % or kb rather than just "sending"?

I recently purchased a new computer with Vista, it has been working very well until... I start up one day and menus / start button don't stay up! It's like the 2nd click doesn't work. If I click once then hit ENTER it will open a link but for drop …

I have just encountered a problem with IE Windows opening. This starts when I open IE. I have McAfee but it does not find anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Marcus

I have a dell 4400 desktop with windows xp. I upgraded the cd drive to dvd drive. It has been working ok until now. My computer doesn't reconize it. I had to install Nero for the dvd drive because it wouldn't work with media player. What can I do? I …

here is the problem....XP almost starts fine, but then a message pops up: "userinit.exe- Application error" "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005) Click on OK to terminate the application" so i googled the problem a few people recommended this: Restore Winlogon\Userinit Line #263 right side [url]http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm[/url] so when i …

for last 3 days i m trying to reinstall Visual studio 6 in my PC, from my visual studio cd. but it showed an error message and that is [B]"unable to register C:\Program Files\Tools\VS-Ent98\Vanalyzr\VAIEC.DLL" [/B] i fixed this problem with the command [B]regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\Tools\VS-Ent98\Vanalyzr\VAIEC.exe"[/B] and the dll file was …

I can access files, but cannot move,copy them to disc. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Here are some of the problems and the cause: Cant remember what site after all the time I've spent trying to fix this but I remember clicking ok or I agree to some download that I thought was connected to a codec for a movie site I was watching. That …

i have about 1500 companys in a text file, and i am just trying to condense all the empty space between each one, and also i just want the fax numbers of each prospect. anybody know of any good find and replace programs

hello, the windows API GetSystemTime() could return the current time by a SYSTEMTIME struct variable,then the windows API SystemTimeToFileTime could change this struct into the form of 100-nanoseconds that ever passed since since January 1, 1601 (UTC),this number is stored in a FILETIME struct which has a high part and …

Hi, Recently reformatted my computer, and installed the updated bios from HP, and now my computer won't support dual monitors. I've been all over the net looking for a solution and all I can confirm is that everyone else who's updated their bios is now having the same problem. I've …

I wake up one morning and my PC is fine. Get back from classes, run AVG, adaware, spybot, and CWshredder to get rid of my hijacked homepage, reinstall WMP because it quit working, and with AVG found a virus called downloader.esepora.k. I reboot and I can't connect to the net …

What are the keystrokes while booting to restore XP to factory settings? Thank you!

hi, today morning when i start my computer i clicked on start button & clicked on all programs but from the all programs all the start programs has been suddenly disapear, & it is showing empty. I could not able to see accesories , & other installed programs. Other wise …

I have installed windows xp sp3. But I am facing problem with the Cable internet. In sp3 I am unable to surf the cable internet but dial up internet can be run. Help me

Hello, I have a compaq nx6325 laptop, how can i access the BIOS? i tried f2, f9, f10, f12 but none of them work. F12 will let me chose if i run from CD or HD. F10 loads something up (not the BIOS though because i cant partition a hard …

I have Windows XP Professional SP3 (32bit) installed on one hard drive. I installed Windows 7 Beta (64bit) on a separate hard drive. Ever since I installed Windows 7, the Windows Installer service does not start on Windows XP. I googled this and attempted to reinstall it; now it's not …

I have HP and above mentioned softwares. I dont see their importance because they fail to update. I have even disabled at startup for they choke me with ----problems found....then cannot fix them due to no update. SHOULD I REMOVE THEM??

Hi I just bought the newest version of mcafee VirusScan Plus. whenever I open the security centre I just get a box which is blank inside I have attached a screenshot of what I meen. This has happened ever since I first got it a few days ago. can anyone …

hey guys ,,, does anyone here now how to get water effect from windows vista...

hi i have one server with windows 2003 operating system. daily i take backup on tapes(digital data storage 4) using windows ntbackup . since two days i am getting error in middle of backup process saying [COLOR="#ff0000"]Backup utility: An inconsistency was encountered on the requested media"[/COLOR] what could be the …

So.. my computer has gradually been screwing up and now it's to the point where I want to use recovery and start from scratch. I get numerous errors with almost everything I try to do. At one point my computer wouldn't even go past the Compaq loading screen. Being the …

Hello Everybody, First to introduce myself, I am a total beginner to the computer scene. I'm am getting much better, but it can get frustrating. Anyway... my first problem. I like to watch movies on <snip>, but lately the veoh ones quit working. Can anybody help? Could this be a …

Hello all!! I am new to this forum and I have researched this forum for my problem concerning active desktop recovery issues but....I have one question or problem that is. I am a computer technician at a high school where students are trying to do webpages and they are getting …

I have many e-books. Some of it in txt format, some in PDF, some in DjVu. Can you advise one viewer (freeware of course) for all of this books? Adobe Reader is great, but can't open DjVu, and i want use only one software for all this documents

I have been having a problem with my emachines T6520 desktop with Windows XP. The CDROM and DVD+/RW are not being recognized by my pc. I follweed the instructions emachines gave me for deleting upper and lower filters. It didn't change a thing. the drives didn't show, autorun didn't work …

So after re-installing Windows XP every month for four months due to being contaminated with Viruses & Trojans, I decided to turn off my Pentium 4 and use my Celeron with Windows 2000 as my main Internet PC with the Pentium 4 using Windows XP as the back up. One …

hey, i have an interesting problem. theres this hp laptop that im working on, a pavilion dv 4000 , the user was having wierd problems with it. wen you turn it on, u hear repetitive beeping, like wen keys are being held down... it boots.. after the boot screen, then …

I tried to install View Sonic User guide and instalation software and recieved this message SEVERE Unable to update registry. The monitor works but I can not adjust the contrast and the users guide did not load. I am also having problems loading Famil Tree Maker. Any help will be …

I was using a program called simple center on my pc when the screen went black restarted my computer then all of the sudden showed the message error loading operating system and shows that message everytime i restart i also cannot press f8 during start up it does nothing does …

The default speed of the Start Menu is pretty slow, but it can be fixed by editing a Registry Key. Open up the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay By default, the value is 400. It can be given a …