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Anyone know why my sound keeds getting set to mute? It gets set to mute every once in awhile, I don't know why. Also, on related question, I have a set of Bose ear phones, the kind you stick in each ear (see thumbnail). The problem is that sound comes …

So the thumbnails for all my videos ie. AVI WMV and MPEG are gone! I did try the "regsvr32 shmedia.dll" trick and it's worked in the past, but now nothing seems to be working. Do I have to go into my registry? Or is there another way I can fix …

I am having an issue where a shared network drive cannot be accessed by a couple users. I am one of the ones that cannot access it, and I noticed when I checked the properties of my shared drive that it is showing a RAW file system. On another users …

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 …

After insralling xp sp2, I get this message when I try to connect my ipod, "ipodservice module has encountered a problem and needs to close." searching the web, i realized that my device manager is empty. Can you guys help me with this?

Hi. I'm new to this forum. Please excuse any naivete. I am downloading videos and periodically the display is only jerky images without continuity. Is this a function of my internet speed. It's 4 megs. If not how do I correct the problem? Feedback is much appreciated.

Hey guys my laptop goes black right after the bios, it doesn't even show xp loading. I was able to recover everything on the HDD. When i put the new hdd in and tried to install xp, xp says the computer doesn't have any hdd. So i'm thinking this is …

Does anyone know how i can arrange photos in a specified order for it then to be burned onto a cd , i know you can arrange by filename but does anyone know how i can put them in my own customized order ? im using windows xp and does …

[B]How to enable [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface"]AHCI[/URL] on Intel ICH9 under XP[/B] After some research by MSFN staff, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ drive(s). For more [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface"]information about AHCI[/URL], we refer to Wikipedia.or offer features not offered by Parallel ATA (PATA) controllers besides higher …

I'm very new to the computer .so please look over my mistakes. I was looking around on the computer and found something that wanted to check some file. I guess I click ok but this is what I got checking file system on C: then it went to another line …

Does anyone know of a way to disable auto restart on system failure that does not require being in Windows? I've got a laptop that will not start Windows in ANY mode (including Safe Mode) and a blue screen flashes by so quick I can't even read it. I'm wondering …

Ok so what happens is when i play video files on any media players it says something along the lines of "cannot play file - either file type not supported or missing codecs". So i downloaded GSpot to detect the missing codecs, and it says "missing codec is XVid (DivX)". …

I like WMP 10 and have resisted moving to wmp11 because after trying it awhile I got TIRED of trying to unravel why it would not play music I owned or let me copy it to my hard drive or why movies audio sounded so bad. So i finally got …

Hello all together, my old computer with WinME got a really bad virus that I couldn't remove so I reinstalled the OS. The trouble is, that after the setup BIOS tells me that no OS is installed - which seems to me that the MBR (first sector with information about …

So, trying to help out my ex wife who tried downloading Adobe Air unsucessfully. Now, when she boots up, she gets this pop up window: C\Program files\Common. In it, there resides _helper.dll 4.0.0.0; helper.dll 3.0.1.5; _helper.sig SIG File 65kb and helper.sig SIG File 38KB. It won't allow any Windows functions …

This seemed like the best place for this question, so if it isn't please let me know. I am looking at buying a new computer and I have narrowed it down to two from Dell. Both are customizable but neither have all the features I want. The Specifications are listed …

I bought my laptop with Vista OS installed, after a few months i downgraded to XP (a lot of problems to install SATA drive) then the keyboard went crazy: F10 and F11 keys are always on. I can type correctly only when i hold the Fn (function) key. I also …

About a week ago I was in the middle of playing a game online having the game open and ventrillo open. Out of nowhere my sound gets all distorted. I wasn't downloading anything it just changed. Now If I try to watch you tube I can hear the music and …

Good day people, Any Microsoft Outlook experts out here today. My problem started yesterday... I have an HP running Windows XP and last night I was working in the office, not on the computer but in the same room. It was on and online when Windows decided to do an …

Hello all.. Where is the network certificate kept / stored in Windows XP... i have Windows SP3 Pro.... I hope you get what i mean, if not, i can provide more information. Thanks, Cohen

I have a MSI neo platinum 4 mb with 2 gig ram tested with memtest, updated all drivers including video and get random bsod errors irql_not_less_or_equal. The computer may go for days than all of a sudden the machin shuts down. I have reloaded windows xp 2 times and the …

My Problem: Several of my games (typically, but not always, graphically intensive ones), have a duration when moving the mouse that varies from making it very difficult to aim, to having to wait about a second after my mouse moves left to see my character move left on the screen. …

i have a hp lap top, suddenly the images on the monitor has become sideways!!, even the the cursor is moving funny, I tried to get help by looking into the display unit, but that did not help, i amnow balancing the lap top on the side and typing from …

I have lost my product key. I am using a windows 98 PC, and it has office 2000 pro installed. I have tried several programs to recover my serial key #, but some just give me the Productl ID #, some don't give me anything. Is there a good program …

I have a doubt in my system I installed operating system XP professional2 after installed OS when I installed drivers it shows one popup message like this operating system doesn’t support Drivers so I Installed manually audio, video and LAN driver through browsing Drivers CD My problem is that when …

Hi guys. I have a big problem. I can't access any resources on the network nor can share my folders because the server service is stopped and I can't make it start. I also can't install any new programs or start messenger or skype. Also when I try to access …

Hi, I just wonder one thing with Windows update and a fresh install. Say, I'm using Vista Ultimate and I always check for updates and update whenever the updates are available. Now as we know, there's Vista service pack 1 or even 2 available, So do I need to buy …

Hi, I'm currently using Vista Ultimate version. I have two questions. I want to know which software is good and best for working with partition. And which is good for tweaking system with Vista ? Right now I'm using Advance Vista Optimizer 2008, is this a good one ? I …

Trying to help out an Ex-Wife who attempted to download Adobe Air. Problem is that when she boots up her computer she gets the dialog box entitled C:\Program Files\Common. It it there resides these four files"_helper.sig SIG File 35KB. It freezes all functions. How do I get rid of them??

Dear all, I do have window vista in my notebook. I am having problem with browsing. Once I connected to internet then I can log in my YM, MSN and google chat but unfortunately I cannot open any internet windows such as internet explorer, mozila, or safari. I really don't …

Whenever i switch off my computer it shows ending program of internet explorer even if i havent opened it.can somebody tell me whats the problem and tell me a solution

Hi, Is it ok to shut down the pc having Windows XP home edi midway through updates? I hope when one does so the update that have been downloaded till the shut down is ordered are installed and only the remaining ones are downloaded when it is booted up again. …

i have a strange problem with IE7, when saving sites to favourites menu i get an error message, ie has generated errors and will be closed. There is no virus in my system, there was no prob with IE 6. Mozilla works fine, but donno where the favourites stored and …

A friend asked me to reinstall windows for him, so i did, but it appears that neither nForce audio drivers (4.62), neither realtek ac97 drivers work fine (tested old version in manufacturers site and new WDM_A406). Only when i set maximum volume on pc and speakers i can hear some …

My pc have been constantly attacked by some virus since frequent user of net.Please suggest some method to tackle with it.I'am using AVG for my antivirus.

In trying to start up in safe mode my computer list a number of file directories and freezes on . . . system 32\drivers\mup.sys Can anyone tell what is wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks

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Hi all, I'm using an AVG 8.0 Professional, I have activated with using the key found on the internet. But it doesn't work. I just installed it 3days ago on my Windows Vista Ultimate, but I saw the license expiration date is 1st December 2008. Where can I find a …

Hey guys i was dual booting XP and Vista, then decided to delete the Vista Partition to get rid of it. Boot when i boot my PC the boot record is still giving me the Vista Option. When i click on vista it says it's missing. My question is, how …

I have a Vista Laptop with a dead motherboard. I want to pull all the files off the hard drive. When I connect the hard drive to an XP computer, I cannot access all the folders in the Users Folder (which is where all the data should be). I have …

Once I turn on the computer it goes to a black screen to were I choose to boot in "safe mode" Once I choose the "safe mode' the computer acts like its going to boot up but it just brings me back to the same screen. I have no idea …

Currently have 2 mice installed and working at the same time. It appears that they are using the same driver. Some times after re-boot, the PS/2 mouse does not work until the next re-boot. Does this setup of having 2 mice operating at the same time create any computer operating …

Prior to thanksgiving, I had about 50 gigs of music on my harddrive. I recently visited my cousin and filled up the rest of my harddrive with his collection, with the intentions of just moving everything over to the external. Upon doing this, I've come into a data redundancy problem. …

Three times this week google just started opening over and over, the only way to stop it is to shut down the computer. Then it is fine for a day or so and thenit happens again. I have windows vista and use explorer

Hi, Im having windows XP Professional in my laptop. 2 weeks before i got internet connection. everything was working properly. but for the past 4 days net is not working. i call the network professionals to see what is the problem. but they said , laptop has some problem and …

My computer was infected with this spyware.Ispynow files this morning at 10:00 am and has this pop up from my security center saying that I have a harmfull program. It gives me the options of unblock, keep block, or enable protection. It only gives me the enable protection, but that …

I need to run a new registry cleaner I bought because(Laptop) cpu will not go on line, but in safe mode, the screen is set to 640x480 and when I run the program, I can do everything but click the fix button because it is to low on screen. I …

Dont know wether posting in the right forum.... but pls help me out with this.. How do we store a copy of mails in the server in Outlook. as the same is available in ootlook express by tools...options..

Hi, I have 490 MB of RAM, but in the task manager, while running firefox and some other stuff, it says i have 160 MB free physical memory, but it also says I'm using almost 500 MB of my swap file! How can I get Windows to utilize that extra …

I have run all the anti malware under the sun. I have disabled every single process at startup. System restore was not enabled. i keep getting an error that .../system32/aekkyo.exe was not found or something to that effect. I have done a search throughout the registry for the key that …