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i've read posts on this topic but i couldn't find a solution for my problem, so i hope you guys help me out. my computer randomly keeps on shutting down. thats the 1st problem. the second is that when i turn it on, it goes for about 5 seconds before …

My laptop isnt chargeing, i have the power cord plugged in and i dont get a greater charge than 6%. what is wrong???????

I need to merge two active partitions because one is running low and things keep trying to install to it. I don't have a dvd burner. I need a free partition merger.

I have Ubuntu/Vista Multiboot. While in Ubuntu I can access all my NTFS vista partition but not vice versa. Is there a legal hacking to get vista read the ubuntu file system?

Hi, This morning I tried to boot a computer in my office but it failed. It stated that the NTLDR is missing and pls boot from CD. I'm not sure which CD the computer is looking for so is there any other alternatives for me to boot the computer? Please …

I started mt laptop ( Windows Vista) today and for some reason it will not accept my password at the login screen. I have not done anything unusual but have noticed it is crashing a lot lately. Please help me .

I have used many of the cleaners out there but can't clean the drop down list in my browser, I am using Juno dialup,are there any downloadable cleaners that can take out all of the visited urls? I have done everything suggested from my end to erase the list but …

Hello, I returned to my computer yesterday and went to open my Outlook 2003. It will not open and run as usual. I receive this message: The data file 'Personal Folders' was not closed properly. This file is being checked for problems. The it starts checking the file(s) says may …

Hi guys ...So a client of mine is stuck with no desktop icons after he ran a anti virus program (witch is still unknown to me) He can only go to task manager and access his files that way, I've asked him what he gets when he type explorer in …

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Am not too sure what this goes under but since am working with Vista, i guess it could apply to this forum. Well you see i have been getting some trouble with my new computer. It is custom built and am very sure that all the parts are compatable with …

So I Got Word That My Computer Got Messed Up Whilst I Was Away At A Friends And It Appears That My explorer.exe Crashes And Restarts But Won't Stay On For More Than 15 Seconds I Could Really Use Some Help. Here Is My Log File: Logfile of Trend Micro …

Hi all Every time my computer stays idle for a little while, I have a message saying " error disk...press ctl.Alt.Del. to restart" Why does it do that? But still does not start The Pc shows regularly also the error: 0X000000F4...blue screen with a ping square. Is this real bad? …

Hi! Problem here... Here's the story. I've been to a friend's house, trying to fix his limewire problem. Since he has his computer, limewire never worked... It would never connect to any nodes at all. SO. Looked for any 3rd party firewall, scanned with spybot, malwarebytes, hijackthis. Found a few …

Hey There guys, Its been a long time since I did a defrag, at least a year maybe. Now Ive tried ultimate defrag, but it always stops a certain percentage everytime. ^ (I checked the website, they say its a common bug) Anyhow, can anyone help me? I want to …

I'm trying to send a VB6 project via email, but upon "send" I get a dialog "For your security and that of others you cannot attach a file with this extension" and I cannot find out how to send this. Help please. jacobi

Last software update was to apply some Microsoft patches around 8-12-08. Getting WE message ‘target can not handle this type of document’ when try to send data to E: drive to write a CD after already writing one CD on this drive. Have to reboot to be able to successfully …

I did a search on Google for some micellaneous item dealing with engineering. My corporate anti-virus program Symantec, notifed me when I clicked on a link on the Google webpage that the webpage had a virus. It did not identify the virus but it did say that it was unable …

I have a Gateway DX100X and the video card or i think it is a onboard Intel GMA 900 graphics processor, no longer works. I have done a little research online and I geuss it doesn't have a place where you can add a deicated video card. So how do …

Hello, i just installed fresh copy of Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Windows media player 11 uses 100% CPU when i try to listen music or watch movie. I want to know is there are any way to fix it. Thanks for replies.

Hello, I seem to be having a variety of different problems but I think they may be all related. Automatic updates cannot be turned on when i go into the services and change it to automatic; instead i get an error message: "error 1058: the service cannot be started either …

When i click on 'Start', i get this black screen thing and when i click on 'All Programs' it won't show up. Any help?

Hi to the DaniWeb family ! I have a Thinkpad 600, laptop......I know it's outdated, it's just for surfin the net . My sound driver/program is having problems remembering the settings when I turn the laptop off. Everytime I start the laptop I have to go into Device Manager, and …

The Microsoft detected my OS on my older rig that it is illegal but I still can use the pc, there is a notification message on the wallpaper that I cannot remove it says I was a victim of counterfeiting , is re-installation of XP will do? It is ok …

I recently found a trojan.vundo on my computer and dowoaded a tool called fixvundo from the Symantec wbsite. I followed the instructions and it said thatit had been successfully removed. I wanted to make sure So I did a full system scan last night and when I checked back on …

Hello I have an older P.C. and I would like to upgrade the video card. I currently have an ATI RADEON X300 SE PCI-E graphics card with 128mb of DDR memory. I am running windows XP with 1GB of DDR SDRAM memory. What should I look for in a new …

Hello! I'm looking for some good app for disk space reporting. Does anybody know something like this? (i know only Directory Size but not being sure whether its worth using). Thanks

Christmas day, yay. Hi all, i hope someone can help me as i bought a customer returned dell 720. It has no operating system with it so i tried to load it. After setting boot device i put the disc in and it starts the cycle. It gets as far …

Please help some one :( I'm desperate (sad but true). I used to have (until yesterday) a 22" widescreen (1680x1050)monitor connected to my comp (A64 3200+, WinXP SP3, nVidia 7800GT, 2GB Ram, 2x250GB Raid 1 h/d). Then last night it broke, went off, died the death. So I connected my …

Hi Guys, if our DC has gone down then what will be our first step for the same that keep on everything working in domain from Amit kushwaha

Right people Got a new laptop for christmas with windows vista home edition (32-bit) on and set it up to access the wireless internet (d-link router) it has worked fine for couple of weeks and then all of a sudden it has stopped working i have a XP PC which …

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now i may be kind of a newbie with comps but i do know some things im just completely flabergasted by my current issue, which is i have normal and good color in most aspects of my computer the parts that are not right are anything that is played by …

I got a few new/old computers from work, NetVista 8303-21U's (Windows XP SP3, 2.0MHz 1g RAM) however I'm ready to just overclock them all to death... I've had some issue in the past few days but solved them, but my most recent is a Kodak 5100 EZ share printer that …

This is an odd thing that I have never seen before. When I restart this computer everything boots up just fine. Same thing when I hit the reset button on the front of the box. [B]BUT[/B], when I shut down the computer entirely and press the power button to start …

Ok whenever i burn a disk it used to take like 3:20... not it takes like 7:30 and whenever i installed CS4 it took 28 hours... could it be a problem with the hard drive? NEED HELP!!!!!!!!

Hello, Recently I have been having problems with a dell inspiron 6000 laptop booting past the welcome screen. It won't. I have performed a fixboot and chkdsk through the recovery console of the xp disk. It has service pack 2 installed. It also will not continue into safe mode because …

Dell Inspirion 6000 Laptop - Windows XP. The Laptop has had a working wireless with the same router, with the same WEP key, for a good long time without any changes. At some unknown date it stop working. It connects the the router, gets an IP address from the Router. …

Hi, Can anyone please help with the commands to install SNMP on remote Server. Thanx

I am getting the BlueScreen at some times while I'm on the computer. The error message is as follows: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. A wait operation, attach process, or yield was attempted from a DPC routine. If …

Hi forum, I have Windows 2003 Server. I want to implement SSL Secuirty on my Intranet Application. I have followed "HOW TO: Secure an ASP.NET Application Using Client-Side Certificates" at [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315588[/url] This example is working fine on Server. But When I want to access it on any other system then …

I am setting up ACT Customer Relations software on the server and I want everyone else in my office and in the field to be able to access the program and be able to sync back to the main database file on my server. To be honest it likes a …

My computer will not boot. I run Windows XP SP1. Over several weeks it just keep shutting down when my son was using it. It eventually just stopped booting. When I tried to restore to a previous restore point, all of them had the same problem. I get a message: …

McAfee picks up this PUP - GTDownDE_87.ocx Should i remove it, i have no idea what it is ? Thanks Dave

Automatic updates won't come up on the taskbar. Windows update won't load. I went to stop the automatic updates under services. *not Disable* it says that it reached and error I'm guessing I accidentally went to this site called av5scan.com that was disguised as another. it just kept prompting me …

:-/ I have this weird problem with the pics in my folder..i have them a lot,and they are all scrambled..i wanted to sort them out in the folders,but when i was looking at them (folder view was set to 'Thumbnails') thumbnails of pictures were displaying one picture,and when i opened …

Hi We have got a single instance of SQL Server 2005. The latest service pack 3 has been installed today. Since installing SQL Server two months ago we are finding that SQL Server times out if you try to delete records from any table that has more than 600,000 records. …

Hi guys heres a goodie for you. Client aksed me to remove XP Antivirus 2008, the fraudulent download. Ran my Malwarebytes and Spybot and all was cleared, hooray we say. Before the notebook was given to me the client installed Kaspersky to clear the issue, which obviously did not work. …

My CD and DVD drives have been missing from My Computer and I'm running WinXP Home Edition. I've gone into the registry, deleted the upper and lower filters, ran various spyware programs. Now I attempted to do a Win XP Repair, went thru all the steps, but when it gets …

Ive got this program sitting in my C:/ drive and it won't go away. Live OneCare has blocked it from the internet but i just want to get rid of it to keep a clean system. Can anyone help me?