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Hi to my family at Daniweb !! I have a Compaq DeskPro EX with Windows 2000 on it. The sound wouldn't sound right . All the sound comming out of the speakers was fast and sounded like all the music and words came from a Chipmonks cd. So, I looked …

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Hi guys, I have those things in the Run section of Registry Key Name: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run Class Name: <NO CLASS> Last Write Time: 12/2/2008 - 1:07 PM Value 0 Name: CTFMON.EXE Type: REG_SZ Data: C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe Value 1 Name: CPMebc86926 Type: REG_SZ Data: Rundll32.exe "c:\windows\system32\dumepiwo.dll",a Value 2 Name: e8fb5aba Type: REG_SZ Data: …

I want to dress up Win XP by changing some of my icons to custom ones. I had plenty of icons for when I had Win98 but never got around to doing anything with XP. Does anyone know of a good (safe) download website for Icons? Thanks; Dougie

Hi, I've recently been having a problem with XP not loading at startup. It gets to the loading screen, tries to load for about a minute, and then restarts. I've tried booting from safe mode and all that, but the same thing keeps occurring. At one point, it gave me …

hi there, i have to add .NET Framework version 3.0 Object in object list . i am using install shield 2008.I have downloaded that redistributable from redistributable downloader in tools option but where it got install on my system i dont know. And how to import it in my project …

For the past 5 days I haven't been able to open any emails on Live Hotmail. I can access the site ok and everything appears as normal, but when I click on an email to open it nothing happens?? I have tried a system restore but that didn't fix it. …

I use windows xp home sp3. When I insert a cd into the drive it crashes and the screen says that it has protected the computer and I have to reboot. I look at the event viewer and it shows nothing. The device manager shows okay. My pc shows no …

I'm getting a message; Volume Control: 'There are no active mixer devices available. You may install mixer devices from the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard in the Control Panel'. Please help! Also, I deleted my previous partition of W2000 through Windows Setup, and created a new partition with a new W2000. I'm …

I have Win XP Prof which unfortunately has turned out to be a counterfeit copy. I am experiencing losing my Broadband internet connection and am also unable to download all of Microsofts security updates. Would my counterfeot software account for my problems. Brent

Cleaning up my computer from some virus "invasions" seems to have messed up my operating copy of Microsoft Office Outlook. [My OS is xp Pro, sp2, Office Pro 2003 enterprise edition with Hebrew multilanguage content] The program no longer receives nor sends emails and, though I can easily access saved …

[u][b]Short version[/b][/u] My computer sometimes gets slow and requires a restart (FireFox doesn't always shut down all the way, which is a pretty common problem), but when I restarted it this time for that reason, it wouldn't load. I get a choice between XP or recovery console and then a …

I'm not entirely sure if "window" is even the right term. Okay, here's the deal. I finally figured out earlier how to get my laptop to connect to the router and got online wirelessly. I started feeling a little sick (too much pie) so I closed my laptop to put …

I'm trying to migrate a user's e-mail data to another pc. I've got all this messages and everything moved over to the other pc my only problem is that when he tries to Send/Receive Mail on the new pc it says his password is incorrect when it tries to receive …

Is there anyone out there that can either help or has encountered this problem ? The latest upgrade from Apple has prevented my iPod from talking to my laptop, I have tried to uninstall iTunes but have been prevented from doing so even though I have administrators privileges from the …

So I have a problem that’s driving me crazy and Im worried I wont be able to fix it My friend needed his computer reformatted so he dropped it off to my house. I did the reformatting using the windows discs and a basic installation. He had his motherboard disc …

any one to help me in creating a group, policy for disabling USB Drives thanx in advance

Okay, to start off my system is kind of an experiment on how well a dual hard-drive system performs differently from a single hard drive system. I have a 35 Gb drive that i placed windows vista 64bit on. Now the drive runs at 10k. Opposite that hd i have …

Hey there, System: Windows XP sp3 version 2008. Problems: Internet redirecting causing extremely slow browsing, cannot boot from cd. My system is currently bugged and cannot be fixed. I had a nasty virus that messed up tons of things and would like to just format and reinstall windows. I've changed …

I will try to explain as well as I can. My friend has been having some slight computer problems lately so I went over to take a look. The first problem that the screen would get a lot of jibberish on it. Pixels or what ever. I tried a new …

Hi, I recently purchased an HP AMD Turion 4GB 250HD 64 bit, Vista Home Premium. Internet connection via ComCast is intermittent -- mostly I can't get on at all. I also have a Vonage modem connected to the ComCast Modem. I did not have a problem with my old computer …

Hi everyone I have a tough problem, and it seems that I can not resolve this one at all. The speaker icon that is situated near the clock on the task bar, disappeared from there. It is only gone from the task bar, and I can do what ever I …

ripisube.dll is a trpjan... I found it using Spybot I could not find it on Google. Could someone please tell me what it is?

I have xp currently installed. I want to install vista business on my laptop. (my laptop's specs are at the bottom) could you tell me if my laptop is vista capable . I should have used vista upgrade advisor ... but my current xp installation is kinda broke down completely …

Hey All, I have been trying to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition with Vista Basic. So for I have been able to install only Visio and Microsoft Project, but what i really need to install is Word and Access. No i have read somewhere that Microsoft Office 2003 has …

HP DV6045NR (dv6000) XP SP3 version 2002 Just wiped my drive yesterday and installed sp3. Been loading all the drivers and such and can't seem to get my sound working. I downloaded and installed Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (sp33867). My quick launch buttons …

To start, i apologize, i am probably posting in the wrong place. i can only use my computer in safe mode right now. in normal mode, things lag and websites take several minutes to load or just go blank i cant access some websites, if they are of anti-malware nature. …

Hi all. I'm new here. I started having internet problems about 2 weeks ago. I have a cable connection. I use a D-Link router. I get connected to the internet for 10 min and then it disconnects. I use to be able to stay connected for 30 min. I would …

hi guys this is an error I am am getting on a Windows 2003 server the error code is Product: Windows Operating System 5.2 ID: 1003 Source: System Error Version: 5.2 Symbolic Name: ER_KRNLCRASH_LOG Message: Error code %1, parameter1 %2, parameter2 %3, parameter3 %4, parameter4 %5. can any one help …

Whenever I try to hide my icons by clicking Show Desktop Icons in the right click drop down menu it works but it changes my wallpaper and it wont let me change it until i click the show desktop icon again. The wallpaper is a pic I used along time …

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. Over last couple of days, when I start up computer, it gets to the windows screen, and the blue bar thing just goes round and round, and it never gets into windows. I eventually get it to start up, if …

hi i dont know if here is the true palce to ask this question , but i have a strange problem , i work as a web developer in a news agency some of our users report when they click on a link to a specified news , completely different …

Hello, everybody! I am a newbie, so my question will probably sound silly to you. I have one task that I don’t know how to carry out – I need to check one web page from time to time (preferably every 20 minutes) and record (=copy) its HTML code every …

Hey guys, does anyone know of a way to make a Windows XP box require a password to log off by any means. We are trying to lock down a computer and make it so you can't log off. Unfortunately we have a few sharp guys at work and they …

Hello, I have a problem in my PC, as I try to see my hidden files, through folder option setting it dose not works. I try the below said also Click Start => Run type in Regedit press OK. Click: * HKey_Local_Machine * Software * Microsoft * Windows * CurrentVersion …

I would just like to know.. Refurbished units that .. possibly say have an Intel Quad Core processor, 3GB ram, 300+GB hard drive and costs around 500+.. Would it be better than buying a DELL system unit that has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor about 2.0ghz, 3GB ram, 320GB …

I have been experiencing the strangest network problem with my Windows XP Pro computer. I can get an IP address and ping my router/websites, but i cannot browse webpages. There are two webpages that I can browse however, that I know of. It seems I can also check email through …

Here is a copy of a portion of an email i sent to HP (to save me typing it out) 1 ) Program freeze ups. Where I have to close a program to get another to run. With 2 gigs of ram I shouldn't have to do this. Not multiple …

When closing Firefox, the firefox.exe process keeps running and cannot be terminated (have tried task manager). When attempt is made to restart firefox, get msg that "firefox is still running and must be closed to start a new session". The only way to restart firefox is to do a reboot. …

Hello, I would just like to know if I decide to overclock my processor or ram, etc, how would I know where to see the current temperatures of what is being overclocked? And also, what are the temperatures that should be kept in order for them not to overheat? Thanks. …

"Program files folder" pops up after loading desktop etc, how do you stop this in windows 2000 pro ? Tia C.

Hi, I have a problem with my home computer.I created 2 accounts, 1 as Administrator and the other, a friend.When I created a new account, somehow the Administrator account, which require a password, disappeared from the screen.I have many important documents on the Administrator account desktop and now I am …

I have a program that runs on DOS. The language of the program is Arabic. When I run the program from command prompt on WinXP, the program runs well, but there is a problem: the problem is that the Arabic characters are displayed as a strange characters. Is there any …

hi guys, i'm looking for software to make picture animations or animated cartoons or something fascinating like that... any idea?

Hello, I have HP Pavillion Media Center PC m7640n. In October, my computer crashed, it wouldn't boot up at all. After trying complete system restore with built in restore program (which by the way didn't work). I then had to by the restore discs from HP (they used to come …

Ok friend just cam over to my house, but his drivers for his DVD drive are corrupted, so it does not read anything. Tech support suggests to insert the recovery disks, but the drive can't read it. Help?

Guys if i browse for around half an hour in my internet explorer my internet explorer gets hanged and i see a message internet explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close.and again i have to restart my internet explorer.can somebody tell me whats the problem

in Assasin's Creed at The kingdom i see those wierd yellow stripes all over my screen but i can go in jerusalem and it runs just fine only at the kingdom i have that bug/glitch please help me getting the solution

hi, I used to download with 150 kb/s , but when ı reinstalled my Windows XP , the max speed ı could reach is 30 kb/s for like a month. What may be the reason of this and any suggestions to solve this issue?

hi Halfway through formatting & reinstalling win xp had a powercut,when the power came back on i turned the computer back on with the win xp disc still in but ive now got nothin,the lights r on but no 1 home,the tower has powered up but the monitor comes on …