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Hi all, I am new to this forum. I have a problem with a computer at my office. For this computer I have 2 network cables from 2 different service providers. For example if one network goes down I can alway change to the other network. From few days ago …

My computer comes up like normal, but after you open a program and want to close it, the computer will not let you close and finally freezes. Once in a while it will say it is locked. How can I fix this?

Installed Easy CD creator 6 and it caused a crash on Win 2003 server. I am in safe mode but when I try to Uninstall in safe mode I get message can not access uninstaller in safe mode or windows installer is not properly installed. Any suggestions greatly appreciated as …

I downloaded "Total Video Converter" and I can't get it to convert the video files from my DVD into a common format such as WMV, MPEG, or AVI, or into sound such as MP3 or WMA, which it says it can do. I'm not sure what the problem is. Thte …

I work in the IT department. I have been given the task of compiling a list of all the Access databases we have on our server and creating an Excel spreadsheet (using MS office 2007) with certain data such as name of database, access date, owner etc. My problem is …

Hello all. I am running Windows XP SP2. I got a new Seagate HDD 160GB and was doing a fresh install of XP. Everything was going well during formatting the new hard drive but at around 6% my power went out!!! Now I tried to do the fresh XP install …

Here is my situation, every time I open Office word 2007 and work on it, in a matter of few seconds a get an error and it says ¨office word had stop working and needs to close¨ and then shuts down. same thing happens with excel 2007. I have a …

Ive problems with viruses, namely: brontok.q and virut. After ive removed them from my system, i know they must have changed or modyfied my system registry. is there anyway i can repair the registry?? Can someone recommend some tools that i can get from the net to fix this problem? …

I am running XP Home SP3 fully patched. I have some old software originally written for Window 3.1 that has continued to work quite happliy until now. I know it worked on 18 September as that is when the last usage of it was. Since then I have applied all …

Recently I tried to open my PC with Windows XP Home Edition and I got the above message saying it was corrupted. I tried to reinstall the OS and it would not work. I have stuff on there I do not want to lose so reformatting is out, for now. …

After allowing a friend to use my computer, I came back to find it with antivirus pro 2009 on it. Woohoo! After finding fixes for it, they all seem to point to using Malwarebyte's anti-malware, but upon launching the installer, nothing happens, the "Loading" cursor pops up for a while …

I'm using a asus p5gc-mx/1333 motherboard, and ive attempted to install the Realtek AC driver that i got from the packed driver, to no effect, ive tried to install it 3 times and I still don't have sound, ive already tried to download from asus site but still not working.. …

Im starting to collect a rather large photo collect. Especially since I started taking pictures in RAW. Well I decided I should look into an online backup service or sorts. Dont want to lose all those memories. So what services does everyone use? I want something that offers some sort …

I got XP Pro SP1 and my wireless connection is slow. How can I increase the speed? It's weird but on ubuntu, my wireless connection is fast. Anyway, how do I increase my wireless connection speed? I got the latest drivers installed, by the way. .

When starting up I'm getting a blue screen which says Stop: c0000021a (Fatal system error) The windows Logon Process system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0x0000005...the system has shut down. What's up and how do I fix?

We have a Windows 2003 fileserver (demoted from a DC a few months ago). Anyway after we rebooted following an update a couple weeks ago is where the problems first started. The IPsec service would not start and therefore would now allow any TCP/IP traffic. We don't need that service …

I have conected hard drive from my broken notebook to my new pc. Just want to transfere some folders. Problem : I can not open or copy any folder to my new pc, new hard drive. Folders are locked because i was computers administrator. Please help me somehow

Since Monday, my PC hangs for like two minutes on the RAID Configuration screen when I turn my PC on for the first time on a day (after being off for many hours). If I reboot, it takes the normal two seconds. I use a RAID 0 setup with two …

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.

Hi there, From all my searching, this appears to be a common issue. That said, I haven't found a solution that works thus far. [U]Background:[/U] I have two computers (PC1 and PC2), both with Win XP Pro SP2 connected to each other and the internet via my Netgear DG834 ADSL …

I'm a PC Repair Tech working for the second time on this Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop with this problem that never ends. I really hope someone has encountered this problem. I've tried several attempts to repair this problem with no success. So here it is. Help & Support pops up …

Does anyone know when and if hp will update drivers for hp psc 2210 all in one printer so that i can scan using windows vista home premium.

Hey guys, Any ideas how to share a scanner on network just like sharing a printer? I'm using XP. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanks.. cguan_77

Hi All Got a really wierd issue here. In both Excel 2003 and Word 2003, when you type the word October, and it is only October, when you press the tab or enter button or click the next cell, whatever it always drops it to lower case when you have …

I am connected to the internet and can use gmail chat and check my email but Im unable to surf. Windows diagnostic said it was probably to do with firewall settings and told me to check HTTP port(80), HTTPS port(443) and FTP port (21). I don't know what this means. …

I have win XP home, with all the updates and svc packs up to date. I've run Spybot and Ad-Aware several times already. The problem started when I was playing Battlefield 1942. I left it playing for about an hour unattended because I had visitors come over. When I came …

Any body know about "EasyfitXL" and "StatistiXL"?? which one is more user friendly and useful??? thank you.....

For awhile now I have been in an endless cycle configuring updates. After I install the updates and reboot it says configuring updates 1 of 3. Then when it is finished it says updates were not configured correctly reverting changes. Needless to say I have a lot of uninstalled updates. …

Anybody please help, this IP address(168.254.2.237) always appear in our INTERNAL DNS SERVER entry as name server. Even if i delete the IP after several minutes it will appear again, please help.

i just installed winxp to try it out. and for some reason it hates my video card. the screen flickers and craps out. if i turn off hardware acceleration it works fine. i downloaded the new drivers for the card. it works great under win98, redhat 8, and slackware 7. …

I'm a learning programmer (learning as in, started today) :) I currently have windows vista 32 bit, i also play call of duty 4, would linux still run the games, and is it better for programming? thanks.

I recently built a new computer. I installed XP fresh, and installed some various programs that I use frequently. Everything was going fine until Windows Update downloaded SP2. I installed it, and restarted. Ever since then when I start up it simply hangs on the windows loading screen. I see …

Hi every one. I have a problem in CheckDisk, CheckDisk does not start automatically when I start my PC after a power failure nor when I press reset button. To run CheckDisk I have to schedule it to run at the next restart. However when CheckDisk runs it finds no …

I had a blue screen error.I reinstalled windows xp home edition on my machine.But internet is not working now.......

Can someone please help me; how to remove this Trojan/virus fake warning popup: "Some dangerous viruses detected in your system. Microsoft Window XP files corrupted. This may lead to the destruction of important files in F:\Windows. Download protection software now! Click OK to download the antispyware. (Recommended)" Here is the …

I found the post below dating from April 2006 but there were no replies. I've got the same problem. I started to watch the latest Little Britain programme on the BBC website when the whole thing froze up. The sound was ok but the screen froze. After a long time …

I am having trouble with my CD drive starting an unwanted program when a blank CD is inserted. I have gone through the procedure of assigning actions for all types of CD's in the properties of the drive but nothing seems to apply to a blank CD. It is very …

I have been having connection issues with my newly built system. I was able to activate windows and connect to internet but things were running extremely slow (I still have dial-up which made it even worse). Now I can connect but can't open a web page. Modem diagnostics says I …

Hi all, I know it sounds stupid (the title of this thread) but I am using php to write some hidden fields to a form and when the form is submitted some of the hidden fields are not being sent. They currently only work when google chrome, and do not …

ok, maybe I have posted this topic before but I failed in describing the problem. Im very bad in explaining stuff but I really work hard on this one. My monitor is making me crazy. Just recently, it took me 3hrs and 30 mins to see something in it. Yes, …

my comp broke, i got a diff one with windows 98, my internet co says they dont support 98, and i cant get on line, it is being connected by usb, is there anything i can do so i can get on line? thanks to all who help in advance

Hi, I am on Windows XP home edition and having a strange problem. Whenever I try to double click the C: Drive icon in the My Computer window, there comes a window called Open With and shows a list of applications such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint …

Hey all, This isn't a huge concern and I have just ignored it, but I guess I am curious to see if anybody has a remedy. I have somehow got a folder which is visible, but doesn't map to anything. What I mean is I can see it, but if …

Hello, Im having a trouble with my monitor and speaker. 1st, my monitor: sometimes, my monitor won't show anything. It's just like it's off but the monitor light is ok, the light's color is yellow (just like normal). I need to turn it off and on to make it function. …

Hey, i'm trying to fix this laptop for a buddy, and it won't startup.. it goes to straight to the screen with it saying it's sorry for the inconvience but windows couldn't start. then it let me choose from safe mode, start windows from last working configuration, and start windows …

hi guys, i need help. i'm trying to downgrade from vista to xp,...i insterted XP CD in the CD drive, after loading xp files it can't start installing rather it says it can't see any hard disk installed on my computer.. what might be the problem? any help on taking …

I've just migrated from XP to Vista and one issue I can't resolve is why right clicking on large files ( around 20gb - typically hard drive image files ) takes forever - along with a subsequent delete command which then comes up with a dialog box saying it's preparing …

Hello, I am having trouble trying to connect to my livebox-d0b1 wireless box. each time I go to connect to the internet. select this network to connect to, I can see that the strenght coming from the livebox is at its maximum although each time I highlight the network, then …

Hi, Just wondered if I have no option but to increase Bill Gates Cash Mountain and purchase a product key for the second PC I recently built for "up-stairs". I foolishly thought that (like XP) I could use a copy of the Vista software from the cd-rom borrowed via the …

Is there any possible way I can get a server to run a standard windows app that can access the internet? If so, how do I do it and spend the least amount of money?