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Hi, This is my first thread. Yesterday, I installed Windows 2000 Pro, but did this by installing a new copy of windows 2000 (clean install) and not upgrading to W2000 (which Microsoft recommends) as it was my understanding that ME cannot upgrade to 2000. Now when I startup a message …

Why doesn't my audio stop straight away after closing browser? it only happens in firefox

so i bought a cheapo mp3 player today and it says 4gb, i go to open it in my computer and it says i have to reformat it but my only option is FAT how do i get it to let me use FAT32

Hi Guys, I have Administrator rights to a Laptop running XP Home Edition and i need to use Regedit from another account on the same Laptop. How do I give access to use the Regedit to the other account from my Administrator account.... When I run the regedit from the …

i need to train my self on unix os but i dont have it available on any pc at home. i have a laptop installed windows vista on it. how can i install unix os on it?

I'm wanting to do a full system restore of my wife's computer which has Windows 2000 Professional but when I run the first system restore disk, it says I must first delete non-dos partitions. I don't really understand what this means and how to do it and I have no …

My buddy has an HP pavillion Media Center PC that I am looking at. It started to hang on boot the other day, coincidentally when he bought software for his kids that was a game with a usb controler. It hangs at mup.sys and never loads fully to windows XP …

Hello to all the great folks at DaniWeb !!!!!!!! I have a strange question and I'm not sure if this situation is common or not. I took a Compaq Presario 5190 computer that had WINDOWS 98 on it, and I put Windows XP Pro on it. I wiped out Windows …

I solved the problem of accessing my Adminstrative tools but I still cannot update and install programs. When I tried to register the msxml3r.dll and the 4 and 4r and 6 and 6r It comes up with "The module msxml3r.dll was loaded but the entry point DllRegisterServer was not found. …

Hey everyone. Recently my laptop has developed a problem starting up. When I turn it on it will simply power on and nothing else, it will just sit there with the power on and and do nothing. Only after I power it on and off a few times will it …

Hi there to my family at DaniWeb !!!! I have a Compaq Presario 5190, Windows XP Home, SP3. When I try to shut the computer down, it just keeps going and going and going ! When I go to START, hit SHUT DOWN, and then OK, it plays the goodbye …

im sorry if this is not the appropriate forum for my problem.. when im not playing any games.. i can download just fine.. but once i play some games.. Any games.. sims 2 , tomb raider , spores , resident evil.. my internet suddenly stops.. i know because im downloading …

Well, I'm an IT professional in my first real IT job. Unfortunatly I've come across this problem that I don't know how to solve. We have a computer where we have all of our shared files located on a seperate drive called the F drive. Which there is 215GB of …

Im looking to mirror a disk in Server 2008, ive set it up to mirror using the Computer management screen and it all seems alright. Ive tried pulling out the drive with the OS on and it obviously blue screens and you have to select to boot the mirrored operating …

Hello All! I am having the weirdest problem EVER. The first time i boot my computer every day it freezes. No cntl/alt/dlt, no nothing. just insta freeze. Computer is still running i just cant access it. I am no wiz but I did build this computer a while ago and …

Hi all, Recently my firefox default browser crashed, i reinstalled it , but it still doesnt work...then i tried downloading opera...same result...tried few other browsers as well...in all cases the download , installation in fine..but none of them are able to connect....except for IE... have tried all the usual checks...firewall, …

Hi, my computer is very slow, I don’t know if I’ve been hacked or I have to change something in my system. Please Help. [B]My vista is booting GRLDR[/B] Here are my system information ------------------ System Information ------------------ Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 Language: …

Hi all, I loged into windows 2003 server with an user name and password.I need to check whether My account is having administrative rights using the command prompt. I tried to install an application in between it through a message as it is not an administrative user. I need to …

I just downloaded the beta 2 of windows vista..... went to install the upgrade, and it needs an installation key..... my question is, how the hell do you obtain this key?

I have Windows XP, Home Edition. I have what I call a weird computer problem. Never ran across this before or ever heard of it. I can highlight stuff I want to copy with the mouse, right click my mouse and choose copy, and then right click to paste wherever …

i have a winxp system . i am using ftp to get files from unix server ,on other system it is working , but in this system when i am using the command 'ls ' to see the list of files ia m gettimg the following massage "200 port command …

I realiize that this may not be the correct place to post this. I would appreciate someone pointing me in the proper direction. I have MS Flight Simulator X running under Vista Ultimate on a 2.2Gig core 2 duo with 3 gig of ram and an ATI Radeon X1350 256Meg …

I have been trying to access [url]www.areforum.org[/url] but cant do it from my computer. My neighborgs have no problem accesing that. But my computer is not capable to do it some how. Can some one gives me suggestions? I even called my internet service provider, and NOTHING!!!!

Hi, I am looking for a software which will restrict internet access (from any browser) to selected sites only (White List). A very secure software which will not have any easy way for users to bypass or add website to the whitelist and surf the web. The main goal is …

help . please help me? i am having trouble with my laptop. the arrow/cursor has a mind of its own and wants to go to to the start bar at the foot of the page or the X possition at the top right hand side of the page as if …

- I opened the box and cleaned out the fans and inspected motherboard all is good - I checked ACPI power management and on never - I swaped cable for HArd drive - I tried to boot up with diagnostic start up - I swaped the ram - Installed and …

I was previously connected to the internet by way of being networked to another computer. When I left the network I could only log on with AOL. I tried with Earthlink but couldn't get a dial tone. The error message said that it could not connect to the remote computer. …

I have a dell Studio 540 that default came with Vista 64bit but I went back to XP, the Ethernet controller they have for download on their website is for Vista only, is there one for XP? Thanks, Mike.

my cousins computer that i am on right now is slow as you dont know and its horrible can someone help me and also its about 3 years old too!!! my 8 year old comp is faster than this one.

I have an XP client PC; IP config is set for DHCP, but DNS is set at Manual, and has a value entered. This value is not correct. All attempts to edit back to DHCP has failed. It just keeps going back to this static entry. I have deleted the …

I executed my 'cmd.exe' and it comes up but when I try to execute a command it returns "is not recoginized as an internal or exteranal command, operable command or batch file." These were some of the commands I was trying to use: netstat, ping, Help someone please!!

C:\Users\Dan>devcon install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf ms_ndiswanip Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are updated... Updating drivers for ms_ndiswanip from c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf. devcon failed. Lost my vpn because ms_ndiswanip was removed. Downloaded devcon for 32bit and tried it from the cmd prompt. It runs but seems to be looking for something else …

Hi all I have acer pc on Vista is loaded. recently there is a problem where by Vista continously restarts (comes upto password screen then restarts). It has the same problem when starting in safe mode where Vista continously restarts. With option of 'start with last known good configuration' Vista …

My Dell 4600 is 5 years old. The first problems were with the CD drives were not working properly and it was recognizing a CD drive that does not exist. It began saying that the PC was unstable with Roxio present. I deleted Roxio and that did not help. Then …

Loading a pc. I have to use both 98 and xp. I can format drive c. but when loading windows 98 it will ask all the normal questions, name ,etc. then it will start to check the room and files and says it is loading files, But it dosen't ask …

Sir, I wanted to speedup my PC used "ccleaner" after that my desktop icons are not opening the concerned objects.PL help BALCHENDER

Hi everyone! This is my first time to this site and loving it already. Ok let's see, I ran one of those driver update programs and the results said I needed to update these drivers: Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB ViewSonic VE155 Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller …

Hi, Not sure where to post this question. I created a slideshow like I do every year for our halloween party in windows movie maker. I imported the music and sounds I wanted, but there is no sound when I playback the storyboard or timeline. If I click on the …

i'v been reading over the forum threads and this is almost like hairdrier issue... but from Mal_Patch-3 and Possible_Virut-3 worms... login screen comes up (installed a game with starforce on it, uninstalled game, thats when the worms showed up... stupid russian garbage software) and since i dont have an access …

Bought my son a Sony Viao laptop for college. Heard that keyboards were the weakest link Got him cordless mouse and keyboard. Both recently stopped working. Mouse still works. XP is password protected at login. Can't figure out how to get him past login to delete keyboard drivers etc. Found …

Hi, I wanted to know what disk defragmentation is and how and why is it helpful/harmful. Also, -for people who have done it- are there any risks that while defragmenting your hdd, something can go terribly wrong and your hdd is gone forever? from what i understand when u delete …

Could use some help or troubleshooting ideas for a problem with using my computer's USB 2.0 ports. I'm using a few month's old Pentium 4 3.2 GHz machine with WinXP Professional. I had had my previous monitor plugged into the USB port on the computer, as it acted as my …

How can i activate windows vista without any activation / crack key message ? i am asked about the activation key everytime, whenever i start my Windows Vista ULTIMATE Version.

hi. Am on my Dad's computer and i can't believe the sluggish nature of this setup. I have the following specs; Windows Vista Dell inspiron 1501 laptop running on wireless application. half a gig RAM mobile amd semprom 1.8 processor it has just taken me 20 mins to go to …

Hi folks, Hoping someone out there can help me with a strange problem I have. I am an online gamer who runs the Dungeons and Dragons Online application. For the last few (4-6) weeks, I have been experiencing a pc crash while running the application. The strange thing is if …

Not sure if this is the right place however, I have a toshiba Satellite laptop that starts up but nothing on screen. I just downloaded Adobe Acrobat software upgrade and it prompts me to reboot I do and now it does not want to work. Like I said it starts …

Hi everyone, I posted this in the wrong forum area before...hope this is correct. When using Firefox 2.0, I keep getting Internet Explorer windows popping up. This seems to happen once every 2-3 minutes, and it is very annoying. Is there anything that can be done? The log is listed …

Hi guys Don't know if anybody can help? but this has happened 3 times now. Sister in laws pc..... only since she has been going online. restarts pc straight into "windows 32 system file deleted press r when reach first screen to repair from main disc" and you cannot go …

recently i restored my PC to factory settings because of bad malware and viruses, therefor i lost all my programs. i have reinstalled most of them, but have lost my Front Page 2003 CD. i have searched the internet for i trial of Front page but cant find one. i …

Hi All I have an Excel workbook (Excel 2002) which is accessed and modified by multiple people, there are 3 sheets within the workbook, 'Processing', 'Completed', and 'List Data'. On the processing sheet there are open jobs with drop-down validation in 2 cells which fetches options from the list data …