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I did not want to double post, I have posted this same problem on the Web browser forum, but maybe it was the wrong forum, so sorry for double posting. My OS is XP Pro SP3 When I visit some websites with flash displays, I cannot view it, not in …

Lets face it ! Tweaking gives us the satisfaction...of having done something to beat the system ! There is that urge, esp amongst die-hard tweakers, to squeeze out the last drop of performance ! Frankly speaking, the best "tweak" is to throw RAM at it ! Its one BIG healthy …

Alright I cant figure this one out and need help. I am working on a computer that when you turn on it comes up all you have to choose is safe mode safe mode with networking safe mode command prompt last known good configuration. start windows normally After that anything …

When I click on a link, like the one when I signed up for this forum does not work. I have to paste the shortcut in the address bar and this is not always available. Clinking the links have worked and now for about a week they do not work …

Nothing works! Toshiba Tecra M4 new drive, new mother board, machine was working great until there was a major user boo boo! Using recovery disks and F12 I can get to: Toshiba Recovery Utility 1. Restore Original Factory Image (Recommended) Advance User Options Only! 2. Restore partition C: of HDDonly …

Hello. This is my first post so appologies in advance. Does anyone know what the process zvsarc.exe is I have tried to google it and get no useful results. I noticed one of my XP machines has been contantly downloading and uploading to the internet and have tracked it back …

Hey everyone, I'm new to this board. I signed up for cable internet and set up the modem, but I've been having a problem connecting to it and the wireless router. I connected the modem through the ethernet cable directly to my computer and it says I'm connected to the …

hi everyone i have a small problem? my start up is slow when i log onto firefox i have tried the various fixes i know of but it has not helped much i am running xp with 2 gig of ram and 120 gig harddrive but an onboard graphics card. …

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I don't use windows much but I have recently acquired a Fujitsu Series N 5010 and set up a dual boot, Windows 2000 Pro and Ubuntu. I'm trying to find the appropriate driver for the DVD player (it originally came with XP home version) for the 2000 side. I've been …

Hi, I am facing problem that my system restarts after some time giving msg: "A log off error has been occured" What is the reson behind it and how it can be resolved? please guide Thanks for your consideration. Regards,

About a week ago I made a thread on this forum regarding some virus stuff. It may ormay not be related. Google suggests that I may have possibly gotten a HaxDoor virus, but if I did I don't really have a way of getting rid of it without being able …

Hi Im new here, I found this site when Im trying to find a solution to my problem. Anyway, please help me.. After windows loading screen, my computer shuts down. It turns on 20 seconds later. I can access safe mode though, Im in it right now. I can't see …

After using my computer for a while (desktop) Explorer starts acting up and sometimes will crash and restart itself. By acting up, what usually happens is that when I open up a Window in Explorer parts of the menu might be missing, or not all of the window is painted, …

Hi Friends, i need to have a program to find all mp3 files present in a drive(like c or d) in windows. and i have to list those in output. please help me as soon as possible...

Hi Gang, Here's the news. Every time I start the computer, I get this message: RUNDLL Error Loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\bnthhsxx.dll The specified module could not be found. This has been happening since I ran RegCure a day or two ago. I tried all the online libraries and nobody knows what the …

Are There Any Software To Create Partitions On A Usb Pen/flash/thumb Drives??? I Am Basically Interested I Breaking An Exsisting Partition On My Pen Drive.

Can an Adobe PDF file *any version* be set up so that when you email it to someone they can't print to it? I am trying to help my director and he can print any file but this one particular file he can't print - I'm wondering if Adobe has …

I have an Asrock K7S8XE, 512 Mb, Radeon 9600PRO. I used to play games normally, but this week a strange thing happen. It start to lag in games that it never did before, turning the game unplayable. I've tested another graphic card, a Geforce 6800, and it did the same …

XP, one wired nic on the local network, one wireless for the internet. What I want is to have this machine use the wireless for internet only, not sharing it with the wired network. But when I connect the wired, all programs default to that card to access the internet …

My XP Monitor boots "green" light... but within seconds the light goes "yellow" and screen is black. Any suggestions? Many thanks.

Hey, I just recently ran into a problem compiling a C++ project (no, I didnt mean to put this in the C++ forum). I got an error saying that a certain header file couldn't be opened (I had compiled with the same file before). I looked up the error and …

Hi, I have recently configured outlook express 6 in my system. I have sent a mail from it to my gmail and yahoo id's and verified the same. But when I had e-mailed from Gmail, I didn't receive the same in outlook. Can anyone help me with this?

Good day,i'am running window xp 64 bit with 9650 Intel core 2 Extreme deskto and dx38bt mother board\ using this computer,for 3d application,software. i have a little problem,every time i try to render image in my application,software,my cpu usage is at 100% all the i 'am renedering image know and …

hi, I would like to know about creating virtual com ports.Is there any tools for creating them.

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Performance Increase Through My Computer [/color][/size][size=2]Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is:[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Start > …

WHen I start my laptop up it goes through bios fine then It just stops at a black screen with flashing underscore in top left, I tried to load in safe mode and everything but it does same thing after bios, I cant even load setup. I just got the …

I had trouble with ZoneAlarm so I uninstalled it. Not uninstalled and can not remove it to turn Windows Firewall on. So, Oh it gets better. Thinking I would get help by installing a new firewall (NOT), I installed COMODO Firewall. No they are both active by SSoftware and the …

Hello I want to downgrade to windows XP pro SP2 and have everything installed. So far I found audio drivers for L355D-S7825 that worked through RealTek but I tried the PCI LAN drivers and they didn't work. Right now Im using puppy Linux and puppy Linux is using RealTek RTL-8169 …

I made fresh installation of Windows XP Pro which previous times went without any troubles. However now I'm getting error 0x80096010 and I'm not able to install any software, if I try I get message such as "Extraction failed. File is corrupt." I tried to check certificates as many discussion …

I am having troubles trying to connect an notebook (with XP Pro) to a personal wireless network. I know there is no hardware problems as the notebook has connected to other wireless networks before and the wireless network works on another notebook using vista. The problem notebook detects my wireless …

just the other day my girlfriend logged onto AOL like normal to check her email, later that day when she went to log back on she could no longer connect, the model will dial but she cant get a connection, it goes through the booping and beeping while it dials …

My Toshiba laptop is having some major problems with its start up. Upon start up, there is a black screen with white writing that says: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If your computer stopped …

I have 2 Firewall that I installed (ZoneAlarm & COMODO) and they are still showing active in TUT (The Ultimate Troubleshooter). I cannot turn on or off Windows Firewall. If I try to it doesnot prompt me that I am at risk. I always get a prompt in my other …

Here is the problem. I cannot access any of the Adminstrative tools, when I go to it, it has an hourglass like its getting there then it never gets there (I tested it and had it stay there overnight and nothing) I believe because of this problem I cannot install …

OK, Question is: What is the easiest way to transfer a Desktop OS build to a laptop, make it boot and keep all the settings and updates I have done on that build? I have a baseline built on a Desktop PC with all the updates and security setting but …

Hello- I am hoping that I can get some help on a pesky issue I have going on. Pardon my ignorance here folks. We trying to open IE, I get an error message. It says: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Buffer Overrun Detected! A buffer overrun has been detected which …

I have a dell xps400 with an HL-DT-ST DVDRW DL burner. I am using Roxio Creator IO Dell edition, that came with the computer when i purchased it new 18 months ago. It is a 3.2 gig with 2 gig ram. Lots of hard drive space avilable. Prviously I have …

Hi, I am trying to get a parallel port based Rowland plotter to work on my husband's Dell XPS via a parallel to USB cable. Initially I couldn't see any ports in Device Manager but I have Googled and found out how to show hidden device and now device manager …

I am doing a new build with a Geforce 7050M-M2 board with a Phenom X4 9550 Processor. New ram and HD. After files are loaded and the reboot it goes to the black screen and stops. Can someone please help me figure this one out? Thanks

Hi, I got a client who have 3 servers, running Windows 2003 server Standard R2. In the last 3 days, one of them (TS= Terminal Server) has restarted by itself, with an event saying "Unexpected shutdown" and as always, there is not much in this event, not even a code …

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I have created an application in C++ using MFC, and then one day I have executed this application using Intel VTunes just to monitor the performance of the application and to check where most of the time is consumed by my application. After analyzing I have found that about 40% …

Hi! can someone send me a link where i can download a free c And c++ compilers!

Hey people, I havw Avant browser and it keeps track of user habit.Anybody knows how to disable that option? Thanks

OK, here is what is going on. I got a nasty spyware. Trojan Horse Zlob. I have Spyhunter, XoftSpySE, Spybot Search and Destroy, and AVG. I also have windows defender and I downloaded smitfraudfix. I ran all of them to get rid of it. I think they all got rid …

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I was given a dell inspiron 2500 with windows xp professional. Problem is cant swipe it and download new stuff because I don't have any stuff. I have got to make this work. I turn on laptop... windows loads then dark blue screen then black screen then welcome to windows …

All too regularly, when I try to safely remove my USB external hard drive I get the dreaded message that a file or process is still accessing it. I know that there are huge numbers of posts on many different forums about this problem, and I have spent hours trawling …

I am not sure if this problem belongs here, if not, please accept my apology and move to correct forum. My OS is XP Pro SP3 When I visit websites with flash displays, I cannot view it, not in IE7 or in FF3.0 I get the error on the website …