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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?

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.