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Hello, I installed the Vista Transformation pack a few weeks ago and I have decided to remove it and replace it with a nicer looking theme that Lifehacker wrote about. I restored my computer back to before the installation, but for some reason there are still parks of the pack …

I have had great help here in the past, so i thought i would try my last resort. Nothing has helped me yet I get this Event Viewer > System error every time i turn on my pc ****** The LogMeIn Kernel Information Provider service failed to start due to …

Antivirus XP 2008 arrived on my machine today uninvited! I think I have managed to get rid of all of the files but now I am unable to change my wallpaper. Half of the tabs are missing when I go into "Properties for my desk top. I have been working …

C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc23a.dir00\Mini101008-02.dmp C:\DOCUME~1\Family\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERc23a.dir00\sysdata.xml How do i go about fixing this? happens on start up most times or computer randomly restarts.

I keep getting a popup saying that windows virtual memory is low. I go in and check it and it seems fine, although I did bump it up to the recommended size, not sure if I should've or not, will leave it alone until I find out whats going on. …

I have Windows Vista Premium and cable internet through Charter Communications. All of a sudden my ipv4 address reverted to a 169. I called their technical support and we walked thru several possible solutions such as release/renew, resetting the connection from their end, resetting my modem which is connected directly …

This is probably an old question but I can't connect to a couple of sites..pgatour.com and bestbuy.ca. I have avg antivirus which I deleted and tried with no luck and I turned off windows firewall..still no luck

All I did was let Windows update install SP1. I get the box: Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically. I'm now doing a full system recover...thank goodness this was a new computer! So, do I prevent the thing from doing a Windows update? How do you take care of …

i am using vista home premium operating system i am facing new problem from the last 2 weeks. all the time when i switch on my laptop this pop up massage is come more than 2 or 3 times in the screen. [B][COLOR="Red"]"distributed file system replication has stopped working"[/COLOR][/B] please, …

im trying to install my western digital hard drive on windows 2000

Hi Every One I have a new mother board with a intell duel core 3 ghz processor and 4 gig of 1066mhz ram. When i try to install win98 i get a message not enough memory. Can any one help. Thanks oneamp.

Is it possible to retrieve the original "File Created" date from a file when the date has been changed due to copying from one system to another? I understand there are ways of preserving the dates if steps are taken [i]before[/i] the copying, but is there anything that can be …

hi! everybody may some one please help me i can't get 2 my boot device i get this msg. "windows could not start because the following file hs missing or corrupt : \windows\System32\config\system you can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using original setup cd-rom. select 'r' …

Alright I have a big problem with my gateway laptop, I'm posting this from my PC. Here is my problem, it wont let me connect to the internet with the wireless connection and it seems like my wireless connection in my whole house is down due to this one computer. …

Hey I have Windows XP Professional 32-bit, SP 3 but I have a problem with Safe Mode, it won't boot. Normal mode works perfectly :) but I won't press F8 and restart with safe mode, it won't boot at all .. I don't understand why.. Can somebody please help with …

Hello, I was wondering if anybody could help. I can not get on to the internet despite my computer saying that I am connected. I have tried internet explorer and firefox and have had no joy with both. I get "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and something similar with …

On my dell Inspiron 1505 laptop I'm running windows XP sp3. every time I try to shutdown or log off everything but the wallpaper disappears and it freezes up. I've given it as much as an hour so it isn't just going slow. This laptop was working fine until a …

Is there any way to edit windows boot.ini outside windows?,i mean editing boot.ini without loging in to xp.

Hello Everyone, I have my Windows Xp operating system with perntium 4 in my Pc with 20 gb hardisk installed. So i divided the space into 2 partitions , C: with 8 GB and D with 11 GB and the other was just unformatted. It was running Fine. But suddenly …

Hi,am suffering from a very big problem of dual bootup.u can view my problem here [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5928734#post5928734[/url] i hav a prob in my system and need to do a fast recovery..da prob is dat i dnt hav the xp cd to boot frm startup,but i got da new service pack 3 …

hey, i recently formatted my hd, when i re-installed windows (xp) i noticed that the longer the pc was runing my mouse started to lag every 2 secs for a period of 4 secs at a time, upon looking at my processes in the task manager, i noticed my cpu …

My WMP screen is cut by half horizontally. The top poertion is a clean view of what is playing, the bottom portion is either dark or distorted screen. What can I do ? I have re-installed windows 2000 and re-installem Windows media player and the problem is still the same …

I tried to search for answers to this problem on this forum and did not find any, so I am posting my question here. Please note that I am a novice user. I have a Compaq Nevo800v laptop computer running Windows XP. I am using a Compaq Wireless 110 LAN …

For a year I have been using a Dell 3010cn laser printer on a wireless network. The Dell is attached to my office pc via a USB connection. There are three other computers in the house all connecting via wireless router. There has never been a problem printing to the …

Hi! I've read a similar thread... [url]http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=230371&start=0[/url] But the way our network works, is simply a central server, and I have 6 other computers that make a remote desktop connection (terminal/server). Each user has a different user account. Now my problem is.. I am logged under administrator account (directly on …

Hi, I have recntly been having problems with my laptop recognizing my external hard drive, When the hard drive is switched on, the usb input sound happens but the device displays the 'busy' light and is not displayed in 'My Computer' and is therefore unaccessable. I have tried using it …

After messing up my Win 2000 desktop I took it to the local repair shop where the incompetent owner restored it to life, but managed to lose about 50 GB of hard disk space. Yes lose it. I've searched meticulously for a file that big, without success. What can have …

Good Day! Can someone help me to install Symantec Anti-Virus in Windows 98. I'm taking a hard time to install it. There's a message saying that it can't proceed to installing until you update your OS. Please help me to do it... Thanks!!! -=[ PJ ]=-

Im planning to reformat my laptop coz its infected with lots of viruses and I cant use a lot of applications, and got a bluescreen background... and I cant change my background because everytime I change it nothing happens... there was this AntiMalware2009 which I havent installed and scanned about …

Hi everyone. Appreciate some help here. I am not sure how this happened. Whenever i try to open certain files or folders, I will get a the above pop up, and when i select no it goes to this site. sc.videofreeforonline.com/id/4912933/4/1 What should i do? I ran Mcafee few times, …

I have a sandisk thumb drive that in the past, whenever I plugged it in, would load up two drives, E and F. It would always be E and F. But lately, the drive letters for the thumb drive have changed to like G and H. I don't know why. …

Hello, I'm having a few problems getting Outlook to connect to a pop3 email account at work. I've just migrated a website to a new server and had to set up all the email accounts again. On Monday I was able to connect to the accounts with no problems. I …

so i have an older model emachine. just recently when i go to start the computer the emachine logo appears and then another screen which i'm guessing is the BIOS appears and then after that the computer screen goes completely black. i can pull up the safe mode menu but …

ok i got a video but theres some points i want to sensor. by sensor, i mean black out. its just me playing a game but i want to block my online name out because i dont want people do be sending me friend requests because i dont even play …

Here's where I am at: This Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Wont Show Desktop or Allow explorer.exe to be Launched. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Operating System:Windows 2003 Web Browser:Internet Explorer 8 (Upgraded during this round of trouble shooting after being told that IE and Explorer were tied to each other) Memory:4GM Networking:100BaseTX Hard …

I am Locked out! Since a Windows Update, I am asked for a password for the user, either my or my wife. With my user name in the box, I tried no password (blank) and got the wallpaper with no icons. I have tried "Safe Mode": the same result with …

Hi there! Can someone help me about this win32 application. I'm trying to install google toolbar in ms internet explorer in Windows XP. Everytime I run the "google updater.exe" there's an error prompting "C:/Programs/google updater.exe is not a valid win32 application." Can someone help me for this? Thanks in advance! …

READING GUIDE LINE Here is what I would like to have: A horizontal colored line on the screen that I can extend from one side to the other. Can set hieght of line about 8 pixel to 20 pixel Line can be positioned vertically and be hidden or unhidden. Similar …

My neighbor asked me to fix his computer because "its not working" What I have discovered is that explorer.exe continually restarts itself every 10 seconds or so. There is a main user name which has admin privileges however when you are logged in, "task manager has been disabled by the …

Okay guys/gals, I'm hopeful someone can help me here. Here's my situation: I have a few custom fill in forms I've created for Outlook. And I want all of my users to be able to access them. This isn't the problem. The problem is ease of use. Our users aren't …

On my son's Laptop there is a file called C:\winbkup which at 3.70GB takes up a quarter of his hard drive. Can this be deleted, or will that completely mess things up?

Hi! I recently changed my default system font, and everything looks really nice now except that with certain numbers, the systray clock's colon is too close to the first minute digit and it looks a little bit off. I figure there's probably a way to mess with the registry to …

I was directed by hijackthis to post this log file Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 13:36:08, on 07/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18241) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE …

Hi, I have a directory called "mysql5.0.51a" in C:\wamp\ It says "invalid directory", when i type (in command prompt) C:\wamp\>CD mysql5.0.51a Why do you think this is? "mysql5.0.51a" is in wamp as well. I have a lot of files in it aswell. Windows XP Prof. Thanks

Hi anyone else been hit by this massive virus that takes over admin. duties on your cpu? I got most of the bad stuff out with Nortons and spyware doctor. But can seem to get full control of my cpu like I cant go into my program files or my …

Hi I have recently been given a PC running XP pro, this had Microsoft Office installed but when I tried to open Outlook it wanted to look for the exchange server and when couldn't find it shut down. In an effort to sort this I removed the software and ran …

I have a question and i need an answer, whats the best file sharing program for vista because for xp i had (share pro 360) and it was okay but now i have had vista for a while and well it doesnt work as needed i was think of getting …

We have 3 laptops. Work one, a Toshiba with XP, my own, an Acer with XP and my wife's, an HP with Vista. The router is a Netgear. Both XP laptops boot up and a few seconds later connect to the router automatically. The Vista one might connect automatically but …

Hi I am new here so if I have posted in the wrong area I do apologize. I hope I can do this without confusing everybody. here goes; about six months ago I got a cannot display page message while trying to access a website that I had previously accessed …

Hi im extremely frustrated and a friend told me about this site so i hope someone can help. I was recently restoring my computer when in the middle of it a power outage in our house caused my computer to restart. Needless to say it messed my computer up and …