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Hi, internet is connected to my computer, I am able to open Skype and MSN and work with that, but I can not connect to the internet using browsers like Firfox, internet Explorer and ... . Any body have any suggestion, Thanks

I setup a Brother HL-2270 on a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. I went into Network Sharing Center and enable printer sharing and removed the password. I also went into Control Panel > Printers > sharing> Security and allowed ANONYMOUS LOGINS and EVERYONE access to print. The UAC is …

Hello, I have windows Vista. I have a laptop and access the internet wirless. I seem to run into a problem where windows explorer freezes and stops responding. I check for known problems for microsoft to fix and there just is nothing... I have never had it with XP.. Maybe …

Media player will not open. Was working fine one day, then wouldn't open the next. Is there some sort of troubleshooting process I can go through, or is there some way I can reload it. I have windows vista sp1 (??) premium.

when starting up i get a message saying; we appologise for any inconvience but windows did not start , this could be due to a hardware or software change might have caused this, choose last con/fig to recover recent settings, not sure what caused problem choose start windows normally , …

My original HD crashed. Restored backup on new drive. Some corruption on backup. Ran chkdsk /r from repair/restore windows CD. This finished and indicated all repaired and restored. Rebooted and windows (Dell 2400 desktop OS XP 2)) gave me choice of starts. I choose safe mode. Bootup proceeded to user …

I have cable internet. As of the past couple of days, my Win ME computer has slowed to a snails pace. I have the free McAfee through Comcast. I started a virus scan last night, and it's still doing it, real slow. It's been scanning all night. I'm wondering if …

Hi I am running WIndows XP Professional SP1 and my Hard disk had bad blocks on it so I imaged it to a new hard disk. Now I can only boot it up in Safe Mode fully as if I do a normal start it gives me a message "Windows …

Hello, Ive got a problem. Im trying to fix a co workers Toshiba laptop but am having difficulties. He recently installed a new hd (hitotchi 120gb). The hd is correctly installed (just a simple, single plug in required). The bios correctly identifies it and all. Now, i need to install …

Hi, I have a windows server 2003 machiene but when i try to log on i get the error This copy of Windows must be activated with Microsoft. You cannot log on until you activate windows. Do you want to activate now? I click yes and the activation appears but …

I noticed about 3 weeks ago that a bunch (not all) of my picture and video files are gone!! The folders I had them arranged in are still there, but there is nothing in them. I have been loosing my mind trying to figure out the problem. I have requested …

I have a friend who is trying to copy a pdf file witch is written in Greek to microsoft world and the Greek fond changed to something i don't know how to explain it, :) not language anyway i hope you guys understand. :) Thank you

I have some questions regarding System Restore. When should we use System Restore? Any idea? Regards,

I have a Dell Dimension 3000 with Windows XP, and Service Pack 3 was just installed. When I start up I just get the Windows screen XP. When I reboot and press F8 and try to start in Safe Mode with Command Prompt, I don't get the prompt but get …

Hi, Recently I I'm getting the error messages for the following actions: -When I want to check for volume from the Windows Tool I get: Windows was unable to compllete the Disk Check. And when I use the CHKDSK command from the Start>Run, I get:Can't open volume for direct access. …

I'm Newbie here and don't even know where do i post my problem . There's so many threads. So just let me post here. I want to restrict that some users don't change stuff in internet options. I use AD for my Client/sever network . I know i can restrict …

We are using Server 2003, SP1 I have a Scheduled Task set to run at 4am, problem is it's not running. The files that the task is supposed to delete, never get deleted.. If I start the task manually, they do get deleted. When I read the sched log (SchedLgu.txt) …

Ok here goes, I have been working with this computer for like 2 weeks now, every time i go to install windows it will go through formatting then when it goes to the installing the files needed at the boot screen sometimes it will go thought the whole process and …

Hey Good folks at DaniWeb !!! I have a Vista, Emachine W3611 I have 38 problems in the device manager that all are probably related. Under "Network adapters" there are 38 things listed that have a yellow exclamation point nest to them. The way I found them is by searching …

Hi I'm using MS Word 2003 on PC. I am creating templates for letters and reports that I want other staff members to be able to open - but not change the template. I want them to be able to save a copy, and be able to make edits in …

On windows XP you can change the login screen to show something else. Well I tried that and now when I boot up my splash screen comes on and then after it loads my screen goes black. You can't see anything nowhere to put your password in at.This is what …

I deleted some files yesterday and now I cannot open Internet Explorer and Windows Update will not connect. I cannot access the internet so I am unable to download any repair software. I hope someone has a solution for me. Thanks

I am making a spreadsheet for work. I have multiple worksheets in this particular file. How do I make it so I can just update one spreadsheet and it automatically updates another one?

I have 2 satta drive .prmary has 3 parts with win 2003 standerd in C:.other hard disk is single partition .Primary disk is with win 2003.second disk is with windows Xp.After loading xp in second disk my win 2003 on c drive wont boot.When ever i select it just restarts …

I can't start up my computer at all. I got a new SATA 500gb HD and installed it, BIOS detects it. I am trying to install windows XP on it but it keeps freezing when its loading everything, although sometimes i can get to where you press S to load …

If I use a dialup ISP nonMS, does Internet explorer do all the "explorering"? Or does the ISP have it's own.? I use search engines google and yahoo and save favorites for all my webbing. How do I know if IE is behind the scenes running the show. Reason foe …

Ok, so I've gone to multiple tech forums and asked this same question, lets see who answers first. Fairly simple to explain a little harder to fix (so far). When I try to log in on my computer (Windows xp) I get an error with the title "Explorer.EXE" message stating: …

I need help in Outlook, some of my user’s connection to Outlook while they are connected to Exchange server will receive a message saying that connection to server has been disconnected and then few seconds later user will receive that connection to server has been restored. Please help

Hello-- I have a problem in that my younger son's laptop (dell inspiron 1525, shipped with Vista, I "upgraded" to Xp sp3) shows an excellent wireless connection at his mom's house, but Google's front page barely loads. To complicate matters, his older brother's laptop (older Dell, Xp sp3) connects and …

I have been having tons of problems with my HP Compaq Business Desktop lately so I copied everything from HD and decided to reformat completely. I used the "HP Restore Plus" CD to erase everything, followed the instructions to put in the "MS Windows XP Pro" CD when prompted, and …

hi everyone, I have recently started having a lot of problems with my computer. I guess if I make a list it would be easiest =/ 1. When I search something in google, it works alright in firefox, but if I click on any link it doesn't take me to …

hi everybody i'm on win me and i cant use my ethernet cable cause the card is not working telling me that there is no driver where can i find one please? Property Value Device ID PCI\VEN_100BDEV_0020SUBSYS_F3111385REV_00\50F000 Status 0x08000620 Has Problem Problem 0x0000001c (28) Capabilities 14 00 00 00 Config …

i have a very strange problem, XP sp2 doest allow to logon to my laptop, i have tried to different methods such as 1) going through SAFE MODE....not possible same msg 2) Tried to repair through the windows cd....not possible 3) tried to replace userinit.exe, wsaupdater.exe( didnt find wsaupdater.exe) and …

hey guys i just started getting some problems from vista i keep getting a popup for almost everyprogram saying "a problem cause the program to stop working correctly". i also reformated, before i reformated it would also get a black screen and my videocard fan would speed up. that is …

Hi, I am currently using vista with my personal notebook as it is less prone to virus (heard from friends) but I'm more comfortable with XP (it's functions and displays). Will dual use of Operating system not affect each other in case the anti-virus failed to delete the virus? Collection …

HI PC Guru's, I've got a stack of old Dell Optiplex GX1's (I hate the antiques but they seem to work with a program we have running here) that I'm swapping a good hard drive through each of them. Some have easy fixes, but I ran across 1 of them …

Yes my problem started when I tried to download a new login screen. Well I did just that and then installed it then I had to reboot perfect so far. Now comes the moment of truth to see if the login screen will work nope nothing just a black screen …

I have a Dell Dimension 8100 running Windows XP, SP3. I have 512 MB RAM. When I click the button to analyze or defrag my C drive, nothing happens. When I check Task Manager it indicates that it is running. What can I do. I have run Chkdsk and found …

Had a e-machine brought to me, was told it was garbage. Installed a floppy drive, booted to 98 startup disk, fdisk(fat 32), formatted drive and started with win 95. ran setup, said it was rebooting , then it hung during "starting windows for first time", Sigh, so I finally found …

I've done a system restore due to my p.c running very slow as of late. I then wanted to get rid of some program and games that I didn't want. I've gone through the control panel etc. I get to the point where nothing will uninstall, each one is saying …

Recently, I have had to remove multiple worm virus's and infections from this xp system. I have downloaded the latest ms updates until update history told me service pak 3 invlalid installation. Biggest problem Internet OPtions gone from control panel and system menu and tools on ie7 toolbar also gone. …

[B][U]external hard disk as operating system[/U][/B] is thr any process thru which i can install windows XP in my external 80 gb usb hard disk,, i want to use my hard disk as my personal computer .... on any external machine........ do help me........... thanx! regards..

hi. i was wondering if enabling upnp will interfere with web browsing. i had to enable it for torrents, but my web browsing has significantly slowed or even stopped. even though i've limited my downloads to half of what i'm capable of i'm still having problems web browsing. what am …

i recently downloaded java jdk6 how do i get started to write programms

Good day Please can someone tell me what is exactly CSRSS.EXE and what it is doing. Can I do without. And so how can I delete it. Right now it is installed in a directory: c:\windows\softwaredistribution I even changed the name ones in save mode to softwaredistribution.old Because I receive …

Hi Everyone My computer keeps locking up ( occasionally - not every day ) since I had a new MB/Chip installed. One solution I have seen is to boot up in safe mode and check out and delete any duplicates in the device manager. I've had a look in device …

I go to this web site that has a link to click on to listen to live streaming of a radio broadcast. When I click on the link, the window sometimes starts to open and I get another window that says page not found with some other website listed in …

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I've gotten the BSOD twice now, I was sleeping when it happened so I don't know what the computer was attempting to do that caused it. I haven't installed any new hardware for at least a year. full msg string was Driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal 0x000000D1 (0x00000008, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF7847BEF) NDIS.sys - F7847BEF …

I have recently done a ful reinstall of Windows XP. In the past, when I have been browsing online videos, such as Yahoo video, when I clicked on a link to a video Internet Explorer would ask me if I wanted to download it and where to save it. Now, …