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I have this old PC that I resurrected and from what I can see there is something weird going with OS issues. When logging on I'm given 2 options Win 2000 or XP Pro. I want to delete the Win 2000 partition so I don't have this issue anymore. Help …

Hi all i just got a hp dv 6000 with visa home premium. After a few days i keep getting a message saying windows aero is not working and that my copy of windows is not genuine, the message has a link to microsoft website which validates my copy of …

I have a Windows 2000 server computer, do backups on usb hard drives. Get the following error during backup of about 90Gb of data. This error is not always generated. I am using 3 external disks in turn. Source Ftdisk, Event ID 50.

Hi everyone. I have some troubles i been wracking my mind to fix and just no luck so far was wondering if anyone could help. Ok here is it is. I have two computers i had set up going though a a router to my dsl. Now i switched to …

Recently for the first time two or three of the programs listed for startup are not doing so, namely gadwin Printscreen and Scottie. A restart brought them back with the icon showing at the bottom right of the screen. This is annoying as I use gadwin a lot when writing …

Possible virus help.Recently added some software to detect autorun files and viruses on flash disks.The problem now is that my computer wont let me log in.When i reach the log on part it logs me off.Cnt do anything.Tried reapiring my XP files but still no change.

My computer start to work slow. I have no idea what happened even my comp is supposed to be fast with 3.5 Gb, 3Gb RAM, 500 HD, Windows XP... Anyway, sending my HijackThis Scan and hope someone would know what need to fix. Thanks to everybody. Logfile of Trend Micro …

Hi, I have recently returned to my student flat to find that my desktop PC does not work on the wireless we have. All my other flat m8s can get internet fine where as mine it some times says it is connected but i cant get internet and some times …

Hey i have recently found a problem im not sure what its to do with but when i go to the start menu and go to the quick programmes that i use reguarly such as itunes i click on it and a box comes up with a loader saying windows …

Hi, i'm installing the xp in my laptop but the it hangs on this screen "no hdd detected"

Hey there, I've seem to have a major problem with opening up "my computer" and "control panal". It happened a few months back, and I was wondering how you can solve this. Every time I opened it, my pc crashes and freezes and I have to keep on rebooting my …

I am having a horrible time installing vista on my computer. It just keeps crashing. i have all the requirements Vista prescribes. Any thoughts?

I have not used my yahoo messenger for a while and when I did I find that it won't open. So I attempted to uninstall it and reinstall it, but the uninstall program locks up and won't work either. Any suggestions?

Hi, We seem to have a problem with IIS on our portal/intranet server. I will try and explain the situation now. Usually users are able to connect to the portal/intranet page by following the link to [url]http://servername/portal[/url]. However, since restarting the server this morning users have be unable to access …

when J leave my computer for about 15-20 minutes it freezes..and before leaving it,everything is ok..J have kaspersky and several simular programmes(ccleaner,tune up..) do you know where the problem is?

Alright here's whats going on. I have my friends computer which has been a problem repeatedly. Its had almost all of its parts replaced and for a while it was working perfectly. Then one morning when it starts up as it boots windows it just resets itself. This has been …

I have a dell laptop that I had win 98 on, It's like 500 mhz with 128 mb of ram. I installed win xp pro but it ran very slowly (I know cause of the ram), Anyway I uninstalled it and formatted it then tried to load another os on …

Suddenly Internet Explorer refuses to open. Outlook Express is fine. BT Yahoo is fine. Something is preventing down-loading Google Chrome. Notices about firewalls etc. BT Broadband/India version after 3 complex calls say I have to get an expert in....this goes against my inclinations as it is expensive and probably unecessary. …

My wife uses her computer only rarely. Every time she tries to sign on, her password has expired. I know there's a way to keep the password from expiring until I (administrator) tell it to. I'm darned if I remember how to do it and looking through "users and passwords" …

My friend has a HP pavilion zv6000 with windows XP home edition. The computer starts up then shuts right down. Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be wrong? Thanks.

I have this file named Blocks on my hard drive that only appeared after a full system restore. It takes up a lot of space and I was wondering if I can get rid of it.

Hello all good folks at Dani Web !!!!!! I have an Emachine, W3050, Windows XP Home edition. It had MANY viruses,maleware etc... I got it clean to where SpyBot and Super Antispyware gives me a clean report ! Yeah ! I ran quite a few "cleaners" , including ComboFix. Now, …

Hi everyone. One of the users who has called in for support says that everytime he boots his XP machine he gets a message. "Preboot assessment build selected press escape to abort testing". He presses ESC and machine boots normally. Does anyone have any ideas? There is nothing in MSCONFIG …

This small annoyance is something I get as XP finishes running its scripts after booting. Unfortunately, that is the entirety of the message. No clue as to what the problem might be. It is not a problem per se, but it IS an annoyance that I would like to be …

Hi folks ... im in desperate need of some assistance. Somehow (all of a sudden) my Office 2007 doesnt work and I get the following message when trying to open Word, Excel etc... "The command cannot be performed because the dialog box is open. Click OK, and then close open …

Hi All, I am working as a Unix admin and i will be sending out emails to my onsite departments for server maintenance.What i want to do with Outlook is If i insert an email ID say [email]server1@cmp.com[/email] in the TO box, can i set in the Outlook to auto-insert …

Hello, I had a Spyware few days ago and after I removed it by AVG, My computer gets stuck after few hours of standby. When I play PC games sometimes my computer sends keyboard presses by itself. Please return ASAP and I will appreciate help,

Hello Dudes can anyone tell me how to view hidden files (of system) in vista & also how to get permission to open and read it.

My command prompt at work is all screwy. 1 - It doesn't seem to use the Path variable. For example, ping results in "not recognized as internal or external command". Strangely I can click the Environmental Variables button under the Advanced tab of System Properties, then click OK in the …

I am in the process of trying to fix a friend’s laptop. He has Quick Books Pro 2007 installed for his business. His laptop had problems that I don’t think were related to the QB software. Long story short, I got the laptop to boot up and run stable. I …

Can anyone out there help me....Please! I have a laptop with windows XP and the wireless modem says that I have a strong connection to the internet but when I bring up internet explorer to get to various websites the error: cannot display webpage or address not valid keeps coming …

Hello, I am experiencing a slight problem managing user accounts in Windows XP Home Edition. When running in an existing account, non-administrative, I run into an IE script error and am unable to view the User Accounts dialog found under Control Panel. I am unable to run as Administrator unless …

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, but I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction. I have a P4 system running Windows XP sp3 with a ATI Radeon 9200se card. After the last round of updates, my shutdown screen has the "Standby" button grayed out. After …

I hope that my title isn't going to throw you off. but i was wondering if anyone else has this problem and how can i fix it. i have windows xp sp2(is there an update for that? i read something about sp3) and i want to view my file extensions. …

Is there an easy (and free) way to copy just the audio portion of an .flv file to another file? Or is there a way to get PowerPoint to play just the audio portion of an .flv file. A co-worker made an .flv video of an event on campus. I …

Hi there, I had several problems with my laptop and at somepoint I couldn't even get into windows. I installed avast and started getting weird virus messages (I had AVG before). I run a Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware scan that found 79! infected files. Deleted all of them. I now can't update …

I have Windows XP. The problem started a few days ago, 2 or so. I downloaded a game from Kazaa and Unzipped it. Now I keep hearing a sound effect from the game a few times every minute. I tried uninstalling the game but it never really installed properly the …

Hey I turned my PC on today and got the following error Windows could not start because the follwing file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom... I turned my pc off and then back on …

I've been looking at numerous threads throughout the internet, and have found, and tried nothing that has worked for me yet. So this is my first attempt at a post to try and get some much needed advice. Ok here it goes... SPECS Motherboard - ECS K7S5A Processor - 1800Ghz …

Hey howdy doo, I'm trying to get a PC to boot up and I keep getting the same thing it just gives me a [COLOR="Red"]blinking _[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]What would be a reason for this?[/COLOR] ?????????????????????????? [COLOR="Green"]I tried a different hard drive Swapping the PIII Processors Swapping ram all from a working …

Here's my dilemma...I've been searching far and wide for an answer and I'm hoping to find it here. I have a built computer, my BIL put it all together including installing my software. Took it home and everything is fine. After a few weeks of having it I notice that …

i re installed windows Xp and have this wave effect when scrolling.. how do i remove it? :( thanks!!!!

I have a broadband connection that i want to dial at a specific time automatically. Can anyone tell me how to do it?? Its Urgent.. Please help

Well, my windows works fine until just now, it appears a message Windows: No CD and I just ignored it, then I restart my computer and login to my user and it appear a black screen, no start menu or etc, but it do have Document this folder comes out …

Hey Guys, I started to have this problem last night; when I try to run Windows Update, a blank window would open, but it would freeze and I can't even resize the window... I'm not sure what's causing this, but here's a hijackthis log just in case it's spyware/malware related: …

hi! i have very strange problem. (1) if i change task bar or start menu or desktop properties they are automatically changed to their default setting after reboot. i think some virus has changed group policy. (2) So whenever i try to run gpedit.msc to change group policy one warning …

Here's the problem... When I'm minding my business on my computer, it sometimes freezes up, and my speaker makes a strange 'static' noise accompanied by a deep, beeping noise. After about 10-15 seconds, strange things happen. It varies all the time...the computer shuts down, restarts, or the monitor suddenly turns …

Over the last 7 days I had some blue screen errors. I attempted 2 system restores but both failed. A third attempt did restore the system but with one remaining, niggling, problem: I have lost my Windows XP theme and am stuck with the Windows Classic theme only. To be …

turn on computerand i get windows starting up then goes blank and restarts on it own all the time i have tried everything i have packard bell with windows xp it keeps going into start windows normaly and all the others tried alll them so looked thru the manual and …

My apologies if this is the wrong forum for this. But, a week or so ago my bookmarks in firefox vanished. This has happened twice in the past making this time the third. The two previous times I had nothing of real interest bookmarked, so I didn't pursue the issue. …