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Earlier this evening I was trying to install Defender on a friends computer. She didn't have XP2 installed so I tried to install it. It completely installed but when I tried to restart the computer there was so much ad-ware popping up that it froze the computer. I tried to …

While installing the software for a Logitech webcam on my wife's computer ( a Sony Vaio with Windows 2000 Professional) a blue screen flashed on and then reverted to a black screen with "Sony" on it which then went to "Operating System not found." Re booting the computer makes no …

I can see the network printer (it's on an XP machine), even to its attributes but when I try to sign it in, I get a box that says Access Denied. I'm guessing it's a driver problem (i.e., where would the Vista machine get its driver from a printer that …

I have several questions on antivirus and antispyware software: I am trying to settle on a set of antivirus and antispyware products to use. The problem is that I get interactions. 1. Is windows Defender any good? Does it handle spyware as well as viruses? 2. Is there any way …

hi i am using win XP SP2,working in LAN & using Administrator account. i want to disable other user from changing my ip from local area connection so that none other can change my ip or can view ip. please tell me any configuration. i am not going to use …

I have a Vista desktop wired to a Linksys WRT54G router. I have a XP SP2 laptop connected to it wirelessly and a Linksys Media center wirelessly on my home stereo. Everythng worked great for about a month or two and suddenly the wireless stopped. The Media center gets 0% …

I'm currently running Win Vista and Outlook 2003 with the latest service packs. I have a 36 Mb .ost file with rich text emails in it. The thing is when I hit either reply or forward buttons I get "Out of memory or systems resources. try closing some windows or …

hi there. I'm wanting to make an installer for a file, and I need to know how to add the file to the start menu/all programs. is it possable to do this with a .reg file?

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. And when i am at work, i first thought VNC would have been able to connect to computers outside of a lan but i have noticed it has not worked. So what i would like to do is be able to connect …

Help: I am new to Daniweb and for sometime now all the programs on my computer have changed color to a light pink or flesh color. My Outlook is white and it appears that I have a virus. Does anyone know what this is or can help me with this. …

I'm having a problem installing windows XP 64 edition on my computer. i get it to boot screen where you press any key to boot from cd and i hit any key, and then it starts up but and goes for a little bit and then the cd stops reading …

I have a very strange problem that is preventing me from accessing a few files/folders. This problem has occurred twice, and was caused both times by using the auto shutdown feature of a bit torrent client. Also, it wasn't the same client that was used each time. Upon completion of …

Hi everyone: There are certain sites I go to and at the end you have to enter a code in words given or numbers and I can't see the image. I have Windows Vista. It doesn't happen in all sites but some of them for example Trafficera, InetGiant. What can …

This score can be found on the performance and reliability monitor in vista, and clicking on reliability. The score ranges from 1 to 10. What is yours, and if possible, use snipping tool to prove your score.

hi This is ram from india and need aa help my system has a problem in opening drive (partition drive) it is not opening directly when i double click the drive it showing openwith menu asking me to choose the program to open i don't know how to troubleshoot this …

Hi all, I hope someone can help. I've been all over the net trying to find a fix for this. At random times (usually in the evening to early morning) both my processors (Dell Inspiron E1505 core 2 duo) will max out at 100% usage (noticed with a sidebar gadget). …

I have a problem that I am currently experiencing, Emails remain stuck in outbox after sending them. My server (OS) is Windows 2000 Server (version 4.0) and it uses Microsoft Outlook. This is happening to every client on my domain and its not one user who is having this problem. …

Hi guys, This site comes to me highly Recommmended by my sister who claims to have had some pretty nasty virus's fixed here free of charge, with the support of you all. I on the other hand have paid for Regcure, Pareto and McAfee and still have ad pop ups …

I am forgeting, what does this path means: [B]multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect[/B] does partition(1) means the primary partition or the other partition? does fastdetect here means that the windows boots skipping the basic devices eg. mouse and keyboard? Any help would be appreciated.

I want to run freebsd, and mac tiger on virtual machines with windows xp but I don't even know how to start setting up a virtual machine. I would appreciate any help!

My computer is running Windows XP Home SP2 and has three accounts. My account uses a password. My wife’s account does not. With increasing frequency, my wife’s account asks for a password and, of course, there is none. When this happens, I try switching back to my account and Windows …

Ok. Whenever I try to play a new game on Star Wars Republic Commando, it finishes loading and crashes. All it shows me is "SWRepublicCommando.exe has stopped working" Yes I have the wonderful thing called Vista and can't get out of it. I am also using a no-cd crack cause …

Help anyone. My internet connection just recently started going very slowly at only about 30kbps and it should be going at at least 2500kbps. I scanned for viruses and spyware using norton, ESET Nod 32, ad-aware, and some other problems but nothing comes up. i will copy and paste my …

Ok i'm currently running windows XP 64-bit eddition and i'm basicly fed up with it's non-compatibility with programs i want to run on it. I was woundering if i slicked my hardrive could i install just regular Windows XP 32-bit version? I'm using a AMD Athlon 64 processor, if that …

I have been using Vista for about 3 months and like it. But everyone I speak to hates Vista and have had problems with it. I havent had any hassles , maybe I have just been lucky. Just wondering if there is anyone who likes Vista, or am I the …

Hi everyone, I have a computer that is running windows 2000 and upon loading i get 2 error messages. they are as follows: Error loading C:\Docume~1\Dwilli~1\locals~1\TEMP\__c00A361C.dat Error loading C:\Docume~1\Dwilli~1\locals~1\TEMP\__c001ecb5.dat This started to happen after AVG did a virus scan yesterday and found a virus. It says it took care of …

Last night I had my system hang up while trying to reboot so I did a forced shut-down. Now whenever I try to use either IE6 or FF3 both crash upon startup wich an handling exception error. I can still use IE6 by just moving the error popup to the …

Those of you running vista know what I'm talking about. Mine is currently 3.6 but that is because my video card doesn't have drivers, I expect it to goto at least 5.6 once I get those installed (as that is the next lowest number on the page) :cheesy:

Hi: I have a HP Pavilion 533w desktop that loads up all the way to the log in screen. I can log in and have both keyboard and mouse control. I am able to enter my password and then it states that it is loading all of my setting. When …

Whenever i leave my computer idling for any length of time i keep getting stop errors. I would correct this with system restore but when i double click it doesent open. I get an hourglass for a short period of time but thats all. Here is my hijack this log: …

Hi There Guys, Can you please help me as I am totally stumped! When I right click on a folder the whole list is not lekka, it starts with search then open then explore! Has anyone out there have any idea how I can change the order? Thanx allot! bugweb

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello.....I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop, for the past three years. It runs XP. As of 2 days ago, I cannot get Internet, but the wireless network is connected, as I am on my desktop now. The laptop came wireless ready. I checked a few other wireless networks …

Hello all, the short vers. is I tried to install XP on a secondary HDD, it didn't install properly (never saw gui, only "Disk read error"). When I replugged in the primary HDD (which was running w2kpro) the secondaryHDD appeared as a removable drive. Ran fixboot from XP installer on …

I am having the same problem that somebody else posted. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread140949.html[/url] I followed the same directions from that post. I downloaded the malwarebytes software and let it scan. Then I downloaded hijackthis and ran that I will attach the log file from hijackthis and would like some help with which …

Hello, I had to remove my main harddrive and replace it with another drive. I did make my old main drive as D on my pc. What I would like to know is there a way I can remove my old e-mail on the D drive to my C drive? …

I am using windows XP SP2. The problem is my windows OS is only able to boot when there is a bootable win XP disc in the drive. When the bootable is in the disc it will ask Press any key to load win XP..... when I dont press any …

Hello. J need some help here! Running: Windows Xp SP2 Explorer 6 Firewall: Filseclab Antivirus Avast E-mail: Mozilla J have a unstable computer, and j have run Antivirus (Avast) ,SpywareTerminator, SDFix, sfc /scanow, Hijackthis, Eset Housecall, CCleaner and Glarysoft reg repair. But j can`t find anything. Can it be some …

i have a problem! somehow i opened all my programs as torrent files. i deleted the torrent program, but the programs are in unknown application and don't work. i can't install new programs, cause they don't open. - mozzila firefox everything comes in the same unknown application... i am just …

I'm using Win XP SP2 and I'm not able to load explorer.exe after login. I can open the task manager, but when I try to start a new task, I get an error message stating that there are no programs associated with this file. I've tried the Dell tech support, …

[B]I Cannot Access the E Drive to get to my CDBurner that came with my windowas XP on a Campag Persario 6000.. When I click Properties for the LITE-ON it says Location 0[/B] The Drivers say they are ok .It ask for a CD to be installed then no burner …

Hi, everybody!!! Simple question: My friend just bought a new laptop "Toshiba" anyway she forgot the password to it. Note: not the user password. & given it's a laptop she can't just open the case and solve her problem what can she do ?Please help!!!! "If at first you do …

I use a dell RD1000-160GB backup drive on my network. The computer that this drive runs off of is a windows XP machine. After doing some research, I still find myself stumped on even whether or not it is possible to do what needs to be done (well doing it …

I have recently installed a new hard drive. I have Windows Vista Home Premium [COLOR="Red"]UPGRADE[/COLOR]. The install went fairly well, as I did have Vista on the previous drive that died, with one exception. If I try to open desktop from the desk icon, I get an error message that …

Please help, guys? I don't use this Win2KPro machine often and this morning it was frozen. Cursor wouldn't even move. I rebooted and it now is acting strange, sometimes I just hear the initial disk checking noises and then nothing...black screen - the machine hasn't even accessed the monitor, yellow …

Hi to all (new poster speaking!), I'm having trouble with a copy of WinXP on my laptop. For the past 48 hours my **AV has been finding that winlogon.exe has been infected by W32/PEPatch.N. This appears at start-up and whenever a document is loaded, but otherwise the laptop seemed to …

Hello all, I'm a new user to DaniWeb as of today, and am looking for some help with a business related issue. Let me be as concise as possible here; what I would like to accomplish is creating a Windows XP system that is completely locked out to the user, …

Please help, guys? I don't use this Win2KPro machine often and this morning it was frozen. Cursor wouldn't even move. I rebooted and it now is acting strange, sometimes I just hear the initial disk checking noises and then nothing...black screen - the machine hasn't even accessed the monitor, yellow …

I have a folder that all the files I download off bitorrent go into. Anytime I open this folder and it begins to show the thumbnails (it's all movies) it pops up and says it has encountered an error and needs to close. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dear Friends, After copying the files in "My Document" to D drive, I've fomatted C drive and install OS. After the OS instalation and office software installations are done, I've tried open the files from D drive, but it couldn't open it. It tells me that access is denied. When …

I've got a Compaq Pressario 6000 running Windows XP. Within the last few months it's developed a problem that when you remove a jump drive from the USB port (regardless of whether you stop the device or not) the computer reboots itself. Any thoughts?