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Hey guys I had a problem with my laptop of which i raised the issue on this forum (the problem was that my Windows XP OS was not loading my personal profile on start up) and the solutions were suggested one of it been that i should create new user …

trying to uninstall yahoo messenger get message cannot open install log file can anyone help

HI! I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to computers. I've been getting a system 32 error on start up and I can't seem to shake it. Any ideas on how to solve this dilemma would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanx, Lostcaper

Gooday. I have xp and in my device manager there is a yellow other devices question mark and in that there is a yellow question mark with video controller. I think that before had display adaptors with the video in it. How can I put it back the way it …

Hi,I have a problem..I just tried to reformat and install windows XP home edition, and upon coming to the screen of "Repair" or "Install fresh copy" I received an error reporting: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are …

I have a hard drive that I formatted and dropped into a Gateway PC and cannot seem to load Windows XP. It tells me that all kinds of .dll files are missing or corrupted. HELP!!

Hi, I really hope someone can help me here I've turned my computer into a 20lb paperweight. Now I'd just deal with it and reformat had I not been a complete tool and didn't backup all my files to cd. This is what happened, I had 4 partitions on my …

i recentl downgraded, or shall i say "upgraded" my hp pavilion 2415nr laptop from vista to xp. Everything went great, except for the sound card installation. None of the drivers on any forum work. was wondering if anybody had done this, or know what to do.

I was given an older Dell laptop (a Latitude LXi w/pent I) which had been wiped. I need to get an operating system on it. It had originally had Win 95 so I downloaded a bootable 95 and saved it to floppy. The bios it set to read the floppy …

I have this Windows server 2003 O/S witch gives me this window error message witch i can not close it from my desktop. explorer.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x0134f512" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on …

I've noticed other somewhat similar problems being discussed but not exactly. The fans come on, the disc drives check, the lights flash on the keyboard but nothing else. no beeps. sometimes the monitor seems to be getting nothing from the computer. I've opened it up, checked all connections, tested the …

Hi, I'm a new subscriber here. Just happened to fall into this website and hope it's a keeper. I've had a frustrating problem downloading games at worldwinner since I got this new computer 4 months ago. I've asked my manufacturer (Dell), the game website itself and my ISP for help …

Hi, Hoping someone will be able to help me. Whenever I try to run a game on my computer, for example Company of Heroes, I am getting the following error message: Failed to set a working mode for rendering device. This could be due to having an old version of …

So, this is what I have. [url]http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/jubdaddy/AORNK-1.jpg[/url] I want to get the most drive room on (c) can I "merge" D and Free Space into C. I was told I would have to reformat the whole disk. Thanks guys.

my d drive (cd drive) will let me burn play and rip cds but wont let me play n e games or dvds.... whats the problem

I recently got a mess of stuff happening with my laptop's hard drive so I removed it and put in into a USB enclosure so I could access my data. My laptop did use a windows password which I obviously know but while hooked up USB, I can not access …

Hey Guys My friend has a laptop he deleted D partition of his hard drive and formatted the C partition, after completion, on restart his computer started complaining "Hard Disk Drive 0 not found ". When external Hard Drive is connected it will display message "NTLDR is missing". Please what …

I forgot ,how can we apply local security policy on a computer running WinXP? Do we have to right click on My Computer and go to Manage for that? I donot see how can we apply local security policy from there? Regards,

This started a couple of months ago, probably and it has me baffled. I primarily use Firefox 3 as my browser, but also have IE 7 installed. From time to time, if I go to MySpace (using FF) and then try to leave, everything hangs up for a few seconds, …

I need help my TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223F driver does not read dvd and cd. Every time i put a dvd show me that is empty.What i have to do to fix the problem?

i downloaded nero and installed it and it turned out to be a virus. Iv got avg on but it wont detect it.I cant access task manager, i can't access control panel ( i can by going "run" and typing "control.exe", i can't access regedit as well. When i go …

Ok my problem is real simple :) You know how when you plug your speakers/headphones/microphone into the back of your computer a little screen pops up asking you what you just plugged into your comp? ( usually i got a screen with the colored plugs picture) Well my wife did …

Hi, dont know whether I am in the right area, new so here we go. Have a samsung YP-K3 player and trying to synch it but keep getting an error report...Windows Media Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. It lets us …

Hey all, i recently ran DBAN (using the autonuke function) to wipe my dads old business laptop, and now have a big problem.... There is a cd drive attachment for this laptop, and everytime i try to reinstall windows 2000 (its an old computer), the following error appears: "No boot …

hi, um can someone tell me how to fix my laptop something happened with my laptop and now i can only open my documents(and the files inside it) my computer(and the files inside it) when i open run and press cmd prompt it say's cannot open cmd.exe To Open This …

I have an old Aptiva that crashed a few years ago with important files on it I need to retrieve. I think it had Windows 98 on it. I receive a black screen at Boot-up with blinking cursor in top left. I got a boot-up CD from another site that …

Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller BIOS says my Video RAM is 256MB's. [B]Windows XP Pro SP3[/B] reports graphics adapter max Video RAM as 96MB's. I was told that a BIOS upgrade from Dell would resolve this. I have installed the latest BIOS upgrade from Dell's site without any problems, but this …

Hi,i get bsod's (mostly when closing program's,mostly games).Here is my memory.dmp: Opened log file 'c:\debuglog.txt' 0: kd> .reload;!analyze -v;r;kv;lmnt;.logclose;q Loading Kernel Symbols .............................................................................................................. Loading User Symbols Loading unloaded module list .............................. ERROR: FindPlugIns 8007007b ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) An attempt was made …

Hello all, Here is my problem in detail, I have to get data from remote server to local server. currently i am working on local server trying to connect to the remote server through php script. but rempte server is blocked due to security reasons. I am the admin for …

AVOID ALIENWARE I've been an Alienware laptop owner for a little over 3 months now and I have dreaded nearly every day of it. I want to keep you from experiencing the frustration and loss of productivity that I have experienced. One day after about 3 weeks of use, my …

I've run across two computers, owned by different people, that the browsers don't work at all. I can go into the command window and ping google.com, for example,and get a reply, but IE6, FF2 & FF3 don't work. Virus scans come back clean, as do adware/malware scans. I'm at a …

I had accidently gotten avxp 08 on my system,and finally got rid of it with malwarebytes, Thank goodness, but... now my internet explorer won't open. I click on it and nothing happens. I have been to microsofts site and went through all their troubleshooting methods with no luck. Im thinking …

Hi, I have Windows 98 installed and IE 6. The latest fixes are installed from Microsoft website. Last time I used the computer, several weeks ago, it was fine. The computer wont load Ebay, will load Yahoo but not the title bar etc at the top of the page and …

Hey guys, I'm new at here. And I got a problem about my computer. Why that I need on and off the main switch (plug) for few times and my computer only on?

Hi there, I have found a couple of threads in this forum regarding this issue but none of them contained a solution that worked for me. I frequently get the error message "Cannot find server - webpage can not be displayed" when I try to load a webpage (any webpage). …

Hi Have Dell Inspiron 1525 with Vista home premium. When I turn laptop on it immediately starts with Start up repair.Then when that is finished I get the blue/green screen with the message :configuring udates stage 1 of 3;.It gets to 2 of 3 then shuts down, restarts and repeats …

Every so often my CFO has a melt down. He may be working for hours on an Excel file and BAM!!! a BSOD. His file is not autosaved even though the setting is for every ten minutes. This has happened from time to time when not in Excel as well(the …

Hi guys, I've been working with jholland for a couple of weeks and she's helped me tremendously getting rid of a Trogan and then cleaning up my system. Kudos follow her as she's off the forum for a week...she suggested somebody else might help with this last little issue. I'm …

Windows Vista x64 Edition ... Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems failed through Windows Update. Error details: Code 80010108. Downloaded SP1 exe through the Windows website and installation was successful. Can't for the life of me find out what the error code means, and whether it was something …

I was trying to install Vista onto a spare partition yesterday, and the installer refused to use the partition. I deleted it, formatted it, tried again, no go. Deleted it, made it bigger, repeat, no go. I was using the 3rd partition on the drive (still a primary though) but …

Hi I had IIS and test Director installed and this setup was working fine. then one of my friends installed xampp (apache friends) and now test director is not working. may be the problem with the IIS as when i enter the address of localhost it says it is unable …

Hi!!! can someone tell me how to make Windows XP 200 % faster? any registry hacks? regards, gicio

I downloaded an update from ms and upon restart it said I could not be authenticated. Error code: 0x80004005 I can open my computer (ACER) in safe mode but not much happens. FYI I am on my laptop now.

Last week I received a document that the author had trouble sending. Since then, whenever I switch language usage or insert the date automatically into a document, I get the message "Buffer Overflow" and the document I'm working on has to be closed. Full virus/malware scans (Panda) have not come …

Hey group, I have a real aggravating issue that is kicking my tail on my Inspiron 8500 laptop running Windows XP pro. All of the numbered keys when hit, also show a litter or character from the bottom row of the keyboard. For example: when i hit the number 7, …

i have a 98 imb it has windows xp installed and its been working fantastically a few days ago my computer abruptly stopped working and a black screen showed with the messege "error loading opperating system" i had recently downloaded the opera internet browzing system. but it was working for …

Running windows xp home edition service pack 3......... shutdown menu from start menu and task manager is missing................... cannot log off or shut down. managed to recover task manager at this was at one point saying it had been disabled by administrator. MS help has not helped at all as …

hi all, please help me, I got a problem to enter windows XP prof., it show empty desktop and there is no user, no start menu. when i press Ctrl,Alt,Del many time i got the task manger and there is no user in it. please can i do to get …

I just turned on my computer today. All my videos have gone black and white wether its mp4 format, avi format. I currently use ffdshow but the mp4 runs on quicktime in still black and white. Can anyone help? Thankyou, Regards X

Hi I have a problem in as much as I put the PCI ethernet into my mums new PC its running Vista Premium. Trouble is it doesn't have the driver for it??? Yet when in my old PC which was only running XP it worked fine. Is there a site …