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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?

computer moron, here. The computer (tower--maybe from 2003) I use every few months for pictures isn't working. It comes on, the blue hp screen comes up, then the "thinking" windows screen comes on.... and stays. Eventually the screen goes blank and the routine starts over. I just want to get …

while playing some media files in my computer,sometimes it hangs with giving abnormal sound(It sounds Kyaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaa) and Task Manager also can't be opened,the key board doesn't work for power off.The power button of the CPU also doesn't work,But Re-start Button works ,and I have to Re-start the computer many times …

Hi.. I'm having problems with my torrent downloads. When I use utorrent as my client, the speed is stuck to 11 Kbps. I tried changing the port number but it doesn't make any progress. When I finally gave up utorrent, I tried Torrent2Exe which converts a .torrent file into a …

I am hoping that somebody has a quick fix to my problem. I am support for my company and a user brouht me her laptop and it will not reboot. It goes to the Windows screen, then the boot in normal mode, then back to Windows. The user and I …

Hello, My 1st time here. I recently removed a hard drive & changed sata connections. The "C" drive will not boot correctly, XP boots but settings will not load, programs & files will not open.I ran CMS Products, Inc. - BounceBack Version 7, 1, 6, 0 b/4 opening up the …

I have 2 computers and both the CD and DVD burners were working fine, but now when I go to "My Computer" they're missing from both computers. (I have WinXP Home Edition) I read that this could have been caused from itunes which I had on both computers. I've uninstalled …

Hello everyone, I getting this mesage "UserInit.exe" application error everytime we I'm trying to signon to my computer. Once I ok to the message the computer goes to my desktop without any Icons. Help!!! have does anyone knowhow to fix this issue.

Hello Folks, my problem is, i began to notice my mechine was lagging alot; a couple of days ago. I decide to turn off alot of programs from the task mgr, which didnt help very much. After i did a reboot thinking this might help my problem because i leave …

Tried to load a Medal of Honor game on a Vaio Vgc RA834G Media ctr computer. Game loaded fine, have checked all that I dare and the game won't boot up. It even asks for the CD if not in place, yet does nothing. Checked for upgrades and have downloaded …

#1: There are 4 users on my pc. All have administrator status. Recently only one has been able to successfully open documents, use the internet, etc. Can't understand how this occurred. #2 : CdRw drive has a disk, but dialog says to insert one. Can't copy my digital files to …

Gooday. I have an old tv, it has only one input output and that is the aerial hole. Can I hook my computer up to it. I have the little box that I can use the dvd player.

hi i got attacked by a virus/malware i dont know what it was.it created a file svhost.exe in my windows system folder.it disabled my task manager. i got some help from microsoft website and i went into msconfig and changed some setings and restarted the pc as told. when i …

hi guys just joined to get some help my friend pc windows she forgot her password and cant open windows i dont know if she has acces to admin to change but if she dont any help to access pc from start up after losing password???

i have the blue screen of death, im guessing, ive been reading forums for 3 hrs and it sounds like thats what i have. i dont know anything about computers and my computer is pretty slow, so i goout to look for some advise to make it faster. i find …

Hello everyone I used to have a DaniWeb account a long time ago but can't remember the old login or email address I used but anyway i'm glad i'm back and i miss everyone here. Hugs to all the computer techies!! ok ok ok.. uhm, uhm,... At work we have …

for the past 3 days i cant access [url]http://mail.yahoo.com[/url] although it connects to yahoo.com. when i click mail in yahoo.com it once again doesnt connect. i get the message the server at mail.yahoo.com has been taking too long to respond in mozilla firefox. however on the first day mail.yahoo.com page …

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Can any one help me... I have IIS v5.1 installed on my windows XP SP2, each time it try to access it from web browser it will prompt for user name and password on entering my windows user name and password it will give me a message "You are not …

ok, lets start introducing my setup, i have 4 computers linked to a linksys wrt54G router(latest firmware) 1. win xp destop linkto the router with wired connection - [B]internet works[/B] 2. win xp laptop with wifi -[B] internet works[/B] 3. win vista laptop with a Dell wireless-G card - [B]internet …

There have been several questions and requests here regarding dual-booting. While there are many explanations on the web on how to do this, I have not found any that were fully clear and complete, so I created my own, which are attached here. If you use these, and find any …

Hello, i am currently running windows xp pro, and have 2 hardrives main (hitachi 160gb) for system and programmes and a secondary (Maxtor 250gb) for my documents etc. i have found that with the secondary hd plugged in then the boot time for my computer is considerably slower than if …

Ok, i have 2 computers on my network and only my computer is experiencing these problems. About 2 days ago my main browser (Firefox) starting having problems. After restarting my computer numerous times the same thing happens. Firefox will open and find webpages for about 2-5 minutes and then it …

Hello guys, I have a question about connecting to my sons computer. He's in his teens and I want to monitor what he is downloading and getting into on there without him knowing it. He spends too much time on there so I am a bit concerned. So my question …

Hi, My uncle gave my dad an old compaq laptop, and I have a dlink router+adapter to use with it (my uncle used the same model before too.) I reinstalled windows on it so now its a fresh xp media edition, and when i plug in the adapter no setup …

My CD and DVD burners were working fine, but now when I click on My Computer neither one of the burners are there. I've tried to uninstall both of them and reinstall. When I tried to reinstall, it says my drivers are either corrupt or missing. I'm using WindowsXP. Someone …

I have to Shut Down a computer under a same local area connection of my computer,how can I do this?