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i had installed soul reaver 2 properly with crack and it gets installed...but when i open it to play then it run without sound and display for short time and it exits itself but it runs properly in other computer having processor and motherboard of Intel.....My processor is AMD athlon …

Don't know how the emitcoms got on my message. I just wanted to show the drive letter followed by a colon Joe

I own an Acer Aspire 1640z w/WinXP on it, and there's no adminstrator pwd set on the system. I'm trying to do a System Recovery from a WinXP boot disc, and I'm getting prompted to enter the administrator pwd. I pressed Enter, and I did a string of Zeros and …

In Windows Vista, for months, I've been wrestling with the Windows Update function. Out of the blue it just stop working. It gives me an error code that I've not been able to find out what it means. I don't have the exact code on hand but it reads something …

I've been having some problems with ms outlook 2007 running on XP. Randomly some emails will disappear from sent items or the inbox (around 5% of emails) its not the oldest or newest emails, and there doesn't appear to be any pattern of who the emails are too/from either. I've …

Hi, My number four on my laptop just stopped working. I took the number off just to make sure nothing was below the spring but all is clear. I've just recently installed the operating system for the first time because the plug came out during reboot- (without the battery in) …

Windows explorer ha stopped working. Have done two system restores but to no avail. I'm using Vista. Any ideas please

Hi, New to this site so hope someone can assist. I have the following error: This device cannot start. (Code 10) Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available. running Vista HomeBasic on compaq presario C700 notebook …

Hi, I hope I'm posting in the right place. My computer randomly crashes to desktop while playing games. I used to have a RADEON 8500 LE 128mb but I just upgraded to a 9800 128MB and I'm still getting the same problem. What I want to know is does Win …

Hey. I'm planning on buying a desktop, but I'm a little confused as to the difference between 32-bit Vista and 64-bit Vista, and exactly what those differences entail. Now, I think the technical difference is the size of the memory bus. Well, if I'm right, I'm not exactly sure what …

hi i recently had to format my computer and have almost every thing up and running. the only problem is i cant get my sound card working, it is the origional one i got with me dell pc but i cant find drivers any where. i ran belarc adviser and …

I think I have been hit by either a virus or malware, when I open the laptop, it is an old Dell Inspiron 8600, it appears to be opening then freezes with a black screen with just the cursor visible or it opens to my main screen but then freezes. …

[b]eFax Messenger Plus — What Really Happened?[/b] To be honest, I don't know what really happened to the software. I recently discovered that [url=www.efax.com]eFax[/url] no longer supports the eFax Messenger Plus software and that it has ceased to be made available to the consumer from both eFax and [url=www.j2global.com]j2 Global …

Trying to fix my friends computer thought I would be done in an hour or so but I ran into a retarded problem when trying to boot from the windows cd. Here is some information I know off the top of my head. If you have any input please let …

I recently got hit by a horrific malware attack which included Virtumonde. I think I'm rid of it but not entirely sure. AVG seems to find one browser highjacker at each boot which it claims to have gotten rid of each time..... I did have a taskbar message "Virus Alert" …

I have a couple of video files i am trying to play through WMP11 but there is no sound only a picture but i have the correct codec as i have other files that work fine, i am trying to watch these videos on my works computer as i downloaded …

I am installing windows xp professional on the new pc i am building, but the disk is service pack 1, and i have no intent on slip streaming. is there a way to get a standalone install of XP SP2 that i can put on a usb flash disk, to …

I recently got a copy of ReCycle 2.1 from a friend and when we installed it at the time I put in random gibberish for the name and organization fields. When I tried to reinstall it later these fields remained.. I'm really OCD when it comes to this sort of …

Here are the main specs of my computer system... My computer is a Gateway 3310s Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name YOUR-1A0F5F316F (Bob's Computer) User Name Owner Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Celeron D 330, 2666 MHz …

Hi I have a 2003 Server It is a Dell PE 2800 The server is running no services other than those necessary to boot. It is running a custom application that runs on all other servers with no problems, the other servers are the same or similar dell servers. When …

When I type ipconfig in my computer, I get the following: Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name. I checked my device manager and under Network adapters I have …

I have a Windows Server 2003 x64 file server and every few days i have to reboot the server as i cannot access the shares from the network. After a reboot the problem goes away for a few days then comes back. Server is Windows Server 2003 x64 R2 with …

At Home I have tried to share an internet connection on a LAN through the WIN XP's Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service. My PC is connected to the internet via a Wireless EDGE Modem. I have used dynamic IP configuration (DHCP) to the PC's in the LAN. After sharing the …

I was told that Vista is less prone to internet virus compare to Windows. Any experiences that will correct me? I'm using vista for 2 months now, and I'm doing ok... and i still hope so in the future... thanks

My download manager displays a blank window. When working properly it would give me the names of the files that have been downloaded. I am using Firefox as a browser and downloader. Help if you can!

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i recently installed zone alarm a few hours ago and it has blocked[B]1180[/B] intrusions and 10 of which were serious... all from diffrent IP's what the heck should i do

My laptop with Vista has just gone nuts. It will not boot except in safe mode. When trying to boot in normal mode, it will not finish the boot and when I try to execute an action with a mouse click the screen will dim(actually turn a soft white). I …

I reinstalled my friend's machine. She is missing a DVD decoder now and cannot play DVDs. Tried downloading the K-Lite Codec Pack and VLC player, but when she plays a DVD with either of those, the video opens in a full screen on her monitor but then she is unable …

Hi! Help! I have an HP Pavilion with XP Professional purchased in '06. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor. I goofed it good! First got a few pop-ups from Trend Micro with "risk warnings" about unauthorized changes to security, to which one of my responses was to accidentally block …

After I changed to a newer video card, shut down and started again my monitor has been dark, no display. RAM, processor, drive are all OK; the video card is in its slot and I have confirmed that all cards are firmly in their slots. Does anybody have an idea …

How can i get more than one web page open at once. As soon as I go on another, the first shuts

The windows folder in c: is not visible in my computer... it opens through run.. its not visible while trying to go through my computer or explorer.. when i checked the properties for the windows folder.. it shows that hidden is checked.. but it doesn't allow me to remove the …

Hey guys, I am beyond the point of despair now. Let me explain what happened: Just several hours ago my AVG detected ardamax keylogger. I quarantined this keylogger and rebooted my computer. Upon start up, my computer no longer works. If I open internet explorer for the internet, I see …

I am a former Microsoft Tech lady, MSN and all than jazz. I am in need aof a product key code for XP Home edition for a PC I am repairing. The PC had a Trojan which wiped it out. I have repaired the problem and by the way watch …

i closes U3 and got the message "Shutdown failed Use the Force Luke!" what should i do

I'm not new to the world of computers, but I am new to a lot of problemes with windows vista. With my bitdefender, I learned that I have a trojan.qhost.akr trojan, and I tired finding a solution on the web, but was unable to follow up on the instructions since …

Dear All, It seems Firefox 3 and IE 7 in my pc DOES NOT accepting cookies. All required steps have taken by me to enable but still has same problem Even re-installing does not solve :( Please please some one help me :'(

Hi - Brent here. I am running Windows XP Prof. I have a partitioned hard disk with two partitions c and f. I am running out of space in "c" and am having difficulty doing a defrag. I am getting messages appearing at bottom right hand side by clock advising …

Whenever I click on a download button, the downloading thing pops up, everything is normal, but... Estimated Time: Download To: Transfer rate: Is all empty, and usually there would be numbers. After like 2 minutes a new window would open and say(exact words): Internet Explorer cannot download (whatever it is …

I share my laptop with the GF and she uninstalled some Java items from it. We have an old IBM thinkpad wih Windows XP and we seem to have lost Word, Excel and probably a few other ms applications. I have spent a couple of days searching the web and …

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to recover a file that was replaced (overwritten) by a file with the same name moved from another folder? Thanks.

my friend accedently deleted her profile in xp..now all her mails & datas are missing.Can someone help me to recover those datas for her.. thomas

Hey Guys in a nutsell.Ive connected two household desktop machines running windows xp. Ive networked the two machine with a crossover gave them IP addresses ie 192.9.200.20 and 192.9.200.21(their random)Both link speeds are the same 10mbps(full)Ive changed it to different links speeds also.Anyways Ive disabled all firewalls.The thing is theres …

Greetz, I'm facing slight confusion over permissions on a Fileserver running Windows Server 2003. I've created a number of new shared folders and moved data across no problem. The share permissions are set as 'everyone' having full control and since the most restrictive permissions are applied I've allocated individual NTFS …

Hello everyone, My main computer is a windows XP.I don't know much, if anything other than a few basic things,I do Interior Designer/Decorating work,not anything computer related. When I am running this computer, the start menu will pop up out of the blue and windows related to start and shut …

I have loaded windows SBS 2003 several time each time with different levels of partition removal and format. I have tried different installation CD's. Each time I get the same result. Windows SBS loads and all the standard questions are answered. Windows starts and everything appears normal, [B]BUT[/B] the management …

i restarted my computer and got the messege 'ntldr missing press ctl +alt+del' to restart I inserted the Windows XP pack 1 CD , and booted from the CD and in tried to repair the missing files by running this two lines from the command line C:\WINDOWS> copy e:\ ntldr …

I have XP Home My computer just recovered from PSU failure. Now I click on the desktop icons and nothing happens - no hour glass no starting of programs. The Icon dims. I have made new icons and the same thing happens to the new ones. The icons on any …

Problem: Windows wont finish booting up after Windows Load screen after I restarted for network controller driver update. I went to boot up in safe mode so I could just do a system restore but when It boots up in safe mode my mouse and keyboard is not responding so …