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hello, this is a small tip or how to on the following if you have ever crashed a computer namely xp, and wanted the data, have you ever thaught of just putting it as a slave on another computer? well there is one problem with this, xp protects certain things …

So I started my computer this morning and I was playing a game and it froze. No big deal, I press the restart button after trying to fix the freeze. Unfortuanatly the button got jammed, so the computer continuously tried to restart itself. I knew this couldn't be good and …

hello new to this, i've been having problems connecting to I.E. 7 using windows xp, will stay connected for a few minutes in safe mode, i've seen other user's send a report and something called hijack this could you give me instuctions how to do this please. thanks Donstu.

I am planning to buy Nod32 internet security or kaspersky. But I'm not sure if these programs requires periodic subscription. Is these programs one-time payment or do I have to pay over a specific period of time say yearly? I need expert response. Thank you.

Yeah. I am not sure the policy on here about talking about this kind of stuff so forgive me if I am not supposed to but I am curious about something. Any someone gave me this older Compaq computer that is a Deskpro EN 733mhz, Pent III,128 meg of RAM. …

Hi, I've had this problem for a while now, i downloaded free AVG and Kaspersky and neither of them have found any virus. I read other blogs and have downloaded hijackthis and this is what i have saved, i hope this helps with trying to help me fix this error. …

Hi Guys! I kknow that I am probably posting in the wrong spot but I went for awhile through the forum and I was confused and couldn't find a place to insert a new thread int he Blog's area, so, I apologize, but I need a little help. 1. I …

I currently run a Win98 system at my office and am connected on an intranet. Recently we have installed new Xerox Printers which do not support Win98. In an attempt to backdoor this issue with the software/drivers I was unsuccessful. I recall reading some where about a program that could …

I'm not too keen on this new over the top 'run as administrator' thing in vista. I know it's for my own protection, to prevent malicious code from altering my system, but it makes batch programming a pain. I'm trying to write a couple scripts, one that will kill windows …

hello I chose ABC company a few years back when i found out i could choose my domain and get exactly the email address that i wanted My renewal is in september and i do not want to stay with this company - they have been purchased and it now …

I have two computers linked by switch and router. A " technician" has left me with some problems. The plan was for each computer to access the C drive of the other. When opening the C drive on the second computer everthing appears but attempts to open a program for …

Hi everyone, I started my pc today only to find a yellow triangle with a black exclamation point in it on the icon tray. My PC seems to be running well and when I try to click on the icon it disappears. It will stay in the tray for a …

HELP when i turn on my computer there is no video output. I think it boots up. please help.

I've checked the other threads relating to this message, and they all seem to occur when the user goes into IE. However, this happens on my work PC every time we boot it up. The message is: Server Busy This action cannot be completed because the other program is busy. …

yeh ive been having problems with the speed of my computer, its really slow and was never this slow. when i open up windows task manager its shows a massive page file usage, and to be honest i have no idea what this is. it always shows a low CPU …

Hello, this is my first post and I hope asking a question right off the bat is OK. So, I had Vista pre-installed on my new laptop and I thought I might as well install an XP partition on the small partition that came with it. I didn't bother looking …

11 July 2008 I installed 2 or 3 Windows updates. I have Vista Home Premium 32bit. On restarting the computer Windows will not boot either in Repair or Normal mode. There is a Stop with error messages: 0x0000007B (0x81005BA0, 0xC0000043, 0x00000000, 0x00000000). It is impossible to follow the on-screen advice …

Dear awesome IT blokes/blokettes, Today a rather curious problem has started occurring on my Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 system; when I right-click on any disc image (be it .ISO, .NRG, etc) there's a brief moment when the mouse cursor changes to an egg timer, and then I get this …

I am having a terrible time with XP pro sp1- Took on a computer that was loaded with viruses. I am wanting to format the HD and start over. CD was bad (bought new one). Couldn't get in to boot with boot disks (6), so from a web page I …

hi guys .. i hope yu guys have a solution for me .. my window xp OS on my c drive had a fatal error where everytimei load and get to the blue screen it restarts endlessly .. im not sure how that happened .. this happened after i restarted …

I formated drive and partitioned the drive, installed windows xp and is back to it's old self, but if I change bios settings to boot from hard disk as first boot device instead of cdrom (for instaling win xp) I get a "boot disk failer" error. If I have it …

i was given a dell desktop computer that had the hard drive wiped clean, I installed the windows xp disk in the cd drive and it statred loading the operating system. while it was loading for about 5 minutes i had the great idea to wipe the dust off the …

Hi This might be a quick fix,can someone tell me how to delete a file that has a file with blocks (no letters or numbers) and no extension,it just says file.when I delete the file it says cannot read from source. can anyone help me this client is my BOSS.Grrrrr!

Hi everyone, I keep trying to download the latest edition of spybot search and destroy, but when I try to do so, it keeps giving me an error message that there is no connection to the server. Is this a problem on my end or theirs? Is anyone else having …

I have an IBM ThinkCentre home build. My uncle installed Windows XP and the sound stopped working of course. I have tried multiple things I have found just reading other's threads before I began my own...and still no luck. What do I do? I have yellow question marks on PCI …

hey ... can anyone help me? my boyfriend and i both have ibm netvistas.. recently i started having a problem with mine .... the bedreaded ..... xp wont load and monitor goes into sleep mode...... i would unplug it from the wall for a few then it would maybe work.... …

Greetings, Just bought new system. Brand is E-machine P6528 AMD Aphlon 64 processor 3500 plus 2.21 GHZ 384 mgabytes ram running XP home edition with SP2. Had modem installed last night by friend and DVD drive used to install drivers. Went to use DVD drive and it is no longer …

I know there are many discussions and threads around this subject. I have tried many of the suggestions in other threads, without any luck. The PC with this problem is my friend's pc, and it boots up until the desktop, and while loading desktop items, shuts down, and re-starts again, …

I've been attempting to run an ancient plotter using Autocad drivers on a HP winXP laptop (sp2). It seems, though, that the precise driver for my plotter (generic HP-GL/2 drivers do not work with it as it is using HPGL) is not functioning in my version of Autodesk. I've been …

When I start Windows XP everything seems fine until I click on one of the Quick Launch Toolbar icons on the taskbar. Then the Toolbar icons stop being clickable, and after an indeterminate period they disappear. The place where each one was still has an alternative text available, but no …

I have a Dell Precision 360 desktop. It works just fine in every way, except that at the beginning of the boot process, right after the bios screen, I get a message that says: "Primary drive 0 not found. Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup …

Hi I have a linux tarball (.tar.gz) The software I have has only this format. It does not have any .exe distribution. Is there any way I can install this .tar.gz file on my xp system. Thanks in advance..

Hi all am new here, my windows xp with service pack 2 will not connect to internet even thoug the tcp ip is set to auto, when i run ipconfig all colum including ip add is blank (0000) but the same network cable is working in my laptop and other …

Having problems with XP and I.E 7 where would I post results of hijackthis for review? Thanks.

Hi, How would I apply a local group policy for a specific local user? I've applied local group policy settings, but it applies it to every user, including the administrator... Thanks to anyone who can help.

or the CMI audio config from the control panel - cmuda keeps causing blue screen of death - any advice???

I'm trying to install php5 but I need to copy the php.ini file to the %SYSTEMROOT% folder. The problem is that I don't see this folder in my C:/WINDOWS directory. Where is it or am I suppose to copy the file to another location? I'm using Windows XP.

Hi, In "My Computer", "Tools" when I click on "Folder Options" I get a small window displaying "Registered File Types", "Off Line Files" plus a button "Advanced". Therefore, I can't see my hidden files or any other features in Folder Options. I'm on Win XP Pro SP3. I shall be …

I have a problem w/my DVD Drive. It is recognized by the computer, but will not read DVD. I have swapped teh DVD ROM with another on and I get teh same result. It has tobe in the software/computer. I have gone into the Reg Edit and deleted the upper …

Hello For weeks! i have this problem, when i log in into my account, the IE screen goes blank and the title just flash for example; "http://www.friendster.com" and then "Friendster - Home" and then goes "http://www.friendster.com" again, on and on without stopping, could somebody help, i know one way is …

I disabled certain start up programs in msconfig. And vista keeps giving me an annoying pop up everytime i switch on my computer saying certain programs have been disabled blah! blah! blah!. How do i make the pop up disappear permanently?

I am attending Strayer University. for Network Security and IT Management. The course I needed to take had programs involving Python and Raptor which my Vista OS could not or did not want to open. Any suggestions on how to get Vista to cooperate and open them or should I …

Please be kind to this lady! I have searched the internet and tried different things for over 8 1/2 hours. I think I messed my PS up last night messing with a reg clean. Turned it on this morning and all I get is a blue login screen. I have …

I work for a small school and our network is has about 225 cpu's (all running xppro). I am running windows 2003 server for our main server (named Vision), and I am running window 03/64 for our backup and fileshare server (named Eagle). Our network is set up with a …

I got hit bad by something. Have messages that regedit, task manager have been disabled by admin. Control panel is missing. VIRUS ALERT! is in taskbar and directory Here is HJT log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:49:57 PM, on 7/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

last week i downloaded firefox using the link provided on the opening page of the dani web web site. But i had huge problems, as it came with sarchsave as the default search engine, which i didnt like so i tried to delete it but this was impossable as it …

I had to do an fdisk and reformat my hard drive and now i'm having all kinds of problems I am trying to do a clean install using windows xp pro. after formatting hard drive I installed windows 98 it went through the whole install set up just fine then …

I have repeatedly tried manually and thru auto updates to get the 3 most recent updates at microsoft and each time it fails. I cannot get these 3 updates: Windows XP family Security Update for Windows XP (KB901214) Wednesday, July 20, 2005 Windows Update website Windows XP family Security Update …

Hi all, I just want when I press my shutdown button to show me some message on every shutdown . So how can I do that ?

Hi. One of our users has asked me why her emails are being deleted from her inbox after she replies or forwards them. She is using Microsoft Office 2000 SBE. I have searched and never seen an option for this. I haven't been able to find anything after searching google. …