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[B]I have a Gateway 3310 PC with Windows XP SP2 at 2.66 Ghz and a Intel Celeron processor. The computer originally had 2 sticks of Samsung 256MB DDR RAM PC3200 CL3. I recently went out and bought 2 sticks of Centon 512MB DDR RAM that is running currently at 333 …

Hello.....i have forgetten ma xp adminstrator password....and there is no other adminstrator how can i recover ma password without rebooting my computer....or how can i add any other adminstrator account

So I have an xp that my family uses and well im having some hardcore virus problems that I dont know how to fix the first is my Desktop and start always dissapear this has been happening since yesterday also When i reboot my computer and go to the login …

HELLO to all, anyways straight to it, i've got a miner problem. My media player has a limit to how many songs i can have in the library for some reason. at first i was just using winamp and after ripping 200songs or so it just kept replacing the old …

help, i am tryin to format the c drive, and re-install win xp pro.. but thats not so easy when i cant boot from xp cd. i get the "media failure, check cable exiting intel boot agent" message.. so i tryed paragon partition magic to format c. it went into …

Hi friends, I tried to upgrade my XP Student release to XP Vista Look and after some process, the screen stops with this message [DR-DOS] A:\>. Can anybody guide me how to complete the upgradation. Of note, when booting, I could see XP student release and XP Vista Look, meaning …

Hey people i am having a problem of not being able to copy and paste anything out of the current drive to another drive..can someone tell me what is wrong..???

Hello, Whenever I use my home computer, which is not connected to the internet, in the first five minutes, a box comes up with "no connection is detected. To view your stored web pages offline, click work offline." or something like that. And then it does it every hour after …

Hello, and I hope you can help me with this. I recently updated my motherboard drivers using a program named Driver Detective. I had used this before, and without any problems, but this time, I had some serious ones. My first attempts to update resulted in my computer only semi …

somehow, i have deleted the windows games suite from my pc. I don't have an installation disk, I have XP Home so I didn't create a restore point. The deleted files do not appear in the Recycle Bin. I am desperate to get them back. Can anyone tell me how …

I'm having a problem with my computer freezing up, I'm running windows xp service pk 3, pentium 4, 1.80 ghz, 512 ddr ram, some times it will run for days without freezing and other times it will freeze after a few minutes, so i cut the power supply wait a …

Hey guys, Quick question; I'm using Window Vista Basic and I'm encountering a new problem with Windows Update. Windows Update informs me that I have 2 new updates. I instructed it to download and install the update. Windows update proceeds to start the download, but is stuck at 0% with …

Can someone tell me how to start my Dell Dimension E80 with Window XP in Dos Mode? I have been infected by a bug and it will not even start. I am planning on typing format C: /s once dos mode is open so I can start new. Thanks for …

I need some help with a display issue, please. I got a call from a co-worker yesterday complaining about the text having shrunk inside his windows on all programs, but not on his desktop. He tells me he didn't do anything that would have caused this. I had him play …

There is program error while running outlook. I can execute it but after few seconds program error message shows. Help !!!

Well. . . This has been two years of one problem after another since I got my GAteway Tablet PC from Best Buy. The worst. Since the last time I had to turn it in for weeks for one serious problem or another, [B][COLOR="Red"]I have not been able to connect …

Newly built computer, Windows XP Home Edition installed. Graphics Card is: MSI GeForce 7300LE Graphics Card with TurboCache Technology GEFORCE 7300LE PCIE 256MB VISTA VGA DVI TV OUT NVIDIA Graphics Card - 256MB 64bit Once drivers were installed and resolution set to what the 19" monitor wanted, I get the …

I have just installed Windows XP SP3. When the system re-starts it says that file \windows\inf\biosinf.inf is missing and that I should repair Windows installation with original CD using the "R" command. In the middle of doing that, it request it me an administrator password in order to continue installation. …

I have a video clip my son created that I want to email to others. It is 12mb and thus to large to email as is. I attempted to send the file to a compressed file via the windows xp option (ie. right click, send to compressed file). It created …

Hi there! I sincerly hope you can help me! The problem started yesterday! When I boot my computer, the task bar and the icons appears and then disappears. I opened the task manager and noticed that explorer.exe keeps shutting down and reloading, and I had to terminate the process and …

Basically what the title says. [url]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/Emeryl/foldermenu.jpg[/url] All the options that usually appear at the top of my folders are gone. Every time I try to look it up I find other things about a virus that deletes the "folder options" button, but I can't find anything about the entire menu …

hey! i hope someone can help me here, i've tried many other computer support chats. Apprently, i have no sound at all. I have a emachine, and uses Window XP. i tried to reinstall the audio drives, and also the latest versions of them. I checked the speakers and wires. …

Hi, I can't get my pc to boot up past the windows xp logo. Can anyone help get past this point? Obviously it isn't this pc that I'm on now. Thanks, John

Please bear with me folks, I'll try and be as concise as possible. I'm admittedly not the brightest or most experienced IT person on the block, but I'm as close as our small non-profit medical office can get. I wasn't able to identify a solution thru a forum search. [B]We …

My Dell 6000 is having some problems booting up. When I attempt to boot up it goes to the dell boot up page. Then it almost immediately goes to a black blank screen with a flashing cursor in the top left corner. I can't type anything in the cursor and …

What do I need to do to print from Windows XP to a Vista shared printer

Hi, [INDENT]I converted an .AVI file to .VOB using Super (free video converter). Know my only question is, how would I burn this file onto a DVD-R. I only have the avi to the vob nothing else. Should I have converted the avi to somehing else. Please help, I don't …

Hi all, I whant to clear some folder, 1. [Profile]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files 2. [Profile]\Local Settings\History 3. [Profile]\Local Settings\Temp 4. [Profile]\Cookies 5. [Profile]\Recent 6. [SystemRoot]\Temp but windows is blocking those files, how can i delete those files during startup of a computer ? i have already create a Batch file …

I dont know whats the problem. All of my programs are taking way too long to load, as well as web pages. Images look like they are downloading at dial up speeds, and some wont load at alol (i am on Comcast cable internet connection). I had a clean sweep …

I have been having black and blue screens of death since I updated my drivers for ATI Radeon HD2600 video card in my Toshiba A200 laptop. When it finally recovers, and searches for an answer to the issue, it always suggests I download the lastest drivers. The latest drivers available …

Hey guys i have a hp psc 1210 printer cum scanner cum copier..I am having problems in printing.I am unable to print anything at all. I have downloaded the software from the hp site also and reinstalled it twice.But whenever i give any document to print it says system error …

I recently relocated a Windows 2000 machine. I took it off the network in order to make it a stand alone machine. I disabled the NIC card in the process. Now when I boot it up it gets stuck at the preparing network connections screen. Its been two days and …

Hi, I am a teacher in the North Eastern part of Thailand. This morning, while booting up the classroom computer, the keyboard did not power up. The mouse was functioning, I accessed the device manager, and saw that the keyboard was unrecognized. After some fiddeling around I mistakingly disabled the …

Hello out there. I seem to have encountered a nice block in my operating, and before I go and spend 200 bucks to fix the problem, I thought I'd make a little plea for any advice. I was staying at a friends' house in another city, and was using my …

I want to restore my hp pavillion dv9000 to the factory settings but I need some help can someone help me out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Okay, well today when I got on my computer, my AVG was done scanning and it said i had about 18 infections. So i deleted all the infections. Well, now when I get on, my computer restarts all the time. A popup comes up and says something like "System just …

Hi there, i bought a dell laptop with windows vista recently. I also have a desktop with Windows XP and my internet connection is via wired modem (PPoE). I have absolutely no problems accesing internet on my desktop but am not able to access same with my laptop. Tried calling …

My computer name on IRC is ~Alexander@My.Ip.Address (kind of, haha). Anyways, I've seen people making custom ones, like ~Whowillw@tch.the.Watchmen or whatever. Does anyone know how to set a custom one?

After installing upddates for windows vista computer error occurred Error message Windows activation error. A problem occurred when windows tried to activate Error code oxc004e003 This is a valid copy of vista pruchased on a lenovo t61 tablet Any suggestions Called Lenovo and they put us through to microsoft and …

can anybody give me a solution why my computer screen is blinking when I am reading the web page of news paper

Hi I´m hoping someone can help. System restore is not listed in the My Computer Properties. I have searched the web and tried to restart it using the Microsoft KB using Net Start, but, it doesn´t want to play. Every suggestion I have found seems to assume that System Restore …

Hi. My PC got infected with trojans and other malware. I install Kaspersky AV and it disinfected all (maybe) of them. When I open My Computer to explore any of 2 local drives, a box appears asking me to choose which program I should choose to open the [I]file[/I]. Why …

Hope someone can help me out here. I am running an old PIII 400, 512 Ram, XP SP2 and it freezes right after the Welcome screen. I see the Welcome screen for approx 2 mins. and then it goes to a blue screen and just hangs there. I see the …

Ok seeing as there isn't really a sound card section in the hardware board, and considering I know Windows XP Black Edition is what caused it I'm posting here. Ok So I reformatted using the Windows XP disc that came with my computer. Immediatly after that I reformatted again using …

Recently I picked up some kind of malware or something and it's been annoying me to no end. Everytime I click on a folder a Critical Error pops up that says the following: Critical Error Attention, {username}! Some dangerous viruses detected in your system. Microsoft Windows XP files corrupted. This …

it all started about 4 months ago on a thursday.at first,when i powered up my pc the motherboard cooler started rotating with an incredibly high speed making noise like the turbine of a plane.along with this my computer just wouldn't boot or anything. after turning it off, i tried again. …

my background tab is gone and stuck with a blue screen with a warning on it from some spyware or something my brother did. I cleaned with adaware and spybot S&D, ran AVG there were no viruses, but a ton of adaware. checked hijack this all was ok. I had …

4 years ago i bought a dvd copy plus from 321studios, i havent used it, i am trying to install it now and it teels me i have used up all my lisc installation amts. i know the company is out of bussiness, any ideas?

I've searched for this tool you're talking about and i think it is a good one. I saw that it records way to many internet radio stations and also it can download MP3..... Cool, maybe I'll buy it.

hello i'm new here, i have a dell dimension 3000 here, it belongs 2 my aunt, during a bad lightning storm, she turned her pc off by the power button, the next morn, she tried 2 power it up, but no power.. The light on the board is lit but …