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Let me start by saying I do not possess much computer knowledge. I've been under the hood a couple times on limited repairs on the PC built for me by a friend. I recently unpacked and set up this XP powered PC that had not been used in seven months. …

Anyone finding Vista more prone to Blue Screen of Death then XP?

the computer thats giving me problems is a bit old. but its still useful its an HP Compaq dc5100 with a Pentium 4 processor. wen i turn it on it tells me sorry for the inconveniance but windows did not start successfully a resent hardware or software might have caused …

hi all my desktop items have becomr highlighted after i tried to make a page availible offline now i dont seem to be able to deselect them

Ok, my computer used to work fine until recently, ie7 began crashing (and mysteriously "auto recovering" tab sessions in a few seconds. I get this dialog box that says something about ie crashing, etc. It used to happen a lot on [url]www.tigerdirect.com[/url], but now it happens all the time. I …

Anyone tried (or does now) watch TV on a PC ? I have Dish Network (satallite TV) for my TV but was wondering how to channel it to my PC.

Need A Little Help [B]Senario:[/B] In the near future I will have to transfer data from my computer to & from A computer infected by lots & lots of viruses. I do not have rights to modify, install or uninstall any software in the infected system. All I can do …

Hi i got an executable file which uses an .ini file, while they both are in the same directory all works fine. The problem is that i must separate them and make a batch file that will call the executable and also will direct the executable where to find its …

Ok here's my problem, after starting my computer and and typed in my password to my account... well it would say " loading your personal settings..." and won't load. The log in probelm just started yesterday. Oh and however, if i try logging in a couple of times ( manually …

Hi I recently noticed this folder on my destop "%SystemDrive%" I was wondering if it is safe to remove. I don't know where it came from it just suddenly appeared. I would really like to get rid of it if possible. Any ideas greatly appreciated Dave

I want to install the chinese script thingy on windows xp, but i lost the cd, and now i dont know how to get the language! Can someone help me please? Thanks xie xie ni...

I saw a few posts similar to this in this forum.I tried most of the solutions given there but still couldn't solve my problem. I'm running XP Professional on my laptop and desktop.Both are connected to internet using the same connection through lan.The problem is that I can't access some …

Vista Home Premium nothing happens when I try to use the 'Start Search' located at the Start button. (not working)

Hey good folks at Dani Web ! I have a Dell Dimension 2350, Windows XP, SP2, AVG Anti virus, Zone Alarm, and SpywareBlaster. This morning I got up and went in to get on my desk top, that I leave on most of the time. AVG had updated while I …

I just had my computer newly installed and it was all going fine i think until i started installing the programs i would use, like Windows Live Messenger, mIRC, Hamachi etc It first shut down when i was doing settings on Hamachi and it just shut down. At first i …

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Hello, Recently I have removed a 250GB hard drive from my old Pentium 4 machine to setup a Raid 0 with two other drives. I originally had that 250GB drive as the boot drive which worked with no problems. However, once I removed it and tried to use either my …

I recently aquired a homebuilt, (used to be Gateway), P3 550, with 256 Meg of ram. Original HD was 10 gig, with DVD player, and Win XP. I saw this machine running. It seemed fine. I brought it home and had trouble ever since. First, after removong the orig HD, …

This is the first time I have used anything like this, I am learning through trial and error, but need advice on which forum I should be using. It is regarding my laptop using Windows XP, as I need to return it to factory settings. I also can not download …

How can I add a password or otherwise restrict access to one of the folders on a hard disk? I am using Windows XP.

hi i am rupak from india, i am a windows xp user and now i have decided to install windows vista. i would like to know more about windows vista. regards rupak

hi, i have problem today whereby one of my users has logged onto his computer today but outlook, and his printers where missing inlcuding his favourites in ie7. we are currently using active directory administer the users but he is not part of a roaming profile. Im fresh out of …

My sons Dell desktop comes after Logon and the desktop comes on for a sec fades away to start the reboot sequence. We have found no way to get in to try safe mode to restore. Tried to change the boot sequence to start on CD to attempt XP repair …

hey guys, Ok, this isnt too serious a problem because its been present for a LOOOONG time now. I run windows XP so i have that windows security centre thing that tells me the state of my firewall and virusscan programs (on or off basically). One day, i went to …

Hi everyone: As always I'm very thankful for the help I can get here. Months ago I had problems with my windows and my computer failed. I had to buy a new one, this one has Norton for 60 days. I only have 3 days left. I bought a couple …

Hi, I have a Toshiba A105-s101 I tried to reformat and reinstall with the recovery disc. The recovery disc software said it was complete and then the system restarted. Since it restarted I have not been able to get an image to come up on the screen at all. No …

I have been searching and searching and can not find anyway of fixing this. I recently got a new (old) computer that my work gave me that was running Windows 2000 NT. I upgraded it too windows XP, but keeped running into a problem with it not liking my CD …

Please bear with me, I am just a beginner! Some background - while I was out my partner installed a new monitor and changed the wallpaper. While doing so a message popped up (I assume from the firewall) about a program trying to connect, but he clicked 'deny'. The next …

hi, I was surfing the net last night and i don't know what happened suddenly my computer started behaving very strange . every folder is opening in a new window , my keyboard is not working. When i select a folder it stays selected even if i select another folder,so …

Hi, I recently discovered a few small changes to my systen: explorer: tools -> options was missing. re-enabled through a registry edit taskmgr: file -> new task (run...) is still missing. Cannot find how to re enable. ive donea bit of reading, and Trend Micro ( here: [url]http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM%5FYAHLOVER%2EAL&VSect=Sn[/url]) shows what …

Windows will not start after installing nVidia 15.17 drivers I am running a q6600 on an EVGA 122-CK-NF68 mobo with OCZ SLI pc2 8500 ram running WINDOWS XP PRO 32-BIT. Powered by an Antec SLI True Power Trio. Everything was fine until I installed the 15.17 nvidia nforce drivers. I …

A customer brings me a computer telling me that it had a virus and a family member cleaned it for them and now the computer won't boot. When I turned the computer on it said Ntldr missing ok simple enough, I tried to copy Ntldr from the recovery console but …

I just removed a nasty files from my pc and i went to remove a program and now all my usual programs are not listed, instead it's a bunch of stuff I've never seen before. Also the button to add/remove is gone. I tried to navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall but it's …

Hi all I am try to repair a computer for a friend, the problem is that when its boots up it gets to post then the windows logo and then reboots itself. I can only get into the bios. I cant boot off the xp pro cd the computer wont …

[URL="http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/"]Help keep XP on the market[/URL] You might Decide later on that you really don't like Vista and want to go back to XP I haven't really made my final decision, if I agree with Vista or not Their are pros and cons about vista Pros [LIST] [*]Major Kernel Overhaul …

I'm having a problem opening certain websites in IE7 such Yahoo, CBS Sportsline, TMZ; by the way I have Windows XP. When I try to open Google it leads to the following URL ([url]http://support.microft.com/kb/281679/EN-US/[/url]) and a blank screen...with stalled green search bars at the bottom. I’ve attempted all the usual …

As with all the "Windows XP Hangs on Shutdown" I have the same problem but none of the sulution I found helps. I am working on a Acre notebook with XP PRo SP2. The trouble started when we installed SP3. I have tested from safe mode and that works! I …

Hello, I purchased an external HD to backup my existing HD. I want to reformat my existing HD to get my system running like new (currently slow w/occasional problems). Anyway, I hooked up the external HD w/no problem. Now I want to partition the new external HD. All the tutorials …

Hi chaps, I am very new here ... Could you please help me with the above problem? I reinstalled Vista and found that the thumbnails missing ... :( on the taskbar properties, the option "show window previews (thumbnails)" is not active and the box can not be checked. I to …

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turn on the puter...get a black screen with a blinking dash in the upper left hand corner. then a message about hall being missing or corrupt and to reinstall it... my o/s is legit and i tried to use recovery console.. it starts to check the system configurations and hangs...will …

i want Hide or Del command format in local disk see in picture [url]http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4034/hideformatqw8.png[/url] how do you can help me thank

Hi all; My monitor will not display an image if i boot it normally, however when i boot into safe mode it works fine. Thinking it is something to do with the refresh rate and the resolution i restarted, pressed F8 and booted into vista's low resolution mode or something …

A sound keeps coming up on my computer.....and others that I use...I'm pretty sure it's an ad of some kind. It's like 2 seconds of the Start Me Up song by Rolling Stones. It happens whether I'm online or not, even if no Apps are running. Nothing comes up on …

I work the phones at an ISP. We’ve been getting lots of calls over the past couple of months or so where people are able to connect, but after 10 – 15 minutes they start getting "Page Cannot Be Displayed" errors when trying to access any web sites. They are …

hello, can someone help please? the problem is with hp quick launch buttons 6.30 J1 when booting into windows an error message appears. hpqwiex module has encountered a problem and needs to close if i attempt to unistall from the control panel, add/remove progs (so i can reinstall) i get …

i sometimes cant open Internet explorer i try several times but it wont open, i check the task manager and processors and it says i am using 100% of my CPU. i have 800 mb of ram. When Internet explorer opens normally, i use about 4% of my ram. can …

Hi guys, just now I've been having this problem [url]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i227/angleslam99/comphelp.jpg[/url] Please disregard the videos that were blacked out, any idea what's causing this problem? It seems to pop up every time I wanna add a new folder or anything like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Hello everyone im in need of some serious help on my computer these days. Couple weeks ago, windows starts freezing up when i rebooted my computer. It gets to the point where it logs on to windows after a long period of time, i click to minimize my asus ai …

So I had malware (Virtumonde to be exact) and so I ran combofix and it removed the malware. Now my problem is that when I login to windows Explorer.exe does not start automatically I have to go into task manager and run it from there. I was on another forum …