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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 …

Hi all, I live in China and recently purchased an Acer laptop from an authorised seller. Problem was it had a Chinese Vista home premium O.S. installed. So the seller promised to re-install with English version. This turned out to be Vista Home Basic which a couple of days ago …

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. …

Hi, I keep geeting this error number when trying to obtain Windows updates. I have had 4 brand new PC's arrive this week (2 HP & 2 Fujitsu) all 4 have had nothing done to them except started up and attempted to connect to the Windows website. I have internet …

Hi, I have been trying to get Real VNC 4 to work with the lovely Vista. I have managed to install it and get it up and running by changing a few settings here and their. However the only way I could get it to run at start up without …

Hi Guys. Can anyone recommend a decent piece of video editing software they has the capability of de-noising the audio track? I have a 6 minute mp4 which I recorded on my mobile phone but all you can hear is the stupid woman next to me talking. Is there anyway …

so i recently vacuumed all the dust out of my computer and cleaned a few parts with alcohol and q-tips. well after that a couple days later it shut down automatically and has not been putting video out put to the monitor. i know the monitor works cuz i plugged …

Hi, am working on unidrv printer driver. I have implemented writeprinter function in the rendering plug-in of the Unidrv printer driver , by opening a file and capturing the out put data given by the Unidrv driver into a .txt file. Now can any one tell me how can i …

well first of all i want to tell you guys how gratefull i am to find a site wich helps people in trouble without asking for money (you dont see that very muvh lately), and now ito my problem, i am runnin a compaq presario 900, OS windows xp sp3, …

Hi i have a dell inspiron 5160 with WINDOWS XP .And from 2 days whenever i start the laptop it shows the "DELL SCREEN AND A LOADING BAR" Bar loads up to 3/4 th .Then it stops . i was trying to repair XP using the XP CD which i …

A client of mine is having an annoying problem with outlook express. When she hits the send button the whole thing shuts down with no error message. After hours of googling I've only found one referene to the issue and no responses other than "go find a OE Forum" Any …

Dell Latitude D610 P4, 512mb, 30gb HD, XP Pro SP2 Please help. My daughter's laptop caught a virus which avg found. She tried to quarantine it but it kept reappearing. She then tried deleting it, then on startup, a window appeared entitled 'Isass.exe' with the message 'An invalid parameter was …

Hi friends, My laptop support only vista operating system. Can I change this into windows xp? And the other question is when I connect my laptop to internet it automatically begin updating windows, How can I disable this updating? 10qs! Sign with LOVE!!

Hi All. When I try to install the following: [COLOR="Red"]Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - July 2008 (KB890830) Security Update for Windows XP (KB951748) Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (KB952142) Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB953463) Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 …

I have an old dell 133 my wife uses to play games on, yesterday it quit working and in my ignorance, I deleted the partition. I put in the Win 98 start up disk, but won't recognize it. I put in the Win 95 start up disk and I can …

Hi, I'm loading server 2003 onto a 2.66 core2duo with 4Gb of Ram and a 500 HD. When the software install gets to installing hardware the error message comes up with the above. I know this has sometging to do with a device or driver that the OS doesn't like, …

Hello good folks at Dani Web !!! I have a Dell Dimension 2350, 1 GB RAM, Service Pack 2. I have been trying for a week to install Service Pack 3 on this machine that has Windows XP Home , on it. I have tried to download and install it …

Well, the old Armada M700 hardly seems worth rescuing this time... EXCEPT IRREPLACEABLE FILES ARE ON IT. And Goddess damn it all, I forgot to back them up. So, can anyone help? Here's what's going on: Last night I shut down my computer. This morning I go to turn it …

Today is the third time in three weeks that I am having to reset the modem and set up the internet for my friend again. I have never had this problem with any other Windows OS system... (Including 95) Is this a normal thing for Windows Vista? Or is something …

I have a Dell Inspiron i8000 Laptop, and it will not boot up. The power does come on but it will not boot up nor is it able to go into the bios. The cooling fans do not come on either. I have takin everything out possible to try to …

When installing XP on the [U]ASUS EeePC 2GB Surf[/U] from an external CD all appears to go well until the first restart, then I get the Welcome to Setup screen again. The recovery console works, but how do I tell Setup to continue from where it left off?

I am posting log file of Hijack this.Please help Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:46:49 AM, on 7/12/08 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\RPCSS.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE …

i got this computer from my brother. the hardrive was to full fore me to do anything with it. so i got a program called window washer. window washer had a option called clean hardrive. so i clicked on it. now my computer say operating system not found. plz help. …

My internet connection has stopped working. This is true in both my email client and in any browser that I open. It appears the browser, or other program, sends a request to connect to a specific server, and then does not get a connection to the server back. The browser …

Hi, I am residing in Mexico and have been playing a Disney online game ( hey not just for kids!) and on June 3rd for some reason I have been unable to maintain a connection for more than a few minutes. I have tried all the troubleshooting techniques I can …