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I have been getting the "Windows needs your credentials" balloon in the systray. This is what I have already tried, Run GPEDIT.MSC. Under computer configuration, expand administrative templates>system>logon. Select the "Always wait for the network at computer startup" value. The default state is "not configured". Set this to "On". but …

Im looking to get a microsoft office package for a new PC that I have brought. Would Vista be the best one to get or does any one recommend something better? I have heard mixed reviews on vista.

Hello, Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Basically, I'm running Vista and have two external hard drives, a 500gb Western Digital, and a 2tb Lacie which I just purchased. I use both at the moment, but I'm beginning the process of transferring my files bit by bit from the …

I've had this problem with Hotmail over the last 3 weeks, everytime I go to login, the page begins to load and just goes blank while "loading." The little hourglass still shows that it's working but nothing happens. Sometimes after a long, long period of time (hours), the page will …

I have a mess on my hands, and I hope someone can help me!! Machine: ThinkPad T43p; Windows XP Pro SP2 ( but I can't find my OEM software anywhere. :$ ; we do have a CD from XP Pro SP2 for my husband's Dell laptop, however.) My original problem …

Okay, after booting up my vista based notebook, it runs like an angel. Only problem, it takes 65 seconds to boot up, from the older 45 seconds. I performed every single tweak i could get my hands on. about 55 to 60 of those seconds are spent on the vista …

I recently purchased a new computer with Vista Home Premium. During the time I am setting it up, I attempted to set Windows Update in order for it to automatically seek the newest updates. I am unable to do so because the selections are grey out. There is a message …

My computer screen keeps randomly blacking out and I have no idea what to do. I'll start it up, use it for a while and then it seems to still be running but I cant see anything but a black screen. I have tried everything to get it to go …

Hi there, Just wondering if anybody can help me out here. I'm in no ways a computer whizz so please excuse my ignorance on this! I have just tried to set up Microsoft Outlook with a new mail account. While I can send from this new account I don't seem …

Well over time my cpu has slowed down and I have followed all of the cleaning and virus/maleware/trojen cleanup procedures and I am clean as a whistle, but I have a very slow boot up. My question is, can I just reinstall windows and not loose any files or important …

I'm really sorry to ask this but, I'm a complete noobie when it comes to computers. I won't go into too much detail but, basically I was force to reinstall my OS and I'm missing three drivers for it. I am unable to connect to the internet and my other …

Hi Guys, I really hope you can help me with this as i'm going mad trying to find an answer. It's quite a story and i will try and keep it short. I have a HP laptop, and the operating system is windows XP, and it works on Service Pack …

I copied photos to desktop and now cnnot delete them. In fact, they are multiplying! I delete the icons and they deep coming back. Up to 11-12 copies to this point. Anyone know what is going on? Jack

When I had XP, I found it incredibly easy to get my microphone to pick up good, high quality sound. However upon getting Vista, I'm having trouble getting it to pick up anything quieter than shouts. I thought I'd fixed it yesterday when playing Team Fortress 2, as it seemed …

I'm not sure if I changed a setting for start up because when I tap/hold F8 to get the safe mode selection screen, I get another black screen that says: "Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Copy Right 1985-1988 All Rights Reserved" "Dell System Dimension 4600i BIOS Version A/O" and some other …

I am new to DANIWEB. I am desperate because I bought a laptop on the internet a year plus ago and it locks up/freezes up/cpu loop/ or whatever the lingo translates to. I retired from IBM after 35 1/2 years and have 8 software patents in the mainframe world. I …

Just a quick question... I have an HP Pavilion with Intel Core 2 Duo (the lowly 1.87 Ghz E6300 version). For the most part, it is pretty decent. When I first got it, was pretty happy; thought it was much faster than my last pc...but now I want to pep …

Hi, I am currently using the latest version of Mozilla Firefox running on XP. I also am using a 21" monitor which I suspect to be altering my viewing abilities while surfing. I am unable to see most color and details on web pages and what should be tabbed or …

I've Googled this problem until my fingers were numb, and even went through Ubisoft technical support. They tried to help but couldn't. I recently got nostalgic for old games and bought Ghost Recon (the original game, [I]not[/I] Advanced Warfighter or Advanced Warfighter 2 or even Desert Siege or Island Thunder) …

I am looking for a small software package that will allow me to work every where with a usb smart drive.I heard one , but i can't Recollect the software's name,i hope someone help

I'm having trouble with my start up I keep getting an error message and my desktop wont display my start menu or toolbars.....

hi I'm new to this group and I am looking for some help with my windows vista. I'm just back from two week holiday during which time the pc was switched off. I've tried starting up numerous times today and it just goes to blue screen and freezes. It won't …

HI, I have reviewed several threads with the same problem however I thought I would start proper with my own. I have run Smitfraud.cmd in safe mode option 1 Log below: SmitFraudFix v2.328 Scan done at 13:44:03.07, Mon 07/07/2008 Run from C:\Documents and Settings\owner\Desktop\SmitfraudFix OS: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] …

ive been having a few problems with vista for the last week due to trojans, but only problems like the system running slow, software disruption and constant pop ups. a friend installed kaspersky and the problems seemd to go away until the next scan where kaspersky prompted me that an …

We have just installed a new exchange server into our domain, moved all the mailboxes to the new server and then changed the IP address of the old server so that we could move the new servers ip into place for a clean swap over (IP wise) When we do …

somehow my google home page has changed, where i use to type in my question had 2 boxes at the bottom with search the web or search australia only and this is very handy for me, and i would like to get it back

in the past, I used "net use LocalDriveLetter \\remotecomputername\remoteDriveLetter$ password /user:username" in winxp to login remotely and map the remote drive as a local one. When I try to access to a Vista workstation, I was told "Access is denied". I'm wondering if Vista doesn't support this command line, or …

Hi, lately the domain controller freezes when some editing to the GPO occur. I think the problem has been present since the schema was upgraded to update from W2K3 SE to W2K3 R2 EE. The server that acts as a domain controller also hosts DHCP, DNS as well as Active …

hello to all!! My girlfriend's laptop has Vista on it and she is very unhappy with it as am I. She has used my laptop with XP MCE on it with various tweaks and what not and agrees that it is an extremely better OS. Her laptop is a Dell …

Hello all I am trying to dual boot a Dell Latitude D600 with windows 98se and windows xp pro. I have partitioned and formated the hard drive and windows 98 loads ok until it gets to the following screen, Windfows 98 setup Windows is now setting up the following items: …

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, I am new to this forum so I hope that I am posting in the correct topic space. Currently I have a challenge with administering my IIS 5.0 installation. As I am running Windows 2000 Server I have no choice (to the best of my knowledge) but to …

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 …