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hi; i have just downloaded the microsoft office 2007 in my PC and when open the microsoft word and others this msg appers saying this ( in the picture below ) and when press next , no thing happens , just saying that the key used is not possible and …

Windows XP SP2 . ALL Desktop Icons and toolbar disappear when using AOL. PS , AOL is still usable after desptop disappears. I have to go to the task manager and restart to get the desktop back. PS, I checked Show desktop icons and it's is checked, help what to …

hi.. anyone knows the best video editor? the one that lets you add special video effects and transitions.. i tried video edit magic it's nice. any other else?

HI guys, I have a linux debian machine and windows vista machine. Now the debian machine is called chris-pc and vista is called chris-laptop. I have shared a drive on chris-pc using nfs and the drive is visable to other linux machines. But when i try and mount the drive …

hi guys, i just bought an hp windows xp pc for myself and happen to notice some strange behavior. whenever i create a folder, for example a new folder in my documents, the same folder (with folder icon but empty contents) is created inside that folder. when i click on …

I have just recovered my PC from a Spyware attack. After running ComboFix, SDFix, HJT, and a couple others, everything seems to be back to normal for about a week. The only problem that remains, is one of the Spywares deleted and copied over the file: C:\Windows\System32\mstask.exe The Spyware also …

Dear all, Suddenly I have checked that my folder option both in Control panel and in Tools menu is missing. Most probably attack of (WIN32/Ronotok.bro) worm attack. I have cleaned all the affected files. But still now missing my Folder option in both Tools and Control Pnael. Plz help!!

My husband was adjusting the display on his monitor, and everything disappeared. No icons, no start menu. He cant access the task manager, even in safe mode, if he right clicks then tries to click on anything else, the menu just goes away again. The Windows key between ctrl and …

I have been getting crc errors when trying to install games and extract zip folders. My pc has also been doing some strange things, like taskbar changing from blue to grey and the sound not working. Here is a hijack this log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

All of my drives do not open when i double click them This msg appears on opening it "This operation has been cancelled due to restictions in effect on this computer .Please contact your system administrator" I cant access the registry editor also and there is no file named "autorun.inf" …

Hi Everyone, I have a really irritating problem with my system running under Windows XP. My system keeps regualrly crashing leaving me with a blue screen and the following error message. "Driver_IRQL_NOT_Less_OR_Equal Stop: 0x00000000D1 w22N51.sys Address F8067988 base at F7FF3000 I have been on to Microsoft.com, where there seems to …

This screen is certainly deathening! I've been facing this issue for the past month, every time with different addresses popping up on it. The hardware specs of my pc are AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, ASUS M2N MX Motherboard, an external LAN Card- Intex, two DVD Drives, a …

. Thursday - 17-April-'08 . Win-XP's "Computer Management" ==> "Disc Management" shows me partitions that used to be OK as now being "Healthy (Unknown Partition)". . I had used Copy Commander to copy the entire Disk Image to an attached USB HardDrive. . The USB Drive - after a LONG …

Hi, I'm new to this site and its my first post. I'm having problems installing win xp home sp2 on an AMD computer. The computer was running xp when it was bought and now i can only install win98! Usually i manage to trouble shoot problems myself but this has …

Hi, I hope someone can help cos I'm about to throw the damn computer out of the window. My son's computer was prone to a problem with the sound where it would slow right down and then 'gallop' to catch up with its self. I'd previously managed to solve the …

Hello friends! please I need your help now. when i work on my PC the problem occurred. Booting can't be progressed simply it display NTLDR missing please put to me the best solutions. With best Regards!!! Bick.

I have some picture files in NaN.jpg, but now it is not showing picture. So how to retrive image of NaN.jpg files....

[i] I have Compaq Presario 2100 notebook, 30 GB Harddisk, 512 MB DDR, P4 . I am using windows XP Home (dont know the service pack right now). I was using wireless comcast connection and it worked fine untill last sunday when I left my notebook on standby for 4-5 …

Good day fellow maties I have a costomers travelmate 240 whenever I power it on I get no display/or very poor display[its as if youre lookink through through a dark tinted window].Anyways costomer says she got laptop in its current condition.I boot it up by using a normal pc monitor …

Hello , i just bought a laptop with window vista install inside already but i want to install my window xp too .SO when ever i try to boot with xp cd they show there is no disk. I mean when the xp cd read all files and go to …

hello, my first post here, not sure if this belongs in the hardware section or not? apologies if this is in the wrong place. anyways....problem i have is that on my laptop (hp compaq nc6220), running xp pro, in device manager there is a yellow explanation mark next to: isapnp …

I Boot up and Explorer is there for a random amount of time then is just disappears and i open it back up in task manager and it stay open for about 5 seconds and Shuts again I ran hijackthis and it found a butt load of things but I …

I cannot connect to the internet as soon as I start my laptop and the router. I had to run winsock fix to fix the registry keys that are necessary for internet connection and restart to establish a connection.. I scanned my entire system with antivir, ad-aware, a2 free and …

ok i rebooted my computer cuz one of my games froze but then when i was selecting user, something similar to this popped up. windows hardware has changed significantly since first activation. 3 days left to re activate. would you like to do this now? i already fixed it but …

and also in Rhapsody now that it finally allegedly supports XP64. Napster used to work, but quit ... since I don't really use it that often I can't remember when it last worked so a rollback isn't really feasible. Problem does not exist in any other of hundreds of programs …

All of a sudden can't open owners documents in documents and settings. Access denied.

Hi everyone: As always I am very thankful for your continued help. Two months ago I bought a PC with Windows Vista. I wanted the Windows XP ready Vista but HP did not have it. Anyway, my HP printer is an Officejet 4315v all-in one, works at time, and at …

Hi guys, I recently created another partition and am planning install windows 98 so I can play some older games. But before I install the OS, I was wondering how I will be able to access and alternate between the OS that first partition has (XP) and the second one …

I want to completely erase all data using DBAN. I have a few questions about how I should go about reinstalling Windows afterwards: [B]1. Will Windows installer start as usuall - that is just by insterting the CD?[/B] [B]2. Can BIOS be accessed after the process? [/B] (I'll be using …

Here's the short version. (1) System registry corrupted and computer wouldn't boot. Took it to tech. He found a few bad sectors on HD and replaced it, AND transferred/saved two family users profile accounts & their files to a secondary slave HD on my machine. However, apparently he didn't get …

I really did a stupid thing to try to help out a neighbor. His Dell computer got the blue screen of death on it. I tried to make the system recovery work, but that was a bust. He didn't have any recovery CDs so I thought that my Gateway recovery …

I want to have remote desktop on the internet so when im away from my server at work I can remote desktop it :) Any Ideas?

mistakenly updated Vista thinking why not..and noticed when I play my powerpoint presentations only 3 out of 5 wmv files play. That was too strange for me and too much work to go through all my presentations.. WHY? I had to roll back with restore to get the powerpoint movies …

I know you guys are are WAY more savvy than me, but I can't get a straight answer to a very simple question. How do I print envelopes from a Dell Photo 926? Yes, I'm using Vista. There is no help in "Help". HELP! Michael

Hi, I have Windows XP SP2 & Dot Net 2003 installed in my laptop. Actually i installed Dot Net couple of months back & i didn't work in that. Couple of days back, when i tried to create a sample ASP .NET / C# web project, it gave the following …

i have 8gb of ram in a windows vista ultimate system (i realize overkill but it's so cheap right now and i run alot of audio programs simultaneously so i figured why not). Regardless often times my memory says it's running at over 50% which seems strange because my laptop …

hello frnds! do tell me how to get administrative priviledges in vista? (like to read system32 files under windows or to copy it anywhere else.) i have tried right click and also i have created an administrative account. so do tell me if you can thanks!

Hi. I am unable to create file object from javascript in Vista platform. ex. i am using this statement javascript var oFso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); after executing this and make try catch block for this i am getting this error "Automation object can't create object". I have enabled some options …

Well, my user name pretty much tells the story of why I'm here. I bought Vista Ultimate 64 Signature Series the day it was released. Since then, I've had to install it from scratch THREE times since the first install! All because it develops problems that MS spends WEEKS trying …

PC would not start up yesterday. Worked on it till it finally booted but some features would not work (wireless network, external hard drive, etc.). Trying to access things like My Network Places or device manager results in a blank window. Attempting to start services in management console results in …

Hi guys, I bought a couple of applications from the web. A couple of games and a programme that recorded what I listened to on my PC (SoundTap). My PC then was replaced, some companies just give you a new unlock code but some don't. Is there a way to …

2nd attempt.... I am new to Daniweb and hope I am posting my question in the appropriate category. I am not an IT engineer, but an aeronautical engineer seeking to upgrade my Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Pro so I can load and run CATIA V5 (a 3D …

When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options are: Start in safe mode. Safe mode with networking. Safe mode with command prompt. Last known …

Hi, I'm using Windows XP (SP1) and IE 6. I have this odd problem with my IE windows. If I open a link or a window that contains a particularly large number of images, the window will load the images until about halfway (say, 30 out of 100) and then …

I want to make my System as Dual Boot Windows XP and Windows 2003 with Single Hard Disk.Can someone validate my approach 1.Install Windows XP on C drive 2.Install Partition Magic and create another partition for Win2003 in NTFS format 3.Install Windows 2003 Any issues are expected in this process... …

On my machine registory and taskbar is disabled even if we enable after second it disabled again.how i can resolve this issue. kindly help me on this part thanks

i have a hp compaq 6710b laptop that i bought used, it has windows xp pro i am having problems going to certain websites (like myspace.com and google.com plus many others i am kinda of a newbie so please excuse my ignorance can anyone help this damsel in distress

Hey, I have three computers that work off of the same modem/router. And two of them work fine, and all of a sudden the third one says the network cable is unplugged. I tried a different network cable and I get the same reaction. I looked in device manager and …

Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 AMD Sempron 1.40GHz 448 MB of RAM ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800 Computer freezes, monitor displays white screen with columns of horizontal lines (colors of last display) and one square of vertical lines. This happens 5-15 minutes after the desktop is displayed as I open folders, browse internet, …

My desktop pc goes thru' the bootup process but stops dead in its track,failing to get pass the bars where the windows flag logo appears!! I've only just popped a brand new cr 2032 battery into the slot.Error message 'please reset cpu frequency in cmos setup' shows! on startup screen.I …