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Hi, im a relative newcomer to troubleshooting pc's and am having problems with my hdmi connection. I have an HP a6433w pc running vista 32bit SP1 with a pentium dual core E2180 and radeon hd 2400 pro graphics card. The monitor is an HP w2207h that came with the tower. …

Hello, Is there anyone who can guide me through how to map a network drive in Vista Home Premium? I am trying at connect to a Samba server from my laptop. I already have a user name and password for the share which I can connect to from my XP …

May I get a copy from one of you guys of Windows NT Server please let me know thanks.

I re-installed windows XP Professional. WhenI go to shut down, My system won't go completely off. Any help out there?

Hello there, My work has a Windows Server 2003 server and we want to use it as a backup, they are shared folders on the network and I want a backup program to be able to setup so it backs up the selected folders from the computers it has to …

Hello! I need some urgent and important help When I first buyed my computer, someone installed Windows Xp Professional for me... Everything went ok , untill I got some unwanted "visitors" in my computer...I meen viruses... Then , someone told me to reinstall windows.. I did it ok... but after …

Hi Can anyone help me i have just rebuilt my pc with a new mobo but i have my screen and keyboard arent working. i have power just a no power from pc to moniter plz plz help thanks Mike

Hi all, first of apologies if ive stuck this in the wrong forum . . . ive had a Compaq Presario Laptop now for about 4ish yrs, recently had problems with it . . . . . so wanted to do a complete wipe of eveything. only trouble is ive …

I recently had a computer which suddenly lost support for its CD drives. The original was an IDE drive and so i tried a SATA and even an external USB cd drive. None would be recognized by the pc. It would say "found new hardware" but never given a drive …

Hey I've got a user on Lotus Notes v6.5.5 They can send emails with attachements. However, when they try to forward an email with attachements it is stripping out the attachments. Same thing when they replay to an email with attachments. I've verified that it isn't usererror. Any ideas?

Hi All in this nice forum! Few days ago at work I got interesting problem. Windows 98 with IE (don`t know version, at About place not shows). When I open webpage like e-mail adress and try upload action button then nothing happening and some pictures not work at some webpages. …

Please help. I have a folder with lots of downloaded music etc. I Always have it arranged so that the most recently downloaded file is at the bottom, and the oldest is at the top. To do this I right-clicked the folder and then clicked arrange icons by>modified. Now however …

Is there a way to manipulate windows (other than the graphics card) so that windows can be turned 90 degrees? Windows CE will rotate on the palms- I wondered if there was a way to get windows to do the same thing. Can you help me out?

How do I get my new Vista pc and and older XP desktop to see each other on my home network?

Hi. I just upgraded from Windows XP x86 to Windows Vista x64 on my desktop. Immediately after my successful installation, I plugged the computer in to the internet but was unable to connect. First, let me explain my connection I am using the motherboards (Asus P5NSLI) integrated network jack. I …

Hi everyone, I cant get my computer to load past post. Ive taken out the cmos battery for a while but it did not work. Ive checked all cables and even replaced the hard drive. It just loads all the drive and devices then goe's no further. Im at my …

Hope this is the right area to post in. Was on the computer today and it just shut down, was just typing in Word. When i restarted it gave me this. Invalid boot.ini booting c:/windows screen goes black for about 30 secs then this pops up. Cannot load windows because …

I have been attacked by a virus: file path&name: c:\a.bat name: malware-gen Its a virus!!! And whenever i enable the option to show hidden folders it doesn't work!! I cant see my hidden folders unless I type the full path on the address bar!( Used the folder options but it …

Hi...I've recently had many issues with my laptop (Inspirion 1000) but so far it has worked...until this afternoon! It started making strange clicking noises and then it shut off...this happens periodically so i restarted it. First it turned on like normal and then the black screen came up with the …

I have 5 different Browsers on my machine. Firefox, Neo Planet, Flock, IE and Netscape. The Firefox browser has been bugging me about "An Update Is Available" so I updated the browser to 2.0.0.14 Now the ONLY browser that will load [B][U][I]any[/I][/U][/B] pages is my Netsacpe browser. When I try …

[COLOR=#000000]Have a GMAIL account; And my system was attacked by virus. while I can open any of the websites including google, but when I try accessing [url]www.gmail.com[/url] it goes into page not found and auto search=help kind of stuff. How do overcome this? or is GMAIL really down ? I …

Ok, I was trying to set permissions on an external hard drive because I could not access any of my files and a friend was trying to help and he told me I needed to start my comp up in safe mode. I couldn't remember how so we opened up …

Ok this is an on going probelm that i thought was sorted by removing Nero!! The computer re-starts after a serious error each time i try to listen, burn, copy etc either a cd or dvd.... before now it happened every 3rd disk. The guy i got the comp from …

Hello im new to this site. I was wondering about some how making a server for my Tremulous Clan I have tried for 2 years to host my own and tried called posted and none can figure it out but I want to know if there is anyway I can …

hi, i was wondering if anyonme could help me with this problem i cant seem to fix. iv got an asus laptop, and am connected to the internet through a rowder. my connection to the rowder is strong, and my msn messenger is still working. although when trying to browse …

when i start windows xp sp2 normally an alert is posted saying that \windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt and you can attempt to repair using setup cd-rom. Well is used my setup cd-rom and select "r" and it posts 1: c\windows...I select 1 and it justs sits like it's locked …

Hi, Currently, I am helping my office to buy a server to centralise the files, share of files and backup individual desktop and notebooks. Can anyone recommend me which server is worth of a buy? Thank you. Pinky80.

I'm trying to install Ubuntu to a PC. It's an HP pavilion xt919. an old one given to me by my aunt after i helped her move. it has windows ME installed on it. at startup, i can tell that something has (i'm not sure what, whether it be malware, …

[B]Hello, I have 25 years experience but i am stumped. I am usually the guy that finds that unknown solution but this time I need help. Have hard drive from computer number one, ran win xp repair, no fix does not boot ,virus [reboots]. I need to access 2 folders …

I have went to the Tools-Options-Security tab and cleared the tick by the "Do not allow attachments, etc" and I still cannot receive any emails with attachments outside my immediate office. any suggestions would be appreciated.

when turn on my computer i get this message that the file hal.dll is missing or corrupted and that i should reinstall a copy.... i have a windows service pack two disk and have tried to repair it using this by following guides which i found when i googled hal.dll …

Well a few days ago I decided to download Bit Defender and use it because of the high ratings it has gotten. After I installed it, I shut down Zone Alarm (because Bit Defender has its own firewall apparently). Then my browser started to mess up. I became kinda worried …

Hello everyone -- first time poster and relative newcomer to the boards. This bug I'm tackling has me at my wits' end and it's come time to turn to the masses! If this is posted in the wrong forum and/or has already been addressed, I apologize. However, I've done thorough …

When I click on "Help and Support", I get an error message saying "Windows cannot open Help and Support because a system service is not running. To fix this problem, start the service named 'Help and Support'." The only problem is when I go to services.msc there is no 'Help …

Hope this is the right forum to post this on! One of my clients, a construction company, has set up several webcams on their construction site (in Turkey) for their UK clients to monitor progress. However, apparently the security settings on the browsers of most of the clients are blocking …

Hello, this is how my experience goes. I turned on the computer one morning before going to work and after startup the CMOS screen came up. I checked no to the question I don't remember and it gave me a follow up message about something not working if I continued. …

I am not new to the business but I am definitely not advanced in any way, also I am new to daniweb and am not sure if this is the correct forum. I am trying to create a batch file in XP that clears the IE cache, temp internet fils, …

Lately i have been having trouble booting up my computer, it loads up the acer brand name then goes to a black screen saying the following: Broadcom UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082) v2.0.6 Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Broadcom Corporation Copyright (C) 1997-200 Inter Corporation All rights reserved. PXE-E61: Media test failure, check …

:'( Im trying to do my final paper for college...I cant get rid of this mess!! I also have winlog Notify cryptnet dll names anonymous REG_DWORD value data 0x00000000 (0) and Impersonate REG_DWORD value data 0x00000000 (0) 6BB45534C867516E6B1D181C9C18AC30 here's my locate.com compare...* DLLCompare Log version(1.0.0.127)Files Found that Windows does not …

A neighbor's husband died last year. He ran a business from his house. She gave me one of his disktop Gateway computers (which had a dead power supply) that I replaced. [URL="http://support.gateway.com/s//MOTHERBD/INTEL/2517815/2517815nv.shtml"]Here[/URL] is the motherboard. Upon booting, I notice that it is set to run on a domain. It has …

I am having an issue where the the option for network adapter is not being displayed in the device manager. I've alway had a network adapter displayed in the task bar and out of a sudden I can not see this display. could it be that my NIC card may …

I need a freeware program besides bootskin to change my boot screen. a cia screen would also help.

Hello, is it possible to resize partitions under win XP using Disk management tools, or I need special software for that? I know there are couple of software tools such as Partition Magic. However, I'd like to know if this is possible to be done in Win XP itself. Regards

I have a relatively new (couple months) Dell XP Pro laptop (Precision M90), current on patches, up to date AV (AVG Network Edition) that after the user attempted to install some software on, and it went to hell. There was an error on boot up from TCSD_Win32.exe, which apparently a …

Hi there, Here is my problem: I get this message "Windows/System32/Config/System file missing or corrupt". I have tried this so far: -Using my Windows Installation disk to try to repair my registry, using the windows tutorial [URL="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us"](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us)[/URL], but when i try to enter the first line (c:\>md tmp) i get …

Up until now, I've been able to login to update a Web Site I have with [url]ftp://www.sitename.ca[/url] as the address, Now, all I get is [B]"Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the filename correctly or have permission to access this folder"[/B] There were a couple of Automatic …

I am having problems with games and other aspects of my computer graphics not loading properly and taking more than 10 minutes to load at all. Also games can become very slow and lots of the graphics incomplete on screen. I have a Packard Bell computer with Windows XP service …

hi, got a couple of problems with my desktop which came loveingly installed with windows vista . . . my sister has installed and "apparently deleted" a webcam that needed registering, and it constantly pops up that you need to register it . . . regardless of if you register …

im actually not a computer guy but i have a problem i was hoping someone could help me with. my computer is stuck in a reboot loop. i have an intel pentium 4 desktop computer. it is windows xp home edition. the problem happened after i installed the windows service …

Hi I have had an unusually high cpu usage for the past 2 days. Especially when using firefox or safari or similar programs. I have over 300GB of hard disk space and almost 3gb of ram. I have never had over 80% cpu usage even even using high-end games but …