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Hi my name is paul and pretty much a noob, but i need help!! teh problems start when i get to teh windows load screen in windows xp were the loading line thst blue comes up... after that a black screen comes up and stays there for about a minute …

My cd/dvd combo re-writer causes the computer to re-start after 3 uses........... can play, record, back up etc 2 disks then the 3rd one crashes the computer............... everything shuts down and comp er-starts... Any ideas how or why???? how do i fix it???? been like this since i got it …

I just got a comp from Ibuypower.com, from installation i have had odd graphics problems where when i am playing World of Warcraft all the colors change, weird patterns appear and the such, i also have my driver up to date but who knows. I am also getting the blue …

This has only started recently but whenever i start up my computer the explorer bar takes for ages to load. If i go into task manager under the processes tab it says the explorer is using up to 90 % of the CPU. How can i stop this happening?

Im running Virtual Machine95 on a XP machine.the xp machine has 1 gig ram 80gig Hard drive and a 2.0 ghz cpu.everytime the user uses the VM95 he gets the error massage out of memory error.I then need to restart the VM program. I did increase the ram size on …

Hello Everyone This question may be posted elsewhere, but I'm new and need an answer if possible, like yesterday...... Am not getting visuals on any pictures I was able to see as recent as yesterday. I'm getting a little box with a red x in the middle. What has happened? …

Hi all, Not sure is this a correct place to post. But I need some help on Norton Ghost multicast (DOS Ver). Example: PC 'A' is my server image if I need to reclone 2 pc at the same time without insert bootdisc on the 2 PC. Thks

Last night a friend tried to download a video and messed with some settings and I dont know what he did but, everytime I go to open a program in the start menu it opens up as Quicktime Player.. Control Panel and My Computer will open but I can't open …

Thanks for the welcome and I will read and learn. Currently my IT department has made changes to my display settings. I am running WXP Pro and when i right click on the desktop, go to properties, screen saver tab my password protect is selected with a 3 minute timeout …

Hi, I have this problem - I have to fill many various webforms every single day. That is what I am paid for, of course, but it is so dull and time consumpting! I have about five dozens values and I have to type them again and again plus any …

i have itunes and an ipod but the song 'get low' by flo rida wouldn't play properly on my ipod .. that song can be played fully on itunes but when i transfer to my ipod it wont play properly : jst a 30second preview grr i dunno why dat …

I run win xp and I keep getting the message that my virtual memory is low, could someone please tell me how to remedy this, thank you. Let me know if you need more info.

I have a HP desktop computer that I was using when our power went off and on a couple of times. Now this computer will try to start and shut down automatically after about ten seconds. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be fried or causing me this …

Hello there, I bought a new ASPIRE 5920G series laptop with Windws, vista version. I want to partition my HDD in to more types (currently i have 2 drives). How can I do it? Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance Remo

Hie there what does adsl stand for and how deferent is it from dial up?

Hello everyone, just recently vista decided to change the whole appearance of the taskbar on me. Here's what it looks like now. [url]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8459/taskbarnt7.jpg[/url] I want it to look like it use to look, like this... [url]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4590/taskbar2be8.jpg[/url] Where there are 3 Quick Launches and then an arrow for the rest, and …

I have a legacy computer with 256, Asus P2B board and the Win98SE was stable. I used the machine for music production but my head kept bumping against the 64K ceiling. Before jumping to the bloat of XP, I decided to give W2K a run before I purchased more RAM. …

hi i'm new on this and i need some help to config a email server on win xp pro to use it only in the company ...

I have downloaded windows xp sp3 media center edition but i dont have the serial key for this. Could u guys plz help.

Hello, I designed a website for my small business using microsoft publisher 2007. It is a relatively basic website just to get the word out about my company. I also have a server computer running Microsoft Server 2003 laying around and I want to host the website instead of paying …

im a new member who is a junior technician, my c: & d: have dissapeared under my computer and i have already scanned for viruses with karspersky and no viruses where found, the only way i can access the drives is through disc management or creating short cuts on the …

In the configuration utility I deselected "load system services" and "load start-up items" (please don't ask why). When I restarted the computer (XP, BTW) the blue bar kept going but the computer did not boot up. I tried to go into safe mode but when I tried a whole list …

Hello, forumsters! This is my first time to log in. I'm a computer graphic artist :) needing help with my windows 2000 pc. All of a sudden, I can't find the folder options in my windows 2000 explorer window. I have several files hidden that are very important. Can someone …

Hi guys, I'm new and I'm having problems booting from my dvd rom. I've tried EVERYTHING! This includes setting boot from dvd in bios and changing the jumper settings but still no luck. It is a genuine copy of windows, the only way to get it to boot from the …

Hey folks. I am getting a BSOD error with Windows Vista SP1 on the following system: E6400 Dual Core P5NSLI 4GIG G.Skill PC6400 DDR2 RAM 1 x 500GB Maxtor 7200rpm BFG 312mb 8800 GTS OC Vid. Card Creative Sound Blaster SE I get this error, and then when i boot …

After installing SP1 on Acer Aspire 7000 Notebook with Vista Home Premium I noticed ongoing USB problems. No new devices can be connected or drivers installed any more. First problem appeared when I wanted to connect a Canon XH A1 Videocamcorder via Firewire. The IEEE 1394 Bus was okay but …

system info: using windows XP service pack 2, MachSpeed MSNV-939 NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard [url]http://www.machspeed.com/specs/viper/MSNV-939.html[/url] , new 1gb ram sticks [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211014[/url] Hello, and thanks for giving some time to try and help. Yesterday i installed 2 1 gig ram sticks (pc3200) to my existing 2 512mb sticks (pc2700), and …

Hi I have a HP notebook. but because of virus it is working very slow. I want to format my notebook but I dont have driver of the motherboard. So if a copy the folder that contains drivers before formatting and after I format the system if I paste that …

Recently I did fresh install to my computer from the start. I thought it went very well until I found out all the programs from control panel don't work at all. Even display program refuse to work from the property of desktop menu. After trying to figure out for awhile, …

Hi I have ms-office 2003 on my comp and want to continue using that ... but some of the friends have started using ms-office 2007 (which i dont like) .... so the problem is that the format of excel file is different(.xlsx) and wen they send files i m not …

i want to remove the button , which appears in the attached image

This just started 2 days ago my computer is 3 years old. When surfing internet i could be on the computer 5 minutes or 4 hours it doesn't matter how long i'm on the internet, my computer shuts off shows black screen stating No singal and shuts off. I've ran …

anyone help me to fix my pc... every time i use the internet browser, it hangs and gets into blue screen.. it says NV4_disp error. what will i do to fix this problem...thanks

I am trying to change the font (text) size in IE7 for a particular website, but when I do change it only the heading change but the body of the text remains the same size. I tested firefox and firefox changes all the text so I do not know why …

Hi, I've recently bought a new computer, but now on start up it keeps bringing up the error message "Error loading C:/windows/system 32/citoriaj.dll, the specified module could not be found". Does anyone have any advice towards finding a solution?!

I have recently installed a new hard drive into my PC on which I installed Windows. I transferred all my stuff over to it, all goodies. Now, I would like to format the "old" drive (C) and use drive D and E (E being a partition especially for Windows). The …

I'm running a standard Toshiba Portege tablet PC with Windows XP, and I have a problem Now a few months ago I accidentally damaged my CD drive, and this damage caused the drive to go faulty. It caused blue screens, sudden restarts, overheating, plagues, the whole nine yards. So I …

Hiya! Here I am, this time to try and get something different sorted, would that be possible, that is. My laptop runs under [B]XP Home Edition SP2[/B] and I have [B]Ms Office Teacher & Student 2003[/B] installed. Now, the funny thing is that I am experiencing some trouble here and …

When my computer starts, it runs through the memory checks, and then stops at "Detecting IDE drives." Nothing else happens. No error messages, nothing. I can't use delete to get to the BIOS. I even tried clearing the CMOS, didn't help. Changed the motherboard battery, no help. I can't even …

Recently and out of the sudden this problem happened, I can not login to Windows Live Messenger on the laptop (win2003). I uninstalled Windows Live Messenger and reinstall it again same problem. I uninstalled Windows Live Messenger, and install V7.5 same problem. Please see below pic to get the idea …

ok I have another one here for everybody. I just updated to sp3 and I noticed that cleanmgr.exe was removed from the computer and the button in the local disk properties dialog box for disk cleanup is missing also. I was able to get cleanmgr.exe back but I can't find …

Hi, I have a problem with the rights of an administrator and user. On my network the C drive is shared and users can get to the drive, but folders are not accessible to them as the security is set to prevent them from gaining access to them. The local …

Hey guys, I was referred here by a few friends who have had problems in the past and needed help with solutions Anyway, this is quite a frustrating problem of sorts. I can't access sites such as Microsoft.com. This is through both Mozilla and IE. I have mucked around with …

how do I locate recycle bin for windows XP when I don't have it as an icon?

Windows 2000 Pro explorer.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x7ce82a8c" referenced memory at "0x0363b9d0". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on Cancel to debug the program I click cancel, because if I click OK I usually have to restart Windows altogether. …

Server 2003 - Not allowing client PC's online Technically it does allow client PC's that have static IP addresses online. But it won't give out IP's to Printers or PC's that have IP settings to automatically retrieve an IP address to get online. Anybody have some insight on what I …

Hi, Please help me with this virus, my computer files and folder turned into executable file. How can I remove this virus. I can't open my task manager, whenever I click some links on my browser my computer shut off suddenly. Thanks, ramil

Is it possible to recover files after running a PC recovery.

Hi, I was given a Toshiba Satellite 415-s173 series laptop to look at. I was told to reformat the drive. But the problem is that when I turn on the computer, the toshiba logo pops up then it goes directly to a screen asking for a password. I know its …

Hey, I let my 5 year old brother on the computer before and now total chaos has happened, programs are loaded though not being shown on the start menu, Heres a pic: [url]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg274/Bum_Fluff_2008/help.jpg[/url] Please help a.s.a.p!