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Hello All, I program in VB6 and C#. I am having a problem with the Vista ver of Media Player 11. I am running SP1, and the problem is not restricted to one particular computer. Audio files are not playing to the end. They are stopping about a half-second or …

What Windows Vista program runs the Compiled HTML Help Files (.chm)? Under properties only a meaningless descriptor shows up.

Hello all, I am trying to rebuild a computer for my kids. The hard disk is hoplessly infected and I do not have viable backup files ( I'm afraid of how far back the infection goes). Can I use a diffent computer's oem xp disk to install on a new …

In control panel, network connections there is no connections visible. If I right-click refresh it gives a message that states "The network connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network adapters on your machine. please make sure the network connections service is enabled and running". - did check …

when opening windows firewall advanced tab. The following message is stated "the network connection settings have become corrupted". did try "restore defaults" button and it did nothing.

My desktop turned white and theres's an incon in the tray (a red circle with white x) that says windows has detected that my computer is infected and keeps prompting me to download antispyware software through IE popups. heres my hijackthis log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

I loaned my laptop to a friend and when he returned it to me it has a password and he cant remember it how can i bypass it?

Hi All I want to know if windows 2000 pro has a system restore point like xp if so how do i get to it and so on Thanx Ellie

Hello, I am new to this site and need help please. I recently tidied up my desktop by removing certain programe files - those that said had not been used for some time ( bad idea ). This seems to have resulted in a loss of sound on my Acer …

My Norton Protection Centre is telling me I need to run a virus scan. When I do, I get to roughly the same point (Although not the same file ) and the whole computer freezes, nothing works including Ctrl,Alt, Delete

Hi guys, I really need your help. I'm Using windows XP SP2. I want to make a recovery CD for it, but I want it to include all my settings and application so that i don't need to install every single application and driver. Is that possible to do that? …

Hi Guys how can I disable IIS on startup (Windows XP pro)? Thanks Alex

it always restarts in like 10 seconds. what should i do? sry im new here so how should i give you more details?

We have an Office 2003 installation running that when ever the computer is booted up, and then Outlook opened, the list of folders on the left is fully expanded (even the archive folders) showing all areas. Then if we collapse the folders and exit out of Outlook and turn off …

I have a clien't computer that is running Win98. Someone wrote her a database program to keep track of customers, receipts, etc for her business. She is wanting to transfer this program (which she says is not very good) to a jump drive to be able to transfer the data …

Okay, these processes have always ran at normal priority, but now they have jumped up for some reason. I can't change the priority manually w/ task manager b/c windows says that they're critical system processes. I need to return them to normal priority b/c they seem to be robbing my …

I keep getting the error message saying Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM I already looked [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread8886.html[/url] and it still didn't fix it heres my info and problem I have Windows XP Home Edition My Computer is an hp pavilion zv6130us -AMD …

Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question. If I need to I will cancel this and post it where you think it belongs. I would like to know haw to rearrange the display of program icons that appear when I click "start" and move the …

Just recently began to have this problem, and i think it is related to my hard drive. First, started having issues with a new 500gb HD, it would occasionally not register sometimes upon startup. Usually, I would switch the sata cables around inside until i could startup and it would …

I read that XP has built in video capture software. I haven't transferred my video to my computer since I upgraded my computer and the software that came with my camera was for Windows 98 only. Can anyone out there tell me if XP has video capture support? MarthaT

Sorry for the lack of technical information here, but my computer will not start due to one of vista's many mysterious buttons. While testing my new microphone, the outbound was too low. Having experienced this problem before, I decided to reboot the computer. When you initially click the "start" tab, …

Hi all,total newbie here,but willing to learn. The other evening while surfing the net the PC just crashed, it restarted OK but with the message" Rundll Error loading c:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS~\bar\1.bin\MWSBAR.DLL The specified module could not be found". All seems to be OK apart from I can no longer go to "Standby",the …

Hello, I posted a problem I was having with my laptop starting windows. I still have the problem but was wondering if its possible to save some of my important programs. If I use Knoppix, it allows me to see all files and folders on my HD. Is there a …

recently, i recieved an error message saying something like: "failed mfc71u.dll. try reinstalling it to fix this problem". i have no idea what the hell it is but i researched it this morning and found out its something for the task manager. i'm wondering if its connected to another problem …

Have been fighting a pretty good set of viruses and keep loosing my task manager privleges because the "administrator has removed them" I Run SD and it fixes them for a while but then they come back...when clicking the My Computer icon on the desktop I only get access to …

We recently had a MSSQL injection on our server and don't know why it happened. We get a funny email in our ticket center that is at another data center that says we have an exploit in our code and then two hours later the server get hacked through our …

For the past few months, i've been noticing my computer running very slow between the time it first gets to the desktop [from me turning on the computer to desktop it's fine] to the time i'm able to open Internet Explorer. Normal boot up to desktop, then I click my …

Im not sure what happened, might have been my kids, but when i start my computer and the desk top comes up, theres a text that comes up saying 'warning spyware detedcted on your computer, install spyware or antivirus' then all these black bugs start showing up and eating my …

I've never installled 8GB of RAM on a computer before and was wondering if there was some kind of setup I had to do before installing it. I have the Intel DG33TL motherboard and it supports up to 8GB of RAM, but it isn't working. I have the latest BIOS …

Hello, this is my first try at getting help, I hope I am doing it at the right place,,,,,, I created a second partition (30GB) with Gparted-liveCD in my only drive running XP. How could I create a dual boot with same WinXP in that second partition? I want to …

I can send & receive emails, but i can't get on the internet

Dear Guys, Would anyone know why after sending a single email to around 12,000 people from various distribution lists they would receive that same email in the region of 30 to 130 times additionally. We've been going round in circles trying to sort this out and are unable to send …

Hello all, A friend is having problems with the "Search" feature in Windows Explorer. When he clicks on the "Search" button, the search dialogue area that typically replaces the Folder section of the Explorer window does not appear. All steps have been taken to rule out Virus/Malware Any help would …

i made a major mistake, i was trying to learn how to download software and i destroyed my computer. I downloaded an .iso of protools and unpacked it using 7zip and i did not make a disk i tried to install it from my hard drive and ever since i …

Alright, firstly i'm semi-comp literate but nothing to advanced. I'm pretty sure I have some trojans one being SpeedRunner.exe but when I try to get rid of it it comes back. If anyone can help me that'd b hip. By the way i have dial-up so include file sizes on …

I must have lost a few screws today, because after many years I decided to upgrade my system from WIN2K to XP. Its XP Pro with SP2 on the install disk. Everything was fine until the middle of the install, the system came with many beeping sounds, with the messege …

Hi all hope someone can help me i have reciently come accross a problem where windows media playing when playing files on the web or on my pc playes sound ok but has no picture i have run the usual programes adaware spybot avg system mechanic i have also deinstalled …

Unplugged all my puter stuff in a hurry in lightning storm and when I turned it back on got message Windows sytem32 cooonfig system. I know from searching this forum I am suppose to put in the operating system disk that came with the puter, but since I have no …

At our office we have special software in which we can create users. Once the software is running completely, the users created in our software are automatically created in Windows. They belong to the restricted users group, so that means that they are not able to change the Power options …

This link -- [url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/homeusers/articles/5tips.mspx[/url] -- will show how to: Stretch the taskbar Add special characters Open files with one click Change your pointer scheme Change the power button

I need some help with renaming files using a batch script... Say in a folder I have 2 html files. - 1.htm 2.htm I need a bat file that will rename "1.htm" to "1a.htm" and then change "2.htm" to "1.htm" In other words I need "2.htm" to become "1.htm"... Anyone …

I'm in the process of reinstalling my whole pc. I have completely formatted C: and left D: (second HDD) as it was with my data on it. I have reinstalled XP and had next to no problems doing that. My first problem was it seemed to install two versions of …

I stumbled upon this peice of software called "[URL="http://www.inputdirector.com/"]Input Director[/URL]" and thought it could be useful because i have two desktops and dont have enough room for two keyboards and mice. My problem is that these computers are not connected in any way at all and was wondering if any …

How do you minimize a user login? Hi guys & girls!!! Ok, here's my problem. I need to run a BOT for my game but it reads off pixels which is what makes it un-detectable because it acts out the mouse & keyboard. I can only run the BOT when …

how do i get a fresh copy of windows on a hard drive that is fucked up does not boot into the windows that is on it and when i push f8 and tell it to boot from my disk drive to run to windows disk that i have it …

i have discwizard installed in my new hdd but theres something wrong with it thats either corrupted or not installed completely by the technician so i am having problems installing xp now how do i clean my hdd, no,NO! repartitioning,formating didnt work the prog is still installed i want to …

hello to alll and thanks for checkin this out i am on a Dell laptop with windows vista and i have been having some weird problems with my internet connection. i recieve my internet from a wireless router on the downstairs computer. it connects to the laptop perfectly but for …

OK - hi to everyone - I am new! I know next to nothing about computers so really need your help.. I used my husbands laptop last night, turned it off as usual, and when I turned it on today - nothing but error messages It won't start up and …

My OS: WinXP Home/SP2/AOL 9.0 I cannot read any .pdf documents. I have Adobe Reader 7.0 but I do not know if this is the program for reading this type of file. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

every now and then when browsing the web certain sites cause this pop up to occur: [IMG]http://www.kortclan.com/RoundTable/Vault/data/images/lamethings.JPG[/IMG] what can i do to disable this piece of crap. I dont want to make a passport and i sure as hell dont want to be reminded every freaking 5 seconds when im …