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No ones mentioned vista tweaks so far But then again i could have easily missed huge bold letters that said NO VISTA or something even reading it twice. I thought it would be interesting to trade tips or tricks, secrets ... whatever. Anything form configuring a hard drive for better …

I don't know what happened, but whenever I start my computer, I get stuck on a black screen, after the DMI screen. I have to start in "Last good configuration" and cannot log into my account. It says something about that the profile is corrupted and gives me a temporary …

what will i do...? i've lost my licensed cd key of my microsoft xp home edition, i cant install it in my pc....how can i get another licensed cd key for it? thanks....

Hi there here are my system specifications. Pentium D dual core cpu 3.20 ghz 2.0 Ghz of ram. 512 mb video card, nvidia. Geforce 7950 GX2 Western Digital 250 gigs sata Creative soundblaster X-FI Marvell Yukon PCI-E Gigabit ethernet controller. Can't think of anything else you might need. I've been …

I am having problem opening control panel, it just doesnt opens. When i try to open it the error shown is, explorer left working and will restart. I tried to use restore function but the restore is also not able to restore the system to an older date. Please suggest …

I have a Dell Latitude (thanks for the sympathy), which is wirelessly networked via Netgear card to my DSL router. This router is hardwired to another computer which gives me no trouble. My daughter has a Toshiba laptop with its own internal wireless equipment. If I am on my laptop, …

I get this error when I boot my comp. The comp posts fine, and then I see the xp pro symbol faded out, then it focuses, the blue bar rolls, then I get a blue screen. Something about "TOP: c0000135 {couldn't locate file} WINSRV is missing. Reinstalling the application may …

Hi, I am new to the forum. I dont know where to post this question so i'll post it here 1st.. my pc background cannot click after i change wallpaper.. all my icons gone too.. when i press start > control panel everything hangs.. i can only move my mouse …

leaving the following error: "Windows - Drive Not Ready Exception Processing Message c00000a3 Parameters 75b6bf7c 4 75b6f7c 75b6f7c" If I click cancel the explorer opens up again for about 3 seconds and then closes again. I'm unable to restore to an earlier point as I don't have sufficient time to …

my folder option is missing both from the tools and control pannel. so plsss could u help me how to get back the folder option.

Hi ppl!! My boss has put me a new problem :'( for me ] he wants users to browse only our [company's]official web office site and a few all other sites to be blocked. can any one tell me how to block websites through group policy in windows2003 server, and …

I'm trying to format my computer and go from vista to xp, but when I run off the xp cd it says that it can't detect my hard drive and cannot continue with the installation. What's wrong with my computer? How can I resolve this problem?

Hello, I created a workgroup with 3 computers several months ago. One computer shares a folder to the other two. The shared folder contains several subfolders. All was well. Then, today I discovered that files in some (but not all) of the subfolders of the share were not accessible via …

[COLOR="Green"]Please read the whole post, it may help you come to a conclusion as to what could help, thnx![/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]All rules apply![/COLOR] Ok, I installed windows XP pro, anyway after the install, I noticed that it couldn't update since the key had stopped being used, I don't remember what it …

For a few weeks now an update from Firefox kept installing and failing, so I decided to do a clean uninstall and then reinstall Firefox fresh. Since this my internet browsing capability has died. I play MMOs and still connect through them, but both Firefox and IE get locked in …

I'm wondering if I place my Program Files into a 2nd drive as a back up, incase of a crash, could I reuse the backed up Program Files? Is there anyway to copy the registry so I can reuse them? Thank you for all your help, I also asked this …

I recently tried to install a second hard drive to my system running Windows XP Professional. I am studying IT and wanted to play around with partitioning, permissions, etc. The first hard drive is a 250 G WD SATA-300 with NTFS. The second hard drive is a Seagate 250 G …

When I click on my At&t internet icon on the desktop, it says, "Choose the program you want to use to open this file". I can scroll down and choose Internet Explorer, but I'd hate to have to do that every time. I tried to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from …

i've come accross with another problem in my comp. for the past 2 months my computer has been freezing up, restarting, or having a black screen at random times. it really bus me because whenever i am doing a write-up for homework, or playing games or browsing on the web, …

hi, i'm always visiting Tzadik Records' web site for new/upcoming album releases, but since last week i couldn't open it, even in I6 or firefox ! link is: [url]www.tzadik.com[/url] i tried at some other PCs and they were connecting fine.. i really would like to know how can i open …

yehhh...i am tired i was looking ysterday all day how to delete whose words...i hoped to get some answers from windows live search,but all i got is more adwertisment of there product...please help ,because i am shearing this computer,no do i wanna see what others search,no do i want to …

hi i am new here. when ever i connect my Ethernet cable to my laptop its says limited connection and even when i go wireless too. its is windows xp can someone please help

how do i block the website... this is what i did to block the website from bussiness computer. i went to tools internet option security click on restricted site and block the site but that dosent help me. some how the user did access the sites and i want to …

anyone can help me, every time i run ny XP Cd to format my pc, set up will run and restart every time the set up turn into Wimdows NT. How can i format my pc...anyone help me please..thanks

I have 7 usb ports on my computer. They used to all show up in My Computer but now they didn't. This was right after I started having lots of problems with my firefox, speed, etc. So I got some help in the Nasties but a lot of stuff still …

Hello: I have a laptop with Windows 2000 and get the following error message when I bootup: "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" I wish to recover the data (files) from the hard drive. When I try reinstalling windows, i get the …

Hello everyone. I am new here and have a issue with my USB ports. Earlier, my USB ports stopped recognizing anything plugged into them. I’ve tried a USB mouse, USB unpowered external hard drives and multiple flash drives, all of which works on another computer. I tested them on all …

Decided to format my daughters computer with Windows XP but it all went pear shaped. Now the computer won't boot up at all. It runs from the A drive boot up disc ok but then takes me to DOS prompt. Same from CD drive with Windows XP disc in. How …

This has only just happened within the past week. It is only certain programs that won't open such as Itunes, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop & Windows Media PLayer. Those are the only ones i've discovered so far. The onyl way i can get these programs to open is by going …

I tried to chat online with HP customer support to talk about my all-in-one, but when it tried to connect to the technician, I recieved this error. validation of viewstate MAC failed .. If this app is hosted by a web farm or cluster ensure that <machinekey> config specifies the …

Hi, Our company has a W2K3 SP2 server with ADS installed and running. Previousely some of the machines were logging into the domain / AD while most were running in "Workgroup" mode. For better management, I brought all of them in AD. Ever since, new systems are showing a peculiar …

for starters this is an xp pro, ie7, verizon-yahoo mail problem. recently i am not able to download e-mail attachments of any kind. (pdf jpg rtf ppd) and so on. all help desks point to each other. microsoft says its the e-mail portal, yahoo says its the browser, ie7 says …

At my school, there are many, many computers. Many of them are binded to a domain controller. This allows every student to have their own account and their own home directory. The problem is that there is a [B]public [/B]account. This means that most of the students don't even know …

I'm visiting my mother and unfamiliar w/ works - I'm trying to show her how to use her word processor in works. When i put an RW disc in to save her work it comes out as a read only disc and we can't continue. What can i do to …

the computer i have is custom built, its been working fine and recently i upgraded my mobo, ram, and cpu mobo is lanPartyDK 790FX series ram is 2 gigs of g.skill ddr2 800 cpu is an amd athlon 64 x2 dual-core processor ive been troubleshooting for a few days but …

Hi all - my laptop used to work with wireless, but now it says "Invalid IP Address". So I did the ipconfig/release and the ipconfig/renew. But then it said it can't change the IP address because some media thing wasn't connected? Now not sure what to do. I'm at work …

Yes hello folks been a while since I needed your expert help but here goes.. as soon as im on desktop it begins I lose all my desktop icons and taskbar then it opens again 5 secs later then the same again sometimes it wont even open back up and …

Hi, First off, I should say that the computer that's having problems is not mine, but my mother's. Okay, the computer is a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop. Uh . . . I don't know much about it. I know that it has an AMD Athlon XP-M Mobile processor, but I …

I have a Razer Lachesis mouse and use Windows Vista, although I don't know if this is a Vista related problem. It has been working fine ever since I got it a few months ago. Its supposed to be a high end mouse which cost about 80 dollars. But for …

Wanted to Browse fast in windows. Remember these commands. This will really save a lot of time of your. There are many commands which you might have never seen or never knew. There are certain properties of windows which you hardly know exist in windows. Here is a list of …

How do i get rid of outlook express 6 and use another for defaut please help

I was searching for the best free antispyware program. As it turns out, it seems that Windows Defender, Spyware Terminator and Lavasoft Ad-Aware are the highest competitors in the market. AVG Antispyware has terminated its free version. So which of the above names would you recommend? Or do you have …

Hi, I purchased a second hand computer and it was working before I picked up from my friends house. When I got it home and plugged it in, it would just make the sounds like it's booting, the lights blinked, it beeped, but my monitor kept saying that "the monitor …

i am sleeping in my server room tonight on the floor with a sleeping bag i am using one of the server to accses this webpage how cool is this

Been two weeks chasing this issue - formatting the drive would have been much quicker, but now it is a point of honor. Running Windows XP on a Toshiba Qosimo G 10 (I know already - two mother boards) Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service pack 2 MS Office Pro …

I turned off pc to gain access to power point, switched pc on again and since then my browser hangs for between 1 & 2 minutes then go'es live and works well untill either you close down and restart browser or open a new browser with the same effects. Running …

One of our users has reported that he cannot get web pages through internet explorer. On first inspection I could not see any faults, it has full internet connection, it can ping the website he is trying to view and he can retrieve emails through Outlook express. I ran CCleaner, …

Mozilla is working fine but explorer (7) comes up with a fault and says that the HTTP (80) port, HTTPS port (443) and FTP port (21) cannot connect. It suggests a firewall problem but I cannot work out what is wrong. what can I do?

So I'm getting pretty frustrated with this problem, and had avoided asking any tech forums until now because I really had nothing to go by. So I have my girlfriend's computer. Built it myself, worked fine for months. A friend used it while she was here, just played WoW on …

Using hp omnibook 6000 to web surf and occasionally, it locks. No curser, no response. The only way to escape is to remove the battery and unplug the dc power. Then the only way to restart is by pressing the "sleep" key. On/Off does nothing. Using latest bios and really …