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Hey everyone ! I can not start the win XP sp2 firewall. when i try to enable it i get the following messege: "windows firewall setting cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running. do you want to start the windows firewall/internet connection sharing (ics) service?" when i …

It would appear that I am dealing with a computer that is working contrary to the widely accepted notion that wired connections are more reliable than wireless ones. The computer is normally connects to the network wireless using a Belkin Adapter. No problems there. However I needed to hardwire it …

So... I got a new computer and decided to try and upgrade the old one. I went out and bought a DDR2 card. Come to find out, the slot was actually for a regular DDR card. Somehow it fit into my RAM slot, but when i hit the power, it …

I've read a lot of threads about new windows opening which are blank, but I have a different problem. When I click on links in web pages they sometimes open minimised but then disappear again. Same thing happens if I click for video streaming. Again the WMV window opens but …

so yeah.. before i reformatted the comp, it was restarting a certain time even if i wasnt using it or not.. and/or freezing up. idk what to do. and tbh, the CD that i used to reformat my comp is a burnt one.. so it's not genuine.. i was just …

Hi Friends In Windows media Player 11, I arrange titles of CD's for burning to a 'compilation' CD but the BURN button stays greyed out so I cannot make the new CD. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Tez

(Sorry thread title should read BUG not BUT lol )Hi all, I am not sure if this is the right forum for this (so please move if not) but I was tinkering with a Toshiba notebook earlier that has a power up (user) password. Without this password it is not …

Hey everyone. I am trying to install the Norton Anti-virus on my Mom's computer. When I do it, it says "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed." How do …

My system is running on Windows XP SP2, my problem is when i double click the hard disk icon in My Computer to browse the different folders in my hard disk i am redirected to "Open With" and below are the list of application software installed on the system.

Hello: I have been using upgrades since NT3.51 and have been on Win2K for years. For some reason I never thought the SP4 was a "must have"; and didn't bother with it until I've begun running into "....must have SP4 installed to ...". I downloaded the SP4 executable and have …

I have three harddrives (one has the OS on it and two data) and one dvd drive. With two busses whats the best way to configure the drives? Thank you.

Can anyone tell me where can I found the bootable files for installing windows xp professional (without service pack) as a standalone os? all I have is a boot disk for windows 98 second edition. so the problem arises when i try to install winxp pro. before installing it i …

hi, I was wondering what im doing wrong, I want to make a folder on a portable hdd private (western Digital model WD1600D036) I have reformatted it to NTSF. But the tick box is still greyed out, Any ideas??

I installed windowsxp repair pro 2007 , a software for keeping windows stable. I started running. After finished scanning, i click repair, a window pops up. Saying that "unhandeled exception occured, Common language runtime detected an invalid program" When i click details, it shows--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the end of this …

Hello all. I have a big question regarding windows xp pro. I have a very old copy of windows xp pro upgrade thant doesn't even have sp1 on the disc :( that used to be installed on a pc i had. that pc was thrown away about 3 years ago, …

Ok I know its weird.. but can someone tell me if its possible to downgrade Windows XP (which can be bought off the shelf) to Windows NT? I have heard so many things, and its getting confusing. Could someone help to clarify. 1. Its impossible to downgrade XP to NT …

Every time I log in to my account "vs49688", I have none of my files or settings. I checked in the Documents and Settings Folder and there is a "vs49688.001" as well as a "vs49688 " folder in there. I can access the vs49688.001 folder, but I can't get in …

Can anyone get aol to worl on windows 64. is there any way to get it working even tho they dont support windows 64. in another site someone said this:- Success. Turns out the latest AOL cd-rom install did not install a 64bit winminiport, so it means no 64 bit …

I have a small network that has Small Busines Server 2003 R2 as the server, and the desktop computers are having the My Documents folders redirected to the server. The server is then backed up regularly. My question is: If a computer has to be replaced, how does the user …

When I try to use My dvd to burn a movie, or just put a movie in, I get the blue screen and have to reboot. I viewed the log in my computer management and I got this,,, "Event Type: Warning Event Source: Imapi Event Category: None Event ID: 54 …

Hi Im currently using MS Office Outlook 2003 with my ISP service provider's email (my_email@shaw.ca). I recently signed up for a gmail account (my_email@gmail.com) & would like to access my gmail account with Outlook but I would like my gmail acount to have its own seperate folder, just like the …

Hello all, If I posted in wrong forum point me to the correct direction. I have installed Visual Studio 2005 (.Net 2.0) in my Windows Xp Service Pack 2 operating system. When the setup had finished the wizard displayed me the following message :- [B][COLOR="Green"]"Success Visual Studio Setup is complete. …

I turned my computer on this morning, and after about 20 seconds, the screen turned black, and stayed black. The light on the monitor was still green. I have to turn the monitor off, and then turn it back on in order to see something through the monitor, but the …

I am reinstalling XP Home, its my computer my software, nothing bootlegged. The product reg card has too many numbers than the defined 25 spaces allowed. ive never had this issue with any other ms application. anyone have any ideas how i can get past this? i have the card. …

I recently had Windows Vista on my 2nd partition and I uninstalled that hard drive that had Vista on it and formated it. When I boot my computer it still shows 2 Operating Systems to choose from, Windows XP Home Edition and Windows Vista. I want my computer to only …

I am having a problem with my explorer.exe program restarting over and over again. I have scanned my computer with McAfee Virus, Adware 2007, SuperAntiSpyware, Spybot Search and Destroy, and TrendMicro Online and deleted all the junk it found. However, the problem still persists. Heres a HijackThis log...please help this …

Hi, I have windows Vista Home premium (I keep it updated) I have bought a new laptop (1month back) HP Pavillion DV6701au AMD turion 64 x2 1.9 GHZ My problem is that Vista restarts itself abruptly and randomly. I cant seem to find any pattern in the restarting. So I …

I'm having problems with my desktop wallpaper. My wallpaper will load and look fine. Then I see a blank screen and the wallpaper comes back with little jagged edges. It's just something that started all of a sudden. I have AveDesk and WindowBlinds run on startup. I shut both down, …

hi dani, folder option in my win xp is missing i am not able to view my hidden folders and files . folder option in control panel is also missing . kindly leave me a good solution for my problem thank you ur's dina

Available here: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en[/url] And also through Windows Update (although I checked on my Vista machine before coming to work and got nothing). So are there any improvements that you have noticed? Any new notable features?

Hey guys, I am very new to this forum. Now I have a problem that I was trying to solve for some months now but couldn't. One day I tried to open Windows Media Player, and then this window popped up: [URL="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb78/jaychou000/wmp.jpg"]ScreenShot 1[/URL] Clicking "Yes" directs me to this microsoft …

HELLO Nearly every time it turn me pc of for a while it always loads up with cmos checksum - defaults loaded. If i just restart the pc it all loads up fine. I have replaced the motherboards cmos battery and it still does the same. Tryed numorous different components …

Whenever I try to uninstall Yahoo! Messenger, I get the following message: "Error Deleting File or Folder Cannot delete msvcr17.dll: Access is denied. Make sure that the disk is not full or write-protectedand that the file is not currently in use." The file most definately not in use, I know. …

Spell check acknowledges miss spelled words but the suggestions are grayed out. I have tried a detect and repair of Office. I even went as far as reformatted the hard drive and the same thing when I install Office 2003. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Hi all, I use XP home edition and have come across a problem with outlook express 6. Been using it for years with no real issues. I now have four messages in my inbox that I am unable to open, read or delete. They are all from a well known …

OK here are my system specs. Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe AMD socket AM2 Moatherboard (Bios Ver. 1802) Chipset c51xemcp55pxe AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3.01 GHz (Driver ver. 5.1.2600), 2GB of RAM Nvidia GForce 8800GTS (Driver ver. 6.14.11.6921) SoundMax integrated Digital HD Audio (Driver ver. 5.10.1.6110) 2 SATA hard …

i have my windows xp firewall turned on but whenever i turn my computer on it alway give me a warning message saying "your computer might be at risk" and it keep telling me to turn on the firewall but its already on so why i m getting this message. …

please help me. i have had my computer for just over a year now and when i went to turn on my computer after school, its fans went to max rpm and only no input signal appeared. then after a few attempts to reboot, it was working again. but it's …

I recently preformed a Smart Recovery on my machine, which was bought with Windows XP already installed (no disc), now when I start my computer, when the Windows load screen appears, it is grey and it wont load, I have to turn the machine on and off numerous times before …

Hey guys, I could use some help/advice with helping me reinstall Windows XP. The story goes that I had a computer running XP on two SATA hard drives on some slightly older hardware (ASUS A8V Dlx, AMD64 3800+), worked great until my power supply short-circuited and fried my motherboard as …

Alright, so i bought C&C red alert 1,,, but it doesnt work on my pc, i got win XP on my pc and the game wont be installed, it says that its a win 95 only product, so i need a win 95 emulator, anyone knows a good one plz …

Error msg ' Operation Aborted' when accessing some websites. i'm using I.E 6.0 and whenever I try to access some specific websites like 'www.teamtalk.com'. I have a Win XP operating system. Please help! [img]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/techtalk-images/icons/icon4.gif[/img]:sad:

I'm trying install a software from Internet. I keep getting the warning message from Internet Security Warning that 'Windows has blocked this software because it can't verify the publisher". I don;t know how to pass this. can I turn off something somewhere so I can be able install that software. …

Hi there, I have a compaq presario v3000 at home. I had it for almost 2 years already, and last night it went nuts. When I turned on the power, it goes fine, but when i reach page where im supposed to fill in the password for my laptop, it …

I downloaded GameCam but it was the older version so i uninstalled. when i tried to delete all the left over contents that had things to do with GameCam this one file wouldn't delete. I have tried CCleaner to it wouldn't delete it.

Every time I run a registry cleaner I get a number of obsolete software items. "Search" does not show them and Regedit will not allow me to delete the entries. Although they don't seem to be doing anything bad I am tired of seeing them, deleting them from the Registry …

I have a desktop running WindowsXP, with two Realsys network cards. One card allows me to go online. The other card, untill recently allowed me to go online with my laptop, running WindowsME. At My Network Places, the XP shows both cards, working perfectly, and with ipconfig, both cards show …

Hi Everyone! I need some pointers, please. I would like to download some videos into my desktop, I am into crafts and there are some free instructional short videos at YouTube, for example, that I would like to download to practice at my convenience. How do I do that? I …

First i would like to thank all who is helping. Dell 8400 Windows XP - No floppy drive. (currently on forum with some old computer) This morning some how i messed up my computer and im clueless(im a noob). It wont start. I have messed up my computer before(last year) …

Can anyone help me with getting rid of this pop up window? IEXPLORER.EXE In my windows task manager this is how the pop up window is identified. It comes about every 5 minutes and disappears. How can I get rid of this annoyance?