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Sorry about that. Let's start over. I have a win 2k box that I can't install SP4 on. (see previous posts). Since my win2k is an upgrade, I thought I would spring for a new XP Pro and start again. I bought an OEM version with SP2 on it and …

Hi, I am having a problem with Internet Explorer 6.0. Some websites show with large fonts, and some others with small fonts. I went to tools, internet options fonts and I have selected Latin Based, Times New Roman, Courier New. Also on view I have selected Text Size Medium which …

hi guys, you very kindly gave me good advice a few week ago, and I am back again on behalf of my sister. here are her problems she has her belkin wireless modem connected directly to the xbox, she then has the belkin wireless usb plugged into main pc running …

I have looked it up and it says that when you want a clean install of Windows XP, you go into the os disk and press repair or install. i went into the os disk and it says that i can install it but when i press it, it says …

I have a PC with Windows Xp. It takes about two hours to get to the point where the destop should pop up. Just before it does, errors pop up saying that system32 files are missing and debug and sysevent and a bunch of other files are missing. That's when …

I tried to download a pdf file and got error x c:\ doc and settings\----\local settings\ temp internet files\local settings\--.pdf The application failed to start because the application configuration was incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem. I downloaded adobe 8.1.2 but the installation failed because "the old adobe …

I updated the windows media player today and after i did that the sound stopped working. I need to go back to before I downloaded the updated version of windows media player and restore the settings to how they were before but I don't know how... can anyone help me???

i get this error everytime when i start my pc error loading c:\windows\system32\nhdigccf.dll the specified module could not be found i have windowsxp pro.

Hello All, I am currently running: HP 8200mn Linksys Wireless WRT54G Adapter Vista 32-bit Home Premium I receive the following error on the BSOD: DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL tcpip.sys Stop: 0x000000D1 It happens every other day while the PC in use or left idle. I uninstalled the Linksys Drivers and reinstalled to no …

I'm just a new to autocad and I am quite familariar with the engineering drawings. Since in the othographic view we need to draw some view like top view, front and the side view. I came to know about the something transform of 2D figure to the 3D using more …

hi my problem is that when ever my usb mouse is plugged into my laptop the laptop will not boot. i am running microsoft vista home premium, the mouse is a trust High Precision Mini Mouse MI-2800p and the laptop is an acer aspire 5613awlmi.

my OS is xp pro cannot boot because system 32 Missing or currupt I have downloaded the six startup diskets and loaded them on the defective computer I now get the choices To start up xp now press enter To repair xp using recovery console press R To quit press …

We deleted the domain option on a 4.0 NT workstation. Our problem is we didn't set up a new user to logon without the domain. Does anyone happen to know how we can reset which domain to log into without being logged in?

SP1 for windows Vista lets you create a rescue disk using the command recdisc.exe. But when I try to run this command nothing happens. Has anyone come across this problem? Any fixes? Or am I doing something wrong?

After I turn my computer on and go into windows it lets me play around for about 1min then it just freezes up. I can move the mouse about but cant click on anything press alt+tab a few times and it just switches through blank windows and then completely freezes. …

I recently purchased a laptop on ebay, and when I went to Windows to download the latest update, Windows notified me it was an illegal copy. My question is: when I reinstall a legal copy of Windows XP, do I have to save hard drive info before I install XP?

Dear All, I have broad brand connection. I of the employee always access un-wanted site. I am unable to check it. But the Problems is that he regurarly mail every where. I copy noaccess.rat in system folder. But at present he is unable to access yahoo.mail. I already configure it …

Hello to all. I'm new here, so any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! Just a few days ago, my computer, in the task bar, a message popped up saying "power surge in usb port". Now, the I only have 2 usb ports (there are 6 altogether). Is there a fix …

I am trying to reinstall XP on my system. This isn't the first time I have done this. I have never had a problem before. The only difference now is that I recently had Ubuntu 7.10 on my system on a separate partition. I deleted that partition and my XP …

I was attempting to reinstall windows xp. I put in the cd, formatted the hard drive, it copied the files, and then it is supposed to restart the computer so it can continue with the second part of the installation. You are supposed to take out the cd and boot …

Hi, I have faced this problem many many times and have never found a conclusive solution. I do not know, but perhaps there is probably no solution at all to this problem. Anyway I am posting this problem in the hope that I am wrong. The problem is about Windows …

HI all, I have a homegrown system that has been running flawlessly since built in Nov 07. Recently Ihave been working on a stuttering prob in Portal (game). I also updated my BIOS which seemed to run successfully. Now I am getting a BSOD on boot in XP: STOP: 0x0000007E …

I bought a new computer which has Vista and a wireless modem. It worked perfectly until 3 months ago when every 1-2 days the Internet and Email will suddenly stop working and give error message such as page cannot be displayed. But I can ping, the network and sharing centre …

Is it possible to replace a motherboard and CPU without losing data? I have Win Xp Pro installed on one of the two hard drives, the other is also defectie. I would like to transfer this hard drive, cd and dvd writers into a new box or if at all …

When I start PowerPoint at work, all of the premade slide templates are there when I start working. When I start PowerPoint at home, the image of each template takes about 15 second to appear in the task pane, so it is several minutes before they are all visible. Why …

Why are the icons in My computer all nearly alike now? All of them (except the folders) now look like little blue pieces of paper with a very tiny little picture of the icon that used to be there inside. I can't visually tell them apart now. This makes it …

Hi to all and firstly thankyou for reading my thread! Ok here is my problem when i load up my PC i log in enter password etc... and it take a long time to load everything up also explorer doesnt load too i have to CTRL+ALT+DEL then end explorer.exe and …

how effective is webroot in removing all data from a hdd?

HI, I recently purchased a dell tower from State surplus because my computers MB and PS blew up. I installed my recovery disk onto the new tower and installed an audio card, ethernet card and the old hard drive. The system is working well. However, I cannot access my Documents/default. …

I have problem to loggin on windows xp prof. where my user name and password is correct. Is there any kinds of virus which makes this type of problem

The problem is that after I use 'fast user switch' -> I see the login screen with all the 'normal' user accounts listed but if I would like to use 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' to login to other (unlisted) accounts like 'Administrator' it doesn't work - 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' does nothing. The same thing when …

Ok, trying to do a favor for a family member by installing a MAXTOR ATA133 Controller card into their computer. After I "thought" I loaded the drivers I put the Primary HD (which contains the OS, Win XP Pro) on to the controller card. After a reboot it detected the …

Hey, Im donig this for a friend. I inserted the XP cd and the setup popped up. But it wont let me click on Install windows XP (i wanted to select upgrade). So I created a new partition with 10 GB of space (by shrinking the one that has vista …

hey guys, i've recently reformatted my harddrive so obviously i had to reinstall windows, all is fine until i am asked for the product key, i enter my key found on the sticker (i've reformatted the HDD twice with this key with no trouble...) and it says its not valid.....what …

Hi all, So my very first post on here a while back, was me asking for help to solve an issue where my pc died, ending up regularly hanging with a black screen. The problem later progressed to booting up at the login screen, but no further, the desktop kicking …

All of the flash content on any web page stop working since I installed Ad-aware and ran it with the latest updates. I get a blank boxes with a small stamp in the top corner where the flash usually loads. And when I go to Marcomedia to the Flash Player …

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 …