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So for a while I've fighting with Windows Explorer Whenever I have a window open and I close it, Explorer completely crashes and I have to re-initialize it At first I thought it was a hard drive problem because my computer had been packed because I was doing some editing …

This is related to my other thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread102206.html[/url] (note, there is a second page as well) This is the new, more clear, info that I have on the possible cause. The symptoms are that my sound starts cracking slightly and that my screen flashes black for a second then comes …

Hi there to evryone out there, My name is Martin, but my handle on here is marvin8862. My query is that I had 2 versions of AZUREUS, on my laptop, now the 1st 1 was the basic AZUREUS, which was fine to start off with. Then somebody, told me about …

My computer's motherboard got toasted so I replaced it with new one. Everything is still attached just like before. The hard disc(with windows XP installed), CDROM, same 1gb DDR RAM(checked the new motherboard's compatibility and it should work fine).. etc. Now, whats interesting is that I checked CMOS setup and …

can user accounts be deleted to return my computer to how it looked when it was running as administrator only (no log in). Directory is now a mess with duplicate files all over the place. Want my old look back. Scared to delete files under my name in case i …

Before I get flamed, Yes I Know/Knew this was a bad idea, but I did it anyways, now i pay the price.... Here is whats going on, Custom Built Computer (by me) Drive 0 (Seagate Barracuda 7200 IDE 200GB) Partitions 2 ("Old C" - 1 , "Old D" - 2) …

Hi, Im using windows XP home edition at the moment. Recently I use bit torrent and download like 3GB files everyday which is stored in my C: drive. 2 days ago, when i tried to move the file i just finished download from C: to my external hardisk but windows …

I have Microsoft Outlook 2003. When doing a "reply to all", it automatically puts my e-mail as one of the recipients. This doesn't happen to my colleagues. Do you know how to stop this? Thanks so much! Lisa

Is there a way we can have Power Users defrag their own hard drives in Windows XP?

When i try to click on any drive C, D,E in My Computer , the drive doesnt open . Instead .."Open with " dialog opens...with the list of s/.w in system...

Hello. I have a year old laptop, 1.7ghz, 448mb Ram, windows xp home edition. Its not really had a problem like this until few weeks ago. First of all, I used to connect to the internet through an ethernet cable, but now the laptop doesnt seem to recognise the cable …

I need to reinstall windows using the original Windows XP Pro Service Pace 2 but I have lost the license key. Is there anything that I can do?

hi i'm also facing the same problem in my laptop. i'm using windows vista. after every 5 minutes ie automatically opens & the page in [url]http://clickmanu.com...i[/url] can't change my home page even my taskmanager gone. pop up block disabled & it's not possible to enable. i'm doomed, man. what can …

upon trying to boot up I get problem w windows-had to shut down. Underneath that it says Kernel_Data_inpage error stop: oxoooooo7A Windows will not load in Normal Mode or in safe mode it simply shuts down and reboots over and over. Recovery mode will not work either.... after the dreadful …

On my windows live mail email client, i can receive messages, but get this error (in the snip below) when i send an email. i can send fine with mozillla thunderbird.

My wife in the spirit of being helpful scanned a 1700X2300 picture and attempted to install it as background. She was successful however it was really distorted as it was too large. I attempted to remove it with no success. In fact control panel+display+desktop shows browse grayed out or essentially …

Help? I have a Dell Dimension 9100. I replaced the hard drive now it wont bootup! PC lights come on drive lights come on But no screen! Monitor Power light blinks off and on. like if its not connected but it is! Can some one help me to get a …

hai everyone.. is it vista supporting microsoft visual studio 2005? and which service packs that i should install??please guide..i'm still new in vista.. thank you..

I have a 2nd HD that I would like to install along with my existing one. Do I need to install an OS on it also? If so..should I unplug the working one first. Or can I leave it in and plug the 2nd one in without causing any distress …

I am running Vista Home Premium on a Acer 7520 Turion 64x2. At home wired lan connection to a netgear router out of office using a vodafone 3g/UMTS mobile data card. Lan : Can connect to the internet , can run a number of application (financial market data) that connect …

I'm going to build a new computer soon, and I want to keep the contents of my master hard drive as is. (With all programs, settings, and etc..in working order) Do I have to do anything special for the hard drive swap to the new motherboard? I've read I have …

When asking the computer to do more than one task the CPU usage jumps up to 100% & slows down everything. This is particularly annoying when playing music or a video in Winamp or Media Player & then, for example, connecting to the net or even opening a 1KB document, …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP [/color][/size][size=2]Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a …

Hi to all!I have a Windows XP Home SP1 OEM genuine installation and I tried to install Service Pack 2.The first time, after downloading the Service Pack, installation began but at some point gave me an error message ("Can not create a file list,a directory list" or sth like that) …

while I have 4 gb installed. Previously I had 3 gb available but now for some reason only 2 gb. I understand the 3gb limit with Vista, but how do I get the OS to recognize the 3rd gb? The BIOS of my ASUS p5b MB reports the 4gb.

I Recently Purchased A Refurbished Notebook Computer. It Had Been Updated With A Windows Server 2000 On It. Recently When I Restarted The Computer, It Stop Loading And The Icons Will Not Load Onto The The Desktop. I Am Not Able To Locate The Icons On The Screen, Nor Will …

I have two Pcs , both have LAN card but My device ( Huwaii Router / Switch) can only support one LAN connection and one phone connetion. these both LAN and phone wires are connected to my one Pc . But i also want to connect my other pc with …

My question is, Do I need to have a paging file, System Managed or custom size, and what are the advantages and dis advantages? I play alot of Quake2 on line, and I am still shooting for speed, does this affect any of this? Tower CASECOOLERMASMaster MotherBoard ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe …

Hello, I've always avoided formatting marks, because I've never needed them, but I think that they might come in handy sometimes. Does any one know of a complete list of what they mean? I've searched and searched and what people call a "complete" list is usually just what a space …

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to print through a local printer from a Windows 2003 server enviroment? The printer I am trying to add is installed on a local machine and shared on the local network but it is not a network printer (e.g it does not …

MSI K8MM3 MB AMD Sempron 2600 512 mb mem 20gig HD (OS) Master 250gig HD (storage) Slave Sony DVDRW Single Hauppauge 150 PVR MCE PNY Gforce 5200 System works great, plays DVD's w/ Power DVD Network, MP3 playback, Divx playback.. all works outside of Media Center. In Media Center, DVD …

Please can you help me. I have window xp with m.s.n messenger 6.2 and skype, the question is I can speak and hear people on skype but when I am useing m.s.n messenger I cannot hear or be heard. Thank-you Peter?

Hi Everyone Hope this is the right forum for my problem, if not perhaps you could redirect me? Whenever I attempt to burn a CD my computer totally freezes, failing to respond to CTRL+ALT+DLT, so I have to turn power off. I'm using iTunes, but have tried Windows Media Player …

Hello, I am only 15, and I want to get into server 2003, I have created a domain with DNS and I have created users, and when the server is turned of I can still log in, so when I asked my freind he said turn of the interactive login: …

I'm supporting a user who is having a weird issue. When he opens Windows explorer, the left hand side, which usually displays the folder view, is gone. If you're having a hard time visualizing it, I've attached a screen shot of the problem. When I clicked on View>Explorer Bar, the …

White label 1.4GHz Duron, 2x256MB SDR (PC133) mem, XP SP2, IE7. About 3-4 days ago things went to hell. Various indications led me to overheating or memory problems. After vacuum/blowing, general cleaning, and swapping some memory around, I was able to somewhat stabilize the system enough to run the repair …

I want to instal Atomic Clock Sync, I had the previous bersion and had no problem. The new vwersion I can run but cannot install. I have tried saving fist but no sign of installation wizard. I have XP Home

I am running out of disk space and want to know if there is a way to use a partition software like powerquest partition magic to remove the hp recovery partition and transfer the space to my real hard drive

Can anybody suggest me software name with link that could Block Porn sites ?

Hi and hello to everyone im new here and am quite a novice looking for help!!!! I recently installed Vista Ultimate over my old xp as i liked the look of vista, all is good apart from i have no sound at all. I have ttried installing drivers again updates …

The other day, I went and bought some new ram for my PC. I went to the site [url]www.crucial.com[/url] and it said that i need either a DDR PC3200 or 2700 because either should be compatible with my motherboard. So I went out and bought one and went to go …

I am getting this on start up: windows no disk exception processing message c00000135 parameters 75b6bf9c 4 75b6bf9c 75b6bf9c If I hit cancel 4 times the window closes

Hi, I am running two computers, both identical, Windows XP with service pack 2. No profiles other than administrator. I have four disks with Photo Shop training movies. On the disk is a copy of Quick Time version 5. On one computer everything works fine. On the other I get …

I did an overhaul on my computer and saved my documents on to a disk because I just sent my jump drive through the washer machine. Thinking my documents would be fine I restored the computer deleting everything on it. To my surprise all my documents were still there. A …

Sorry about posting this again, last time I posted it in the same thread of someone having the same issue. I realized that this was against the rules and apologize... So here we go again... :) ------------------------ The same thing is happening to me, it's affecting all the sites located …

Do you have a SATA disk drive in your computer ? If so, you can squeeze a little more performance out of your hard disk. This speeds up the performance of your hard disk by enhancing write caching. However, if your computer is not connected to a battery backup and …

Ok this is my problem: When I start up my computer, everything goes well until i get to the Welcome menu, it takes longer time that usual, and when it gets to the desktop, only the background picture is shown. Not the start menu or shortcuts. Few processes are running, …

When should I upgrade to Vista? My laptop can handle it, but is it really very much better than XP? If so, should I buy the Ultimate version and not even waste my money with the home version? Are there any "bugs" or "kinks" that need to be worked out?:)

Hello everyone. I am in need of serious help. Usually I am always able to eliminate and narrow down the possibilities of a problem, and therefore fix it. But this time I'm at a loss. My computer was running fine and then one day I shut it down (which is …

I have a lenovo R61i and it has windows vista on it, when I try to put the XP disk it it tries to load and when i get up to the bit where it says setup press enter I get a error that says no hard drives found. I …