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Remove FilterHi, I'll post my info on my USB device. I have XP Pro with SP 1, and a Trinity 400(S1854) motherboard. Can someone please tell me how I can get the "enhanced" USB 2.0? Do I have to buy a new card(is that what it is called), or download something …
I have lots of problems and I am not sure if they are related! One problem is I windows media player 9 loaded and working for 2 yrs now! I go to use it and it tells me an internal application error has occurred! I have no idea why but …
I Have a e-machine intell pentium d 820 it runs windows vista.. I set it aside for my new computer and forgot the user password.. please help me!!
Hiya I have got a brand new pavilon dv6000 with vist already instaled but it is all problems when you want to go on the internet. so here i go if anyone can help. I already have 2 pc's both on internet which 1 is wireless which i didnt have …
As you can see on the screenshot, my media player "lost" his '*.mp3' file format.. He does still know how to play it, so it's not codecs... I tried to re-install it, but on some website i found: [quote]* You can uninstall the WMP11 through the Add/Remove Programs control panel. …
I am new to Server 2003, I am learning of the internet and I wanted to do a group policy. I got told to make a new OU (Organisation Unit) in AD and then set a policy within the properties with the admin templates, so I created a policy e.g …
hi everyone wonder if you can help, i have a belkin wireless router on the main pc, with a laptop and 2 x boxes running off it all was ok until about an hour ago, when the main pc decided to default to work offline. i am now unable to …
Hi all , I am wondering is there any Web Site who publish all new Programs ? For example I want to publish my program and I want to hear all over the world :D .
i recently obtained a hard drive with... lets just say a lot of extraneous information from someone else that i don't ever want. A friend of mine showed me a program to wipe the entire disk with so it would be like brand new. I fully understand the workings of …
does anyone know any software that removes vocals from songs? i really need to take the vocals out of some songs for some people... please help, ive looked at so many and they all dont work...thank you...
Hello, I am new to the community and was hoping to find an answer to my problem. I have created a few powerpoints in 2003. I followed the same routine as in the past, however when I save as webpage the placeholder is darker than it was before when I …
Hi all, I was wondering is there any computer program for creating programs who can work with XP but in hiding mode . I know that C /C++ can , but is there any easer program .
I was just working on my computer, with Quicken open in the background, when it just closed itself. I tried to reopen from the shortcut and from the program itself and this is the message I get "The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'Quicken 2007.lnk' refers to is …
i installed Photoshop C2 in my PC, but it does not appear with that name in the Add Remove Programs list. In the other hand, when you do a right click in an image and choose "Open With" this Photoshop appears with this name "Portable by. Ko(o" , so i …
when i try to start the Help/support i get the message it is not turned on.It is not listed in the Services in mscconfig.microsoft help and support not very very if you know what i mean
Help. I am at wits end with my system. I have Windows XP Home edition on a Dell computer. I have been attempting to download a pogo game online to play and continuously have been getting an error message that I have a issue with JAVA not being loaded. I …
i recently purchased a second hand laptop (HPnc6000) for myself to mess about with. It came with XP pre-installed and basic drivers etc. The first thing i did was check the memory and hard drive for any errors, so to stop wasting any-time installing all of my applications over again. …
My computer was running slow so someone told me to download advast software to remove any viruses and to keep others away. i started the program it started going through every file then i guess i checked the wrong box because it started to deleted windows files. now when i …
[COLOR="Green"][B][B]guys just want to ask...i found a windows xp service pack 2 installer but it says it is for hp computers only...just want to know if i can use this cd if ever I reformat my computer...will it have some problems if I install it in a non hp pc?? …
I was just working on my computer, with Quicken open in the background, when it just closed itself. I tried to reopen from the shortcut and from the program itself and this is the message I get "The drive or network connection that the shortcut 'Quicken 2007.lnk' refers to is …
My XP is missing the dvd decoder for WMP. Is there a free one out there?
I recently hooked up my laptop to my PC to transfer some files. I'm using My Network Places, and am a newbie to this. Are there any programs that can do the same thing but easier and with more options?
Okay, so here is the scoop. My grandfather has poor vision, and as such, set his computer monitor to a very large resoltion. I needed to access a flash application that wouldn't fit in a whole browser window on his current resolution, so i, of course, turned the resolution up. …
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I have file extension is ra but i want to convert that file i nto mp3 so that i could listen it in Sony Ericsson k75i . I have softwrae name is Total covertor , i tried it to covert but it giving error as i try to convert .. …
hi friends I am unable to open task manager in my pc....please help
I have win xp and i want to use remote desktop connec programm from , Program ==> assecesorries ==> communication ==> remote desktop connec i also know the ip of my another pc , so how i can access my another pc by using remote desktop connec . when i …
;) Ahoy! (No I'm not a pirate) I've been working on computers for a rather long time and personally myself nor any of my associates have come across this issue. However, on my personal computer that I recently finished building was on a seesaw back and forth between internet and …
I need to know how to reformat pc without xp disc i have never done it before but willing to give it a go as i need to sell this pc nice and clean i have disc and flopy drive please help
From the first .NET Framework 1.1 that I downloaded, through .NET Framework 2.0, and recently I've downloaded 3, my question is can I delete 1.1 & 2? In my add/remove in the control panel...it appears 1.1 & 2 are still installed. Doe's 3 stand alone, or doe's it require 1.1 …
I really hope I can get help here since I can't seem to find help anywhere else. I have a SH-S162L Samsung DVD-RAM Drive. Everytime I insert a DVD-R in the drive, the computer tends to freeze up. I tried uninstalling all the burning software and deleted their registry keys …
My client suddenly cannot sen or receive emails with his POP email accounts. I reviewed his inbos and other folders to bad or large emails to delete but ther really isn't any. I removed both emails accounts and recreated them them one at a time but that did not fix …
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I'm having trouble accessing one website on this PC. The website ([url]www.worldofwarcraft.com[/url], yes har har har, laugh it up) just recently started loading the home page, but continues to refuse any of the inner pages (i.e. Account …
Hello, After googling for a couple of hours and only to find the same solution each and every time, I decided to ask here. Now my problem: I have Internet Gateway, or ICS, showing up in my Network Connections window. I want to disable it without uninstalling it from Add/Remove …
So, playing WoW recently and my game crashes(which isnt uncommon.) A video driver switch solved the problem for a few weeks then it returned, I decided to live with it. After the last crash though, instead of freezing at that screen my monitor turned black, then gave me a no …
I came to this website as a last resort. I am desperate and in urgent need of some advice - non-superficial advice. Just to set my status: I am a very experienced XP user and have been using it for the past 5 or 6 years. I am in no …
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 …
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