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Hi folks, Any advice on setup of remote hard reboot/reset on colocated server. TIA B.R. satimis
hi guys, im new to this site, im a final year management student in the university of the south pacific in Fiji islands. i installed windows sp2 on my compaq presario laptop, after installation n activities it gave an option to restart now or later. i clicked on restart now …
The title of the thread is my random yet hopefully simple question. I "googled" it but didn't find anything that seemed concrete, and so I'm hoping that someone on here will know. So again the question is, Is Vista based on XML, and if so, would it be correct to …
Basically, whenever I boot up XP, the explorer will not start. If I try to run it from the Task Manager, it closes again in a matter of seconds. It will then try to open itself up again... but then closes. (Every time it reloads, it un-focuses any window, making …
I am trying to load windows 2000 onto a HP Pavilion XT923. I booted with the windows cd and reformatted the hard drive and loaded the OS. Now that I have done that none of my network adapters will work, not my modem nor my nic. I looked at my …
hi , i changed my default program for .DLL to notepad by accident. I was wondering if any one knows what the correct default program is for ' .DLL ' or how to restore to 'safe version' ? Btw I'm on Windows vista.
Hi, this site has helped me alot with computer problems in the past but now i thought it was time to join because for some reason I can not stop pop-ups on my computer... I've tried Norton 360, Spy Sweeper, and AVG 7.5 and none of them seem to help... …
:@ My system crashed & I subsequently had to replace the hard drive. I used to have Outlook 2000. The tech guy installed Outlook 2002 when he loaded everything again. I couldn't open any regular attachments (like jokes from my friends). Okay, so after searching all over the web for …
Hello, I am trying to use an if function to color code cells. I am ok with using Conditional formating also, but I can not find the correct formula/function to make it work how I want. I am trying to color code a cell if the value of another cell …
I have windows xp home edition 80 gig hd 512 ram. Legacy audio drivers. realtec AC'97 audio for midi. But I have no sound in the software program Guitar universal workshop. Tech support is useless for this program. no telephone number of course. Email is 24 hours or when ever. …
[B][/B]I heard that in Sp1, if you run a pirated copy of vista, you can still use your pc, as long as you can put up with a black background and obvious signs saying windows is not genuine. Does that mean i can download a pirated copy of vista ultimate …
Hello All, I have, for far too long, been using a Linksys EFG 80 for network storage. I had 2 hard drives, set for Raid 1 (I think, whichever makes the one drive copy the other, not striped for speed). Anyway, the device has died and I can no longer …
Problems using GetShortPathName I'm using the UNC prefix for the Path:'[B]\\?\unc\heathers-bill\D$\aFileWithALongName.exe[/B]' GetShortPathName returns 0 & using GetLastError() returns the error 'The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. ' even though Windows Explorer can access the same path Since I can navigate to this path using Windows Explorer, …
Hello all, I am in a bit of a pickle I think, I have just ordered a computer to be made today, will have it tomorrow night. The problem is that, I was wanting to use the Windows xp pro 2002 from the old computer, but am not sure if …
[FONT=Arial]please can anyone help, i have a fairly old ex school use PC that needs a password to use. How can I remove the need for a password. The motherboard is an AOPEN 6bc, I know that jumpers are used but which and how ? many thanks - kevin machell[/FONT]
Ok hi, im back again. Im getting a BSOD every like 10 minutes sometimes, since my comp was turned off for the night right now it works ok, but who knows, it can happen any second. I wrote down the error that Im getting. [I]STOP: 0x000000F4 (0x00000003, 0x866A8500, 0x866A8674, 0x80501142).[/I] …
New at this....have a blue screen with error oooooo7b. It was built in 2000 with win2000. Best course of action. I am considering upgrading to xp or buying a new system. Old system did work fine until I downloaded a BIOS from the web and got a zillion of icons. …
Guys, is there any good voice conferencing free softwares availble../downloadable.. ?
hi ie7 wont open tabs anymore i have gone on to tabbed settings and they are enabled yet they do not work. ive tried searching google no help there just get a load of BS Can anybody help me? thanks in advance
Hi - I'm new to this site, and I DID search prior threads for this exact problem, with no luck. I just bought a used laptop from a software developer; it was his wife's and she used it very little. I've talked to him and tried everything he suggested in …
Hey so i think im having problems with the size of drives. my 250g drive shows as 230g and my 500g drive shows as 465g. is this normal? i know it should take of some space but really that much? and also a 4.7g dvd shows as 4.3 so i …
hi dear all give me some details for which one of best suitable server for PHP+ mysql ? Thanks
I am using one of the screensavers that comes with Vista (basic home edition, up to date with upgrades), but there are many times when it simply does not kick in. Is that one of the features of Vista?
When I view a video on WMP or any other video viewing screen, the video always come out in negative color. :mad: I don't know how to fix it. Please help me!
Aloha! I hope I give enough details for someone to help me... First off, I own a Compaq FS7600 (I know compaq....) about 1 1/2 years old... Ok so... Yesterday I turned it on and the light up screen comes on, the three lights on the keyboard flash once (like …
Hi, I have a new Lenovo A60, 9631 (well not new, but it came out of the box) that is running XP. I started it up and everything worked fine. Then I stupidly monkeyed about with the startup, and now everything works fine, but I can't access the internet. I …
My school website always translates the password I enter into a really really long one. It changes every time and confuses IE. IE always asks to change the password to the new one, but IE always records the long one. I don't want to switch back to Firefox or Opera.
randomly ive started getting this problem where my screen starts flashing and doesnt let me click on it to close the screen, when i finally get the scren to close, i cant access anything on my computer without it flashing , (my normal desktop scrren look is fine) i went …
First, I'm new to these forums, as you may notice. I finally broke down and registered with a site that looks like it has people that actually know what they're talking about. As a preface, I like to think I know some stuff about computers, but I'm definitely stumped here. …
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i burned a cd through windows media player and the cd is only able to play on my computer, i cant play it in my car, cd player, or my xbox 360... only my computer plays the cd... is there anything im missing or need to know so i can …
using the xp pro disk I've used to install win xp on countless machines, on this one it got to the 'who will be using this machine?' screen. I entered the names as usual, and instead of logging me on it asks for a password even though none has been …
Running Outlook 2002 on XP Professional. I have lost my .pst file ?!?! Starting up Outlook as usual, no crash or anything unusual had happen edwhen I last used the machine and now I have no Outlook. The following error message comes up.... "Unable to Open Default Email Folders. C:/.............Outlook.pst …
Hello, I will apologize for any errors made as I have never been on this site before and am not very computer savvy. This is a previous thread that I found, but did not see a fix for it... Okay so I've been getting A LOT of pos.tmp etc. files …
hello, i just recently bought 4 extra gigs of RAM only to find out i cant use it all because 32 bit only supports up to 3 gigs. so, i was thinking of switching to x64 so i can apply ALL of my RAM. but in another thread, its stated …
I'm having a real hard time finding anything relevant to this on either DaniWeb or the rest of the web. I have a WinXP Pro computer on a domain (Win2K3 server), and I want to make a folder (and more to the point, a specific program) on that computer inaccessible …
I have 26 computers XP using 2003 server and i have installed a printer in every computer. Every user can see the printer but when they try to print, it says that the rpc server is not available. I have set the spooler and rpc to start automatic in every …
Hi there, I need your help. My PC was running smoothly. I have removed ALL nVidia drivers (by mistake) using Add/Remove SW service in Control Panel (graphic, chipset, others ...). After that the Windows freezes after booting and Add New HW Wizard is on the screen. Unfortunatelly mouse and keyboard …
Does anyone know how to clean out your DNS,Caches,Temp. Int. files etc.
I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2. My primary hard drive's SMART system tipped me off that failure was near, so I bought a new Western Digital, partitioned, formated, and mirrored my old failing drive to the new one. When I swapped the drives, it brought up a boot screen with …
Hi , i Have a Flash or Jump or Stick Removable disk and i want to make installation from that disk , I want to know is anybody ever do this ? Do i need to set additional boot setting ? or not ? I never boot form Removable disk. …
Hi Group, I have a simple question I hope. Should I have 2 office 2003 software packages load on my system? When I look at the add/remove programs I see office 2003 standard and office 2003 professional. Should I remove the standard? I also see .net framework 2.0 and .net …
Hi, I hope I`m right here with my question but if not sorry, anyway here it is: The company that I'm working for, small one no IT department, want to buy an encryption software (we found on Google CompuSec, DiskProtect, DriveCrypt Plus Pack...) to fully encrypt the OS partition and …
Every so often my mouse will just become really slow. i go into control panel and printers and other hardware but it shows no mouse options. how do i fix this?
I am a new kid on the block. I sent this to another thread in another forum from someone with Win 98se. I think it should be posted here. I have Win XP-2 on a Dell Inspiron 7500 I asked Goggle and Google referred me to a site that said …
Windows Explorer seems to be missing. I found the a Short Cut in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories and when I click on the Short Cut, it brings up My Documents. It is not visible in the Program Files, and I have configured the Folder Options to show All Hidden Files. …
So, someone pretty much gave me a laptop a while back...a dell latitude... anyway, i was using it, and on the 3rd day, the screen went white and it froze. I turned it off, and when it went to boot again, it froze at the DELL "bios" loading screen, and …
[B][/B]I have recently downloaded and installed m$ virtual pc, and installed vista premium on it. this means i have 2 vista versions on one pc! but i have a couple of problems. i have no sound, and it can only give vista 8mb of video ram, which makes the virtual …
As the title suggests, XP freezes seemingly randomly. One time it froze a few seconds after logging into my XP account. Other times its frozen with the screen saver up, and most recently it froze while web surfing with firefox. After the latest freeze when I rebooted 3 command prompt …
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