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Hello, I am having some trouble creating a personal network at home. I don't have internet access (shocking I know) and I am unfortunately not very IT-savvy (my bad). Perhaps someone can help me... I have a macbook with OS X, a laptop with Windows Vista and a lovely pink …

...because I can't access bank a/c's, credit card logins, My eBay etc. Mostly it's the HTTPS sites, but not 100%. Have tried the solution posted May 2nd, 2005 (re HTTPS access error) about entering info (beginning - regsvr32) into DOS box. Didn't resolve the problem for me though. Have also …

I do not have sound. It just happened. There's nothing wrong with my speakers. I took a look under "Device Manager" and noticed that all my "Other Devices" have a yellow question mark with an exclamation mark. The "Other Devices" are: 1. Ethernet Controller 2. Multimedia Audio Controller 3. PCI …

hello. i am students of EE at COMSATS University, i have an assingment on memory management of Windows 2K. i need help in this concern

Basicalyy,im trying to change setings so i can get on the internet with my wii with a nintedo usb conncector.its been fine for about 2 days when suddenly something went wrong.so i found out what was wrong and tried to change it in Network connections.However when i try to edit …

I'm currently running the Enterprise edition of Vista and just yesterday after I uninstalled nod32 whenever I attempt to reboot the machine or shut it down it successfully ends (from what I can tell) all running processes but does not shutdown (except explorer.exe because my GUI still exists). It just …

Hello i have a xtreme notebook([url]http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/[/url]) computer they are custom built with windows xp. i have a replacement plan so i could send it in to get a new one but i really need to keep this one because it has all my projects on it. when i start up …

Hello, everyone - I re-installed Windows 2003 on my server at home and made it a DHCP server. I am able to ping the other machines from it, yet none of my other machines can get an address. I have a D-Link router, pretty simple setup. I had DHCP running …

I am working with XP Pro and would like to capture video clips I've viewed with microsoft media player and quicktime. Is there a way to save non-protected media? Please advise

The uninstall of Office 2007 from a Laptop with Vista, crashed before it was done completely. Trying it again, will not do anything and office 2007 does no longer open. (The person has the Office 2003 CD, but Vista will not accept it. I suspect because of remaining office 2007 …

Help...this 100% Cpu Usage and "System" (not "system idle process") at 99 is driving me nuts. I have Windows XP for home. I've checked for viruses and found nothing. I've used the "PC doctor" that came with my computer to check for problems...nothing!!! I've reformatted the hard drive three times. …

I have a machine with Vista HP and Office Pro 2007 installed. Everything seems to be fine except every time I start Excel, Windows Installer kicks in and wants to configure it again. I've uninstalled all I can find that's to do with Office and have done a complete reinstall …

Hi guys. First of all, I really didn't know where to make my thread, since I don't know what's the source of my problem, so sorry if that's not the right place. My problem is that my internet kind of dies from time to time. I have windows XP if …

hi guys, im facing a problem here with my pc, it shuts down all of a sudden when using it, for example whenever i run the Flight Simulator X, it was working fine but today it is very slow and graphics loading process is very slow, im using windows xp …

Is it possible to get a copy of MS windows Home server without having to buy the dedicated computer for it?

My girlfriend was moving files around on her computer, nothing big, just images. She then got the Blue Screen Of Death, and so she restarted the computer. When it restarted, it gave her the windows splash screen and then went to black and sat there. I restarted it with last …

W/32Trats C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\etfmon.exe.tmp I've been trying to deleted the above for several days. I've run several scans with McAfee and after the scan it says to "rescan after restart". I've tried that and it just repeats "rescan after restart". I've also tried AdAware programs but nothing seems to work. It's slowing …

I am new to this site and apologize if this question has come up before. We have a Coordinate Measuring Machine that has software that only works using Windows NT. We can upgrade the software for a cool $6k. Or we can use the proven system available to us. The …

hi, i have a sony laptop witch is working on windows xp and i think i have a spyware infection or sumthing because i will start it up and i would click on the software i want and then it will load up then it will restart it self, if …

I was just wanting to get someone elses input before I went and spent more money on something that might not be the problem. For awhile now my computer has been giving me the "blue screen of death" ever so often. Most of the time when it happens it is …

My Compaq S3000NX desktop runs XP Home 2002 + SP2 w/ a wired keyboard. At boot up, the keyboard comes up dead about 30percent of the time. I have to reboot, sometimes twice more, to get a live keyboard. Is this a hardware or software problem? Is there a microswitch …

Hi all, I'm new here, and a newbie to techie stuff as well. I found many topics on similar problems in this forums, but none of those solutions or suggestions could help me. My operating system is windows xp pro. I use both IE7 and Firefox to browse. I use …

Hello! Thanks in advance for any help you can offer...I don't know too much about this stuff :) Last night, my computer starting randomly playing a broadcast even though nothing was open to play it on - it was just audio playing by itself.... The computer was also lagging a …

I just recently purchased a Dell computer and have been getting this error message from day 1 when I shut down. Explorer.exe - application error the instruction at "0x00109e60" referenced memeory at "0x00109e60". The memory could not be written. The message indicates that it will run a debug if I …

When you install some program, then uninstall it and then install it again it shows that it remembered that it was already installed on your computer. Obviously it stored some information regarding its history on your computer. The question is where and in what form? (my first guess is that …

You know how large manufacturers like hp and toshiba, as well as others have a fast and simple recovery partition built in, that can reinstall windows and drivers, as well as built in software in 20 minutes or less? How can i do that on a build your own pc, …

eMachine T3418 on board 10/100 ethernet. Went into control panel (win xp home), network connections, properties. Checked the box to: show icon in notification area when connected, and the network connection was lost. Device manager showed yellow exclaimation next to Device Unknown - nVidia network controller. Uninstalled the driver then …

I recently put together this new computer Specs: AMD Athlon 2000+ XP 512 MB DDR RAM WD 80gb 7200 RPM HDD ATI Radeon 9200 128mb Video card Windows XP Pro SP1 Just the other day, I restarted my computer, and it booted (as normally does) in about 10 seconds. Then, …

Recently bought viao desktop all in one. Vista home installed. The keyboard is a viao, and the drivers show microsoft, but all 'working properly'. The keyboard switches on and shows connectivity. BUT none of the keys will type on the screen. Is this because it needs another driver. I have …

I'm sure that Microsoft in their infinite wisdom had a reason for making my computer beep when I move the Volume Slider in the full window that you get by double-clicking on the volume icon in the lower right. It's annoying. I usually have WAVE at 100 percent so anytime …

Hi, I just registered to have a little help on this. im on asia and took some photos on my N90 mobile phone, and i transfered them to my laptop. the company im working ruined my ADMINISTRATOR user, and created a new one. The photos and the desktop organization disappeared. …

Hi, When I launch Explorer and do a file search, the files are correctly located. Therefater, the file type drop-down is populated with the first option in the drop down list (happens to be 3GPP). I cannot disable this entry so Explorer narrows it's search to 3GPP files. I have …

My problem is that my windows xp even though i have installed the drivers of my Sapphire ATI Radeon X1650 pro (vpu) graphics card, start with the lowest resolution.. I have tried a lot of things..like reinstalling drivers , windows xp problem resolution.. This happens to me for the first …

Hello All, I have an hp photosmart m7183c desktop at home (it's my brother's) and it's been running a lot slower than usual and the temps have been high (54C idle as of today) and it's driving me crazy!! Even two system recoveries in a row have not helped!! I …

Hello Folks, I listed this problem before but was never answered. I have new info though. Ok, building a P4 2.8GHz CPU with a asus board P4S800D, 80gb hd, 512mb RAM, Radeon 9600SE vid card, CDRW dvd lite on, antec case with 350 watt power supply. Ok, When I use …

we have two computers in our data center (windows server 2003, running outlook 2003) that customers can log into to access their email from anywhere, and we've been receiving complaints that whenever they try to attach a file, they receive an error message that says "this operation has been canceled …

I always wanted to to a build your own windows vista pc, but this weird thought came to my head. If macs are so "superior" compared to windows in terms of stability and viruses (which i think is untrue), then why not build your own mac? Only one problem... can …

Hello: I am new to this Forum. I have a problem that I hope someone can help me with. My printer software have been downloaded into my computer, but I cannot print anything. I get the message that the drivers or plug in (something like that) is not functioning. I …

[COLOR="Green"][B][I]My new computer has been supplied with Vista installed. I would like to add windows XP pro and run two OS independently. Can this be done? How? Thanks[/I][/B][/COLOR]

Hey Everyone There seens to be a problem with my pc and i cant find any reason for it, it was working fine just the day before and now it has slowed to a point where i cant even watch vids WMP take a long time to load up and …

which of these products is recommended as the best cpu cooler? 1. Thermaltake bigwater 760i 2. ultra chilltec thermo electric cooler

What motherboard can support the easiest way to over clock your devices like ram, cpu, etc. Please list the motherboards information and specs, and where to get it from. Also, post your opinions and life experiences with over clocking, and tell how it worked out for you. I want to …

Which of the following CPU results in the better performance overall, and in future games: 1. Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4ghz, quad core) 2. Core 2 Duo 45nm E8400 Wolfdale (3.0ghz, dual core) 3. AMD phenom 9900 (??Ghz, quad core) 4. AMD AM2 FX-74 Windsor Please list which one is …

Hi - I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with Windows XP. Within the last few weeks the computer has started rebooting without warning at random times. I have not been able to find any common link with what I am doing when it reboots. I have updated Windows, I have …

Hi all, I'm trying to install IIS on my Vista 32 Business and when I select anything in the Turn Windows Features on or off dialog it acts like it's doing stuff, then it just stops. I looked in windows logs and there are a bunch of "failed to complete …

I have one problem with my Win XP ,when i am opening my corel draw files it is taking to much time .My system comfiguration is P4 2.80 ghz,1 GB ram. How can i solve this problem,Please sugest me. Naveen

I have a broadband DSL conn.(MTNL). Its not workin wit both the conn. alternates..USB or Ethernet. The computer guy i called in to repair the prob says that theres a virus that is not letting the drivers function n so the net aint workin. My frenz tell me to 1st …

If anyone can shed light on this, I will appreciate it! I get this error when I try to set up a printer for a user on my network; "a policy is in effect on your computer which prevents you from connecting to this print queue" I checked the user …

Hey guys, I'm new here and I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out. My problem is that whenever i click on my local disk C:\ on My Computer, i get a "C:\ Access is denied" message. I can open my drive C:\ by typing it on the …

I was testing with belarc Advisor a Windows XP PC. It shows for 25 updates that it cannot verify the update and needs to bee reinstalled. May it be that those updates are false (not by Microsoft)?