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I have a major issue, I had aquired a PC at no cost, but it had programs and info from the prior owner, and I was deleting programs and user accounts, in doing so, I had messed with the user log in, after restarting, so on the boot up screen, …

Lots of people are arguing about which OS is better, xp or vista!! What is your opinion. I think that vista is better. What about you?

Hi ,I am new to daniweb. I need help.I am looking for all the registry errors found in windows XP and vista.is their any link for that or does any one have the list. I need it urgently. Regards, Ankur

Yesterday I was on my computer for much of the day and it worked gloriously, now not so much. When I turn it on the usual BIOS post comes up except it shows less info then usual. And it doesn't appear to recognize my keyboard as I press F12 to …

Ok, I installed this game a long time ago, Knight Online. For awhile now I have been trying everything I can to get rid of it off my computer and everytime I try by using the Remove Programs, it starts up briefly and then I get an error saying "Version …

My friend says his mouse is hijacked, I haven't gone to see this yet but he says he has to keep changing USB ports in order to keep running. Anyone ever heard of this?

Hi Guys (and Gals), I'm in the middle of a Windows98 reinstall on an E Tower e333i. After install I had dblbuff.sys, ifshlp.sys, himem.sys and REM[Header] error in EXE file error in EXE file errors. Was able to fix the first three by downloading files from internet and installing via …

Hey everyone, We had a user here who's e-mail recently went down (I'm not sure why, I was not the tech to fix the initial problem). She had initially had some e-mails typed up and saved in her Outbox folder, to be sent out once a week for eight months. …

Hey everyone, I have Vista installed on my C: partition and XP installed on G: Every time I reboot, the PC goes straight into XP, with no option for Vista. How can I make it to where the computer gives me the option at boot?

I've just reinstall XP sp2 on my laptop, got everything going but now for some reasons I can't access any files in it while I'm on my other cpu. It shows the Laptop on the network but files are restricted. All restrictions are allowed in Security settings too. Another thing …

As my computer have not sound when I check it the message display "There is no Active Mixer Devices Available." You may install mixer devices from the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard in the control panel. Please advise. aSIF

I just installed XP pro on a new hd on this system and all went well during the installation. when it reboots to finish install it locks up on the Flag screen after the bar goes once acrocc and starts the second pass. I tried to boot into safe mode …

Hi folks, I have an urgent problem on my hands. When I booted my pc in winxp, it booted ok, but the desktop and taskbar are completely missing. In other words the desktop is completely blank. With this blank desktop I can do nothing such as reinstall xp etc. Please …

i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment.

I am office manager of a small law firm with about 20 computers using Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. We share our documents on a network drive using folders labeled for each client, project, etc. My problem is that many users "accidentally" drag a folder and move the contents to …

have you ever bought a pc with a large hard drive, and two days later , you come to find that a large chunk (about 15gb/103gb) of your new drive missing? Well, when this happened to me, i shutoff system restore, and as quick as day, i got my 15gb …

Does anybody use Uniblue's registry cleaning tools at all? I ran a registry scan using their trial version as I have a number of scvhost.exe apps running in my processes tab of the Task Manager and it said it found over 700 errors but the trial version can only fix …

I reinstalled Windows XP with SP2 and everything works perfect, except I can not get Print Shop 20 Deluxe to install correct. I had this program installed on this computer before and did not have a problem. I installed it on my other computer to make sure the disc was …

Hi all, Apart from Lynx, could someone recommend a good cross-platform text browser? Thanks. Jamie.

Hey my primary drive 0 is getting funky and once I turn off my computer (its a Dell, Windows, 2000) and turn it back on its will come up with the same info on my drive but sometimes it comes back and itspretty much like chance to get back on …

Howdy folks. I'm a newbie here. I am working on a remote server that we rent for our coldfusion websites. It has Windows Server 2003 installed on it. Something is wrong with the operating system, and I'm hoping that I won't have to reinstall it. It mostly works, but there …

when trying to install, while copying files to windows insalation folder, many files come up as: "setup cannot copy the file." so i just skip file. or they come up as: "file was not copied corectly." What can i do?

does anybody know what exactly an extended atx mother board is? I hear a lot about them, and i want to know what they are and if i can find one with a socket 775 or AM2+. Please let me know what they are and where i can buy one. …

I used to subscribe to a radio talk show host's newsletters about computers and technical info and also downloaded the radio programs on podcast thru iTunes. However, I never had time to read all newsletters or listen to podcasts so I unsubscribed. Now my grandaughters received iPods for Christmas and …

Please help. Every time I try to load Conquer Online [URL=http://conqueronline.com/](the game)[/URL] I get this error. The D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLL:DLLLockCB Please help me. I tried reinstalling Direct X. And I still got the same problem. :confused: Thanx :o OS: Win98SE

Hello All, I'm new to the site! I hope someone can help me. I have a client that has winxo pro on a Compaq desktop evo. The problem is all of a sudden someone was working on it for him and boom some of the web pages no longer display …

A little help? Recently video files have started to re-buffer every 5-7 seconds when watching on say, YouTube. Some videos play right through after short inital buffering, others stop and start all the way through. On videos of my own that I post to my site's server, others, including the …

any body can give me a link or sentences about what "sqmserver.dll" is. thank you very much.

One of the problems I've run nto w/ Firefox is that it doeasn't have a "Save Target As" option. It has a similar option but IE's Save Target As downloads content w/ .mp3 extensions, Firefox only seems to be able to use php. Any suggestions would be appreciated. If this …

Can i run 3 hard drives in RAID0? what is the difference between raid 0+1 and raid 1+0. Can someone please explain this clearly, because the websites make it difficult to understand??!!

I'm working on a program designed to be used with a set of third-party barcode scanners. These scanners had been in use for some time before I came along, so I don't think I can get the company to change them. The scanners in question require a serial cable and …

Alright so I have a dell and i recently just wiped it clean and started over. The I loaded the server software and was using it as a temporary server. Then about 10 days later I went to go turn it on and the bios screen came up and that …

I don't know what happened, but a couple of days ago everytime I try to open a new floder in IE or Outlook Express the folder only opens in the top half of the screen. I have no clue what is happening. Any help will be appreciated.

I have a desktop and a laptop, I use the desktop to connect to my ISP via dial-up. both computers are connected via a crossover cable since I only have to connect 2 PC's together. Both computers can see each other on the network, and both can share files and …

Hope somebody can help me. I installed MS Office 2007 Home and Student edition on both a new acer laptop running vista home edition and an older Dell laptop running XP Pro. As soon as I did so both computers will no longer recognize my shared printer on my wireless …

I'm not sure where this should go but here goes: A student of my mom asked me to workup something for her to store informations and do calculations. Basically she described an events planner where she'll enter a date, name of event, the cost, and the payment to be received. …

where can i find pwl files in windows xp,pwl files where windows login password is stored

Hi, Does anybody know how to remove the folder task pane in Vista? What i mean by taskpane is the tool bar below menu bar that has "Organize" "views" and "map network drive" buttons. Thanks a bunch.

okay, so i change my font to Sylfaen at 8pt on both Options...>Choose Font option and the Font button on the conversation window but it goes back to Sylfaen at 10pt and i really do not want that. ANY help?

Since doing a clean reinstall of my OS (Windows XP Home) I've been unable to reinstall my HP printer, Creative Lab webcam or any other hardware. The wizard always says "An error has ocurred during the installation of the device. The required section was not found in the inf. I've …

Hello, everyone. I am entirely new to this forum. In addition, I am technologically challenged when it comes to the language of computers. That said, I will attempt to describe the problem I am experiencing. I have Vista Home Premium (upgraded from Microsoft XP) running on an HP Pavillion 1600. …

hey guys i have been having a problem with windows explorer randomly closing on me and i read up on some other people who have had this problem and it said to run "hijackthis" and post a copy of the log. attached is a copy of the log after running …

I have window 2000 server. All the clients are connected through this domain server. I want to create messaging service between clients so that they can communicate with each other through system, and can also send/receive files through this service. How should i activate this service on clients? Do i …

XP SP2 - I partitioned my new hd (seagate barracuda 220) last week, set it up as per some common setups mentioned here. I have my XP OS on C:, all my programs on D: - they automatically install there. I have my data on E:. Workspace on F:. From …

Hello All - I am new here and came here from Google because I am having the same problem described in another post but it was not really resolved. I also had a virus - I noticed it when I went to open Task Manager and noticed it only opened …

[B][COLOR="Red"]:confused: [/COLOR][/B] error message shows keyboards locks and the computer restarts.

hello! so in XP there was this option of File Types when you went to a folder>tools>options...>file types and from there you could change a particular file to become a chosen icon ie. FLV files being a custom icon. just wondering if anyone knows where "File Types" is now because …

hey my windows xp professional wont load!! i have a IBM lenovo laptop i have no Cd with it, was already installed when i bought it!! Ive tried everything possible to fix this problem it was working fine 2days ago no problems, now it starts to load windows and then …

pretty common topic, me thinks, but i do need help. my laptop gets the dreaded message after i try and access wireless connection, it's not up long enough for me to read exactly, but it certainly carries the irql_not_less_or_equal message and stops me from loading up my laptop. I read …

With windows XP Just had to reinstall windows. Cleaned my friends PC. But I cannot get online.It's been online before and never taken apart. How can i get drivers ?