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My girlfriend runs her business from home and every thing is stored on her computer last night she right clicked on the [B]desktop > arrange icons by >[/B] and then by mistake she clicked on [B]lock web items on desktop.[/B] She now has no desktop I can't right click on …

There are many very smart people here...so here is my situation. i'm running XP MCE 2005 and I do use OBJECTDOCK all the time. Sometimes I get bored of OD and want to use my standard desktop icons. Well, when I right click my desktop, I have no "show desktop …

I have a chance to beta test the vista os. Is anyone else doing it? If I decide to I will need a computer to do it on other than my main ones. I guess I will just look for someones used one.

I have Toshiba M7 notebook with 1.5GB memory. CPU is Centrino duo 2300. Recently, I installed Nokia PC suite and using that SW tried to install some appz on my Nokia phone. during that activity system crashed and I switched off the notebook by HW reset. From that point on …

pleaseeee any one tell me what to do. my windows erased and i don't have new one to install can any one tell me any alternative ways;

Hi. I have a problem in that, when the computer is first started, when any of the 3 users logs in, an error message headed "microsoft Office Excel" and stating "Microsoft Office Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry ...... " etc. If you click …

When playing video clips in WMP (o/s is Vista) some of the files play with sound, but others will not. When I looked at the properties of the files, the ones which were playing with sound all had audio bit rates under 128kbps while all the ones which weren't playing …

I am at my wits end.... I have a product on Server A that uses SMTP to send notifications to end users. Server B is the exchange server. I can telnet on port 25 from Server A to Server B but cannot telnet from server B to Server A on …

When I hit Ctrl Alt Del keys to view Windows Task Manager it doesn't pop up. I get a message that Task Manager has been turned off by administrator. About 1/2 year ago I got rid of a lot of Trojans on the computer and have not used task manager …

Hi, I have read several posts on this issue but none exactly fit. I have recently installed win2k over win98 on an old Compaq n600c laptop. The laptop has one of those stickers saying it's win2k compatible. I used an upgrade disk, and opted for a 'clean' install. I thought …

Hi All, i m using windows xp on my desktop. it was working good but i got one flash drive 8 Gb n connected to desktop but after that it started work dead slow on any operation on that computer. i disconnected usb it start working fine. then i tried …

This is deeply disturbing-- a close friend's career may be going in the tank because of a browser technicality! This gentleman hired someone to design his company's website, and unknown to him the designer plagiarized another website. The rightful owner found out and called my friend, who of course agreed …

I have downloaded and installed Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 so that Web pages that I choose to print will be properly sized on the paper. I printed a couple of Web pages and though the print is indeed sized correctly, now the text size is too small. I …

Hello Forum, Need your assistance and good advise...thanks! Few days ago I started to have problems accessing various site (such as the home page). After reading some solutions I tried Winsockfix. Since then I experience lots of problems, started with errors messaged with Norton and 100% CPU Usage and so …

I did a system restore going back two weeks and now I have no Explorer (used another comp to get here). I still get my emails. I went into Program Files then Internet Explorer and tried the icon in there but only get a black flash. Have done an sfc …

Hi I have a problem connecting a Vista Home Premium computer to a Windows 98 mapped network drive on the 98 machine. They are both on the same network. The drive is mapped fine on the the Vista computer and the files can be seen however when I run a …

Hi All, have any of you come accross this issue. when login in to a windows 2000 domain, controled by active directory (server 2000) i get the following msg: "the system could not log you on to this domain because the systems computer account in its primary domain is missing …

Hi, Ive just bought a motherboard, dual core and RAM bundle. I was wondering if i had to set up my XP to run a dual core or not? -joe

I have XP pro and have a wireless network at home. I cannot get two of the four computers to recognize the printer. We all know what the normal printer icon looks like but what the heck does the bar below the printer mean? Could that be part of my …

Hello all, am new to this site. I have an older hp pavillion 7800 that came with 2000 pro. it has long ago been upgraded to xp pro. i recently aquired a laserjet 1100a that works great on my laptop but will not print from the desktop?? I have tried …

Hey folks, I'm running XP right now on a laptop HP. My C: drive is 80gb, which should be represented as "Total Size: 74.5gb" in My Computer. But right now for "Total Size" it says it only has 61.5gb. I feel like I'm being robbed out of 15 gigs. I …

Hi, I am having problems uninstalling Norton Antivirus 2007. I removed it through control panel using remove programs and then ran the Norton removal tool but on startup still get the following message: C:\progra~1\Symantec\S32EVNT1.DLL. an installable virtual device driver failed Dll initialization All help greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted on Viruses & Nasties with the title: High cpu in win explorer, task mng - HJ Log - with no response so I thought I'd try my luck here. I started having alot of virus warnings from Avast - so many so that I reinstalled via ghost. Now …

I have 3 computers that curently use xp pro. All of these were puchased used and are fully licenced to use this software. ( I have legit keys ). however I don't have a oem install disk. all I have is self made restore disks and would like to puchase …

Hi, i have [B]firefox[/B] 2.0.0.11 and IE 7.0.5112.0 installed on my WinXP sp2 System.my firefox was working properly before, but lately i have some probs. 1. it does not let me sign out after getting into my yahoo mail account. ( i have the following addons 4 firefox installed lately. …

If anyone can help me it would be heaven sent. I have a Compaq Presario V6171CL laptop. it was running really slow when I got home yesterday so I restarted it. Now if I try to boot in normal mode it goes to the windows logo screen with the blue …

can someone help? first of all. when i got home two days ago. my computer would not shut on or anything. well it would shut on, it just kept showing the options, and not booting up. so my dad re-did the whole computer. we restarted it from scratch with all …

Hi there, My windows vista home premium dosent seem to have msaccess!!?? Can i download it somewhere for free? or any suggestions??

my new advent laptop already has 2 paritions, but i am unhappy with these and would like to change the size of my existing partitions and create at least one more... does anyone know a program compatible with Windows Vista that i van use for this... thankyou Lonzdale...

Request for tech help. My computer uses Windows XP professional, when I use Internet Explorer 7, some web sites and pages appear blank although it appears they loaded okay as I receive a "done" at the bottom of the screen. Also I'm unable to download from nearly most all web …

Hello all - This is my first post here and I would really appreciate some advice. I found a similar thread from a few years back, but from what I understand, it's preferred that I start my own thread. The problem I'm having is 2-fold. First, I'm getting this Server …

Ok this problem has been going on for quite some time. I have been in multiple phone calls with my ISP, some resulting in some rather heated discussions and such. For the record I cant switch ISP's at the moment due to the fact there just isnt another one around …

i need help guys! i had this problem only recently. i started windows normally as always, but then i noticed that the icons on my desktop dont have the "shadow effect" anymore. i also noticed that the background image and the icons are a bit pixelized. ive tried everything, from …

Whenever I reboot my computer (XP Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 2, Internet Explorer, Version 7.0.5730.13IS), I get a dialogue box that says, "! Stop running this script? A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive". …

Hey guys I've got a buddy having a problem with windows xp home. Here are his specs intel pentium d 830 3ghz dual core 250gig harddrive - ide wd 4gb ram crucial ballistix 4*1gb sticks nvidia geforce 6800 sound blaster audigy 2 zs sound card The problem he's having is …

I may have done soemthing bad....I went in and unchecked some programs from the auto start menu. shutdown my system and unplugged everything, I was switching to a new keyboard and mouse. plugged everything back in and started the machine up, and it loaded the log on screen, and i …

Hello, I hope anyone could help me. Yesterday I still running the Window Live Messenger, but after I restarted my pc, I encountered the same case like this [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post449080.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post449080.html[/URL] I tried the SDFix crunchie suggest but it doesn't do anything, ok here is the error messege [B]Error signature AppName: msnmsgr.exe …

think ISP is at fault

I have got Win XP with SP2, and IE version [b]6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr-----[/b] I tried to do purchasing online , but I could not because cookies are disabled, therefore I enabled cookies following these instruction: [url]http://helpcenter.suntrust.com/knowbase/root/public/snbb14192.htm[/url] I restarted PC , but still I am receiving message the I have to enable cookies!!! …

I have heard several things about liquid cooling systems for desktop pcs. but i don't quite get the works. is it maintenance free, or does it need constant coolant refills. if so, how many refills/ month, assuming an above average pc user. Thanks to those who can help.

Hi All- I am brand new to this site. This is my first post and I have a huge problem.It will be kind of a long explanation but if you can help me fix this ill buy you a steak dinner. Basically, I have my internet supplied through a company …

Here is an odd one. One of our users has to resize some of the columns of the same Excel spreadsheet every time he opens it. This spreadsheet is updated by one person in our Planning department. The rest of the company has read only writes to it. When I …

[b]Perfectionist's PowerPoint Tip: How to E-mail Your PowerPoint Presentations to Others Perfectly [/b] [i]Great PowerPoint tutorial about multiple ways to email your PowerPoint presentations, with background music, voice narration and other multimedia files included. [/i] You probably think emailing a PowerPoint presentation as easy as "just attach it". But sometimes, …

Hey everyone ! I have a Windows XP home edition computer with 128 Ram. When Windows opens up, an error message popps up that says.... [B][U]IMVUQUALITYAGENT.EXE-application error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)[/U][/B] I have tried everything I know to rid this computer of this error !!! I have …

First of all I wanted to ask, to make the most of the Quad-Core technology should I be running 64-bit Vista or 64-bit XP??? (mostly used for gaming, hardcore). Second, I am currently installing 32-bit XP as I do not have the 64-bit at the moment, and after XP installs, …

I can't get an XP Home computer to successfully browse the internet when physically connected to an SBS 2003 network. NSLookup resolves external name/addresses, and I can ping outside the network, I can print to local network printers, but IE7 won't open any web pages outside of our local domain. …

Hi I have setup 2 gmail accounts (myaccount1@gmail.com & [email]myaccount2@gmail.com[/email])in Office Outlook 2003. My first account set as my default (myaccount1@gmail.com) is sending/recieveing emails perfectly. My second acccount can only send emails, but not recieve any & I receive this message: "The server you are connected to is using a …

A couple years ago I bought a HP Pavilion a1133w and it was working fine. Then one day, the power went out for a few hours while I was on the computer. When the power comes back on, I start the computer up, it goes to the blue screen with …

It is great that Windows XP comes with a fax utility and I have used it on several occasions. However, now I am on DSL, to fax I have to disconnect the DSL modem, connect the telephone line to the internal modem and when I have finished faxing, reset the …

SATA raid by Adaptec setup as a mirror. When system boots raid bios shows one drive. When system boots win2k3 shows both drives in disk manager. This seems unusual. Is this the way its should be and if so how is raid achieved if both drives are visible individually. KM