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Hi Guys, I've got a windows server 2003 on my domain that has a fax modem connect to it. It runs the fax console and any faxes coming in on that number get emailed to member of staff who sorts through it, which is working perfectly. We also have a …

Every time I try to open an office application I get the "windows is preparing to instal" message . After cancelling it the application then opens. I ran a search some time ago having the same problem and managed to find a fix by doing something along the lines of …

I tried doing a "format and recovery" on my pc. A hp pavilion 6470z running Win98. I think I made a mistake by deleting the partitions but im not sure. After deleting the partitions I continued the format and recovery process but there was an error in the process and …

Hi All; I'm currently using [B]NETSCAPE 7.2[/B] and I recently read an article stating that there will no longer be any further development for the product. However the NETSCAPE browser will still continue to function provided the underlying internet structure more or less stays the same. To this end, I’ve …

Somehow, I don't have a clue how, my Dell Cineplayer seems to've disapeared. When trying to play DVD's, Media Center attempts to, but tells me: Decoder Error The video decoder has either malfunctioned or is not installed. Please restart Media Center and/or the computer. What on earth do I need …

hi on stratup i keep geting a rundll error it say that it can not be found (kqayfdfh.dll) i can not found it in the reg system . so i take that it has been delated so how can i fix the problem i have done virus scan restalled all …

Can anyone help! I just installed windows vista ultimate on my dell dimension 3000 (with previous XP OS.) and I'm having problems with no audio on the multimedia audio controller which runs on a ADI 198x Integrated Audio Driver. I went to Dell support to down load a driver, but …

Greetings, Today I had a power failure (I usually have one every week, and it just shuts my computer down and it comes back up fine after power returns.) This time though, i was in the process of closing a program and I'm fairly sure the disk was writing data …

Hello everyone, first I'd like to say this looks like a great site and I plan to use it and pass it along as much as possible. Secondly, I started to install Win XP HOME on a pc, and when i went to format the HD it would get all …

I have bought a new pc with xp pro sp2 preinstalled every thing is networked i can map the drive open a windows and see the files but when i need to open a file the windows hangs or file shares are very slow and at times times out opening …

Hello everybody! I'm from Germany, so please excuse my language mistakes. My problem refers to the use of Aol Mail. I can access this site and even read my mails, but when I log out, I get a message that says: "Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this …

i dropped my laptop and broke the lcd screen. i want to hook my laptop up to my tv so that i can still use the computer. the laptop has a connection for a monitor on it but my tv does not. so, i got a vga to dvi adapter …

Hi, folks! I'm using a program to set global hotkeys in Windows XP, and it works great from F1 to F11, but my problem is: When I try to register F12 as a hotkey, the following error message appears: "Error. Unable to register the specified Hotkey. The Hotkey is probably …

hey guys I'm fixing a computer, its a sony vaio, it comes with the installations disks, I have replaced the hard drive cuz the one it had was not working, now it gets about ten minutes in to the installation the it says "an Error occurred". when I restart it …

my computer is windows xp: media center edition Alright well first off, I've got a problem connecting my xbox to my computer with media center edition. When i try and download the xbox program it says that i dont have windows media center installed, but when i got into system …

When I insert a bookmark in the bar at the top it inserts but when I click the button it doesn't do anything. How do I fix this?

Hello, I have been troubleshooting this for a long time, this computer is brand new around 3 months old, and I am getting the following cases, here are the steps that I am doing... [LIST=1] [*]Press power button on computer [*]Windows loads [*]I press CAPS lock / or NUMLOCK to …

hey can I convert my windows 2000 to a windows vista?

[color=black][color=black][font=Arial]MSN Messenger 4.7, "On-line" users appear "Off-line"[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]This problem has been occurring with all users intermittently during the last few weeks. Occasionally, the display will state "Away" when the user actually is currently available (or [/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]"on-line") and presently using the CPU. These users are not intentionally setting the

pc XP Pro mouse keyboard freezes up after 10-15 minutes, then machine reboots itself. Ram maybe??

I just noticed another wierd occurance on my PC (I'm not sure if it's related to my other post about the WPD FileSystem Driver). I have an Acer T180 and I have been trying to update a lot of the drivers on my machine, and not having a lot of …

Hi, i am a complete dummy when it comes to pc's. I have been getting a dns server error message when trying to acsess one particular site. All other websites are fine. Can anyone give me any tips on how to fix this pls... i need complete laymans terms from …

Hello, Im new to this site so i have no idea whether im in the right section here, anyway here's my problem: I recently had to re-install windows, and because i'm not really much of an expert i found out that the Documents and Settings folder of the username i …

HELP!!! I have Windows XP and Office 2003. When doing a spelling and grammar check in Word, I occasionally get a "comparison - revise text?" error on text. I have no idea what this error means, or how to correct it. The text looks fine. All of the tenses, persons, …

Last week I installed the software Antiporn! While i was installing, i didn't get any installation process and i thougt there appeared some erro or sth and I throwed the installation file in the trash! Afterwards I noticed that it has cearly been installed but not in the c:\program~ directory …

I am looking everyware for the save file/es of NFS underground 2 because I need to format my hard drive immediatly.I don't know where it is and I don't either want to delete the game completely without restoring my saves. Does anybody know where should I look???? :eek:

Computer Make/Model - E machines 2220 System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Computer - Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz, 0.99GM of RAM Sound Card - Realtek AC'97 Audio OK about every 3-4 Min's my computer slightly freezes for like a few seconds and any music …

I was trying to write a formula to find the number of days between two dates in Excel 2003. I decided to test it with the dates of the beginning and ending of the Revolutionary War. I got a #Value error. Experimentation showed me that Excel; does not recognize any …

:eek: I had been cloning my C Dr to an identical internal backup drive using Norton Ghost's Clone routine. When the C Dr failed, I wasn't sure of the cause and was afraid virus infection(s) might have been cloned to the backup. Therefore, I replaced the C Dr with a …

Ok Does WGA in a Legitimate OS check the hardware profile at bootup? How Clever is WGA in a Genuine install?

I have two partitions on my hdd one says 20 gb and the other says 8 gb and I have a 30GB HDD. Is there anyway I can combine these two partitions to make a full 30gb?

I have a windows vista laptop and a windows xp desktop that sits doing nothing, though the hardware is fairly good. Can I link the 2 so that while I play games on my laptop, it also utilises the hardware in the desktop? That way I'd have an extra 2 …

Hello, I have the full version of norton ghost 10. I have made a backup. Now can someone plz guide me the process to restore the backup through command prompt i.e. when you boot your computer and boot in command prompt mode. Thanx in advance

I have a database filemaker pro that i wish to stop using and start using Access. This will help with all of my sharepoint thoughts. So if anyone knows the best way to import/export the database from filemaker pro to Access

Hi anyone who's interested in helping me :) Here's the deal, down and dirty: Changed around the sizes of some partitions, then rebooted and installed a linux distro on a seperate partition. Went to go into XP Home (SP2, or course), and it first told me autocheck could not be …

My son tried to access our laptop & this is what it said :( This is the message blue screen Stop C0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry can't load the hive (file) \systemroot\system32\config\software or it's log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent or not writeable,. Beginning dump of physical memory. …

Well, i want to print screen the process of reformatting for teaching my friends, as they dont know how to reformat pc at all. I checked over some websites which teach how to reformat, but the pictures are very limited. So, my question is, how i able to print screen …

i purchased norton ghost 10 a couple of days ago. The softwares workin fine but accidently i broke the installation cd that had the recovery environment. Is there any way to create a duplicate cd of the same. Plz help me out. Regards Bharat Shivram

I recently loaded Norton SystemWorks 2004 on to my XP Home platform. Norton GoBack is a separate installation on the same CD. I'm having trouble loading this program and receive the following error message during the process. [I]Error copying the file "help\SymHelp.chm to C:\Program Files\Common FIles\Symantec Shared\Help\Sym Help"[/I] I disabled …

Hi! I would like to run Dual Monitors, i've been looking at other threads and haven't seen the answer. I have a 7300nvidia PCI express 512MB DDR2 HDTV and DVI-I (SLi , purevidieo,) I have two VGA monitors. and I have a motherboard built 6200 nvidia also that has a …

I dont even know where to start. A few weeks ago a variety of problems started after someone started fooling around with my computer. I think they were trying to make a static ip or something. I dont know if it worked. I began having problems with my internet connection. …

Guys I really am desperate right now... I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors using PowerQuest Partition Magic 7.0. What can I do? Is it possible that this is a hardware malfunction, like bad harddrive? Or is there any …

Hey i was trying to make one of my partitions bigger with partition magic 8.0. In the process of resising my pc froze, so i had to reset. Now the partition is bigger but i cannot open it. When i do an error checkup with partition magic i get the …

Ok, I need some help. Recently My C: drive has been running out of space, so I figured I would use Partition Magic to marge my other partitions, and make it all one big drive. I got the program, started it up, and tried to redistribute the free space on …

I have inherited a PC with 3 Operating Systems - on start up I must select one of the Operating Systems - the other 2 do not work. I have no idea how to get rid of the 2 redundant operating systems. I have a new Windows Vista Full package …

Hi, all experts. I'm having problem with Norton Ghost 10 Recovery Disk. I tried to boot the PC with the CD into recovery environment. Unfortunately, it went through the loading process then come to a grey screen, with a big mouse pointer. Later on, the screen refreshed and the mouse …

I have always used PartitionMagic and DriveImage and when PowerQuest was bought out by Symantec, I started using PartitionMagic and Norton Ghost but this new machine of mine runs Win XP x64 edition, and neither of those programs are x64 compliant ... from what I've been reading on various forums, …

Hello everyone; I would appreciate if anyone can help me out how to trouble shoot of the following windows problems: [B]1. I can no longer boot my pc on ANY Safe Modes options. [/B] When I leave my computer switched off for at least 16 hours or more then turn …

Is there a way to remove the windows xp pro 9 connection limit ?

I am using XP Home with SP2. I installed IE7 a long time ago and it was great until jut a few days ago. All of a sudden I cannot get to any webpages at all, I just get an error message "Address not found." I also have AOL and …