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First, Hello everybody. I have an old laptop that I can not 'restore' with the WinXP cd. Seems the loaded XP is newer than the cd that came with it. Since it was almost toast I tried anyway and the product code is invalid. I want to load ubuntu (cd …

Hey, I got a gmail account lately and tried to log in on msn messenger and it doesn't work. Many of my friends did it but it doesn't work with me. Does anyone know what is the problem? thx in advance, Mat Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 MSN messenger …

hi i have a new vista cd and i installed it on my desktop every thing when fine and i put in the key for activation but each time it try to activate ti will come up with this error code 0 x 8007232B saying DNS SERVER NOT FOUND WHAT …

Hi all, I will try to keep this as simple as possible. I have a customer who has a Sony Vaio Laptop at home, along with a Netgear Router which he connects to using Wireless and the ISP is AOL. He uses a PPTP VPN connection to connect to the …

when i turn on my computer and windows start up- it takes a lot of time and in the end there is this msg: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\taskmgr.exe cannot be found" later i discover that all my "RUN" command isn't working and show this msg: (the msg is in hebrew so i hope …

I acted too quickly today and now I need help in restarting my computer. I hope this is the right section for posting this. I have a Dell Inspirion laptop with Windows XP. My computer wanted to do automatic updates and I clicked "restart later" because I didn't have time …

I have a Vaio SZ110 Notebook with XP home. It is about a year and a half old. A few months ago it was accidentally dropped on the CD drive and although it broke the cover, the door will still open. When I click on my computer though, the drive …

Hiya, I looked through the forums and didn't see this come up, but it might have already been answered. A friend of mine recently upgraded to Vista from XP. He had problems with installing over top of XP, so he finally just did an entire clean install of Vista, but …

hey my win xp sp2 comes up wiht this message arror after booting and the system shuts down on pressing any key .... Error message: the system process 'c:\win\sys32\service.exe' terminated unexpectedly with status code -1 it would be really great if some one can assist me in fixing this!! cheers …

I have a Compaq deskpro w/Windows 2000 Professional os (service pk4). I don't have any installation Cd's or access to the network that supported it. My problem is that somehow the Window's installer (version 3.1) has become corrupt. Tried various remedies like MS update, and registry cleaners. But it still …

Ok here goes: When I load my windows XP, the error message "The instruction at "0x7c9105f8" referenced memory at "000000010" could not be read". The error message comes up twice, and if I click cancel it takes a little while but the normal computer loads. Also of note is the …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Quickly Lock Your Computer and Use Other Windows Logo Shortcut Keys[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to quickly lock your computer as well as the other Windows logo shortcut keys that you can use. …

Hi this is my first time posting I´m a student in Argentina and own a small cyber cafe My problem is having to install a game on every computer, it is time consuming. Well a person offered me ( for a considerable price) to install about 150 popular games on …

Hi,While surfing with firefox I keep getting internet explorer opening up.80% of the time its a blank page with nothing in address bar,other times it opens up a web site trying to sell my stuff.I am running spyware blaster and 2 different popup stoppers in the background.What should I do? …

When starting PC this morning screen resolution was 640x480. In dispaly properties the setting was on 1280x1024 True Color. Clicking onto Apply a message was displayed: "The dispaly control panel is unable to change the display settings. The graphics driver returned an unexpected error" The driver is Intel(r) 82815 Graphics …

so i got my computer about 5 mounths ago,and i was instaling all these programs,and if i didnt like them, i would uninstall,but the thing is,sometimes i tried to delete them part by part,and i think them stayed there,i have parts off games and program folders left,but i dont know …

In the "Folder Options" of windows "Tools" Menu, after changing "view panel" to show "Hidden Files & Folders" and after clicking Apply & OK and close the window the computer still doesn't show Hidden Files & Folders. On reopening the Folder Options the Radio Button has gone back to "Do …

My daughter has a Dell desktop with XP Pro. It has been rather slow for no reason that I could find. Over the weekend it started to switch off for no apparent reason. The were no messages. Now it won't even boot into Windows. When it gets as far as …

who would think something so wonderful could be so annoying... right my problem is iv stopped a registery value (through spybot) for my btinternet wireless connection manager and it stoped working , however it would still connect to the internet. when attempting to connect to a diferent wireless network i …

hi all, my computer have a trouble now. when i played the game my computer get hang for a few times but this problem never happen before. after hang then i close the game, i got 800 x 600 screen resolution on my computer. sometimes it make me must to …

I got his error and i couldn't unistall a software: Error Code: -5005 : 0x8007000d Error Information: >Kernel\KernelMedia.cpp (95) >SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (1594) pAPP:Logitech SetPoint PVENDOR:Logitech PGUID:2E8EAC71-BFE4-417A-88F0-5A1BDFBCF5D3 $7.1.100.1248 @Windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) BT_OTHER 560.0 here is my hijack this file: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:05:09 …

I have an old coputer which the c drive has failed it was partitioned to be c & d I have ghost 2003 backups on d (which can be moved elswhere) I now have the drive in a case which has usb connection can I use ghost to restore from …

My machine crashed, after overclocking the RAM and CPU (have reset default clock settings), I am now unable to completely boot Windows (safe or normal mode), the machine locks up after the XP boot screen completes...I cannot see my home-screen. I am currently posting this thread using the same system, …

i have a Toshiba p205-s7476 and after i turn the computer on it asks how do I want ti to boot up if i start it normally or not the black screen appears with the arrow pointer. Can anyone help?

Hello, I've been having problems with my folder options and regedit, but I managed to fix it thanks to some info I found here on these forums, now my problem is that now I have my folder options back but everytime I choose the option "Show all hidden files and …

Hello all, I have a potential problem here. I have 2 XP cd's (laptop and desktop) [B]neither of which[/B] are in their product code envelopes. Now if I should ever have to reinstall XP in the desktop.... How do I figure out which is the correct cd? I don't feel …

i recently installed the new IE. ever since then, my browser freezes alot and i have to close the window because i get a "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message. how do i fix this problem? thanks in advance

Hello all, I am planning on building a windows based pc. I have a few questions: 1. I have an upgrade edition xp pro cd and an OEM edition of vista. Will any of them work? 2. Would the use of used parts be a better deal? 3. What are …

i use mozilla firefox, and have just added mcafee site advisor but can not get on all web sites because of mcafee. how do i uninstall mcafee site advisor

This morning my daughter was using her laptop (an HP Pavillion) when it just shut down. When we restarted it the screen is black and shows this: Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082) Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethenet COntroller v2.13 (020326) CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 …

Hi Everyone, I am new to Windows 2003 Server, this is my first server and I need help with two tasks. The first is I want to transfer a exisiting php/mysql website I have on another server, to a windows 2003 server I have @ home. Server 1 Hosts the …

I have a network that consists of a server running windows 2003 server SP2, which has been dcpromo'ed to a Domain Controller. And 2 workstations both running WinXP Pro SP2. All machines have a static IP address set, and are all on the same subnet. Both workstations have their windows …

Well, I havent been taking really good care of my computer, and theres alot of junk on it, and useless programs running and all that crap, I wouldnt be suprised if there were quite a few viruses on it. I heard reformating/reinstaling the OS might be soemthing good to do. …

Hi Folks - Hoping someone can help me out here - please. I am having trouble with setting up a home webserver using 2003 server. I have read lots but that just seems to confuse me more. I have a server with two network cards and a netcomm nb9w router. …

I am a networking student. I need to work with server 2003. [COLOR="Red"]Can I load it onto a external drive and use it?[/COLOR] I have a newer computer which will boot from the USB port. But being new to server 2003, I wondered if I could place it on a …

Hi..Can't figure this out! My friend's computer crashed after running a virtual community. I've tried loading windows both by way of repair and clean install. Every time stop code 000000050 creeps up and when we try a fresh installation, it says there are no partitions listed to format. It says …

I am a Windows 98 user and only go online to access my email via Netscape. Nothing more. Lately my dial-up connection has been shutting off before I can finish reading my emails and I am forced to connect again. Can anyone explain the reason for this? If I can't …

I have Norton AntiVirus 2007 installed on my HP Media Center computer, running Windows XP. Yesterday I tried Norton’s Live Update to download the latest definitions. I received a “LU1812: A program that was part of this update failed when it ran. “ error message toward the end of the …

A few weeks ago, i tried to install a 320 GB Seagate hard drive. After i installed it, my computer began to restart randomly. I decided it would be a good idea to open my computer, and yank out the hard drive. (I don't know as much about computers as …

Hey everybody! First post! I consider myself a pretty tech-savvy dude, and for the most part I'm able to solve just about any problem that has come up with my computers over the years. This one is kinda weird. It only happens when I am burning several cds in succession …

I have a dell laptop a little older version and it runs windows 98 when i turn on the lap top i recieve this error message. " This programhas performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists contact the program vendor. Explorer casued an invalid …

HI Guys I got a new laptop with Vista Home Basic on it. Specs are: [COLOR=green]AMD Turion 64 MK36/1024MB RAM/80GB HDD/128MB Graphics[/COLOR] There are certain things that I want to do but can not because of Vista compatibility issue. Now it has two partitions one 65 gb as C:/ and …

Recently when i try to play a game or listen music on windows media player i cant hear anything. The games just dont have any sound and on windows media player a small red "x" appears next the song and the following message pops up: "Windows Media Player encountered a …

" there is a file or folderon your computer called"c:\program" which could cause certain applications to not function correctly.renaming it to "c:\program2" would you like to rename it now?" it asks for renaming or to ignore this is the error i am getting when i start the system. pls guide …

Hi All, Every time I start my computer up the process 'explorer.exe' goes into overdrive taking up 99% of the CPU. I have tested for viruses, adware, malware etc. I have also defragmented the hard drive. Can anyone please help me before I throw this PC away? Regards, Peter

HELP, In Mozilla (it doesn't happen with I.E.) it opens window after window endlessly it say "Entering YahooBuildToolbar". I deleted Mozialla and reinstalled but it didn't solve the problem any help would be much appreciated. thanks Brant

hello, My question is ~Is window vista is good version of its family? As in my opinion its a very bad version of its family,as to install u need a good graphics card and lots of harddisk, lots of ram and i think that it doesn't support to MS DOS …

Hello everyone! I work IT for a small school, and I am having issues with my server. It seems as though at different intervals, my domain controller will not recognize authorized users. This has been an issue since we lost power due to an enormous ice storm. I have checked …

Well, for the past 2 weeks or so, i have been having a random problem with my internet explorer. At random, a little window pops up that sais: MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ DEBUG LIBRARY Debug assertion failed! Program: C:\Program Files\GameSpot\GameSpotDownloadManager_Win32.exe File: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\list Line: 776 Expression:list erase iterator …

Hi, I have a problem where on initially it appeared that I had no start menu / desktop on Windows XP SP2. Whilst looking which at a number of threads , and performing some invistagation they eventually appeared after 5/10 mins. The system has symantec AV and is free. New …