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My 1yr old computer had just gotten bogged down. It was randomly closing my browsers on Internet Explorer. It would freeze alot, and sometimes it wouldent let me close a program. My fix for it was to just wipe it. I felt it needed it anyway. So, I got the …

This is a challenge. My cursor seems to jump all over. When I'm typing in one spot, it jumps to another and continues there. Or, even better yet, if I'm typing an e-mail it will delete it and save it in drafts. This is a brand new Acer 5520. I'm …

Alright, about 3 months ago I bough an HP Pavilion laptop that has Vista on it as well as the HP docking station. For almost 3 months, everything worked fine, then about a week and a half ago, everything hit the fan. My first problem is the network center. It …

I just got my replaced 250gb hdd today and was copying some data from my WD external hdd.Firstly it was copying those files at a normal speed.But then it started to slow down.I restarted my computer then it was taking more time to load.I checked the eventvwr and got these …

Renos.y is the name of the trojan that my AV software picked up (trend micro antivirus), but it's unable to delete the Trojan and I can’t open the drive D, E, F. so what do i do now? Maybe I should reinstall my computer and restore the data with EASEUS …

Please forgive any breach of protocol and politely correct if necessary. I could not find any threads specifically responding to this topic so I'm (obviously) posting a new one. I have Outlook 2003 and it is paralytically slow opening any links mentioned in email. I've tried clearing cache memory and …

i need hlp i have my x box 360 hooked up to my computer and internet hooked up to my computer but cant get on x box live how can i get on says cant get ip

Hi, My friend had to clean-reinstalled XP pro on his laptop because the cpu was running at very high percentage. Now after reinstall, the cpu is running at 50% constantly. Does anyone know what is wrong? thanks in advance

I have a friend's laptop with Vista. When you boot up, and try to log in it takes a few minutes then stalls before the desktop icons and taskbar show up. All I get is the wallpaper and mouse pointer. I can't right click and the windows key on the …

can some tell me what program do I need, and how to add my own music to my Ipod? thanks!!!!!!!!! I have a windows 2000 and a windows vista!!!

Hi, I installed an add-on to IE7 and my computer stalled. After forcing a restart, the started getting a variety of error messages during boot-up, all pointing to corrupted or not found - \windows\system32\config\system or <windows root>\system32\hal.dl or <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe or \windows\inf\biosinfo.inf I have tried the repair process - it …

I really don't know why my PC always crashes when I play music, when I play NBA Live 08, sometimes when I open Yahoo Messenger, also mozilla firefox often had errors too. I already restored my system a lot of times but the problem is still there. Can u plaese …

Hi, first let me say that I am particularly new to all things hardware. I have just upgraded my motherboard, and processor... My processor has been upgraded from a 32 bit AMD XP 2000 (1.667 GHz?) to a 64 bit AMD 3600+ -- Please forgive any inaccuracy in the exact …

Is there a way or is there a utility CD that can scan your HDD for Spyware/Adware and nasties when you pc cannot boot up. This is like scanning for virus from a bootable cd. Can you point me to a web site or a software that can do this …

Will this computer program run well on Windows XP 2005? What year computer is it designed to work on? Thanks.

Just formatted my computer for the first time, and now cannot connect to the internet. I think I need to install drivers, or something. I have an Intel Avalon D915GAV motherboard, judging by this picture: [URL=http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unitow6.png][IMG]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8251/unitow6.th.png[/IMG][/URL]. I have an Ethernet cable line, with Charter Communications. One more pic: [URL=http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bahjw8.png][IMG]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7821/bahjw8.th.png[/IMG][/URL] So …

Hi all, So this is a prblem I've had for a while now. I've since given up trying to get my pc to start up right, having moved to a crappy laptop for my computing needs for the time being. It all happened about 2 or 3 months ago, after …

I play a lot off games on line, and I would like to know if I could have one startup in win xp home for say only games, meaning disabling any services are running programs that I would not use for gaming commiting all memory and pcu use to only …

Hey guys, I have a question. A few months ago, I was having a problem with my laptop and I ended up starting the process of reinstalling Windows XP over the version that is already on the laptop. I didn't finish the installation, though, and my laptop is fixed and …

Hi. I have 2 identical WD320 SATA drives. Drive C: which has Windows XP Pro installed, and drive D: which has XP pro installed. Drive C: is reserved for General PC use and Drive D: is for exclusive use of Flight Simulator. The purpose of having the 2 installs is …

Hi all, We recently purchased a new Toshiba Satellite X205-S7483 with Windows Vista Home Premium already installed. The *only* problem to date is the fact that it refuses to read my older Sony memory sticks, the bluish ones about 1-1/2" long, not the tiny xD or Duo sticks. I have …

I have Gateway Solo 1450 laptop with XP operating system. I was on battery, the battery gave out and computer went into hibernation. I plugged in the AC power adapter cable into the power connector. The battery charge indicator light came on. I pressed the power button above the keyboard …

Hi, I just got a brand spanking new computer, and like so many others was forced to give Vista a chance. So far its not been too bad. Except of course for the problems ;o) Here's one of them... The computer came with 1 Serial 200 Gig HD (ST320082) and …

Hi guys I am running microsoft virtual pc 32 bit version on my XP home computer. I had Virtual pc before and it was great, I ran linux and i surfed the internet with linux, during a cleanup i removed virtual pc thinking "i can download it again if i …

Hi! I want some information on windows vista with reference to operating system, about its process , memory, I/O, and file management. But i cant find any proper site containing all or any of this. Can anyone plz tell me where to get this sort of info on vista. Thanx.

I've searched for and found other instances of my problem on here, but the answers given weren't helpful to me, so here goes: I have an install of Windows XP Pro that failed to boot, with an "Operating System Not Found" error, after a software install. I've slaved the HDD …

Upon startup, I get an error message saying that CCApp can't start because it can't find atl71.dll. I hit cancel and things seem to be working o.k. Do I need this file? If so, how do I get it back? Thanks.

The other day, My BT Voyager 1055 receiver stopped working. I don't know why, but it had been running on XP drivers. I downloaded the Vista drivers, in device manager it said it was ok, but It don't think it is, as I can't find any networks. I might need …

when i try to install ms office 2003 on vista home premium it takes through the product key and everything but when i click install it says i am missing file: CS561404.CAB. what is the problem?

Ok... I'm sure you have heard about explorer.exe not loading when users login. Well I'm getting that problem and I was wondering if anybody has any kind of solution to this!? Anything? Any ideas? Basically, a user logs in with his or hers network login and password and the Desktop …

I have a Dell Inspirtion 8200. When I first boot up my computer I have a small Dell Welcome Screen Popup and a Large Black Box Around the rest of the screen. My actual Desktop Screen is the same way unless I change the screen resolution to 1600 by 1200. …

Got a major promblem with my computer here, ok so im using it perfect then it kind of locked up so i had no choice but to restart it pressing the power button. I restart it, then it comes up with the do you want to run windows normally or …

I recently installed a program and then realisd days later that i didnt need it any more. I uninstalled the program and deleted all files assoc. with the program. I wasnt sure if i had completely wiped the program so i checked the add/remove programs list in the control panel. …

So this all started last night, I was playing World of Warcraft when my computer just froze, i had to manually restart it. My computer freezes often, it used to be every 5 minutes until I bought a table fan and have it blowing into my computer, it now only …

hey guys, ummm im not that gewd with computers, but ummm ive been trying to copy movie files (mostly .avi) onto a thumb drive then copy them from the thumb drive onto other compters. everytime i do it the movie wont play on the computer. ive tried using a few …

Hi all! On my XP machine most of my USB drives do not show up on the My Computer list of drives. I know it can be seen because it shows up on the 'safely remove drive' list and I can get to it via msdos (ewwww). I fixed this …

Whats the best way to upgrade to XP Pro

Hello, I am having issues with visiting ANY website on internet explorer or firefox and it says I am connected(I am hardwired to a d-link modem). I have tried a lot of solutions from reading oher threads from this site and nothing seems to work. I went out and bought …

hi to all. i have a file in my usb flash drive that was accidentally cutted by my friends to his local computer. His hard disk was bad now and not detected by bios anymore, i also tried to put the hard disk to another pc but it doesnt work …

Anyone that can offer any assistance to this thread please do so soon. :( I am running Windows XP Pro w/SP2 - Custom built system Last week I unfortunately caught a bug - (google / maxfiles) pop up virus of some sorts. I have McAfee installed but it did not …

I got a new camera and docking station and after installing the software things have gone wrong with my PC. The PC boots as far as the login screen, i click on my profile and the profile begins to load but soon after the PC reboots before the desktop is …

So I got a new computer but the guys installed windows to the wrong Hard Drive. I ordered three with the computer. Two 500 gigs which are raided and an 80 gig which I planned on taking out and replacing with a 300gig that has all the files from my …

Greetings, I'm a software person but a total noob when it comes to hardware and getting things to work within the spatial dimensions of our universe. That being said, I've had a HP Pavilion notebook computer for about a year and a half now. It has two internal harddrives at …

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with Windows XP Professional from my work and it will only let me log in as a former employee. It is an old computer we don't use anymore and I am wondering what I need to do to get the ability to access the …

Hey, How do you change what icons appear on the desktop when you load windows vista? I know one way is to right click, personalise, and under tasks select change desktop icons. Is there another way? Because My Favourites is always onthe desktop even when i delete it and it …

I just did a cold install of Vista on a self-built system. Didn't load any other software or drivers. Just Vista. The problem is that I can't do a reboot. When I choose the restart option, Vista shuts down, the screen goes black, and the computer hangs. Power stays on, …

I have an E-machine that is about 3 1/2 to 4 yrs old. As of recently, my computer will start to boot up and then just freeze. If I play around with it, starting it and stoping it I can get it to finally load. It also will not fire …

A power outage shut down my Dell Latitude D800, running XP Sp2. When I powered it back up, it won't get past the black Dell initialization screen. The progress bar gets nearly to the end as usual, but stops short at about 95%. Before, it would complete the bar quickly, …

Please help! All of a sudden I am seeing red squares where my advertisements on web pages should be. This is on all web sites I go on and I don't know why, but it's really annoying! Can anyone tell me how to repair this problem? I would be extremely …

my windows 2000 pro has corrupt its ntoskrnl.exe, and i run recovery console hoping to fix my prob... but when i reboot, the error says "i/o disk error please ctrl alt del".... i already tried to slave my windows 2000 pro in other working computer but theres an error "drive …