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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 …

I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/MMX computer that uses Windows 98SE. I've been using Outlook Express 6.0 as my email client without any problems. But yesterday when I opened OE to read my messages I noticed a yellow triangle at the lower right of the window that read "ERROR!" …

I cannot seem to log on to the internet using my cable modem anymore. I do not have a problem using dial up. I downloaded Windows Service Pack2 and things seemed to be fine. I then removed my Norton Anti-virus Program and when i tried to access the internet using …

This is my first post to this forum. I have recently purchased the compaq presario V6409TU laptop. When I wnat to reinstall windows xp professional (service pack -2)in it.I am not able to do so some one told me to first disable SATA drive, then reinstall windows xp professional and …

Recently I noticed that my hard drive seemed to be running excessively and slowing my computer down. Using Process Explorer I noticed that I had Hardware Interrupts using up as much as 50% of my CPU. I have scanned my computer with Spybot, Adaware and Symantec AV and everything was …

Does anyone know how to restore the LPT1 port in Windows XP/SP2? triend reboot and restore and no go.. somehow uninstalling 2 printers caused LPT1 to be deleted from the System.. in addition the printer spooler is having issues re: parrallel port Jack

I had a new call stating that they lost thier profile on a windows XP machine networked to a Win2000 server. They stated when they shut on friday everything was ok. Then on Monday when they opened thier profile was gone and in its place was user.servername.001 (I took a …

I have outlook 2003. I had to unistall adobe photoshop because it went corrupt. I have Microsoft digital image pro 10 for my picture program. After uninstalling my adobe photoshop I can't view pictures as attachments in outlook anymore. Do I have to reinstall adobe and why wouldn 't my …

Is there software available that will get my comp to recognise is sound driver so that my sound will work again

Ok, thanks in advace for any help anyone can give me. I am not to good at computer things so sorry if my question is a stupid one. Ok first off I am in Japan so the computer that I am having problems with is running Japanese operating systems. I …

Last nght i just shut off my computer after playing some world of warcraft, turned it on this mroning and it just got stuck at the blue bar loading screen. I can boot in safe mode, but I dont know what to do to make it load. I do not …

Hi, I've been having this intermittent startup problem and and I haven't found a solution yet. Once I start the Windows XP SP2 computer, everything looks normal as I can get to the log in screen. I then log in using an Admin account (the only user available) and the …