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I apologize If this is the wrong forum to post this type of message...feel free to redirect me thanks. I own a Dell XPS running windows XP...the pc did not come with any backup cd's (I was told all the backups and info can be located online)... I was hit …

In the past two days I've been trying to login into my ftp server, but just nothing works. I use Norton Antivirus, but I can't find nothing that helps me solve the problem. This is what I get I use Cute FTP Proffesional [COLOR="Green"] STATUS:> [12/25/2007 5:31:05 PM] Getting listing …

Going back over the last 10 years of daily computing, it seems that around every 3000- 5000 hours of use my computer (there have been many ) reaches a point where anything it does is considerable slower then when a fresh install of windows occurred. Looking at my hijack log, …

Hello, I am experiencing some strange behavior while using the windows XP RDP client. we use active domain to validate all users. so when a user opens RDP to connect to a terminal server it pops up with the login screen, the user name usually appears as: DOMAIN\username the user …

hey guys, I am having problems with my audio driver. It an onboard audio controller on a asu A8V-VM motherboard. I have tried the realtek driver and a driver from asus but they all give me the error "windows vista cannot verify publisher of driver" would you like to continue, …

Okay, my problem is this, my computer (HP) will turn on and does the usual beep to notify that it's working. A few seconds after that it just keeps beeping repeatedly, the CD drive opens and closes when I hit the button, the monitor shows the normal HP Pavillion startup …

Hi guys, I have a strange problem, my system's regedit doesnt function or open im using windows xp2, it gives me a stange message saying that its restricted by administrator, please help....

Help! for some unknown reason I cannot save to the favourited folder, i jusy get an " unspecified error". I am running windows XP home. I have tried uninstallin IE7 and re-installing it but still the same prob.... john

I just recently installed my intel core 2 duo in my computer, not sure if thats the problem. Somebody said that I should set something in my BIOS, but I don't know what to configure, hopefully you guys know. I'm getting this when I try to start up my computer, …

OK I REALLY need somebody's help. I have an old compaq presario 2800 running windows xp home. Ok, it was working perfectly then all of a sudden, the logon screen doesn't appear. THe compaq logo displays, and then the microsoft windows xp screen, but after the microsoft logo, nothing else. …

Hi, I am having problems with my Mum's Athlon 2800+ Computer system. It is failing to boot however, the processor fan, floppy drive and cd all power up. But no life with the screen. Is says no input detected. I know the screen works and i have tried several different …

Hi all , My problem stems from ancestry.com Down load enhanced viewer page the opportunity to download this utility (The page) keeps reloading itself. I have been a member of this .com for 3 yrs with no probes . I have used the E.V all the time its just in …

My Computer was running fine this morning. Everything worked apart from the wireless, which hasn't been working for a week. I was just using my keyboard, and the lights went of, I tried to use my mouse, at that stopped working as well. I restarted my PC, using the button …

OK so I re-formatted my Dell 4350 running Windows XP and it won't acknowledge my printer (an HP1210) plugged in to a USB port. I can't add it going about the usual means - I can install the printer disk info but its not acknowledging its even plugged in. If …

Hi Friends, I am vikas from india , i have just now joined the community and i am very happy to find all technical gurus in the community , i am pursuing engneering in electronics and communication (4 year cource). i have some problem and i hope here i will …

i have an hp zx5000 and i have all my rebooting discs but for some reason when i restart with the cd and hit the space bar it doesn't give me the option to reboot. do i have a virus? when i sign in my desktop has no icons or …

Everything seems to go fine, everything copy's to the hard drive and it is partioned fine, but when it reboots to go into the GUI mode for the rest of the setup it just sits on "Press any key to boot from cd-rom....." no matter how long I leave it. …

How much faster is xp 64 than 32? Is vista 64 ready for prime time yet? Will 64 bit make video editing faster? I have some questions on this and if anyone can answer I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

i have 2 computers, home & work, home is 2000 server on an IBM laptop, work is XP on a Dell i run Firefox & yahoo e-mail on both. both have office 2003 and both have same 3rd party programs installed. on work computer i can attach word.docs, send & …

Hi Friends, I am vikas from india , i have just now joined the community and i am very happy to find all technical gurus in the community , i am pursuing engneering in electronics and communication (4 year cource). i have some problem and i hope here i will …

awhile ago, i was having this problem logging in to normal mode without explorer.exe running... [COLOR="Red"]jbennet[/COLOR] ( [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/member33110.html[/url] ) suggested me to run [B][I]sfc /scannow[/I][/B] and a scandisk to check my drive for errors... i did all those things but i worsen the situation... to see the whole thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread102213.html[/url] …

Every once in a while my screen flashes and the toolbar and all windows have the old school border around them. the tool bar goes back to the old beige windows look and them i lose all audio. Once i restart it goes back to normal but does it every …

i got vista but want to install a game on windows so i set up vmware to run windows xp and i got wireless and the wireless does not work in vmware so i tried disbaling the wireless in vista but the xp in vmware doesnt work so how do …

After I switch my computer off I can't switch it back on again for about 5 hours. This has only recently started and to my knowledge I have not changed any settings. Anybody any ideas what is causing this?

I attempted my first reformat. Doesn't seem to be going well. After the process, I got this message: "NTDLR is missing." I searched around the web and found the solution, but then I had a boot.ini problem, which once again I found the solution on the web. Now when I …

after i reformatted my computer, my PC wasn't detecting my Nvidia card(GeForce 5200) so can anybody help me?

Hi all, just wondering what could cause my computer to not detect my its harddrives one time and then be able to detect them other times, apart from loose connections (those are simple to sort if it is).

i have a problem, i want to reboot my computer like wipe it start fresh, but im on vista i put in my old xp disc and it said 'This program is blocked due to compatibility issues' i want to put my old xp back on, and when i put …

im trying to reformat my pc, i get a message saying no emulation and then it boots up,what can it be, i also keep getting a bebugging message. HELP.

Problem: After installing the Windows Vista update that was recently released, whenever I boot my laptop there is a problem. It boots Windows fine, and after logging into my Windows account, and after my account loads, it goes to a black screen, with the cursor showing, and nothing else. About …

i have 2 problems..one with a desktop alienware aurora, i tried to full reinstall windows xp, once i enter the set up screen and press enter to begin installation, i get an error saying windows does not detect a harddrive, though bios detects it, aswell as the p.o.s.t..im assuming its …

Hello. I'd appreciate any ideas. No sites seem to tell me what this is: when I go to shut down my computer, an error message pops up that simply says, "fail" nothing more. I X it out and the computer shuts down. What is this????

I have just downloaded a game called Broken Sword 2 - Shadows of the templar. There are two iso images. The first does not execute. First when I try to burn it on Nero it comes with 'Incorrect block size.' Then I use WINISO to open it and when I …

i have a sony dvd r/w drive that i can't get to play dvds on my pc. can some please help me out i have windows 10 on my win XP home?

Hello everyone. I'm here just to ask a simple question. The link I'm about to show you is about a certain video card which I've been saving up to buy it. This is the Geforce 8800 GT The requirements and other information is shown here: [B] GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800 …

This makes me even more determined not to buy it! I just looked up the system requirements for Halo 2, which supposedly run on a Pentium 3; however Microsoft supposedly only released it for Vista. My system is too slow to run Vista and I honestly don't know if I …

Hi, I was trying to install Win XP PRO w/SP2 on a 20GB hdd and after formating the hard drive it started to copy the files and after copying about 57% an error popped up (Setup cannot copy the file "wininet.dll") first I tried to retry but no luck so …

intel P4 1.8A ghz/512/400/1.5v with an intel d845WN MoBo, seasonic ss-300agx power supply it has 12v 18a, e-GeForce FX 5200 128MB agp vid card, 768mb DDR ram (512 pc133, 256 pc 133). hd western digital 60 gb (C:) & maxtor 40 gb (D:). DVD rom and 16x DVD burner. rest …

My comp keeps on hanging everytime im on the internet. i recently installed AVG 7.5 but nothing is solved....wat should i do?

I need to know if Office 97 (full version) can be loaded & operated on Windows XP before I buy new software. (Bought new computer, lost key to my old Office 97) Thanks, mhmac

Hello, I have a problem with mapped drives with Access. I have a shared s: drive where people go to use our access database, one of our admin accounts people is on another workgroup within the building that has another s: drive already so her drive is mapped to y: …

my web connection freezes when I m on the web for about 3 mins and I have to re-boot. Only just started to happen in the last day. I'm running: windows xp broadband 1gb ram have installed latest video driver s/w delated all temp files and cookies have run virus …

so after cleaning my comp with all those spyware trojans rar! my firefox browser now has a green puzzle piece on above my tabs.. hmm im not a comp savvy pls dnt laugh at me hehhe.. help pls?

hi guys i got a pritty big problem. my computer is so stuffed basically.... i had a harddrive which kept blue screening and i couldnt get it to fix so i brought a new hdd, here we are about a month down the track, and my new hdd i brough …

Hi, I am using vs 2005 asp.net/vb.net . My screens appear very small on the browser. How can i hide the IE toobars to get a full screen view of my pages ? Kindly help Regards SANJISH

Anyone else tried the SP3 Release Candidate?

I have two Windows Server 2000 machines that have an issue with Ctrl-Alt-Del Machine 1 is an Exchange Server and is logged in but pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect (Not showing the screen with change password, lock computer, task manager, ect...) Machine 2 is a SQL Server and is logged …

Hello, This problem is similar to others that I've seen posted but nothing was quite the same and the solutions that I've tried (e.g. rebooting or upgrading router) didn't help. When connecting to the net from home, I can get to any web site that I want to just fine …

Hi guys, you're probably sick of these threads, but i'm no closer to an answer than i ever was. ok, the motherboard is an asus, the router is a netgear. the OS is vista HmePre.32bit all drivers are the latest. there's no firewall running, no antivirus, no nothing. (until i …

Whenever I try to install Vista or XP I get the same problem. It will boot to the disk after I get the message telling me to press any key to boot from CD then it will install but then after it tries to restart it isnt able to. I …