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Hi, [B]I am using windows Xp home edition. I need to activate the Windows-xp within 30 days. So, to overcome this problem i took the drive backup where i had installed windows Xp. But, when i restore it back in DOS mode the number of days left for activating is …

Hi, I forgot my local PC administrator password is there a way to reset it without reinstall my whole OS. Thks

I am receiving the null parameter/serializationStream error message when I try to access my hp Imaging Gallery on my Dell Dimension 4600 computer on which I have Windows XP Home.

HAve a computer that will not access a particular domain minolta-copier-new-used.com. When attmepting to it just searches and searches without ever finding it. All other machines go to it fine except the one so I presume something has been set with the browser IE6 that is preventing it from loading. …

Im trying to convert a word (2007) doc to a pdf (acrobat version 8) and have pathed directory links but sthey wont show up in the pdf. Is there anyway to convert a doc to a pdf with these links in tact?

elow everyone i need help about my yahoo messenger,it seems it has a virus how can i remove the virus? ? and i got also problem about my IE homepage it seems it has a spyware or a virus because on blue color where the maxima,minimum and close there is …

Hi. We use IIS 5.1 on Windows XP pro to serve a simple website to our office. We need to secure it so that only our team has access. Have tried unchecking "Allow Anonymous Access" in IIS, but this causes windows vista machines to require a login with a username …

Hello I am trying to set desktop background on multiple machines. I can not change gpo to do it so want to run to machine. I just can not remember where to put bitmap to have it overwright existing backgound. I browse to user profile I want to change but …

For some reason I can not open more than one window in internet explorer. If I click on a link, it will open a new page in a new window, but close the window I was in. Any direction for help would be great. Thanx!

I have a Dell laptop, Win2000, Linksys router, wireless card. All have worked and connected perfectly from January until Saturday, Dec 8. I ran a full virus scan on Dec 7. It found a couple things, fixed them, and I went on like normal. I played online for a little …

I recently got a new computer equipt with Windows Vista. My last computer used XP and I was very competent using a variety of bit torent programs. With Vista I've successfully downloaded several torrent programs that are Vista friendly, I've even successfully downloaded things using the programs, but when the …

"Dell pc with Windows XP Home Edition when booting up, screen goes black, then reads: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD Rom select 'r' at the first …

New member. Got to this site by Googling "programming vista C++"; wild thread exchange from a couple of weeks ago with implications that some folks might have the answer I need. Basic question is whether my partner & I can adapt a longstanding, robust C/C++ program we've been marketing so …

I have a suddenly popped up problem in opening the pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Reader in my windows 2000 machine. I was opening files peacefully till last week, suddenly it slowed down and now only the first flash page comes up...... I had both Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and 6.0 …

I need help. Whenever I start up my laptop, either normally or by using safe mode, it gets a BSOD and restarts. The BSOD lasts approx 1/2 a second. The top of the BSOD was UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME the STOP message was *** STOP : 0x000000ED (0x8x70?900,0xCD000006,0x00000000,0x00000000) The ? in the middle …

Hello, Can anyone introduce on what are the anti-virus compatible to Microsoft Windows Server 2003? I have been using Microsoft Windows XP but now I change to use Microsoft Window Server 2003 due to certain requirement. However, I found that Windows Server 2003 cannot support many software like XP can. …

I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I …

This problem has been ongoing for around two months, it fixed itself for about three days in early November, but then went back to crap. The problem is when I'm using websites that have several images (Myspace, Facebook, etc) about 90% of the images won't load, they'll just have the …

I've had trouble for a LONG time with IE 7. Can't delete cookies, temp files, or do anything to change my browser settings since my Tools/Internet Options Tab does nothing. I cannot access this through my control Panel either. This means I can't download bank info, etc. Anyone have a …

I have a problem that i hope can be solved. The sytem i inheritied on Monday is a very strange setup. 1 Domain Controller which is really file and printserver. All the 40 laptops are in a workgroup. I have 8 laptops at work that see the Wireless Router, but …

Hello, I am having a problem removing a program. I am logged on as a administrator but when I go to control panel add/remove programs and click nothing happens. I am able to use control panel to do other things. My operating system is windows xp. Thanks in advance for …

I am getting a line that starts my emails off that reads " Clean DocumentEmail false false false " Now, I understand that this is an XML error where a tag is most likely missing, but 1. i do not know what that tag is 2. i dont even know …

I have a HP mx 70. running MS me, with HP Scanjet 2300C and HP Deakjet 845C. My problem is I have some documents to edit..all text, no images. When I preview and accept the document under the "scan document", Editable text" sent to MS Works.it looks right. Everything is …

Hello Specialists, Since a few days the system process of XP starts writing on my C drive at a speed of more than 1 GB an hour. Within Explorer the file can't be seen, although within Properties on Drive level the space occupance is shown. After reboot the diskspace is …

[B][I][COLOR="red"][COLOR="Green"]I have a user that uses Excel a bunch. He recieves reports and assignment sheets from other users as well. Right now, if he tries to double click on a file in an email, it will open excel but not the file. Make sense? Same goes for a shortcut to …

Hi Everyone I am thinking about buying Vista ultimate edition which is costing me way less than as an OEM than a retail boxed software. The thing is it really is not a very plausible option for me to dish out £300+ on a new retail boxed one. WHat are …

I downloaded Azuerus and BitLord but whenever I download a torrent, let's call it: "Download.torrent" I get a message whenever the torrent software opens saying "download.torrent not a recognized .torrent file" This happens for every torrent I try. What do I do??

No more defragging. real time chk dsk while idle, if needed. 15 second or under boottime. free antivirus in OS. More config like tiny firewall. Better rollback like go back except, exclude dirs, drives and file types--with vault to retrieve rolled back files. Built in spell checker that will work …

i locked my computer with a password, just like any old password, and i know i remember it, but the password doeseont work to unlock my computer, how do i fix it and whats going on?

Hello, I'm running an HP 513w, and up until recently, have had no, or minor, problems. Currently, I have a problem however. My computer is now prone to randomly shut down, although not completely. I can still hear it running, but the screen goes black, and the green power button …

So I started my girlfriends laptop today and plugged my USB phone charger in. It had never been connected to this computer before. Then after a while, we just held the power button to shut down the computer as we were in a hurry. Then when we restarted laptop, the …

Hi! Thanks for the time. Anyhow, I'm having trouble on my laptop with a CD-ROM drive that is going undetected on my computer in explorer, device manager, disk management, and in pretty much everything else :(. I'm pretty certain the problem in linked to me using a virtual drive (in …

HI i recently got a problem wid openin drives in my windows xp sp2 version.IF i double clik them they wont open but instead a new tab opens askin me to chose a program from the list to open but i can open the drive by typing its name in …

Hi, I want to make an autorun data cd that will play music and animation during cd loading nybody can help me how to do it.Plz give me suggesion.

I've been looking around to find out how to get rid of this darn "DCADS" Program off my computer, but I cant find it. Also ive been noticing my performance is kinda lacking, I found some people said to run the hijackthis program so i did, here is my findings, …

i am unable to download anything. some of my software that needs to connect to the internet cannot connect. ie7 was not working however opera and firefox still work. i am unable to view some flash and some hyperlinks dont work at all. i tried to use the system restore …

how do you setup outlook to recieve msn,gmail, and yahoo

Hi, My laptop keeps going to the BSOD everytime I boot it up. The message says: ***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF8A7F528, 0xC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000) Any ideas on how to stop this??

I ran Hijack This to see if I had anything wasting my memory, since I only have 256. I don't know what "extra button" is for. Should I post in malware? I don't suspect any malware; I just want to cut out any stuff not needed. Thanks! Here is the …

nothing life threatning, just annoying i had a long in depth post set up before, but on attempting to preview i got the "for members only" page (wireless connection reset?) so here it is in the bare bones version: my comp: dell m1710 t2500 (2ghz) 2gb ram XP Prof SP2 …

System: Windows XP Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz 4 gigs Ram XFX 8800 GTS 640mb Gigabyte Motherboard Just built my new computer and it was working just fine last night and the 3 weeks since I completed building it. I tried to hook up a floppy drive from my old comp. …

Hi, I coulnt find much under search, I was hoping someone can point me in the right direction for a tutorial on how to install a new hard drive. I have never done this before and Im not sure where the jumpers should be, should i put them in the …

hi i need serious help, i need to put a video editing program on the school pc so i can do my media project (media course with no IT software makes sense lol) but i can't open any files that end in .exe or .bat, is there any way round …

i have a sony vaio and a couple of days ago i plugged it into a projector, since then the display on the laptop is strange, the fonts a bit burry, pictures not clear, its hard to explain but the display used to be crystal clear! i can't figure out …

Hello all, I'm hoping I can get some help here. Something very strange is going on with my pc, and I'm pretty sure it's an HTML issue. Basically every internet page takes forever to load. Going into TASK MANAGER I see the "SYSTEM" process goes up to about 65% or …

Two or three weeks ago I encountered an error while booting up my computer. I switch on the machine, it makes its way to the blue login menu which contains my user account, and as I'm entering my information the blue screen of death flashes on the screen and the …

guys i have vista on a small hard drive i just want to clone it onto a larger drive whilst still making it bootable, then i can format the smaller drive and use it for media storage. can anyone suggest a suitable, idiot proof cloning software i could use? many …

Hello guys, I have a problem with my email domain under Exchange. For example, my email domain is currently "microsoft" for the email domain. The email domains "mail.microsoft.lan", "microsoft.lan", and "microsoft.lan" are 3 old domins that were previously created. These email domains continue to be automatically included as email alieases …

I have a problem with my company website. We were hosting it on our network and now we are hosting offsite. When entering the URL from within the company it still takes me to our old website which is internal. Whe I am at home, the URL goes to the …

Sound is not working on my computer ever since i deleted some viruses. Any help would be appreciated.