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l ve the procedure highlighted in the john barnett journal but l could not dual boot my laptop dv9428nr. pls help with like solution.

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Increase BROADBAND [/color][/size][size=2]This is for broad band connections, though it might work for dial up.[/size][/font] [list] [*][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=2]Make sure your logged on as actually "Administrator".[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=2]Start->Run->type gpedit.msc[/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=2]Expand the "Local Computer Policy" branch. [/size][/font][/color] [*][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=2]Expand the …

hello all, i noticed today the cd drive on my pc is gone without a trace i've searched the web and found several solutions, but none worked things i've tried are: - running regedit and deleting upperfilter and lowerfilter (actually, they were not present, so nothing to delete - downloaded …

At first did not show Folder options in Tools which I got later after a regedit but cant see show/hide files & folders in it. Can you guide where the fix is? Running Win XP SP2. Did system restore twice but seems to no avail.

I have recently tried to load a video program Disney/Pixas/Cars. My computer exceeds all the minimum requirements. I have a Compaq Presario S5000CL running a bundled Windows XP Home Edition. Each time I try to load the program it stalls out at 43%. A second attempt stalls out at 86%, …

Tired of clicking "No" when you're copying something and the folder has already got the same items ?? The dialog box that opens telling us about the duplication of files or folders has four options : Yes, Yes to All, No and Cancel ... No "No to All" ... You …

Ok here the thing my parents computer got a blue screen of death saying a registry file was missing. I put the xp cd that came with the computer to do the recovery console. I did a CHKDSK /r in the cmd and scaned got to 40% and just wouldnt …

Hi Everything fine yesterday. Today, cannot get past the "Error Loading Operating System" message. Am running a Dell Inspiron 1300 with nothing fancy. PC has been all around the world with me and no problems. Have run the Dell Diagnostics and everything passed. Cannot actually get in to change the …

haaaaaaaaaai guyz i tried to format my pendrive, as i found many viruses on it, of course i tried to delete or remove those viruses from it, but my try went in vain.... so i tried to format it, but it displayed a message " cannot delete/format files, bcoz its …

I installed BF2 on a new comp w/ vista, single player works good, but does not connect to multiplayer, says kicked for OS restrictions by punkbuster, do I need to re-install, I have already updated the patch on it and all of the vista updates. what do I do know?

Hi, I can't open my drives my double-click.But they can be easily opened when i press right click of mouse on drive and chose "open" or "Explore".I want to open them directly by mouse.I will be very thankful to them who will give me the solution of this problem.

I was running FIFA 08. I right clicked it in and saw something called Vistualization. Whats this?? Here is an example show for Firefox [img]http://i23.tinypic.com/2zzrfao.jpg[/img]

I have Windows xp, macfee, and a dsl provider, and i worked fine FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, but for almost two months i always receive the message The page cannot be display. I talked with the support of the internet provider and we made several conections and procedures but nothing worked, …

I really need your help, please help me if ya can! Anyway, I ran a virus/spyware scan and it deleted the threat, but ever since then I've had a problem. Whenever I logon to windows it shows the desktop (icons, taskbar, start menu ect.) then it dissapears and reapears a …

Hi, is there any one experineced in setting up IPP in windows? I have cups-driven print-server in networks and it works just fine with linux client, but setting it up in windows causing one big headache :-( What I did? I selected "new printer", then "connect to a printer in …

Ok so I go and delete my cookies,temp Internet files,ect. and then got to thinking huh I've never used system restore lets see If It even works It did I restored It to the last day but then realized that It restored the temp files and cookies and all so …

Hi!! I'm currently running windows 98 (first edition) and need to locate the appropriate drivers for the PCI ethernet controller which is in device manager under "other devices" with a yellow question mark with an yellow exclamation mark over it, I'm including the following information about my computer hoping it …

g'day new friends, we have the following pop up warning window: <Could not load File or Assembly 'MOM.Implementation, Version=2.0.2736.38608, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=90ba0c70f846762e' or one of its Dependencies, The system cannot find the file specified> we do not have the option to revert to an earlier restore point as a lot has …

alright well one day i restarted my computer and it came up with this "missing or corrupt file windows\system32\config\system". My computer said running a repair was necessary. So i whipped out my OS DVD and started repairing. So about 75% of the way through of "installing windows" it came up …

Hi, My first post here, and I feel bad its a request for help but you can be assured I'm going to contribute alot here. I really need help right now. Anyway, on to the problem; Why is it 'ultra' strange? I can not find any other instance of this …

I have heard things about windows vista being rubbish and buggy. But what is actually wrong with it?Can I go for it or is it better to opt for windows XP

I cann't change my homepage adress pls help me ... i formatted my windows but still that page is coming and i cant change it. Here is my log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 14:37:01, on 10.10.2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

Hi if anyone has time I need serious help.... ok i tried to upgrade to win xp it told me to delete the partition i did.... then it couldn't recognize my old op system so with no avail i gave up.... so i finally found my old win 2000 pro …

I am here a lot sooner than I would have thought. I have to hurry up and type because I keep getting a C+++ error and it closes down. Here is my problem. I have a new computer HP that I bought in Nov. because I didn't want Vista on …

Hi Every1 This is my Computer Configuration Mainboard : Asus A7V400-MX Chipset : VIA KM400 Processor : AMD Athlon MP @ 1333 MHz Physical Memory : 512 MB (2 x 256 DDR-SDRAM ) Video Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller KM400 Graphics Adapter Network Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller …

please if anyone can help....i am trying to delete all the old names from my msn contacts. Although i have been able to delete the contacts from my list, if i go to tools, options, privacy, and view the contacts i have a list in both the allowed and blocked …

Hi guys... I'm trying to find a MSI driver to install xp onto a SATA drive. K9VGM-V mobo K8M890/VT8237 chipset Tried MSI's site but can't find any drivers (?) No luck finding it anywhere else. Can someone help? Thanks in advance

this happened after installing a Logitech driver and the restore features haven't done anything to help me out. It seems to be limited to something the computer loads on a normal startup because it will hang or have problems after about 5 min. but there will be no problems at …

had some similiar issues that drove me crazy for a couple days. Windows XP started to freeze at boot when loading drivers. Was able to get to the HD with acroplis and make a backup. Thought an XP file was corrupt, so went to repair mode and fixboot, but this …

avg free is supposed to work on vista.. i have vista ultimate on a dell xps710 but as i install avg antivirus it bluescreens and says driver irql not less or equal, fwpkc1nt.sys address etc google search of this file gives no results..it must be an avg file..ive unistalled avg …

Windows updates will not install on my computer as it says I dont have a valid copy. I reinstalled windows and had to enter the key to get it to load and that worked so I know my copy is valid. The system is degrading by the day as windows …

I just got a new motherboard, processor, ram, and video card. I gotta gigabyte KT600 motherboard, athlon xp 2600, 512 pc3200 ram, and a radeon 9600 se. When i tried to install windows XP the screen kept freezing where it says "starting up windows". Then i tried using floppy startup …

Hy, please help For last two days I'm having problems with instalizing .net Framework 1.1 on my XP Pro SP2, I'm geting the information that " An error accurred while Windows Installer was Inizializing". The following steps I have made allreeady: I have install the mew version of WI 3.1(v2), …

A few days ago, my computer, running Win XP S2 couldnt find the drivers for the DVD-engraver. I looked on its website and it seems that there are no drivers for the DVD player. Then I plugged my phone on USB and he couldnt find the drivers for the phone …

Tryed to install ScanExpress 6000P andTextBridge on an xp, not reading the small ptint for windows3.1x/95/NT. As i had not used it for a long time and would like to use it again. As you can see it was not ment for xp, it did not install fully, and now …

ok, so my computer comtinally gets the 'blue screen of death', well to be specific its my mothers computer and i've called the tech guys and they've waked me through fixing it a few times but i want to fix it for once and for all and thats where i …

When starting WinXP, both desktop icons and quick launch icons appear. The hour glass appears and after a short time without starting an icon in the taskbar tray, the saving settings message appears and the computer turns off. When going to F8, safe mode, and running msconfig, checking the startup …

on my toshiba computer when i start it up all the tray and desktop icons dont come up and you cant click on anything and when u try to a everlasting hourglass comes up and the only way to restart is press the botton munually on another site a woman …

Please dont ask me how, I have mucked up mu outlook pst files. Now through trying to solve the issue I have 3 Personal Folders , thankfully i have the one with all my stored and sorted e-mails in. Except i have 2 which cannot be opened, deleted, closed or …

First off, I left my computer at home for 2 months thinking that my brothers will simply search for porn or chat or do whatever boys do when left alone on the computer, but came back to find my computer seriously altered. Stupidest thing ever right? My computer is a …

Hi Since yesterday I have been having problems with my computer. It has Windows XP 2002 Home Edition SP2. Since my computer has a lot of programs and stuff that I won't use I wanted to erase it with my original CD from WinXP 2002 Home Edition but what happens …

my windows xp crahses all the time very frequently and i have know idea why.. like 3 times every 45 mins

Hi guys, really after a bit of advice. Using at the minute a Netgear DG834 at home but need to connect to work using the Cisco VPN Client; we use a Cisco PIX Firewall at work. Turns out the DG834 wont let connect and the DG834 is the problem. i …

I am new to the forum but I still need some advice. I am somewhat OK with PC but certainly not a programmer or analyst. Problem error message on screen: Microsoft visual C++ runtime library (in title bar) buffer overrun detected! Program: C:\windows\explorer.exe buffer overrun detected which has corrupted program's …

Well ya,here is the problem Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM my brand is samsung ok, so, this time, a screen with saying insert a xp cd and press "r" to repair it had appear after the boot. here's the problem. This laptop …

I've got massive problems going on here... I'm running Windows XP Pro, and after rebooting the computer after a crash, I am no longer able to properly login. If allowed to boot normally, the computer crashes while loading the Welcome screen, before I even get a chance to login. I've …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Clean Your Prefetch to Improve Performance [/color][/size][size=2]This is a unique technique for WinXP. We know that it is necessary to scrub registry and TEMP files for Win9X/ME/2000 periodically. Prefetch is a new and very useful …

Hi all; I'm new here so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate group but the problem I have Running Windows X/P Home Version: I have a template folder which contains a number of folders in it. I make a copy of that folder and rename it to a …

Hi. I have my Windows Updates set to automatic, I get the message to install updates, a total of 83, but when it tries to install them they fail and say the updates could not be installed. I also have a definition update for defender, this gives an error code …

Hey i was wonder if anyone can help, the problem is that after defraging the C: drive some of my game start not to work properly, the basic function is fine but all the game start to act up the games will start but the screen is not as it …