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Hello,one day I woke up and my keyboard didn't work,no matter what i did! so i went and got an old keyboard and plugged it in,no go, I got another keyboard from my friend and tried it,no go.I then tried my brothers keyboard and his keyboard is a USB and …

I Have Been Locked Out Of My Adminastrator Account I Think The Password Could Have Been Changed. I Can Access The Computer In Other Accounts With No privilages Tho. Plz Can Annyone Help Me

Hi everyone out there, I have a problem in accessing the net. I tried to scan the adware program and also the symantec anti virus, there's no virus. what should i do?

Pardon any naivete about Windows 2000 and Windows in particular. I'm a mac user and windows maintainer. He put Spycrusher on here and that seems to be a horrible thing to do. Ahh, yeah. From what I've read anyway. Hard to get rid of all of it. This friend's machine …

Hi all, I'm getting set to move from 98 to XP SP2 (I know ... dude, don't rush it, it's only almost 2008!) but anyway :) I'm wondering how or if I can keep all my settings (registry contents, desktop shortcuts, start menu contents etc, installed software, installed fonts) from …

my x- father-in laws motherboard faild so i upgraded him to the following. ASUS A8V-VM SE 939 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA4200DAA5BV his same old harddrive and dvd roms and ram reloaded his XP pro SP2 everything …

I succeeded twice to connect but something happened and now I can not connect to internet anymore I ve got message that "windows cannot connect to internet" ad the reason is "unknown" so I don know what to do since I don't know what is the problem so if anyone …

i put a password on my administer account and now iv forgotten the password completely i remember it was really complex though. anyways is there a way to get back into my account and change\reset the password? i have no access to other accounts and i dont remember how to …

hello there i have been noticing that wmedia player 11 has some problems on playing cda files.. for once the reading of it is super-sensitive and although the cd is clean enough to be playable and the files are recognised as "track" it doesnt seem to be able to play …

Where can I find the format of NTFS drives by sector number, specifically the location of file directory tables?

I have found many helpful solutions on this site, but this is my first post. so forgive me if im posting in the wrong section. I'm a tech by profession and work mostly on virus/spywar. Normally that's no problem i can use various tools and edit them out of the …

I have read through all of your postings and have tried all the suggestions. I still am unable to boot up in normal mode. This all started when I had trouble with a hp scanjet 3400C scanner. I lost all use of it and contacted HP for advise. I was …

O.k. techs,,, lets put you through the test.... I was doing a repair install, and all was good untill 3 to 5 minutes left of process, (xp install), and my cpu rebooted. After reboot it would only go to black screen with my mouse curser showing. After some research on …

I have a windows xp media center addition. its a couple years old. 6800 graphics card. i think i have all the most recent drivers. Alright. Well I just recently had a problem with a "missing or currupt" system file on my computer. so after following these instructions that i …

Ok, have a slight problem............ I have a Dell Optiplex GX260 running XP Home. It has 3 hard drives (C,D, & E). Now, XP Home edition is installed on hard drive C. A while ago, i installed XP Pro on a different hard drive (E). I deleted XP Pro recently, …

I am using Win2000, McAfee Desktop Firewall 8.5, IE 6 & Firefox 2.0.0.3 Was configuring the new ADSL Modem/Router (through USB) & as it was not working properly I wanted to uninstall & by mistake uninstalled a virtual driver (I think!) listed as a hidden device in device manager under …

I have been receiving the 'Error on Page' indications when I access a number of different websites for about 4 months since I set up a new computer with Windows Vista and IE7. The detail error message shows the error - Class doesn't support automation. I have searched everything I …

My computer not longer recognises that there is a CD/DVDROM attached to it. Power is still available to the CDROM unit, the door will open and if a disc is instered the green light on the side of the door will flash. However the unit will no longer autoplay and …

I had sent an e-mail message back on September 19, 2007. The message had been bcc'd to 15 recipients. Since that date the recipients have recieved the same e-mail message at least 8 times. Where should I look for? Where the problem might be? Has anybody had a similar experience?

Hey, it's me again. I have a Disk Read Error and I have a paper due this week once again. This happened to me a few years ago, and I asked for help on this forum. Now a few years later, with a new HDD I have the same problem. …

I have an HP desktop A1700n with Vista home premium. For the last month or so the system freezes about 2 minutes after it is turned on. It always happens and freezes for about 2-4 minutes. The only thing that is active is the cursor while it freezes. I have …

I'm trying to fix my computer after my brother managed to mess it up. Currently WindowsUpdate is giving me troubles. It downloads all the updates but is unable to install them (and won't give an error message). It just says "the following updates could not be installed". Now I searched …

Hope this is the right place to post this, if not I apologise. Recently I lost system sounds (startup and shutdown etc.) and all sound in anything flash related/based (YouTube etc.). I removed all my codecs when I was trying to get Movie Maker working and it screwed up these …

I have an Acer Travelmate 280 laptop. Ive been trying and trying to install windows XP home on it to no avail. I have updated the Bios to the most recent version and it still doesnt install. Setup will copy the necessary files then wants to reboot. It reboots and …

I try to ask a Question.?????????????? I run Windows 98 only becuase my PC is PAP but that not I want to know. I would like to know what is the main use of thr [B]Regstry Editer[/B] for windows or any Pc which has it on. EG. Why is Registry …

I was recently brought on board at a car dealership that was sold a few months ago. The previous IT staff used biometric fingerprint scanners from digital persona. We are not using them, but the install program modified the graphical part of the logon screen. It now has the logo …

I am thinking of replacing my modem with a Sound Blaster 56k modem. Reason is i only connect a 28,800 an am looking for more speed. Any suggestions would be welcome.

I have recently been having some odd problems with Windows. It is happening on two different computers, so I suspect a problem with Windows itself, rather than the installation or the computer. Here is what happens: Create a new user on the computer - Control Panel | User Accounts | …

I can no longer write to CDs using Windows XP and get the message "Drive E: is not accesible". When I go into properties for the drive there is no option available to enable recording. This was available before and I have no trouble writing to CD using Nero 8. …

I am (attempting) to repair a computer for a friend and it is a typical teenagers computer ie. more things start up on boot than i have ever seen! Moving on... THe first problem i came accross was an application error on Logonui.exe which read [COLOR=Red]The Instruction at "0x005e03c6" referenced …

when you visit drive C:\windows..you will see a file protection screen (warning screen) if you want that screen visibles when you enter in drive c: then u have to click SHOW FILES to view entire content...do the following.... 1- First unhide files from folder option 2- then enter into windows …

I have a windows machine that is on a domain and running windows XP Pro and has Windows Vista on a 2nd drive. I can boot up in both operating systems but in windows XP when I right click on the desktop and go to the display properties i can …

Hey guy's. I'm posting this on my computer that's OS seems to be corrupt or a program is causing it, i'm not sure yet. It's hard to get any programs to run. The computer will not shutdown/restart on it's own, I have to hit the button on the case. Then …

hello guys well my cosin has this win95 laptop and its pretty messeed so he gave it to me so i can fix it, i have tried using a win95 boot disk but ists all messed THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS 1- i turn n the computer 2- its says theres …

I'm just trying to track down my sudden unexplained CPU usage. I started using "Process Explorer" and notice that when I'm having my CPU issues, that "Hardware Interrupts" are taking around 40-50% of my CPU. For instance, when I burn cd/dvd's, they take much much longer then they used to, …

Well, I only seem to get it while I'm playing a game, and it tends to happen in laggy areas or when a lot is going on in the game. I have removed the possibility or RAM as the problem and I know it is not the game. I have …

I have a question about my InfoPath form. I am REALLY new to InfoPath. To get comfortable I have been modifying some of the templates. I think I have just about got it….. The only thing I can’t figure out is the icon located in the lowest left hand corner …

hey guys... i was wondering, is there a way of changing the brightness in my monitor (besides the obvious options within the monitor)? it happens that it is very dark and some games are really difficult to play that way... so... is there a way to make it brighter from …

Hi All, I do not know what happened to the computer/Windows XP Home edition. I used the computer on the night of October 21, 2007, to see a video Diney sent to plan a vacation. Yesterday October 22, when I got home from work I turned on the computer and …

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

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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.