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I just recently upgraded my Windows 2000 computer to Windows XP Pro SP2. While I would have preferred a clean install, reasons on time forced me to only upgrade. However, I have lost all but one of my users. The profiles are there in 'Documents and Settings' but I can't …

my computer won't boot past the windows xp display. when it gets to that point, the system just shuts down. i trued to reload it but it shuts down during reload as well.

I want to start Windows help and support center from the start menu but without success. When I choose help and support center from the startmenu I get the following message: Windows cannot find

I get "Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Started today. everytime i log on digital cable. I have done virus updates and my critical updates. Any ideas?

Hi windows xp freezes verry much, the booting process is also verry dangerous, its not because of one program, it freezes randomly, I've done a spyware scan, virus scan cleaned my temp folder, I also made a hijackthis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 20:51:27, on …

Hi i have a computer and a laptop. I have wireless internet using a router. I cant get into the router because the password doesn't work and anyone can use my router if their within distance of it. I tried the reset button but the router automatically sets itself back …

Hi all I just installed win XP on an IBM T-20 thinkpad my wife wants to use as a portable DVD player. If I try to play a movie I get a messge that I may need to decrease the resolution. I set it as low as possible but it …

So anyway, I have a Toshiba A105 Sattelite computer, with Windows XP as my operating system. Recently, my computer has started to act up, and now, whenever I play music, games, or movies, it keeps freezing every few seconds (Stuttering, as I call it), making these actions near impossible. I …

lo to all the people, Guys and Girls who visit this Community and what to help not like the companies who just want to take you money with 0 answers. So this is my problem, I bought a Lenovo 3000 C100 Like a year ago warranty is out. Had a …

Hello all.. Ok, so, for some random reason, about 2 or 3 months ago, my precious, old fashioned keyboard stopped working :-/ . I changed it for a USB one and that solved the trick. Now, i'm trying to reinstall windows due to all the crap that's on my pc, …

I closed my computer without shutting down properly. (That's another problem.) I clicked "Restore my Active Desktop" and received an Internet Explorer Script Error (Line 65, char. 1, Error Object doesn't support this action" Code 0 URL .....) Then it says do you want to continue running script on this …

does anyone know how do i make my toolbar to appear again? When i navigate from one forled to another, my Address and main(File Edit Tools, etc...) toolbars are missing... and i don't know why...

Hopefully somebody out there can help, as I'm no expert I'm afraid. My pc turned off during a power cut whilst I was running antivus software. When I rebooted, I got to the welcome screen and clicked my user account, it started to log on then about two seconds later …

Hey ALL ! I have an Acer Aspire 5102 WLMI , lap top computer that is loaded with Windows XP Media Center Edition . It has 896 MB of RAM . This is the slowest starting computer around ! I have checked it for viruses and it is clean. I …

My E-Machine #W2888 HD will not boot in a different CP.I do not have the installation CD but do have the CD Key .Also have the Restore CD but The config file was purposely corrupted to not let system boot in ny other machine.How can I get around this. Joe

hello, my problem is certain softwares that till 1 day ago worked , have stopped working today . More specifically jetaudio wont start (it just brings out a preferences window that asks to confirm which skin for jet audio id like to use but doesnt show any skin at all …

Hi I installed avast antivirus latest edition last week on win xp home edition. After which i am unable to open any win appln for ex IE, Control panel,regedit and i am unable to open the add or remove prog. i open ie by right clicking on it and click …

I'm trying to fix up an older pc for a friend. The motherboard is an Asus MEW-AM, v.2.01, (an Asus\HP hybrid), the OS is XP Pro SP2. The motherboard has no onboard sound, so I added an un-branded sound card which had been working OK in a Win98 pc. Its …

HI; I hope that I'm in the right forum for this topic. I have a fresh install of Windows XP SP2 in a new computer just two weeks ago. I've been using the Media Player v9 with no problems untill yesterday. When in the Media Library for about 5 min …

A friends Gateway ME system is doing something odd. From cold it freezes after bios, then after a hard restart it gets a little further in the boot process, another hard restart and it freezes at the safe/normal/logged screen, another hard reset a little further etc etc, until the 6th …

hey guys i dont know how this problem occured but it happened after restarting and i have no clue how to fix it. my taskbar hover description box's font got a little big and i want to change it back, help would be appricated thanks. i want the taskbar description …

When I boot my HP pavillion x1963, it seems to be starting fine until after the Windows XP screen comes and goes, then an error box appears with "THE SYSTEM IS NOT FULLY INSTALLED. PLEASE RUN SETUP AGAIN." I have tried the recovery disk, but got no results. Any help …

Hi - I am unable to log into hotmail since I have installed a new Netgear w614 wireless router. All other web pages work just fine but when I go [url]www.hotmail.com[/url] and enter my username and password the browser tries to go to the mail inbox but instead it give …

I'm using win 2000, fully updated. The my computer icon was the first to be affected. When I click on it, my sys freezes. The problem has since migrated to other icons, as well as the control panel shortcut on the start menu. In addition, my HD continues to run …

Hello I`m turning to you in despair, please kindly help me as I am technologically impared . Briefly, I have a [B]Dell 800 laptop with Windows XP[/B], which now gives me the same dead-end message on a black screen: error loading OS. Indices: This has happened after [B]I have tried …

running windows media player 11 on xp service pack 2 but the sound is really badly distorted (even at EQ and SRS WOW effects turned off)..trying to update it from microsoft didnt solve any problem..it says its totally upotodate and i have the latest codecs as well > i was …

my icon at the bottom right of my cmputer when i left or right click on it, it opens up the website antivirgear.com and wants me download it but you have got to pay to download it. Please help

When I boot up to my Windows XP machine the very first message I get is: Error Loading C:\winnt\jkhhig.dll The specified module could not be found. (I then press ok) and continue working. I have searched everywhere and can't seem to find a resolution for this. Any help would be …

I m trying to install Datamax Allegro2 barcode printer. when i choose to finish the installation i got the error "Unable to install printer........ I already change the "Services" of printer "Automatic" but it does not work, I have also change the unsinged driver installation behaviour to be "silently succeed" …

Hello all new to the site so i thank you all in advance for your help! ok here is the issue. when i attempt to start my pc it goes through the boot sequence, posts perfectly and everything but then after the black loading screen for windows it tries to …

i accidently moved the NTLDR file from C:\ to C:\NewFolder i realized my mistake when i restarted my comp. its showing error.. NTLDR missing :( its an IBM desktop/ win xp sp2. its the college desktop. i have done the blunder n i want to fix it by myself. i …

This is actually a two part problem. 1. I wanted to install a new version of XP(SP2) on a brand new disk currently showing as L: (don't ask). My installation disk downloaded some files and rebooted. I'm sure I checked the box where it said to ask where to install …

For about a week now almost none of my programs will start. I double click it, it'll give me the lil hour glass for two seconds and nothing. I googled the dog sh** out of this. From what I read it says it's a registry problem. I downloaded the "cleanrun.reg", …

I want to know if it is possible to install a new copy of XP on a disk that is not HD0?

G'day everyone I've been having a problem with my Windows folder showing as 10gig bigger than it actually is. It's reading as 14.6 gig at the moment. The files and folders in it (hidden and unhidden) amount to about 4.2gig. I can't find a specific folder which is misreading. Anyone …

i'm using Outlook 2003 to manage my appointments in a commercial store. is there any advanced way to the reservation instead of just entering the data in the calendar. what i need is to have a two values already stored the staff member and the service type. for example: client …

How can i make a boot disk for running CHKDSK on a sata HDD on a raid ???

Hello I d like to ask for an alternative to winamp ..i am looking for an mp3 player with a band EQ (not presets like in jetaudio) but that wont crash when using a large media library (around 20 giga) like winamp does...i like the looks of jetaudio and its …

Ever since I installed service packs for Windows XP for Word 2000 I have had problems downloading my email messages in Outlook Express. I tried getting help from my local telephone company and they told me to check settings which I did but it didn't work. Any suggestions, please? I …

Hi everone, i came to this site for help because i am really unsure of what is going on. I had a working computer (to put it one way but it had an out dated motherboard, recently i bought a new one and installed it with a new AMD dual …

I have a 15GB HP Pavillion with Windows XP Pro installed. I have lost access to my "Z" drive. I cannot remap it. When I try to remap to the original configuration it says it doesn't exist. When I click on My Computer the Network Z Drive doesn't show up …

Hi, Can anyone help. Something has taken hold of my machine. It drops focus on a window and I keep getting virus tk58 trojan virus message from AVG but I can't find anything thats doing this? Here is the Hijackthis log file. Thanks for anyhelp that can be offered. Regards, …

Hi everyone, I have been trying to fix a problem with Red X's in boxes instead of text or pictures. This happens for each box in Print preview, as well as some websites, including Microsoft.com/windows/IE/community. I have tried several suggestions such as: Empty the cache Reduce the size of my …

I just tried out hijack this..please help thanks Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 8:52:51 AM, on 3/5/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec\DeepSight Extractor\ccExtractorService.exe C:\Program Files\Norton Internet …

Just wanted to know if anyone can helpl. Just installed Medieval 2 total war, ran fine for the first hour then CTD. After that every time i try running the game the intro flickers, is distorted and generally messed up. I've spent the past 2 days trying everything, all my …

hi i just wonder if some 1 have solved this problem. im trying too install the drivers on my ipod classic on my acer aspire 5100 series and i have vist. the message i get are cant find the driver in the ipod or on windows update. what can i …

I keep hearing a static/popping sound from my speakers. I used my headphones and I still hear it so I don't think it's the speakers. If I put a movie on the pc I can hear it but, the static/popping sound is louder. I unistalled and re-installed the audio software …

Hey guys, i seem to be having this problem with my keyboard. It's like everytime i use it, in five seconds it just freezes or slows down and then comes back and i have no clue why. This was happening before i sent it into the Edsys Computers to fix …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Disable XP Boot Logo [/color][/size][size=2]It is possible to disable the XP splash screen, which will slightly speed up the overall boot process. Be aware that removing the splash screen will also cause you not to …

Running XP home, sp2 on Dell workstation. etc. etc. All hardware and software fully functional and fully updated. Starting to rebuild a website I ran a while ago. Had saved tons of image files (pictures, drawings, graphics, etc.). Now when I go to search for them I have to look …