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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]

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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), …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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[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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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hello. i just got a new sony vaio with vista on it today, and for some reason, when i visit websites pictures aren't showing up. its mainly pictures that people have uploaded to a photobucket account. can anyone help me. or did anyone else have this problem. thanks. usually i …

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Last week I got Adobe Flash CS3, DreamWeaver CS3, and Fireworks CS3 installed on my computer. I installed them without removing the previous versions (Macrodedia Flash 8 Pro, DreamWeaver MX, and Fireworks MX). At this time I could open swf files in IE6 and it would be able to show …

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here's a quick little practical joke that you can do to your friend, (or computer illiterate enemy) close all windows and everything on the screen, so all that is seen is the icons on the desktop. move the mouse off the screen, and hit 'print screen'. open paint, and paste …

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I had a problem with my AOL, the main.idx file became corrupt and I was informed by the AOL software to reinstall the hardware to fix the problem. I did this and now I have a problem with the aolsoftware.exe file. It keeps accessing my hard drive and slowing down …

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Hey there, I can't get XP to start up on my HP desktop. When I turn it on, a black screen pops up immediately apologizing "for the inconvenience" and gives options for starting it (safe mode, etc.). However, none work. Anyone know what this could be? Thanks a bunch! Heather

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Hi people, I am having major trouble with my computer. Yesterday windows had some sort of fatal error somehow code c000021a or something like that. My primary objective is to make sure all of my files on my harddrive are backed up before i can re-install XP. My dad is …

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Dear Community, I am pretty frustrated. I downloaded "bit defender" a week ago to delete a fake virus protection virus that I believed was a microsoft product: "spycrush" and a bunch of "spy" addendums. Well, I ran the bit defender and it said it couldn't move the virus. I send …

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whenever i try to play any video or audio files, in any program (vlc, windows media player, winamp), i get stuttering issues. roughly once ever 4-5 minutes a video file will freeze & the audio will make a skipping noise, then resume like everything is normal. same for audio files. …

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I hope someone has an idea about this because I'm stumped. It's probably right in front of me and I'm not seeing it. I just built a Fry's GQ 5110 for a customer. It originally came with AMD Celeron, 128m ram, 40g WD hard drive, WinXP SP2, updated. Added 512m …

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Well hey everyone whattsss up?! This is my 2nd thread. Hopefully someone can ease my pain! I have this Dell Inspiron 9300 Laptop with the wireless intel pro chip internet built in. Its WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION with SP2. The wireless internet worked fine for awhile, but then it just …

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Hello Every time I startup, I get the blue screen. I tried booting safe mode, but it still shows up before I even see the login menu. Last known configuration does the same. It cant be a hardware error because its a laptop. Heres what the blue screen says: BAD_POOL_CALLER …

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