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hello, i have hooked up a second computer in my office and when it prompts me to log in i don't have the password and i can't get a hold of my friend to get it.Is there anyway to bypass to at least get to the desktop???

Huge problem for me as I cannot get Windows XP Home to boot (see my previous thread posted earlier today). I've tried lots and lots of things but have not managed to get windows to run in safe mode, repair windows or reload windows. I swapped the jumpers and have …

Hey frenz, I recently messed up with my system..... A few months ago i encrypted certain files and folders on one of my NTFS partitioned drives E: in XP Pro..... I don't know that all encryption keys and certificates will be stored in my (user) profile and in my OS-installed …

Some time ago I had to re-install my entire operating system due to some error. I used a program called winternals to save all of my files to a backup since my OS would not boot. Before this had happened I had some files that where "Encrypted to secure content" …

when windows staring up automatically my computer is opening and ssvchosst.exe not found error showing

I have this computer that has been a one way ticket to hell for me. After buying a new 650 watt power supply and a new copper 2.4ghz cpu heat sink and fan I decided to install windows xp. It wouldn't get to the installation prompt without shutting down my …

Hi all. I know there are posts like this but thought I would quote my sys spec and see if somebody can help. Seagate 40gb on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro 2010 notebook(18 months old). OEM XP Pro. No floppy drive. Notebook ran perfectly until now. I installed PC Tools free …

When I start my computer, windows starts up and displays initial screen, but then shuts itself down and then restarts, and so on. When start in safe mode, windows still shuts itself down. So I tried start in safe mode and did "return to last good configuration" but end result …

Okay, i just reinstalled my PC so i used misrosoft update to install all the SPs and updates. My system is now fully patched apart from one thing. There is no IE7!!! IE7 isnt listed as an update????

Hi, I never ran in to this kind of problem in my life so far. Recently I bought a Lenovo 3000 Y410 laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 7.04 with it. This actually replaced my boot loader with GRUB. I formatted the Ubuntu …

Hi, I was asked to rebuild a compaq nc6000, (reformat disks, reinstall XP Pro and software) Since the rebuild I haven't been able to connect the laptop to the domain. I get the following error: <quote> A domain controller for the domain (DOMAINNAME HERE) could not be contacted. Ensure that …

Hello., Any thoughts and or ideas if this is compatable with Vista and where exactly there would be a driver? Secondly, since this Vista package does NOT have faxing in it, what are most of you doing to work around that issue? Finally, any of you who use Verizon as …

I have Windows XP SP2 all current updates and always current Virus software, Adaware, Hardware Firewall and Software firewall. I am not able to access the "Run" Command from the Start Menu nor can I view "Startup". I also cannot view "Newwork Connections" in the Control panel along with Administrative …

Yes I have just recently reformatted a clients computer and have run into a problem i have never seen before. I Cannot reinstall/Update the Ehternet Controller or the Network Controller. I have gotten everything wlse working though. I am acessing the net via a notebook ehternet adapter that plugs in …

ok so, here goes. . . runing xp, 512 ram like 200gig memory nvidia vidocard, mother boared I dont really know. Shared network (?) runing a wireless adapter linksys with a linksys router (on the other pc) my problem is the following, I cannot get my online game to stay …

Hi I bought a new laptop back in febuary with the vista ultimate installed, i needed a good laptop to run programs such as cad as well as a few games when im home :), was asured this laptop was the best at the time would run everything i needed …

HI all, this is my first time here. I am helping tweak one of my clients Norton installation. She had Internet Security [in the box] the last tw years and this year downloaded it as well as System Works. Well SW cannot install GO BACK feature due to RAID controller, …

I am trying to remove the Language Bar help from my taskbar in windows XP. I sussesfully remove but when I restart XP it has returned. Can Anyone help?

Hi it only happens sometimes but when i try to go on any website i get redirected. I know when im going to get redirected as the ip address of the website comes up. i have just been redirected to this website [url]http://dubaidiplomat.com/flex.cfm?pt=2&rpt=1&kt=1[/url] please help ! thank you

My friend uses Outlook Express for his email. It works fine while he is at his own computer. But his email is always pulled off his email site and into his own computer, so when he is away from that computer, he does not have access to his email. How …

I've seen some people have the similar problem with me.But mine is a little bit different from them. I have the "local access only"problem too.But that only happened after I download something larger than 30MB.Actually it happened after I received more than 30MB data from the internet. I've tried disabling …

I have a major problem that I think may be a power or heat problem, but I want opinions. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ self made rig, with 2 hd, a dvd rom, and cd burner. I have 512 mem, an old 2003 FIC AI11 motherboard. Here's the …

This seems to be a real thorn in some people's paw. Like mine, for instance, lol. I cannot stream tracks in Napster. Walking through some troubleshooting steps with the nice Napster folks got us to the streaming proxy settings in WMP11 - Tools/Options/Network tab. They wanted me to edit the …

::About the system:: Windows XP sp2 Pro. Pentium 4 3.20GHz 512MB Ram PC3200 It's a friends PC and they have a habbit of messing up their computer in one way or another. Then they blame it on their kids. Most of the time it was to the point of having …

I load about 3 to 5 systems a day (windows XP Home and Pro) and all of a sudden I can't download windows updates. I have had no problems for the last year and a half over this connection, and up until now no problems. To start, I have tried …

Hello! I was hoping that someone could help me with the problem that I am having. Last week, for no rhyme or reason, my computer stop recognizing my CD-RW and DVD-RW drives. I have had this happen before, so I did the registry edit fix, but this time it didn't …

Hi, Whenever I close the windows explorer I get an error box which says "Windows Explorer has enountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." When it closes the desktop refeshes along with the task bar and some of the programmes in the systray disapear. …

I would like to lock down IE, so only certain users can use it. I was informed by another site to right click on IE.exe and remove users. Will this work or is there another way you would like to share. Thank you very much.

It seems that there is some setting that I need to do in order to have it be "seen" by XP Pro, but I don't know what it is. This 2nd HDD is one that I just removed as my primary, with a new one, so this one has data …

Hi, I m hving problem that whn ever I want to open local disks drives frm My Computer it shows a dialouge box as I attached the image. Plz guide me that wht is this problem n hw it can be resolved. Waiting for urgent reply Thankx in advance Regards,

Help much appreciated. My PC will not go past the Welcome screen if any usb device is switched on. If I switch them off, or unplug them, boot continues.

Hey everybody...I'm really stumped on this one. My mother-in law is running an older Compaq with XP Home-SP2///////1.00Ghz AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR and 35GB HD including a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL64/MODEL64 PRO vid card. The problem is a wallpaper cannot be applied or changed in any way.Also they browse button is …

the monitor flashes colours after the computer shuts down and clues please leslan

I just moved and set up my PC (which I always do, so it's not new to me). I got everything up but when I started my computer, the monitor doesn't completely turn on. It flashes, and shows the screen then flashes black. It's never happened before, so I'd appreciate …

Perhaps this is a virus or hijack problem or some strange corruption to IE6 but I'm not sure. I have McAffee and had been faithfully updating it but my subscription expired about a month ago and I had neglected to renew...so now I'm paranoid that my system got a virus …

Hi, I'm new to Linux. I just installed it on my desktop computer and I want to put it on the same network as my laptop but I'm having some trouble. Any help? I know it might be hard to convert most files that I might want to share (probably …

Hello daniweb Im new to your site and am desperatly in need of help. I was having problems with files getting deleted by other users and I wanted to block access and my mate said he could do something in permissions and sort it out so it wont happen anymore. …

Hi y'all I'm a new threader so be gentle with me. I run a 3-year old PC with Windows XP Home edition and I use it for my AutoCAD work. Stupidly, I do not have a recent backup (I put files on CD's). So I do not want to format …

hello to all. i just got infected by n.downloader virus which was successfully cleaned by my mcafee. the problem is it deletes many windows progs such as cmd.exe, helpctr.exe, paint, wordpad... Mcafee deleted those programs because it was infected by virus.... My question is how can I recover or can …

Usually when I have a tech problem I can figure it out by narrowing things down but this case is kinda different. Lately I've been trying out many different photo organizing programs and one that caught my eye was ACDSee, everyone raves about it. So I went, got the demo, …

Hi, I have just bought a new laptop with Vista Business installed. I want to Downgrade to Windows XP Professional as some of my programs will not run under Vista. Do I have to buy a Windows XP OEM or can I use the CD I bought with another computer …

For the last few days whenever i try to download a file neither the built in download manager nor the add on download manager work. The download goes straight to the desktop(or wherever else i direct it) meaning i cant see the status or any of the other information that …

Normally I live the box on and don't normally have to reboot. Once in awhile I'll reboot twice, then export the registry which I should've done before my vacation but was too busy (this is all irrelevant anyway). Well, when I went on vacation, I turned the computer off. When …

Yes, I still run Windows 2000 Pro, at least up until yesterday! Now, I cannot boot the computer. Windows 2000 has three splash screen in the boot-up. The first screen is a DOS screen which says, "Starting Windows", and my system makes it through this screen fine. The next screen …

Hello all! I am new to this site and I wanted to start by posting my problem. I work for a k-12 scool, and I have 40 new barebones systems. I recieved these from cyberpowerpc.com and I cannot load any OS, or mainboard drivers. We have a standard cd-rom drive, …

Hi it only happens sometimes but when i try to go on any website i get redirected. I know when im going to get redirected as the ip address of the website comes up. i have just been redirected to this website [url]http://dubaidiplomat.com/flex.cfm?pt=2&rpt=1&kt=1[/url] please help ! thank you

I recently had a "SMART event" on my c: drive. I could no longer boot because "windows/system32/config/system" was missing or damaged. since i have two hdds i thought maybe i could swap them, install xp on the new c: and access the old c: (now d:). next problem - no …

hello to those who read this... i have a laptop that has a cd and dvd writer drive on it... up until recently, i have never had any problems with it buttttt lately it has been acting really funny. if i am writing a cd, whether it be audio or …

Hi everyone, When I click the Search button in windows explorer the folders pane (on the left) is replaced with the search pane. This has a title bar "Search companion" at the top with a close pane 'x' button on the right (which works). Saddly that's all I get. The …

Hi, Web pages are prinitng as mark-up language instead of normal text. Don't know what started this but it's definitely not printer specific. Can anyone explain what browser settings or other changes have to be set to revert back to normal printing? Current browser is IE7 with most recent critical …