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Hello, I would like to know which antivirus software to select from the following: Norton 360 Mcafee Trend MIcro NOD 32 MicroWorld eScan ISS I was using Norton for quite sometime now, but due to the stress it gives to the system I stopped using it. Currently I'm using MicroWorld's …

Hi, I have two startup problems with my computer which happened recently after i did some cleaning out of my computer. I doubt they are related though, since they didn't happen at exactly the same time. Firstly, whenever I start Windows, I get a "Windows cannot find file \VCI_Task.exe" error. …

[I]i have just started having trouble with my pc it will boot the motherboard settings so i can go into the bios etc. and as soon as it comes to the windows boot, it will display nothing when it should... [/I]

Recently upped my memory from 256 to 760 MB. Surfing from page to page still takes longer than the old dial-up days. For example, from the time I signed onto my home page until I got to this thread was nearly ten minutes. I've checked my task manager, and it …

Hey, I was wondering if someone could help me out here. Well for the past month I have been having trouble burning my Back-up dvd movies. What happens most of the time is, the movie will burn all the way through on "Nero" and when it gets done, I put …

Hey everyone. My PC's had a new qwirk as of late. It seems now whenever I try to play a game, watch movies, or stay on the computer too long, it automatically shuts off and tries to restart, but before it can log on it restarts itself and continues this …

Im running windows vista ulitmate and for some reason when i open internet explorer the internet explorer security box pops up and says [B]A WEBSITE WANTS TO OPEN WEB CONTENT USING THIS PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER[/B] The name is windows host process (rundll32) the publisher is microsoft windows. Then it …

I have two connections and one problem: 2) first is my Internet connection: [B]My computer[/B] (192.168.0.110) [B]>[/B] [B]Router[/B] (LAN address: 192.168.0.2/ WAN address: 10.67.35.65) [B]> my ISP [/B]1) second is my LAN connection: [B]My computer[/B] (192.168.0.108) [B]>[/B] [B]Other LAN computers[/B] (192.168.0.*) The problem: when I have only Internet connection switched …

my friends laptop which recently had a hard drive installed, has Auditor as the default OS. I have to select Windows during the boot process. When I first turn it on, it shows everything OK, except the last line: 02B2:Incorrect Drive A type - run SETUP has a box with …

Ghost 12 or Acronis 10 for Vista?

Don't know if these are related problems, but: I have a Dell Dimension 4550. I connect to the Internet via AOL using Verizon DSL on my Windows XP operating system. I have been getting an aol.exe bad image message for quite some time. The message said there was a problem …

Hi, I hope you can help as i am extremely frustrated and dont know what else to try. I have searched all the posts and nothing seems to work. A few days ago i updated Emule which didn't go too well. I completely uninstalled that and reverted my pc to …

I have encounter this problem and it managed to annoy a guy whit extreme patient like me in 2 weeks. I solwed the problem few ours ago so here is a step by step guide to solve this problem. Please read the ATTENTION part before you start these steps. Step …

Hi Guys, I hope you can help I have Windows XP and EVERY time I close the internet explorer browser, it gives me the same error message: Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Here is the Error signature: AppName: iexplore.exe …

i've searched around the site and found some threads, but i couldn't really understand them, so i started this... first off, i have 3 computers connected to a router, then to a dsl modem... all wired... my computer connected to the internet fine in the morning and evening after i …

I am going to try vista on another computer. I have read numerous articles on just getting the upgrade and using that instead of the full version. I have not read much about it lately and was wondering what people were doing. Please respond only if you have tried the …

I'm trying to get the Eject Hardware facility on my Windows 98SE system. I understand I need to install hotplug.dll to get the Eject Hardware icon into my system tray. I have downloaded hotplug.dll but how do I install it?

Well I'm really new to computers. I have windows XP SP2 and lately I've been getting this message "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close." Note this happens when i am conducting a search for files on my local drives. Then when ever i use my Super …

Somebody told me to put n—a_Á—ay±m—aÁÇáç±Çáß±Çá§ÁaÇáDZOÇá—±Ç᧱Çár×ÁÇ á+NÇ áLáÇá in my messenger personal message. Well I put it into it, and it disconnected me and now I can't log back on. I have windows XP, msn ver. 7.5 I dont have any idea how n—a_Á—ay±m—aÁÇáç±Çáß±Çá§ÁaÇáDZOÇá—±Ç᧱Çár×ÁÇ á+NÇ áLáÇá work. Please help me. …

Ive just managed to lose the Desktop button on my quick launch bar and i use it all the time. I dont have a clue where the button is on my drive and i really need it casue its such a useful lil button that i use all the time. …

Hello...I am a newbie poster!Listen....every single time I turn on my pc...message comes up at the right hand bottom...."running low on d-drive space,etc,etc..." I clean it every time. I tried defragin', but it tells me I need to remove whatever programs I can. I have removed everything I don't frecuently …

Hi, I am using Excel 07 and need to change the width of my columns for just a selection of cells. I want the rest of the column on my worksheet to stay the same - can anyone please help a chick out! Thanks so much Tari

Hi, I'm a newbie - so hope I'm asking this in the right forum. I have done various google and M'soft searches but can't get an answer to this error: microsoft xp error missing clsid:{744F1D43-20AB-449E-941B-A2B32F42A24AD} Please can anyone help? Mnay thanks, Richard

Windows XP boots to the wallpaper and then stops. No icons or taskbar. I have ran numerous spy and virus scans with no luck. Here is my Hijack This log

Just got this comp about 2 months ago and having issues where Windows Defender refuses to boot up and I can't receive automatic or manually induced windows updates. When I try to kick off a manual update it tells me error code 80096001. If I try to start Defender it …

Hi, My windows xp machine won't shutdown when I click 'Start->Shutdown'. It remains idle/does nothing. Only hibernate is working. What is wrong? How will I fix this? any help would be appreciated. Thank you, kath.

Does anyone else find Vista's settings difficult to navigate? Everything seems so tricky to find because they try to make each page look simple and user friendly. For one thing network settings are a pain. I can't go to the properties of My Network Places and see my network adapters. …

Hi, Just thought that it would be nice to tell members here about the specific features of this new os. Here are the links. Let me know if they are any good for what you have in mind in terms of the version to be purchased in the near/not so …

Hi, A bad storm ran through here last night and now I've got PC problems. Power was out for about 4 hours. I find that I can start my PC (Wiondows XP SP2) and enter the password for the ower. That's where it stops or hangs or whatever you want …

I had the help of a user named crunchie in the spyware section and he says my system looks clean now. However, my internet speed is still worse than dial-up. If I boot in safe mode w/networking then my speed is normal without any problems. This problem is affecting both …

Hi All, i have recently just completed putting together a pc for myself and it keeps crashing. Basically i can be on the comp for 30 mins or 4 hours and it just either freezes or goes to a black screen and i have to do a reboot. There is …

I'm really hoping for some advice for the not very internet skilled: I have a lycos page but when I try to access it from my computer I get the following: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while …

I just got a new laptop, which I bought because the price was great and it had descrete VRAM -256, which is almost impossible to get unless you want to spend $2000 or more for a laptop. I thought to then downgrade to xp, but quickly found out about the …

My Blackberry desktop software is corrupted I need to remove it and reinstall it. When I go to the add and remove screen and attempt to remove I get an error message 'action is only valid for products that are currently installed' When I attempt to reinstall I get a …

so a few weeks ago my pc crashes and wont boot up at all. a friend who i thot knew more than i did comes over and reinstalls windows,which loses all my files(?) anyway pc still wouldnt work right so he takes it to some friend of his and all …

when i insert a empty dvd disc into my drive it doesnt come up with any options and it dont even work.. i have tried a few discs and there all the same..tried them on another computer and they work fine its a 3 in 1 drive..cd,dvd etc lol

For the record: i use Firfox 2.0.0.6. Win XP I have the latest Flash software, and java. I visit some forums on occasion and before i was able to see the animated smilies in motion.....but now they are frozen!! My question is what is causing this ...because it might be …

Hey Y'all... Tumbleweedracefan here. Thank you for the warm welcome into your community !!!! :) I'm like a country boy geek, who likes target shooting, camping, hiking being out in the woods and computers. I enjoy computer debugging and repair, and have met my match in computer repair. I just …

Ok I changed my Windows XP bootscreen and I accidently overwrote the original one. I have System restore disabled. How do I fix this?????!!!!!!????!!!!???!!!??!!?!

Hey all. Im getting desparate. every time i right click on desktop or go to control panel and open up display properties (in windows xp), the properties panel will be shown until i select a tab, button, etc, and then it will crash back to the desktop. 2 error messages …

[color=blue][b]Removing the 'arrows' from Shortcuts[/b][/color] [b]1.[/b] Open 'regedit' [Start Menu -> Run -> regedit [b]2.[/b] Select HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT from the directory tree [b]3.[/b] Navigate to the [i]lnkfile[/i] 'branch'. Select it. [b]4.[/b] On the right, delete the [i]IsShortcut[/i] registry entry. [b]Note:[/b] You may have to restart or re-login for changes to take …

I am running XP SP1. Whenever I click on the My Computer icon, on Desktop, Windows Explorer or wherever, I get the "searching flashlight" icon and it takes a full minute for the My Computer page to appear. Any ideas?

Hi guyz, this if my first post so letz so hope i do well... anywayz My aunties computer has always had problems and always fixeable untill a recent problem. When windows xp starts loading it quickly shows a blue screen (which im guessing is an error msg) and the PC …

I am having problems removing some spyware from machine. I have tried running AShampoo Anti-Spyware2, Spyware doctor along with also running AVG for good measure. The Spyware comes up in a Window named Targeted, which does seem to still be running through IE. Ive tried using Process Explorer which has …

Can anyone knows what's the registry key or any vb script for the windows shell (explorer.exe) that causes shell to refresh automaticaly, no need to press f5 or right click and refresh. Is it possible auto-refresh ??

I must have been asleep at the wheel. I allowed, in setting up 2000 Pro, the "C" drive to become "D". Is there a way to fix that without re-formatting everything? Thanks, Giddyup

My Exchange server is running Exchange 2000 on a Windows 2000 server which resides on a DMZ on our firewall. We are able to send and receive e-mail within the company, but when someone tries to send an e-mail outside of our domain, it is immediately rejected with the response …

I have used Canon Zoombrowser to download photos from a compact flash card to my PC. However, the folder to which I thought I had moved the files does not contain those files and I cannot find where the files have been moved to. A Search does not, of course …

ok here is my dilemma I use Firefox 2.0.0.6. I recently upgraded. And i use Zone Alarm Security Suite i also recently upgraded . I use Win XP And for the life of me whenever i go to this site [url]http://dv.ouou.com/[/url] [B]The video i'm trying to see only lets me …

I can not open the properties of my internet options. There is a little flash like it is going to open then nothing. Have tried from desktop, control panal and web browser. Do I have some kind of a virus/