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I don't know a lot about computers, but I want to learn. Any basic knowledge or links you want to give me would be nice. I've read some of the tutorials, like the basics of algorithms, but I don't know how to use that kind of information. The same is …

Why do i get memory dump? how do i fix it? is there a program that can fix that? anybody has info on this please try to help me thanks

Hi I hope someone can help with this problem. I have a Panasonic GS 150 Camcorder which I use on MSN Messenger, works fine with an exellent picture. When I try and use it on Yahoo, I get a black screen!!!!! I tried the Yahoo help and approached Panasonic but …

Hi, I have seen quite a few of these threads but now it's my problem I guess. I get this message both on my IE and Netscape browers. Any help is greatly appreciated. I ran HijackThis v1.99.1 and here is the logfile: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:54:39 …

[COLOR=#555555]Hey all.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=red]here's my story..[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#555555]rather frustrated but thats the price you pay I guess...[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]Some time ago I had partitioned my hard drive in to two (C: being in NTFS), over the weekend I tried to create an additional partition but I was unable to do so. I cancelled …

The generic host error started poping up on my computer a few days ago, I had get a dial up model (used, no drivers) and install. That was the first time I got on this computer with a dial up modem. I worked for like an hour, surfing the net. …

Okay so I'm no computer wiz, and I don't know what parts are in my computer and how old they are, but just a few months ago my computer was on it's way to hell from all the bugs that were in it. So I started fresh I re-input windows …

ok, ill start from the top. i have a windows xp home edition compaq, got it around 2003. im assuming when u use the System Recovery Console thats built inside the computer, u need atleast 15 open gigs in your memory for it to properly recover my computer. i used …

how can i create file and print server, please me step by step process to creating these server.

Hi, Can I configure Outlook Express to view my GMail or Yahoo mails. If yes, tell me how? Specifically what to select for Server (POP3/IMAP/HTTP). I have Office 2003 Installed. Thanks in advance.

Hello all. I was hoping maybe someone could help me out with my problem that I am having right now(well not me, but a co-worker at work). We use Visual Studio.Net 2003 along with Reporting Services here at where I work. Well, all is going good for all the clients …

Hi, I have 2 hard drives on my computer, both running Windows XP MCE 2005. I will install the Vista upgrade on my 200GB hard drive later and leave XP on the 80GB HD, so I can dual boot (that is dual booting right?). I would like to ask you …

Hi, I did a Windows Repair using the original Dell XP CD that came with the computer. Well during this process an error message popped up stating: Software Installation has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility. This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator. So …

I think I might have stumbled upon something.:?: I had read on another website to go to start-run- key in: services.msc, then hit ok. then you scroll to windows audio. now you want to RT CLick on Windows Audio and click on Properties. a small window with tabs will appear. …

I have read numerous posts about this and have ran about 5-6 different spyware ad aware programs to no avail. I have also tried 2 different antivirus softwares and nothing is helping. Hoping maybe someone here has an idea. Attached is my hijackthis log. Thanks in advance.

[COLOR=Green]Hey everyone. Everytime I try to open yahoo messenger, it will pop up and then diappear immediately. I also cannot get AIM to open at all. If anyone could help me out I would appreaciate it so much. Thanks! :cheesy: HJT Log Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe …

i am having an [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74299.html#"]error message[/URL] upon boot up of my laptop, though it does not prevent the laptop from booting up fully. Here is the message: The system [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread74299.html#"]DLL[/URL] user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will no longer run properly. The relocation occured because the DLL for C:\WINDOWS\system32\HHCTRL.OCX …

Hello, I just received a Compaq E500 laptop from Ebay. I tried installing Windows XP Pro. Everything goes fine untill i get to the "copying files" at file win32k.sys it stops installing and gives me options. Either retry installing this file , witch i tried many times and still wouldn't, …

Hello, I just received a Compaq E500 laptop from Ebay. I tried installing Windows XP Pro. Everything goes fine untill i get to the "copying files" at file win32k.sys it stops installing and gives me options. Either retry installing this file , witch i tried many times and still wouldn't, …

I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/MMX Computer and use Windows 98. A web site I was trying to access had this error message: "ERROR! JavaScript is required to use this site!" I then downloaded and installed JRE (Java Runtime Environment), Version 6, Update 1. I even customized my Security …

I am having problems with my wireless connection, it always says that it is connected but i am unable to load a web page. I have pinged it successfully and no packets are lost. I am using windows xp on SP2 with a netgear WG111T wireless adapter and a netgear …

Microsoft SMS vs. novadigm software and other software?!?! Hi! Imagine you have a company with aprox. 500 Client PCs. It is a windows 2003 domain. Suddenly you want to install a certain software on 289 of 500 PC. You have 1 hour for this job

:?: Running win xp home on compaq presariosr1110nx. had to do a recover due to problems with cd/dvd combo. now whenever i open a new site on line i get the following message "..cannot find import;dll may be missing,corrupt,orr wrong version file"rtl70.bpl",error 126" ran ccleaner and various other reg edit …

Hello, Yesterday I stumbled onto some spyware and subsequently ran spybot and a few other programs, and got rid of it (or at least I'm pretty sure I did). Now I'm having a problem where when I log in I never get the start menu or my desktop icons, just …

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I had a problem with one of our machines randomly pulling 100% CPU usage for periods of time. I tried several forums and removed every known issue there was until I finally wiped the drive with random data then reformatted. 5 minutes after the clean installation (unplugged from network) the …

Hi there, svchost.exe appearing 6 times in Task Manager. Is this normal or do i have to do something to get rid of the duplicates. Thank you

i have a 2003 hp running xp sp2 well i decided to vac. the dust out of it since its been a while. also it was getting real hot. the cpu fan just barely working. well when i put it back together and hit the on button it seemed to …

I had an lssas.exe error - "The Endpoint Format is Invalid" after installing a DDR 333 PC 2700 RAM watever. After taking it out, it was fine again. Is there something wrong with my computer or something? I've had a search around and it may be a RAID problem but …

When I log into windows XP Pro I get a pop up window at the beginning asking if I want to run WINPOL.EXE Does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of this. I have only just installed a fresh copy of XP. I have the latest …

i want to install windosxp on machin already vista installed on it how can i do that ? many thanks amin

Ok this is strange and I'm not sure how this happens but here goes... I got an email in my hotmail account that when I click on to open flashes a black screen up really quickly (I managed to read the words 'remove' and 'disable') & makes my PC restart. …

I'm trying to create a backup to a cd rom disk using the windows XP backup program but everytime I reach the dialoge box to choose the "backup to" I cannot choose the backup type nor will it let me write to my cd rom disk as the backup to …

Ok, so I have a Windows XP eMachines model. After a lightning storm, my computer got shut off after lightning struck something. I turned it back on and noticed that my internet wasn't working. Then I plug in my iPod later and it doesn't update. I try to print something, …

Ok a couple days ago I went to change my cursor from original to 3d grey, so I go to the control panel printers and other hardward mouse, pointers and It said there was nothing there, stay tuned.......so I didn't pay much attention to It cause It wasn't that big …

Ok I have a Toshiba M45 Series laptop. I recently had to reformat my hard drive because it wouldn't boot. So after I did that, about a week later, my fan stopped working and I think I'm gonna have to send it to a Toshiba repair place to get it …

I'm going to try real hard not to write a novel here. I have an older computer running xp home with 320 ram memory. I have a xp pro disc and I took it upon myself to pop it in my old computer to do an upgrade. I just wanted …

This is a problem I'm having with my good computer and its been going on for awhile. When I connect to internet, soon after a rectangular window comes up...in the top upper left it says microsoft internet explorer and the message itself says 'we're sorry. The content you are trying …

Well, not wild but missing! I recently moved a big chunk of files from my C-Drive to a portable HD. Everything went well. I checked the files and they were there and accessible. Turned off the PC at the end of the day. Came back next morning, those files were …

Hi, Im new here so... I want to reformatt my hard drive and install a copy of Windows XP Media Center edition Edition, Im just about to do that, but one thing is holding me back. How will I know what drivers I need to reinstall and were can I …

Hey everyone, My brother was playing a game the other day and his computer just shut off. When he rebooted it said missing/corrupt SYSTEM file. It's not his HDD, because he can boot into knopix and view his files. When we try to use a windows disk to boot from …

My computer with Windows XP pro and IE 6 has started to load IE very very slow like I have a trojan or something. How does this log look? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:51:13 PM, on 4/10/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

Hi guys, I've got a problem. After undoing a system restore in Vista, and coming to bootup with a black screen and just a mouse pointer, I decided there was nothing left to do but to reload windows XP and maybe then later install the Vista upgrade. I installed XP …

hi ive recently formatted my computer with 2 windows xp installed on different drives... one was on a C drive and the other one was on E.. i have 2 hds and i halved both of them so all up i have C,D,E,F drives... when i formatted my computer i …

Hello everyone, I'm new to Daniweb and like what I have seen so far. I searched the forums for awhile, and saw another thread of someone with what seems like a similar problem, but there weren't any solutions in it. I usually have mozilla open while i'm playing WoW(world of …

Hello, I am connecting to the internet using a DSL connection. Laptop running Windows 98 and desktop running Windows 2000. I ran the CD my ISP gave me and installed the connection on both computers. The connection worked but I got two errors: Windows 98 Laptop error I get this …

Hi All, I am getting problem in installing application on Vista platform. We have one application named "Computerease"which correctly installed on all the machine except vista with creating proper shortcuts on desktop.However the application installtion completed in Vista machine but shortcut is not created on desktop and after completion of …

Hi I was wondering if anyone out there has encountered a problem I anm facing trying to fire up the add remove programs in the control panel. The problem is that it does not work. I recently installed updates from Microsoft and since then am not able to open it …

My Windows XP Home Edition SW started to take up to 7 minutes before I am getting all of the icon on my desktop and can proceed with my work. I checked for all the known culprits (viruses, adwares, etc.) with no positives. It is close to impossible to operate …

Ok well when i boot my computer all is fine to i get to the screen where it asks me if i want to go into Safe Mode Safe Mode with Networking Safe Mode with Command promts Normal mode When ever i click on one of them it just freezes …