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Dear Anyone. Computer crashed due to a very large and nasty virus, so I reformatted the hard drive, deleted all partitions to force the Windows install disk to repartition (that way the virus couldn't be hiding in the partitions!) and Windows reinstalled. That was fine. Went to Control Panel, couldn't …

[B][COLOR=royalblue]I don't know what else I can do?! My computer kept freezing up so my brother in law deleted everything off my computer and reinstalled Microsoft XP hoping to fix the problem. It didn't fix it! It still freezes up on me, when I am in the middle of doing …

its a small problem but im pretty new to this. i dont seem to have a few sound drivers an i an unable to find them any place. its a new build asus p5nsli. the prob is with the onboard sound... there is non at all...with winXP Pro when i …

Hi, I am on [URL="http://forums.devshed.com/windows-help-34/changing-keyboard-layout-to-uk-english-424342.html#"]Windows xp[/URL] professional with sp2. I just want to see if I can change the keyboard layout to UK English. Can any one please suggest me something as how to go about doing this? Thanks.

Hi people, I've recently found that there is no audio from my speakers, but Windows does play system sounds from the onboard(?) speakers on the base unit. Having tried the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" I've noticed that all the options are ghosted out so I can't select them! Any …

Hi everyone! This looks like a great place, many members, lots of posts, and can't wait to "dig in." But first, a problem . . . I am a heavy user of my PC, and as of the past few months its "behavior" has been troubling. The problem is that …

Hey, My moms PC si running unbelievably slow.........I don't think it is a virus, spy ware or something else. I think its something else. I've run my ZoneAlarms Zonelabs Security Suite ant it doesn't pick anything up. I would really like some help because if even though it is a …

Os XP. About a week ago I had about 30% resourse left on 20g c drive of a older computer. and downloaded about 40 pics and I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 8. I checked my resource and and I was very low down to 150mb and was getting alerts. I …

Hey, I got Windows Vista Ultimate, and before I put it in my PC, I want to make sure I the right system requirements. I have 1gb of ram, a Nividia Geforce Graphics card with 512mb. 80gb internal hardrive and a 300gb external harddrive. Lastly I have a AMD athlon …

I tried googling this, but couldn't find anything resourceful. Can someone please tell me how to get Vista on some DVD/R discs ? This is very important ! Thanks.

I've been trying to put Vista on my computer, but for some reason it is not booting.....thats not my problem. Since I couldn't get Vista on, I put MCE on......when I turn on my PC it takes me to the welcome screen, and asks me to select a user (there …

Hello, I've been having this problem for quite some time, and tried about everything I could find on the internet, but nothing has worked. This is the case: Whenever I try to turn off my computer, or log off to go into another account, Windows shows the blue screen with …

My computer came back form the repair shop today and now when I turn it on I'm being asked for a password (windows XP). How do I by pass this to get to the desktop, or figure out how to change whatever password they installed on my behalf. I'm desperate …

Ok. I had installed this brand new DVD burner, couldnt get windows to recognize it...took it to Best Buy and they said it was the IDE cables. I changed them...now windows shows the DVD drive in My Computer and in BIOS. When i put a CD in and try to …

Hi, I have recently updated my pc from the windows updating site and after i had sucsessfully installed all 60 updates i restarted it, it kept on restarting itself and never comes to the desktop. i have tried to get into safemode and all the other ones but it keeps …

After I use my computer for about 20 mins, I get this message and my internet connection becomes unuseable. It says - Generic Host Process for Win32 Services[IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5204/errorip6.jpg[/IMG] And here is hijackthis log ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:23:35, on 7.2.2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

Hello people, I have one interesting problem and need your advices. A few days ago, my friend called me and asked for help. He said he had problem with internet connection. It is old computer 400 Mhz on which win98 is installed and he use dial-up just like me. Problem …

Hi, I just got my new laptop yesterday, which came with Vista Premium. I'm currently on the free trial version of Norton anti-virus, and it notifies me every hour or so if I want to allow this fild to run, but have no clue what it is. The last thing …

A friend of mine tried to upgrade to Adobe 8 and it got corrupted on his disk and now he cant get it off,out of the registry or anything..... (We finally got it out of ADD/REMOVE) He tried to re-install 7.8 but it says 8 is still there (The keys …

My brother just got a new Toshiba computer with Windows Vista. I am on a older Compaq computer with Windows ME. We have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router that we're trying to use with my DSL modem to connect my brother to the internet on his notebook. The notebook can …

Alright, so i've browsed around and looked at the other people with similar problems, but mine seems to be something completely new. a friend of mine got the update for internet explorer 7, installed it, disliked it and tried to uninstall. it gave him an error and he had to …

:confused: How do I delete Xp, reallocate Vista Partition and delete the dual boot manager from Drive C? All my personal data is on a different drive I just dont want to reinstall all my software. I have a Hirens Cd that contains Partition Magic. I am just not sure …

I have upgraded to Windows Vista but i have lost all my sound How do i get it back? I've heard that i need a sound card driver but i've looked everywhere and couldn't find one I'm currently using hp speakers (ZD929AA#ABA) Any help would be appreciated. P.S Please move …

My machine runs a NVidia GeForce 6600 GT card and when I use Mozilla Firefox, the window vibrates (sort of) up and down. I was wondering if there is something i can do to fix it. I have the latest drivers from NVidia.com

Hey anyone know if it's possible to attach a file into the body of the message instead of up under the attachment bar? It was possible in outlook2000? 2nd Can you creat a view that you're confortable with and then set all folders to that view, I tried creating a …

Hey guys, please help me!! I have always had a problem booting up my computer, randomly I would get BSOD which made my computer restart, but after a few restarts the computer would loads normally. Today, I decided I was sick of it after it occurring 8 times in one …

Home Basic: Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition. Home Basic will support up to 8 GB of physical memory. Price: 200$, upgrade: 100$ Home Premium: Containing all …

my laptop keeps disconnecting fom wireless network I have a linksys router does anybody know why ?

:confused: Hi Folks... ========================================== :cheesy:Sorry Folks.. I think I posted in the wqrong forum to start with , so am reposting here to make sure that it gets to the right people:cheesy: ========================================== I have an interesting issue that I am sure the neighbourhood can help me with... My friend …

I'm trying to get the software for IBMs T42 ThinkPad, anyone have any ideas?

Hi all I have a Toshiba Satellite M40 laptop and it has recently been having several problems with it. These problems are: [LIST] [*]Has a 'Toshiba Power Saver Error' occur a lot of the time [*]Doesn't shut down properly, but instead hangs on the 'windows is shutting down' screen [*]Sometimes …

I have a 75 GB USB drive that is NTFS formatted (can't use FAT or FAT32 coz I get a "drive too big" error). I want to be able to install bootsectors on this drive so that I can boot into DOS. I use Win XP. Please give me a …

HI EVERY ONE, diffrence between WIN 2000 PRO AND WINDOWS 2000 SERVER AND ADVACEDE SERVER Gunasekhar

I was searching google for firefox and I came along Microsoft Firefox.....But I just about fell of my chair when I saw the system requirments. It has to have a Quadcore CPU 4.6GHz processor or higher. I thought that I should let people know of this. I know in a …

Hi All, First of all, I have very limited knowledge of broadband - unlike 101% of all you guys. The problem is- I recently decided to get broadband. I have a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is a Dell inspiron and it is 9 months old and it has …

Hello, When i try to delete a video folder in my documents, it says "Cannot remove folder VIDEO_TS: The directory is not empty". Can someone please help?:sad:

i reinstalled my windows xp cd because of previous problems and now i have another problem when i click on my computers then check my hard drive it indicates that i have 30gb left and i have a 100gb hd. i tried to find these files so i can delete …

I will wait until service pack 1 is out there are to many problems that Microsoft need to iron out ie fix:!::rolleyes: [url]http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/ces07.asp[/url] new microsoft home based server what do you guys think rimos :eek:newbie

Had a error message appears in my Windows XP. The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142) What's it? How do I solve it?? Please advice. Thanks.

Ok a couple days ago I turned on my computer and the intel screen came up bla bla bla and I hear a strange clicking noise I take the side off and it's coming from the hard drive. By the time I look at the screen it ayd disk read …

I've been thinking of putting a SATA card in my machine to connect a 160Gb hard drive. Can Windows 98 SE handle a drive this size?

I've been having trouble reinstalling XP Pro on a raid drive. Went to upgrade bios and kapoof, no bios, no computer...dead. Asus K8V-SE Delux. Is this the end or can it live again? Thanks for any experience with this problem.

hello, everyone! hope everyone is doing okay. I am having trouble with my computer. I have Windows XP professional service pack 2 and i could not open google. it will say page cannot be displayed, did try the options but to no avail. pls. help. thank you.

I have read some of the other postings, however, i still have yet to fix my problem. I cannot recall when this problem first took place. Everytime i try to view a video supported by Quicktime Player, it begins to load, then quickly goes to a faded quicktime logo with …

Hi, I recently bought a new PC w/Win MCE. I would like to transfer my accounts, security settings, and Group Policies from the old PC w/Win XP Pro. I have read that I can use the settings and files transfer wizard, but I am not clear about what is transfered, …

please..I really do need help..and as the question states..for whatever reason all my players in my PC suddenly can't play DVD-rom.. it was working fine the other day...but then the next day when I inserted the same dvd-rom, all my players suddenly can't play them...

Well I have to do defensive driving in two weeks, and trying to do calculus homework and none of my computers are working corectly. here are some of the problems I am having. [URL="http://www.defensivedriving.com/ddo/browsercheck.html"][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.defensivedriving.com/ddo/browsercheck.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]when I try to click “next” at the bottom of the page, I get …

Hello, I just reformatted my computer because I was getting sick of my computer being slow. After I refomatted to Windows XP Home Edition everything seem to run fine. But when i tried to install my sound driver from dell that i got off the website, it freezes and my …

Lately, my internal CD writer that came with my computer has not been burning from my harddrive the way it use to. It use to burn at the fastest speed without any problems, but now I get error messages whenever I try to burn a CD. So I slowed the …

Over the past few weeks, I have been attempting to "tweak" my computer to allow for better gaming. I have an older Dell with a P4 and 1 gig or RAM running Windows XP HE. I have been tweaking via msconfig and also services. Now, I have done something that …