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Just need a information on how to fix my run command. When I try to open from the run command icon in the start menu I get a window in the middle of the screen that states "windows cannot place a shortcut here Do you want the shortcut placed on …

I recently had a hard drive failure and it was replaced. Did a full recovery using the set of discs. I have all Windows Updates in place. My system is Windows XP Home, SP2. My Office 2000 won't install. No error message, it just does not respond to the last …

Sometimes, comrades my pc just doesn't load. It usually happens when I cut the computer off for the night and try to load it up the next day. It freezes on boot. Secondly, sometimes the computer does load up and it freezes then. One other issue I had is when …

when im at the desktop after turning the computer, nothing is there. i thought it was just taking forever to load. basically all i see is my wallpaper. i cannot right click nor press the windows key on my keyboard. there are no icons as well. i thought it was …

i've been trying to code some GUI's on MATLAB and i can't seem to put pictures in the GUI. how do i put any image file in my computer on a MATLAB GUI? Please help... right now i'm just drawing lines with the 'line' function and... it's not pretty. ~taz

Hi I need a little more help from u all. I cant receive any email from OE. Ran highjack this below is the log. I am getting an error message says this: Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a …

Im getting a blue screen of death on my windows Xp machine that says [CODE]Stop: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xF8631F1C, 0xF71598138, 0x00000000) ffs.sys -address F8631F1C base at F8627000, Datestamp[/CODE] I have no idea wat caused this and cant find anything about ffs.sys dealing with windows. Any help is appreciated.

Hello all. Windows XP will not start up and I get the following error; \windows\system32\config\system. I tried using the laptop's F11 function but it does no good. I have used Microsoft's article 307545 in the recovery console. md tmp copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\security …

Read this article [URL]http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3179571720.html[/URL] Now there are many things that are wrong here. First of all I ran Vista beta 2 on an old hp computer with a 800MHz PIII celeron processor, 256MB of RAM. Vista ran very dicent on it and I didn't have any problems with it. Second, …

I can't find the drivers for ati mobility radeon 9000 igp. I tried google and it failed me. Can any one please tell me where I can find them? By the way, it's the final version of Vista Business, so the rtm drivers won't work. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have already seem two other people with the same problem here in the forums, but both their problems seemed to be sorted by the answers they got...I tried both the solutions and neither of them worked!:mad: So, here it is: Windows media player 10 has no sound. Doesn't …

Hi, I have always preferred IE over Firefox. Last night, I upgraded from IE6 to IE7. However, there are a couple of things I don't like about the design. Firstly, I don't like how the URL bar is at the very top, and the home, refresh, back, and forward buttons …

Got a problem on my girlfriends laptop. IE6 connects to internet fine, but no other software will - Firefox wont connect, and the anti-virus cant connect to update (AVG) It first happened when I updated firefox to version 2.0. I then uninstalled it back to older version but the damage …

I'm having two problems that may or may not be related. I have winXP and IE6 with all the latest updates. When I try to click a link that is a redirect such as in this example: [url="http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?id=327&arg=79493"]http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?id=327&arg=79493[/url] I get the "page can not be displayed" message. Even if I …

Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Steve and i am fairly new to all this IT stuff. Have just built a second computer out of spare parts i had and have networked it to my original pc along with a router for the internet connection. Having …

hi all, i have recently tried installing a new program on my lap top ( ITunes) and suddenly my laptop turned off and put a screen saying blah blah windows did not start successfully, blah blah and then gives me prompts to start the comp in safe mode, last known …

I was using msn messenger the last day ... and then I shut down my pc ( I have win server 2003 sp1 v 1023) When I came back ... I performed some cleanup operations with system mechanic and then removed some temporary files .... now my msn messenger was …

After some spyware changed my background, I was able to delete it with a series of anti-spyware tools and anti-virus tools. However, my background won't appear when I'm using my computer. When I reboot, I can see it, but then it is covered by a plain grey screen (I can …

I'm new. Hope this is the correct place for my inquiry. I'm running XPpro on a home network with several computers connecting directly to a router. I'm the only non-mac user and the only one who can't connect to our dsl. We recently got a new modem, a Westell Vistalink …

Hi all, It seems that I have a problem that many others had before, (judging from other postings on this forum) though I did not manage to find an answer so I post it again. My Windows Media player has no sound. Well, it is not a hwarware problem. I …

Just a long shot, my friends computer is having a few difficulties: Once windows xp is running, everytime you try to open a program, it comes up with an error saying "Only part of the memory write process request completed" Tried system restore but wont open, although you can dial …

..new live cam not recognised and scanner...same thing. ..device manager...[B]!!!![/B] on both.... I did try few time instaling both but result the same....Also its show ERROR CODE 19.. I dont know what to do next... And one note more. It happen since I buy new Live Cam ( Microsoft VX …

right i installed a copy of vista on my pc the version after the beta one, anyway dosn't matter. Right managed to remove it from the boot menu using fixntfs.exe and now i want to make sure its totally clear of my comp so that i can reinstall without it …

System Info: Windows ME 4.903000 E machine Etower 600is When I try to do a defrag I get this message: Windows cannot defragment this drive now because it has been locked by a disk utility. Quit any utilities that may have locked this drive, and then try defragmenting the drive …

hey guys, I am running server2003 on my laptop at home. I just installed a printer and I'm wanting to share it to my brothers; one with PC, the other with a macbook. I've set up user accounts for both of them, but when they attempt to login through the …

my computer was randomly crashing when i was importing music to itunes, but it was just losing power for a split second then rebooting, so i thought a new power supply would do it since the one that came with the case was chincy. put new 700 watt modular ps …

When I turn on my computer everything goes smoothly but then when it loads the desktop some of the files on my desk top just shows as an application without the normal image. On the quick launch bar it shows black squares and same in the start menu. My OS …

Some thing happened to a machine of mine running Windows 2003 Server and now when I press Ctrl-Alt_Del, Task Manager some up, but does not have any of the interface controls on it. The active applications, except Task Manager itself show up, but there is no way to close this …

When I click on IE iot takes about 2 whole minutes to load a page. Same thing with my hotmail account. Please help...Here is a HJT log. ]Any suggestions? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:24:59 AM, on 02/02/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 …

Vista ultimate how stable will it be it sounds like a good system but like all windows systems it will have bugs that will need fixes ie patches but I like it

Hi there Was running windows XP Pro, then downloaded a copy of IE7 where it would not need validated. When restart the message ' Normaliz.dll' not found, then nothing, it stops and does not proceed to load. Tried using last good configuration, and %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe. Have installed XP again and now …

I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 and am obviously running Windows XP. Windows XP will not start up on my computer. The computer starts running and then stops and gives me an error saying that if it keeps happening, to check for viruses. It also says "Technical Information: *** STOP: …

Hey. Three days ago, my computer started acting up and stopped accessing my home network. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a trojan or virus that I had acquired (ran scans for both and they both turned up showing I had something) Anyway, I finally got everything …

Ok... I work in hotel and one of my designated tasks is maintaining our guest computers. I would like a to implement a system of accounts so I can manage who used the computer when. Is there anyway of setting something like this up?

Well, I've tried everything I can think of so it looks like I need help. I have a computer that was running WinXP Pro. It started acting flaky. First it lost the BIOS settings, so I replaced the CMOS battery and re-set the BIOS settings. Within a day, it started …

Microsoft is asking for [color=#3366ff][b]IE8[/b] [/color]ideas and suggestions - [url=http://www.jcxp.net/news.php?newsid=1866]http://www.jcxp.net/news.php?newsid=1866[/url] This is for MS Beta testers only though. You can read more here - [url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_Asks_for_IE8_Suggestions/1170099946]http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_...ions/1170099946[/url]

Hi can anybody help me when i try to open any media player to play music or video i get an error saying what ever player i am trying to use wmp vlc real player power dvd etc.etc. has encountered a problem and needs to close no error code. the …

Hey guys, real brain power tester here... In WinXP, how can I get the [I]show desktop[/I] icon back in the quick-launch? :mrgreen:

This is an odd problem that came out of nowhere. Suddenly (yesterday), I get the error message, "[I]Workgroup name[/I] is not accessible. No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are already as many connections as the computer can accept." My home LAN …

HTTPs seems to not be working at all for IE on my current windows account. When I try a different account, it works perfectly. I have tried about everything the web has to offer about fixing https in ie and cant get it to work. Any help is greatly appreciated:!:

Recentally upgraded to IE7,no probs. But suddenly cannot get onto Windows Update,sign into auction sites and some web pages will not load. Run,antivirus and spy ware no probs found. but Nortons is bring up notices about "script errors"in its activity log. Any ideas to help me?

I just got done trying to uninstall Office 2007 Beta 2 on my WinXP Home system, since I just received my Office 2007 retail software. When I tried to uninstall, it gave me a "Error 1402, cannot open registry key UNKNOWN/.xlb/PersistantHandler" blah blah blah message. It rolled back the uninstalling …

Hi, i'm a new member, but i've been in and out of here for a while. My CPU Usage is 100%, and always up there. I dont understand why it's so high. Before my system crashed, It worked just fine, everytime after that that i've installed windows, it's had the …

i hv D815EEA mainboard with P3 and windows 2000,i m nt sure whether i hv pci slot on my mainboard or nt.in the device manager i can see this: [url]http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitledir9.png[/url] i want to install nic card,pls also temme is there any special make of nic that wil work or any …

On powering up, I only get "COMPAQ" displayed on monitor. No POST. However, if I move the mouse, I get what I think is a beep code 323 from regular speakers. I suspect BIOS battery gone, or power defective, but am wondering what to do next. (This is for a …

How can I write in Temporary Internet Files Folder ... it seems to be read only and I cant make it writable.

Hello Dears, I have hundereds of text files and every file have thousand of lines and there is only one word at each line. My problem is that I want to add a word with every word in files. Example: files contains a words hello dani google yahoo Now I …

Hi there, don't know if anyone can help but I'm going beserk with this problem :- Basically when I turn on my computer it takes a long time to load up my windows and eventually after 5 mins or so the entry page appears requesting my password to enter my …

Well i recently got a computer which was handed down to me from my friends parents doctor. so it is second hand and only had windows 2000 on it. it run fine with 2000 however i wished to upgrade it to windows xp. so i formatted it and tried to …