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Okay everyone. I will admit that I am a newbie to this forum. Just when I think I consider myself having mastered much of the "basics," I suddenly find myself stumped, once again. For the record, I have been a computer buff since the EARLY 1990's. In fact, I ran …

Hi everyone, I was wondering is any of you know an alternative Office Suite program to Microsoft's MS Office? I have heard that there is very good freeware that you can download but don't know the name or where to get it, nor do I know how reliable it is, …

I have deleted the history, cookies and temporary internet files, and I have also cleared the autocompletes forms and passwords. My problem is that when i type a letter the address bar it will show "Search for (the letter)" , show links and any address that begins with that letter. …

Hi, I've been playing around with my registry lately and inevitably i did something wrong! The advanced tab has gone missing when i right click audio (MP3 wma) files and click properties - i need this as i use it to edit ID3 tags, alhtough i know i can do …

Hi I have a new Dell Dimension 3100 PC running [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread63792.html#"]windows XP Home[/URL]. When I play a DVD the picture is fine but there is no sound. There are two media players (sonic and windows media player) and they both have the same symptoms. The volume slider is set to …

Hello, Ok here is my problem. I downloaded 360share and now everytime I go to run it it say it has detected a firewall and wont run, is there any way around this so that the program will run? Please help.. Benjamin:-|

My computer is window xp. I downloaderd 3d maps from live seach december2006 edition.it didn't work well. so I uninstalled it, now when I use one-button checkup in norton systemworks. Program integrity scan it is telling me missing 10 files. I have tried system restore but it will not work …

I don't know what's the problem but when I sign in I keep to send some links to my contacts, but I am not doing that. What is wrong

I keep getting an error ox800cccoe, can any one help please? Ashizuru..

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I am having some problems with my Dell Dimension 8100. When the power button is pushed the computer comes on. Then the Dell splash screen comes on and stays on for about 2 mins. Then a black screen comes on and it tells me the Primary 1 and secondary Hard …

First of all, I would like to say thank you in advance, to anyone willing to take a crack at my PC problems. This is my first post, but by the look of things, Im confident I will get some much needed assistance. The Beginning About 5 months ago I …

I got a new 500 watt PSU to solve the problem, and it still happens. It usually... :rolleyes: only happens during virus scans using Spybot search and destroy, or AVG I even opened my case to air it out some, and keep the temp down. Is there anything besides the …

its expensive and not worth getting unless your getting the ultimate version or the really expensive ones. DirectX 10 is i think only for vista and i really want that but some people say its not worth it because vista will slow your gaming performance by 10-15%:rolleyes:

When i started my computer this morning i got this error message on a blue screen, The Device Driver got stuck in an infinate loop. This usually idicates promblem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for …

Hello guys, The problem : I can login to windows fine, but when I login there is no start menu, no desktop and also no system tray. I have googled this problem and find people with the same problem but no answers :sad: . I dont really want to reformat …

Hey guys, my computer just started acting up, so I was searching the net for a solution, and I came upon this great site. My computer has hardly ever had any problems in the past few years, but this morning, it suddenly became very slow. Once I turned on the …

when I try to boot, the sounds and lights come on, but the screen remains blank. Same thing happens if I use another known working hard drive. I can't even get in to check the BIOS etc using F2. I've been working with computers for some years and have never …

I've heard that some ghosting programs have problems ghosting a RAID-0 array. Is there any truth to this? I'm doing a complete reinstall of XP this weekend. The only configuration difference will be that I'll have XP on a 40GB RAID-0 array and have an 80GB Maxtor as my backup …

[B]Please Help[/B],:sad: i have just had a new hard drive installed into my Hi Grade pc, i have plugged everything back in, and for some reason my mouse wont work and i cannot do anything. has anyone got any suggestions as i am really desperate thankyou.

Hello to all you computer geeks out there! I am new to this forum, so this is my first post. I admit that (blush) this is "all geek to me". (I'm guessing you've never heard THAT before, right? :cheesy: ) I built my own computer from scratch (which was fun, …

Hi everyone! Im new to posting and to be honest, asking for help, crazy huh? Anyways I really like this site and everyone seems so helpful and knowledgeable. I know some about computers and how they work and Im currently in the process of learning more and while I am …

Everytime I leave my computer idle for any time, the computer restarts itself. I'm running xp pro. I only started having this trouble after I reinstalled xp on a new hard drive that I installed in the computer. Now it will come up with a error message and when I …

Hi, My name is David and i realli need your help! Well first of all, I was updating my sound card driver because the currnt one wasnot working and i was asked to restart the pc after i install the new driver so obviously i did, but now my pconly …

Every since IE7 download, when I click that link that is a direct link to a .exe. Like when I click a link to download a program, that link is "invalid". None of my friends have this problem with IE7, and it happens with ever .exe I try to download.

Hello everyone, I have recently set up outlook 2003 to work my gmail. My problem is that I would like outlook to get every single email off of my gmail account. But I do not know how. Could someone please assist me in this problem. Thankyou. Also...is it possible to …

Hi, I need some help here. I Haven't been using my computer cause I've been in the middle of a move. My service pack 1 expired in October. I turn on my computer yesterday to download service pack 2 and after countless restarts and some bsods I finally get on. …

Does anyone have information about Proxyway and ePrompter? I used them and removed both when strange things started to happen. I think someone has and may still have remote access to my Home PC. Stuff got way too complicated for me and I took action. I bought a new hard …

hello my comuter keeps crashing a blue screen appears with a long message the error code is 0x000000fe(0x00000002,0x8540c5d8,0x8da4a8,0x85a641b8) i have downloaded a patch but it still happens thankyou

iam using win98 in my pc...suddenly an error comes when i started windows..it says "Insufficient memory" to initialize windows...remove lines from autoexec.bat and config.sys.....but i tried that all and this same problem comes again....i also changed my RAM but still this error comes....anyone help me pls

G'day to all Anybody's got a system with Prescott cpu? My system: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe and Prescott cpu. My question is anybody got similar system with windows xp sp2? I was told that installing the service pack 2 will lock up the computer. Thanks in advance

A customer brought me in her NB yesterday. She said it wouldn't load windows. I booted it up perfectly fine. However i could not get online with it, nor could i do anything else. Come to find out, well over 3/4 of the services were set at disabled. I took …

Hello im New on here, so first of all HIIIIII i was wondering, is there a way to format a NTFS windows NT hard drive USING DOS or another NON windows xp/2k disk before the operating system starts up?

Hey everyone! I recently reinstalled XP Pro on my server at work after a hardrive tanked and ever since I've been having permissions problems. I use the term "server loosely, we use this particular machine for data recovery, ghosting client drives, virus scans etc etc. Before I reinstalled permissions problems …

Hallo, I have run into what seems to be not a unique problem ie uninstalling Microsoft Flight Sim X to try and clear a problem, did not uninstall totally and now wont install (error message 1722 followed by 1603). Cleared every FSX file I could find, no change. having applied …

hi everyone...this is my first time posting here...i am having a problem with my WindowsXP on my laptop. The screen with the logo appears and it seems to be loading...but just stays on that screen...it isn't frozen cuz i can still see the bar on the bottom moving back and …

:rolleyes: Hi Everyone! New to this forum and have run into a new problem for me. Starting yesterday my OE6 has started freezing up when I try to open and or delete some of my mail. It seems to be a random thing. 90+ % open fine. I've tried going …

Hi, I'm trying to connect a new workstation to a very small network (30 computers) The computers are linked via Ethernet and switch and all of them are sharing Windows XP. The new workstation is also using Windows XP. When I setup the computer, I made it a member of …

I need some help.. I have a critical system error message icon flashing on my task bar that wont go away.. when i click on it, an internet explorer window pops up with an advertisement for VirusBuster software... how do i get rid of this...

Hello I have win xp home with all the updates and I also have windows media player 11. Here is the problem when I play a cd or dvd the sound is jerking the video will also pause for spilt second. I have tried to turn off every even the …

Okay, first off, sorry for doing this as my first post, I really hate asking a question such as this as my first post, just makes me seem like a noob :( . Anyways. I'm having troubles with my Control Panel. When I go to Start > Control Panel it …

Hey folks, Does anyone know if Windows Vista RTM can be run on Virtual PC 2004 (I tried to install 2007 Beta 1 only to find out that XP Home can't run it)? If so where can I download Vista RTM not using Torrents and I dont want a Product …

Hi, I use Win Xp and recently installed all-in-one HP PSC 2175. Everything works great except that I see there's a icon in that notification area that says Safely Remove Hardware. It wasnt there til I installed that HP printer. I dont know if its supposed to be there or …

My turn to pose a question. I just received a weird, unsolicited email. If you try to copy n paste it, u get underlying text appearing with the normally visible text... it only appears when you lclick and drag. A sample of a capture [top text only..]:_ "Market Makers and …

Hi, My win98 lost its add/remove list. Whenever I got Control Panel => Add/Remove Programs, the expected window opens, but it empty. All installed programs function flawless, but I can't uninstall any of them. Is there a way to revive the list? Ran

G'day all I've found a folder named"ACW" in c:\Program Files, and contains the following files:ActiveContentWizard.dll, ACW.exe, ACWExt.xml, AcwPSSExtn.dll, ACWRuntimesCab. Anybody knows why I've got such folder? how did it get there. :surprised Platform: Windows xp sp1, IE6, Firefox1508 Thank you for your help

anyway to restore admin priviledges after changing something to deny? I made a mistake and system restore is failing consistently. It was removeable storage in computer managment that i changed to deny, now i can't get back in to change it back. any idea's.

There is a warning out for all Firefox users to disable the auto password feature. Hackers have discovered a way to get your password. Just a warning. [URL="http://www.internetnews.com/security/"][IMG]http://www.internetnews.com/img/hdr_security.gif[/IMG][/URL] [B]November 22, 2006 [/B] [B]Phishers Lurk For Firefox 2.0 Password Manager[/B] [B]By [URL="http://www.internetnews.com/feedback.php/http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3645396"][COLOR=#0000ff]Sean Michael Kerner[/COLOR][/URL][/B] Using Mozilla Firefox's built-in Password Manager to …

[COLOR=Black]Hello. I am pretty familiar with computers and hardware though no genius by any means. I am trying to wipe my gateway win-xp home completly clean and reinstall win-xp pro. I have the cd, prod. key and all the drivers and sp 2 cd's I need. I started following the …

I don't know what happened to my computer, but I rearranged my room and moved my computer, and all of a sudden I can't access certain pages. I've read a lot of threads on not being able to use Hotmail. I can get to the login page, but I can't …