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Hello People, Recently installed a new external hard drive to backup my stuff, since then was unable to see my CD-R/W drive on My computer . Found some help online which suggested removing 'Upper' and 'lower' filters from here in my registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet/Control/Class/ I did so and rebooted and I …

Hi, I've spent the last 2 days reading through the various (similar) hotmail login problems. Mine gives an error message of "data not available" with both Firefox (v.1.0.7) and Internet Explorer. I've tried all the pc maintenance suggestions posted in thread 27570 (deleting cookies, cache etc), I've tried the hotmail …

Hi All, I hope somebody can help b4 I go mad. i have a web page I need to open it is a ASP.net page (or so it says) [URL]http://www.ths.teleware.com/[/URL] then click on click here. When I try it wont open. In a new window in tries to open then …

heya people im such a twat i cant believe this wen i was my pc which is windows xp pro i was messin wiv th date n i left it on 2003 n i turned it off thinking nothging of it but now when i turn it on the blue …

Hi there. I have this old laptop with Windows 98 on it. and its a Compaq Armada 7800 anyway i would like to see if i can reinstall Windows 98 by doing the following. 1. I Have the Windows 98 CD 2. I Have a PSP (PlayStation's Handheld Device) Since …

Hi Everyone When my computer comes on I get a little box that has nothing in it,I have to click on it 3 times to get it to go away.When I click on the start tab it sticks and freezes so nothing pulls up.Also when I try to pull up …

:rolleyes: i assume this is the link i need to post this problem i'm having. when i installed xp pro on my w3080 emachine i lost the multimedia audio controller & i have no sound. when i went to the emachine drivers link it sent me drivers .com. when i …

Hello. I'm new to all of this so patience is requested. I have a school project that requires the use of Windows Movie Maker. I have a camera that records video but when i load the video onto my laptop they are saved to Quicktime. So basicly the video that …

I have to preface this by saying i dont know alot about computers, i know some but i guess i am here b/c i dont know enough. I have been using a not so legit version of XP, i know bad, but i have bought the good version and obtained …

I'm having a problem installing it. The first part of the process, where I choose what to install and choose if I want to the desktop shortcut, went fine, but when it began to "install" (It said something like "this may take several minutes"), it just got stuck there. Nothing …

Hi Have an ACER 1360 notebook. Needed to restore to original state as Ive sold it. Went into setup, set to boot from cd rom. system disk booted up fine asked for recovery disk, put it in, started to work fine, erasing the drive and restoring partition. Took my eyes …

how do i generally block a website?? please help..!!!!! my stupid ass cousin used my computer to see porn and now it stayed on google...and my parents are gonna kick my ass when they find out..and i tried clearing the cookies and the history... so please help....

Hello everyone, I have a problem. I have a custom rig that I have used for maybe 5 months. It had an Intel board that I just swapped out with an Asus. It was working wonderfully until 3 days ago. I hibernated my computer and it would not boot. As …

hi i went on system restor n i was restoring my softwares because it was taking time...i unplugged teh pc n turned on now the pc acts like it will work i c the loading screen n then a erro comes and when i close it my pc restsrts plz …

Hi friends .. i'm working in a s/w co our co had blocked the yahoo and rediffmails... when ever i access any such a site a black blank screen appearing with" this site is blocked with NETGEAR" i'm using windows 2000 with service pack 5 pc i dont know the …

Ok, here's an interesting one. I have the HP pavilion DV6095EA laptop/notebook and for some reason it has decided to start coming to life (often in the middle of the night) nothing is displayed on the screen at all, but all the lights come on and it beeps. beep............beep...beep I …

I have tried rolling WMP 11 back to WMP 10 but it doesn't seem to want to do anything. I went to the Add/Remove Programs and then went to Windows Media Player 11 and then Change/Remove and gone through the process and it says "Rolling back was successful" (or something …

when i turn my pc on everything loads up fine and normal but when it comes to the screen where there are normaly user accounts there is nothing jus the norma screen! It was working fine last night but i tried to turn it on this mornin that screen had …

Hello, I hope someone has a clue here, because I'm out of options... Here's the symptoms: 1. All my SOFTWARE ONLY icons on my destop have reverted to the default windows )feneric for unidentified) icon. The names for these icons are now all .lnk (links) 2. Same for all software …

Has anyone had a problem with nero vision? I have been trying to make a slide show but it gets about half way done and gives me an error message. Some of the times when am working with nero vision it just quits and I have to start over or …

How do I remove everything on my hard drive without windows washer because I can't afford It now I went to my computer and right clicked on drive c and clicked format but It said that I have utilites open In that drive so how do I cancel them even …

Hi there, Recently, I changed from a 20gb to 40gb hardisk and install Win XP on it. Installation was completed and the pc was required to reboot. Once rebooted, the white time line runs and then the pc reboots itself. This happens all the way till you switch it off …

I was googling for "apt-get broke" [my machine] using the google toolbar in ie7 and now the desktop shortcut reads apt-get broke which is reallly wierd. How can i change it back? screenshots availbale if u dont believe it. Reackon i should tel the beta people?

OMFG Media player 11 says my pocketpc 2003 device is "too old to sync" but activesync 4.2 (newest has no problem) what i wanna know is, before i shell out for Vista: a) will sync centre be on all versions (home,pro etc...) or will i need the more expensive version …

I would like some dvd audio software to run my dvd audios. There is something wrong with my dvd audio player from creative and it won't work no matter what. Does anyone know of a good one?

I can't change my desktop from a black background to a picture(Even if I Right click the picture from a website and put it as background). Whenever I log out though I can see the pic I put for a few seconds, but as soon as the computer is loaded …

Hello all! I am not very computer savy so bare with me.......when I try to load games from CD-ROM this error message comes up: [COLOR=#6600cc]Windows cannot find E:\Setup.exe. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then …

My first question is...... how important is SP2 ?? Is the security a big issue if you're running McAfee Suite with Virus Scan, Firewall Plus and their Privacy Service. My web access is Comcast highspeed cable. I have tried to upgrade to SP2 4 times now. First 3 times were …

ok im not sure if this is where i should report my problem but yahoo is not letting me delete any emails or mark them as spam or move them or anything it will only let me view them and its not showing my yahoo avatar so i tried to …

I've Been Looking On The Net On How To Remove The Forgotton Config Password. Seems That Dell And Others Just Want Your Money To Come Up With The Master Password. I'm Disabled And Have Very Little Being On A Fixed Income. If Any One Would Be So Kind Please Assist. …

I've just been given a spare hard drive that works great except for one thing. Whenever I move my mouse the monitor goes a reddy colour and sometimes has stripes. It's not my monitor, mouse, keyboard etc as they work fine when hooked up to my original hardrive. My refresh …

When I boot up my laptop I get the following error: [hr]Windows could not boot up because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\System32\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.CONF Insert the Windows installation CD and press "r" at the main screen.[/hr] I have done all of this, but still, it boots with the same …

Quite often but not always when I burn a dvd (I use sonic software for this) Windows media player will not give sound, yet windows media center has no problem. I am using xp media edition. Easy workaround I know, but why?

compatibility issues made it necessary to switch from zone alarm to kerio personal. i was told that it is complicated. my greatest fear is that i have already allowed a hacker in. would any of you experienced kerio personal firewall users guide me thru the steps of shutting down traffic, …

I would like to use a macro to save a spread sheet in a specific folder with the date as the file name. I have come to the conclusion that there is no way to do this in excel without using code because when the save window opens you are …

Hi Please allow me to introduce myself. Currently I am employed with a local firm specialising in Network and Software Support for other local firms. I form part of a CERT team (Computer Emergency Response Team) whereas one of my duties include cyber investigations for our Information Security and Risk …

Hi Friends I cannot delete shortcuts on desktop I am getting this message " Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use " Please help me in deleting these shortucts Actually i want blank desktop so please help me …

Hi I have a heinz 57 PC AMD Athlon at 1837Mhz, 200MB HD, 512RAM. Windows XP Pro SP2. I have a problem for the last couple of months, Each and every time I try to enter Safe Mode the password is rejected. I have even tried creating a new administrator …

Hello All, I'm running Windows XP with SP2, connected directly to the modem and have been having a problem for a while now of the internet connection dropping ramdonly and I need to reboot to get it started again. I can be downloading or not downloading (Heavy or light use) …

Hi... I came across this place while lookin for a solution for my current problem... In the hope that someone here can help me... Ok, i won't beat about the bush i'll just tell you what went wrong... When i had a play with my speaker setup yesterday everthing was …

I replaced the hard drive on a 5 yr old Dell laptop, partioned and formated, which I think worked as far as I can tell. Now I need to install windows ME, but I the laptop can only have cd-rom OR floppy in at a time so I have to …

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I have a problem with Windows 2000, sp4. When it starts up, sometimes it proceeds ok and then stops at a blue screen. I do not mean a bsod, just a blank blue screen - no text, no error messages, nothing - just …

I go to a site that has a video that uses Windows Media Player and I click play and it is stuck on "Open Media...." Nothing happens, the video doesn't stream. I tried reinstalling Windows Media Player, but that doesn't work. I'm pretty sure it's not the site itself because …

Hey gang whats up? Here's my problem. Ever since i loaded win xp i have not had any audio through my speakers. i checked the driver in my sound and audio devices and it was installed but not working properly. So i uninstalled it, and downloaded again from the c-media …

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Hi all i have this problem İ was playing game in web browser then a massege come and told me that i must upgrade my java 5.0 to 6 and i updgraded that... When i close the browser my pc restarts... When i tried to delete this java it still …

Hi all! Im new to computers and not very technical. So here goes:When i insert a Cd into the Cd tray of my laptop nothing happens?? When i try to burn a cd through Itunes it says the "Cd Burner or software is missing"?? But i have burned cd'd many …

i know the sound card and speakers are good. someone removed programs from my pc and now i can't get the sound to work.:sad:

Just recently I upgraded my PC from WIN98 to WinXP SP2. My regular uses of surfing the net, listening to audio (streaming from the internet or from a CD or watching video clips and burning them onto a CD in VCD format or DVD in DVD format) were runni9ng fine …

Hi, I am running a Windows XP Prof SP2 on a Celeron 2.0 with 640 MB of DDR RAM. I have a S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR built in video card with 32 MB of video ram. I recently migrated to IE 7. I like the many new features which have …