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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 …

I'm working on a [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]Windows[/URL] XP Media Center [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]computer[/URL] that seems to be having difficulty accessing [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]web[/URL] pages...specifically scripted pages. As an example, from [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]Internet Explorer[/URL] 6.0 if I try to access the webmail from comcast.net: [URL]http://www.comcast.net/qry/goto?app=mail&CM.src=top[/URL] where there is a ? in the address it will immediately go to …

Hi, I'm unable to open a file that has videos in it - keep getting a windows explorer error and then it shuts down. Likewise when I try and delete the file and also search for it the explorer error message comes up. Have run McAfee skybot and found nothing. …

I have a problem with my video editing PC. Although having spent a large amount of time investigating solutions on the web, I consistently find recovery software which is either focused on recovering the boot sector, or alternately, specific data files on the HDD. My problem, however, is the following.-- …

here i have a couple of problem that i don't really think i can answer it. so hope anyone can help me answer this question. 1. you as administrator for a small Windows NT network. There is a WINS server, but DHCP is not used. All computers on the network …

First off it takes about 1 whole minute to load and then it takes forever to find my home page and when it does it takes forever when i click on something!!!! when i go to open a tab it takes forever and when i type in the site it …

Hi I recently got an mp3 player and when installing the software I found out that it cannot be installed on Win 98, only 98SE, XP, and 2000. Can I upgrade to another system? and how? Will I lose any information on my computer? Thanks!

I am debating whether to upgrade to Windows X64 or to stay with XP Pro. I am running a AMD Turion, and would like use it to its full potential. Would I see a performance increase if I upgraded to X64. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks, Ryan

My Presario X1000 has been humming along nicely on XP Pro since new (couple of years ago). All of a sudden I need a new hard drive. So the only guy in town (a photo copier mechanic) puts one in! Bingo! Back in business right? :sad: Now I can't get …

Are there any Windows PowerTools (TweakUI in particular) for Microsoft Windows Professional x64 edition?

Okay, jsut to clarify, my OS is XP-HE/sp2. I'm trying to remove BF2 (battlefield2) the game and add/remove programs won't let me. When I attempt to remove any other program it prepares to. But when I click on the remove option for BF2 the pane just flickers and then reappears …

I can't seem to go into Windows normally...whenever I turn it on, it goes to the Windows Loading screen, and instead of going to my desktop, the computer restarts! The weird thing is, usually, when my computer restarts, there is a beep, and on the Bios, it shows the information …

Ok when I play this game sometimes and quit I come back to find my screen and everything side ways and some programs telling me my screen resolution is too low. So I tried to fix it and it wouldn't let me I just had to do a system restore. …

Hello there, I have burned quite a lot of CDs on my 'E' Drive but suddenly it no longer works. I've tried burning a disc this afternoon and I keep getting the message 'No Medium in 'E' drive'. And it rejects the blank disc I have put in. I have …

Hi guys and gals! Windows XP Problem.... When I right click on my desktop to go to Dispay Properties or if I try to access it from Control Panel all I can do is select a new theme???? :evil: The other 4 tabs dont even show up?? (Screen Saver, Display …

last year, a person posted how to deal with if i lost the password of admin in win xp. i want to check it back. please help me. it should be a software can fix this problem. thank you all again

hi i have a big big problem ok 1. i have installed my server called ICESERVER WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2003 R2 STANDARD EDITION .I HAVE CONFIGURED ACTIVE DIRECTORY SUCESSFULLY I CAN GET INTERNET ON THE SERVER. 2. I AHVE 20 XP PRO SP2 WORKSTATION TO JOIN THE DOMAIN THE DOMAIN …

Hey my computer is so completely messed up i decided to backup all my files then reinstall everything over again..but the built in windows xp recovery( that deletes everything and makes it like a new comp again) does not work...it says user partition not found we will create one...so it …

I've recently started creating my own custom cursors for Windows, and i seem to have a problem with tooltips. The cursors that are designed to look like a crosshair or an eye, etc. have the hotspot located in the center. This creates an issue with tooltips in such away that …

Hi, on the startup processes in msconfig, how do i remove items from the list? I have uninstalled some of them and they are still there, even 2 viruses are there after they were deleted! Is it some kind of cache?

hello i lost my optima recovery disc and was wonderign if i could install windows xp using just a nromal windows disc cause also my computer has no os

Hi all, My problem is I can't access web pages by IE6.0.29 when server uses the DES-CBC-SHA or other(DES or DES3) cipher suits. But the firefox work well.:eek: (good fox). The server is worked with stunnel-4.15 and openssl-0.9.8b. I just enabled the DES-CBC-SHA cipher(I had already tried other cipher suits …

I'm sure you guys are sick of threads about freezing, but here's another. My computer has been randomly freezing for quite some time now(about 3 months). I have done all that i can think of to try and remedy the problem, from opening the case and cleaning the dust out …

I recently screwed up my registry, and went to MSDN for help & i found out how to fix my problem, which was realy easy, but anyways, now when i startup a box pops up before the desktop or shell starts(the logonui part of the startup) which i dont really …

This is a new problem......... I can't find any solution anywhere. I'm looking for a solution for my boss at work. What I know is that he has a Netcom 311 gigabit card and he tries to transfer large data files between two of his computers using LAN. When he …

hi everyone. i'm having a problem i've never run into before. i'm running microsoft windows xp home sp 2. my girlfriends computer running the same thing crashed, and i'm trying to move her important files (my documents) onto my hard drive to back up. her hard drive is in my …

Hi I’m currently attempting to fix an older Cicero model I’ve had since my mother fried the hard drive a few year ago. It’s an AMD Athlon XP 2200 I believe (although I may be wrong) Anyways after concluding the older hard drive was too damaged to be recovered I …

I have a WINNT 4.0 server as a PDC. I am installing a new Server 2003. I want to make the new server as a BDC so that I can take all the domain user to the new server without creating a new user. Is there any method i can …

hey can somebody plese help me my problem is that i need to install windows xp on me other computer i lost my recovery and i only have a windows xp disc that i bought from a store. i formatted my hardrive and copied all of my files but when …

This is my first post. I recently received a computer with windows 2000 that has administrative rights! I would like to format the HD and reload with win XP. I have no idea how to do this function?? Any help on this matter would be appreciated.:rolleyes:

I use Outlook Express as my mail client, and a POP3 interpreter YPOPS to give OE access to my Yahoo accounts. It works like a dream. But it's two clicks too many to open YPOPS and OE both, so i changed the OE shortcut to point to a .cmd file …

lost my xp professional product key and dont have the money to buy one and im need to reinstall it on my computer ,if anyone knows where i cant get one please help me or something

What would cause Photoshop 7.0 to refuse to open completely? I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it. It shows up in my programs but when I click to open it, only the load up page shows then reverts back to desktop. I am using Windows XP and have had PS7 …

i get a lot of "this page cannot be displayed" messages and i have a list of possible causes. i wish to check the winsock and i am hoping to get guidance by someone who is knowledgeable. from my research i should do this: command prompt type in Netsh winsock …

I Know i post alot about problems but most of my problems are curred now. but know i have a new problem. Here goes- I reinstalled windows xp professional but it wont let me connect to my local area connection (my clearwire(broadband)). Ive tried to set it up manually but …

I had some work done on my old computer and now it will only boot up part way and stop. Since it has a lot of info on it that I want to access and is the only machine I can print from, I would like to have it available …

Hello....I run Windows ME, on a Dell Dimension 2100. Every so often, I'll be in the middle of something, and wothout warning, the screen goes off, and the computer does a restart. It's happened over the last several months. I was wondering if there is anything I need to do? …

will windows run on 640 of ram?

Hello, I get this error when I play a dvd....I have a gforce 4200 with 128meg,120 gig harddrive,winxp with all updates,1.0 amd cpu,512 meg memory...My dvd player will play in any other dvd software I use.Thanks Ernie Windows Media Player cannot play DVD video. Open Display in Control Panel, and …

Hi Everyone I'm running a legal copy of WinXP Pro SP2 with all possible updates on an nForce 3 250 (Gigabyte) Athlon 64 platform. Lately, every time I've been using Sleep or Hibernate, the computer freezes in the middle of the process. I do not know where to start looking …

FILE BACKUP AND TRANSFER SOFTWARE - BEST...!!! Hi everyone...!!! WHICH IS THE BEST SOFTWARE (PREFERABLY FREEWARE) CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR FILE BACK UP AND TRANSFER...??????? (NOT SYSTEM CLONING but only data/file backup and transfer) Scenario: I am having one Hard Disk of say 200 GB with three partitions 20 GB; 40GB; …

I have just reformatted my hard drive, however i now come to installing itunes which is fine then once i try and install the latest version it comes up with an error saying quicktime is not installed properly and itunes needs quicktime to run. i have tried un-installing and re-installing …

my computer has been having less and less memory every day. Ive deleted programs that i dont need anymore, but i know there are tons of things still on my computer that i dont need. thats my problem. how can i tell if i need or dont need something, because …

i have this mp3 player that when i upload music it works fine. I am able to see all the songs on my computer. When i check my MP3 it says NO MUSIC. I just uploading 80 songs and it says NO MUSIC constantly. My mp3 is connected by a …

I have an emachines 3210, I have loaded up Call Of Duty 2 for my sprog and it keeps saying Fatal Error, Error During Initialization, Video Card or Driver Doesnt Support Dynamic Textures. Any help would be appreciated - also talk in layman terms as I am not too hot …

A short question: Can Win XP act as a webserver or is IIS for XP only for developing purposes?

Alright. So I download Visual Studio 2k5 in 2 discs from my college software site. (I don't particularly want to use VS2k5, but I want to have it around JIC.) I go and map them to my virtual drive, and they autoplay. Great! I'll install and be on my way! …