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At the top of my inbox the following message has appeared..." Drag a column header here to group by that column"and I was hoping someone could tell me how to remove it. Thanks

Hi All, Windows xp is playing video files in full screen mode irrespective of the different players that i using. and when it starts playing i have no control over the sytem cant even use ctr alt delte only alt and f4 to switch it off. have an acer aspire …

Windows XP Pro. Right-click on desktop and hit Properties won't bring up display properties (to adjust resolution for example). Tried that in control panel to bring up display stil doesn't do it. I click it and nothing happens. I have checked over and over again there's no graphic card problem …

I have read a topic about this, but I am not having the same problems. I suppose it is not serious, but it did happen yesterday. When I booted up, it brought me to a screen saying that Fat32 needs to be checked for consistancy. This does not happen every …

"Critical Stop" sound after XP Pro loads Everything works great on my PC, but I get the "Critical Stop" sound right at the end of everything being loaded into memory during startup. There is no problem with anything that I use working correctly. This has been happening as long as …

I'm planning on installing new RAM and another CDRW. I'm debating whether or not to re-format the hard drive and re-install XP. If I don't re-format, am I correct in assuming the XP re-activation will be painless as long as I'm connected to the internet? What about if I re-format? …

Hey, for the life of me i cannot get my computer to recognize my USB connection. Do i need a certain type of USB cord other than 2.0 to connect to my camara?:rolleyes:

Hi, first posting here so apologies if i dont make sense/provide enough info. Will really appreciate any help anyone can provide. Since a week or so ago, (can't remember installing anything specific), i have been having an intermittant problem whereby i am using IE6 very well, all working hunky dory, …

I Know There Are Other Posts Like This But I Don't understand Anything. So, for these last months I am having this problem, my pc Freezes while playing a game. I have nothin to do but restart my computer from the tower's restart button. My Computer Is Fully updated Even …

Hi, If someone could help me that would be great. When I turn my computer on it start the normal loading and then the screen turns black and says: Windows could not start because of an error in the software. Please report this problem as: load needed DLLs for kernel. …

I am able to connect to Outlook Express but not Internet Explorer. A technican supposedly repaired the PC saying it was a virus and spyware that caused the problem. Any suggestions? Thanking you in advance.

I recently re-installed SP2 because I wanted to try out WMP11 but didn't quite like it so I decided to uninstall WMP11 and SP2, seeing as they were not going to be needed anymore. So, I start up the unistallation from Add/Remove, and when it's about time to start Copying …

I have been having this problem for quite a while now. I have contacted Microsoft but their responses are nonsense. Basically I have two Hotmail accounts, which I both use with Windows Live Messenger. (Key: Acc 1 = Primary Account Acc 2 = Secondary Account) One day, I start up …

I just got my computer back after he wiped everything and reinstalled Windows XP Pro. I know nothing about computers. When I go to any web sites with animations, they don't show up and on the bottom of the page is a little thing that looks like a piece of …

Can you have anything in your inbox showing you replied to an email without having to open the message? As in Yahoo has the envelope with the arrow. If so how? I have looked but not been able to find anything. I have Outlook 2003. If there isn't, please post …

Hello everybody, i'm portuguese but I hope you can understand my english... Here's my problem, a few months ago, i used a Onboard audio driver, C-Media audio driver, but i had a lot of problems with that one so i bought another, it's a Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1. I uninstalled …

HELP, tried to install LIMEWIRE form the limewire.com web on my dads machine running Windows 2000 Pro. On installation it stopped, did this twice in same place (something about active x). But now when I reboot the machine its running MEGA slow, will not connect to internet and the hard …

I am running [URL="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=120251&pid=721417&st=0&#"]Windows[/URL] XP on three PCs that are networked. We are using a Linksys BEFSR81 Cable/DSL Router with 8-Port Switch. We are using Verizon DSL. Using IE 6.0.2900 (SP2). Running Norton Antivirus, Webroot Spysweeper and Google toolbar. Popups are allowed for this page. WE HAVE NEVER HAD A …

Hi I am Marco & am new here. Asyou can tell from the posting caption, I am having a problem with an HP PC. 1) I am trying to get my son's PC up and running again. 2) I reset the BIOS to default. 3) I connected the cd rom …

Hi guys, this you will love! I just had to format and wipe everything off my desktop after a problem with it 3-4 days ago, and got back running again. I turned it on earlier and it was black screen, reset and then it ran nearly to desktop, then printed …

I was trying to open a file, that I didn't know which application would open at the time, it had me select from a list of programs, I thought it was a serial key that I could view in notepad. It turned out that it wasn't and it was supposed …

When I GO TO my computer and double -click on the C: drive it opens up search instead of opening the C: drive. When I right-click on the C: it shows search first and open second. How do I fix this so when I double -click it opens the C: …

Does any body know how to access files on a hard drive that are pass word protected. The problem is I hooked my old hard drive into my new computer as a slave and it will not let me access user files. When I had my old hard drive in …

OK, I have just go btwreless broadband...I can access the nei fine, however there are some sites the browser jst doesnt like! I can get unto google, news sites -bbc etc however I've tried accessing sites like [url]www.macromedia.com[/url] , [url]www.apple.com[/url] [url]www.tradedoubler.com[/url] or [url]www.CJ.com[/url] and its not letting me? any ideas …

Well here we go. I turned on my computer and the following happened: 1. Microsofts loading screen came up. 2. It then showed the background screen for login. 3. After a few seconds and then minutes no login user icons showed up. 4. I hit all manor of keystroke and …

see the attchment. i made a program C# that when click on icon it showed me a reminder than launched bf2

Hai pal I am using windows 98, when I tried to install new fonts, I can't find the option install new font in the file folder. Pls help me to solve this problem. regards dwsen

ok wen ever i use aim it takes 5-7 secs before the other person recieves the messege(its not instant like before)and before i can type a new messege it like freezes an it never use to do this it started happening a couple of days ago

Hey guys, Should I hide the sysvol folders from users logging on to the domain?

can someone please help me

What do you think is the best way to download legal music. I see a bunch of sites saying its one cent per song or something really cheap, but i dont know if its legal. Itunes is the probably the easiest answer, but in my opinion i think 1 dollar …

hi im trying to set up a web hosting service using iis . i have a domain name from godaddy.com i used zoneedit.com free name server services to assign ns for my ip to mydomain.com i set up iis server . now here is the problem i can access the …

Ok I am having a SERIOUS problem with my PC constantly crashing. The crashing started yesterday morning and since then, my PC has crashed at least 10-15 times which is way too many times. All the crashes have been at random times, and I've noticed it happens whenever I run …

This is a modification of the [URL="http://www.petri.co.il/add_command_prompt_here_shortcut_to_windows_explorer.htm"]Add Command Prompt Here[/URL] tweak that is fairly common in the internet. What the original tweak basically did was, create a shortcut in the Directory/Drive Context Menu of Windows Explorer when clicked executes a command prompt with the clicked directory as current directory. This …

Hey guys, I'm trying to setup a remote computer to logon through RD to our server to run a printing program (we did this, because the printer takes a while and we figure our server will do it faster). I've set the group policy to allow log on through terminal …

Hi Guys , I got a problem loading WINXP , showing a message that can't find CONFIG.SYS or it is corrupted Can you help? Thanks

Hi - I have a problem upgrading from outlook 2000 to outlook 2003. I want to continue to use the rest of office 2000 on the machine i.e. word. excel access I have installed otl 2003 both update and a complete install over the top of otl 2000. The workstation …

when I try to run media player I get an error message. There is an internal problem with media player?? Worked yesterday...ran adaware and spybot still not working. XPpro.

Hello, I am running Windows XP sp2 and am having some serious trouble with chkdsk. There is one HDD installed on the computer and it is very long overdue for a defrag. About a month ago, when I tried to defrag the C: drive, I got a message stating, "Disk …

Can anyone help discover what is wrong - what started out as an annoying bug is now beginning to impeed work and oddly is occuring on another brand new system. The CPU rails to 100% at random times. THe first system is a Dell M170 laptop. It picks a random …

I have a Dell computer, 128mb of RAM, 20GB hard drive space, and a 850MHz Pentium III processor. The computer is running Windows 2000 Professional. Here's my problem: When my computer begins to start up, I get the "Dell" screen for a few seconds and then two beeps, followed by …

I have a laptop that has XP service Pack 1 and when i go to microsoft automatic updates it says that "Your Internet settings may be preventing ActiveX controls from running, therefore this page cannot be displayed". I have reset all ActiveX controls to default and made sure ActiveX controls …

hi everyone i have a cd RW and i want to copy some songs to this cd RW from some web site ..so that i can play it in our car, ..can anyone tell me how to copy it , in which format , and later it should play automatially …

Hi I know that Word can work with various languages, i want to be able to type a word with accents and then word will automatically correct mistakes once typed is there any way of doing this, Thanks Studio

Hi! Im new in this forum and not very good at topics like this too :o . I need help regarding on my title. When I try acessing into the hotmail website it just gives me a blank page. I can however visit the yahoo main website but unable to …

I am running WIN98SE with a GEFORCE (VisionTek) graphics card. Many months ago, I developed a problem; I can not change the Computer Display Setting under Control Panel. When I click on the Settings Tab (Display), the computer comes back with an rundll32 error message and than freezes up. Thus …

I would be very greatful if you can help me to sort out my system and to save my data. I have win XP Pro installed on my system with 5 partitions on NTFS. Drives: c:,d:,e:,f:g: and one slave drive. my xp pro is installed on c: drive. I have …

I have a client who belongs to a listserv - almost every time she gets an email from this listserv the email is full of gibberish with a bunch of wierd characters and completely unreadable. example: [B][quote][/B] [B]From: [/B]"[i]<email snipped>[/i]" [B]Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:49 PM[/B] [B]Subject: Your AJFCA …

I was in the process of installing Windows Professional XP on my computer. I stepped away for a minute and when I came back my computer had restarted. It restarted in safe mode and the message that pops up is: [B]Windows XP Setup cannot run under Safemood. Setup will restart …

I have just been upgrading my PC during this process I accidently erased one of my drives containing my shared folders containing mp3's Karaoke files and zip and other files that I had collected to shareusing the western digital lifeguard 11.2 software. I used File scavenger 3 to recover what …