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Hi, I have this HP PSC 2170 Series printer. I use Win Xp with everything updated. I have been using that printer for long time with no problem til now. I tried uninstalling the HP printer driver and reinstall it but this time it says I need to insert WIN …

:o hi, after about a year of no luck on my dad's behalf i have resorted to asking some peopl ewho know what they are tlaking about. it seems to be a problem with games, whenever one is installed every so often the hard drive light flashes and constantly stays …

This looks kinda like an off-topic forum, anyways, my question: Can I -without buying Windows XP again- install Windows XP (my current version) into VMWare? I want it so I can test things out like hacks, without worrying about messing up my computer, thanks! :)

[COLOR=Navy][FONT=Arial]I hope I have the right forum, sorry I'm new here :o . Messages I send from my Hotmail to any AOL address are now being returned by the Postmaster. This is the message I get: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. …

Hoping you can help / I'm a bit new to computers, Whenever I have a web page that I want to print, I go up to file, then to print, and select ok (in the same way I would in 'Word' to print one of my own documents). When the …

Hi I just wan to ask if there is any way to sort out which services do I really need to be loaded when changing system configuration in order to uncheck the rest: Run>>msconfig. I'm interested about "sevices" and "startup" boards.:D

Hi all.. Ive been using MSN Live messenger for a while now and tonight its just decided to not like my firewall. It just says its blocked. Now, my brother is on the same connection but a different computer and his works fine. I haven;t changed anything at all and …

Ok...I had been using Windows XP for a while, then someone told me that I need Service Pack 2 to be safe. So I downloaded it, and started installing, but then it said "Access is denied" and started uninstalling itself. Then it requested a restart, so I clicked "Restart Now." …

Hi...I am trying to install a game for my daughter and it errors saying something about JIT debugger any help would be appreciated...Thanks! also on the game I am trying to install it errors and wont play after i install it...it says direct 3d renderer creation error.

Hello, first time poster and I'm having some trouble with my computer. It's a Compaq Presario 5003 500 Series. Inten Pentium 3 processor 80 gig hardrive and the like. 128 MB of Ram 930 MHz. I first got it from my aunt for college, 3 years ago. She bought it …

Okay, ive been getting this error for quite a long time and i need to know how to fix it. Right now my computer is still up and running. Is there a program that might help prevent the error from occuring again? Help pls

i can't get on net its driving me crazy typing on this old computer when i have a £1800 computer in the other room which i cant hook up to the net even with my ethernet modem that does not need drivers.can anyone help?:mad:

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:sad: As I have had no replies at all to my problem re upgrading to Microsoft 2003 (27th August) I am going to do a reformat and hope that will solve the problem. Can anyone tell me how I can take a copy of all my e-mail folders beforehand as …

Hey there I am having a real problem with my computer, its running on windowsXp profesional with SP2 installed, i have an nVIDIA 6200 AGP 256 MB graphics card, its a 2.4GB intel celeron with 512 MB RAM installed. And the problem i am having is that when i go …

Does anyone still have the Super-Fast User Switcher PowerToy? I've been trying to find it, but Microsoft took it away, so I was wondering if someone might have saved it and can give it to me:cheesy: -edit- Solution: [url]http://www.5starsupport.com/info/xpinfo.htm[/url] and download "PowerToys for XP" (scroll down)

[COLOR=#000000]ok here is my deal du-jour.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My HP laptop won’t connect to the internet. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It won’t acknowledge the Wireless connection or the LAN (both are there as indicated my the netgear router). [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I have also totally shut down and restarted both the dls modem and the wireless router …

I have individually checked each RAM chip I have and each slot on my mobo. I have 4 1GB Ram chips that work together in all combinations up to 3GB but when I use all4 it is only giving me 3.25GB. My mobo is capable of 8GB whit 4 slots …

Newbie here so bear with me ... I own a Dell (ok ok, get the groans out now) and the C:\ failed on me due to bad sectors. Luckly, my warranty was still good so they were nice enough to send me a replacement drive. I also had a secondary …

my wifes computer, running win 98 will only give 2 or 16 colours' i have tried reloading win 98 from original disc but with no result. i have tried changing with control panel, display, setting, but can only get 2or 16 colours and cannot change screen resolution. help is needed!

Hi folks... I hope some one can help me. I can acees every website but for some strange reason I can't display my Yahoo signin page Every time I got "page cannot display" I try everything I know in my IE settings Thanks

:sad: I am trying to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003. I am currently using Microsoft 2000 Premium. It instals so far and then I get a message ' Error 1335 - Cabinet File CS561404, CAB is corrupt and cannot be used.' I have tried it three times and still get …

I've got a P4 3.06 GHz computer with Windows XP and a 500k broadband Internet connection. Everything was fine until a couple of months ago, when the Internet would become painfully slow, and pages which took a second to load up before would take minutes, often needing to be refreshed …

I am trying to find out how many numbers in a column are above a certain number, so a column has 2 4 3 6 3, and I want to have a tally after the last row with how many are above 3, could this be done with an if …

I installed a new video card today and when I went to restart computer I recieved a message saying "Reboot and select proper boot device", and says about inserting media if boot device is correct or something...Can someone please help me with this!!

I lost all of my icons on my desktop because I accidently hit the hide icons button on the arrange icons by tab and now I can not right click again on my desktop or do anything in my desktop. If anyone knows anything please help me out thanks!!!

i have a classic VAIO SR7k notebook with a bad PCMCIA slot which has prohibited me from using the SONY PCMCIA CDROM drive. this means that i can't use the SONY system restore CDs since they require the SONY CDROM to run. bad SONY. i have an external LaCie firewire …

when i go start>all programs>pc tools and click on it, i get three programs that i have checked out, but will never use. they are swapdrive, intermute, and netsmartz. i have decided that i would delete them if i could find them, which i can't. i have looked in the …

Hello, I got my computer from a friend, but it was her daughters, and my friend had blocked the website, on a netgear firewall, [url]www.myspace.com[/url]. I actually go to this site, but it is still blocked. How do i unblock the website? And i do not know anything about privacy …

Wasn't sure where to post this at, so I stuck it here. Anyone know how to prevent AIM from taking focus when a new message pops up? It's quite annoying when you're typing in one window, then suddenly typing in a new window. Or having a full screen application minimized …

We are upgrading our computer os on some school computers. We ordered xp pro but was sent Table PC Edition 2005. Are they alike? Will it work on our desktops?

hi can anybody help me,i'm running on xp sp2 on a acer travelmate 40000wlmi and my start menu and desktop icons have dissapeared. thanks in advance.

Hello - I guess I am looking for a quick answer, as to why I suddenly lost all my audio devices, printer, and sound - It was following a series of events as I attempted to clear out spyware. The most recent thing was I took some inappropriate advice, and …

my co-worker's laptop's power supply went out and he had some games on his hd before the ps went out. he got his laptop fixed and try to reinstall the same games and they will not work. i updated all of the drivers and directx. is there anything else that …

hello Can I run scanreg /restore even I turn the system restore off? Thanks WinME

Hi, I have an installer project which installs my application and it's dependencies, which used to run fine on XP. This project has some Custom Actions that registers a service. I can register the service manually using elevated command line. But the custom action hangs. I have created a sample …

whenever i try to run Opera (the browser) it takes about a half an hour to open. i have defragged my hard drive countless times, and it still takes a long time to open. suggestion/solutions?

Hi, whenever i put in a CD to install something the computer will restart itself. It isnt the temperature that is affecting it and I already unchecked the Automatic reboot box in the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It also doesnt matter what type of CD it is …

Hi folks, Today I downloaded Windows Defender Beta 2 form the Microsoft site. I've downloaded it and I have tryed to install it. All I get is an error message saying: [I]C:\Documents and Settings\Jason\Desktop\WindowsDefender.msi Access is denied.[/I] I also tryed running another .msi file I have and I recived the …

i tried upgrading my system to winxp by booting from the cd with my pendrive in the usb port. at the partition point, i think i mistakingly deleted my pendrive's partition and therefore it does not format when i try formatting it. How do i partition the pendrive(cruzer micro 512mb)? …

For the last few days my computer has been acting up.After being on for an hour it freezes and shouts down to a blue screen that reads as follows:::I am running windows xp home edition. A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent damage to your …

Basically, I'm having a problem with Internet Explorer that keeps shutting my windows down ! Either everytime I shut a single window down or additional windows down, this script error will appear and and ask me to send report . Once i close or send ,it shuts down any window …

Hi, I recently installed a piece of software on my laptop. Following this I restarted the computer, and now it take ages to restart, switch off and turn on. Generally the computer is running extremely slowly. Moreover, the computer now has an appearance more like windows 95/98 rather than XP, …

I am running windows 98 and after the windows 98 screen loads an error comes up. It says: Unable to load dynamic link library: msnp32.dll The system cannot find the file specified Some or all of the following feature is not available: Microsoft Network How can I get this file …

I was initially setting my master and slave drives but when I rebooted the slave was not being recognized so I checked the IDE cable to see if there was an issue. I did this a couple of times only to find it was not working, I also got no …

When I try to start my other computer up, it first comes up with message saying "Error loading powerprof.dll (break) One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found." Then, after the computer runs ScanDisk, another message comes up that says "Error loading Explorer.exe. (break) You …

I have windows ME, everytime i go to install a new program i get the same error message corresponding to the program for example, " AoL Setup has caused an error <unknown> if you continue experiecing problems please restart your computer." I scanned for viruses, i have none, i defraged …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]My Computer Won't Shut Down Itself After Installing XP [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]There are a number of users who have been complaining that their PC will no longer automatically power down/shut off without pressing the power off button …

Where on here can I establish a Password so that ONLY 1 user ME can use the systerm, where on here can you do this?

Can somebody please let me know if there is any configuration file for sound devices which affect microphone setting on the windows start up. My problem is that when ever I start my pc all previously settings get over writen by some kind of default which mute my mic plus …