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Have you guys heard of any new games for Vista? The 3 I have heard about are CRYSIS, SHADOWRUN and Halo2. I have those previews here ( [url]http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Windows_Vista_computer_games.html[/url] ) but I am wondering if there are any games that I missed.. Mike [url]http://www.windows-vista-update.com[/url]

We just switched over from workgroup to domain. The users are reconfiguring their settings and so forth, but I cannot find the outlook.pst files. All I can find are .dat / .FAV / .srs / .xml / .NK2 files... anyone know what's going on?

I just got a new Dell Computer about 6 weeks ago. I am trying to do a system restore. It won't allow me. I run Windows XP. Any ideas? Thanks

Hey, I'm new to this forum. There was a problem with my system( laptop, XP)so I did a system restore on it. The internet was working then. Next, I installed Office XP because the wipe erased it. Now my internet doesn't work. The status says the internet is working(Cable internet …

How do I re-install the Administrative Tools for Win2000 Pro SP4. I had several viruses (cleaned up) and now this complete file is gone. I'm unable to manage any programs (anti-virus, firewall, etc.) the Computer Management file is gone. I attempted to reinstall the Administrative Tools from the Win2000 Pro …

Hi there everyone. Well i used to have a computer with this stats Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) 750mhz 1024MB RAM Nivida 64 MB RAM 100.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity Something like that ---------------------------------------- Now i changed the motherboard and then it wouldnt load my windows …

Hi there, I'd like to have your opinions regarding what are the best softwares to chech and/or repair HDs? Thanks in advance

When I boot up I get a choice of starting with hard drive C or D. At one time I had my operating system on hard drive D but now it is on hard drive C and have deleted the OS from drive D. I understand there is a file …

I installed my xp home on my dauter's computer. Why? long story. I can't register it because the cd came installed on my dell, I have to purchase another key. I'm screwed (she is). I can't get any updates. I ran housecall and it came up with 5 pages of …

I tried to restrict users from editing the local group policy in my computer just for security but not knowing... that doing that locally (computer not in a domain) will affect all the users who logs in in that certain PC even the Administrator account. HERE IS THE CAUSE:!!! What …

when i turn on my computer just before the windows xp starts up a black screens appears and nothing happens. i tried repairing it using the windows cd.....nothing happened. i loaded my best performance thingy (someone said that might help, don't really know)...didn't work. then i re-installed xp twice and …

This problem just happened yesterday after I had to manually shut down (used power button) my computer after it froze. Now when I try to load up IE, it "halfway" opens up (you can see parts of the interface) and just freezes. I thought maybe it was an IE problem, …

hi everyone, my mum was given a XP pro and when she got there was no recyclie bin???? it says that it is sending stuff to the recyclie bin but we can not find it???? can anyone help me????plzzz

i just formatted my hard drive using the "hp restore plus" cd. im now experiencing comsiderably slower performance than before i had formatted.windows startup is noticeably slow and perfomance has just decreased drastically on the whole my machines a P4 2.6ghz, with two 512mb sticks of RAM and a 40gig …

To all you brave people who maybe are going to try and help me fix my problem. After some cleaning work I done on my computer I mentioned that I accidently removed the sound operating system. (or whatever you would like to call it). To get it back I tried …

I have just installed a 19" flat monitor screen to my Windows 2000 Professional. It tells me my screen must be 1280 x 1024. If I put it to this then my Internet pages only fill half the screen. Can someone help me to resolve this. I did have it …

Hello, everyone! I joined the forum to find some help for my problem. It seems very similar to that related in this thread -- [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html[/URL] . I've searched for answers, and the best seems to be found here. :lol: I did have Norton System Works on this machine, which I …

Guys once again I think I have contracted either a virus or tanted program. Today my DSL (sbc) started running very slowly, I rebooted, system restored, ran all virus programs, and even tried different cables with no luck. Called their tech, he pinged, I pinged, he checked for known problems …

Hi everyone, can someone PLEASE PLEASE help me? I am going round in circles and there is no way out. I cannot access secure sites, like banking, etc. I have tried the usual things like parental controls and resetting my .dlls and security settings and also a few other things, …

First, the problem started this way. The computer was brought to me because it would dial up but would not open websites. I investigated and found that it would not resolve a host name. The DNS servers were correct and are functioning fine so the problem was on the computer. …

Hello, I'm inheriting a half-built web-site that has runs on IIS over an MS SQL database. The web pages are written in ASP and they are mostly a mess. Is it possible to use Perl scripts in an MS SQL and IIS environment? Thanks for any input or feedback. Silentiopk4

hey guys and girls. just wanting some help with a problem on my comp. whenever i try opening control panel nothing happens. also when i go to install something, again nothing happens. Both my BitDefender and AVG virus scanners arent working propaerly and so i couldnt scan. Afterwards i scanned …

I just recently had to format a friends pc. As of right now it is in the condidtion it was in when it came from Dell, with all the default programs installed etc etc. I installed Yahoo Messenger but all it does it open then close right away. Thanks, Will

Computer working ok however wishing to re instal xp .get so far then error message saying windows does not detect hard drive any help thanks

Hey everyone. I'm new here and like the title says I need some help. I recently began having problems with by DVD-RW drive. For some reason it won't read CD-RWs or DVD-RWs or DVD+Rs. It used too but suddenly it stopped working. The system just locks up until I eject …

Hey guys, My company consists of roughly 25 computers. Should I bother setting up DNS on our server? We're going to be connecting to our branch office servers soon, and I was also wondering if this would play a role when uses try to connect to our server from the …

i recently installed nero on my computer to so i could start burning things to my blank cds. i bought some sony cd 700mb blank cds and thoughs worked fine. Now im trying to put our vacation movie but i need 3.7 gig space so i bought 4.7 gig dvd-r …

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I reinstalled xp/ home. When I shut down the computer, windows logs off then the computer tells me it is now safe to turn off the computer. I have to press the power button. It never did this before, it would shut down and turn off all at once. Where …

i am having the same problem as brownboi79. keep getting framebuf error messege. i tried the 2 suggestion , but still the same thing. any new ideas.HELP

[html] We want to easily create a large number of guest accounts with minimal interaction. Everything works good except one problem... I don't want the guest to be part of "Domain Users", which is added by default to new accounts, but I can't remove it with dsmod because it says …

[FONT=Arial]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=2]undefined[/SIZE][COLOR=Black]undefined[/COLOR] I am using Windows XP Home with service pack 2. when I reboot my computer the hard drive keeps running, and running, and running. when I open the task manager by right clicking on the task bar or doing control/alt/delete it shows the file helpctr.exe many, many times. Then …

every time I restart it hangs after the boot screen with a blank screen my keyboard lights all turn on and everything is unresponsive. when I restart from there I get the boot selet screen that asks if I want safe mode. I first instictivly choose last known good settings. …

Yesterday all was well with my pc and I have always had Yahoo Messenger. I installed Yahoo's "new" Beta ver 8.0 and still my pc was normal. Turned pc off for the night. Turned pc on this morning and my cursor is jittery and moving upward and to the left. …

Folks, How to format the drive on WinXP as msdos FS? I have 2 HDs mounted on mobile rack running WinME and WinXP respective. Both of them have 2 partitions, drive-C and drive-D. Drive-D is for storage. Now WinME fails to start anymore leaving WinXP working. I tried to copy …

Hiya. Well I recently turned on my PC and as the PC began, windows failed to boot up. The error message I got is as follows: [QUOTE] Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows …

Hey I have 2 computers, one with XP SP2, the other with Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. Now, I use Remote Desktop from the XP client to login to the server. In the remote desktop client, i have configured it to leave the sounds at the server (ie. any sound played …

My computer`s harddrive crashed. Now I want to install XP (it was installed on the old harddrive) but it wont. It`s working until the setup reboots to go into the GUI phase and then the XP sign comes up. Then the normal light blue screen comes up and there it …

I am receiving multiple (6-12) emails each day which have no Sender, no Receiver, No Subject, Sent = None, and when looking in options, has no Header information (it is blank). My impression is that these are being generated from within the Win XP Pro system, either by Outlook 2003, …

Hi, Laptop: IBM T40 Windows xp SP2 Takes a very long time to log in and when it finally does it says that windows explorer needs to close with InPageError: P1: c000009c P2: 00000003. I am unable to get to anything except the task manager and even that does not …

Quite accidentally, I have managed to delete my address book in Outlook 2002 (Win XP SP2). How can I get it back?

My PC specs are in my profile but here's the basics. HP Pavilion a600n AMD Athlon XP 2800+ CPU. We have one of those surge protector/power strips with the backup battery. So, yesterday, my cat somehow managed to press the power BUTTON (stupid design (no switch too easy to press)) …

Hi ! I am recently having a problem with IE where IE is closed after displaying the message " iexplorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program." This only happens whenever I try to access MsNBC news articles and when I …

Am using XP MCE Home 2005 (service pack 2 updated) Browsing is really slow all of a sudden. Everything else works fine. Have done speedtests. Getting normal results. Also downloading through http, ftp and through P2P software is at max speed. Only webpages take about 5-10 times as long to …

OK Guys I need help with my laptop Its a compaq presario 2500 running SP2 the problem(s) is/are that things have been dissappearing It all starts on startup where it pretends to freeze and when i press ALT+CTRL+DEL it unfreezes but then a message saying "Task Manager Has Been Disabled …

I would like to be able to run some Windows programs on my newly built BeOS machine. I tried to download one app called Wine for BeOS but it seems to be somewhat unfinished. Are there any other Wine=like apps out there?

Hey guys, I want to setup a print computer. It needs to open a program on our server, as the program is a resource hog, and that's what we bought the server for. I was wondering if Citrix is the best way to do this? We have terminal services running, …

Hi all, I'm new here, and I hope you can help me out.... When starting up my pc (win 2000), it seems to go through the starting up process alright, but once the windows 2000 progress bar is completed, the screen suddenly blacks out and tells me "input signal out …

Hi there - have a 3 computer network connected to a router, 1 directly through a cable & 2 wirelessly. All computers can happily connect to the network, but one of the wireless connections is unable to connect to the internet in any form (no programmes can connect). I've checked …

I was wondering if when you tell IE to remember your password for a certain site if there is a way to search through cookies on your computer to the stored password in case you forgot it or wanted to do something else with it. Thanks! Tornadic