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ordered and Received delivery of brand new PC from one of the UK s big companies even before they despatched it the Advanced System Error Log has message "The machine wide default Launch and activation security descriptor is invalid.The requested action was therefore not performed. This security permission can be …

On Network Connections iam unable to double click on the 1394 connection & the local area connection & cant view status on either of them. I can go into properties & even select the repair option. Im on Windows XP Sp2. The problem occured after using some internet explorer remover …

I have been doing Tech Support for several years now and I can usually solve most OS or Internet related problems, but there is 1 problem I have found no solution for as yet. When a PC can connect to the ISP through a Dial-UP modem and stay connected, but …

in my msn messenger, my contacts display pictures will not show..they have all enabled them to show but they still wont show..they work perfectly for them, but not for me..any advice?? my version is msn messenger 7.5

HI, I am noticing that it is taking way longer for my system to reboot these days. I looked around on google to see if there were any solutions for this problem. I did find some information, but I'm hesitent (intimidated) to try them. Is there an easy/simple way to …

went looking for Folder Options to change to show all files and to set it to one click .,found it ! in mycomputer /properties ,top right, next to search icon ,black arrow ,click and go to search options .

I'm using a laptop with the below listed configuartion Processor - AMD Turion 64 RAM - 512 DDR Hdisk - 60GB OS - Microsoft Windows XP Home The problem i'm facing is when using Turbo C++ the processor utilization is 100% and the machine is very slow,only when loading this …

I cleaned my Internet History via Tools > Internet Options > clear History and thought everything was ok. However, When opening my history, everything looked okay, until when I searched my history and a number of websites which i thought i had deleted had come up. I tried right clicking …

Ok, so I missed the entire Nascar race today trying to figure out why I couldn't listen to the scanner which uses J2SE Runtime Environment. In my add/remove programs it shows that this is installed. I uninstalled/reinstalled (3times) but when I try to use the scanner function it asks to …

Every time I restart my computer it comes up with the little error box wanting to send an error report. It just started 2 days ago. It says Run a DLL as an App Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. \ What …

My computer is saying: Diskette drive 0 seek failure Primary drive 0 not found Primary drive 1 not found And i dont care about anything on this computer so i just want to clear it all off and get it working again!

Hi, I am trying to schedule a task using the Windows Task Scheduler but what I see is that the task performs fine in windows XP OS while the same task fails in Win2000 server OS. Basically I am trying to run a batch.file. It runs manually in the Win2000 …

I was playing a DVD on my Dell ze5400 Pavillion laptop computer the other day. It runs on Windows XP. The dvd froze. There was nothing I could do except cut the power. Now when I boot my laptop it gets to the blue Windows XP screen but doesn't go …

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I have xp on one hard drive and i installed vista public beta on another drive in my computer. The install went fine and i was up and running on both os's. I wanted to access my my documents folder off of my windows xp installation and i was prompted …

Hi My friend has Windows XP & have just bought Norton 2006 & I tried to remove the 2005 version for him ( from the control panel remove programs) but stopped it half-way & now when I try to remove it it doesn't respond (nothing opens).:eek: I have ran registry …

Dear sir, I to had the problem of System32 Folder Opens When Windows NT Starts, and after 2 days are so i did not see any folder opened,but my new system P4 turn down to be very very slow that i was not able open any folder nor browse internet.Then …

My computer randomly restarts and when It comes back on says windows has just encountered a serious errror. Sometimes it will not restart andjust go to a blue screen that says windows shut down to prevent serious damage to your system or something like that. Although I havent gotten that …

I have a problem with my pc, it doesnt boot up. So I was thinking to upload xp home edition again. How do I got about??????????????

Hi, I am new to the forum and have been experiencing blue screen errors with my PC. The PC is running W2000 Professional, SP3, AMD Duron Proc., 256kRAM. 2 drives- c: windows stuff & software, d: data drive. Nothing new installed recently, PC around 4 yrs old. Error msg as …

hiLots of webistes such as hotmail wont load, drop down buttons wont activate at all.It either says done, with a blank page or says nothing.have tried changing security, thought it may be a problem with java script as it appeared to be these websites that werent opening, but not sure …

hello, I am needing t reformat my windows xp computer but my mom has decided to throw away the cd. My computer is in desperate need of reformatting can any one please help. thanks, Paul:confused:

Hello, My Windows recently busted and I had to re-install Windows. However, I had a unpartitioned bit of HD that someone recommended I install Windows to in hopes I could fix my old copy. They suggested using an XP boot CD and boot directly from the CD rather then the …

Just put a new HDD in my Toshiba Satellite 2435-225 but instead of the standard single partition I created four. This I think is the limit for laptop. Anyway, I installed XP Pro in C. In the disk manager everything checks out OK. I formatted E (programs) and it is …

I had windows 2000 installed on my computer and I had my permissions on my D Drive, my second drive in the system, set so that only I could access the drive. I wiped out my C drive and installed windows XP and now even I cannot access the D …

Hi, hoping someone here can shed some light on a problem that has baffled me for weeks, and those who i work with in Tech Support. yes yes, its our job and we can't work it out, i know, its lame. Anyway, when i am downloading torrents, using any client, …

IE 6 missing "File", etc. Drop Down Menus. Address Box. IE 6 is inoperative because I can't leave the HOME page:sad:

I have a dell dimension 8300, with 1.5 something memory and a 250 something hard drive. I'm retired and know nothing about computers. Computer was running poorly and Dell replaced the MB again, network on MB, power supply and CD-Rom. I used the Dell recovery discs to reload the computer …

I recently installed a DVD-RW and a usb hdd. I tried to play a .mpeg in wmp10 and get audio, but no video. I had the same results with realplayer and quicktime. Also tried to play .avi's with the same result. I've tried rolling back the WMP, same results. I …

I have been having problems performing a clean install of xp on a new hard drive. Every time it hangs up on 4min remaining while saving settings. However install fine on 3 other much smaller hard drives that i have when hooked to the same comp. Any ideas?

Hi, I need to install win98SE into my new computer with a 100.0G hardisk. I have 2 questions about it: 1. I used FDISK(with a bootable win98 cd) in my previous computer, once i made for different partition, it need to scan and scan every time... Do we have a …

I use Win98SE and began having problems after downloading a particular video and/or installing ACE Mega Codecs. Have removed as much as I could find, rolled back WMP9 at least a dozen times, reinstalled OS at least 3 times, run all the freeware registry cleaners, antivir and spyware programs. Any …

How can I restore Windows 2000 Proffesional Addition to it's original state without the Windows 2000 CD? There wasn't one provided with the computer.

Hi everyone i'm new here. I want to know is there n e software out there that can back up certain application that is already installed in windows sytem. I'm not talking about doing a full backup on the windows system. For example i installed a dvd player software and …

my previous computer died and i added my old hard drive to a new computer to recover files. i am being denied access to the my documents folder with my name on it. i'm assuming it's because it's not recognizing my logon from the old computer. is there a way …

Windows does not unload dll files a program has used after it has been closed, to speed up a possible restart of the program. Use Regedit to edit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer Add the DWORD value named: AlwaysUnloadDLL and set it to 1

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Does anybody know where i can edit virtual memory setting because i want to change it to a slave drive

Hi Y'all!! I have a new HP computer. I installed windows XP and Office 2000 and connected it to my LAN. It's boot up time is too much extending to about 30 minutes. Kindly assist on how to go about reducing this boot up time. :idea:

When I check the "Users and Passwords" in the Control Panel, I see two new strange user accounts. They are "IUSR_STATION-2" and "IWAM_STATION-2". Station-2 is the name of my computer. When I click the Properties button, they are described as "Built-in account for anonymous access to Internet Information Services out …

I wrote an email with an attachment too large that could not be sent. now it's still in my outbox, trying to send each time. How can I remove it from there??

Hi I'm having similar problems as some other posts, but i'm starting a new thread bec no one seems to mention the solution to the problem. I've got a PC, windows XP, and I use earthlink dial-up or else I use the wireless connection at school. Regardless of what mode …

 Hello, we work on windows 2003 server and we have HDD with RAID1. primary C partition have only(!) 10 GB but secondary partition D: more than 150 GB. What is the best way and the best tool to extend size of C partition. Is it for example Partition Magic …

I currently have two 80gb hard disks. The second hard drive is for Linux, which will remain the same for this, but the first hard drive is what I want to change. On the first hard drive, I currently have 3 partitions: A 2gb FAT16 partition with IBM DOS 5.0 …

I have a hp pavilion desktop computer. I just got verizon online dsl and since then every time i am online i get this drumming noise through my computer speakers I have no clue what it is and I really need someone to help me

Dear Member of the forum; Here is my problem: I have been trying for the last week to re-partition my hard drive and to format it. Before doing, I have backed-up all my files. As a reminder, I have a Toshiba laptop with a Pentium 4 processor, 38.4GB. I have …

HI...I am trying to format my pc but when i get to the part where you have to type in A:\>FORMAT c: /s it just goes to the A:\> not give me the choice to label the drive... am I typing it in wrong?? Please help..Thank you...

First off let me say that I am not to computer savvy. However, I am not afraid to take apart then put it back together, run tests, add memory, etc. A about a month ago I moved in to my own place and with the help of my mother-in-law built …

Hi People, I burn a lot of DVD's and usually watch them on my DVD player. However, I have recently tried watching them on my computer using WMP. Unfortunately with NO sound. Help is greatly appreciated. PS - Checked all sound/volume settings. OK Sincerely Mighty Mart