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The agency I work for acquired four computers from a company called Progress Energy. I assume that Progress Energy cleaned their hard drives. When I turn on the computer it will come to a point where it reads: [COLOR=indigo][B]PXE-E61 media test faliure, check cable[/B][/COLOR] Then it goes to another screen …

I have just freshly upgraded my desktop to XP pro. It is hard wired to my Linksys wireless router. I have two other laptops, both of which I have no problem sharing files between, but they cannot seem to share files with this desktop. I can see the desktop when …

old drive crashed installed new drive (Seagate 160GB 7200rpm) have XP Home Edition installation CD (includes SP2) get error message that windows cannot start because <windows root>\system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt, reinstall the file How do I do that from a new drive???! I've deleted everything on the drive and …

I just installed VS.NET 2003 with a lot of difficulties... There was some kind of problem with the windows installer, so I had to do the following to make it work: [quote] Click Start, click Run, type MSIEXEC /UNREGISTER, and then click OK. Even if you do this correctly, it …

Hi everyone. My computer had to be formatted because it had a virus and that was the only way of getting rid of it. I coudnt dave anything to disk, floppy or usb. Is there anyway of getting back some college work i had saed on it before it was …

HI..New to the group & I appreciate the help..I cannot get my updates, there is the red X..... Can I completely Uninstall & reinstall Norton to fix this? Would any of you have a 800 number for tech supt for norton? My e mail... [email]hybriddave@verizon.net[/email] Thanks Dave :!:

ECS 865PE Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz HT 1x1ghz 2x512mb RAM NVidia 5500 AGP 8x 256 RAM Creative Audigy 2 600Watt PSU (New) USB DEVICES: -Wireless Mouse/KB HP -Gigaport USB Soundcard (8out) -MD-PS1 Motion Dive -Dazzle Video Capture -WD 350GB SEHD My computer is running good only shutsdown when doing …

Hello, I have a Compaq Presario 6214AN running WinXP Home Athlon 2400 256 ram, Nvidia GeForce MX440 graphics card. My problem is described as follows: When I have an application or a window open and wish to close it by right clicking on its respective icon in the taskbar, nView …

Hi all Basically my problem is with FireFox. Afew days ago it preformed an automatic update, after this it restarted it's self,all good, but after re-opening it couldnt find the home page or any other page, no error messages just a white screen with the little bar and message at …

hi my laptop keeps crashing it doesnt happen with any particular program but when it crashes and i restart it comes up with os not found. running windows xp home sp2. please help. thanks james

Hey guys I hope you can give me a little bit of help with this one because I'm miffed. Ive been trying to reformat windows xp pro. I put the disk in my dvd drive, set boot from CD first priority in my BIOS, restart, then watch as it hangs …

The last thing I can remember doing before this current problem occured was running spybot. I ran the program and removed the suspect files. Now when my computer sits idle over night, when I try to use it in the morning, everything except outlook express is hung. When I hit …

Whenever I try to acces any site that has https I get 'Cannot find server or DNS error'. I've tried turning the firewall off, adding port 443 to it, turning pop up blockers off, running ad aware and spybot s&d, deleting cookies, TIF files, and clearing history with no luck. …

[I]My computer [COLOR=black][U]freezes[/U][/COLOR] up every time after viewing two or three web pages. I try using Ctrl+Alt+Del it does not work. The only way is to to turn off the power and then turn on again. I am not sure why. [/I] [I]I am currently using window 2000. Also, I …

I have recently started using a pdf reader called FoxIt. What I like about it is that it is lite weight. Does not take 30 seconds to start like adobe. So, far it has been good with rendering all kinds of stuff. Wish it was avaliable for linux.

My computer is very slow working i have PIV(2.8), 256 MB OS Win XP Pro. & in task Manager CPU Usage Shows 100%.

how come sometimes in IE you can select Today in the history and delete it but other time you have to delete each individual entry

OK I noticed this just today which is really annoying. I tried to view some streaming videos earlier and I noticed that instead of the site using my updated WMP, it used the Classic version which I have no idea how this happened because I never changed any settings. And …

I'm fairly new to building systems, but I'm working on a HTPC and have run into an O/S issue. Brief details: - I'm working with a brand new mother board/ & CPU. - Unable to boot into OS, even in safe modes. As a result, I can't generate a boot …

have a new hard drive, no os on it . have xp media edition, win 98 2nd ed, disc for board drivers, ect but don't how to start. Have access to win xp home, another computer. This computer has Vlos 1.1 on one hard drive and 2nd is blank........ boot …

ok iv got a 250gb externalHDD hooked up to my computer via firewire. now very so often when im reading writing alot it happins "delayed Write failed F:\M$Sf (or somthing like that) any way i was just wondering dose anyone here have a solution. My computer Specs Are Attached

"Error 1606. Could not access network location <Common Administrative Tools>.AllUsers\." This happens almost everytime I try to install something thus preventing me from installing anything. Recently my spyware program messed up so I was forced to uninstall it now I can't get it to reinstall due to this error... until …

Have XP When trying to access MSN I get message"Your gateway appears to be offline" Other sites I get " Invalid syntax error" or "cannot find server" My original problem was on another thread: [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?&p=210082#post210082"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?&p=210082#post210082[/URL] Did all as advised except downloading SP2 as I cannot back up date at this …

Help anyone. I have lost my password to signon my computer. I cannot sign on as administrator either to reset my password. I am completely lost without this pc, it has all the files and information on it. Can anyone help me get this solved? :confused: Thanks Daniella

I am unable to open certain links, on many websites. On the bottom left of the screen it says "javascript" and other stuff when I click on it. I have downloaded java and other things, but the same thing happens. I have looked at other troubleshooting advice but it doesn't …

I'm looking for a cheep portable hard drive with about 40-60 GB for a notebook with Windows XP SP2. Any good thoughts as to where I could get one? ares

Need some help....Reloaded windows XP home edition on Dell 2400 PC. All seems to be working great except under Device Manager, (Other Devices) I have a Yellow question mark by Ethernet Controller "which I disabled" and a yellow ? by SM Bus Controller which I do not have an idea …

My Windows Media Player has been acting up lately by either crashing after continuous tries of playing videos, or it puts up a green layer over the video but plays the sound.. I went to the Microsoft support site where it said to turn down the video acceleration and go …

alright. I'm getting that error when I try to load up my computer, and I don't know how to fix it. Once it finishes checking the drive for consistency, it just sits there...and just sits...leaving that screen up...never moving. it's really annoying.. I actually sat and clicked around blindly with …

Everytime I start Window's I get this message "You have used the System Configuration Utility to make changes to the way Window's starts. The System Configuration Utitlity is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing this message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Window's starts. …

Hello... new to this site. Having a problem with my older system running Win98SE and startup. The system was running fine the day before. Here are the scenarios: While the startup logo is displayed, there is an intermittent pause, then it restarts itself, logo comes back up and then the …

Just wondering if there is some sort of limitation on the sound output in remote desktop. My comp at home has a sound that will support a 4 speaker sound setup. At my friends house, they have the exact same card setup with the surround sound. and it works... its …

I cannot get my machine to reboot into safe mode. I am running XP and upon restart, I should be able to press F8 at the manufacturer's (Dell) splash screen to enter Safe mode. Ain't happenin'. I need to get into safe mode to use BlackICE's uninstaller to remove this …

Hello, I tried to access my folder which includes various text documents of my job but the folder won't open. I did Disk Defragment but it still won't work. I also tried to delete this folder cause at least I would control these files from the recycle bin and the …

Hello, I am posting this problem for a friend, since he can't access any internet browsers. He uses Windows XP. He has tried 3 browsers (IE, Mozilla Firefox, Opera) but none of them work. He does have an internet connection, though, because he can use AOL instant messenger. Firefox tells …

I HAVE XP INSTALLED, BUT i WANT TO BUY SOFTWARE NEEDED TO INSTALL 95. I HAVE old games that will not work even with compatability (i tried). So how can I install 95, just buy the software and it will do it itself? Please help, Thank you :confused:

I recently updated my ATI Display Driver and all the stuff on my screen shrank. Well, it was like this the first time I bought the computer. But it grew after awhile and after I fixed a driver problem(ati2dvag.dll). The res is 1680x1050 and the stuff is set to 120Dpi. …

I am having trouble getting audio to play in WMP. I've only noticed this problem when I downloaded the player, which was no problem until my last reformat. I have tried re-installing the sound card driver, which did nothing, and reinstalling WMP, which also did nothing. I first noticed the …

Have a problem on a friends computer. When the start button is pressed it just stays pressed and nothing at all pops up. Sorry I do not know when this problem started. I know he had trojans and spyware. I had to take the hd out and scan it in …

I am a former user of music match but now full time WM10 user. I figure if it can play music and my videos then I'll learn to like it. One of the best things MM had to offer though was the smart splitting when you are burning cd's. It …

Hi everyone. I had a website working, [url]www.layton75.com[/url], and then I switched ISP's to go to DSL. Now, because I have to use an ActionTec DSL modem, with no ports for more computers, I have to bring the internet connection into the modem, then pass it to my router, then …

I recently visited a website and pop-ups came up on my computer. I installed a pop-up blocker then ran Ad-Aware. The next time I started my computer it opened up Common file or window and has continued to do so. I checked the start-up folder and it is empty. I …

I am running tech support for a software company with a particular program that uses an Internet connection to register itself and must be registered to run. I have recently encountered a problem with a number of different users who are unable to register their copy of our software, as …

Well, we have the hard drive reformated, but have developed a new problem. As I mentioned, my mother's computer has Windows ME. We can't get the resolution to change. It's at 16 colors and the 640 yadda yadda resolution. How would I go about fixing this? Thanks for any help …

Windows 98SE 512 MB Ram 74.5 GB Hardrive Intel Pentium Processor 3 My computer runs regisry checker every time I reboot, is there any way I can get this to stop? :confused:

I try to COMPACT my e mail & I cannot..., Upon hitting Compact, I can not do it., I get a greeen graphic like when you are loading page & it wont compact.. Does anyone know a way or program to work through this...I am under the assumption that outlook …

I can't play flash media nor can i download macromedia flash player? What gives? Thanks! Tom

Hello, On a couple of DVD's I burn I get a little camera in the upper right of the screen on the movie when I play and about 20 minutes in on one of them the directors commentary displays in the bottom of the screen with no audio and I …

Hey, I am really pissed off coz my system only boots if i choose the Start Windows With The Last KNown GooD Configuration setting by hitting F8... if i boot normally... it just keeps showing the windows boot screen and the three lines keep running endlessly... help... ive tried everything …

Hey everyone. Nice to meet you all, this is my first time at this place. I am having problems connecting to the internet using my laptop. A few weeks ago I was able to connect to the internet using the "Local Area Connection" in "Network Connections". I went away for …