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Hey, ive been trying to [B]clear my drop down bar on IE [/B] for some time now but havent had any luck. I followed a thing off of google and it didnt work(it was the one where you go into the registry) I mean it worked but there was nothing …

I did a remove on Microsoft Office XP by accident. Now I don't have Outlook anymore. Is there a way to restore Outlook? I have Norton Go-Back but don't know what to do with it. I need help ASAP please!!!!

Ok here is a question to all, in XP we have system restore, and we can create restore points. Now should I have a problem and need to run MSCONFIG, and run selective start up, I lose all the restore points This also happens when you turn off restore, to …

hi im sry im new ive been going though all these threads to see if i can find an answer but i havent. last night i tryed to shut my computer down but it wouldnt so i did it by holding the button and shuting it off. So today i …

Hi All, I'm kinda suck with a problem i have. My parents have a PC that is on a internet connection that has a dynamic address. I VNC and connect to this machine remotly all the time. The issue is the IP address changes every 4 hrs. I'm trying to …

Hi everyone, I'm HaloGal. I'm not a computer genius, but I know enough to get by LOL I have a problem with my mother's computer. We want to reformat the computer, but we do not have a restore disk (not included in her computer package I guess). It's Windows ME, …

Can anyone help please, a friend of mine has somehow managed to double the height of his taskbar, also date and time are permanently displayed. I tried for hours trying to revert the taskbar to it's original size, I can drag it up to 4 times original size, or down …

On XP I have two hard drives - C (original drive) is 20GB with 10.7GB free. The second drive I had fitted has only 295 MB (Yes MB!) on 10GB (actually 8.56GB). In spite of deleting unwanted photos and music I cannot seem to gain much additional space on D …

I was using both window 98 and xp on my pc, Now I want that when the system starts, it should not display the option for choosing the operating system, it should simply start xp. Please tell me how to address this issue, if this is through boot.ini how can …

Hi Everyone, I'm having such a frustrating problem with IE, I have recently reformatted my computer due to windows not running properly but now IE will not open links in a new window (it opens them fine on the same page). I have tried running WinASO Registry Optimizer and repairing …

My mother has got windows xp everytime you switch it on it goes as the xp logo with the balck background and then restarts. It will not start in safe mode either. Can any one help At some point it said that a program may have been installed wrong Help …

I apologize if this is answered somewhere already. I searched using several different word choices. I am running '98 SE and IE 6.0. Each time I close out the last browser I have open (whether I had only 1 open or 3), I get the following error (see below) and …

Hi All There have been previous threads here on related topics, and I've read them all carefully, but at this stage none of them has solved the issue I'm having. It only happens if I play a 3D game (both Morrowind and UT 2004 Demo have exhibited it - I …

im trying again, im not sure if there are many ppl that see these, but i am desperate, i had probs, with windows updating, i solved this by re-registering files for the background intelligent transfur service, then was able to d/l and install windows updates, but, something happened, i wish …

My mum has a copy of xp pro on her PC and has bought a copy of home edition to replace it. Is there any way of installing the home edition copy onto her PC without wiping the hard drive. The reason for the her doing this is we have …

HI ALL. I stumbled into this site while trying to find out what the kernel is in my computer due to the fact that when I turn it on it says wt kernel not found I have no clue on what to do would greatly apprechiate some help from one …

I have three user accounts on windows xp, and everytime i restart my computer it does not display the welcome screen, but automatically logs on to my name. i have gone into the user accounts options menu and checked the box "Use the Welcome Screen", but it is still automatically …

:eek: my pixels are low, i need 600 to maybe 800, but my computer won't let me change it. i know that i used to have them. what do i do to manually put them back in to get choices? now it's at 640x480 16 color. windows 98. i know …

hello, yeah im having the same problem, my win xp wont show D drive in my computer, and even after i put a cd in, it spins but it wont read it. I'm sorry im replying on the same threat, when u just asked some1 else to make a new …

Hi All When turning on my PC, computer starts, windows XP logo appears then message that it cannot start properly due to upgrade. It gives options including start in safe mode, start in most recent config and start windows normally. Keyboard will not work so timer on screen counts down …

Hi there, I need some help on my Windows Media Player 10 . While everything else works the 2 function that i use most are not functioning. A . Search for Media Files and B. there is no Library .... Anybody knows what i must do now? thx :cry:

Can somebody point me in the right direction? I can't instal any programs on my Sony Vaio- when I try, I get a prompt that says "Starting Install Wizard" that just hangs and doesn't do anything. I tried installing the new install wizard, but it hangs when it tries to …

Hi, I had an old keyboard, and I fequently used Print Screen for many things, so I know how to use it. The problem is I got a new keyboard .. and the Print Screen button doesn work.. I know its no the "key" because I can print from it …

Right I have this problem bought a packard bell and everything was fine untill about three months ago when the hard drive decided to pack up. So I rang up support and got a new hard drive and now its all working fine apart from the fact it dosn't post …

ok..when i put my muse over a icon the writing comes out big and bold!! im sure its not supposed to be like that..have a look ur self anyone know how i can change it back to the original please!

My speakers stopped working all of a sudden! When I open up "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the Control Panel, it says "No Audio Devices" under the "Audio" tab. My speakers are conected properly! Can someone please help me? I deeply appreciate it!

Hi All, I'm new to this forum so I hope I've put this in the right place ;) Let me explain the situation.... The problem is with my girlfriend's PC, not mine. She runs MSN Explorer as her Browser and Messenger as her Web Chat (As do I). The problem …

ok i wanted to change my os from firefox to opera so i started to download the opera setup file names " ow32enen852.exe " i downloaded it twice the frist time i canceled the download the the second time i tryed to download it it finished but some error occoured …

OK so i got everything all set on my computer or so i thought and a lot of the stuff that was origionally on my computer isn't anymore. All the stuff that Dell had on my computer isn't on there anymore does anyone know why this is?

i had some major problems with my lap top so i decided to reformat my hard drive but every time i try to do so an error comes up, anyone know why or what i can do?

Hi, I installed Windows 2003, standard edition. I have a DSL connection, which is shared on my Windows 2003 through ICS. When i try to connect to a FTP Site, e.g. ftp.microsoft.com, it wouldn't let me. I have the windows firewall disabled. I transfered the DSL to a Windows XP …

I installed a second hard-drive mainly for games and photos. The default drive c:\ has the windows and programs folder and the page file I do a lot of photo editing and play a lot of games I have 768 ram and I usually need around 2048 GB page file …

Dear all, I need your help very urgently........ I have got a problem to open for example yahoo, google etc becauce when I open IE it takes times (3 to 5 minutes) and commonly appear "THE PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED". I checked the connectivity, it shows : Conextion: Status : …

I am running Windows98 SE. My problem is that my Volume Control is non operative. When I click on "Multimedia Devices " in Control Panel the "Mixer Device" Tab tells me I have "No Audio Device". The Tabs Volume, Audio and Voice are "Greyed out" and I cant remedy the …

I've got a 3 month old laptop that just decided to slow down...5 minutes to boot up, sticky mouse movements, stuttering sound. I've always used and antivirus. I've run all the usual spyware checkers and found nothing. Process Explorer shows most of my processor use at idle (or doing little) …

Hi everyone. :) Im having problems with paypopups no matter how many scans I do :cry: It is driving me crazy :mad: Does anyone know how I can get rid of these as I have scanned with Trend and AVG and done spyware scans with Spybot, Adaware and Windows Defender …

Error msg: cannot find server, dSL error/internet explorer. PLEASE help. Only one site

Hello, I Can't get windows xp home to install on my new build. I have a p4 3.0, 1 gb ram, seagate 160 sata hd. Windows copies all the files restarts and boots up then says about 39 mins til complete then stops fatal error. The error report says error …

How to cancel/replace the Stand By button at the Turn off computer menu in win xp sp2 ?. I wrote in the Power options properties : Never to System standby and also tried to enable hibernation, but there is no change. my motherboard(if necessary):Gigabyte K8nsc-939. Thanks in advance

I currently have nothing other than Norton Anti-virus and Spybot on my PC. Should I have another program to prevent pop ups, adware from planting themselves? I run spybot but the same pop ups keep coming back. At least the Porn ads stopped. Any suggestions. Running Window 98 second edition. …

Hi, my internet explorer is messed up right now. i have windows xp. whenever im on any site and i right click, theres this link thats right above properties and under print and refresh. the link leads me to a porn site. ive tried getting rid of it by going …

Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system WinXP. On 5th Feb 2006, I had installed 2 softwares from the internet. Softwares are Burn4free SetupanyDVD5847 That time it went fine. When i used my laptop on 7th Feb 2006, i was not able to …

Hi there. My kids computer has windows xp which was preinstalled so i do not have xp disc only a restore cd which i installed this morning. Prior to this as soon as machine turned on,, it crashed. Now after restore it starts to boot up and then freezes. I …

my hubby was playing an online game and out of no where he got a blue screen and then the pc rebooted. it started up again in safe mode fine but now it just keeps blue screening and shutting off, does this sound like a virus or something? :?:

Hi, If I lock my computer after I run a macro in Excel 2002, I am getting the error as "Not enough system resources to display completely" . As per the microsoft document( [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=873366[/url]) I applied the patch as well, but still I am getting the same error. But it …

Ok, here is the situation.I am helping a friend start a computer given to her...Problem is, I need administrative password to get into some settings.Noone knows the password...I was then able to at least get her on the internet, but the content advisory message keeps popping up needing administrator password, …

Hi people :) 1st a confession , I don't know anythin bout PC's at programmin level :rolleyes: 2nd , I need help :o I installed a program called "threadmaster" , this controls CPU % level per application , I thought it sounded cool till I realised I cudn change the …

My brothers' pc has worked fine for a year or so,but just recently he has had boot problems, so while i look into it i thought i'd post on here to see what you guys think in case i get stuck.If i find the problem in the mean time i'll …

Outlook 2003 is taking about 1 min - 1:30 mins to start. The folders and messages appear but it's got an hour glass there for the rest of time. I have stopped Messenger starting but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. any ideas. I'm running XP (SP2) thanks …

Hello, Can someone shed some light on this? I just upgraded my version of "MSN Messenger" on my Win XP Pro pc. Now Outlook Exprees takes almost 1 minute to startup. Does any one have any ideas short of uninstalling msn messenger and reinstalling it? cheers mike