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Can some one please help me ive done everything i know of... When i log onto my windows xp name two boxes immediatly pop up. The first one says: [B]Windows cannot find 'C:windows\inet20099\winlogon.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, abd then try again. To search for a file/ click …

Hi, I am having a problem where my screen freezes up in screen saver mode. It seems like my computer is still functioning though. This happens when I move the mouse to get out of screen saver mode I had a different problem with my nvida driver in the past …

I have been getting a Windows Installer message stating that Patch1.0.1.msp cannot be found and to browse, etc. This happens whenever I reboot. If I remove the message it comes back automatically while I am using IE or not. Can't shut down my Sony Vaio laptop unless I mess around …

Hi all...I'm going to install Windows XP and have a 200GB hdd, will XP recognize the total 200GB without partitioning, or will it only recognize the old 137GB limit?

For the past week everytime I close my e-mail I get this message Microsoft Visual C ++ Run time Libary Runtime error! Program:C:\ Programfiles\outlookexpress\msimn.exe r6025 -pure virtual function call OK I don't know what it mean's , why it is happening all off a sudden :confused: :confused: Any help would …

is there software that will email me my remote PC's IP address? or is there away to setup outlook to send me an email everyday with the IP address?

Hi, I have 2 old machines I want to toss. I think one is Win95 and the other Win98. I want to grab certain files from the hard drives before destroying them. The Win98 won't boot and I haven't tried the 95 machine yet. Is there a relatively simple way …

I now have two hard drives in my pc after a recent catastrophy - details here! [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread17368.html[/url] So, I now have a 160gb western digital and a 80 gb maxtor. The 160gb is my main hard drive - the 80gb drive is now empty. I have quite a lot of …

It all started last night maybe as a result of me running a program that was mislabeled by norton as a trojan on my sister's computer. now every single computer on the network, excluding mine, is without internet access. interestingly enough, you can still access google by using its IP …

Help! I got no sound on my computer. I used to have, but I had low disk space and deleted alot of programs. Now I don't have any sound. When I go to the control panel and select sound and audio devices, I can see I don't have an audio …

I was running on my machine a Seagate Serial ATA harddrive (120gb) and had data corruption of the registry (Windows XP Pro). The data on the partions was retrieved but the data that was under the administrator account on the C drive is currently being stopped by the administrator password. …

the following file is missing or corrupted c:/essolo.sys there is an error in your config.sys file on line 1 I deleted an old version of AOL and now coming up in dos mode HELP

Hi ,my Pc was always auto logging on my account but two days ago a log on screen appeared after a reboot without warning and I can't return it to its previous state.Once I found an identical thread but it was long ago and I can't locate it.It was saying …

yep...my internet is going crazy....it disconnects then i would have to do ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew to get bak on.....i dunno wats wrong with it. sum help would be appriciated thanks, daniweb has never failed me before!! dont fail me now!!

I have bought a used computer from work for a family member. Have completed all updates on it and SP2 is now installed. Tried turning on firewall but it gives me a message that it cannot be turned on as it is being monitored and controlled by network.(or something like …

Hello everyone!! Here is my situation: I have 1 internet connection, 1 linksys router, and two computers - a laptop and a tower. They share the internet connection, and that works well. I put both computers on the workgroup called 'HOME' and was sharing a printer and a few files. …

Hi Guys I recently reinstalled windows on my system and like an idiot i did not keep/lost my driver disks for my graphics card and sound. Ive managed to get the graphics card drivers downloaded and working but I can't get any sound on my system. The motherboard is and …

I'm actually fine in the auto IP dept, but I wanted to look and see the set-up. When I tried to execute cmd from Run, but no deal. I got the requester that states this app is not suitable for DOS applications. I know that you can do this from …

Hi all...yeah, I know this dosen't belong here, but there dosen't appear to be a proper forum for it, so... I'm shopping for DVD+R media, and have found Ritek Ridata Branded 8X DVD+R Media 100 Pack in Cake Box Spindle for $30. plus shipping. I have two questions... 1) Is …

I have a Dell Inspiton 8600 with WinXP, using DSL for Internet. Everything was working fine until I had problems booting. Got that resolved by using my OS disk. Now, I cannot get online. First, I got the message "IP conlfict" - - - I re-configured the modem and router, …

Hello, I'm new here. I have an HP Laptop running Windows ME. I've been having so many problems with it, the CD drive and the power source....but that's a whole other thing. Right now I'm trying to Restore to my factory settings so I inserted the Recovery disk and walked …

I rather doubted (but can't ignore the possiblity) if it's a hardware problem or not & am therefore posting my thread here instead of in a any other suitable section. Friend of mine called earlier saying every time he types in any key on the keyboard, be it be alphabetical …

i have internet explorer for windows XP and service pack 1.whenever i type anything in the address bar it says "Cannot find 'www.yahoo.com', make sure the path or internet address is correct" or whatever site i go to. how can i stop this?

To avoid an old thread bump, I thought I'd just mention as a current Windows ME user (for my processor equipped eMachine, opting to stick with ME for now) I have heard if you bought the system intact on the PC, preferribly new like me, it should run effortlessly, viruses …

when i double click my C drive to open it, it alwaya pop up a search window. I notice that...when i rights click my drive the Search. option appeare at the first one then follow by open..explore. i go to the toolbar at top and select tools>folder option>file type. I …

I ran into a problem this morning when i got on my computer.. WHen turned on and windows starts a dialog box appears stating lsass.exe-system fatal error. Object name not found.. As long as i dont click ok i can work but if i do it restarts. I've got win …

OK, I have been pulling my hair out about this for hours now and I just can’t work it out. I run a 3 monitor setup. 3 screens running simultaneously on the same machine, I’m not sure if this has any relevance to the problem or not but I thought …

Windows media player won't play some "Movie Clip" files that I've downloaded. (note I say "some" - I've got other movie clips files that play ok). What happens is that I double click on the icon and Windows media player opens and then it searches for codecs: "Requesting codec server.... …

Hi, When my users login they run a bat file called login.bat. The batch file then calls three other files using the following commands. %0\..\wscript.exe %0\..\shortcut.js %0\..\wscript.exe %0\..\i5shortcut.js %0\..\wscript.exe %0\..\i5settingswim.vbs %0\..\Kix32.exe groups.scr When this is run from a W2k machine the script runs fine without any problems. However, when the …

Ok. Win XP Pro, SP2. On asking (telling, pleading with) the computer to shut down, it goes through the usual log out and saving settings screens and then restarts. Not consistently...Oh no. About 3 in 5 shutdown attempts result in this obnoxious behaviour. I HAVEN'T got "Automatically restart on error" …

If i wanna convert my pentium 3 to a pentium 4 what info do i need or basically what do i need to do.....thank you for any advice or responses... also how much you estimate would it cost

I was running Windows ME with a 20gb HDD.. decided for an upgrade and got a 60gb hd to go along with the 20gb... now i got 80gb of space but all the Defult stuff is clogging up my 20gb hd... so i got xp and a nice clean install …

Hi! I have a little problem: I work with Outlook 2003 and an Exchange 2003 Server. On an Exchange Server exists a rule limitation. For this reason I need a plug in for Outlook to sort all my emails in special folders. Or does anyone knows how I can save …

i got a simple problem with my quicktime plugin it keeps showing flash or stream objects like this: [url]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9316/untitled16zc.png[/url] know whats up?

I have a P-4 with 512 MB Ram. I have loaded Win98 and Winxp. Winxp is working fine but the problem is with 98. When i enter into it first the Win98 logo comes up and then a blank screen comes up with a blinking small flat bar at the …

I am running Windows XP Home on my laptop and keep getting the same problem recurring,i.e., Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and has to shut down. The desktop icons then vanish and reappear but my Giant spyware app. has invariably shut down and if I want it live again, …

Ok ive had this computer that i built now for almost a year. most of that year it has been out of action with various problems. its high end - here are the specs water cooled Athlon 64 FX-55, 2 6800 ultras in SLI, 1 gb corsair (i think) RAM, …

Says it all really, I have stupidly forgotten the Administrator password for one of my laptops. Any suggestions or am I looking at a reinstallation. To be honest I don't even remember setting one. Thanks in advance. Oddball.

Hello, After installing windows xp service pack 2 the computer asked to be restart...That was done and after that it continued to restart on its own until I turned the system off by the power button. Then after waiting a little bit I turned it back on by the power …

I hope someone will be able to help me. I was trying to download and install the latest version of Quicktime onto my Windows XP system. I ran the download direct from the Quicktime site, and the intallation got stuck in a loop. I stopped it, then uninstalled my old …

Whenever i run this program that usses ms-dos i always get an error. The error is: (the file location then....) C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32|AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. It then has 2 buttons, Close and Ignore, if i …

:cry: Hi Guys!! Please can anyone help me? Its a real nooby problem so i think u geniuses should be able to!! creep creep..... :cheesy: Its a basic problem, i have set my hotmail account into Outlook and although it downloads the emails etc in my inbox, outbox, all box!! …

Someone rebooted the Server inadvertently and now the Exchange Server won't start. I checked Event Viewer and it says that the MAPI Failed. Only God knows what happened. Is there a way to go back to the time that it was working before without having to use the back-up tape? …

Hi! I'm tired of wasting my time when windows thinks I want to rename a file although I don't. In winexplorer, clicking a file's name twice (clicking a file that is already selected, not double-click) enters the rename-mode. I don't use this way of renaming files ever, but I do …

I've installed PS Elements 4 (replacing PSP7 and PS Elements 1), but can't get it to work properly in combination with Vuescan. When Vuescan is done scanning it starts PSE4 as required but the new file doesn't load. When using the same setup (set the application to be used in …

Hi, if a game requires at least a pentium 4 1.2 ghz and i have pentium 3 1.2 ghz, will that ultimately make a big difference and if so what could i do to fix that problem Here is the system requirements of the game: recommended: 1.8 ghz pentium 4 …

Hi am novice at computer.Recently instaled Lexmark 1185 all in one copier,fax,and print. When installed by CD AOL said file to large to open. What can I do to open these files?

I installed norton virus on my computer. I noticed i couldnt use the "next" button and just ignored the situation. So I went online and then realized I couldnt use the "send" buttons on certain webpages. I did uninstall norton and havent reinstalled it - but still cant use a …

I connected a new stand alone hard drive with 160 GHz and the results that i got was 31 GHz why didn't it acknowledge the 160 GHz? I have it connected with USB2, i'm using Windows XP. HELP Please Any one have a clue ? marbeau41

Hi, I'm new, sorry >.> anyway, my sister has a problem with her computer. Her computer will not load up past the user sign in screen. She's restarted the computer a few times, with the same result. I'm not sure if it's a virus or spyware, but her computer's always …