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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 …

Hello, I run Win Me. I have always used WMP without a problem, until this week. I downloaded some files last week that played fine. A few days later, I went to play the files, and I get error message 0xC00D0029........(network connection has failed). Some play, some don't. I've tried …

Hey, i have windows xp with sp2. I have an usb device that makes it possible to use Playstation gamepads to pc. Is calle super joybox5, first time i connected it and installed the driver it worked perfect. Then I had not played with it for 2weeks, and when i …

So heres what happened, I had just finish fixing my computer, than restarted it only to find out it wouldnt start. I am a university student, and was in desperate need of my computer moreso for the files on them, so i installed windows xp pro sp2 over the other …

Few days ago I had installed the latest driver for my sound-card (Creative VIBRA 128). From then on my WMP 7.1 is not producing any sound. I can see the videos but there's no sound. But my winamp, DivX player and quicktime are working fine. Then I uninstalled WMP 7.1 …

compaq running 98 2ed edition. all of a sudden when i try to use the compaq recovery disk to backup my system it shows "error 2001 fat copies are not identical". could it be from the latest updates from MS? any other ideas? thanks conrad

Just yesterday afternoon, I discovered that after leaving my computer on for three days, my computer was acting slow and wasn't responding. So, after I tried various attempts at shutting down programs that weren't responding, and the like, I shut off the computer because it was taking far too long …

Hello! I have a problem with my windows XP machine : no way to use any web browser I tried Netscape, Opera, etc... and no way to use the mail (Thunderbird). Beside this, Skype works well (well, I didn't try to use the voice services, but the chat only). So …

my msn signs me in thn signs me out and it also doesnt let me talk 2 people sometimes.please,please,please, help some1 i really need 2 use msn. please reply as soon as possible.

My computer has recently been experiencing extreme difficulty booting up into Windows XP and is exhibiting symptoms of many problems but all of the reccomended solutions are leading me nowhere. Upon bootup, the computer will hang at random points ranging from not even starting up the display to hanging right …

Not really pc friendly although i'm trying ,not sure if i'm in the right area either to post this but after searching for so long i'm asking here regardless. i'm running winxp ,i just refilled the ink in a lexmark z32 printer,it was working fine until i did this except …

My OS is Windows 2000 Professional and my computer is about a year or two old and i was wondering, would my copmuter be compatible with a graphics card?>? i need advice or help

I am trying to use the external hard drive on a win98se system. It asks for a driver when the startup identifies a new hardware, but I can't find it anywhere, including from winxp disk. Can someone help me with this? foxkueh

I have a strange message after reloading XP on a Dell 8300...The machine states that Windows has stopped a driver from loading since it may be unstabe.."CD recording application" was halted due to above...I may have accidently loaded an older Dell CD while I was reloading this PC...any ideas on …

ok in my documents some files names are coloured blue??? y is dat????

I really need to purge a couple of lines from XP Pro, and can't raise anything with regedit. How does one access the Registry in XP Pro? Info on the subject really appreciated. Thanks, BuddyB

I've seen this, but can't seem to find it. In one of the Icons in the Control Panel I believe you can see IP info, do release and renew, etc; and it's not through the "cmd" in the Run menu. Anyone aware of this? Thanks, BuddyB

don't know what it is. Only this browser & only for the past month give-or-take. Firefox &/or Opera have no such issues. Nothing comes up on spysweeper. I'm running XP. It's IE 6.0 or whatever it is that's the most recent one (I do my windows updates regularly). Even if …

Hi Guys, Does Outlook 2003 Junk Mail filter catch email automatically or does it only catch spam that you block sender. I realise that this could be helpful for blocking a email off a company news letter but it does not block email of the same content but coming from …

Hi Guys!! Please can anyone help me? Its a real nooby problem so i think u geniuses should be able to!! creep creep..... 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!! it never …

Hi all im trying to format my windows xp lap top but im getting a error message windows cannot format this drive.quit any disc untilities or other ptograms that are using the drive,and make sure that no window is displaying the contents of the drive.then try formatting again.....as far as …

i know this is an old thread, but i found it by dong a search on yahoo. my computer started popping up Runtime Error 226 at 07EB65FB last night. it pops up, i push ok, then it pops up again. i click ok again and the page will come up …

C:\WINDOWS32\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. What is this? Some of my programs, that used to work on my XP machine, no longer work. How do I repair this?

on win xp I have 4 vertical yellow lines on my screen. lines are there even when a program is running.

OKay.. Well my g/f bro has an old computer. It orignanly had WinME on it and one day it froze and when i went to start it up would not work. So i had an xp disk and used it on it and got xp on the computer. NOw i …

Hi everybody This is my first visit to any type of internet discussion site. I have only recently bought my computer and before that I only used programmes like Word etc at work so my Computer knowledge is very very limited, Can anybody tell me if I should be worried …

Hi...new here just looking for some help. Im sure the answer is simple...but i cant figure it out. In a nutshell, when I go to open Internet Explorer on my main computer it shows this page: "Index of / and then Parent Directory 22-Sep-2004 " this page comes up when …

when i try and install programs i have download from the net eg. winamp, xfire (i dont have any trouble installing anything from cd). i get this error message. "NSIS Error The installer you are trying to use is corrupted or incomplete. This could be the result of a damaged …

how do i change the buttons for "turn off computer" in the start menu with a different icon ?

How does one stop a program from executing at startup? I'd especially like to know how to do it through the registry editor (regedit) thanks!

Day before yesterday I got my Laptop's RAM upgraded and hard-disk replaced which actually wiped out all IBM Preloaded software. I had to buy a new OEM Pack of Win XP Pro. However, after I installed this thing, something funny has started happening : When I move my cursor, it …

With the halt of Lavalys' freeware programs I need a new system diagnostic program. What would you guys suggest?

I’m looking for a software solution to control client’s PC’s remotely over the Internet in order to run antispyware/adware, antivirus, as well as any other maintenance type programs. I have been using RealVNC and UltraVNC, however I must interfere with the client’s use of the computer. Does anyone know of …

Running XP - Nearly everything is displaying in italics - have tried going to 'tools-internet options-fonts' but cannot change the fonts to non-italic there. If I copy to Word, the text is non-italic. Can anybody help please. How can I change it to non-italic font? It's nice to start with …

hi ...hope you are all ok. since yesterday i ve noticed a quite weird problem on my laptop.. i connect usually via wireless dsl connection..i turn on my external router and set the Wlan button from my laptop to on ...then after a while the wlan icon appears as transmitting …

I have a power off problem with Windows XP. Recommendations I have found suggest going into Control Panel and selecting "Performance and Maintenance." My problem, I don't have such an icon labeled Performance and Maintenance in my control panel.

On my other PC I cannot log in. I get to the main screen where it allows you to choose which user you want to go on as, but then when you try to enter as either user, it gets me in and immediately logs me off do you have …

HI, I tried setting up a local network between my desktop and laptop, the desktop asked me for a network password which I left blank, it then required a reboot, and now asks me for a password (I never had a password set before)... now it wont let me log …