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Hi. My computer recently started acting up. I first noticed it when Firefox started spamming me with popups. I ran adaware, spybot, adaware again, and spybot again, and it didn't stop. I made sure the definitions were up to date. I even ran a virus check twice and didn't find …

Hi! I have a HPX1963. It is frezng up constantly. I will be both online and offline when my programs become Not Responding. I have also received a meessage saying that memory could not be referenced and then it will tell me my system is shutting down. I took my …

This was a problem i encountered with some days ago. My Dell Laptop started to freeze up with no reason at all. The mouse and keyboard were not working. I just ignored the problem and rebooted the computer everytime it happened. However, just yesterday, my computer started to freeze when …

My boss wants to lock down the Internet with a password so that only he can get on. Is there anyway to configure IE to request a password for connecting to the Internet via Broadban? I know that for dial-up you can allow it to not save your username and …

Help! Trying to re-load Windows 2000 Professional on my computer, but am having trouble. Have two hard drives (C and D). Was running Windows from the C drive, but started getting an error "[some file] is missing or corrupted" and sometimes blue screens. Tried to reload Windows without success...somehow, the …

Hi, My friend is having a problem where for some reason ever since yesterday, when he boots up his machine, he is asked to select a user to login, but no users are listed to click on. He is therefore stuck at that screen. I suspect it is some sort …

hi recently, my comp started to act weird again..whenever i open a file that is named in chinese characters, when it opens, the titlebar will nt show the chinese names.instead, boxes are seen.also, when i play chinese music using media player, even though i can see the chinese characters in …

My mouse keeps on freezing. What should I do?

hi this is my first post sorry if its in the wrong section... the last 2 days ive been having problems reading my emails on hotmail. it just went funny one day. i can sign in fine and use msn fine, i can see my inbox and whats there but …

When my wife tries to logon to amazon.com on our home computer, she gets the "cannot find server" error message. I tried to logon at my office and can do so successfully. Therfore the problem is my home computer. Any suggestions to correct this problem?

Quick Launch in Windows XP is a great productivity feature. The frequestly accessed application's shortcut or copy version can be placed here. Lets say if you access more 10 applications in a day quite frequestly, it make sense to have this feature utlised and it saves your time. You don't …

Hi, I'm having a problem where my emails appear to get stuck in the outbox in Outlook. However, the emails are getting sent, per the recipient. I look in the sent folder and don't see the sent email. This only happens on some emails. Very strange. Can someone help? Thanks, …

I recently reinstalled windows xp on my computer (dell dimension 2350). Everything is now working except my internet/ethernet connection. I have the cord set up properly (it worked before reinstallation), and i have tried installing the proper network driver (downloaded from dell.com) but it doesn't work. Either nothing happens, or …

I recently sent my PC to the Doctors because the Motherboard had decided to be a twat, i recieved it back and it was a lot lot better! however 2 days later a message popped up "Please activate your Windows Activation Key" Is this something he forgot to do? JK

Hi new here, came accross this place looking for the answer to my problem: I have msn messenger, i use it regularly, if i have new mail - it pops up saying so and i click on it to try and access the mail but page goes blank! same if …

Hi Everyone Can anyone help me out with a small problem please. Clicking a hyperlink in Outlook Express does not work; I have to cut and paste the link to my browser. This problem is also occuring in document folders. Do not have any problem with my browser or web …

i need help!!my PC is running under two windows on 2 different partition.XP home on C drive,XP pro on D drive.The problem now is,i was unable to change my main boot disk to the CD!!i cant get to the BIOS setup!is there any other way to get in the BIOS …

On the odd occason when I switch on my PC for the first time I get a black screen with the message 'Windows Protection Error - you need to restart your computer. When I reboot it offers me Safe Mode but if I click on the 'Normal Start' choice it …

Does anyone know of any software that will rip audio from a DVD? What I'm trying to do is pull some music off some DVD's and was wondering if there was any decent software out there that would allow you to do this. Would Sound Forge or Cool Edit allow …

Hi, I am working on a Tiny Win 98 desktop. Eactime the computer boots up, it brings up Task Scheduler and Windows Explorer windows. How do I get rid of these two so they don't pop up at start up? Any one? Thanks

i don't know how to explain it in the title, but this is what happens: at startup, you get to the loading screen(windows xp pro with the three moving blocks). as soon as that's done, you get the blueish screen that has "windows xp" just to the right of the …

Hi When I start the pc sometimes, it boots then totally shut itself off (turn off). How do I fix this problem? I already tried to fix it thru sys c: command in dos and reinstallation of windows but it still happens... Thanks! Win98se

ok.. when writing cd-r, everything goes find but after it has been written, the disc is empty and nothing is written. however, cd-rw works fine, no problem in writing cd-rws. im using samsung combo drive sm348d com is hp p4 2.6ghz 512 ram 80gb hd using win xp tried maxell …

ok guys i really hope someone knows the answer, i will be so grateful... we just re-formatted our hd all the data was stored on dvd's (as data) using nero 6. music was stored on 2 disks,and work fine.. all other data including programme files, photos, word documents etc were …

Hi!! I was copying some mp3 music files onto my pen drive (for personal use only ). Now , some of those files which i copied no longer play , even the original files. You can see their icon( Winamp icon ,for instance), they have their proper size and before …

[B][COLOR=Blue]Long time no Post! Location: 300 Hall OS: XP Problem: When the teacher logs in, there is an error message:[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=DarkRed] [I]Rtvscan.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created.[/I][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Black]Any ideas as to what might …

I have a dell laptop running windows media edition 2005 service pack 2. Some time gao I noticed that advertisements on web pages that I visit are no longer loading. The page itself loads but not the advertisements, they simply show the "page cannot be displayed" term. I wouldn't mind …

I have windows media palyer 9. Whenever I try to play a video I only hear the sound but the picture freezes. Then the computer crashes and i have to restart. This happens too when i play a dvd. I have removed the player and reinstalled it but to no …

My first computer was bought with Windows ME, and it has worked pretty much for a long time, recently I was discussing my PC attack by malware (Spyware, virus and trojan) It cost a total of $140 to clear them. Prior to that happening this year, I had surfed the …

My problem is i can't open just one web site have no problem with no other program the site i try to contact is [url]http://doublemoneynow.com[/url] when i try to go in this site there is a page open for search ... i did try by ....my web search also by...and …

Trouble since day one! It just shuts down now and then showing a blue screen error display. Finally got it checked out in a service station ( AND it took three weeks to get it back )... well... the shutting down stopped... but now it´s slower in all..AND It crashes …

I have a problem with my Display properties - i fired up my new laptop running XP the other day and without me changing the settings, the screen resolution changed and i can't get it changed back. I believe my pixel setup was 1280 x 1024 which gives the larger …

Hi, I'm afraid I'm not that clued up on computers but goggled my problem and came across this site so thought as you guys are all geniuses from what I’ve been reading you maybe able to help? ;-) When someone sends me a link or I try and open a …

Is It Possible To Stop That Blank Taskbar Button Flashing Up From Time To Time? If Im Veiwing Any Video In A Media Player It Pops Up And Gets Mildly Annoying! Im On Xp Home Ed. Any Ideas Appreciated. Im New To Computers Try Not To Baffle Me?

I recently Ghosted my O/S drive from 40Gb to 80Gb. The system boots ok, to the log in screen but when you log in the system shuts down. Any suggestions?

Hi, I recently upgraded windows 98 to Xp pro sp2, As a routine. Every thing went right , when Instalation was completed, The log on to windwos screen was not like windows xp pro , but it is more like windows NT or windows 2000. How Can I get that …

Hi all, I have a very serious problem with Norton AntiVirus 2005. According to the Norton Website it is to do with my Creative Audigy sound card. It is to do with a piece of software that came with that that starts up when windows starts(I thinks it's the volume …

Ive been working to fix a box but the symptoms are very strange, any ideas will be very much appreciated. THe computer wont connect to any secure webpage (https). I checked the security settings and all is good, ssl is on and tls is as well. I ran ad aware …

i have done all of this.......... When double clicking the xp_exe_fix.reg file, windows asks what to use to open it. Go to select from list, then browse and find C:\Windows\regedit.exe, select it and click ok, then double click xp_exe_fix.reg again and it'll ask you if you want to add the …

Hi, thanks in advance for any advice and guide. I visited the site [url]http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-3880.html[/url] after a google search. Then the site weberdev.com seems to stick to my IE history, though I have cleared the history many times by going to tools->internet options->clear history. To be precise, every time I type …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change Web Page Font Size on the Fly[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]If your mouse contains a wheel for scrolling, you can change font size on the fly when viewing a Web page.[/size] [list] [*][size=2]Press and hold Ctrl.[/size] [*][size=2]Scroll …

I've noticed that when the exit windows and start windows sound is enabled ... the system takes a lot of time to boot or shutdown. You can disable these annoying sounds from your control panel -->Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds ... and make your system boot and shutdown faster.

hello. its my 1st time here. Im a newbie in all this it talks and discussion, so I really need ur guys help. Currently my computer always got hanged when i open my media files while downloading. and the blue screen keep on appearing. i just know what it's called …

I have been without a computer for about a month now because my computer will only boot-up halfway before getting an error message about a missing DLL file.. MSVCRT.DLL I have attempted many fixes including renaming the file, extracting it from a CAB file etc... nothing is working. I get …

After replacing my old ECS MB with a new one (w/800fbs) I tried for a clean XP Pro install. I have to use the 6 pack installation disks as I don't have bootable CD. All went well until I tried to run the setup disks. I can boot using a …

good day my cd rom drive sudddenly stopped working. actually there is power to it because i can open and close the drive but i dont c it at all in my computer can anyone assit me

Hi guys i have a question,,i have nod32,zonealarm firewall. when starting the pc,,it shows nod32 icon and zonealarm starting the process..now when pc startup..it doen't show..i have cc cleaner.this program has an option on the starup.i see some programs listed but no antivirus or firewall' HOW CAN I enable this …

Hi all, I am running on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and I am having a few problems. I have aCreative Audigy 2ZS sound card and I have recently bought Micorsoft Visual Studio .NET C++. My problem is that when my PC starts up it pops up to windows …

Is there anybody who can tell me how can i make a DVD to play it in my car DVD palyer.. is there any kindda software or something that will help me out.. i do have NERO X but i can only make data DVD not a DVD Player.. Any …

when starting up windows me the error message "cannot find system.ini" came up so i restored to yesterdays file using scanreg /restore. now when i startup the system just hangs with no desktop icons or start menu/taskbar. pressing ctrl+alt+delete brings up task manager with no processes running, the same happens …