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a friend from another site has posted this when i attempt to back up files iget the response [B]"unable to access the disc in drive E and the disc is not write protected" [/B] he says he has changed the write protect, archive and read only boxes but to no …
Hi everyone, heres the story, Ive been trying to build my sister a new computer using some old computer parts. I've found out by switching her older hard drive to my computer that the computer will not boot up with that hard drive as the only hard drive and master …
Thanx for this forum where I may find a solution for my problem. my problem that if I worked hardly on my pc and use many applications the computer ether the computer will freeze or A stop error screen will appear and the massage is: Stop 0x00000024 (0x001902FE , 0Xa64FC6B8 …
I thought if you click on anything in the system tray it should take you directly to that application. On my mail....IF I get NEW mail, I have to click on the system tray application and close it & re open the outlook express from the title bar area... One …
I want to know how important it is for some of these to be in the exceptions list of my firewall. One I am not even sure what it is (C:\Program Files\Bonjour\mDNSResponder.exe). Here is the list of exceptions I just found in the list. avginet.exe bonjour file and printer sharing- …
Hello all, I DLed a copy of the movie Gunner palace. It's about 700,000 megs and is in AVI format. I was gonna convert it to DVD so I can make a DVD movie out of it. This is the first time I've ran into this problem. Whe I go …
On start-up the D-drive contents are displayed. Sure I can close it by clicking the x but is there a way to stop this appearing? Thanks Tez
Greetings Folks - My 20 year old forgot his password for our main XPPRO Desktop (I could have logged in as Admin, but NO ..) and used some hacked up "change your password" product that has wreaked havoc on this OS. Now, it does not recognize windows as registered, and …
Is there any possible way of setting your own custom shortcut hotkeys for the system in windows XP, for example, the "windows key" + "R" opens the "Run" program and "windows key" + "E" opens windows explorer. Is there any way that you can set your own ?
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What does this feature do? It was set to 64mb when I checked it but it can be raised to 256mb. since I have a 256mb video card I thought they may be related so I changed the aperture size to 256mb. Was that wrong? and should I just put …
Hi everyone, I'm a happy pc enthusiast (not quite got the full anorak). I've got two young sons that I've built computers for, in the hope that they'll grow up knowing how to use them. Seems sensible! Now, I'm probably better with hardware than software, so you'll understand and hopefully …
It came with my epox board. What do you know about it? Is it something that works or do you even need it?
Hi, I am new in this forum, I hope you guys can help me with my problems... I have a new hard drive and the problems already started... Is it normal to have my fan running all the time? Is it normal that the light of my hard drive is …
Hi Ive been using hotmail for years without any problems whatsoever. Today MSN messenger signed in as usual and popped up with 6 new e-mails, i clicked to read (go to my hotmail inbox) and it loads for about 2 minutes then comes up with 'page cannot be displayed'. Ive …
I was just wondering if someone could tell me the best way to check to see what kind off graphics card i have in my system. thanks Ally :D
Greetings I purchase a program containing a digital repair manual for my car. (1983 - 2002. It came on two CDs and appears by the quality of presentation to be a genuine product. However when I run the setup program I get the following box: Title Box in blue background …
Hey guys, I am on XP pro, my computer starts up fine, loads in to xp fine, I select my user, and then it loads my desktop, now this is where i have some problems. My desktop shows up, just all my programs that normally start up, dont start except …
Hey guys 'n' girls my Aunt has a problemo with her computer. Its XP. It came up with this error: /windows/system32/system could not be found or is corrupt and then windows won't load up. She has reformated her hard drive, re-installed windows and then after a month or so it …
There is probably a post somewhere out there about this, but what is the general rule on OEM software? I know you don't get the packaging and printed manuals, but are software updates, such as Microsoft updating Windows XP, still available? Any insight that anyone has would be greatly appreciated. …
I recently lost my main drive and had to reload WIN2K. Since then I reinstalled Winamp and each time I switch radio stations or select a file to play the browser opens and provides me with details of my selection. Does anyone know how or what might be causing this …
Whilst I am burning a DVD project on Nero Startsmart containing video files .avi and .mpg, (what I'm about to explain can happen at different times while burning project onto a disc) a message pops up telling me: "Unable to prepare data for recording; Transcoding of Videos Failed" I have …
I don't have a Windows 2000 computer, but allow me to explain why I would want information on upgrading one. Vista has been the source of a great deal of worry for me over the past few months. I have a laptop that currently has Windows XP Home Edition. It's …
Hi everyone, does anyone here know if it possible to set the computer to use a different language for everything, including keyboard layouts, and everything on screen to be that foreign language too. I run and english UK version of windows XP. I have tried adding more languages using the …
Hi, I'm running WINXP Home Edition. Recently, I attempted to print from Outlook Express and received a script error. I haven't seen this before. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks for your help. Glenn.
I am reasonably compitent with computers, but this is stumping me. My PC is custom built with AMD Athlon XP2400+ and set up with a dual boot configuration which has been running fine for over a year without a glitch, until now. Now it won't boot either configuration, even in …
hi all i have installed and uninstallled no of softwares on that comp. and from few days my floppy drive is been continuously buzzed up and some software is trying to read something from floppy drive its not comming up with any error message not even that no floppy found …
I've a file that I'm trying to remove in the add/remove console,but it just blinks and is still there,I would like to know if there is anything that I can do to remove this.By the way it is John Madden 2006 :mad:
I installed Firefox a few months ago but have continued to use IE for the most part. Today IE immediately shuts down saying it's encountered an error. It won't allow me to update my AVG or run any online scans using Firefox so I'm not sure what else to check. …
OK... A few weeks ago I started my computer and got the following error message about halfway through the boot up... The MSVCRT.DLL file is linked to missing export NTDLL.DLLgetVersionNumbers.. or something very close to that. It said something about explorer.exe will not load and that I have to reinstall …
:-| My nephew has Windows 98SE and has recently installed a 2nd Drive 'E'. It is working fine for copying data to etc but it will not play CDs. Can anyone help as I don't know enough about it to advise him. Many thanks BH99MH (Scotland)
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Hi, I have the dreaded trojan vundo (C:\Windows\sys32.jkkjk.dll). Unfortunately i also have another big problem. While following the symantec removal instructions, I unchecked system restore, disabled norton and the firewall and booted up into safe mode and instead of the usual F8 method I decided to do run - msconfig …
Hi, My son just called me and said he's been trying to start his computer(windows xp), and when it starts up it goes into the black and white safe mode choice screen, flickers, thjen goes to blue screen which says somethng like: "windows shut down to prevent damage to computer......uninstall …
I have a PC, win2k, a bit dated I went to upgrade the graphics card from a ATI rage 128 pro agp to something else. Opened add/remove programs clicked to remove the ATI drivers and got a pop up message: RUNDLL Error in C:\WINNT\system32\atiiiexx.dll missing entry:InfEngUnInstallINFFile-RUNDLL Now, I tried copying …
I need to reformat the hard drive on a computer running windows 98 se (the computer never had internet access, so none of the windows updates were installed) using the bootdisk, when I try to format drive c:, I cannot because it is compressed, so it reccomends I use the …
hi i hope you can help me, for the past week or so my computer wont allow me to use ctrl+alt+del, when i press it nothing happens at all. Also if i go to the start menu and try to restart my computer or shutdown or so on after pressing …
I have a internet plan which gives me 1GB free usage. I wanna know if there is any tool to check exactly how much data haspassed thru my PC
when i try to double click on any file for it to play in windows media player all that loads is the player itself can anyone help me please :)
Hi, since updating Firefox all my Bookmarks have disappeared, anyone know how to get them back? Thanks, John.
Is there a way where I can remove the files that are listed in the Startup tab in the System Config. Utility? I have many programs in there that are repeated 2 or 3 times.
I am hoping you can help me. I have some videos to download and was told to 'right click>>save as' to save them to my HD. When I do this, only 2kb downloads and shows as the browser icon on my desktop. When I click on the icon of course, …
:cry: Man does any one know how to reset the appearance of the windows back to default. I never claimed to be the smartest person in the world but I thought I could dress up the appearance of my displays a little bit. I'm running windows xp and I went …
Ok I just put in 2 new sticks of this 2gb memory for my computer: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141227[/url] But when I installed it when I first booted up my computer on the bootscreen it gave me this message: "Serial Presence Detect device data missing or inconclusive. Properly programmed SPD decive is required …
i have windows Me. i am using BlackICE as my firewall. i have goten all the updates and stuff like that. every once and a while i see a red line go though the blackice icon next to my time clock (on the bottom right corner). so i click on …
Hi, I have an issue with my Dual Booting XP Pro & Home computer. I've worked through most of the issues, but am still running into a big snag. Help is much appreciated. Situation Below: - Windows Pro HD - Windows Home HD When I select Windows Pro to boot, …
I support a small/medium size network that consists of 3 2003 Standard servers and about 20 or so workstations. We use an outside host for our email. About two weeks ago our email host switched up their mail servers and introduced better spam control software. Since they did this, a …
Hello, I have been recently been experiencing problems when loading into my computer, I type the password, and about 6 times out of 10 the computer will "hang" at the "Loading your Personal Settings" stage of the login. This causes me to have to restart (by pressing the button) and …
One of my computers has been freezing up a lot today. I checked the even log and it always happens after these five events: [quote]Event Type: Warning Event Source: Cdrom Event Category: None Event ID: 51 Date: 10/11/2005 Time: 9:14:59 PM User: N/A Computer: YOUR-W04GTXLD67 Description: An error was detected …
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