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Hi, We were running originally on workgroup sharing our DSL link using ICS in XP. This works nicely until we decide to add our XP workstations to a domain on 2000 SVR. Now other workstations are not able to browse the web. Fact is the PC with DSL modem is …

What is the best most userfriendly firewall (free) that can bec onfigured for a network. right now i am using zonealarm...i dont like it

Hi, Would it be possible :idea: to edit the "new" menu, you know you right click on desktop and it says new then you choose text doc, shortcut ect. if so could it be done saftley (with out regitry editor)

A friend of mine recently hooked up his computer and decided to use Mozilla Firefox as his browser instead if IE. Originally, Windows Media Player was his default audio and video player, but then he downloaded Quicktime in order to view another video. Now his computer will only allow Quicktime …

I've had my laptop for a while, over the course of the last month it would make beeping sounds and shut down automatically occassionally(maybe once every 4-5 days). Today i tried to turn on my laptop and the little led light shows that the screen is turned on and hd …

good day, i upgraded a pc from virus 98 to xp pro and i'm stuck with a freaking outlook express that doesn't work. if you open it, it says computer is out of memory or disk is full. the error number (i'm assuming it's the error number) is "0x80012ce, 3". …

I had this question before and I didn't really have good results. I have three hard drives installed on my Dell Dimension XPS Gen4. Two of them mirror each other on a Raid 0 setup, so windows sees the three hard drives as two. Now the mirrored hard drives are …

This may be more of a web design or networking question, but since it does involve windows explorer and IE, I figured I would drop it here. What I need to do is have my local clients set up so that when a user types www in their address bar …

hello people how is everyone i have a slight problem with my command box when i open it it has no scroll bar so say wen i do a comand like i dnt know netstat wen d numbers scroll past they dispaear cus i cnt scroll up how do i …

Heres my problem: Every so often, usually after i have been doing one thing and leaving every other program idle, or leaving the computer idle for longer than ~2 Min, the instant I open My Computer, click a back button in internet explorer, or even enter a console command in …

I dont know if this is the right place to put this but I updated the driver for my LT Win Modem to 8.30 but when I restart my computer and try to get on the internet msn (my isp is msn) can find the modem. My old driver 8.22 …

I recently updated from 2000 to xp. by deleting the first partition then going over it. now when you try to log off it goes to a black screen and stays there. i have waited for like a few min. but it still stays there. when i swithc users its …

Ok I have a few issues. Windows messenger runs everytime i turn on my computer. Ive taken it out of the startup and ive deleted it out of the prefetch too. Ive even gone so far to get rid of the startup option and run in background option in the …

Well first of all I dont know if Im even in the right place. So maybe someone can help me or redirect me somewhere else. I cant tell you much do to the fact that Im computer illiterate. When I start Winmx it will not connect. Ive used it often …

Hello I am having a problem with a program called rhapsody (a music downloader). When i initiate the install, a message comes up that says i am running windows 95 and the setup will now exit. I am definetly not running that though, i have windows XP home. Other programs …

I have used Hotmail for years, both on it's own and via Outlook Express. I am aware Hotmail can no longer be accessed via Outlook Express, but now Hotmail refuses to recognise any 'user-name' or password for me. However access IS still available via my Outlook inbox but the whole …

I'm not a hardware oriented guy. My PC was working fine and then suddenly it wont reboot. I turn my PC on, but no sounds, no error messages, nothing. WD, 80 Gb, Hard drive does not make a sound. I don't recall installing anything new. My dumb mistake is that …

hi all i was using win xp but i dont know how deleted my main working profile now i m not abale to logon i can boot but at the login sceen i get no username what shuld i do plz give me the solution asap thanks regards chini9

ok so i try to install windows xp over windows 2000 but when i try to delete the first partition it says that it cant because there are temporary files. so i install over the first one. but no thre are two operating systems. i want only windows xp. how …

thumb icons ok in my documents in all the folders theirs a little file saying thumb on it..they r evrywhere.i delete them but they keep coming back.how can i get rid of them??

ok i have windows 2000 and want to install xp over it and would like step by step intruscstions and also is it safe to do that...... how muc memory du i need to intall xp aswell?how much memor will it need???

ok so i recently put on xp. hoow can i stop messeger from being in the system tray upon start up

i converted a dat file to a mp3 but it gives me this error message: The file youre attemting to play has an extension that does not match the file format. Playing the file may result in unexpected behavior. after that it tells me i need a codec. Anyone know …

Let me explain this whole thing. First off the computer has been affected by a kazaa virus downloaded over a year ago. It changed the icons of My computer, My Network Places, and Recycle Bin to Michael Jackson albums. Though a virus was found and deleted, the icons to this …

Recently I bought a VCD and tried to play it on my computer with 32X LG CDROM. The video was playing without the sound. I tried to play the same VCD on a friends computer and it was playing all right with the sound. What could be the problem with …

hey guys.. i was wondering what is the best program to get to fight against spyware, adware, and trojans... thanks for looking. *sorry if this is in the wrong forum*

Hey ive been tryin to Recover My System by using Hp pc system recovery....ive tried doin that and i keep gettin errors that some file is missing..and then when i restart my comp at the beginning i press f 10 to try recovering it from there and it wont work …

What is the difference between a driver and a controller, and where are they located.

i put a new operating system on a new hard drive, setup went smoothly, after doing some settings, i noticed when i had a window up and moved it- it dragged. in other words it would move very slowly across the screen. i figure it has nothing to do with …

when on a site I click on a link which opens a new IE, the IE doesn't load up the document, how can I set it up where when I click on a link the document can get opened up in a new window? thanks

Thanks for visiting my post. Their's afew things that happens when it doesn't detect the rom, when i connect all the power plugs into the HDD, Both Roms and the floppy drive, the computer just enters the bio's and just freezes, but when i remove the power plugs too both …

Hi I have had a problem for several days and have not been able to resolve this. I am running agigabyte 7n400 pro2 board with an xp3000, 512 memory. I choose in the bios to load optimal defaults and the next thing I knew I could not get past the …

Need help to reinstall Win XP-Home Ed. after I replaced the hard disk. Win 95 loads up fine, but I cannot neither upgrade to Win XP-Home, nor do a fresh install. At boot time, I get the following 1st message for few seconds: --- "Setup is inspecting your computer hardware's …

I am trying to download elder scrolls 3 morrowind and i hav all of the requirements. it finishes downloading and puts an icon on my desktop and everything. but when i open it i get a message saying "there has been an error and this program must be closed" ive …

Upgraded to xp from me and all was well until it booted and as soon as my desktop should have loaded and appeared I got the "an error has occured in windows explorer" window and when I select "don't send report" I am left with an XP desktop theme with …

Hey guys. Ok, well it was my assumption that Microsoft could let you activate a Windows XP product key as many times as needed on a single machine. Now, I reformat my computer about once everu 3-4 months to keep up performance. Recently when I reformated the computer, installation went …

[FONT=Verdana]hey whats up guys.. well i encountered the blue screen of death tonight and my computer keeps restarting.. when the blue screen appears i get error code 0x00000050... i tried removing applications and it didn't work... i haven't added any new hardware... and im completely lost on what to do... …

Norton detected hacktool.rootkit and I was able to remove it and I believe the infected files as well, and now when I go to log in it makes the windows sound like it does when you successfully log in then it immediatley logs me out. I've looked at microsoft.com and …

:evil: have a dell p3 256 ram laptop with 2000 pro, wanted to up grade to xp went to costco paid 200 dollars started the upgrade ,half way it stoped and said connot copy some folders must exit! so i tried again samething, took the disk out tried to restart …

hey all, i had major corruption on my exchange server and had to blow away alot of data, even mailboxes...was able to do a disaster recovery for exchange but can restore the information store because its unable to attach to one of the drives....i'm assuming its my M drive because …

Hi There Can someone give me a idiots gide with step by step instructions on how to reinstall my windows 2000 pro i have lodes of things wrong with my computer to many to list. I did a repear it sorted some of them out but not the importent one's …

Ah, the frustrations of dealing with the big guys... So I followed HP's instructions in updating my HP Pavilion a420n (A7V8X-LA motherboard) except for one thing: at one point, the HP web site tells me: "8. If you see the following message during the restart of your PC, continue with …

Hello is there any way of giving a virtual directory an alias so that it keeps its original name on my intranet but when viewed externally it is something else i.e on intranet called "public_folder" and on internet "intranet" Hope that makes sense

On my computer we have three different log-on accounts. One of the accounts doesn't work anymore. Whenever you log on the whole thing freezes, the clock won't change and nothing will work. I decided to call my computer company (dell) and they said that I have a corrupt profile. They …

I have to OS both XP, I want to delete the one on C:\. Is formating the only way to do this.

The other day i moved my pc from one room 2 another and now it will not boot. Once turned on it says to insert a boot diskette in the drive and press any key. I inserted my xp boot cd and began the installation process. The first part of …

Where can a person get some cool themes? I saw someone that I think had something called window blinds or something like that. What do you recommend. I don't care if I have to pay for it. Thanks.

This is my first time using a forum. I'm getting horizontal lines from my text and other graphics. Replaced the monitor and its still there. Don't think it's my card. Please help

I have Windows XP SP2 fully up to date. Lately, I've been hearing a sound that sounds like a camera shutter or the click sound used as the default "Start Navigation" sound in Explorer. It is usually two or three clicks in rapid succession. It doesn't seem to be related …

hi everybody Today I found a new problem with my browser. when I want to access to hotmail page it gives me nothing (blank page) and write "done" in the bottom. on the other hand, I can simply log in to msn massenger but can't access to hotmail to see …