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I one hdd in my pc. I have partitioned it in three parts. on first part I have installed win xp, Now I want to install win xp on other part, Can you anybody tell me how can I do this?

I just reformated my hd and reinstalled windows. but when i try to activate it it doesnt connect to the activation server. i know i have internet connection do to im on here. but no matter what i try i just cant do it.

in thereory i tell it to include the .net framework and if the userdoesnt have it install. then if it is installed they will be able to run my C# apps. is this correct :?:

Ok so i have followed some tutorial online how to do it. first i amde sure my LAN was anabled for sharing. it was. the i mad sure the printer was. it was. then i added a printer to the compueer that is going to do the sending. yes the …

Hi. I turned on my brother's computer and started up an online game. It crashed and froze and I couldn't restart it, so I forcefully shut it down (held the button and turned it off). I turned it back on and it loaded longer than usual (there was the black …

xposted Okay. Basically I've been trying to reinstall Windows XP due to much spyware finding my computer as their beloved habitat, among other things that I just can't get rid of. I've been trying to install and it hasn't been working, this has been goin on for about 2 weeks, …

Hey all I've been reaading your forums through to try and solve my problem but still to no avail. Basically when using either IE 6 or Firefox i cannot accses certain sites most notabley any microsoft website e.g msn.co.uk as such i cant check hotmail or get updates. Both browsers …

Hope someone can help me Windows xp will no longer boot in any mode. The normal mode gets the farthest but the system resets and tries over and over without succes. Now for the kicking part (myself not the machine) i didn't make a recovery disk and the machine came …

Which browser, out of these two, do you think is better, and why?

ok in theory if i remove aol from my system completley i wont have to be signed on to that to go onto the internet. i dhould just be able to click on firefox in go. does any body know if this is correct i must rid my self of …

When I click on the paper clip to attach a file and click the drop-down arrow to browse to a different location, the application stops responding and eventually closes. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing Office. Any ideas? I am running Office 2003 on Windows XP.

Hello! I am having a heck of a time with this one. I cannot double click any icons on my desktop, nor can I highlight them and press enter. When I do it just sits there and stares at me blankly. I have created a new user on the same …

Hi Guys I installed some software the other day which did not work properly anyway i had a bit of trouble deleteing it anyway its gone now but ever since when i go on to sites like ebay i get the message IF YOU ARE SEEING THIS PAGE,YOUR BROWSER SETTINGS …

Everytime I go to certain web pages or go to play certain games on the web a error message pops up that says it is unable to load JIT compiler, and it has to do with the the mscorjit.dll file. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!

Me and my friend have just got a network of two computers working. We are connected through NTL cable broadband and had to buy an ethernet switcher to get it to work. Now that it IS working... MSN 7.0 won't. Period. When it logs in, it instantly crashes and goes …

We recently bought a new computer and have put our old one in our childs room. The computer is dreadfully slow, how can we remedy it. It is an HP Pavillion, we had replaced the hard drive after a crash. It has WinMe on it along with tons of programs. …

ok i have AOL as my isp. what i want to do is use firefox as my bowser. the only problem is that i have to be signed into AOl in order for firefox to work. i want to be able to just click firefox and be ready to go. …

I searched around the boards and i couldn't find a solution to my problem. Anyways, last night i bought and installed half life 2. During that process i updated my nvidia drivers. After that happened i keep getting an error on all apps except IE and windows explorer. I get …

CAN ANYONE HELP??? Has anyone had this problem? I installed a D-Link firewire card afew years ago for use with my Sony DV camcorder - all worked fine. Then I got sn ipod 20gb this year which also uses the firewire port - this worked fine too. However, the next …

Hi, I have a Asus P4P800, P4 3.0G, 1G geil ram, pioneer DVR106, Benq CD, 1 x 130G and 1 x 32G 10Krpm sata set up, windows xp pro sr2. Almost everytime I load a DVD or CD into either of the drives the system locks up, if I boot …

I have setup a new server at my office with MS Server 2003 Small Business with MS Exchange 2003 & MS Sharepoint. All are well functioning except MS Sharepoint where I can't access company internal site ([url]http://companyweb/[/url]) from client PC. is there any setting that I'm not configure yet to …

I have a PC with windows 98 as its OS. In the last couple of days I have not been able to start it up simply because I get the above message. Can you help me please?

Many computer users are worried about their computer's performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am going to explain some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use …

Well according to Microsoft Windows NT will not be supported by Microsoft at the end of the year! yay!!!!!! Now this OS I will be kinda sad it went they should of kicked WinME but that will be next thank god!

ok so im surfing the web and BOOM!! my comp goes to a blue screen saying GATHERING_MACHINE_EXEPTION ...if this is first time restart. if not follow these instructions... check to make sure hardware and software are propelrl installed and updated if contnue disable bios memory like caching and shadowing stop: …

Please help. Every time I try to load Conquer Online (the game) I get this error. [B]The D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLLLLLockCB[/B] Please help me. I tried reinstalling Direct X. And I still got the same problem. Thanx OS: Win98SE

Hi everyone, I've been having problems with my machine for a while now even though we upgraded about 4-6 months ago. OE keeps causing the machine to go nutso & most of the time I can get it under control & then it will do it again several hours later …

Hi!! I want to know the equivalent of msconfig command(present in Win XP) to that in Win 2000 Pro. Thanks Prakhar Prakash

Hi. I use some seriously antiquated hardware to run my picture and video servers for my site [url=www.huntsvillecarscene.com]Huntsville Car Scene.com[/url]. Each server runs Win95 osr2 with MS Personal Web Server 1.0a. One is a Pentium Pro 180 with 32MB ram. The other is a 486dx33 with 24MB ram. They work …

I have a problem with my mp3 player. My mp3 player wont let me turn it on when it is now connected to the usb lead. When it is not plugged in it shows no sign of life. It is not a problem with the battery i think because i …

I have been tasked to install a simple piece of client software on all PCs on my site. Because this can be installed without admin rights, and that it requires not user interaction, I was hoping to use a login script for the purpose. This is not a problem, as …

Sorry I wasn't sure exactly what section to post this in. I'm looking for an application that will allow me to schedule an application to start at a certain time. For example, if I wanted an MP3 or something of that nature to start playing in the morning to act …

hi, I am not sure whether this is the forum but I am posting this here.PLz do bear with me. I am using the Iomega CD_RW (52x32x52). The issue is the following: [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]related to :- [/COLOR] I had to write a pdf document - [COLOR=Indigo]TRIAL ONE FOR THE ABOVE[/COLOR] What …

How can i switch off EVERY type of information bar? The download ones I dont mind as much but the 'Allow Blocked Content' ones are really annoying. I have designed my own homepage and even internal links require me to click the information bar, then click Allow Blocked Content! Any …

Hello!! Just wanted to know which download manager program is the best, in terms of security, efficiency and whether any spyware is installed along with it or not. Thanks Prakhar

That we got as part of an Action Pack so we didn't receive any documentation with it. And of course, M$ web site is less than helpful with that. We've managed to figure out how to get it up and running and get online and get the networking figured out …

I have a wired home network that works well running machines using Windows XP and ME. We were given a a Windows NT machine that I tried to network;however, it does not run the same protocols and I was unable to install them. I have an extra Window ME license …

Hi Everyone, I have Road Runner (cable) internet service and lately I will get a msg " Yahoo page cannot be found" when I click on a link or to place an order on a specific internet button to allow a purchase. Any idea what is causing this? Other people …

I do not know if this is possible or practical, so I was wondering what you guys thought. Heres the story behind it: I currently share my pc with 4 other users, and am currently running win XP pro. I have my pc locked down as much as possible, but …

This file recently appeared in my c:\windows\system32 folder. Does anyone know what it does? I've searched Google to no avail. :sad:

Hi, For some strange reason, Windows says my profile has not been found. I can see the folder and contents (C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator) and everything seems to be ok. However, Windows is unable to save a new config, and everytime I log in, the same error appears. A "Temp" profile …

this morning everything was ok i downloade the latest update for diskeeper and when trying to install i got the error message: I HAVE WINXP/SP2 "ERROR 1402 could not open key. unknown drfg....CLSid then i try to open the program from desktop and this is the error message when i …

I'm not very expert in using Win NT. I need your help to share file or folder in Win NT. In Win 98, 2000, ME or XP we can share our file easily, just right click at the file & then select sharing...as long as we have file & printer …

Hi!!! I wanted to know what precautions should be used while using CCleaner. i am on Windows 2000 SP4. Prakhar

not to sure if this is exactly whre i post...but I am having trouble finding updates for the ATI Raedion 9200 card....I went to the ATI website and searched but couldnt find anything....so I googled it. And of course I found tons of sites offering updates. But just getting my …

I've developed a problem with my STANDBY mode. When I try to go on STANDBY (START>SHUTDOWN>STANDBY) the system will hang on me. When I use ALT-CTRL-DEL it says that the STANDBY is not responding, so I press END TASK and then the system hangs on me. My SHUTDOWN & RESTART …

I just reformatted my computer, and I have installed all of my games and stuff back on. I updated Windows Media Player and tried playing a video on it and it comes up looking grainy and WAY too bright. I figured it might be a codec so i went and …

Limited Virtual Memory - Pagefile Increase...??? Dear friends, I am confronted with a typical problem and am almost at my wits end. I have two HDD: Disk One 80 GB two partitions C and D on windows xp Disk two 160 GB on three partitions E F and G on …

Hey everybody, I am having a slight problem with my computer. A few minutes ago, I just turned on my computer and everything was normal (all the start-up programs loaded) but for some reason I couldn't open Firefox or any other programs. So I closed a usual culprit, "explorer.exe." Before …

cannot play high bit rate mp3 files i.e. more than 96 kbps. Only 16kbps files can only be played. 96 kbps files are moving but not smoothly. any solutions ???