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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 …
Hi, I have tried 3 different browsers. All of the sudden I cannot login to sights like: hotmail, ebay, pcpitstop. Dreamweaver also gets errors while trying to upload but not connecting. I continue to recieve the error page when trying to log onto theses sights. I have tried changin the …
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 …
Hello, I just took the hard drive out of my daughter's computer and installed a new hard drive.... Turned the thing on and it says: "No Operating system found". So, I tried to reload the disks that came with her computer (HP) But, it didn't work... I go into "Set …
I saved this website on my desktop and with it a folder was saved on my desktop as well. the format i saved it in was in webpage complete(*htm, *html) . now im tryin to delete the folder and it wont go away. the error message says that its being …
windows update can't download hi guys i can't download the latest patches for windows [i have a legit key] i contact microsoft support and was advice to do this: If you are running Ad-aware, ZoneAlarm, PC-Cillin, Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, McAfee, Proxomitron pop-up blocker, Ad Muncher, …
(I've split your post into its own thread per forum rules ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/faq.php?faq=daniweb_faq#faq_rules[/url] -- dlh) I am encountering a problem with IE on Windows Server 2003 with SP 1. Firewall issues have been checked. I can open IE for other websites but if I click on Windows update, then the window …
Hello all. A new poster here. Seems like quite the community you all have here. Congrats! I have a tech question I need help with. I recently flashed/updated my Bios. Everything went smoothly with the exception of my mouse not working through the PS/2 port. It is a Logitech MX1000 …
Apache Tomcat and IIS 6 with JK2 Dear Community, please help me to solve this though problem by installing and cofigure Apache Tomcat with IIS 6. Firstly Ive tried to use Apache Connector 1.2 but after day try it still didnt work. So I took another tutorial [url]http://tjworld.net/help/kb/0001_iis6-Tomcat5-JK2.html[/url] and made …
Norton removed Trojan.Byte.Verify and it came back 2 months later! I followed the steps from [URL=http://http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.byteverify.html]HelpFromsecurityresponse[/URL] It came back, please help!!
my disk drive to my computer(Dell Demention desktop) wont open when i push the button and the activity light doesnt come on either...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanx
Hi!! Just new to this website and there is lots of very useful information. It is amazing how much you can learn from this website. Its great! I am having some problems with my hotmail, after i put my address and password and hit go, it goes into a white …
I am kinda computer illiterate, so bare with me... I wanted to get a USB kit to convert my VHS/DVD to my computer and my friend told me I should make sure my computer has a graphic card before I buy it (I have a Windows XP type: 2366-85U). I …
I cant find a file called wmdaud.cat and I need it for my onboard sound card... YAMAHA Native DS1 WDM Ive got the rest of he files .drv .ks .sys but all I need is this .cat file. I went to YAMAHA website but that doesnt seem to work.
I am trying to install some software on WIndows 2000 pro and I get: "Preparing to install" forever (it simply gets stuck at this stage) Any Idea? Thanks
I wasn't sure where to post this, so if it's in the wrong place, please just move it. About two motnhes ago, my Internet Explorer's connection just stopped working. At that time, this was completey fine, as I use Mozilla Firefox to get online. Of course, now this is creating..problems. …
Hi all, Basically I have an AMD 64 x2, should this show up as two processors in task manager or just the one? :confused:
i know that there are countless dual boot threads, but i didn't see the one that i was looking for. i have win xp pro on my computer. i just installed a hdd out of an old computer that has win 98 on it. i am wondering if it will …
:o I have almost tried EVERYTHING That I know of Besides, Throwing This Computer Out MY Window..Someone PLEASE HELP ME ... I have always Played games from games.com and had no issues, I have always checked my hotmail and had no issues NOW. I get "sorry we were unable to …
ok when i play wc3 my cpu freezes... this never happen for a long long time... before when i had a geforce 4 mx 440 it freezes but i switch it to geforce fx 5200 and it didn't freeze but lately it starting to freeze again... i wonder is it …
I am looking into buying a registry cleaner, but I am not sure which is best, and the free trials don't really prove anything to me. So anyone who has bought a registry cleaner software could give me some info i would appreciate it.
Hi everyone. Ok, I know how to reformat a computer, but I have a question. My computer has two hard drives, well actually three because two of them mirror each other on a RAID 0 configuration. Anyways, Windows is installed on my RAID 0 configured hard drive, which in total …
Hi Folks Recently I've been getting a problem where whenever I try and run video from desktop, whether it be from media player, realplayer, quicktime etc. the computer near freezes up and I get 98-99% cpu usage on whichever player I'm running. This happens with video being displayed in websites …
I just got done upgrading my computer from me to xp and when i restarted the computer it booted up just fine untill after the windows logo it goes to a black screen with little white dots at the side of the screen. Can some one help me!!!! :sad:
Hi, I'm having problems with Outlook 2003 hanging whenever I try to Save or Insert attachments. In either case Task Manager shows Outlook as 'not responding'. I have tried restoring back to previous restore points, repairing Office and even reinstalling Office but the problem remains. Fortunately I can insert and …
After a virus ,losing my restore points, WMP 10 will not let me play mpg`s off the web. I have uninstalled WMP10 and downloaded and re-installed it but the same happens. I am 99% sure my system is clean. After I try to play an mpg the WMP just stops …
As the title says, my windows media player won't go into fullscreen mode. When I try to, it juss goes to a black screen for a few seconds and then it goes back to the normal size. This juss started happening recently. Anyone know what I should do?
Did windows update for XP and now computer wont boot up.. says System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys missing. had no probs till did update.. now I cant get into my computer. Can anyone help? or tell me how to extrac my files before crashing my system?
hi i have this toshiba laptop. the cd rom is faulty now(i cant find the D drive in my computer). i went to device manager and it says : Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) Click Troubleshoot to start …
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Hello, does anyone know how I can get rid of this Adobe thats sitting on my toolbar? I deleted that Adobe Gamma Loader.exe rebooted and its still here... :eek: thanks for any help here :confused:
I too am having the Generic Host-problem. :sad: I have been reading alot about this problem, but have never come to a solution. Could the experts here help me out? I checked my computer with Norman Virus Control, and here are the results: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{BCE84D8D-E2BA-4872-B7AA-EEE8594D84E9}\RP80\A0018206.exe C:\System Volume Information\_restore{BCE84D8D-E2BA-4872-B7AA-EEE8594D84E9}\RP80\A0018207.exe Diagnose …
I recently had a problem with spyware and the like. I went thru a major evaluation of my computer, downloading hijack, ewido, microsoft antispyware, adaware, spybot and the like. Everything was working fine after I did that. However, now I cannot connect using my wireless internet. I can connect using …
While attempting to uninstall Roxio I inadvisedly ran McAffee clean. Dialog box became unreadable as text was displayed in what looked like Wingding font. Please advise on how to recover normal fonts. The computer is a Dell Latitude laptop on which the connection to the internet is not functioning.
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