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hi guys i use hp g7 1310us, which i run windows 8 on. i dual boot the machine with windows server 2008 R2 it installed succesfully but cant use it for it purpose because i cant get the NETWORK ADAPTOR for it. pleas can someone show me or direct me …

I recently had to format my computer after a hard drive problem. I reinstalled windows on a different hard drive and now when I try to use Ventrilo or have my Sound panel open to the recording device tab, the sound on my system is sped up and skips a …

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I recently bought a domain and hosting through iPage, and iPage helpers available via phone and chat tell me that everything is well on their end when they try to access my wp-admin page to log in and edit my site, but when I try entering in mydomain.com/wp-admin, I keep …

Before installing active directory services and promoting windows server to domain controller, i created 3 local users for my brothers but after joining the domain i only can see my user(administrator) and a user called other user which provide a way to sign in the local users but i cannot …

Hey Everyone It's been awhile since I have posted hear but just got a quick question for any one. I just recenly purchase a new toshiba laptop with windows 8 on it, and one thing i am trying to do is get my taskbar to be transparent like windows 7, …

hi. i do really need your help. i have tried to find help on google but i do not get any help at all from there. all characters are swapped on the keyboard. when i type a m,for example, it produces an c. thanks to my programming skills i am …

My AIM messenger does not show the text in the chatboxes. All i see is a blank chatbox. When I press and hold the mouse over the blank space, the cursor goes in and out of the wait symbol and the default symbol. For some reason my internet explorer also …

Hello everyone. First post... I have a strange problem... used to be that Internet Explorer 6 would open PHP files that I had stored on my local machine (which is not a server). I would usually get some kind of "pop-up" warning from IE asking me if I wanted to …

Hello everyone! I don't know if I am in the right place to post my problem. My apology. Well I have a problem regarding on my computer. Everytime I turn it on, white vertical bars shows and it takes more than 30 minutes to load. Very slow to start up. …

Hi Guys, One of our staff PC has a problem, the scenarios: **Specs:** (Alias Names) * Windows 7 Pro, 32 Bit, 2 GB RAM * Company Name: Contoso * Staff PC under Domain Alpha * PC Name: Contoso1-PC * Local Users are: administrators and john * User profiles: - operations …

Hi all! IN MY VIRTUALBOX VIRTUAL MACHINE: I had previously installed XP Service Pack 3 and Windows 2003 Server. I configured this server as a DC and other roles such as DNS...I created users who would login to the domain from the XP client machine. I set up group policies …

I have seen some articles with this happening but have not seen a good fix yet? When I click on a link that opens to a new window IE locks up. The funny thing is that if I quickly right click the toolbar of the ie page and click close, …

i have tried to local group policy and "Run only specified Windows applications" but i forgot to include cmd.exe and gpedit.msc How to unblock and restore to normal? PLEASE HELP. THanks.

I was browsing my computer and in my temp folder, I found 10 photos of me taken without my consent. The names are: out_00, out_01 and the files contain photos of me taken without me knowing. Also, in the lower right, it says: 2013-5-26, 16:55:08 There are over 10 photos …

I have a windows vista computer hp and I can turn my laptop on and hear it running but the screen is completely black. I have tried turning it on and off. I have also tried taking the battery out and cleaning it but the screen still remains blank. Does …

Hello Guys I'm having a problem with the SwyxIt setup we have at work and the error message which comes up on the screen displays Sound card already in use. So this makes the volume on the Swyxit Handset mute even though the volume is turned up why is that? …

Domain Controller Hey guys, So I recently set up a small domain controller for my network. The OS is windows server 2008. All my operating systems are running windows 8. How can I add the group policy options of windows 8 on to my server so I can take advantage …

Hi, I'm running Windows 7 32 bit version and I've started to encounter this problem recently. After some time of using the computer (random mostly), several applications like Chrome and Windows bases applications (cmd, task manager, windows explorer, etc) starts to run really slow. For example, if I open a …

Hi everyone, I need really help about a thing. I have an installer (exe file) which I am able to automate silently by using following switches: /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- Unfortunately there is a tick/option at the end of the installation process, which opens the company's website and release notes …

Windows exe file Is there a way to register for a Windows Service? Windows exe file Windows will need to sign up for service. Only possible way without any changes to the registry is required. Please help me.

my computer dosn't show desktop icons even the task bar when i switch it on.It's a windows xp.It only shows a desktop background picture.Before this problem started it was saying that it's low on memory.I tried to delete some things but still that message didn't go away.Now they are no …

Before I begin, I want to apologize if this is in the wrong board. Please move it if it is. A friend of mine was going to toss a Dell PowerEdge 2950 and so I gladly took it off his hands. It has a SAS bay on the front that …

When I start Internet Explorer it opens anywhere from 19-25 windows. Also even when Internet Explorer isn't open and I open Task Manager, iexplore.exe is listed multipule times and I fast as I end the Processes it lists more.

is there any way or software that can protect with password of my USB flash drive , so that no body can access my drive ???

The EE Times [URL="http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CK0UKKNE0NKJCQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=213402554"]reported[/URL] earlier this week that the Dell E4200 and E4300 laptops are running both Linux and Windows on the same machine. Why both you ask? The Linux OS provides a quick boot for checking email and other "light" computing duties while the Windows side allows "heavier duty" …

We would like to know how to remove a message, a "Warning" that someone put on our churches presentation Acer computer. The computer is running perfectly, using Power Point as the program to put up the slides on the front display. The computer doesn't have an administrator login so that …

Hi I have a new Dell Dimention 3100c running windows xp home edition. Just before Christmas I allowed my mates two teenage kids to use the house for a weekend while I was away. (I know, I know). When I got back I sat down for a session on the …

A Microsoft update this morning crashed my Vista machine. I was able to get it going again in safe mode and did a system restore back to last night - well past the problem time, which was 10.45am this morning. Unfortunately, the Vista machine remains crashed and unusable. Not sure …

Yesterday I crashed my Windows 7 when I attempted to install debian in another partition. Today I reinstalled Windows 7 by repartitioning and reformatting the hard drive. After reinstalling Chrome I noticed it retained all my previous bookmarks and settinbs. How can that be? Does Chrome keep that somewhere in …

Good day folks, I am currently struggling about how to recover a file. What happened is that, I installed a new OS which is a XP SP2 to XP SP3 but I realized that there is a file that I forgot to save on my flash drive. Is there a …

Hi all. I have a virtual CD drive on my computer and I need to change that to the default disc-drive. Eg. The proper CD drive is letter D and the virtual CD-Drive is letter G. Can I just change the drive letters around? Thanks

I restored my pc using the original Restore CD. After installing SP2 from the CD, and try to go online I keep getting error message: Action cancelled. IE cannot display web page. Would appreciate any ideas on how to solve/fix this problem.

Hello! What is the mean and different between Windows 8.1 blue & Windows 8.1 preview? blue & preview?!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks>>>>>>>>

Hi, I have a Windows 7 PC which is loading up to the login screen, but once the password is entered, it is not loading further, with the screen remaining blank. Where is the possible source of problem in this case?

Hello everyone, I would like to use HP's system recovery (F11 on boot menu, not the windows application) to revert my laptop to its factory state. The thing is that i have created a disk partition to keep my data which wasn't present by default. Will the recovery delete my …

Hi my Eee netbook was working fine yesturday but when i turned it on today the sound is dead... its not on mute, i have tried with headphones and without and i almost deffianatly dont need a new soundcard.. oh and my sound is set to the defoult not bluetooth …

We run Exchange 2003 as a virtual server using Hyper-V. Recently accidentally formated the drive on the host server containing the virtual servers, including this exchange server. Recovered using backup, and everything is fine, except some users are not getting any incoming e-mail. No internal mail or external mail. Cannot …

guys, i have a pst file on a windows server 2003, this morning it gave issues connecting. when i checked it i realised that the size was 64 kb, run a scanpst and it became 254kb but still there is no information in it. how can i restore or repair …

i am using a HP g6-2101 tx and when I play games in full-screen mode, the display runs an 800x600 resolution. The rest of the screen is blacked-out.

Hello, i want a piece of software to run on my WS2008R2 to manage and run multiple DHCP networks. I don't want to use the built in DHCP role as i find it confusing. I have googled for various software i can install to do it, btu im wondering if …

I have dell dimension e520. It was working fine then sudenly I got blue screen. took it to Fry's for repair and paid $70.00 but after a week they told me the mother board is damaged . I bought a new motherboard but it did not solve the problem. I …

Run regedit from your run menu and find this key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main and find Search Page value and change it to google like this : "Search Page"="http://www.google.com" "Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

Friend of mine brought me his OEM Acer computer, because of BSOD. Afte securing data, I activated the hidden partition, and restored to factory. OS loaded and was stable. After loading some of his apps, was ready to hook up NIC and test connectivity. Did so, but within 2 minutes …

Hi Am using windows 7 ultimate..for every 15 to 20 minutes it hangs and show like this "Device driver stooped stopped and recovered successfully" Can anyone tell me why this happens??Its because of virus but i have installed panda antivirus and updating it regularly..please i have recover this problem please …

My computer was slightly dropped after that, it starts glitching on the screen. But it's been working fine. After not using it, I logged on and now it has low disk space. I really want to reset it but I don't know how. I have tried f8, f10 but based …

I have Winodows 7 and 8 in dual boot. I wish to get rid of Windows 8. What should i do ?. I am aware that there are many tutorials available online. But I trust more on members of this forum. Please suggest a reliable link or steps to remove …

Hey guys, im looking to take my existing excel 2003 spreadsheets (.xlsx) and i need to convert them to (.accde) file format. ive been looking and looking and cant seem to find out how to do it. If i could possible get the steps or how to go around doing …

My Windows Media Player (vers. 10) plays video, but NO SOUND. It doesn't matter what type of file or media I try to play, no sound ever comes out. Yet when I use any other application, sound works fine. e.g. QuickTime, Real Player, iTunes, WinAmp, etc. I have upgraded all …

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