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Hi, I've not had to use the command prompt in Windows XP Pro too much so I'm not too familiar with how to deal with things such as spaces in the names of directories and files. I'm looking to run an executable in a directory but the path contains several …

I'm getting a series of artifacts in my text, especially within Explorer and IE. It happens in other apps too, but strangly, the problem doesnt' seem to affect Mozilla. It's too hard to explain what I'm talking about, so here's a screenshot. The upper left paragraph shows it really well. …

Hi, this is my new problem. this computer is compaq presario. i got this when windows 98 first came out. it has 64 memory and 8gb of harddrive space.i was struggling when i was installin windows xp pro on that comp. finally i got it done. now the problem is, …

hi guys, i just got dell inspiron 6000. i reinstalled windows xp pro. and when i was scrolling pages its goin slow. i asked and know cause i dont have a graphic card. i went to dell.com and downloaded harddrive graphic card, but wasnt successful during the installation. where can …

Hi All! I found that my automatic updates feature was activated and to my surprise SP2 was installed on my Win XP machine. I have heard all kinds of horror stories from users warning not to update, so I was waiting until the dust settled. Unfortunately, someone turned the auto …

I've been having this issue (at two separate clients) where all of the volume labels for the network drives that a user is connecting to get renamed as "Disconnected Network Drive." The icon shows that the drive is connected, and if you can access files on the network drive with …

ok this is going to be a long post but please, you're my only hope. read on :) originally, on saturday I got an error message invalid boot.ini file / booting from c:/windows then what I've ended up with is a complete system failure, the comp is caught up in …

I've been having this problem since about....yesterday. Whenevr I open a link in a new window using either the right click-->open in new window or ctrl+shift, or when I open a new window anyway, I find that the window opens, with the white background (and the toolbar is seethrough, like …

Hello, I am carrying out computationalsi intensive calculations. Is it possible to have 100% of the processor power dedicated to this task. Normally, system idle process will take 15% - 20% of processor power which normally means the computation takes 1 hour longer. It is very easy to set the …

I get a "windows script host" error msg when booting. i am not using scripts. this is one of the lines in the error msg displayed: could not create object named "wscript.shell" any ideas on how to fix this??

Hello; is anybody able to help with this problem. My disc drives C & D work mechanically with all lights flashing but my computer does not read the files. My hard disc is fine. I believe the cause of the problem is this error message which pops up every time …

[FONT=Garamond]I am getting an error message each time I access my Microsoft word program. I am specifically needing help when I want to create a pdf file out of a document I created in my word program.[/FONT][B]The add-in template is not valid. (C:\Program Files\...\~FMaker.dot[/B] is the error and it will …

I know you guys have been getting a lot of hotmail threads lately. I looked over them, and none of them seemed to have the information I'm looking for. I'm very sorry if I completely missed one solving my exact problem. My problem is: I have been using hotmail AND …

i need help.i installed tweak ui and arranged it so i cant see my account in the welcome screen. i have another account which i am using, but it is only guest privileges. so i cant put it back to normal.help please!

Hi, My puter won't boot up at all. Nothing, not even the power light will come on, I've changed the power cords, checked inside puter to make sure no lose connection anywhere and everything is fine in that area. But it won't boot, it's dead. Anyone have any suggestion on …

hoe can i set upload limit for strongdc++ from gpedit.msc? thanx

First of all, please forgive this long post. I want to give details of my dilema, in hopes of getting an accurate response from someone who might be able to help. I use normal and fairly decent surfing habbits, using Firefox as my browser, along with AdAware and Spybot for …

Hi, this is an emergency. my cousin had an old computer. his harddrive storages is only 8000mb. he had windows98 when he first got it. now he wants to install windows xp on that pc. but it got lots errors. finally i got to the point where its installin. but …

Hello :) I get the BSOD and some very glitchy graphics. I was wondering if you can assist. This is the full error message: PAGE_FAULT_IN_UNPAGED_AREA nv4_disp.dll STOP: 0x000000050 (0xAD061000, 0x00000001, 0xBFC74b02, 0x00000000) nv4_disp.dll - Address BFC74B02 base at BF9D3000, Datestamp 42B0D02C System specs: P4 2.6 GZ 1 gig DDR RAM …

Hi I am hoping someone can help. I have been infected with trojens and popups ,my McAfee deletes the trojens and I just recieve a warning to scan my computer which comes back clean of viruses but has alot on Look2me thingies on there :mad: I have downloaded the Ad-Aware …

Hi guys,i just got a laptop. and i was installin windows xp pro chinese version on it. after the instalation, the wireless wasnt found. it as there when i first got it. i installed windows xp chinese pro sp1. wut can i do to have the wireless back and connect …

Computer: eMachines W2260 AMD Athlon 2200+ 1.80 GHz 256 DDR RAM Current Video Adapter: S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR. Is permanently attached to the motherboard. Attempting to Install: ATI Diamond Stealth S120 Radeon 9550 AGP Version I have installed the card and its drivers but the computer won't accept it as the …

Hi there, I just bought a bran new :D mp3 :D player and it turns out that you need Windows XP for you to load music on to it. I have tried to upgrade my computer to window XP but my computer is so cr@ppy it wont run it. Is …

Hi, I hope you can help me! I was listening to a music track using Real Rhapsody. The sound was coming out perfect. I tried to get the sound through new speakers, now I have no sound at all. The sound went out right after I changed the Control Panel's …

Ok, I'm wanting to upgrade a machine from 2000 pro to XP pro. I've never done an upgrade from 2000 before, just 98. But, I guess I'm just wanting to know if the usernames will stay intact, or will you have to create new users names? I'm pretty sure I …

Purchased a computer at a yard sale. Windows 95. The computer says "Ultra". Never heard of it before. Seemed like a decent little learning comp for my son. Issue: It came with no discs. There is an error with Internet Explorer. Need a disc to solve. Couple of other minor …

When I shutdown my computer (Windows 98 OS) it hangs on the Full Window message that say "Wait while the computer shutsdown".

Hello all! PLEASE HELP ME!!! NOTE: Dell Inspiron 5150 (XP-Home Edition Service Pack1a) ~~~Problem #1 ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us[/url]) I performed the windows update. I restarted and got [B]"\windows\system32\config\system"[/B] is missing or corrupt. I searched on your site how to fix the problem by using the Recovery Console. PLEASE NOTE I ONLY DID …

Hello everyone, Im just a 14 year old kid tyring to get his disk drives working so he can reinstall wolrd of warcraft. Basically what is wrong is I have two disk drives. A burner and a dvd rom. My burner drive light blinks like its reading a disk but …

I have been trying to access a website on my computer and the browser says that it is unavailable. I have gone through all the suggested help suggestions but still cannot access the page. If I try on a friends computer it works. I am not sure whether it is …

Hi Guys, I hope you can help I have Windows XP and EVERY time I close the internet explorer browser, it gives me the same error message: Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks so much in advance.

back up - a new strange novel experimentation Respected techs, geeks, nerds, and dear fellow friends, In the past i have always taken a backup of my valuable data and content on my pc by invariably writing on to a cd be it R or RE. However, the problem that …

hi! I have coded a Login Application in VB6.0. I want it to load first when Windows Xp Professional starts. How can it be done...

Ok, I'm a big computer nerd. Worked 3 years as a computer repairman. And I still can't figure this one out. Please help me be my girlfriend's hero here. She's running a wireless connection throgh a Linksys router. She sends her computer to a repair center, the run some amatuer …

I have installed a program Free Trial Program name SPSS in my computer then when the Free Trial has been Expired, I have install my newly bought Licence Version but still my software do not work, Expired message still appears when i try to open the program, can somebody help …

i'v got a very annoying problem. each time i put my Sims cd in my disk drive this message always comes up: [i]Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime library[/i] [i]Runtime error![/i] [i]program c:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\Sims.exe[/i] [i]Abnormal program termination[/i] someone please help, iv tried evrything, i havent got a clue what visual C++ …

Please help. I cleaned up some spyware etc. Everything is cleaned. But now I have a new problem. I used to open excel files with no problem. But now when I double-click an excel file, I got this message: "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage.." …

I have 3 seperate computers I am building. All computers have the same basic equipment, the only difference is the periphials, IE. sound card and graphics card. All 3 have ASrock P4V88 MB, Intel 3.6 800 FSB Chip, and WD800JD HD. The hard drives are SATA 7200. The board supports …

So, I finally got my HDD to fire up again in my Dell 3000. Now there's a new problem. I spun it all up and it got so far as the scrolling Windows XP logo. Then, after that screen went away, I got a blank, black screen. Nothing happened. The …

Ok I have a 40GB Hard drive and I'm trying to hook up a 120GB hard drive as a slave. I had to buy a cord for the 120GB hard drive that converts it from a serial hard drive to a usb connection because my motherboard doesn't have a serial …

Unable to search from the address bar. I just installed a larger hard drive and reinstalled XP. Now when I try to search from the address bar I get the following message:"Service Unavailable - DNS failure. The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try again later." I …

Ok heres my problem for a long time I changed my ip address by typing in ipconfig /release but recently when I type that it say "no operation can be preformed on local area conection while it has its media disconnected" so how do I connect the media thanks

Hi!!! I am a regular user of Microsoft Office Word and have a large number of word files. Yesterday i noticed that all my word files have the extention *.doc^ in place of usual *.doc. The files still open normally but they have lost their icon and have this weird …

[FONT=Book Antiqua]book antigua[/FONT] can someone please help me when i go to turn off pc from start button me pc wont turn off have done avg check scan and search and destroy and nothing, everything else on my pc works so can someone help me with my problem

OpSys: Win 98SE (installed by Dell), Ver. 4.10.2222A, Update Q890175 Machine: Dell Dimension 4100 P3 / 866mHz / 512mB RAM, SB Live, GeForce FX5200, USR modem, USB hub, dual CD-RW. Key software: MS Office 2000 Pro, IE, Visio, CompuPic, SB audio, ZoneAlarm, Norton Anti-virus and System Works, Roxio and too …

Help please! For some reason, although the dial up modem connects (to NTL) fine, IE keeps coming up with the DNS error screen when you try to access any website. If you try and log into Messenger it trys for ages then says "cannot log you in, try later". Really …

I have a HP Pavilion 6535 and I cannot get windows to start. I do not have a restore disk. If you know another way to restore or get into windows please reply. This computer had windows 98 but windows xp was downloaded on it. I do not care if …

I'm using Windows ME. It happens everytime when i tried to open a document. Even if i create a new document it shows a blank page but when i type in something it closes itself. [B]What caused it? [/B] I think it's the Trojan that effected it. I couldn't remove …

Hi all. A rather annoying problem has developed on bootup. Occasionally, the system freezes just before the AVG icon ususally appears in the system tray. I'm running Windows 98. Could anyone help with simple straightforward instructions? ta

hi i am using windows 98. i dont know what happened but from a few days back.whenever i start the system.i get a dialog boxasking for user name and password.which i can remove by pressing the "esc" buton. is there any way by which i can stop this dialog box …