Microsoft Windows Forum

Hey all. Not sure how to explain this, but you know when you get a web page and there's big gaps with a small red cross in the corner where a photo should be, and the general layout of the page is in a skeletal form as if it's in …

can anyone give me some advice on sorting outlook express it wont allow me to click any links when i try to click the link for example ebay it wont do anything please help :twisted:

My daughter is running win XP professional on a desktop Gateway P4 (about 3 years old) and after successfully cleaning up incredible amounts of spam (Look2Me- horrible!), I found that her recycle bin shows no deleted files. It doesn't even show that they are being deleted, yet they disappear. Of …

:?: Hi I bought this new computer a while ago (the one I'm using right now) and it already came with windows xp on it, It did come with a boot CD but windows was not included in it. I was wondering if there is anyway that I could extract …

Recently I've had a intermittent problem starting up, once in a while when I turn on the computer all I get is a blank screen, the PSU and CPU fans are running so I know it's powering up, but if I try to reboot it nothing happens. I usually wind …

On Win XP Pro, all of the Desktop Icons suddenly disappeared. Now I when I drag an Shortcut to the Desktop, it won't stick.

when i try to use ie6 it will not connect.i am using walmart connect its like aol.i have win me on my comp. can anyon e help me solve this please. :?:

I used to use Windows ME, but recently refomatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro. I have already installed SP2 (and Norton Internet Security 2004). However I noticed that my primary hard drive, which is a 20 GB drive, is shown as only having a 7.82 GB capacity …

Some of my users are experiencing the same problem. They will be in all different applications their machines will freeze and reboot. It's happening quite often in different locations. Any ideas or reported problems??

Hey all, i have a important question. Okay so i updated my graphics card recently to a NX6600GT AGP. I install the most recent drivers, games run good, everything seems fine.... I try to open a video file and the player starts using 99% of my CPU and no video …

I have Microsoft XP SP2 and Internet Exploerer 6 and I have recently been having problems with me computer where it has been running very slow so I tried to take off some of the startup programs and services that are running in the background. After I had done this …

Hey Guys, I would appriecate any help you guys could give me! I am starting my own very small business, I have SBS2003 running with Exchange. However, due to cablevision restrictions I can't run my email through exchange. Instead I host my mail and pop it down to the exchange …

when i switch on my comp an alarm sounds for a few minutes - sometimes when i log on, sometimes before, and i cant get rid of it , i tried to go to the settings but 'rundll32exe' cannot be found so i cannot find nor remove the problem or …

I have installed SP1 available for windows xp 2003 server (already installed and working having Lan and domain settings) after SP1 installation internet sharing stops on all domain users. i tried best to solve the problem even reinstall the server and set domain again. plz tell me its solution. most …

I am using Microsoft Windows XP and I tried to view some of my text files in which I created thru notebook but I got "access denied" error. So I thought I would try to click on the notebook icon on the start menu and it change it to dos. …

Cant open internet explorer it opens for a second then disappears. My wireless conection is connecting with the AP.

Hi, Two days ago I was doing a defrag on my hard disk, but a power failure screwed the process. After the power failure the computer won't boot. It says something like: "Error, hal.dll is missing or corrupted". After that I went like crazy because the documents there are really …

Dear All I Want To Know What Is The Diffrence Between Fat 16,fat 32,ntfs, Advantages,disadvatges Plz Help

hey guys so i got a problem..........i dont know if i got a virus or what but every time i even begin to open a program that annoying windows installer box comes up and "prepares to download" it does it like its a popup u cant get rid of.....can some …

hey everyone there are a few unwanted programs in the startup....i uninstalled them last week since i hardly used them at all and they are off the system. but for some reason they are still showing up in the start up. i dont mean the start menu, im talking about …

I am planning to upgrade a machine from ME to XP. (700mhz, 512mb/30G, CDRW, DVD). This is not my main machine. My question is, what do I need to do to make sure the new installation has the required device drivers? Do I need to get the drivers from the …

how do i activate the minimize/restore animation and the showsounds accessibility feature? here is a screen shot i took of EVEREST saying they are deactivated for my desktop maybe that will make more sense. any ideas? [IMG]http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/169/ss5le.gif[/IMG]

im looking to find out my specs on my windows xp professional pc. i used to have a program that did this for me. it told me everything i needed to know had the manufacturers links next to the product name etc. does anyone know what program i am talking …

while im rebooting again and again in windows cause its not working, when it says welcome in the screen, the screen goes blank, every bulb is still lit (HDD, Mouse, Keyboard) and makes tiny ticking sound in the CD drive. In CMOS i have SMART capability enabled, 1st boot device …

Running WinXP on the machine, it's only about 2 years old, the video card work fine (tested it in my other computer), the hard drive sounds like it is booting up, ram is in the correct place and works in other computers, no beeps from the mobo when it's starting …

[B]I really need help[/B] I have Msn Meesenger 6.0 but when I try to start converstion with friend I get message saying NO try again. So I went and Uninstall it and then reinstall but when I did it came up saying at I have MSN EXPLORER and that msn …

My friend gets this ONLY when there is an internet connection available. Would this be an incorrect IRQ setting or faulty modem and ethernet NIC problem? Because the BSoD occurs with either of them.

On my sister's thinkpad I was trying to reinstall windows 95.(We were have issuse with it) After the installtion was complete and I was told to restart the laptop. After it got to the window 95 start up screen this message appeared: A file device file that is specific in …

Hey guys, I do video editing on my laptop (see specs below), and I save the video clips to a Maxtor external hard drive (USB). So, when I render projects and burn DVDs on my computer, it uses the video files that are on the external hard drive. This Blue …

Here is my problem: After the logo "Microsoft Windows XP" and the loading bar moving, the screen goes black, but while I still see the black screen the windows song comes on: Windows is started but I can't see it! What is the solution ??? I can start the computer …

Hi All I am new, so I will do my best to explain my situation. I am not sure if it is a Windows Issue or Spyware issue. Maybe someone will know? I am running on a wireless network, no obvious network problems. Am also running NortonIS, SpybotS&D and Spyware …

I Reinstalled Windows 98 2nd Edition On My Pc....but For Some Reason, I Did Not Install Freecell...how Do I Go About Reinstalling It? I Have The Windows Cd...

Hi, My computer has been gradually deteriorating, more frequently freezing at all levels, e.g. Windows, startup, even floppy disk boot. Sometimes there is no way to restart except plugging out the wire! The freeze takes place at all levels, Startup DOS, Windows. The system is Celeron 700 running Win98. Would …

Problem began when I installed Steganos Internet Anonymous 7.1.5 in my PC which is Windows 98SE. The installation wizard froze during the installation of the software. I closed it using task manager. I tried to reinstall but got an error message which I forgot what it said. Then I began …

Operating Systems - choice - simultaneous or alternative exploring different possibilities...!!!!!!!! Respected Gurus and dear friends, I always have used one HARD DISK with two partitions....running windows xp Now i have also added one extra harddisk with again two partitions using windows server 2000... Now problem is that currently what …

Hi guys I'm new here at daniweb and I was wondering if you all could help me with some crazy problems going on with my computer. 1. Cut/Copy/Paste doesn't work 2. When I open WMP 9 it say's "Can't perform operation, low memory" 3. I can't open links that will …

Hi, I'm trying to install XP Pro on an older model computer I resurrected at work. I am able to boot from the CD, follow through with the whole preparation process, and I think I am partitioning correctly, but when I get to the end and it says that I …

My windows 2k pent 4 256 ram keeps giving me the blue screen of death but it says Performing Physical data dump...right in the middle of me doing anything!!!! HELP...what should I do???

Hello, I recently deleted my Iomega Zip drive (remember those things?) from my computer. All the programs, drivers, etc. all went away except for something in the Control Panel folder called "IOMEGA ACTIVE DISK". I can't figure out a way to delete this. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, -Mase

Hi I have a Windows 98 SE When I go to screen area and move the arrow to 800 600 pixels it wont stay, it goes back to 640 480 I have a Authentic AMD AMD-K6tm w/multimedia extensions On display properties Display IBM 6331 E54 on Cirrus Logic 5446 PCI …

Hello all, newbie here ok here is the problem, i downloaded a .avi file which is around 700mb in size, it was downloaded through a p2p service (i know!) but i cant delete it, when i do try to delete it it says another program is using the file but …

my windows xp is not loadin up meaning i have no icons or start up menu just a background in order to do anything i have to start and install a new task each time any and all help would be apprieacted thank you sean

I was wondering if you can use thunderbird with an hotmail account? If so, is it POP3 or IMAP? Also Im not sure what the incoming and outgoing mail addresses are.

Hi, I am having troubles booting up my pc. I have tried to run in safe mode and I wait a few minutes and then finally something happens, I see a blue screen quickly with writing, I couldn't tell you what it said, and then the computer restarts itself. I …

Hello =) I was trying to repair a laptop with a broken cd/dvd drive. Without replacing the drive, is there a way to do a system restore ( assuming there is no other way to fix it) without a cd? Prompt answers are much appreciated! Thank you

Hi, I woke this morning only to find every single program from my various games to system restore unable to be opened. My computer will not open ANY file types it seems... I put in my recovery disc attempted to wipe the hard drive with no luck as my computer …

HI all.. Im having a problem and not sure how to fix it. On certain random websites I keep getting popups for macro media flashplayer 7. most times they pop up 3 times in a row. Just had one popup as I was typing this and freeze me up till …

I just bough a new laptop made by toshba running WinXP Home SP2 and for some damn reason it wont diplay the address bar in any folder. i tried playing around with the different options in Folder Option and it still wont work........plus help cuz its driving me nuts not …

I have a friend who is running XP, and when he goes to startup the install wizard anounces "Found New Hardware" and lists two programs that he had tried and uninstalled. When he looks for them, they aren't to be found in search, add/remove hardware, or add/remove software. Can someone …

argh! heres the deal. my brothers Dell Inspiron 1100 doesnt let u get into Windows XP. If u try to go to Safe Mode, u get this error STOP: c0000218 {registry file failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): /SystemRoot/System32/Config/SYSTEM or its log or alternate It is corrup, absent, …