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hello i hope some one can help. 2.2 ghz, 248meg ream, 40 gig hdd. win 98se. adaware, ace utilities, spybot, spyware doctop, win aso,ccleaner. one of my probs is i cant access windows update page ( just comes up with a blank page) my about internet explorer comes up with …

How often do I need to defragment my servers and workstations?

I'm not sure if I should post here as it may be a combo of both hardware and software. But here goes, I built a new print server for my house. It's an old machine but SHOULD work fine. It currently has a PIII 450MHz processor, 256 megs of PC100, …

hi, i am getiing a C:\program error message on start up on windows 2000 professional, cannot find the file C:\program or one of it's componets make sure the path and the file name are correct and that all required liberies are available please can you help

Printing was going fine as can be, with my Windows 2000 Advanced Server machine. I recieved an email that I decided to print out, and as the print job spooled, something got screwed up. I attempted to delete the job, to no avail. I restarted my computer, and now my …

:confused: I have been using Juno.com for my e-mail messages for years without problem. My member ID has never changed "goldenboy@juno.com" and my password has remained unchanged. Yesterday when I entered my member ID and password, an error box appeared for the first time and on the top of the …

I recently downloaded the Windows Media Player v.7.1. Whenever I put in an audio CD, the old media player, the one that comes with Win98 opens up by default. How do I configure the new player to open up by default? :!: Thanks; Doug :mrgreen:

Ok guys. I've reformatted computers before with xp so i know how it works....... HOWEVER....... i'm trying to reformat my Dell Dimension XPS Gen4 with XP and I have a problem. Ok, so i'll boot the computer with the XP CD. When I select SETUP WINDOWS XP NOW by pressing …

When running IIS on 2k pro, is there a way to show the current connections, and which files are being accessed?

I read good comments about Registry Mechanic and downloaded it but have not used it. I'm barely learning a few things (mostly around here) to kind of wing it with my machine and survive online with all the assault of viruses and horrible-ware trying to invade my poor compu. I …

To install Windows XP, i need "SMARTDRIVE"? I believe i'm supposed to type "SMARTDRV" as a command. I've tried this on drive "A:, C:, D: & E:" with NO success, i keep getting the following error message: [QUOTE]Bad Command Or File Name[/QUOTE] Does anyone have any suggestions as to what …

Hi I had an OEM version of XP pro and serial key together in my laptop case which was stolen recently from my car. The lapt top and case have recently been recovered by the police but the XP pro disc and the serial key have not. I have found …

I somehow,using my recovery disk, have installed windows xp home edition into my computer 7 times. :lol: I would like to know how to uninstall the other 6 please? My computer is an e-machines. any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

I had been using Iternet Explorer as my browser, and knew how to delete the cookies and temp. files, now I'm using Firefox, and can't find any where to delete the cookies. Am I missing something here?

My daughter owns a Dell Dimension 4600 (Service Tag: 7QY0Y0J ~ Service Code: 16866747955) The computer had become so unstable that she tried to format and re-install Windows using the original Installation CD. During the process the computer went into a continuous loop displaying a message saying something like

I am having trouble displaying jpeg images. I have tried everything, I know [which isn't much but at least I tried] When I open an image folder and select to view imagesas thumbnails all I get is "no preview available" which I cannot do anything with. As a result I …

Hi I was wondering if any of you could solve my problem. My computer has no sound. Yet the speakers are connected and all the levels are up. The odd thing is, when i connect to the internet, i hear the dialtone of the internet through my speakers. Could someone …

HI, I have to learn how to use windows server 2003 so I want to install it onto my PC to a dedicated hard drive. On the other hard drive I have Win XP Pro running. Can this be done because when I install the disk and start to go …

Hello, I have a Dell laptop running Win XP Pro. It was a gift to my daughter from her Grand Parents. It was a used pc from a high school that was upgrading to new pc's. We have no Win XP Pro recovery cd-rom and we also don't know the …

I just got an Emachine in to repair. It is running windows XP Home. The original complaint was she could connect to her wireless router but couldn't go online. I brought it back to the shop and tried to connect to my wired network. I can connect to the network, …

Some of you have been doling out biased, narrow advice, or advice that overly generalizes things. As with anything else, understanding the NATURE of a thing is key to dealing with it. Windows XP can be a very stable OS, but it is necessary to treat it somewhat gingerly at …

I had a PII running XP home on a 80G seagate hard drive. I bought a bare bones system w/ AMD Athlon XP 2700+ processor and 512M of ram. The manufaceur has the XP certificate for this mother board. I used the video card and hard drive out of the …

I am unable to save to my "F" drive recently. When ever I try to save to it I get a message saying "Windows protection error can not create directory or save file" Thank you for your help

Where does the Active Directory know to find the *.bat file found in a user's profile properties Profile tab. For example when I go into the Microsoft Management console and I'm under a certain OU and open the properties of a user. there are several tabs: 1. Member OF 2. …

For some reason my cd rom will not work, it opens up but when I put a disk in it doesn't load it. I looked in "my computer" and it does not even show the "D" drive on there and when I run D:/setup it says that it's not there?? …

sup guys, i searched everywhere on the web for a solution to my problem. i work for a company of over 1500 users and only 3 are experiencing this problem. they can only receive e-mail(outlook) when they refresh the folder. i mean if i send them an e-mail they wont …

Hi gang... Got me a brand new 'puter..... ASUS A8N SLI Delux 1 gig ram Win XP home 2 nvidia 128 meg video cards This system came pre installed so I am not sure what was done on set up but I ma having issues with sending and receiving email …

Hello I was wondering if someone could help me... I have an AMD 2000+, 512 RAM, computer. It was fine untill a few weeks ago when out of no where it started lagging 4-8 seconds after each command. Everytime I went to switch windows or programs it would lag 4-6 …

The computer was infected with a virus and now I am unable to get my background to change it's just a black background and I want something better. I right click and it only shows screen saver and setting tabs and nothing for the background like it usually does and …

Hi guys!! When i start my laptop (toshiba -satellite P20) the display doesnt cum up, it reaches to a point where it shows me win XP logo and the bar but after that it goes blank. i can get into safe mode and the display is ok except it shows …

I have just installed Microsoft Office 2003, and everything works fine except for Outlook. Whenever I start up the program it will load up, but immediatley stop responding, and I have no idea what could be causing it to do this. another problem I've been having, which is similar to …

I have a problem with a Dell Computer (My Brothers Computer) And it had a Aureal 8830 Sound Card and i had problems with it. So just now i take that one out and put this other Sound Card in it this is whats the computer is From [url]www.Belarc.com[/url] The …

I changed some file types under folder options to change some internet stuff. I must have done something wrong because now I click on program shortcuts and nothing will open. No programs, no Windows help, No internet, nothing! The Start button and the Control Panel are available but when I …

Hi, I am a junior programmer . Now i have a project to set up an intranet for our own company using IIS5.1. At first, I am not much knowledge and expericence about IIS. but i exploring this topic for a week still cannot make it. Please kindly help me …

Hi, I've suddenly experienced a problem with my window's CD writer. The process starts normally and then when the writing begins i get an error message saying that the writing could not be completed when writing a data CD. The problem also occurs when writing a music CD. This is …

I am so sick of greedy software! Whenever you download an upgrade to certain pieces of software (or if it is automatically done "for" you), greedy software invariably decides that it must become the default program for opening all of the file types it knows how to open. So it …

I was told that if I was on line a lot, that I should defragment my hard drive frequently. I have four questions: 1) How does the HD become fragmented? 2) I'm on line every day for atleast an hour, how often should I defragment my computer? 3) Is it …

I can go online but I cannot connect to any webpages or instant messengers or anything. I use Winxp and i even reformatted my computer to slove the issuse but that did not work. I found a topic on a site that relates to my problem, but it only has …

Hi! I was wondering if there's a way to view the IP address of a certain site through Command Prompt. Even better, maybe there's a way to access it through a c++ or java program! thanx.

i am currently using windows xp pro,but i want to switch over to windows 98se for a change.Ialso have windows 98se in a bootable cd,but unfortunately i dont know the correct process of formatting my c drive and installing win 98se.the reason i want to format is that i already …

As in title, I need to know how to to avoid the logon screen on Windows XP prof SP2 since I am the only user!

My computer - Windows XP Pro - Athlon 64 3400 - 1GB RAM - Maxtor Serial ATA 80GB - Radeon 9800 The last time i remember using my computer i shut it down properly and all was working well. When i came to turn my computer on again it reached …

Hi, I use my laptop to connect to different LANs. So, I always need to change the LAN settings. Can anyone tell me how can I create several LAN connections so that I can simply enable/disable them. This is very easy in WinNT. But now I have Windows 2000 Professaional. …

I'm trying to completely remove Norton SystemWorks from my computer (without reformatting). I've already used Add/Remove Programs to uninstall it. I ran the SYMClean utility (because I've had older versions of Norton on this computer), but it said there was nothing to remove. I ran the SymNRT utility, and it …

Did a recovery of windows 98 on an old compaq and now cannot access anything on the desktop by double clicking. cannot access anything on the desktop by right clicking and select open. cannot access anything ong the desktop by selecting an icon and hitting enter. cannot access anything through …

Ok this morning my computer was working fine. I decided to install new drivers for my graphics card, so I do. Then I restart and I get all these wierd lines appearing all over my screen randomly. [url]http://img2.imagebarrel.com/img/05/143/19/mess1.JPG[/url] I think to myself "those drivers must have duffed it up". So …

Hi my name is Christina and Ijust added some memory to my computer that had an XP upgrade on it. My computer is an HP Pavilion 8750C. When I tried to download XP again it said my BIOS needed udating so I went to the update hardware site and download …

When I run Bittorrent it causes my router to temporarily crash. It will come back on with no problems but my internet phases in and out when I start downloading. I have a Dlink Router and use Bitcomet to download. It was working before and then just...stopped. Any help would …

I triple-boot Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, and SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional. For those that don't know, Linux has special user permissions. There is only one user with access to the entire harddrive, called "root", and this user has an encrypted password. …

Whenever i go to run and type cmd and press enter and the thing opens but i get message... C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com the NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0dbe IP:0104 OP:ff fd 1f 58 5d choose 'close' to terminate the application can u help me plz?