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hi I have some strange problems, i was able to reapir my PC everytime something wasnt right, but this time im helpless !!! My Problem: I dont know when it started (some months ago) but my Internet explorer "freezes" after i was some time online and in Task manager is …

After ditching Gentoo on my dual booted Windows/Gentoo box, I forgot that Windows was, in fact, NOT first in the partition list. It's 180 or some odd MB away from the beginning. This must have caused this error. I tried many times to go into the recovery console, but it …

I hope this is not a stupid question? :eek: I gotta know if there's any way to protect your window files from being over writen or having any files being saved in your stsem32 folder? :o Thanks

I.E 6.0 not see my web pages. Netscape does, but does not display images. If I use a different computer, all works fine. Re-installed I.E. and windows XP. No help Run repair programs such as pc Mighty Mac & others. No help. I have tried other things but no help. …

Hi, I'm new here, but have grown up with computers all my life. I upgraded to a pentium 4 about 2 years back, and now it has decided to randomly freeze up. Sometimes its when I'm just surfing the web or even if its just sitting there and I'm not …

After some recent problems with Firefox I'm now looking at other browsers, and it seems that Avant is getting a lot more downlods at Download.com than Firefox. The total downloads as of 06/19/05 are: Avant 98,394 Firefox 66,894 Opera 17,141 Until I googled browsers I hadn't heard of Avant, but …

[B][COLOR=Red]I got a new burner & i installed the neroplayer with it ...everything was working fine before & after i installed it...but i didn't like the fact that the nero player took over all my media files & i couldn't import them into certain programs...So what i did was uninstalled …

I'm trying to sign on to my company's VPN from my home machine and having some trouble. I'm using Win2K so the VPN capability is built in. I've added the connection in Dialup Connections but when I try to connect, it instantly comes back with the error: "The connection failed …

My computer has just started crashing on start up. Yesterday it worked on the 2nd attempt, today the 3rd. It hasn't done this before and i've had my computer for 2 and a half years now. Any tips? I thought if I repaired Windows then it would work, but I …

after running fdisk on computer get error no fixed disks present... ???? then on reboot I get Missing Operating system.. Helppppp :o

Yesterday When I Turned My Lptop On The Back Screen Light Was Of Dimmed Tried All My Best But To Know Avail. Forced To Use Study Lamp To Illuminate My Screen Whilst Typing My Project. It's Microsoft Xp Laptop..what To Do Now?

to enhance the data safety and speed etc of my computer i have built about 8 partitons/logical drives on my 160GB hdd. now, the questions. you cannot move the My Documents folder from the boot partition { if you think u have, then u have only created a shortcut}. you …

[[COLOR=Navy]B]Before we begin, it is important to note that I'm a bit of a rookie in this area and that the past month of trying to problem solve this has exhausted what little patience I have with computers. I will take any and all suggestions to solve the problem below. …

I lost my product code number, how can I reinstall office? :sad:

hello all, i'm tryin to reinstall windows on a computer that had alot of virus on it. i went to the bios and changed to boot from cdrom first and put the xp pro cd in and rebooted everything came up but whe it got to(hit any key to start …

When in add/ remove programms (Win xp)when trying to select " add/remove windows components" the following error shows up: setup library msrocm.dll could not be loaded or function key ocEntry could not be found. contact your system administrator. The specific error code is 0x7e. can anyone suggest a way to …

Summary: My Win2K desktop machine boots fine, however, when it finishes booting, I am left with virtually all the file, installed application and system application program assocations gone! Even the Start>Run command prompt asks me to 'open with'. :sad: The "open with" dialog box only shows the following: - Internet …

Alright, this problem first started happening maybe a month ago. I started to notice little glitches on the desktop wallpaper. Then maybe a couple weeks ago it got to the point where windows would not even start up. Whenever I had pressed the button on the pc for bootup, it …

What would be the best FREE back up porgram for windows 98 2nd edition. we have been having bad luck with 6 people on the comp and someone keeps gitting in the wrong stuff and our computer basically gets trashed. in the likely event of the computer totally dieing AGAIN …

I just got a new laptop. It has dual Intel Pentium P4 2.8G processors installed. I'm running Windows XP Professional. My question is, does XP really use two processors? How? At what point are both processors being used? Under heavy load? At all times? Is there a way to assign …

Hi... I'm running on an IBM ThinkPAd T40 with: 1.6GHz Pentium M Processor 512MB RAM 80G HD My computer is running extremely slow and i often getting message that the programs I am running have performed illegal operations and shut down. I almost daily run Adaware, clean my cookies etc.. …

First, let me tell you I have no clue how I stumbled on this forum and Im hoping I find it again in the event I get an answer to my question. Which is the following. My Son decided to take it upon himself to add software to his computer. …

I recently switched to Firefox as my browser and like it very much, but I'm having problems downloading from some sites. I had tried on several occasions to download an owners manual from the Samsung USA site only to have it stall every time. I went back to OE and …

Hi, I install IIS in windows 2000 Professional computer for Development purpose. in Administrator the IIS is Working Fine. But when i try to login a user with Power user Privilige means its giving some Problem. Problem is the power user cannot see the Default Wesite in IIS Manager and …

Hi all, I just performed a clean install of windows xp, and immediately after the install I recieved multiple error messages. The error messages go something like this: "Your registry may be corrupted with spyware", "Corrupted windows registry". Obviously there is an issue somewhere within the registry, but can someone …

I have a reoccuring annoying pop up which is located next to the clock. When it pops up it has an envelope similar to what you would see holding the dialogue in the Sunday funnies, and it reads: Local Area Connection Network Cable Unpluged When this occurs a small televison …

Recently, my well maintained 80g IBM DeskStar HD w/ pre-installed XPHome permanently crashed after three years running and would no longer re-boot. This happened almost without warning as a result of several BSoD's over a period of the last two days it operated. I was able to save all my …

I have installed a nextra hard drive and it worked fine to begin with. then I installed linux on the second hd. I left half of the hd (4.5 gb) for more windows files. I named this partition e:\ and I can access the hd by typing in the address …

Ok, here's the scoop...of chocolate: I went to boot up my PC after work today, at about 4:15 PM. It went through it's normal song and dance until after the Windows screen showed up with the blue bar scrolling across the bottom of it. When it was done and before …

I own a netgear WGT624 router, and i need help accessing the ISP through my browser. PLEASE help me, I am desperate. Thanx in advance! ~VaNkENshIn123

Prereqs: Windows XP SP2 Office 2003 SP1 I have a workstation at a client with the following issue: A user periodically takes a screenshot and then pastes it into Word. All appears to be ok until the user scrolls a bit down into the document, and then scrolls back up …

I am having a problem launching all of my Microsoft Office XP software. everytime i try to launch a program like word, excell, frontpage, powerpoint, I get the message " error 1706, can not find the required files" then another box pops up and says, "insert microsoft office XP professional …

each time i download something, the download just alway stop, it will still show the download going but it not getting any megs or anything. it not the internet browser but i have also used firefox with it resumeable download but still doesnt help. (always happens to large files eg. …

Parents have given me their computer which I have been unable to get working. Problems encountered by trying to re-install Win XP home (SP1)following damage caused by a suspected power surge. If I try and boot from CD or reinstall or even repair previous installation using manufacturers recovery disk I …

Hi Everyone, I have created a simple batch file which uses three 'AT' commands to schedule tasks. The tasks are set to run on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday night respectively at 23:00, and are simply a defrag of the two partitions on my system and a Spyware scan also. …

Is there any proper AND safe way to make even the unmovable files that appear on the defragmenter (green) become one solid part of the diagram instead of being scattered?Will this be usefull?

Hello, I have been seeking the aid of almost everyone I know about this, but nobody can figure out whats wrong :cry:. I'm not sure if this is even the right forum or community, but I hope one of you might have some insight. A certain program I have requires …

I recently installed Age of Mythology on one of the computers at home, but I've seem to misplaced the cd and I wanted to reinstall my computer.. So I figured I could send the entire game directory from one computer to another over the network... I did this and then …

Hi, this is my first post here so be gentle :lol: I have noticed that my XP taskbar (standard blue with a green start button) has disappeared and I now have the Windows Classic style. When I look in Properties to change back to the XP taskbar, there is no …

I am running IE6 on a 2.4 ghz Compaq tower. A friend re-booted the Pc after a problem. Now it will not connect to any 'https' secure site, preventing me from doing on-line purchasing. It just goes to the 'this page can not be displayed' default page. I have tried …

I should know this, but have been unsuccessfully trying to change file associations on my XP Svc Pk 2 machine with 2 gig AMD processor on an Asus MB. The problem is simple, I've downloaded and installed the trial version of Paint Shop 9 Pro and it's taken all the …

Help a new user please Obvernight my website refueses to load, every other website works but not mine My daughters PC off the same router in the next room finds my website with no problem My friends all tell me it is working but I cannot get it. A ping …

newbe here, hope someone knows what i am talking about !!!!! here's my problem. I have a machine running some security cctv software that is supposted to be able to be controlled over the wan via the apache web server software.this is not functioning correctly and speaking to the supplier …

I'm using Windows ME, when i open MS windows office 2000 standard and it displays a blank page, but when i type something or open an existing document it closes itself. How to fix this problem? Thank you in advance.

My brother installed a 2nd hard drive on his computer which, at the time, was running ME. He just upgraded to XP Professional, which is working fine. However, the computer no longer reads the 2nd drive at all. Is this a familiar issue? Any insight/advice on this? FYI: He doesn't …

I am getting an invalid syntax error whenever I go to any sites other than microsoft. I checked the security settings and tried to do SFC but I am not in the same site as the server and I don't have the CD in the drive. Any ideas for correcting …

They just replaced my work computer with a new one. Every time I click on a URL link in an email I received in Outlook 2003, I get this error message. "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." The …

I have a problem in my work office regarding multiple profiles (75+) on a dedicated terminal we use for a specific purpose. Due to personnel accountability issues I can not set it up as a generic account. With the amount of users on the terminal the profiles grow too large …

Hi, I can't delete a file I downloaded. It's a demo program. I tried deleting it from the C: prompt but that didn't work. I keep getting the message: This file is being used by another process. Close all applications that may be using this file and try again. Or …

I have had a real problem with Emails failing to send if they include an attachment I can receive email with or without attachments and I can send email without attachments. I am narrowing down the problem. It is not the ISP It is not XP It is somewhere in …