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Im currently running WinXP Home on my laptop. I wanna make a boot/restore cd for those "just in case" moments. my laptop is running almost perfectly and has the programs i use. Is there a way i can create a restore cd so that if something should go wrong.....i can …

[B]Hi there, Just a quicky.....I am trying to do a fresh install of WinXp Corp. The disc is at auto run and when i insert the disc in my comp, it starts straight away. But, when i try to install from a complete reboot the disc is by-passed. I have …

Hey everyone, I am a noobie to DanWeb my appologies if I chose the wrong forum. Anyways, on with my question. About 2 weeks ago my home computer was acting a little funny. Started slowing down, and oddly enough it was making my text on the screen go fuzzy and …

ok guys pls help i need badly. i got firefox installed and after it asksme to update i did the update but after it whenever i type and adress and click go ie doesnt load webpages but with firefox still i can surf no proxies i restored defaults and web …

When I restart my computer it begins to reboot, I see the windows logo and then the screen goes blank. The disc drives won't open and it won't respond, but the computer is on. I tried to start it in safe mode or go back to the last working time, …

hey guys you have to help me , this is very important. I dont know how suddenly my "folder options" tab inside the "tools" dropdown is gone missing.Not just "folder options" but all the standard options of "Tools" are missing, instead i see options like "Map N/w drive...", "Disconnect n/w …

I wanna buy a new computer to do some video editing and playing some sweet games but I dont know if I should get a computer for today or plan for the future. Would WinXP 64Bbit and 64bit software be on the market in the next little while or what? …

I have an XP Home OS with MS Outlook Express 6. I am able to add background sound to my e-mail by going to New Message/Background/Sound. Those receiving it will receive that message with background sound. However, when they send me an e-mail with background sound, that background sound is …

hi everyone,i need help,since i bought my laptop(which has a built in dvd player)it always plays crap, voice is muffled and picture plays slow,i get no joy from makers i moved from uk to oz so cant send it back,it is an i-buddie a907 256mb 1 gig(533 mhz)40 gb i …

Hello First timer here, I am having problems installing windows xp professional and was hoping that you guys could help. My problem is that I use a win98 boot disk to start the computer with the windows xp disk in the drive... I then get to a command prompt just …

My disk space gradually fills up during an online session. After a restart everything is back to normal. My hard disk is partitioned into two NTFS drives, C: (10GB) holds Windows and all other software, D: (30GB) holds data files. Once I've started an internet connection the C: drive gradually …

Hi All: First, I appreciate all advice you can give me beforehand. How can I fix my averatec 3200 computer to display ALL internet pages i visit? It is brand new, has Win XP home ed, windows firewall is on, uses a yahoo/sbc dsl connection and its active firewall, & …

Hello here, Recently I have been having trouble uninstalling programs from the Add/Remove Programs list, with a window popping up saying "Windows Installer is not installed properly". Why is this happening, and how would I fix this?

All the other programs on my family's laptop work fine, except for the most crucial, Windows Explorer. Whenever I try to bring up a window (ex. My Computer), there is a 2 second pause where everything on the desktop disappears except for the screensaver. Then everything comes back but no …

Hi i have a HP nx9105 laptop with MS XP Pro installed and all works fine but for the Drive bay, i have noticed that when i try to eject the CD via pushing the button on the side of the drive or clicking in my computer the Drive just …

Unable to access hyperlink when in my email; either on my pc with Outlook or on my other acccount which is remote. I click on hyperlink and am disconnected. Unable to open in new window or right click either unable to download SP2 again uable to find "urlmon.dll" using Microsoft …

Starting up IE sometimes does not work for me. I just double-click on it to open it, then it doesn't do anything else. What should I check out? I think I'm secure already (as in, no viruses, adware/spyware, HijackThis looks fine, etc.) so don't think that that is the problem. …

Hello, I'm somewhat new with computers and im jsut wondering how i would go about reformating my hp pavillion zv5000 laptop, i have already backed up all my important files and im all ready to reformat i just need to know what to do first and what i need to …

hey guys, i'm havin a problem with msn messenger ( v6.2 ). you probably all know the button to disable the old border from the messenger. well that one is gone. tried reinstalling messenger.. didn't work. also recently i'v noticed in other software that i have 2 scrollbars.. 1 classic …

ok so msn messenger just came out with a new msn messenger 7.0 and when i try to sign in it says i must download the latest version(7.0) BUT when i try to this box pops up during the installation saying 'You do not have the permissions required to install …

I'm running a 2 gig machine with 512 megs of RAM with Win XP Pro, Svc Pk 2. It's an Asus MB with built-in audio and video. I've been fighting a lot of spyware lately, and somewhere along the way I've lost my sound. Some input on how I can …

Hi, I installed firmware for my DVD writer (Pioneer DVR A07 XLA) when I shutdown, window wont shut down properly, when I restart, window comes up with icon in right hand tray saying found new hardware CD-rom then everything stall. I cant get to any program at all. Please help. …

Hi everyone, I am trying to create some documents in Microsoft Word, and could use some help. The company I work for wants me to take all of their legal documents and set them up so that when people fill in the blanks, the lines there do not move. So …

[COLOR=Blue]Are there any advantages in using Firefox over Internet Explorer? If I download Firefox, is there any reason I should uninstall the Internet Explorer?[/COLOR]

Hi there, really hope i have picked the right 'room' to write this post on. ( new to this). Ok, so i was thinking i was being clever, and silly me have uninstalled ( i think) something that has now stopped me from hearing any sound from my computer... now …

Hi! Can you please help me with this problem? "C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~2\update\optimi~1.EXE The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0051 IP:02f2 OP:63 6d 3d 43 3a" ThanX!!

I nned to know how to change my time to add 20 minutes, I'm in the central time zone and have selected the right time zone and daylight savings time?

After seven hours of searching and applying various fixes to my own corrupted Windows Search NONE of Which Worked!!! You "gurus" out there really let me down this time. (I'm telling ya it was worse then finding out about Santa,the Tooth fairy or even the wiz for that matter) I …

I have tried everything to get my computer to enable my modem but nothing works, went thru the help and it says probably needs enabled in bios ... I have no idea how to enable it can anyone help me please i need to get on the internet, I am …

Hello, For some reason, certain wesbite addresses that are not in my favorites folder consistently reappear in the address bar even after I've deleted temp internet files and cleared the history. Any suggestions to get rid of them? Thank you in advance.

I have a C and D drive, the D drive is a seperate HD from C, and has no essential files for running windows. I want to format the D Drive and eventually install some version of linux to it. Is it possible to just format it and leave it …

Hi there I am having problems! I cant view animations on the net I have already checked this: On the Tools menu in Internet Explorer, click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab. Under Multimedia, check one or more of the Show pictures, Play animations, Play videos, or Play sounds check …

Inter net Options..Delete temp files VS Address %temp% which will list them & APPEARS more detailed..Is there a difference? Is the second method more thourough?

Hello! In today’s world of identity theft, hacking, phishing, etc. I want to be sure I’m doing everything I can to get any personal information on my PC…just that…personal and protected. I heard a news report this afternoon about “scrubbing

Okay guys, I don't know much about computers and I'm seeking major help. Problem #1: For some reason, whenever I play a cd in my cd-rom drive, the sound is all distorted. I don't have this problem when I play a music or sound file on my computer, it's just …

I was in a rush to close this morning and some how inadvertently moved the toolbar from the bottom horizontally, to the right hand side vertically. The start botton is at the top right corner, while the clock and icons are at the bottom right with nothing in between. I …

I bought 70-272 exam-study guide. I just wanted you to know that I passed the exam 70-272. Real exam is so much difficult. you should have the knowledge about whole exam topics. Although ucertify simulation test give explanation of every questions but for covering exam topics take reference book apart …

hey everyone! first off, im running Windows xp (dont laugh plz) with a 56k modem. i have been having the prob recently where my modem keeps wanting to dial into the internet. even when my pc is sitting doing nothing, the dial up window will pop up and automatically start …

My PC is currently Windows XP with SP1. Because of some recent problems I need to perform a Windows XP Repair. I have just slipstreamed my original (non-SP1) Windows XP CD with SP2 so now I have a single, bootable Windows XP disk with SP2 integrated. My question is this... …

Hi Everyone! I need a PDF Creator, but I was looking at the price of Adobe Acrobat and yikes! I decided to try some freeware and if it works for me, then to move on. . .Is PDFFactory any good? Can anyone suggest to me an EASY software that I …

Hello there, I have Windows 98 SE and I'm having a problem defragging. It gets to 46% and then takes 2 hours to get to 47% and then freezes and will go no further. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had come out of everything through Ctrl+Alt+D, just leaving …

Hi there, I have a problem and I'm hoping someone can help. The computers not been well recently, I've reinstalled O/S and used a variety of bug killers and all seemed ok. Problem is that in the last week I've been prompted to reactivate windows four times due to hardware …

I would like to bridge my two Network cards so that I can share my wireless internet connection. I have 1 Wirless Lan card and one 10/100 Bit Lan card. The problem I have is when I go to the properties of the 2 Nic cards and Uncheck Internet connection …

Hi, I've been using word for a long time and had set up macros to do signatures for letters, but in the last couple of weeks every so often they don't work, and now they never work!! This is the code: Sub Chris() ' ' Chris Macro ' Macro recorded …

I was hoping yu could helr me out... every time y star my msn messenger it will crash and say there's an unknown error... i've tried eveything but nothing works please help me.

(NB! This is NOT one of those widely discussed cases described in KB281679) I am having a major trouble with my home computer. Internet explorer refuses to open links in new window. If a link itself wants to open new window, or I force it do so by shift-clicking, nothing …

I have been trying to get Flash Player to download and it won't do anything can some one Please help me figure out how to get it to download.

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change the Start Menu Style[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]Does the new Windows XP Start menu take up too much space on your desktop? You can easily change the look back to the Windows Classic Start menu by following …

I can't run defrag on my computer. I can run the initial analysis, which tells me I'm about 9% fragmented. I can also start the defrag process. That's where it pretty much hangs. I started the defrag one evening, and it looked like it was going slow, so I went …

Hi I'm at my wit's end regarding difficulties I'm having installing Norton AntiVirus 2005. Here's my situation: 1. I purchased a used computer that already had Norton Internet Security Professional and AntiVirus 2003 installed about 18 months ago. I did not receive the original installation disks. 2. Everything was working …