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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?

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?