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My grandfather was using his computer and he said it restarted on him, and when it came up it was in a different language, almost like Wingdings, and is not sure how to get it back, i tried going through the regional language settings to see if that was it, …

Hi. My brother recently got cable internet for his old computer. It is an Inteva with Windows 98 Standard Edition. I believe this computer is 8 years old or so. It is a Pentium 2 , 300mhz, 196 MB of RAM computer. I call this ancient. I had to install …

I am running Windows XP Home on this computer, and using the default CD burning software that came with it (I think it's Roxio?) I wanted to back up some files from the 'F' drive; about 900 MB, so I was going to use two CD's. Before I started, there …

So i have a personal computer that sits behind a NAT that my apartment complex manages. Is there any way i can remote into that computer from work. I dont care how its done really, just so i can get to it. Any one have any ideas? Oh and running …

Since I logged on to my computer 3 days ago, it showed that a registry file had been recovered successfully, but now Javascript has disappeares. I have tried a lot of the tips on here, but nothing works. What I really want to do is download the Microsoft Script thing, …

I don't know if this is the right forum or not as i am not running Windows NT. I see that KB891711 is back at the Windows Update site. Want to know if it is safe to download yet?

Hi, It's time I sought some assistance from the more technically minded of you. I have a small (big?) problem I'm trying to resolve. The situation is this: For Windows 98, the system can be backed up, using MSBackup, and restored by using PCRESTOR.BAT, which resides in the TOOLS folder …

[COLOR=Purple]I have recently purchased a program called Registry Repair. I ran the program and there was a list of tasks. The task that I was interested in was "scan registry for problems." Yep...............I scanned. There was a list of 367 problems in my registry! SO.................I deleted them and thought that …

Following up on something I saw on this forum, I rightclicked on the Taskbar then on Toolbars, and found all the options were greyed out. I don't know when it could have got like this, I haven't accessed this for a long long time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. …

Yeah, I'm the same guy whose burner still won't burn (see related thread) but my other problem, which may be related, is that I have the same problem as the other person who could not ScanDisk. I get the error message saying "ScanDisk has restarted 10 times because Windows or …

There are two Programs on my xp computer ad-aware SE Personal and Microsoft antispyware, do you think it is a good to have a third like spybot. Thank-you.

i have tried everything short of formatting. i can not run any of my programs nor can i run regedit or msconfig. repair and reinstalling did not help. upon reinstalling i received a message that windows could not open rundll32.exe search web for appropriate program with no luck. is there …

OK, i am trying to run a program for WEST at home and every time i try to download the viewer a security warning pops up. it say -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Windows has found a problem with this file.[/B] Name: hostexpress.cab Publisher: Unknown Publisher This file was blocked because it does not …

It's a long line of frustration and just when I've about got it licked, this. First, the "about blank" hijack thing forces me to opt for a Windows 98 reinstall. (Understand that, for the most part, I have no idea what I'm doing and am relying on forums like this …

I recently tried to go to oldnavy.com and accidently hit reject cookies instead of accept cookies when prompted by my McAfee security pop up. I have tried everything possible to fix this since I can not go to anything on this website now. What do I do?

I messed up my harddrive suing partiton magic just recently, I went in and put in a new harddrive as my master and installed windows xp home on it. Now i have it running, but it doesnt see my harddrive that was messed up, and it also takes about 10 …

I had windows xp and then I clean installed windows 2000 booting from the cd. Now when I start windows xp it says failed to load windows ... now my cd isnt running properly ... is there any way that I can repair windows xp without my cd. Should I …

My friend is having a weird problem with her Internet Explorer. Whenever she browses to any page, the page loads quickly but she is unable to do anything with it for about 30-45 seconds. She can't scroll down, and she can't even select a text box. There is no problem …

Hello I was searching the web when one day the houses power went out for a few minutes. I Restarted my computer and then tried to sign on. It said page cannot be found, so, I turned off the modem and let it cool down and still nothing happend. I …

Im new to the community and I hope I can fit in o-kay. Internet Exporer wont let me download anything. It starts downloading and about half way through it gives me a message that it cant download it because it cant locate the files or the files are unavailable. I …

I have a DSL 504G (4 port switch and router/ADSL Modem) connected to 2 PCs at home. they both run winxp sp2, and accessing the internet is fine on both. just about everything is possible, EXCEPT playing 2 games which i enjoy very much: warcraft 3 and starcraft. everything else …

Hi, I have been getting this msg on boot up of my pc. I have XP Pro. It does take a while (2 minutes or so but does boot up). I had run Spybot S&D, AdWare and I do use Zone Alarm. I ran Panda and McAfee online virus checks …

I got 2/3 through an installation of windows 98 and i recieved an error "You started your computer with a version of MS-DOS inompatible with this version of Windows. Insert a Startup diskette matching this version of windows and then restart. The system has been halted. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart …

Scan disk restarts 10 times, due to some program writing to the hard drive, i have ran scan disk with tool bar turned off and with only exploror and systray running. and i still get this error message, i ran many virus scans and no viruses, then i ran scan …

I recently installed the language packs...if you don't know what I mean, right click this page and pick "encoding", then go to "More", and attempt to click "Simplified Chinese" or something of the sort. It should prompt you to download/install language packs to view the font. (This might not work …

Hi, Pls help. MSExcel files dont show separately in the task bar. When nmultiple files are stored they are clubbed up in the task bar(as in ofiice-xp) . I am using Office 2000. Thanks in advance. Jacob

Hi All, I hope you can assist. We have a computer (AMD Sempron 2200 with 80GB HDD and 512MB RAM) running Windows XP Pro and Office 2003. It is connected to a Windows Small Business Server 2003 domain. Everything appears to work fine except for the Database Documenter in MS …

i setup my IIS to allow ppl can use ftp their website by ftp.domainame.com to manage their site but here come the problem the users cant login to their site now (used to be good, but not anymore -_-||| ) log event is user *** failed to logon, could not …

When I get a program that is expose to open with cmd it will come up then disappear before I have a change to do anything.

Hello, I am running Windows 98 and I have a DSL connection. I currently use Internet Explorer as my browser. Question: What in the world can I do in order to have a Login page be displayed (or something) when I click on my Desktop Internet Explorer Icon? As it …

I want to format my machine and load Windows 98. Windows 98 is dumped in my computer in D:/. I also have a network with other machines. Can any one guide me how to do this. I have OS : Windows 98 Lan Card Sound Card Floppy Drive I don't …

I am planning on setting up a ftp server for personal use on a second computer that has Win XP on it. What is the best and most secure way of setting up a FTP server? Like i siad before it is just for personal use. No more than 1 …

When I start my firefox it lags like hell for about 5 minutes during which I can't do anyting. After that 5 minutes i can browse the page and use the browser then after loading a new page it lags again. I tried uninstall firefox and reinstalling and now I …

Disable/enable property for LAN connection, in Network and Dial-up Connections, for limited account is gray (dim). How do I enable it for limited account? TY

Please help! Have recently installed windows XP on a 4 your old Packard Bell imedia PC. (upgrade on Windows me) the mouse and Keyboard are connected via usb ports and in the main don't work so can not access pc at all!

Hey everyone this is my first post and unfortunatly its about me needing help. I am currently running Windows XP home edition version 2002 service pack 1, with intel pentium 4 cpu at 1.6GHz and 512 MB of ram. After installing a new driver for my keyboard the system would …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Obtain Remote Assistance by Sending an E-mail Message in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][font=Arial][color=#000000]This article describes how to obtain help by using the Remote Assistance feature in Microsoft Windows XP. Remote Assistance allows a remote connection to …

I have Norton system works. I am sure you know what it all contains. Is there a better product out there than windoctor. I am looking for a good registry fixer or something of the sort. I found a couple article about one called 1 Click fixer plus. It has …

I am trying to install diskeeper 9. I receive a message from the program which says that "system services could not start, check to see you have privileges to start system services" I am logged on my computer as an administrator. Does anyone know how to check to see if …

Ok, so I reinstalled last night using the Compaq QuickRestore CD that came with the machine (my computer was barely usable last night). For some reason, it seems to have just installed a bare-bones Wndows XP, instead of loading it with all the Compaq bundled software. This is fine, and …

SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME FIND A MISSING FILE??? I have a compaQ windows 98 year 1999 or 2000?? My problem started when I downloaded My Web cam from Logitech and got an Error after restarting my computer win..98 cant run atl71.dll need ANSI version So I went to their …

Whenever I try to paste something in a message (either from right mouse button or the menu paste) when I'm using Firefox, I get an error message from: [Javascript application] you need to edit your Mozilla config file to allow this action. I can't find any reference to a Mozilla …

We have a network at work and there is a rather diverse assortment of windows versions (i think we even have 3.1 somewhere) windows 95, 98, 2000 can be used to ftp and other OTHER internet usage (not just http) the XP, 2003 machines cant seem to connect (no ftp …

Helloy all. Ok, so i have this client who is older and needs to hav his text size in windows larger so he can see it clearly. I've messed around with the obvious display settings under the Appearance tab in Display in the control panel, set text contrast colors to …

I've been having some internet connectivity problems lately, and I believe it's due to some nasty spyware. I've already gone through all the steps to correct this (checking my DSL speed, anti-spyware scans, anti-virus scans, doing it all in safe mode, even reset my winsock.dll, etc.) but I'm still having …

I own a Compaq Presario 7594 that I have had for ~5 years without having any major issues. I went away on vacation a couple of weeks ago (& I did remember to turn off the computer & shut down the power strip), but when I came back from vacation, …

Hello :) I am new here, and i hope i did post this in the correct section of the forum. I have a strange little problem which bugs me since about three months, persistant and a little annoying. My problem is, i can't log into my hotmail account! It comes …

Hello can anyone help me. My internet explorer is very slow to fetch sites, it seems thought once its on a site it will be its normal speed. I am quite tec savvy and have run and intstalled avg hijack this adaware etc. but I don't think these have anything …

Hi i have windows xp pro and when i go onto enable hibernation i get a nice little message saying "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" i tried to run it in safemode except hybernation is not enabled so it is not …

Well I got a laptop, one of thoses old 366mhz for travel only, and I got this problem which is quite annoying after about 5-10 mins the screen turns black, and it doesnt seem to be the screen saver since its at 60min(60minutes needs to be past for the screensaver …