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Hey guys! im new here, and generally good with computers, etc. I have been having this problem for a while now, and cannot seem to solve the problem. When i turn on the pc, everything runs perfectly fine, except my monitor does not turn on. It stays black. If anyone …

.exe files are not opening by double clicking in my xp sp2 anybody can help me? thanks in advance sankha

whenever i type an lol, it doesn't work, can you help? it turns all lol into iou i don't know what's going on, i want to call local shaman to get rid of demon from computers but guess will try to see if dani has answer

Hey guys, Got a load of computers at work and I want to neaten the system up a bit. I'm completely oblivious to this area :P Basically I have 9 machines and I want them to all be slaves of 1 machine which in turn will not allow people to …

Hello community, Could you explain me what a Keylogger is, how that kind of software works and how a user can protect from such program? Thank you Anna

I think my computer has a virus; when I turn it on it has the options to start on normal, safe mode, safe with networking, or last known good configuration, etc. But no matter which option I try, when it gets to the loading screen, the loading doesn't stop, it …

I have a Windows 7 Pro machine and have two assigned IP addresses. One is the local IP address, set as a static, reserved on DHCP server, and needed for authentication to accesses certain network programs. This is the one I need to be the primary. However, I needed to …

when we start microsoft window calculator and switch to programmer mode(for number system like:-binary,octal,decimal,hexadecimal) then found that we cannot use dot(.) for floating point number but in fact number systems may have dot(.) (like 110101.1010). is this a bug in microsoft calculator or there is something other reason or there …

**i need some help. i have 4 computers joined to a domain, each computer must have 5 users and those users have OU, `5users/ OU`. how can i assign those users to their workstations, only to that workstation they can log-in and they are not allowed to log-in to other …

Hi to everyone! Long time hasn't been here. I have just purchassed new Laptop / Samsung 17" NP350V5C-S09AU-Intel® Core i7 8GB Memory_1TB HDD 3.4GHz, WINDOW 8 / and for my surprise it's working very slow, even have not installed any program. Take ages to boot, and when tried to run …

My wife's new laptop with Vista basic comes with an integral webcam and Cyberlink Youcam software but when she has tried to use it with Skype, a black screen with the software name on it pops up and almost covers the video screen blocking out the picture of the person …

We have a Toshiba laptop; just installed 4 gigs of RAM. Youtube video are breaking up a bit. It's a 2.01 processor. I checked and 2.8 gigs are available. Could that be just purely overhead? I was thinking when I put the RAM in it would make all the difference. …

I have currently switched from Virtual Box To VMWare for Operating system emulation. It's quite awesome and fast as compared to virtual box. This is first of few problems that I am facing so far. In Virtual Box there was an Option as 'Guest Addition' through which additional features were …

Wallpaper disapear and startpages in IE are empty after rebooting PC With Windows 7.

Hello Everyone... How are you all ??? How many operating systems we can install on a single hard disk at a time... Is there any restrictions on the number of Operating systems installed on a single hard disk ???

So, I was trying to do two things at once and it went badly: I was just setting up a new HDD with Window7 on it, next to an old HDD with windows xp on it. I decided to shrink the XP drive and split it into tooto give both …

. Maybe you can help on a WindowsLiveMail (WLM) problem - ?? ----------------------------------------------------- . I put my category name in to the "to" or "cc" box - and then find that only a few - sometimes none - of the contacts in the category are are actually on the eMail …

hi friends have a good day I am using windows 7 ultimate 32bit how to know my internet connection and my computer is not hacked, if it is hacked how to find out. and what is the safty precaution to prevent hacking.. give me valuable tips thanks in advance...

I have a Uniden wireless security system installed. The system consists of two wireless cameras and a small, handheld receiver with an LCD screen. The receiver has a USB connector to allow it to connect to my laptop. Software runs on the laptop which allows me to monitor the cameras …

I'm installing the windows 2008 r2 server OS (on a pc, as an experiment, before doing the real thing on our server). I need to have three partitions: C (35gb) - where the OS will be, E and F (each with half of the remaining space). When I get to …

i am trying to open windows in pc but it doesnt run

My acer laptop touchpad doesn`t work; but when I uninstall PS/2 mouse driver and restart or shutdown it works perfectly after next windows boot. I have re-intsalled Windows 7. Also when Windows instalation started touchpad was working; but when almost finished it stopped working.

hey guys, i am kind'a new here.... i just wonder if u can help me with this... i would like to know how to format a computer with windows 2003 ... well basically it's a server... if sombody have an answer please post it as soon as possiable !! Thanks …

Respected Sir, I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bits but when I try to take backup following error message was displayed: The backup application could not start due to an internal error: The service cannot be started,either because it is disabled or because it is disabled or because it …

my 5 year old was playing with my pc. an i could not get it to work.so i went into the start menu .went to programs.went to system restore.an restored my pc .well next came the worst nightmare.the pc rebooted an there where no menu icons or anything at all.so …

My airtel modem installs but wont run. it returns" there is a network issue with remote settings,hence need to change settings"

After I downloaded "http://skinpacks.com/download/windows-7/8-skin-pack/" then i rebooted my laptop. Then the laptop screen turned black but the cursor is movable and I can run 'ctrl + alt + delete'. When I run CONTROL PANEL it says "Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software …

I have an IBM Thinkpad t43. when booting i get to the windows blue screen that says "To begin click you user name". There are no usernames to click....nothing. when I hit control/alt/delete the sign in window pops up with administrator in the username and wants a password.... This has …

Purchased Windows 7 Professional online in 2009 to be sent to my friend in Las Vegas. The box was lost and replaced for a new one in 2010. I installed, activated and registered it and everything worked. In 2011, my HP crashed and I replaced it with an Apple Mac …

I spent the last 8 or so hours trying to install Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows 8 Pro. Didn't happen. I called iYogi tech support who tryed to help me for the last 3 hours with no success. We finally concluded Office 2010 is not compatible with Windows 8. So, …

I already installed windows 7 copy to a system and try to connect the share drive windows 2003 server. All other computer can connect share drive but this is first time it refuse to authenticate. I try to connect share drive with domain/username + password as same way I connected …

Hi everyone, I'm in the middle of a project, and I've been asked to partition the letter where Oracle is going to be installed. This is my first time doing any kind of partition, can someone help me. Thanks

Hie everyone how are you, i am doing B-tech E commerce and i would like you to help me find a topic to submit to my supervisor.I am starting my semester in August.

My issue: For whatever reason I now have 15 updates that won't update. It goes through the process and when rebooting it says "Failure" and goes through the reverting process, then boots to Win 7-64. Later from the Taskbar it will tell me I have 15 downloads and will want …

Hi I need some help my friend has just give me her PC tower and I need to reset it bk to factory settings I push f8 and get to the page it tells me to on the internet but I don't seem to have the restore option that shows …

HI Where i live the landlord has uncapped internet and said i could use it (as part of my rental) i connected a wifi usb adapter to my desktop machine. i loaded the wifi dongle drivers, then i connected to the wifi network. i tested it with my phone and …

Every time I reboot my XP machine the quick launch disappears and I need to manually replace it. I have read other forum threads on this matter but not found a solution. I have noticed that the desktop.ini file is there, however, when I run a search for desktop.ini on …

Hello Community, I was wondering if there is a reason why my laptop is going slow i haven't installed anything, uninstalled anything. It's just started going slow! Right now i'm backing up my laptop just incase i get that pissed i might actually through it! Here are the specs: Brand …

My computer wont run Windows Update. When I try and run it it says: Windows could not search for new updates error(s) found: code: 80072EE2 I tried to go to the Microsoft website for help but then it says I am currently not connected to the internet but I clearly …

Hi there, I'm using windows 8, I was able to use all apps and enjoying them but unfortunately now, they will not open I click on the app's tile in start menu, it tries to open but after seeing the loading, suddenly it terminates and start menu comes up. I …

hey i'm using windows 7..since last 2 days my D: drive has been filling up space itself..i deleted some files and created 2GB free space..but again that space is automatically filled up..my D: drive has total 90GB allocated to it..but all the files stored in it make only 87GB..so i'm …

I paste a file on the old file. like: overwrite. It's a mistake. So now I want to recover the old file. I mean now I want the old file. How I get it?

Hi All Just wondering if you can pls help with a problem with my PC. I have Windows XP and I turned on my computer this morning and receieved the following messages: Load in ASUS Express Gate P50 Motherboard Reboot - Select Proper Boot Device However when I reboot I …

Does anyone have an idea of how I can create a service to start a program after boot without a user logging into the PC? I am trying to deploy on both win7 and win7 X86 systems.

I'm having trouble signing in to MS Lync 2010 client. I have two laptops and need to have the same user credentials log into both, but never simultaneously. One of the laptops logs in flawlessly; the other attempts to log in and just says "Contacting server and signing in" forever. …

Hi, I have a problem with my browser. Well, this morning it actually worked fine, I was able to surf online shops but a moment later when I tried opening my yahoo mail, it says that webpage is not available. So I tried opening youtube and other sites, same thing …

Hello all, Having a very interesting situation here. Working on PC for a friend who stated that it connected to the network, but was unable to browse to any sites using Internet Explorer and Google Chrome... After re-creating the issue, I began with pinging the Default Gateway. Successful. Then I …

I am quite computer literate, but I don't know what I don't know... BACKGROUND: Windows Explorer kept freezing over several days when trying to display a directory, save a file, and other tasks. Several hours of research followed. MalWareBytes (2x); SpyBot (3x); CCleaner (3+ attempts); "sfc /scannow" used multiple times …

Hello, This is a small 'OCR data editing 2.0.3' software(160kb), but it access a big file VBDL.exe (175mb) ... (some call it virus, but its not). Its an image database. It contains about 798 jpeg files which is shown in the ocr software. Although, the jpgs are 576x1440 px long, …

hi i have forgotten my BIOS password ( I am using aspire 4730z and windows 7 32 bit) i tried D:\>cmos>windows>ioperm.exe -i OpenSCManager function call failed. Error: ioperm.sys installation failed. how to fix this error there is any other way to remove BIOS password thanks for your time