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ok so here's my headache... one of the computers in my office is having a problem... one of the svchost.exe started by SYSTEM is running at close to 100% of the proccessor, while another is dormant... what could be causing this? the OS on the machine is xp pro, sp2 …

How do you completely wipe Hard drive (NOT using "format c:" or "fdisk"? My old Sony Vaio Pcg f350 randomly crashes and is genrally crash prone. I have checked the hard drive and it contains "bad clusters"! I have used "format c:" and "fdisk" but neither get rid of the …

Right then, from the beginning... there is a problem with my Internet Explorer. Whenever I open it up and try to access any websites an error messages pops up saying "Internet Explorer can not open the search page". When this has happened before I have just unplugged the modem and …

I have modem troubles on my Laptop. I have got on the internet about a month ago with no troubles but now I cant even dial out. My device Manager says the modem is working fine. I am afraid it is a virus and I have forgot to update my …

I have problem with my Windows Media Player or computer, it want play some mp3 songs(something about codec missing)? How to Fix that? Thanx

Ok so I am having a little trouble with my Outlook Address book. If im in a new message and try to add a contact to send the message to it tells me that my address list can’t be displayed. But if I click on contacts I can see all …

My Computer is windows XP. Please can you tell me do I need jave software installed, and how do I get it. Thank-you

I have three windows ... 2000, xp and 2003 server. My primary drive ( c:\) has a windows xp installation ... now my windows xp is getting corrupt and I want to wipe it out and install a fresh one. The problem is that if I format my C drive, …

Okay, here is the long and short of it. Today is April 25th 6:48 MST I want my computer clock to be set to uhm let's say the 17th of April. I right click on the time in the bottom right corner (windows XP proffessional) I click "Adjust Date/Time" I …

I recently had a hitch hicker, and after downloading the Spyware Doctor, I thought that would be the end of that...alas, it wasn't. I have a backup disc using Drive Image software for my C drive, it was provided with this computer which was a gift from a friend, and …

I don't think this is a major problem but it is definetly annoying. I have a Wireless DSL connection and about four out of ten times whenever the phone rings, I lose connection to the Internet. The first few times it happened, it didn't bother me because I think Wireless …

ok i have a computer but it is a windows 2000 and i want xp on it but how do i do that?? :cheesy:

Yesterday evening Windows Update crashed telling me 2 updates had failed to install. After rebooting IE no longer seems to support Javascript or any plugins (Flash, Java, etc. all fail), HTML Help no longer works, popups don't pop up (that's often nice), etc. Is there any solution to this except …

My computer connects to the internet, but when i try to view a site or connect to a messenger it acts like i'm not online. I even reformatted and it did not help at all.

hi all recently got rid of some spyware, but i think it did something to my internet settings. i can connect to the internet through my isp as normal, but cannot view any web pages. all i get is the usual "cannot open this web page" message. ive looked through …

I have a new functional (already tested it elsewhere) lexmark 2200 series all in one and xp will not detect the new hardware. i have downloaded the software from the disc and then get not communicating with printer message making me nuts

I'm not sure what exactly is causing it, but there seems to be a problem with java. I cant play any java games, nor see anything in the java windows. I also cant goto some sites. My problem is a lot like JJJ's on his thread "[URL=http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=18415-java]IE and Firefox Problems[/URL] …

Outlook 2000 (Win98) is telling me that the incoming mail server can not be found. I have done the following: 1. Confirmed the incoming/outgoing mail server names are correct. 2. Typed in the IP address for each of the above rather than the names. 3. Set my account up on …

ok on the home screen of my xp home edition the icon colours have changed anf i dont no how 2 make them default again look at the attachment if you dont no what i mean there a dark blue when they r really white or something

hi there. i am using my sisters account to ask for this advice i have a 40Gb samsung hard drive with windows xp professional installed on it. my problem is that i have been experiencing quite a few windows errors and BSODs over the last couple of days. A virus …

Can someone help with this please. I have just reinstalled Windows ME and installed my ISP software, but I cant get my connection password to save. If I go to the ISP icon, right click and go to properties the option for password is greyed out? Each time I connect …

HELP!! As usual i follow instructions and mess up !! 1) Have a Dell Laptop with WIN 2000 OS, loaded WIN XP pro (with NTFS) and now i have both OS. When i boot i get the option of choosing any one OS. 2) How do get rid of WIN …

Everytime I format my computer, the moniter will not work. And everytime, I have to take the computer to the repair shop and they do something very small with takes them about 1 - 5 minutes and cost $5. They told me this is because my moniter is too small …

Anyone ever deal with this before? Let me tell you...lots of fun. So I had XP Home and had one user "Quinn". I upgraded to XP Pro and for soe reaosn, I was now prompted with a popup login (similar to the one most people have and that I have …

Hi My old CD-RW drive died last week so I've purchased another and installed it. The problem is that the drive letters have changed. Before my CD-RW drive was (D:) and my DVD ROM drive was (E:). But now they've both shifted one letter forward so they're: CD-RW drive (E:) …

Have a strange question for RD. Right now I have two PC's, one is a XP machine and the other runs Server 2003. Well what I'd like to do is use RD to access my Server PC from my XP PC. Now I was wondering if there was any way …

and would be very grateful if anyone had any ideas to help me resolve my Microsoft Money 2002 issue. When I try to install Microsoft Money Business Edition 2005, I am prompted to uninstall Microsoft Money 2002. When I go to uninstall MM2002 through the "Install/Uninstall" program, a windows installer …

hey guys....sometimes when eva i start up mah computer and connect to the net mah whole computer restarts..??! and evn if i am alredy connected to the net after a few hours it restarts itself...i am using XP pro panda titanium anti-virus sypbot sd mah sartup services are HDD temperture …

I have downloaded a considerable amount of tracks from napster and set the tracks into folders for specific artists. However, when playing the tracks using nero media player, there is a delay of anything up to 20 seconds before the track starts to play. The player says it is " …

i was uninstalling norton antivirus and it was nerly finished but i ended the task ..it lukd like it was unistlled from the programs menu but i went to control panel>>remove add programs and it was stil there so i clickd on remvoe and it wont do anything so i …

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Restore the Operating System to a Previous State in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous working state. System Restore takes a "snapshot" …

I am considering downloading a cleaner and of those that I have looked at CCleaner is free but is it the most cost effective product? Any advice welcome!

To get some DNS errors., SPECIFICALLY if I go into a page & go a page deeper Occasionally I get the following error: Cannot find server or DNS Error Internet Explorer I wonder about that., I do have the Google POP UP BLOCKER..... Ideas, things to check or suggestions are …

I am having trouble getting Windows XP Home (with SP1) to update on a clients computer. It isn't displaying any signficant error messages but there is definately something not right with it. * Windows Update downloads but doesnt install. (update.inf error message - cryptographic services) * Reinstallation doesnt work. (tabsvr …

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hey evry time i start up mah computer and log in, it takes a while to load my settings and when ever i am in my taskbar freezes...for a long time ..about 5-10mins max..i have to like keep opening folders to get it working properly.. i neva modify the system …

I have recently had trouble with Genie-Soft backup software. I was trying to complete a multi session backup (5GB) and it completed one disc, prompted for disc 2 and then no further prompts. It just continued writing to disc2. They tell me I need to back up my firmware. I …

I'm surely not the only person that has had this problem. I have a WEB Server an NT 4.0 SP 6a box with IIS 3.0 installed. I thought I would give FrontPage 2000 SP 3 a shot, tried a demo page yesterday, it created the Access database but the new …

...did something last night and now I can't get certain windows to open, ie for instance when i go to add an email contact and click on "address book" nothing happens. This seems consistent with other attempts to open new windows that I have previously always been able to open...Pop …

Well, hey there. I'm new here, and I've basically come here to get some help, but I like it, so I'll stick around! So, my problem? I have just installed Windows XP Pro over an old Windows 98 SE. My PC has high enough spec to run it, and all …

hey i am new to dis ok....well my problem is dat i have just installed Win XP on a 20 gb harddrive, intel desktop board, 256mb ram, intel P4, floppy drive, dvd drive, cd drive, lan card, modem, and Nvidia TNT card 32mb. When ever i start up my computer …

Is there any reason it MIGHT block people from AOL from sending me e mail someone from AOL SAYS they write me & have been ., dont see her on blocked senders, yet I dont get the e mail???????????????????????????????

Here is my problem : I bought a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 16MB Cache SATA coupled with a Silicon Image 3112A SATA Controller. I was never able to install Windows XP on this drive as it always crashed before the end. I connect the hard drive to an existing Windows …

This is my first post and I don't know much about computers. I have an HP with Windows 98 second edition and a factory installed Nvidia TNT 2 Pro set-up. My problem is: after internet surfing for a bit, the graphics display as red x's instead of how they should …

We purchased a few pc's a while back that had XP home installed. We're moving to a domain based network, and Home won't allow connection to it. We're part of the MS Partner program, and have XP Pro to upgrade to, but, it says that the OS already installed is …

Hi there, There is this computer that is giving me a headache.It says there is a TCP/IP Error Occurred While Trying to Connect to Server ...account... error No 0x800ccc15 .I have checked account settings in the server and the computer and are ok.If I set this account settings in another …

Hey, Ive got a salvaged laptop harddrive in a caddy connected via USB 2 to my new laptop. It worked once and I was able to access my files on the old drive. Now when I connect it to the new laptop it says the usb port has surged and …

for some reason XP has suddenly decided it doesnt know where the CD-ROM and CD-RW drives are. it says "the drives are installed but windows failed to locate the hardware devices" plz help o_o

hi i just recently installed a new modem in a friend's pc, everything is setup correctly to my knowledge, but when i try to connect to aol, it hangs up at the "talking to network" step. So then i figured ah AOL=shite, so ill try to use my cox remote …

I have a group of mpg files that WMP used to play. Sometime in the last few months it stopped doing this correctly. Ihave two problems: 1. Some files load and play sound, but the picture is a bunch of nondescript squares. If I let this run for about 20 …