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I just dont get it. Maybey I never will. All Browsers will have security issues. Period. Firefox. Ie. opera...all of them. Maybey people just got way into the hype that this browser or that one is so much more secure. No browser is bullet proof. I have surfed with ie …

When I click the download button, the dialog box asking whether I want to open or save it doesn't come up. Does anyone know how to get it to come back up. This is driving me nuts!!!

Hi, I've got a computer running Windows 2000 and an MX440-SE. I just installed the latest drivers from the Nvidia website and DirectX 9.0c (so that I could play a new game). When I boot up to Windows, the picture is very badly distorted, sometimes the images disappears completly and …

Ok this computer is about 1 year old and I have noticed that the hard drive would make some weird grinding and clicking noises at time's and sometimes the computer would just shut down out of no where. I went to turn it on today and I got a message …

This is my first post in the "I have a problem" area, and I really dont know a whole lot about computers, but I really really need some assistance :o I have XP and my IE isnt working 1/2 the time. It only happens with my profile. My husband and …

My WinXP system recently crashed and will not allow restart. Have talked at length with manufacturer support who are suggesting reinstall as only fix. Problem is there are important files I'd like to recover if possible and would prefer not to risk writing over them. (there was a password sign …

Well ok, I was having major problems with spyware and whatnot so I was forced to reinstall Windows XP... i wanted to reinstall my OS but at the same time, i meant to format my hard drive also. but i didnt format it so now i got 2 operating systems …

My computer is running extremely slow. It used to show 1.6something Ghz and now only clocks 513, and used to have 768 RAM but now only shows 704. I have posted a hijackthis log if it is anything there. I have also defragged. Help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved …

is there any way to check up on the hosts 99% uptime garantee. they use win 2k+3 and iis6. thanx in advance (ps without visiting the site every hour, please) :!:

Hi, This is a great site. I'm still a newbie techie so bear with me. I Finally bought an XP upgrade for Win 98 a couple days ago and so far I'am very happy and pleased and wonder why I didnt upgrade long ago. I have never seen a pop-up …

Hi, I started my computer up today and went to click on an ICON on my task bar, cause I put my icon on the taskbar to clear up desktop space, and I clicked on an Icon and nothing happen! The only Icon that really works is Internet Explorer and …

I hate it when my computer has a mind of it's own. I like to clean my HD of unwanted files. Unfortunately XP doesn't like that. I deleted a number of files and folders, count to ten and the computer loads them right back on. I've searched the registry and …

the colors on my moniter arent right. cant get 256 color or 32bit to stay. the color was right before, now its not. been told maybe video display adapter. are there any web sites with free downloads to fix my problem? im new to this so im not sure what …

I have a friend computer and their kids have put in password in XP. Their mother wants to see their files, but her 13 yrs old son will not give her his pawword. She is register as a administrator. How can I get pass his password?

Reconfigure keyboard so that F11 will Paste as in Copy then Paste. Works over 98 and XP Profesional. Thank you.

The one you just CLICK on to get the desktop back.. How do I get that back on the bottom., I have the E for explorer, real player, ect but NOT the ICON for Desktop?????

Hi I have a Win 98 gateway desktop computer I wanted to reformat the hard drive to erase my files etc., before I give away the computer. I did the following; went in to MS dos mode cd\ format c:/s then Y Then I switched off the computer, Inserted the …

Hi, i bought a new P4 with XP to replace my old PII, Win2000, 64meg ram I would like to possibly sell my PII, but it needs to be cleaned up i.e. preferably HDD wiped and start again with XP. Is it worth it given i have only 64 meg …

when I open windows task manager on windows xp, I am not able to view cpu memory usage and also other buttons on task manager on the top are missing.Also close window button is missing on task manager. please help

I recently changed ISP to Tiscali, changed all settings but I still get Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Freeserve across the top of my page, Please HELP

Well I just got a new computer, and I just recently installed a new hard drive, a WD 200 GB hard drive, but afterwords a few days after I installed it, my CD drive stopped working, when I put a CD in it won't play, I checked the cables and …

Hi all, Hope someone might know something I dont. Recently IE 6 has been taking an age to start up after cliking on the desktop Icon or going through the start menu. I know its not relevant to this thread, but explorer, either through start menu or by right clicking …

I'm at college, but at home I am unable to connect to the internet, I had an NTL digital set top box, but they needed to replace it so I am capable of higher speeds, However since then I have been unable to connect to the internet. I phoned NTL …

Greetings I have a celeron 1800hz with 256k of ram running xp with service pack 2 installed. This is a shared computer with two other users (my two sons) as well as myself I have AVG antivirus, zone alarm for firewall and regularly run ad-aware for spy ware etc. All …

I know firefox is probably a better browser, but I am still so used to internet explorer I cant change. Anyways, when Im browsing and I want to go back, I have to click the "back" button like 3 times before it actually goes back. Does anybody have any idea …

it wil be delivered on Monday, I ordered the windows xp 2pk. Does anyone know if I will have to download this or will it already be installed on my mother board. Thanks in advance Buff

I am new at this, so if this is in the wrong spot, please forgive me. I need help solving the following: I have to reboot my computer everytime I need to use it because if I leave it on to hibernate I cannot connect to my dial up provider. …

Hey! All right. I have tried sharing a folder over the network to about 38 computers using a windows XP Pro computer. What I found out was that there is a "user limt" to about 10 over the network. Now I have gotten around that by logging of the user …

I've been editing large WAV files for a cd I'm remixing. Everytime I save the .wav file after making an adjustment, I lose hard space on my drive. If the .wav file is 85 megs, you would think that 85 megs would just stay after you save over the edited …

[url="http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3499286"]http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3499286[/url] [b][color=blue]Microsoft will Virtualize Linux[/color][/b] [QUOTE] Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company would make serious investments in, and open up, its Virtual Server 2005 product to run on non-Windows machines [/QUOTE] [url="http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,101214,00.html"]http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,101214,00.html[/url] [b][color=blue]Windows Thin Client[/color][/b] [QUOTE] - Microsoft Corp. is working on two thin-client versions of Windows XP to …

A friend of mine has a problem and I don't know what caused it.We scanned some text pages with my scanner and opened them with Word 2003 to see if they are ok.No problem so far.But when he opened them on his laptop (using an older version of office) word …

I everyone stumble across this website/forum..after many hours using mozilla due to 3 facts..and boy if you guy could help me i'd be much obliged. Msn 7.0 and below all have problems: they are as soon as i sign in it closes the program down. but not windows messenger, that …

I've been having probs w/IE6. Was informed of this by using aol tech support. When I try to install or run the new DL of Ie 6, I get a message that states: The previous installation has pending work requiring a reboot. You need to restart yopu PC to complete …

I am in need of some help quickly in the recovery of the filing cabinet files for AOL. During uninstallation of 8.0 (which would be upgraded to 9.0) it should have created a folder on the desktop, but it did not. I took much care to ensure this would not …

Hi, is it possible to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro without loosing settings and having to reinstall applications? Is a complete reinstall of the OS the only answer?

If this is the wrong forum for posting this I am sorry. Everytime I open IE the window is very small sized?? Is there anyway to change the actual window size because some sites I go to do not allow you to maximize?? any help would be appreciated!! Thanks, Heidi

First, I'm using windows xp sp2 and a LAN connection I have this problem with my windows XP firewall.. when i right click on my connection icon in the tray and click on configure internet connection firewall, i get this: "Windows cannot display Internet connection firewall settings because the associated …

Is there any way to use Windows XP and set up a domain over the network. I know there is a way on Windows Server 2003 but we do not have that kind of money! Help!

Everytime i go to Windows Update it downloads Kb828026. i've tried downloading it from Windows Catalog with the same results. Update says it was installed successfully but wants to download the next time i go there. i did a search here with no results. i tried advice from the Langalist …

it says that my hardrive has been locked by a disk utility.whats wrong and how can i fix it?i boot up in safe mode and no help,i closed all apps running in the background and still.diskeeper says there is an error and it cant run either.please help thanx so much

Hello forum, I am no longer able to boot into Windows XP Home sp1 without the error message "<windows root>\system32\hal.dll, can not find this file, please reinstall it". But whenever I boot into the XP recovery disk and change into the system32 directory and use the copy command - copy …

a friend of mine was given a comp with windows xp on it and then they installed windows xp upgrade. how do I remove the upgrade or do I need to wipe the whole C drive clean as it is taking up a lot of memory and a lot of …

I went to download a free media player of whom we won't mention (winamp) and received a message telling me that I either had a corrutped installer, or a problem with my hard drive. I had tried to down load to my C drive the first time, so I tried …

A couple days ago I lost all my programs that are listed on my start menu. I can find them in Explore, but when I bring up Word or Excel ALL of my old documents are gone. I went to Help and Support Center, then to system restore, but the …

:cry: please haelp, just had the good old service pack 2 installed and a majority of the time "the document contains no data" box comes up? also i have been trying to download macromedia flash and it wont let me do that? any ideas please. :confused:

Hello, I am getting a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) error when I try to copy files within a Hard Driver or from a Hard Drive to another Drive. I have been buying Maxtor drives only, and for each one I get, a CRC error occurs in the next few months …

cpu usage is typically 2 to 6% except exactly every 2 min it spikes to 50% for 5 or 6 sec. This has severe effects on my aces high on line flying game such as i hit the ground or overshoot a target before it unfreezes. system gigabyte ga-81915p-duo pro …

Hi People, I have installed a new 2003 RIS server but i'm having a problem with a HP 510 which has an Intel Pro 100 adapter in it. It finds the server and you can select the image but when it starts to install just before it formats the disk …

so what are the main things that make graphics run smoothly and look amazing? i mean i know a lot of it is down to the the graphics card so i bought the radeon 9800 pro and i have to say its does make a difference. however my games do …

HI there. im doing a home study course in pc repair and upgrading and i am stuck on one particular part of my course, entitled 'hard drive theory and practice. :sad: i have looked in the text book and i cant find the answers in there. i've even tried looking …