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Just reinstalled Xp on my C drive.On startup both Hard drives are found but the drive on Ide 2 does not show up in My Computer or in device manager? The Maxtor 40G drive is quite new and as only been used for backup. Any help Please

This is my friend notebook. I am using Tend Micro scan for virus and find this virus as abrove can someone help me have a look plz The virus is in c:\system volume information\.......... and the HijackThis logs is here Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 12:06:46, on 01/02/2005 …

I tried using the windows xp repair and it didn't help. If I choose reinstall a fresh copy of windows xp, what are the ramifications? Does it wipe out my files, my periperal drivers and DSL software? or nothing? thanks

hi all, ive got another Q for ya all when ever i try to start playing mohaa it gives me an error message saying "please insert ther correct cd rom, click ok then restart the program" and its giving me ths $HiTZ can some 1 please help

Hello Board, Hopefully someone can help me get a handle on this. My father bought the aforementioned HP. It was actually through a big joint venture by PeoplePC and Ford Motor Co.. Anyway, the system has been reloaded, with a fresh copy of windows 98 S.E., but several things are …

Found a couple of cool sites that read hijack this logs automatically. Copy the log and paste in the box hit analize. [url]http://www.hijackthis.de/[/url], Oops only one thought I had 2. I have used it a few times. Handy little item.

I was told to go and update windows and now there is two operating systems and my computer is not working. It does not recognize my start toolbar or anything else. I cannot get into anything unless it is on my desktop.

Hi! I would like to get a Temp File/Cookies/index.dat cleaner. Is CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) any good? Could anyone direct me to a place where I could download it and could I be given a couple of tips on how to use it? Thanks! ;)

We share a computer here at work, and the last person to use my computer logged into our server using my WinXP computer, and checked the box to save the password. Now when I try to login to our network, it does it automatically. Can you please tell me where …

I forgot my password and cant get back into my computer!! I have a Windows XP and really need to get into my computer, can someone please help me? ~sarah :!:

I've been trying to get a triple-boot set up with Windows 98, Windows XP, and SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional. Here is the setup I had BEFORHAND: Hard Drive 1: - Partition 1, FAT32, 80gb, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Hard Drive 2 - Partition 1, NTFS, 80gb, Microsoft Windows XP …

Hi I am running XP Professional version 2002 :rolleyes: and sometimes, not allways when I select shutdown to turn off the machine I get a small screen that says WINDOwS EXPLORER IS CLOSING, after that comes another screen that says THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT RESPOND and you get the possibility …

Everytime I try to restart my computer from the start menu I always get the windows screen saying underneath..."windows shutting down" and it just stays there. When I reboot or turn computer on I always get the screen that has 1. normal 2. boot.txt? 3. safe mode....ect. Then it counts …

Hi I am running ME and I was directed to post this problem in here.[I'll just Copy the problem from this post] [url]www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=18120&page=4&pp=15[/url] [quote]There doesn't seem to be any sound at all.When I boot up the short sound of music for windows doesn't play nothing all the codecs seem to …

I have a little TV show. Well, not too little. When we record the show for TV, we alos put the audio on the PC using Real Producer. We use the mic in, 1/8'' jack, and it worked fine with our old computer, a COMPAC 2.4 gig Windows XP. That …

I have a Canon bjc-1010 that I bought when I had Windows 98. I now have XP and know that it is not compatible. I have downloaded an updated driver through Canon, but still cannot print. Is there something I should have done other than downloading the driver? :sad:

Hi folks, perhaps some of you may be of help. My son was trying to uninstall a program (game ) from his cpu. He's using windows xp and gets a pop up could not open INSTALL.LOG file. He also has the Adaware free program installed Ive tryied to seach for …

I am having trouble seeing some graphics on some web pages that I visit. Instead of seeing the image, I see a small icon with a square, triangle and circle (kindof like a broken link icon). I am running IE6 under Windows 2000 Professional. I am also running AdsGone popup …

Hi I am running XP on a small sony laptop using a dial up line. I can see when I dial the isp it verfies the password and i get an icon in the system tray to say I am connected. Open internet explorer and it does not find any …

I have discovered what Gates did (Nov 2004, his fix called SP2) to stop all applications like QBASIC working. What he did is deleted autoexec.nt Replace it and those DOS programs he sabotaged now work fine again, and it is so easy to do: What you put in it hardly …

All was well until I installed updates. The computer goes on, message: Windows Explorer has encountered a problem & needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Task Manager works & it looks like all my programs still work, including wireless DSL. All I get on the screen is …

its a lab for school have to install those three in that order 2gb primary partitions everything goes good till we get to the xp then we get this error "C:Windows root>\system32\hal.dll" .there was also another i cant think of at the moment but its been replaced any suggestions? thanx

My images that I save or no longer animated as they are when I save them. Also, when I choose save as, the only file type I'm receiving is bmp mode - don't know what happened to jpeg or gif. Anyone have any ideas what I might do to correct …

im on xp. and i was wondering what program i need to open .LZH files? thanks

Ok at school there is this stupid block on getting to control pannel or changing desktop properties ( dunno why its really dumb) but i wanna change my backround beacuse i wanna be different ( although mines already different because im so special and had logged on earlier in the …

how would you go about routing another email account through Outlook? i have a coupple of email accounts (college and a coupple of yahoo ones) that i would like to have sent to Outlook....how would i go about doing this?

Hi! I have what I believe is a simple question but I can't seem to figure out how to do it: I added the Mozilla browser to my computer because I'd heard it is more secure (and boy is it!) :eek: . However, now, I often cannot access some sites. …

I recently did a fresh install of windows xp home edition. For some reason whenever i surf the web the screen drags when i try to scroll. It even happens when i click and pull down the bar. I know its not my internet speed. I have wireless. What could …

Hello I recently deleted some files…! After I finished deleting I restarted my pc, I logged in with my user name and password as usual, but then a screen poped up that said "[COLOR=Blue][B]Register your windows[/B][/COLOR]". The problem is there is no icon, just an empty screen with a missing …

Hello all. Not sure who can help here, but I have a major problem with a hard drive. Now I am not sure about all the details. I am aware of the fact though that my hard drive does not work right for some reason. When hooking up to the …

I'm getting an message when windows starts up that there is an error in my language pack and I have no ideal how to go about fixing this or even what this is. It dose'nt seem to be hurting anything so far but I would like to fix it before …

Banner Printing, w/HP in XP. I have a computer that is running XP SP2 with an HP Deskjet 812c, I can't print a banner on banner paper. I did it in 98 with the same printer. Several friend also running XP with HP printers also have the same problem. HP …

one day i restarted my computer and now my firewall wont start the ics service will not start so if any one can help me with this it will be great, i even try system restore and my computer will not let me restore

Hey guys. New here. I recently had some computer troubles about three weeks or a month ago. When I started the computer up one day I had found that the computer suddenly had a 16-color display and 640 x 480 resolution. (I think that was the resolution) And I could …

Hey what is the best free pop-up blocker I can download for Internet Explorer for Windows ME?

When i visit pages internet explorer isn't caching anything in my temp internet folder. i have had this problem before and clearing the cache fixed it but now ive emptied the cache many times restarted my computer and ive had this problem for a while now. ive tried moving the …

Hi please could you tell me how to protect (lock with password) a folder on windows xp. Reason being is i have work on there and my son goes on to pc and do not want him deleting or accessing files. So i want to put a password on there …

Having problems opening pages on IE and Firefox. Use AOL and no problem with this. Particular problem with links from sites - just will not open - not just one site. One example - trying to book trains via trainline.com - can do with AOL browser, but not with IE …

I'm using win XP pro sp2. I have just downloaded the latest updates from the ms update page for XP. Now i can't use adaware or nort utilities(system works 2003) cause my PC shows a blue memory dump screen. I have reinstalled Norton and adaware but still no good. The …

Okay, this is driving me crazy. I recently purchased a segate 200 gig hard drive for my windows 98 second edition system (I am using a pentium III computer with a asus cusl2 motherboard). When I first installed the segate hard drive, I only could access the first 132 GIG. …

My computer is running very slow... THe CPU usage is at like 100% constantly... Can you guys help me out? :?:

I have a Windows 2000 profesional and when I turn the computer on it asks me to type in a username and a password, I put the user name and the password and it says that the old password has expires and it doesn't log in. I try typing Administrator …

[font=Century Gothic][color=purple]hey[/color][/font] [font=Century Gothic][color=purple] i got an mp3 player ('MOSMP028- ministry of sound') this xmas, but my computer doesn't like it too much. the disk i got with the player has a program, like windows media player, to send music to the player, but apparently (according to windows) no drivers. …

Recently I have offered to fix two friends' computers that were jacked up from spyware. I tried spybot, ad aware, Microsofts anti spyware app, spwsweeper and XP's system restore. None of it worked. System Restore could not restore, Norton (with the latest defs) could not finish it's scan and the …

Can somebody please tell me how you go about getting past the login screen for XP when nobody knows the password. An employee was recently "let go" and in the process changed the admin. passwords so nobody can get into the system. What do I do to remove this password …

Hi all, Hope that somebody can help me with this as I am really at my wits end! I've just been rebuilding my system from scratch. One minor point, the new Windows XP install insists on formatting both my HDs to 18.6 GIG, where as previously it did not have …

Hi every one, im just another stuoid nubie and ive got a few dumb questions for you all who probably know ablot more about nero then me... i just got a dvd burner the other day and it came with nero startsmart program and i would really like some one …

I have windows ME on this computer and I like to put Windows 2000 can you tell me what steps I will need to do. Will need a step by step help newbee here joe

I updated XP with service pack 2. No apparent problems except in Windows Explorer under the windows header there are now a number of files in blue. Most are text files with 0kb but some are descriptors of the install process, most with the $ prefix. Can these tbe deleted …

My pc components are: 1) Motherboard - ASUS A7V600 - X 2) Hardisk - SATA Maxtor 80.0G 3) Display - ASUS 9200 SE... My problem is, the os - win XP is always corrupt.... repeat and repeat... Almost 20++ times i re-format & re-install the os just in 3 months …