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Sorry if this has been covered previously.... Have an Gateway Essential 500 with DVD, burner, zip drive. I have a 20 gig HD in it and have purchased a 120 gig HD. I would like to use thw 20 gig as a slave but there a no additional connections on …
Hi all, running a windows 2000 domain, with 2000 adv server on DC's and XP Pro clients. Proxy server and home page for Internet Explorer 6 sp1 is set via group policy, but it fails to apply for new users after a change to the GPO that applies it (we …
Hi all I have had this problem for months now and I just can't seem to fix it. I have posted to a couple of other forums but they have been of no help. I am running xp professional, sp2, IE6 and Mozilla Firefox, adaware, AVG, Spyware doctor. I receive …
OS: WIN 98SE Location: my Office WE are doing this program (I'm sure that your kid has heard of it) caleed Accellereated Reader and STAR. WEll, we transferred the students from one schoo to another (6th to 7th) and now when I try to export the files, I get this …
Here it goes. I had been doing some video editing. I left my machine because it was taking a long time. When I came back avg virus program was on and said it had encountered a virus. I know for a fact it had not but something in one of …
:cheesy: :sad: Hello Everybody!! I really hope somebody can help me!! I used to be able to look at this site: [url]www.wayoftherodent.com[/url] and then all of a sudden I was unable to, getting the message I've used as title of this thread. I just couldn't work out what the problem …
Outlook Express will not save sent emails in the Sent Box The option is checked. I have unchecked it. Restarted and rechecked the option. There were about 6000+ emails in the sent box. I deleted about 3000 to see if was a size issue and nada. Any suggestions would be …
Hi, I have a huge problem in when working in Word 2003. Let's say I open a new document and type these 3 lines: My name is Tony I am 25 years old My car is black Then I select the line "I am 25 years old" and want to …
My computer running xp froze and I rebooted. It then did not recognize my password so I rebooted again. This time it took my password and loaded windows but with no icons and then an error message popped up saying the computer will shut down in 1 minute and a …
My friend runs a Windows ME computer. One problem - There are no toolbars available in Explorer view. OK if I select the default 'Open' view to browse folders - the toolbars are available. This is probably a regedit change - any ideas, people? :sad: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=32#[/url] Sad
I'm running a Dell Inspiron 600m laptop with XP SP 2 (640MB RAM). Have had no problems up until very recently. When I open IE6 it will load and show me my start page, but then almost immediately quits/shuts down. Thank heavens for Firefox or I would not even be …
Hello Guys! Can I ask a "beginner question"? Is defrag supposed to last 3 days? I had to cancel my last one because it never ended, it went on and on, night and day. . .is there a way to "speed it up"? Will it last longer the more I …
Ok, I used to have my pc all nice and happy, then when I reformated my PC today, (Which I do about once a month due to lots of issues) Windows is showing up with only 2 harddrives, yet I have 4. Please help me, all my reformatting tools are …
i have set up a ics connection the client can browse the internet exept mail servers such as yahoo.com and hotmail.com. We both usin' Windows 98SE wat is wrong w/ our ICS?? why can't the client browse the mail servers such as yahoo and hotmail [u]only[/u]?? please help Thanks in …
i keep getting popups in IE even after running ad-aware..spyware and other various spyware/adware detectors. I ran Hijackthis and came up with this report. Know some things i shouldnt remove but not sure about some other. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at …
For some reason, when I log on certain sites. I ca see there is like a menu but,,all I see is a red X in a box! Also some collage sites when I try to chat, I get there graphics etc but,, there chat applet never loads. I use Win …
I've tried everything I know and searched all kinds of message boards and talked to all kinds of tech support people on the phone. I still cannot connect to the internet. The NIC and the modem are coming up under "Unknown" with a yellow exclaimation mark. Someone on another board …
I'm trying to network 2 computers together the wireless way. I have a router and the networking cards. I cannot figure this out, though. It can't dial into my ISP. I know it can be done because I have read about it on several sites, so if anyone could walk …
Hello, is there a CD that contains Microsoft's Security updates? I recently had to reload my Win XP with a disk from 2002. The minute I plugged in my DSL modem, I was flooded with pop ups, spyware and eventially something that cut me off from the internet all together. …
ok first, u will ned the following: - Quick Time Player - a song or any audio whithout video (.rm, .mp3, "not sure about others") steps: open the audio file using Quick timePlyr then file -> export export as (movie to 3G) although its not a movie but it changed …
Ok my computer is pretty much dying. My mouse keeps skipping up to the top left corner of my screen and double clicking. I took an icon out of the top left corner to solve this problem but it still clicks when i open folders and stuff and then it …
after running for a while,new pc shuts down and says; STOP: 0x0000008e (0xc0000005,0x8056eba4, 0xf634d9vv,0x60000000,0xfd489cc) can any one help???
I have a Hewlett Packard 656c printer and having problems with my usb. It will not detect it. I have downloaded my software. When i insert my usb cord to my printer it wont work. Im using Windows 98 SE. Please help!!
When we add printers on our clients PC's we use Find Printers and then search by Location. Our print server is Win 2000 and the clients are in XP Pro. For the last month when we attempt our search, the printers no longer appear. We can browse to the printers …
Hi everyone, i have a motorola surfboard cable modem, and in the device manager i get the message:The device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device (Code 31). I have tried updating to the newest driver, which didn't work, and i also removed …
I have XP on a machine and it has a working dial-up account. I can access the internet and update Spybot and Ad-aware but both internet explorer and firefox refuse to bring up a website. The XP firewall has been disabled and Zone Alarm is installed. I disabled Zone Alarm …
All I want to do is replace my old winXP logon screen with a new screen. I have done everything correct over and over for two hours now. The bottom line is that each time I try to copy the new logonui.exe file into the system32 folder and delete the …
I have a very weird problem, so weird that I've not been able to find even one single instance of anyone else experiencing it. You know how when you install a new program on your system, typically at the end of installation the program will automatically create a program group …
I am trying to do an Fdisk/format on my friend's laptop. There is no floppy drive available. Is there a way I can use the CD Rom to do the procedure? In the past I have always used a WIN98 Start up disk - am unsure how to proceed since …
I am trying to access a site where it tells me I need to adjust my cookie setting. I have done everything possible, including allowing all cookies, and rebooting but I still get the same error. Is there a solution or am I looking at reinstalling IE?
:rolleyes: I have Norton Antivirus, and I am properly registered. I do not have any problems going online but when the Norton Antivirus tries to update it tells me its unable to do it. Do you think I have a virus? Can you help me please? Thank you so much. …
. I am new to the site and I am having this problem where when i use internet explorer it always freezes everytime i click to open anything a link or another page. and the other problem on my other computer is that i can't click on anything on the …
Hi, I seem to have lost my recycle bin on my desktop, I can see it in windows explorer, but how do I restore it to the desktop??????? OS is windows XP home. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks. Bob.
Hi, For awhile now, I've been having a bit of trouble with memory references making errors. I get 1 error message, they never come at the same time, just when I shut them down. Like this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Application popup: XPCOM:EventReceiver: firefox.exe - Application Error : The instruction at "0x01bb31f3" referenced …
Recently, my UPS failed and due to a power failure , my computer shut down. Later, when i switched on my PC, disk check was executed and nothing wrong was found. i am on WIN XP SP2. The problem is , that whenever i boot my computer , disk check …
I'm sorry I couldnt find the security folder. My IE6 does not work. Here is my file Thanks in advance Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:33:55 PM, on 3/11/2005 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program …
im trying to format this computer so i tried setting it to boot from the cd rom first and i relized that i dont have that option in the bios. So i tired putting my xp cd in anyway and no luck same thing with the 98 boot disk
and when i try to download spyware and stuff people have told me to try it says You are not authorized to view this page You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials you supplied. If you believe you should be able to view …
Hello, Well, now it's my turn to receive some troubles :-| My computer is running with: Intel P4 3E GHz 1280MB of PC3200 RAM ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB WD 200 GB 7,200 RPM Intel D865PERL Motherboard The problem: Since yesterday afternoon, I've been encountering occasional freezing while simply just …
Hi all, I'm trying to understand how computers are identified by web apps and web sites. A classic example would be signing up to play poker online. The downloaded software would probably include some unique identifier for the computer which dowloaded it. I'm talking about identifiers more complex than cookies, …
"I know nothing, nothing!" :) OK, here goes: When i run Noadware on my just-acquired used PC with 98 all sorts of old illegal porn site (ad?) URLs go by. How do i get rid of these? The usual purging only disposes of recent files. Also, wheni try to post …
I recently started my computer over with Windows XP by re-installing it. However, this delted 4 of my drivers. The drivers I need to get are: USB Controller, SM Bus Controller, Multimedia Audio Controller, and Video Controller (VGA compatible). Atleast that is what drivers my computer says I need to …
I'm not sure exactly how long this has been going on but I do know that it's been a problem for at least 2 weeks now. I can't get programs that are supposed to open up new windows to work right. For example: When I go to my school's website …
My server started just started to give me the BSOD. I checked the dump file and got this Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.4.0007.2 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File [f:\mini030805-02.dmp] Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available Symbol search path is: …
Hi folks, Where I can find free pdf printers other than GhostWord and pdf995 Please advise. TIA B.R. satimis
I have a Jetway motherboard with a Celeron 1.7 gig chip and onboard video card. We had problems a while ago with the display freezing up. Eventually the screen would not display during the boot process. Right now we are trying to install a new hard drive and install Windows …
Hi everybody, Alright... I am trying to get to Fortifiediron.net and every time I try I get the "operation timed out when trying to connect to..." This happened once before and I did the typical reboot and unpluged my DSl modem. Nothing worked, I statred checking all my cables and …
On boot up my comp doesn't recognise my 'D' drive. :cry: I have two Hard drives. One of which is partiotioned making the hard drive into two (C,E) The second hard drive is 'D' This has happened before and usually I just reboot the system and all is ok, but …
Hi! Does anyone know of a "Safe" (I got hit with adware after downloading something so that's what I mean by safe, a place that doesn't attach unwanted barnacles to its software) for free ware in the creative realm (paint programs, animation programs, etc.) Thanks!
As the title says,is it ok to run regedit and find these files that ad-aware,and my avg antivirus have found,and delete each one,or will i affect the running of my pc,many thanks. ;) P.S i have never had pop ups before,until i got the pc going again,and have now started …
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