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My Laptop Specs: **i3 2.40Ghz 2048MB RAM Sony VAIO E Series Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 64-bit OS** I had tried installing **Microsoft SQL Server 2008** for about 3 times now on my laptop. I still can't install it. Please help me. What to do? I really need the software for …

Hi, I'm new to the forum, and I have a Dell Inspiron 14 laptop with a touchpad problem. When I use the touchpad, it would highlight everything and click all the buttons when I move the cursor over something. It's like I'm pressing the left button selecting constantly, while obviously …

Hi, I'm having problem transferring my mails in my second account from Outlook Express to Mozilla Thunderbird. I already transfer all my mails in my primary account and it's so easy (Import options of Mozilla Thunderbird). But I can't find or I don't know how to import my mails from …

Hi all. I keep getting the little yellow shield to install sevearl updates. The Installation status reads like this... Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP x86 (KB979909) (update 2 of 8)... failed! Installing Microsoft …

my friend is having a problem with his pc. he says its xp service pack 3 but is not sure if its home or pro. he says one day he logs on and gets to blue screen and then computer logs right back off. he mentions that the blue screen …

my computer shows black screen , if you save wallpaper it disapper after a time and ther are some word at the right down corner of the screen says 'this type of window is not gunuine'

Is there a software that can run two instances of windows 7 or windows 8 seperated onto two monitors and running/connected only two one desktop computer. Im not talking about hyper v or extended display. Im looking for the monitors thats running differently from one another. Can anybody help me …

Hello, anyone knows a media player, similar to the old WMP 11 - which had the taskbar toolbar, to be used with Windows 7? The current WMP12 does not support this feature :(

I want to do Medical transcription practice at home but it can be worked only in Windows XP Professional. I have installed Windows 7 earlier. Now I have uninstall Windows 7 and installed XP Professional. But I want to install Windows 7 also for my other works. Can I install …

Hi, i am using windows 7 32 bit there is no sound throgh speakers while viewing youtube and live stream, but i can hear through head phone but with out head phone there no voice from speakers, but the speakers are in good working condition. i am using mozilla fire …

When I installed Wamp server 2.2 in my pc which is running on windows 8, I’m having a problem regarding phpmyadmin and when i open it says that “it cannot access the phpmyadmin”. I tried to open http://localhost and http://127.0.0.1 but it also not working. Can any one tell me …

I am wondering how to copy files in cmd, but it isn't that simple. I know how to copy normally, but I would like to combine multiple items(Which I also know how to do). My problem comes in when I try to organize the files into folders My file structure …

A few weeks ago, I noticed that when I went to Yahoo Maps to look for directions, the site had me listed as a resident of Herndon, VA. I live in Sherman Oaks, CA. When I attempted to changed this default (that I did not apply), Yahoo told me that …

I can't get IE10 on Windows 8 keep the address of my desired Home page. I want to use google.com as the home page, I go to Internet Options, Use Current Page as home page, then save. It works for only a few minutes before reverting back to blank address. …

I don't know one other person who likes Vista better than 7. For that matter I don't even know anyone who likes Vista. I just don't like the way 7 is setup, it feels like they tried to do too much. I'm on W7 here at work but at home …

Hi everyone, I'm desperately looking for 2 programs that do the following things: Program 1: It's a video player that has the option to display the creation date of the video which is being played, but on the video itself! Program 2: It's a photo viewer that can display the …

I have Windows 7 Professional. I bought it in 2010 and it have never bothered me until when it started complaining. I have found that where I bought they did install Using their own product key but did give all Computers DVDs (XPSP3, Win 7 Pro et al). The Disks …

Ok I have the hwnd to a process I am wanting to perform my memory scan on. Here is the problem and why I am making this program. I am looking for address X??????? which contains value 5555 the problem is address X??????? constantly changes when the program is executed. …

Hello, anyone can help me create a .bat file, which will need to copy a .fdb file from a shared folder on one computer to another share on another pc over my LAN network? The .bat needs to be scheduled as well, is it best to use the windows 7 …

I believe it is sort of ironic that my name is TechSupportGeek, since I only seem to be asking questions for the greater part of the last year and a half. :) Anyway, on to the problem now, during a cold boot, my computer screen starts flickering like crazy at …

this is two weeks i cannot access my yahoo account because i have forgot my secret question please help me because i used this mail address address for a long time i have send many mail to yahoo customer care to resolved my problem nothing is done so when i …

I am using outlook express but it is not working properly . So, anybody suggest something for it.

Hello lately i'm getting errors running games that i've downloaded and I just don't understand what's happening. I get Entry Point not found in ntll.dll on one program and entry point not found Procedure Point RestoreLastError errors in kernel32.dll I'm using Windows 2000 SP4 and the games i'm playing say …

Hi All, Am not able to access my D drive. Am getting the I/O error while accessing it. Please help me as I have all my files on this drive. Am using Windows 7. Please find the screen shots for reference.

hi... I had encountered a problem with ms office. I had uninstalled the older ms office then when I want to install the new one, I had encountered an error during setup. It says that "error 1935. An error occurred during the installation of assembly component{D825F1F0-87AB-11DB-A54F-0090278A1BB8}. HRESULT:0x80070020." I hope someone …

I NEED TO FIND WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE PRODUCT KEY FOR IBM LAPTOP THINK PAD T43

I have tried many options outlook provided, but it still doesn't work. the error box heep prompting up asking me to verify the pop server, my account, and password, after I confirm it, it come up again. when I cancel it, then the dialing prcoess ended with error sugestion.---that the …

Actuallly the matter is that i have downloaded an mp3 file from internet and it automaticaly got converted into MS-Dos application file .now how can i convert back it into mp3 file

My pc shut down out of the blue. Am getting the proverbial "Windows did not start successfully" message upon attempting to start it. You know....black screen with white text, giving you several options on starting back up. Regardless of any option I choose, it shuts back down after chossing that …

Ok, wow, so my computer decided that for some reason the explorer.exe file was a virus and decided to delete it. Now I have no desktop, no taskbar, no icons, NO WINDOWS EXPLORER!! I don't want to reboot my computer because I don't have a backup of all the info …

Being in a tired state of mind I had gone to clear out my recycle bin as I usually do that I didn't realize until too late that I had clicked AVG delete instead of "Empty Recycle Bin". I went under AVG Undelete and restored the files but I can't …

hello everyone here, I have deleted the office system, but outlook is still there and could run itself, I am not sure that I deleted office compeletely or not, I deleted it from add/delete of control panel, now I can't find outlook in add/delete control panel, but it still could …

A message comes up saying Setup cannot continue because a required file is either corrupted or not available. Run Setup again from the original disc or download location. But I went to Microsoft and downloaded it again but nothing happened! What should I do to uninstall it???

i have finger print in my laptop bt it doesn't work i have tried to update my window 7 bt no help , the fist window was vista

Hello everybody, this is my first post! I am so stuck. I'm using Windows 98SE and IE6 SP1 with a broadband internet connection. When i go to access my hotmail account either through [url]www.hotmail.com[/url] or through the link on my msn it starts loading as usual but nothing comes up …

I cannot boot into my Windows version due to a virus, I was able to boot into another partitioned copy of Windows and access msconfig, which I then selected the virus ridden partitioned and checked "safeboot minimal" but DID NOT select "make change permanant". However now when I boot up …

There's a .mkv movie that woked fine on my computer and played, but when I put it on my desktop it crashed windows explorer constantly. Even when I restared it straight away says windows explorer has crashed. How do i fix it?

my PC was installed a software which is developed by China telecom, I don't want it at all, and maybe it can scan my PC. but I can't remove or delete it. I try to open my PC in safe mode, and delete it, but it seems that I don't …

After wasting much of the afternoon trying to find a way to install Windows Updates automatically WITHOUT all the crud of the useless "automatic maintenance", I've come to a dead end. I know that M$, the hallowed Fruit Company and Google are trying desperately to dumb computers down so that …

[SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Garamond]Lately i've been getting error messages in my Internet Explorer windows. It only lets me go so far and then i'll get an error message no matter what im doing. The message usually reads: "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" then I have to close all …

Hi, I have a big problem with slow Internet on one computer. This problem started to occur about 2 weeks ago now. The problem I am having is that I am getting really slow speeds however it is only on my main computer. Every device in the house Is run …

OK here is the 1 million dollar question for super gurus only.A few months ago I had the stupid idea of installing Performersoft LLC,because my pc performance was not too good, so I thought that maybe I needed some update like drivers etc.When I realized I didn't need it, I …

my host is XP sp2 , and virtual box guest is XP SP3. i want to access the guest from the host. I read and felt that a host-only network is what i want.( ill be using it to use database loaded on guest from the host). i googled it …

I face blue screen problem in my windows can any one help me how recovery my windows so please suggest me i am so worries about ......

when i was saving my word document, it sudenly changed to some languge i cannot understand i guess it is chinese language. I suspect it could be virus attack. please help on how to recover my document back to english.

Hello all it has been awhile since i have been on here. I have a problem that I am having trouble with. here it is I have Sbs 2003 with four client running win xp pro 3 are 32bit one is 64 bit. I had a server problem recently that …

what is the best app for making music and movies with your simple laptop

Hi All, I recently downloaded and installed Mozilla Thunderbird to use as my email program, as a step up from browser-based email. However, the program requires a incoming and outcoming server input. I'm fairly sure about the incoming server.. it's the outcoming that worries me. Should it be the server …

Hi All I am sure this has been discussed multiple times. I have searched the forum and found nothing like my problem. I have windows server 2003 it runs a incremental backup everyday. but on saturday it runs a normal(full) backup. during the week it runs fine. on the weekend …

my vm windows server 2008 dhcp. didn't distribute ip addresses to my vms xp clients. their network connection was "host-only adapter". i tried to log-in some users and checked ipconfig. but their ip address is the same as the ip i assigned them. what mistake did i do? tell me …