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What problems will I have in replacing the hard drive in an XP system That is the only hardware change but will I have to reinstall XP or can I clone it with Ghost or Partition Magic
I need help too ...Can anyone help... Can anyone please help me. I have a Packard Bell Computer and have all the books but the Windows 98 book with the authenticity code on it. I reformatted the computer and guess what?? You got it, it asked for the Authenticity code …
A relitive was told to delete his corrupt xp profile, he was not told to back up first,,, he says he can not find any of the digital pics he had saved under his old profile, so, has xp just deleted his profles association with the files or deleted the …
Sometimes my P.C just turns itself off and starts re-booting. Then a message comes up. It says: One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. Then I have to wait while it does the check. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
I have a D-Link Router/Switch set up and I have my desktop which connects fine at 100.0 MBps but on my other desktop with has a longer CAT-5 cable, connects fine but only at 10.0 MBps and user reports very slow, is that a Ethernet card problem, CAT-5 problem or …
Here is my problem....My sound will not work for MP3's, wmv's, or avi's in Windows Media Player or Winamp. However, WMP and WinAmp will play midi files and my mp3's will work in Quicktime. When I try to start a wmv or avi file in WMP...the movie will play but …
I'm trying to put together: MOTHERBOARD MB ABIT® IC7-G i875/ICH5-R chipset, Socket 478, 800MHz BUS, ATX format, Intel® P4, audio, Gigbit LAN on board CPU Intel P4 - 2.4 GHz 512kcache socket 478 - 800 FSB RAM DDRAM 512MB PC400 APACER® CL2.5 HD MAXTOR® DiaMaxPLUS® 160GB 8MB CACHE SERIAL ATA …
hello from a geek wannabe: I was trying to help a friend fix her computer, brought it over to my house hooked it up and everything was fine, xp started, I was able to install programs (let me back up--after someone else reinstalled xp on her computer, she got a …
Hi. I'm new here and I need help. We have an IBM computer. Because of some problems we were having my husband put windows millennium on the computer. Unfortunately, it made our problems worse. Nothing will work right and we can't uninstall because we can't find it. We want o …
I have a problem when I try to install Windows updates I keep getting this error: Ox80070424 and a message that due to an error the page requested cannot be displayed. Also I cannot enable my automatic Windows updates feature. Does anyone know what the problem might be. Any help …
Hello. I was kind of curious as to how to get my autorun on my CDROM Drive to run again. I have to go into the CD now and try to find the Setup file or whatever I need... I like having the computer do it for me :cheesy: Any …
I have recently purchased windows xp home version update. can I successfully delete the windows me files and not jepordize the new installation??...Thanks in advance!
How on earth do i get rid of the pop up [url]http://wwwadblaster2.info[/url] from my screen. Every time i do something on the computer this pop up comes on and u cannot do anything until u click yes or no to get rid of it.This is the site it come from …
I will admit that I know next to nothing about computers, so if this is a stupid question or has already been asked, so be it. The trouble is, a couple of websites that I used to visit regularly will not come up. I get the old 'Action Canceled' message …
My problem is I can't connect to any secure websites. When we type in the URL the page comes up as " Page cannot be displayed" OR it will go to a browser direct search engine. We have even searching for the site on Yahoo or Google and when we …
I'm having problems with my Dell notebook running Win XP Home (Original; came with the laptop). Not sure if it's a security problem; have run spybot S&D and turns up DSO exploit which keeps on coming back. I'm not sure if that's the reason for the problem. Anyway, IE won't …
Thank you for having a forum for us to go when in need! I d/l the new IE 6 from microsoft, I have Windows XP. When clicking on second link in many web sites I get a Microsoft window that is blank. Also, when there is an email with a …
Ive got a hp pavilion ze5000 notebook. Its got a 2.4 ghz proccessor, 512 mb memory, ati mobility radeon graphics. Problem is that when i move a window it leaves trails behind it (not permanent, about a 0.75 second delay before they go away) and when i play a visualization …
Hello everybody, It seems like Microsoft has been making a lot of new tools to make security on your computer better. One of these is the anitspyware application that removes spyware. Do you think Microsoft will be coming out with their own virus protection software? I think that would be …
Hello I keep getting waves when I scroll up or down on the screen it takes forever to to both someone help plz THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
hello all.........I'm bad about skipping the windows updates, but a couple of days ago I installed the updates, and since then I've noticed some changes. Me and my wife are the only users of this computer, so I've never set up other users. Now when I start up, I had …
Hello everyone here is my problem i upgraded my pc from WINDOW ME to WINDOW XP and now I cant watch dvd's and I tried even WINDOW MEDIA PLAYER 10 and still wont play and also since I upgraded i cant play video games and both things worked when I …
I'm not a techie person, so easy on your replies : I have Windows 98 I connect to the internet via AOL I use both IExplorer and Netscape I'm getting LOW RESOURCES msg and the computer locks up (everything). The only way to temporarily repair the problem is to reboot. …
Hello all I recently took honourship of a shiny new decent spec PC. After running IE for years I thought Id go to Firefox to see what all the fuss was about. Firefox ran great initially, then I decided to input the browse faster fix described in an earlier thread. …
:lol: Hi I need some serious help, :cry: I have a BT Voyager 105 after installing SP2 I connected to the web but I cant browse I keep getting time out that’s what I was told by BT technical support staff. If I uninstalling SP2 my I can browse with …
Dear All, I need assistance with a Win XP computer on the network. I runs MS Access database applications. While working in database mulitple applications open especially blank outlook and access window pop up and slow my computer down. Can you please, help. Thanks.
Maybe someone can help. I am having trouble re-installing Kazaa. When i try to re-install, it goes to a fix it screen. Once i hit the fix tab, it says that their is an error and the program will close. Please help
internet explorer page opens all on its on at 10:51 every night.how can i fix this and what causes this to happen
hello folks I have a problem with a laptop with windows xp sp 2. whenever I try to add something to the cart and go to checkout, I find out that there is nothing in the cart. I have the pop up window blocker turned off. I am using the …
For several weeks I have been inundated with a constant flow of windows popping up called 69sexsearch.com. Unlike most occassional pop-ups, this one will completely take over my screen, opening as many as 40 windows in an instant. Despite closing them out immediately, they will open again at an even …
(I have some questions here about hard drives and software reformatting hard drives. I am a novice and have no education in computers other than self learning) Awhile back I had what I thought was a hard drive failure. My hard drive went corrupt during the night running maintenance. It …
first of all, i bought my computer used from ebay, it came with windows 2000 already installed. i have no CD to reinstall. recently i downloaded a registry cleaner thingy and i think it erased something important. when i start up my computer it never fully loads, it goes through …
I'm having a problem here with Windows XP, IE, and Yahoo messenger. They all tell me to enable Java Scripting. The problem is, my java scripting IS enabled. One user told me I may have some damaged .dll files. I replaced the following: regsvr32 SHDOCVW.dll regsvr32 BROWSEUI.dll regsvr32 browselc.dll regsvr32 …
Having puchased new computer, I gave 3 year old other computer to my wife. Installed new program [multipedia] ok and rebooted as requested. From then on after booting it requested the win 98se coa I.D., which unfortunately I have lost. I have contacted the supplier for the I.D. but no …
I have a hotmail email address but the problem is that when I log into the account, I mean entering user name and passwords, the email page does not come out. I don't know what is happening. Please comrades help.
Hello everyone My brother has an original window xp cd and I want to burn it and make my own copy how do I do That and do I burn it as a image file or what kind and what kind of program would be good to do so? THANK …
When I click on a hyperlink in an e-mail message using Outlook Express The panel gets hightlight but Internet explorer is not opened. I am using win XP :sad:
Last two days when trying to shut down Windows ME I get error occurred ERROR: OE: O18F : BFF8E64B. How do I find out,how to correct?
Hey All, I have been burning DVD's for some time. Let me correct that. I have been burning "coasters" for some time. The DVD's just pixelate and are distored and skip forward. My brother (who burns successfully) says it is the media. I bought some cheapo disks from SuperMediastore.com. Well …
I have a 160 gig HD. I need a little space on it for some FAT & FAT32 stuff. My XP is on C: which is Partition2 and my Recovery Console is on D: Partition1 of the drive. I tried to partition a piece of C: for the space but …
I have no idea what I did, but the word processing tools in my outlook express have grayed out and become inaccessible. and when i go online, i cannot type into the search, username or password windows. any ideas, someone?
hey, i have a few problems which have really been affecting me and my computer, firstly i think serious files have been deleted from my computer as i cant run some programs (the program applications show the command prompt window but either say error, terminate or the jus blink an …
Hi, I just had a simple question about my Operating System Disk. I am planning to purchase an extra COA licence for XP Pro but the COA is only for OEM XP CD's. now, if my dell computer came preinstalled with XP Pro, is the reinstallation disk for the operating …
I'm having a strange problem here. Windows XP, if I click on search under start...I get a blank page. If I click on system restore I get a blank page. When I try to use Yahoo messenger, It doesnt display my text in the IM box. When I go to …
Hi guys, I am writing to ask help as I have problems of modifying the outlook expresses on different computers so that they could share the same WAB. The situation is like this: I have two computers(Computer1 & computer2), both have outlook express. But only Computer1 has all the contacts. …
I hear the error sound every time I boot or re-boot my computer and have no idea how to check this problem. I'm running Windows XP, and I think it may be some of the screenshots I've downloaded from the internet as backgrounds for my desktop, but I really don't …
We are trying to switch from Windows ME to Windows XP. Keeps coming up with errors? Is there a secret?
Hi, I have recently rebuilt my Dell Latitude laptop from Windows 98 to Windows 2000. My problem is that when I reboot the laptop, it freezes on the Windows 2000 splash screen. The problem does not arise when I do a shut down and start. I have adjusted the power …
I had some problems a few days ago that screwed with my Office 2002. Nothing would work and instead it would prompt to install using Proplus.msi. I used System Restore to get everything back to normal. All Office programs are now working but these prompts to install Office still are …
hi i got an ipod for my birthday but run windows98. can anybody help me? thanx a lot
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