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When I start up my comp win98, P-III, HP Printer, HP-Scanner, Pinacle TV Card Attached. it says [COLOR=Sienna]windows protection error, press any key [/COLOR] to restart. whenI prss any key, it just shuts down. Then, when I turn it back on, it gives me startup options (you know, start in …

Just recently i replaced a harddrive with a new one, and well i made the stupid mistake of not taking the files i wanted off the hard drive before i removed it. well i put the new one in, got my machine all setup and stuff, but i then realized …

My husband just finished upgrading two computers using a Elitegroup L4VXA2 motherboard in each. He installed Win XP Pro on both computes but now , after all updates are applied, the computers won't power off when I choose Start/Shut Down. He installed Win 98SE first, to recover some files and …

This is not a 'signing in issue'. I get: problems with this webpage might prevent it from displaying or functioning properly etc.etc, everytime I try to "forward","reply" or "new message" in msn messenger 6.2 mail. I have configured my firewall with sp2, followed steps at jonathankay.com and support.microsoft.com. Anyone here …

HI! im new to daniweb i signed up today to find out what the hell is wrong with my computer it is causing me distress. i have aol broadband 9.0 aol may or may not be the cause of this (i use IE to browse) i cant log onto certain …

well i get these annoying sounds from my computer, i ahve reinstalled the sound card but it didint help. i hear it when anytime that a sound should be played, such as mp3's, videos, windo sounds, etc. they are repeasting sounds that jsut go on until i stop the song …

I'm sure there's a simple answer to this persistent problem and I hope that someone can enlighten me with their knowledge. Last week, my computer (running windows xp) suddenly stopped communicating with my printer (hp laserjet 4L) after I attempted to print an e-mail through netscape. The printer status line …

Hi ,XP PRO,3 users,2 have a active bar on the left side ,same as the active one in mycomputer and Windows manager window .It just appeard one day months apart on the 2 users ,can't get rid of it anyone know how!1 see attachec picture .

Hi there, Whenever windows starts up, a box apperars with the title "cannot find shell.dll" and then when I click "close", a deep blue "help" box comes up with nothing in it. Can anyone tell me what this stuff, is, and how I might remove it? I don't really understand …

:-| Every site i try to get on aol or internet explorer i cannot get onto it, i only see Connecting to site 205.188.146.146. ,and then the action canceled site and that internet explorer cannot connect to the site and that it may be temporarily unavailable. please help!!! thanks

I cannot scandisk or defrag my computer because it freezes it. I have just reinstalled win 98se over itself again due to an explorer error upon start up. That seemed to do the trick but I still cannot defrag or scan. I am just trying to get everything straight here. …

i was wondering if there is a way to put a rules wizard into a logon script so a rule created by one person can be pushed to everyone over the network. everybody is running w2k pro on their desktops, we are running w2k server on all our servers with …

I have a problem with adobe 6.0.1... I have a CD from school, and when i insert it, opens up, but after a certain page, you cannot proceed further... Tell me what info u need to know to help me.

When i click to open Paint some error comes up telling me that it has performed and illegal operation...... The details are the following: MSPAINT caused an invalid page fault in module MFC42.DLL at 016f:6c37f9eb. Registers: EAX=00000000 CS=016f EIP=6c37f9eb EFLGS=00010202 EBX=00680c94 SS=0177 ESP=0056f91c EBP=0056f940 ECX=00007fff DS=0177 ESI=00691330 FS=1247 EDX=000163a4 ES=0177 …

I have Windows XP SP2, Toshiba laptop. Well, after doing some scans with spybot, and ad-ware, and after restarting my computer. I noticed mostly everything is appearing italicized(all this stuff I am typing is also italicized (for me)). I really don't know what happened, all of a sudden everything is …

I got a US robotics internal modem it worked fine about a month ago. Then I tried it to day and it says no dial tone, if I unplug the phone and plug it back in I get dial tone on the phone. If I try to dial out agian …

I was having problems with my monitor so I ordered a new NEC hooked it up and restarted the computer. Than I found out that it wasn't the monitor at all had the same real grainy bad color in the screen. So I figured it was the Video adapter. So …

In windows word for windows xp service pack 2 mine starts with track changes on. This is very annoying can some one share with me on how to keep this from happening

Running Win 2K SP4. My problem is that when I click Start-Run... and type in a program name such as regedit, I get - "Cannot find the file 'regedit' (or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available." Yet …

hello when i sign into my msn it says this "WE ARE SORRY WE COULDNT SIGN YOU IN BECAUSE THE SIGN IN NAME OR PASSWORD IS INCORRECT OR DOESNT EXIST" what does this mean i know that i have the right password and sign in name. I went to sign …

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Schedule Tasks in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]With Scheduled Tasks, you can schedule any script, program, or document to run at a time that is most convenient for you. Scheduled Tasks starts every time that you start …

Hi there. I've been trying to access this site all day today [url]http://www.fans-of-mcleods.com/[/url] it usually works for me. But today all the images appear as those stupid "x" 's . Everyone else who I've spoken to says that the site works fine for them. I'm the only one having a …

For some reason when I try to create a new desktop icon, it appears on my acutal desktop not as an icon, but as an exe. file. None of the new icons work at all, and I can't delete any of them b/c it says that they are right protected! …

as the description says im having problems installing windows 95, im trying to install the OS on a compaq LTE 5100 with a swapable floppy and cd-rom drive, heres where it gets sticky the hard drive is already formatted so i dont have the cd rom drivers any more and …

I'm rather stuck on how to troubleshoot this issue: I'm running WinXP PRO SP1 with an 80 gig SATA HD, OCR 512MB on an NF7-S V.2 mainboard and an AMD 1.8GHz processor. I'm at a point now that in order for me to boot in Normal Mode I need to …

My Internet Explorer gives me a Can't Find Server or DNS Error message. I am using FireFox in addition, which continues to work. They both worked together for some time, but then IE stopped working. Not sure what started the problem. Here is some background info: IE 6.0 Windows 98 …

I seem to have changed language some of the buttons are in greek! the folders and icons are ok the keyboard is ok just buttons e.g. when I shut down or right click a folder I can't read all the buttons? anyone have an idea how to get it right …

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Please help! I have an AMD ATHLON 1 GHZ ADVENT PC running Windows Me, when i try to boot it up i only get to the first Athlon Screen where it should start the memory check but it just sticks there. Cd ad CD rewriter lights come on but no …

alright heres the scoop my comp is down sadly and it wont load up windows or even safe mode so i want to format my disk or reinstall xp see if that works but the disk wont showl up since i have a os installed and i cant bring it …

I installed XP on a new drive and used the wrong serial number. I then went to reinstall but didn't reformat. Now I have all these weird directories that I can't get rid of. Any ideas? Thanks, Derek

Where can I find drivers for an Intel I430VX? I have already tried the intel website, they don't have it/support it any more. I haved in numerous places, but all I can find is a BIOS flash. Anyone help me out?

Okay. First of all. Im new to the forum so i'd like to say hiya! Alrighty, Down to business now :D I am yet another person with system.ini problems. The whole thing started when i tried to format my computer. An error came up, and there was nothing i can …

When my computer starts up I get a message that say.... common name tool bar /cnbabe did not start properly then I click OK.. now when I try to use my msconfig it only pops up on the screen for about 1 sec and dissapears,I think it is because off …

When I go to msconfig and then startup,I was just wondering if there is a website or something that tells you what all the stuff means at startup....example Dumprep 0 -k %systemroot\system..... I have no idea what this is,just wondering if there is anywere I could go to find what …

my sister's computer runs very slow. it's very new and she only uses it to check her email....it uses a 56K modem so it's not high speed. Dimension 8200 Series, Pentium 4 Processor 1.7GHz "it's still running slow. It seems like there's a gazillion applications running, even right after I …

Hello, Same as Roda but, I am having problem with my IIS on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. I've been trying to create a virtual directory from a shared folder [B]on another Drive (NTFS) than the root Drive[/B]. After the directory was created, I see the red ERROR icon on the …

Does anyone know how to delete the automatic links to previous search requests on IE 6 search bar. Whenever I create a new search, the search bar will automatically bring up previous searches (alphabetically) i.e. if I type in the word automotive, as the first letter A is typed, the …

Hello I have Windows 98 on my laptop computer, and still do, but it started to messing up, and I am in need of installing it again. What do you suggest? And what is the best way to go about doing it? I dont have a reconfiguation disk. Your help …

:?: what would prevent my task scheduler service, like MAINTANCE WIZARD-SANDISK-DEFRAGMENTATION-DISK CLEANUP,to stop before these tasks are complete,is there a program running somewhere tha t i can't or don't see,not real computer savvy, can someone assist me.

Can't seem to defrag hard drive under Win XP - SP2. Some error message abt the MS mgmt console comes up instead. Was fine before SP2 installation. Have plenty of free space so that's not the problem. Any ideas? Kurt :rolleyes:

I recently bought a second-hand computer. The specs (that I'm aware of) are: AMD Athlon 1600+ XP 256 Mb SDRAM 20 GB HDD Nvidia 440 OS XP Home Version 2002 (including SP1, (SP2 has recently been installed from CD)) When it was delivered it appeared to be functioning perfectly. A …

I'm using internet explorer, and fighting spyware and all the other little nasties out there. I noticed in the security forum that some folks have started using Firefox, and problem solved. I've been a bit scared to change something I'm used to, but now at work we are switching to …

i had problems installing linux and the boot loader would not show up so i ran the xpcd and had to install xp over the linux boot loader. So i still have linux on my pc and dont have a way to get it off (i.e partition manager) and i …

I am on my son's computer because mine has serious problems... I am running Windows ME and IE 6.......... I keep getting the cannot display page error....... My 56k dial up connects fine but it seems to stop recieving shortly after I connect, it seems to be sending fine...... Usually …

I use ie 6 and windows xp home. i have the sutocomplete checked but it won't save any of my paswords....can anyone help me to resolve this.... chandy :cry:

Hi all, When clicking 'start' I have an otion titled 'My Recent Documents' which list all the recent files I've just looked at. I'm using XP. I don't particularly wish the recent files to be available to be displayed. How do I get rid of this annoying option being listed …

Hi There, I've seen this problem here at work on two PC's and OS's for over a year and only just figured out what was causing it a couple days ago. Basically, when I use IE with the Google toolbar activated I can only navigate to one or two pages …

I am looking at buying a computer,but I have no idea what all the stuff means,so I was hopeing some off you could tell me if it is good or not IBM 6794-DE2-JJMF34_10 NET VISTA-P4 2.0GHz/256KB 512 MB,40 GB,1.44, 16X DVD,10/100,nVIDE 650$ CANADIAN Any suggestions or comments would be really …

my IE keeps shutting down on me when ever I try to play a game at my favorite site. this has only been happening for the last month or so!. I have reslicked the harddrive a few days ago so I know there are no virus or spy wear.. But …