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For the past twoo weeks I have not been able to e-mail properly. My contacts don't receive them until several hours later if they get them at all. Most of my messages come back with a postmaster delivery delayed message. I'm getting junk mail and other alerts. Any suggestions?

Hey, My friend just recently figured out that she was not recieving e-mails from anyone in her contact list. She was however still recieving junk mail. She asked me to help and all I could find out was that she couldn't send e-mails to anyone either. I checked her settings, …

Has anyone worked with the program Accelerated Reader

I'll be soon upgrading my computer; new motherboard, case, processor and RAM. I'm running Win2000Pro. What are the caveats in doing this. It seems on the outside, a simple matter of blanket copying all on the "C" drive to the new drive. I've been told maybe WinImage would be the …

Hey.. Does anyone have any tips on how to make my computer faster? It's really slow sometimes.. It's not a very "good" computer, my boyfriend called it "cheap piece of budget shit", but are there any ways to speed it up a bit? I defragmentated it yesterday, how often should …

When I use IE I have a problem of my computer automatically unactivating the active window.....ie, when I'm typing the window goes inactive and I have to click on it to continue. This happens each 10 seconds or so and is pretty annoying....any clue as to what could cause this …

whats the best browser for win 98, or whats your pick should i keep 98 use firefox use mozilla, or netscape. thank you.. if there are mor eyou rec. please let me kno

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hey there. First off here are my specs. OS - XP PRO mobo - ABIT IS7-g with a P4 2.6 Brand new 500w power supply 512 Mb of no name ram ( could be the problem ) Geforce 4 mx420 agp ( could be the problem ha ) hmm dunno …

i have a 1 ghz AMD duron computer with win xp and i´m trying to run this program named FLUSH that was developed in fortran 77 language, i execute the program in the DOS prompt of xp and it gives me the following error: Abnormal program termination:stack fault CS=EIP=000FH=000013EFh i …

Hello, I recently removed the 'hp center' from my hp pavilion 8984, however it seems to also have erased all the 'hp tool' links from my startup menu. Thus i cannot access application recovery or system recovery. HP want nothing to do with this as the warranty has expired. Just …

hi, i have windows 98 os, dsl internet connection and i use internet explorer version 6.0 as my browser and since yesterday, i start having problems with accessing certain websites (2-4 out of maybe 15 that i used to go everyday). i even checked these 'unavailable' websites on another computer …

After resolving my about:blank problems I have a new problem. The error message states: "Your current security settings do not allow you to send HTML forms". I was advised to add that particular site to my safe list, however, this did not resolve my problem. I have since had this …

I am running Windows XP Home Edition on my PC. I have been having a problem with links for a while now. When I click on a link in my email, or a link in a webpage that would normally open in a new IE window, my screen just flashes …

This is a very common problem so if you need help with IE read this Now first you should make sure you have the most up to date version of internet exlorer. If you dont download from microsoft.com or automatic updates. There are two problems that this tutorial will take …

ok my dad wont shut up abouut the computer, because it freezes all the time and some webpages wont load or if the site we go to has a link then i click it and nothing comes up p.s i have aol

I installed Windows ME on one computer and is shows up in 16 million colors. When I install the same thing on another computer is shows up in 16 colors. Why does it work for one and not the other. I currently have it installed on one computer with 16 …

I have an IBM Net aptiva, Windows 2000 Pro., Internet Explorer 6 SP1, running Java 2 run-time environment. My problem is like many that I've been reading through the postings. On certain websites when I click on the links nothing happens. I've been reading through the postings and tried all …

Mr Dani oh Dani where are you? Ok heres the dilly-o: Msn messenger has a feature that lets you start a program in it. Among these programs are a bunch of explicit ones that I want to get rid of. I tried reinstalling, but it didnt work. What do I …

My computer locks up out of no where for about 3 secs it randomly does this i scaned my comp about 20 times found nothing i checked what was running in the prcoesser and the ram found nothing out of the ordanray What could be wrong? I got win98

I cannot download any kind of files on my xp it says it is not logo tested but it was previously fine what wrong or missing?

Most of the time I go into internet explorer a message comes up and says "you have performed an illegal operation" and in the detail section it says "EXPLORER caused an exception eedfadeH in module BTLINK.DLL at 0167:023d68ea." Then it quits out of IE. If anyone can help please tell …

I Am Using Windows Xp.from Last 2-3 Days Windows Xp Is Not Shutting Down. Can Anyone Help?

Here's Mine: Service Pack 2 has its ups and downs. The beefed up firewall was a nice touch, but it also limited TCP/IP connections, which can cancel out filesharing. Also, I have noticed a few Windows Installer errors when I try to install a program that utilizes this service. I …

Hello, Today when I started up my machine, I found myself with a safe mode display - 16 colors and 640 x 480 resolution. I've done several scandisks (finds nothing) and re-started several times in safe and normal mode without any change. I've gone to the display settings, fixed them, …

In an attempt to connect my daughters computer to a wireless network I installed my mother's old hard drive which had the windows ME operating system on it. My hard drive had windows 98 and the wireless equiptment will not work with 98. Mom does not have the disks to …

Everytime i switch one of my pcs on i get the following message... Windows could not start beacuse the following file is missing or corrupt: <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll. Please re-install a copy of the above file. It was working file but this is what i get now. I didnt change anything …

This is a small problem but its these things that really grip me. On the main desktop on XP my icons have the old fashioned coloured box around the writing, unlike the white writing with the transparent background that it should look like. I hope you know what im on …

[font=Century Gothic]Hey, I'm searching for a personal agenda to get some reminders because of school. I've already forgotten my homework again :-| so does anyone around here know an digitized agenda with which they have had good experiences? Or knows a few good keywords for me to search with? Thanks …

I am continusouly adjusting the gamma settings of my riva tnt 2 graphics card and increasing the brightness and so on . Everything gets bright and etcetra but when a video plays in windows media player , it's extremely dark for some reason . I'm sure that it's with my …

i have almost the same problem.. when i try to start my computer it loads up normally and when the windows xp screen finishes loading up it just blanks out. i tried to boot the computer from a windows xp disc but when it says "press any key to boot" …

I have added a new framed page to a site and it will display in Netscapte but not in IE. Also, I can display the unframed page in both. I tried creating the page in both Frontpage and Dreamweaver. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

OK, I have an HP Pavillion notebook running Windows XP Home Edition. Well today I tried to log on so I turned on the computer, and the whole startup seemed to go fine, but after the "starting up windows XP" screen went away, the screen just went blank and stayed …

when i try to start my computer it loads up normally and when the windows xp screen finishes loading up it just blanks out. i tried to boot the computer from a windows xp disc but when it says "press any key to boot" i press any key and it …

Just started having this problem yesterday. I go to hotmail, and I enter my username and password... it just goes to a blank white screen and after a few minutes it errors out. I have 3 different hotmail accounts and can't get into any of them on this computer. I've …

:cry:[SIZE=2]undefined[/SIZE][SIZE=1]undefined[/SIZE] i am windows xp home edition user.after 3 years i meet a serious problems. when the windows was slow ,i put original recovery cd to new installation. the bios show 2 options 1)microsoft windows 2)microsoft windows xp home edition i install the xp twince time on differents versions. in …

I have a web server at home running Windows 2003 Server. This week, the server has frozen 2 times. It looks like the keyboard stops responding even though the mouse cursor has movement. Once this happens I loose connectivity to the server. The only thing that I can do is …

Hi all, I am a newbie so be kind. I have just installed my Windows XP service pack 2. Now when ever I go to site I can not open any pdfs. I get a blank screen, sometimes with that stupid icon in the left corner. I have gone through …

Here is a list of my problems with IE: * I cannot search on search engines (I can get there, but when i enter the text it will not process the search) * IE6 will not open all links, some will go, but then it gets into a loop where …

How do I get rid of all of these red X"s that come up on web pages and forums? Scott

Hello, Every time I restart my computer, or turn it on after a shut down, it gets as far as the blue login screen where you choose your user, then it reboots. Sometimes it will do it 2 or 3 times, other times it goes up as high as 10. …

First the windows could not load at all ,'invalid system disk' is what the machine would say .Now after using startup disk and typing sys c:(to restore files needed to boot up),the windows loads to half way and takes me to the command prompt and when I try to go …

how long did it take for you to get some invites to send? :o

Care to share some hints, tips, tricks, etc.? I'm pretty new at it, but have been having a blast making 3D renders that look startlingly realistic! (Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but other than the lounge, I don't see a more fitting place).

is there any way to get rid of data index file in temp internet files in disk cleanup ?? and help on this would be appreciated

While trying to partition a 120gb hdd on a brand new computer somehow c: got set as a network drive. I was trying to partition a brand new 120gb hdd. Had activated primary partition and activated it.(40gb). Then made another partition and logical drives D:(40 gb) & E:(40gb). Then formated …

I tried to install windows XP over my other xp to reformat and I went through all the steps and such and when I boot up I have the 2 choices of Windows XP and Windows XP. Also when I go into my C drive it looks like I still …

i have windows xp sp2 and my sound is really fuzzy and its annoying how can i fix this? feel free to ask questions!

Has anyone received a part of the new SP2 through an automatic download? :o

It sounds like a strange problem but whenever i switch on my other pc, everything loads normally. Then XP loads normally and all the desktop icons appear and the menu button. However i have 2 wait around 5minutes before i can actually do anything! After that time things start loading …