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I recently upgraded my Gateway from 64 Mb of RAM to 256. I also installed an ethernet card, an HP All in One Printer, and SBC Yahoo DSL. For a few days, everything ran perfectly. Now, about 2 weeks in, I can barely boot up. I can run only one …

:?: Sounds straight forward, but I can not figure this out I am new to this. I have a Etower 500 MHz with 192 mb's of memory and 4 gig hard drive. I used partition magic 3.5 to partition the drive in order to try and install DOS and win98 …

hey guys, i dont know if this is the right forum for SQL errors but i need some help on the following error: Connection failed: SQL state: '28000' SQL Server Error:18452 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Login failed for user '(null)'. Reason: Not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection. ok, …

Hey! I have been using XP Pro with SP1a and IE6 without any problems. Literally overnight I am no longer able to connect via 56k dialup. No new software has been installed. The Internet Connection dialog box appears and list the ISP tel. number as normal but nothing happens. I …

Hey! I dont know if this is the right place to write this on. But i give it a try. [B]Info[/B] My computer keep turning of itself while iam playin´ a game listen to mp3 and looking on internet. Sometimes just when iam cheking IE. i never know when. and …

I recently ran spybot s/d and adware to check for and immunize pop ups I am getting. I have done this before with no problems in the past. After the recent running of these programs, I have no Autoexec.bat files. When I run [i]sysedit[/i] the screen comes up as it …

I have a half speed Broadband facility via a wired DSL router which now and again drops the connection for apparently no reason. In fact there are two or three (little used) sites in particular which always drop the line each time I try to log on to them. Some …

[FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=4]undefined[/SIZE] I am also trying to fix Mom's PC. Her PC keeps saying "not enough disk space" and the screen pops up to delete temporary files etc. So I do that, then the screen pops up again and again. I have also run all the scans on this machine …

I visit a particular delphi forum. I get emails on outlook of people who have posted to me, when I open the link it directs me to the site, as soon as I scroll down on the web page it locks up and I cant do anything unless i re-start …

Help! Outlook Express is freezing up when I try to open it (generally) and when I do get it to open, it freezes up if I go from a mail folder to my Inbox. When I check Task Manager, it shows that msimn.exe is using 99% of the CPU. I …

I have accidentally obtained the update from Windows XP that gives me Trustworthy Computing. I have some questions about it and I hope someone here will be able to answer them. 1. What is done to my computer if something is discovered on it? Are the files simply deleted? Is …

[FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=4]undefined[/SIZE] Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it please? Something happened to my pc and I have this showing in my "device manager"with a yellow exclamation point. My pc isn't recognizing either of my CD roms and also says I have a 5-1/4" floppy …

I was with a group of people the other day, talking about Spybot, Ad-Aware and some other stuff along that line, and some guy says there's a better way and he's not had the first pop-up. He contends whenever you boot open the "etc" folder and delete everything there except …

Has anyone had this problem with Hotmail before? I can't access my account from any computer. I thought it might just be my computer so I ran virus scans, deleted temporary internet files and everything that has been mentioned in this forum. Still nothing. Error message is "Page cannot be …

Halo guys, I have encountered a problem with my MSN Messenger 6.2 which I downloaded recently. It worked fine for a couple of days. But for the past 2 days, it starts to disconnect itself automatically after a few minutes, and I have to re-connect it manually (sometimes it re-connects …

[B]HI ALL![/B] My present problem - I ran a System Recovery both from the disk and from the partition and in both cases all goes well, I get to restart into user partition, windows boots and when it comes to the screen where I click finish the comp hangs. Sometimes …

hi, if anyone, i mean anyone can help with this problem pleae help, first of all everytime i restart my computer(i have a ME edition) explorer pops up saying i must close it due to some htmp error stuff. soo i tried to let it update, but it says i …

Comcast told me "It's not our fault." They said my "Winsox" (I may not be saying that correctly.) is causing a problem with my internet access. Do I need to take my computer to a repair shop or can I do this fix myself?

Ok Ive done it this time, and my wife may well kill me... my wife took some photos of the daughters first day of kindergarten... you know riding the bus, pictures withe the new teacher all that.... and i loaded them in the laptop from the CF card... then after …

After I installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows XP PC, I lost the images (or icons) that often appear next to the favorite links under the Favorites menu in Internet Explorer. Now, they all have the default Internet Explorer image next to them. Having the images next to my …

Sorry to dredge up this common problem...but I'm about to take a sledge hammer to my laptop.... I am stuck in the startup loop. It's difficult to get to the screenwhere I select Safe Mode...so once I'm there I choose "Safe Mode" and it asks for my windows password. Then …

I had my laptop recovered last week since my XP is not loading. That's done. So, when it was finally working I realized that I still had to re-install the video, graphics & modem drivers. When I tried installing the video driver, it didn't work, probably because the driver I …

Okay, so I don't usually restart my system. It's not because I don't install software, it's just that I don't always believe the developers that I need to :o . So anyways, this isn't good for finding reasons why windows is having a hard time restarting. Mostly because I've installed …

Lately, when i have several MSN chat windows open, the whole look of the windows change and lines disappear and stuff. I'll try to get links to give u an idea of what i mean. It has been happening for quite a while now, and happens pretty much everytime i've …

hey all, we have several public folders in outlook and if you go into any one of them that contain items, those items cannot be opened by anyone. permissions are there for those who need them. we are running windows 2000 server farm with exchange 2000. i am the owner …

I have a weird problem with my cd-drives in windows 2000 pro. I have two cd-drives, another is Samsung dvd/cd drive, and another a Fujitsu Siemens cd-r drive. Now, every time I try to open a cd in my computer, it says: " The disk in drive * is not …

[FONT=Arial]arial[/FONT][SIZE=4]4[/SIZE] :rolleyes: I receive the following message: Error No.1064. " You have an error in your SQL Syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'and chrStatus'= 1' at line 1. Can somebody please help me ?

Hi all! I'm back with another strange problem. :mrgreen: I have a Dell 8250. About two weeks ago, at exact times twice a day, a stacato series of beeps will blast over my speakers. For example, at 50 and 55 after every hour, all day and night, maybe 10 beeps …

Hi, i have recently created a logon script for a department where i work, weird thing is it wont run. the script is sitting in netlogon on the AD controler with all of the other scripts. before this script each person had there own script named after the user id, …

ok.. i had a trojan on my pc that i just couldnt get rid of so i formated my pc.after that i installed the windows updates and i noticed load times were much slower.i cant even play my online game anymore(Americas Army Operations).the games loading time is way longer that …

I believe I have an older version of explorer that was installed by previous owner two years ago (ver.4?). After running "PCBugDoctor" and "Spybot", and shutting down the computer, I found I would get to the point where the wallpaper would load up, then the error message pops up, saying …

To avert computer problems, I have been cleaning out Cookies. I have noticed that the cookies are from many varied web sites, most of which we have never heard of nor been to. From where are these cookies spawned? We are running IE 5.5, Windows ME, Norton Internet Security with …

Hi, I am in the process of building my first computer and have a question about WinXP, when I bought my memory and motherboard I also bought the WinXP OEM version (from zipzoomfly) because it was about 150 dollars cheaper then the full version and the only difference was the …

Hey guys, I'm new to these forums, and I just registered to ask about a problem that I've never encountered before. Right now I'm the techie handling the server + computers in my high school journalism class (newspaper). So now the question... I've installed pagemaker on the computers, running windows …

Internet Explorer opens up over and over again even in safe mode. Anyone experience this or have any idea how to stop it and then fix it? Any help is appreciated.

Hi, I have a Lexmark X75 all in one center, it used to work (I was able to print, scan and copy) however I ran out of ink and didn't use it for a while. I had problems with my computer (something happened with the registry, it is working fine …

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 …