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When I click a link on an Explorer page that requires a new window, the window opens but stays blank. I must hit stop and refresh for it to fill. If a new window is not required, the new link page opens normally. It is IE6 operating on Windows 98SE. …

Hi Yall. I'm running Windows XP Home on a Dell Optiplex GX260. Is there a way to turn windows auto updates on?

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Is there anyone that can help me get rid of this rundll32.exe error. It drives me crazy, I don't know what I am doing to get this, but it slows down my computer, and well, if you have had it you know. This happens everytime I shut down my computer... …

: Hey Dani ! How Can I Put A Password On My Files In Windows Xp? Thanks!!!!!!!!!!1

My computer kept having the blue screen of death so I decided to reinstall winxp professional sp1 to see if i could've get rid of the problem but the installation process never completes. On the welcome screen of the winxp setup I press enter to set up windows xp new. …

I've been to every single search engine trying to find out if there is a way to password protect internet explorer so users are required to put a username and password before using internet explorer. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

first of all dont laugh,im on dial-up. When i connect to the net,my welcome screen comes up along with an error message that reads 'data1.dat not found' Anyone know what this is? iv'e got windows xp

[i][b] This is the message I get when trying to access a website (most websites) -- [/b][/i] [b][i]Action Canceled+[/i][/b] [i][b]The page cannot be displayed [/b][/i] [b][i]Cannot find server or DNS Error[/i][/b] [b][i]I tried the following commands and everything succeeded EXCEPT the final command (regsvr32 Shell32.dll)[/i][/b] [i][b]I am positive I had …

I use Windows ME and I have been experiencing problems when I open notepad and after about 5 mins it closes by its self and it doesn't even prompt me to save my information. Is this because of spyware or a virus?

I was wondering what this was? I don't know anything about it and I have heard about it alot, does it change voltages? -thanks

I can't get my Internet Explorer to stop blocking pop-ups so that i can bring up a page.

were can i find a free paint prog. like adobe, but free, i mean im a newbie, and i wanna try it out, but i dotn wanna spend money if im not good, so i wanna see if i got what it takes, and if not then i mean i …

Hi there sometimes when I begin tosave the game Haay Potter and the prisoner of the Azkaban in WinXP it gives an error like this : "No Label OS: Windows 2000 5.0 (Build: 2195) CPU: GenuineIntel PentiumPro-class processor @ 400 MHz with 319MB RAM Video: No Video General protection fault! …

Hey guys, I'm hoping you can help me out. I have a Windows 2000 server running on a dual 2.4ghz Dell poweredge 2600 with 512mb ram. 2 hard drives: disk 0 is 36gb, and disk 1 is 76gb. the system is for our DVD archive system and has a DVD …

Hello, I am running xp and using a Lexmark x75 print trio printer. The printer was working fine, until recently. I changed the black ink cartridge and ever since then it is not working. The problem I am having is that it does not print anything I have on my …

O.S win 98. What the heck is Iexplore? When I try to connect on-line through internet explorer a error message says " Iexplore has caused an invalid page fault in module kernel dll ............................" The only way I can log on is to go to internet options. Click on connections …

i have some problem on my puter, i cannot view javascript links such as this one 'javascript:rep(12972)' when i click on such a link the browser is unresponsive, right clicking /open in new window brings me to the 'this page cannot be displayed blurb'... the java installation enabled on my …

I have a network running nicely in xp but since I assigned a password to my administrator accounts on both pcs I can't access some folders on the network. When I was setting the password xp asked me if I wanted to protect my personal files & folders etc & …

I just noticed yesterday that my Windows XP Firewall is no longer enabled. It always has been so I don't know when, or how, it got disabled. When I go to Network Connections -- Properties -- Advanced, the Internet Connection Firewall is unchecked; when I try to check it, I …

Hey, i have some problems when im browsing throught the internet, when i click on a link or type in an address, the internet will like freeze for 10 seconds (i can still move my mouse and do other stuff non nternet related) but it can get very annoying and …

Hi All! I am hoping someone can help me with the problem I am having. On August 9, I booted my computer and got a message "non system disk error." Of course, I checked the floppy drive and no disk was in there. I ended up reinstalling Windows 98 SE, …

Hi I have a real problem i have a computer which is about 1 year old, pentium 4 well, recently i decided to reformat it, this would be my first time reformatting, because it was starting to become very slow. so i went on the internet and followed some intructions …

Hi all Earlier today i installed a registry cleaner ( Tweek Now Reg Cleaner ) to be precise & also ( Startup Inspector ) because the Pc was running a little sluggish or so i felt. - Anyways the upshot of my latest little foray into messing about with my …

Kinda stumped on this one... I am a production manager at a custom metal fabricator, and we own a CNC Plasma Cutting machine from Kiffer industries in Ohio. Their Techs. have no clue what is wrong. Whenever the high frequency gives a signal for the torch to pierce through the …

Your Operating System Version and its patch level (e.g. Windows XP Service Pack 1) This can be found (on Windows machines) by going to the Control Panel -> System (under the General Tab). The Make and Model of your machine (if it isn't a custom-built pc) The last few programs …

I'm having an extreme issue. I'm running a 1 month old Compaq notebook on XP w/ several windows issues. Certain windows are in the habit of randomly disappearing, but only those windows. Explorer (desktop and everything) appears to reset everytime, but only the newly opened offender is the closed one. …

i have a very big problem.. my computer keeps on freezing.. it freezes ALL the time whenever i try to install a major program.. such as a virus scanner.. or adobe photoshop.. and sometimes it freezes out of no where. it was all fine until this one day i brought …

I hope someone can help me: I am trying to get everquest 2 to run on my computer. I meet the specs for the game, supposedly, but I am getting an error from the program telling me two things: 1) Texture Units 2 < 4 2) Pixel Shader 0X0000 < …

My computer shutsdown at the most inopportune times. Does not seem to be related to email, word processing, playing games or anything specific. It is an equal opportunity pain in the tuckis. I get this message. IRQL_Not_Less_OR_ Equal_To Then it does a countdown Have tried relaoding drivers. Have Spybot and …

im having a problem connecting my laptop to the internet.. i have my modem plugged in and i try dialing up .. an Error appears telling me that there is no dial tone and to check if the modem is attached properly.. it happended to me before but the problem …

anybody can tell me what is the abbreviation of XP in windowsXP

A simple question. How do I format my system drive? Cant do it from windows, and there is now dos in XP. I try to boot from my XP cd, but it only stats the install... I want to format, its been ages since last time..

At work we just did a upgrade on machines and OS’s (approx 300) They are all using Windows XP Pro and each and everyone has a unique key. (All activated all ready) Now if I want to take one of those boxes and reformat it, can I use that key …

Hey all. I'm new to this site. I hope there's someone on here that can help me out. My computer is freezing up on me and I don't know why. I'm running XP Pro. My CPU is 700 MHz Intel Celeron. My RAM is 320 MB. My video card is …

Windows XP My friends computer has two choices at start up it says something like "windows XP home edition" for both choices one goes further the other doesn't the one that works has 3 choices 1 gets you to another menu with about 12 options another is regulsr start up …

Hi, I just installed a new driver from Nvidia's site on my computer (Driver:6.1.7.6 - official driver). I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440. Now everytime I restart my computer, the resolution is set back to 640x480. This is really weird and I've never seen this before. The only problem …

Hey all. Sometimes my XP will randomly restart (coincidently when i dont want it to :lol: ). When windows rebots my windows watchdog shows me this screen [IMG]http://img54.exs.cx/img54/7497/prob2.jpg[/IMG] what do i press (i allways press "no") or how do i fix it. thanks

Operating System - Windows 2000 Browser - I.E 6.0 Facing a strange problem. Whenever I write a big email in yahoo or even using exchange and hit the submit button my IE window closes. I faced the same problem when I tried to delete lot of messages at the same …

Hello people I have bit of a question as google seems to be providing me with nothing but useless registry changes to fix my problem. Well problem is this, I have to be able to constantly be aware of any email I receive while at work as most people do. …

Heya I run a Celron 2.8 with 1 Gb ram sitting on an Intel 865Perl m/b. Window XP Pro Sp1 + sundry patches/fixes - not yet SP2. I use several Graphic manipulation programs.I have set the default program to open various picture formats with the program I use to manipulate …

Hi, Can anyone outthere help me? None of my Javascripts are working on Internet Explorer on any of the websites that I go to. Also, when I click on Search, nothing shows up on the left side of the screen. I have Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack. Yes, I …

would changing my isp help me upload files quicker ??????? :rolleyes:

Help, This morning, my husband called out-"Hey, have you ever seen this?" I looked on the monitor and 1/2 of the screen to the left was blacked out (some vertical lines similar to when you do a disk defrag appeared). I quickly shut down and tried to restart, but to …

I have Windows 98 and IE 6. I get errors (not in the same time) with codes: 44497841, 475a756c, 585a6b35. ModeName is uknown. I used antivirus software but the problem still exists. adria

I have a IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP installed. Is there a way that I can just reset the computer without reinstalling XP? If there isn't, maybe you can help me with this problem: Spyware somehow removed the ability for applications to just open, so everytime that I click on …

Greetings I recently come across a very old computer (a legend) which had very important information but it was very noisy at times especially after it boots and so I decided to clean it inside and actually it was very dusty.However, even after cleaning the noise was still there and …

Hi everyone, How are you doing? Well I FINALLY got almost everything moved over from the old computer system to the new computer system & here's my problem. I was using OE b4, so nothing has changed as far as e-mail programs go. Now what's happening is my default e-mail …

Here are my specs: Motherboard: MSI 648 Max series Power supply: 350W (I think) CPU: P4 2.4GHz w/ 533MHz FSB RAM: 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM Video Card: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro w/ "Doom 3" Beta Catalyst 4.9 drivers Hard Drive: Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM ATA133 Sound Card: Integrated with Motherboard LG …

:?: I have just installed a clean version of Win XP Home ed. SP1a on my new 80gb hdd, my system is a HP Pavilion XE748 w/700mhz processor and 320mb ram. Is there a feature or option that I can “activate