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As of yesterday afternoon my Internet explorer will not function. I can still send and recieve e-mails through Outlook express so it is not my connection, but IE will not open any pages. I spent 2 hours on the phone with Dell support trying many different options including uninstalling and …

I'm running Windows XP on my main HD and due to a trojan/virus, I have ended up with bridge.dll missing during Windows startup. I have tried my damn'dest to fix this problem but I haven't been able to. I have tried 3 times to reinstall Windows on that drive and …

I just installed a 2.8 prescott chip, running windows 2k pro. Windows says I have a acpi multiprocessor system. And task manager shows 2 cpu usage boxes. Any ideas why?

I have been having problems all summer with my computer, I have Windows 2000 Professional. When I access the internet the computer will start acting up. It will freeze up, it will also bump me back to my desktop, I don't lose the connection but I have a hard time …

Ok this is my first post on this forum , bear with me please. This is for my parents computer it is an older model of toshiba, satelllite ... something 5-6 yrs old. Windows 98 se. Nothing wrong with their computer until I installed a Microsoft Optical wheel mouse and …

hey guys, need some major help here, we have a 10 server farm, each running windows 2000 server. We have 1 pdc that went down and we still have a fully functional bdc. the pdc went down a couple weeks ago and just this week one of our member servers(only …

And not a minute later. Hello I have crappy system. Windows 98 in a E-machine ( remember them, lets not go there), Pentium Celeron 600m computer. I have had this for years and do not have a cd burner and my A drive floppy doesnt work. I have a lot …

I am running windows xp on my laptop and all of a sudden it is hanging. i noticed that my cpu usage is at 100% and 99% or so of this is from explorer.exe...has anyone else experienced this problem? any help on how i can get my laptop running again …

When I click on the 'delete' button on a file/folder then it takes about 5 minutes for the delete dialog confirmation to show up (and while it's waiting, the window is frozen.) I can't see what's going on; CPU isn't being used, and neither is much RAM; any ideas?

First, I am a complete novice so please be gentle. My browser is IE. Operating System XP. ISP BTBroadband Last week for some reason I was unable to access my hotmail account and messenger. Also I am unable to get into my bank accounts and access my freeserve account - …

Can someone tell me whether MSN Messenger can only be used with Internet Explorer or can you use another browser, say Opera? I have IE and Opera on my pc (Opera is set as default) but am unable to use MSN Messenger. Am running XP v5.1 Serv. Pk 1. I …

[COLOR=Navy][B][FONT=Courier New] aug 4th 2004 ref: I E 6 - "file/save as" menu does not save pages correctly on my local disk on last May I was obliged to reformat the HD and reinstall everything ; since then I noticed that I cannot save correctly the web pages on my …

Where is a utility that identifies running programs? When one presses ctrl-alt-del a list of running programs comes up. Most of the listings are difficult to identify. I would like to keep my old machine as lean and clean as possible. If I can identify unneccessary programs I can stop …

About a week or two ago, my internet surfing has started to become a pain because everything seems to moving in slow motion. So I went to see what programs were actually opening when I start up my PC because a month or 2 ago, I hd to go and …

Does anyone know if there is a popup blocker for the Opera internet browser, ive tried many and none of them work in Opera. A google didnt help either :cry: Can some1 shed light on this problem? cheers

I'm using Internet Explorer 5.1.4 (4231) for Mac, OS9.1, G4, and despite having cleared the web memory cache via Edit / Preferences / Web Browser / Advanced / Clear, several times over several days, the images displayed on my screen are still the old ones. I have also used the …

I have a windows xp service pack 1 My keyboard is really messed up some times it puts everything in caps and ever once in a while it enters the ctrl button (I know this because whenever ctrl is pressed the mouse gets circled). Sometimes it enters alt to becuase …

I recently discovered a problem with the version of Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition (Windows 98) that I have on my computer. I open Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition and there is no menu bar or title bar present. When I press the “alt

Please help... I'm trying to use Kazaa Lite Resurrection on a machine. It's been used before on the same machine and had no trouble. Up until Norton Anti Virus was installed, which subsequently grinded the machine to a halt (practically). The program ran with no problems before but now it …

Hi there peeps i am having a problem with my staus bar in ie i cant get it to stay up i have tried all methods of unlocking my toolbars and clicking on view status bar but evertime i launch a new ie its missing anyone got any ideas :mrgreen:

whenever i am surfing the net on aol (9.0), my ie6 constantly pops up (with no content loaded). What's wrong? How can i stop it? [u]my info:[/u] winxp home, service pack 1, dell dimension 2400. last few programs(descending from recent to past):google toolbar, gogodata pop-up blocker toolbar(ie),game maker 5, monopoly …

Is this a good deal for a computer? I might get this computer and do not want to get screwed. Should I get this computer? [url]http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=313803&pfp=BROWSE[/url]

I have a Compaq ij600 printer. Before my print job starts a page comes out saying"Microsoft(R) windows Millennium Edition ................................................... Document: address of where I am printing from. Printed By:default Date and Time.This is getting very annoying and I cannot figure out how to fix it. K :cry:

Hello, A lengthy opening question with an introduction and thanks in advance (hopefully). I am experiencing some problems with my computer, I have an e-machines 5220, with Windows XP. I am fairly lacking in knowledge with computers though I am willing to understand more. So please be kind! I mainly …

ok i got a nearly-new S3 trio 3D video card. but when i put it in windows only detects it as a standard pci video card, when it is an AGP card. so i can only get the standard resolution with 16 colours. i tried downloading the correct drivers, but …

Hi folks, I'm running windows XP pro. So the new problem is I cannot shut down the computer without hitting the power switch on the back. Windows seems to log off and gets stuck on the blue screen saying windows is shutting down. Never shuts down. Whats this about. Thanks. …

Hi. Just curious on how to change the order that my startup programs. ie. cable connection and important stuff first. I am running XP service pack 2. thx in advance

i got xp pro from some one else who got rid of it and wanted to know if there was any big or any difference at all from windows xp home.

Hi all, sure hope somebody can help me. On my sons computer, everything is big. The font and the windows. I tried to change the display settings but the window that opens is so big that the ok, apply and cancle button are behind the toolbar. I close the toolbar, …

i am interested in changing to windows xp from current version of windows 2000, will all of my drivers that i am currently using under 2000 be compatible to xp

Sorry if anyone has replied to this type of error before, but maybe someone could guide me. I keep getting an error with only one web site. I can access all other web sites except [url]www.getmarriedinflorida.com[/url]. The bad thing is that this is my wife's company and she can't view …

I've heard that XP Pro can be installed on more than one computer and I was wondering if it's true and, if so, how many? I've tried searching the MS website but can't find an answer to this. Thanks.

lately whenever i use internet explorer i continue to get a pop up box telling me of an error and then there is a send error report or dont send button to click and when you click one of the two all of the internet boxes close. i ran a …

hi i'm new!........i have a (nother!) problem with my windows xp when i click the "two computers" (mine is freeserve) icon on the desktop the dialler box does not show! (first problem), so i click on "internet explorer" and get it up that way but then when it connects it …

I have Windows Professional--my computer shuts down and restarts quite often, I have taken it to two different computer shops and they cannot find the problem. Sometimes I receive a "Blue Screen" and it says "dumping physical memory", but usually the screen just goes black and the computer restarts itself...I …

I was recently forced to reinstall Windows XP. However, after doing so, I noticed all my user settings, including programs and favorite internet websites I had saved were deleted. I noticed that my programs are still listed on my harddrive (c directory), but they are no longer on my desktop …

I have Win XP Pro on a new Dell. How do I further partition the 80 gig hard drive? I have a 98SE computer with a 4 gig drive I would like to backup to part of this newer machine's hard drive. Can/should I format a partition in fat32 for …

Just built new gamer with P4 and windows ME problem started two weeks after starting using system. From time to time on startup I get the following blue screen message code. OE:109F:BFF8E64B at this point I have to restart my system and then it boots up OK. I'm lost cannot …

Perhaps you all can help me. Our computer took the wonderful opportunity of dumping our Nvidia graphics card and now we can't get it to work right again. We have it loaded, the system recognizes it, and our monitor is running off of it . . . but for some …

Hi there. I'm having a problem with my Internet Explorer. For ex., when I'm browsing through a real estate page and I wish to view detailed information about a property, instead of taking me to the next step, the browser opens very same window I am already watching separately. This …

I don't know why but I am having a ton of trouble with this. When I was using Incredimail I had no troubles at all. Also how do I find any information I'll need such as my POP and SMTP? I know it's a newbie question but this has been …

hi My WIN98SE POP UP THIS "Rundull32" frequently. Can someone pls help ? :lol: thks

hi.. this time I'm actually writing on the behalf of my boyfriend. each time he turns on his computer, it starts up completely normal, but when the desktop and the icons appear on the screen, he always gets a small window saying "NO ADAPTER FOUND", and then there's the OK …

I have a problem with Windows XP Pro Internet Explorer that I can't solve. When on line with IE, it will change my Windows Explorer display format from the "List" file display to the "Tiles" display. At the same time my IE Encoding will be changed from Western European (Windows) …

System: Windows XP Pro Ok, this is a very strange problem so I'll try and explain it as best as I can. As soon as I start my computer (even when I'm not connected to the internet), I get a warning that says "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX …

My wife's computer Is Custom built with an Athlon 2800XP processor. Operating system Windows XP Home with Service Pack 1 and all available updates to present (7/27/2004). Recent program installed Norton SystemWorks 2004. When she is typing in Word, Excel, or Outlook Express and when she is playing Free Cell …

Until last week I was running Windows 98SE and WinXP Home as a dual boot setup on my Athlon 2200XP machine. Having decided I no longer needed 98, i migrated any useful files to a seperate hard drive. The original Win98 installation was on the C drive, and Win XP …

The past week or so, whenever I start my computer I get an error that says Stimon--this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. Otherwise, my computer seems to be working ok, but I thought there has to be a reason it's doing that. I am …

I am trying to save a neighbors computer and I need some help. They are running windows Me and cant get it to boot. it comes to the compaq splash screan and goes to a blank screen with a blinking underscore thing but you can type into it. I have …

I have what I believe to be a problem.. Each time my computer restarts my disk mirrors have to initialize all over agian I am running windows nt with server and two eighty gig drives ?? Justin