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hi, recently my computer has started making a really annoying bubbly noise whenever i go to websites, it doesnt matter what website i go to..the noise still occurs. it usually makes the noise about 4 times per website..i have windows xp and use the newest ie. if you have any …

Hello. Recently I have been having problems with moving files around on my computer[i]. [/i]For example, let's say I have a file called "x". When I try to move file x from folder A to folder B, when I try to access file x inside of folder B, it refuses …

Please help, I have: Dell Dimension L700CXE runs WindowsMe recently installed Wimdows Me, Spyware6, ad-Aware. Iam getting the msg: " windows Update: IE and Internet Tools. Setup was unable to install all the components. Please close all applications and try running setup again." This is repeating after each try..it will …

I have a frustrating problem with Windows XP's way of handling individual folder settings. Try this: create a new folder, open it and note the default folder settings. now change the view, move some columns around and stuff like that... close the folder. each time you open the folder again …

I am not too computer literate so this is a challenege for me! I am having problems with my yahoo email. It has worked fine for years and now it just time-outs and I cannot access my mail. I have a broadband connection with comcast . use linux have windows …

AMD 2700+ 512 DDR 2700 Win XP Pro SP1 Hello people! - I am totally discouraged! I have read every thread possible on this issue, on this forum, and elsewhere... still can't get my system up and running as it should. When my system boots up, its CPU usage is …

Alright, i'm running windows me. I was having some problems playing DVDs so reinstalled direct-x. The computer then took an age to restart and when i finally got it running again my sound card seemed to have packed up. i checked in device manager and under 'Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) …

I can use internet explorer for about 10 minutes before it give me this message. Can someone help me with this problem.

hi, i've been looking at the task manager and i see that while running the command line version of seti@home (didn't test the gui ver) it only uses 50% of the cpu, while system idle process uses the other 50%. i have a hyperthreading p4 @ 2997mhz. how do i …

"Links" folder , how to get rid of it ? It´s useless to delete it from favorites menu , every time the sistem is booted , the Links folder is recreated ; Is there a way to get rid of it :?: (perhaps to edit an entry in the register …

Whenever I restart/turn on my computer, MSN Messenger is always running in the background, I will check it off on the preferences and it still starts up in background, i have to manual close it via windows task manager in the processes then whenever i start my internet back up …

I have windows Me in my system. Basically I am trying to erase my hard drive but I cannot use the fdisk command.. Whenever I run it and I get to the screen that gives me the warning you are about to delete your drive, I hit enter and get …

Hey.. I may be stupid not to get this, but usually when I'm on the internet and I want to go to a site, I only have to type in for example [url]www.daniweb.com[/url]. But today something strange must have happened. if I only type [url]www.daniweb.com[/url], I get an error message …

Dear all, I've trouble when try to connect a printer on win2k from win98. The win98 pc not same subnet with win2k pc, but from win98 i can ping win2k. what should i do to connect share printer on win2k from win98. please help

I have Windows XP Home Edition in stalled on my computer and after running a while it freezes up can anyone help me!

While running AOL, if I click on a link, every running program stops responding and my whole computer freezes up and I have to manually hold down the power button and restart it that way. What do I do??

[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]Display Your Quick Launch Toolbar[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Right-click an empty area on the taskbar, click Toolbars, and then click Quick Launch. [/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Easy as that your Quick Launch bar appears. [/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]To add items to your …

Recently my mouse has begun to hesitate whenever my hard drive is working. This is a new behavior, 1-2 weeks and is frustrating. I have also noticed that when this hesitation is occurring, my keyboard is also inoperative. I have recently downloaded the most recent CWShredder and this didn't help. …

my question is how can I revoke a terminal server license from someone who already has one because they're using win2000? i have a co-worker who is trying to access the terminal server via his machine at home(running winME) and his license has expired. i have numerous co-workers who have …

another question for you guys....i'm having a lot of trouble giving someone persmissions to a file contained within a folder on our network. she needs to modify a template and overwrite an existing file. she has every permission on the folder and the 2 files exept full control. everyone who …

How do I resolve IRQ sharing? I saw that I had 2-3 Devices sharing the same IRQ. Everything works fine, but I wanted to know how I could resolve this issue if a greater conflict does occur. Running Windows 2000 Professional.

OS: Win 2K Computer boots like normal and then you log in. It will stay on for about 5 mins after and then it shuts down automaticly. Ideas?

I am having problems with IE it will not config with some of the games that I play online. I looked and it said I was missing these files iecont.dll and iecontlc.dll. can you help me? :sad:

Hi, I just started my laptop and once it got past the initial screen(the toshiba logo one) the screen goes blacka and says either one of two things: 1-disc load error 2-Error loading operating system I Cannot get past this stage in booting up, any help or thoughts on how …

Ok..I Have a Card Problem....I Have Windowns XP Service Pack 1 and i have GeForce Mx Integrated GPU And My Computer Has Detected Some Problems...every time i try Installign a game it doesnt work...or when it does work the game is all messed up....Please help me...:S

I'm getting a continuous and annoying problem when attempting to access programs on my Windows XP pro. The attached example relates to Window washer yet, I have had the application error dialog box associated with other programs also. I would appreciate any help fixing this problem. Cheers Wallace Tait [email]mw.tait@sympatico.ca[/email]

Okay Every Time I Turn On My Computer I Have To Click My Account To Go On...And Ive Never Had That Before...And Every Time Im Not On The Computer Maby After 1 hour or 30 Min...My Computer Logs Off To The Account Screen..:evil:

hi there! when i try and burn an audio cd with windows media player (using a nero fast burning plugin) it says that I need to be the administrator for it to work......can anyone help????? i have windows me... cheers

Hi Does anyone know what vynotl.exe is? It's in C:\windows\system, and I'm unable to remove it. I have searched the internet with google.com and nothing comes up.

Im so lost. I have three different profiles on my dell laptop. I turned on my computer yesterday and my main profile was there but everything inside was completely deleted, gone just disappeared. I tried to do a system restore to a previous date and it didn't bring nothing back. …

Hi, I was having problems installing Win98 on a machine, and I ran fdisk, however, I made the mistake and deleted my main partition, now i cant install anything. I cant access my C drive from command prompt, therefore i cant install windows. What can i do??

I have been having a problem running any kind of quicktime video at all from the internet. Every time I try to run a video the page says I need quicktime to watch the video. However I alredy have the latest version installed ( infact I have tried to reinstall …

I have recently been infected by Trojan.Tofger with the file "cmid32.dll" I beleive this is causing me to be infected with Dialer.Silent over and over. I can delete Dialer.Silent everytime I am infected with it but cannot delete cmid32.dll because it says "Cannot delete cmid32.dll: The specified file is being …

I recently reinstalled windows xp (sp1), and set up my internet. Now my internet (adsl) goes extremely slow, compared to before the install. also, my other computer (on the hub) goes slow as well, but only when the first computer is online. when i disconnect from the internet on the …

I got this mother board a few months ago and it's been working pretty well except when I try to install XP or 2000. It freezes about 10 minutes before the installation is suppose to be done. Sometimes it freezes even before that but the majority of the time it's …

I have developed a minor nuisance, which developed, literally, over night for no apparent reason. Every time I open up an internet link that is 'not' on my desktop, but in quick launch or a file, I get one of the following messages: ___________________ [Heading of alert box]: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet …

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and would be greatful for assistance on the following problem. I have a pc running xp pro and just recently the graphics on some of the folder icons have changed colour and appearance dramatically. You would compare the change in appearence to …

Hi, Everytime i try to shutdown my pc, i get a message telling me to end task explorer.exe in windows xp. Anyone know a solution to this? Thanks

I have a W98 Packard Bell computer (Pentium 3 with 256 RAM) and monitor. I was trying to clean up my applications (mainly games downloaded by others) using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. I have no idea whether it was the removal of a game that had somehow interfered with …

every time i run adaware and spybot i always get tracking cookies every time i scan even if i delte them and beside them they say "Red Sheriff tracking cookie" and i need to know how to get rid of Red Sheriff please help

New to laptop keyboard. I cannot work out how to operate the key board to bring up an apostrophe as used in for example - she+s My laptop is second hand so I have no manual. regards, FreeFolios. Cyprus

Hey..whats up..guys...im having a problem installing Windows XP Pro for my cousin..and the problem is ..when i enter setup an error message comes up and tells me that it cant copy the file "ql12160.sys" does anyone know what can i do about this..he currently has Windows 98 SE...i tried to …

I can't remove folders couse it say's that they aren't empty when they are. I've also checked if there are any invisible files and there aren't any either. Could some one pleas help me?

hi to you good folks......I've been given an old computer for the wee lass with win95 installed...told you it was an oldie.....I want to install win98se onto it but don't know where to start. I have a win98se floppy boot disk and win98se CD....where do I go from here please....I …

Hi all new to the forum Problem number 1, I cant seem to find any of my internet explorer icons and yet i know its there, because if i go to windows update in start, programs, it opens and goes straight there. Problem number 2, When i start net banking …

When I boot up the PC the windows explorer screen is always displayed with the System32 directory showing. Any idea what I did to cause this, or how to stop it??

I only have a dial-up connection so when downloading large files, I leave the computer downloading overnight, thus leaving my phone free during the day. However with my current computer the computer runs for a while and then simply locks up. I come out in the morning and the screen …

ME SUCKS ASS i hate it do bad. this computer is so slow. can sumone tell me how to make it faster. i have norton and spybot to take care of viruses. andi got them all off. and i defragmented the hardrive what else can i do!!!

This is actually for my brothers comp and not mine, but he is runnin XP and recently after running spybot, and restarting, he cannot get into any files on his comp with the exception of IE... anything you click on gives an error message that the file does not have …

Control number of IE windows that open. Can I control the number of IE windows that open? I would like 4 or 5 to open and then they would start to "reuse" themselves. Any ideas?