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Hi What is the name of the file that replaced config.sys in win 2000 I would like to edit the boot choices as I have a un finished install of Win 2000 that got there when I was trying to format a disk in my computer by starting the install …

Hi everyone.... I have a small problem..I recently installed Win98....but i'm trying to change the color resolution from the display tab (When u go to desktop properties>Settings>Color (16 or 256 colors, etc)) BUT I seem to not have the option to do so. The only option I have is 16 …

of the lists found in the add/remove programs which are the ones that actually need a purchase of a license? Canon CS-P CNET Inc. CatchUp v1.3 Generic Setup Alias Java Runtime Environment v1.1 Lotus Notes v4.6x Lotus Sametime 3.0 Macromedia Director Runtime MS-Access 97 MS-Binder 97 MS-Exchange Client v4.0 MS-Office …

Hi Everyone, I recently bought a new PC since I joined and posted here about another problem which you guys solved and I never forgot this forum as being the best tech support site I had ever visited. I lost the link to you but when I got a forum …

Hi, Here's hoping someone can help. I have a custom built Athlon 1.1 Ghz PC with 264 Meg of RAM running WindowsXP Pro. I've added a few new drives to the extent that I only have 1 power cable left so can only use one CD/DVD Drive. I have two …

No matter what I try i e 6.0 on xp won't auto complete passwords, user names and forms. Do you know how to fix this. Gator works fine but it's adware and spyware so i deleted it.

Hi all, my computer has begun to act up... it was at first giving me an MFC error whenever i would try to burn/decrypt/encode movies, now it is freezing certain files. It wont let me delete these files, it keeps giving an error this file is in use by another …

I get an application error WINOLDAP caused an illegal instruction fault in WINOLDAP.MOD at 0x00000024 I am also getting this for another game application and also when I tried to install a new anti-virus software - cannot install because of this. I have read through the solution on the MSN …

how can i change the transparency, opacity i think its called, in the windows XP start bar/menu??? cheers in advance

why do i lose my drive in my computer after plugging in a firewire or usb device

Hey guys. I wanted to know how I could enter the CMOS Setup in my computer. It seems very similar to the BIOS. And also, this might sound silly, how do I determine my computer's IP address. I am running Windows 2000 Professional Edition. Gracias.:cheesy:

I wasn't sure where to post this, but since I am running Windows 98, I thought I would start here. I have Quicktime Pro, which is what opens photos and such when I have photos saved in My Documents. Before, every once in a while, when I would click to …

Hello there was wondering if anyone can help me i am using xp in ie 6 when i go view and toolbars and try to change them there is a couple missing and the one i can see are in light grey and cant be changed also i keep loosing …

Hi All, About 2 months ago i got a new toshiba laptop. Untill recently it has been working great, but recently it has been freezing when i surf the web. It usualy dosent happen when im surfing a single page, but when pop ups start comming up, it will freeze. …

I am running on Window XP and when I tried to install a program SETUP caused an access violation in SETUP.EXE at 0x00000024. Can anyone who knows please on this. thanks.

I downloaded 2000 PROFESSIONAL into my old computer that had WIN ME - everything went fine but when I went to restart it does not happen; I get to a point, the screen becomes black and it tries to restart itself over and over. Any suggestion :sad: Thanks

Initially, disabling ACPI in BIOS caused error when restarting Win'98se. Asked to install Plug & Play BIOS. Turned out bios.vxd was missing from C:\Windows\System. Downloaded bios.vxd from driverguide.com and all seemed well as i was now able to install & configure NIC Now i have the NIC configured and it's …

New To Internet. So Calling Me A Newbi Would Be Saying To Much. Ha Everytime I Try Opening Explorer I Get Caused An Invalid Page Fault In Module Msvcrt.dll At 018f:780154a7. Please Help

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my system is hp510n 512 mb ram 40 gb hard drive. i can open ms explorer and nero, mirc fine. but i cannot open my computer or hp pavillion or i.e. my desktop keeps shutting down due to error. i try all three options but they dont restore my active …

Hey all, My school had a social (dance) and my teacher took pictures and put them on a cd-rom in a flip book type thing. She used flip-album. The pictures are encrypted is ther any way to unencrypt them? is there any software? thanks because I really like one of …

my system is a pentium4.1400.with winxp home a 40gig hd with 37.3 on the main partition and 7 mb on the rest.i just got powerquest driveimage 7.0 and after formating the cd-rw i try to burn the image of my hd to the cd-rw but i get a popup saying …

Hello,newbie here.I can't seem to open IE unless I use a browser shell(4C vision) on top of it. I receive the msg." IE is not a valid Win32 application".I sometimes get this with other programs also. My sys. is a Pent.3/700 mhz.,64mb.My browser is IE6,Win.98. Also,is there a browser I …

Long time, no post. Anyways, I have had some luck with updating some of the computers in the school from 98 --> 2K, but lately there has been a MAJOR problem. There are some computers that I run the install, delete the partition that has 98 on it. When I …

Hello, Every time I open up my Internet Explorer, and type in the address of the site I want to visit, when it gets to that site, it opens up the way it was the last time I got there. It used to be when I visited a site, the …

Hey guys I am asking this question on behalf of my friend. He has a Windows 2000 OS. So everytime he gets into his computer the screen goes blue and it says "Beginning Physical Memory Dump". Does anyone have an idea what the problem is here??? Thanks.

Greetings. Can anyone please guide me on the above mentioned subject? I found the unattended.txt file in the i386 folder in the cd. Do I fill the parameters inside the file and append it back to the cd? Or how do I go about? Thanks.

Hi,my problem is I have a KDS monitor, model # KD-1911. It has been fine for a very long time with no problems at all but lately (I have windows XP) when I shut my computer down, the monitor will not connect to the computer. The monitor says this monitor …

A friend has a compaq with no restorsation disks , will my Gateway restoration disks work on his computer ?

Athlon 2100+ Geforce 4 Graphics card 512MB ram NForce2 Mobo 40 gig HD Windows XP Pro Hi guys, I'm really stuck and hope someone can help me out. Sorry if I put this in the wrong place. Ive' had AOL Broadband for about a year now. Recently (in the last …

Is there any way to make a restore disk for a system I am building a friend? He some what computer smart. But I want to make a disk so if something happens to his system he can just pop in the disk and it will look like it did …

While running through some user accounts in our ADS setup I noticed that one of them is set to "Store password using reversible encryption." This is no good and does not meet the company's security requirements that I work for. My question is if I uncheck this setting will I …

Hi everyone.... i have a laptop Compaq Presario 1247.... I installed Win 95...so i can upgrade to XP...bcuz that seemed the only way to do it....After installing WIN 95...I was not able to get into my desktop at all...I kept getting this msg....."Restart your computer" and i did so...but nothing. …

I just purchased a old Goverment Compaq notebook with WIN 2000, and when I power it up I have the user password screen pop up. How can I bypass this because I dont know the password to login. :rolleyes:

my scandisk keeps re setting.........even in safe mode; nothing obvious running in background ( CNTRL ALT DEL); even Norton Utilities Disk Doctor stalls in Registry check ( Win Doctor works) I deleted everything from startup thats not needed virus scan, hijack this, Sybot all working I am stumped thanks :-|

I have recently installed the Sony writer & its software that was included, & have uninstalled all incompatable programs like Nero/Adaptec/Roxio etc. I also have a partitioned system with Xp on 1 & ME on another. I have also formated a new CD-RW blank disc with Sonic DLA (this software …

what is a good website that would tell me what processes i can turn off or which i have to leave on? thank you

can i completely uninstall iexplore?, I mean completely

I was creating a new hotmail to send today when I selected the "Rich Text Editor ON" option and my problems started with a message that said "Error on page". I can now receive e-mails and open them to read them. However, I can neither reply to current e-mails nor …

Every time i turn on my computer, the owner documents pop up, please help need to get rid of this.

does anyone know if there is a way to notify a user when they are nearing the size limit in outlook 2000? we have notifications through email telling them they've reached the limit and can't send and receive, but i want to be able to notify them when their limit …

I'm running netscape 7.1 on XP. Have not been able to successfully send mail to persons with hotmail addresses for the past 3 days. Preferences are set to enable all cookies.

running dual athlons in win2kpro. Is there a way to set the affinity of a process automatically when it starts? So I don't have to manually do it every time? A certain game has a bug with dual cpu's. And it's hard to manually set the affinity before the game …

I am having a problem I hope someone can help me with. I am using Adaptec Easy CD Creator v.3.5c to burn data and audio cd's on my pc which is running Windows ME. The problem is this: when I burn files to a cd everything seems to be going …

In Internet Explorer, you know how when you hover over images that use alt text, the lil beige popup comes up with the text after a second or two? Is it possible to change a setting in the registry so that these popups come up faster? I hope I explained …

OK... new problem. I got the last one fixed. This is weird. When the setup starts, I put in the key code, I let it run and do its thing. When it starts to install things like the Network componets and then a few more things (it stops on the …

Hello, recently my computer has been hanging more often than ever. Also I seem to be having trouble loading certain net pages. When I checked the events log I noticed that my fax service has been activated quite a number of times in the last month. Luckily I don't have …

My comp freezes when I start a game. For instance when I open quake I can choose options and what kind of game I want to play but then when I load it up it usually freezes as soon as it's done loading. I got an 810lr motherboard with pc133 …

Hi, my computer is stuck in selective startup, and acts like it is in safe mode all the time. I have tried to use System Restore to fix the problem, but it seems that all of my checkpoints have been erased. Please if anyone knows how to solve my problem …

The past couple of days IE has started giving me problems. I am told that IE "...has encountered a problem and needs to close." with the option to send/don't send a report to Microsoft. The basic error info is [INDENT]AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106[/INDENT] [INDENT]ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 656b6c36 ModName: Unknown[/INDENT] This …