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Hi, I have tried to connect to the website I am designing through several different ftp clients (SmartFTP, Transmit, and Core FTP Lite) and every time I try to connect with the username, host address, and password given to me by the host of the website, it says: "Cannot establish …

Why? ok ill tell you why i've used IE since well since i started online and it amazes me how many secruity holes they have left open! for instant look at this what was posted on our site the other day [QUOTE] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#ffffff][b]nternet Explorer Warning[/b] [/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=1] Posted by Paul …

For the last few weeks I have noticed that my Internet Explorer runs very slow. I am using Windows XP. It seems to run even slower late at night (early am) for no apparaent reason. I have been using Spybot and Ad-aware 6.0for several weeks (before the problem started). I …

ok i got band from a web site and they have my ip is there anywayi can change it . my friend told me to goto internet options the goto connections the click lan settings they he gave me a address and a port number so i did that and …

I am running windows Xp Professional and I have a dell dimensions PC (sorry I do not know much about computers) Hi, out of nowhere today I turned on my computer and the xp load screen comes on and then immedietely it goes to a message that states stop: c000021a …

My computer is a mess at the moment, was infected with the Zafi virus, very nasty. Managed to get rid of it, but seem to have two more problems. I own a website and of course I keep copies of the pages on my harddrive, but now for some reason …

I am having problems with loading photos from my digital camera, and on the website for the camera, it said the following: 4. The automatic launching software (Exif Launcher) may not be functioning correctly. Perform the following: <Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000> a. Right-click the Exif …

[COLOR=Navy]Am facing a problem with windows 2000. Each time i try to submit a long email thru yahoo or try to delete lost of messages at a time thru yahoo or try to "submit" lot of information thru any web-site my browser window closes as soon as i hit the …

Hi...i am only using internet explorer for browsing and my browser stops when i enter the hotmail . It keeps on showing a little yellow message saying " done , but with errors on page " and nothing happens if i click on compose or the mail i want to …

This might sound like a lame problem, but I 'm getting these annoying pop-ups each time I'm on the internet. It doesn't matter which website I'm on, they always seem to pop up on the screen. It's always the same ads, they're all in swedish (I live in sweden). I've …

Hi. I have one problem. I have made multisession dvd-r. Now it is full and i closed. When I am trying to view files in Win98, I can see and use only the first session. In WinXP everything is ok. Maybe I have to install some special drivers for W98? …

I've got a problem in the BIOS downloading of a IBM Thinkpad T22. I've got Windows XP installed on the laptop and when starting, system goes directly to the BIOS page (PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 for IBM Thinkpad) and there it shows: "0175:Bad CRC1, stop POST task. Any comments or …

I have three .tmp files that I cannot delete from C:\Windows\Temp when in the normal mode. I can delete them from the safe mode but once I reboot in normal mode they return and cannot be deleted. Are these a problem? If so how can I delete them premanently if …

I have been getting this warning alot recently. It comes up on some internet sites prior to loading and I think it was completly imobilized Quicktime. I cant View anything in a quicktime format. Quicktime wont even start anymore. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it it just isnt working. …

I have napster on my computer, and have a fairly large collection of songs- music is the primary use of my computer. Recently, my computer began using 100% cpu when windows media player was running. Songs would stutter and programs freeze. If i go to task manager, windows media player …

i'm trying format my hard drive .. after i formatted it does not see drive c:.. and partition is active.. windows 98 startup disk

:eek: Of late, programs seem to freeze for no reason. In order to close them and reopen them, I have to "ctrl alt del". When I do that, I see in the list "Windows Not Responding" and have to select that to 'end task' to get things running again (as …

Ok, just finished building my new PC (Prescott core P4 2.8HT, Abit AI7 MoBo, 1.5gig ram, ATI Radeon 9600xt vid card) And I am unable to instal anything, even after multiple formatts on the brand new HD, I cant get anything to install from a disc, I get an error …

Hey again all. I know I already posted a problem about my computer "freezing" when windows is booted up (on June 30) but it is now July 8 and I have still not fixed the problem. I am running windows xp home edition version 2002 w/ service pack one(1). Intel …

Microsoft Changes The Game Plan: Windows 2003 A True NOS? Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | April 1st, 2004 A lot of people ask about Windows 2003 is it better then Windows XP? Ha! I wish, there …

A New Environment: The LiteStep Shell Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | June 20th, 2004 Many people love Windows but, they hate the crashes the bugs the problems the restarts the pain. A lot people don’t know …

Hello all. My sister is having a problem with Rundll32 and can not get online to download any fixes because her AOL wont install correctly because of the Rundll32 error. Is there a way to fix the error offline? Any informatioin would be much appreciated. Susan :sad:

When i start my computer i always use task manger to cancel uneeded programs running..When i did that today the tabs ( performance, users, tasks) were all cut off and the border too. I tryed to do a system restore and somehow my system restore was turned off and last …

Is it possible to use a Dell Windows XP Home Edition on a non Dell PC? I tried, it let me do everything with the install. Did not ask me for keycode, but it boots as far as the blue screen with the Windows XP logo. It then seems to …

I like the way some companies like Emachines and HP make a hidden partition with system image. I was wondering if anybody knows what they use to do this and if this partition is safe from viruses.

Just because I like to know when did RSS Feed come to the site? Man I was hoping something like that would come awesome stuff thanks a lot Dani & the rest.

Hi everyone. When I boot, the folder (program files) always opens. I have been patient for a year now with this but how do I change it. I have changed the folder name and tried to search out how to customize startup. Hmmm :-| can you help. Thanks

Just for furthure refrence, what exactly is the diffrence between NTFS & FAT systems?

I just recently reimaged a freinds dell laptop with his XP restore CD. while going through the process of formating I found that his origanal configuration had a partitioned hard drive. Not knowing why it was origanlly set this way I just went through and formated the second partition (it …

7/5/2004 I tried to re-install Windows XP Home Edition over the same existing, and operational, Win XP. The procedure proceeds through ‘Collecting Information’, ‘Dynamic Update’, ‘Preparing Installation’ and ‘Installing Hardware’. At the ‘Installing Windows step, it launches into Scan Disk and restarts the installation all over, and over, and over. …

Higuys, I need your help. I've had two operating sysytems installed on separate partitions of one physical drive: Win XP on C: and Win 98 SE on D:. I was able to choose between them via dual - boot menu. They worked just fine until I installed a new hard …

I just reinstalled windows xp 2004 sp2 and since installing , I have been seeing the screen changing into a bluish colour , then a bit darkish and hardly normally lit . I think it might be an attraction of the news winxpsp2 but it's hampering my workings . I …

I have this Dell 2gig celeron with 512 ram. Ever since I got it maybe once or twice a month it would juts instantly shuit down if I was heavy into a graphics program. Around 2 weeks ago it just started shutting off all the time, like 6 times a …

Any time I've ever tried to install 2Mpro from a newly formatted harddrive it would say it can't be done. However, one time I was told this could be done and how. It's been a while, and I've forgotten the method. Can anyone help me with this? Does XP follow …

I bought a rebulit computer and it was running ME so I formatted and installed 98 SE but now the sound driver's won't work any ideas?

I am running Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222.A on a generic machine. I booted my computer after being away for four days, and the Start button wouldn't pop up the menu. The icons on my Quick Launch toolbar were missing, too. The recent program installs were SlowGold and Colorful Movie …

Recently I moved IE favorites from the administrative account folder into the "All User" folder hoping that it could be shared among different users. Unfortunately, I (an administrator) cannot see anything in my favorites folder. Could anyone advise?

My computer will not allow me to click on certain things. When it comes up with a hand to click on something 8 out of 10 times it will not allow me to click on this. Especially when sending through hotmail. Someone suggested to me to redownload IE and I …

My wife's box got the dreaded about:blank hijack recently. I'm thinking this problem is a side-effect of this: You know how in 2000 you can open My Computer, and along the side of the window, there are links to My Documents and My Network Places? Hers will not open. I've …

I have a IBM Thinkpad 365X Laptop o/s win.98 PLEASE EXCUSE TYPOS: "Can not find the device file that may be need to run windows or a windows application. The windows registry or system .ini file refers to this device file but the device file no longer exsist. If you …

I guess this is the closest spot I could post this :) Anyway, I recently got a hold of an old Pentium 90, going to use it to play old games that don't work on XP and in windows... When I try to play a game that requires the game-cd, …

On my machine 2M Pro skips the screen that gives you the choice of 2M or another Win op sys, but I just installed 2M on another computer and when it gets to that screen it counts down 25 secs I believe before it loads Windows. Is there a way …

Okay. I have windows version 2000, Service pack 4. Custom built computer. Last few programs are...well Hijackthis and a spanish version of kazaalite, and then an english one, but just gave up on kazaalite...Hasn't changed... I wonder if i have to put all of that ^^^ in every thread i …

hey folks, new guy here. ok, Im running an Athlon 1.2, XP, and ZoneAlarm Pro. I can get to the msn homepage, but when I click on hotmail, to log in, all I get is a blank IE screen that says done at the bottom (status bar). if I turn …

I cannot run javascript on Windows XP Home. I've got rid of pop-up blockers and adware stuff. i've checked and re-checked settings in IE but it still will not run javascript on my machine. However, it will do this if I am surfing the web. Why won't my machine allow …

I have a IBM Thinkpad Laptop 365X with a floppy disc & no cd-rom operating system is windows 98SE. After being online about 10 minutes a message comes up "you have performed an illegal act the system will shut down." Off I go......until I restart & go back around once …

Hi, I am running Window's 98SE with all the latest updates, on an old pentium II 350. My computer stopped booting up, with the dos prompt, "Data error reading drive C. Abort, Retry, Fail? I have booted from a startup floppy and run Scandisk, scandisk stop's at checking file structure …

Recently my computer has came up eith a window sayingcannot close rundll32.exe ie it hangs and i have to end task. Can i repair this without reinstalling xp? Many thanks:rolleyes:

I was looking into my error log and noticed these various errors: Access denied attempting to launch a DCOM Server using DefaultLaunchPermssion. The server is: {00020906-0000-0000-C000- 000000000046} The user is Unavailable/Unavailable, SID=Unavailable. I have a lot of these in my error logs. I also noticed recently that i started to …

Windows XP Home SP1 I have 2 log in accounts. On one of them note pad, calculator, windows explorer etc have all gone along with everything in accessibility, communication, system tools etc. In the other log in account, notepad, calculator, explorer etc are still there but accessibility, communication, system tools …