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When i sign onto Internet Explorer i am not able to click onto anything without getting the following error message: Network error - - Unable to read URL from host G.MSN.COM: connection reset by peer. I need to click onto whatever i choose anywhere between 2 and times before i …

IE 6 takes awhile to load up on my computer. It takes about 5 minutes. I dont know what the problem is. I defraged, ran adware and norton anti-virus. Even when I click on netscape navigator, it also loads slow. So I open task manager, and that also takes awhile. …

I must have been asleep at the wheel when I installed 2000 pro on this computer. I executed Fat32 instead of NTFS. How might I go back and change that, or is it too late? Thanks, BuddyB

Hi all~ I got hammered by a bad spy-adware virus. Two browser hijackers and two other things, it was ugly. I swore a LOT, in two languages. After downloading helpful programs to get rid of it all, 4 days deleting files, having it all pop up again and again, hand …

Im using windows XP home ed. at 1280 x 1024 and just ran out of space in the start menu. How can i get it all in one list, rather than 5?

For the past week or two, every time I click on a link, I get a clear window frame and the egg timer but that's all. The link won't open. I have Windows XP and have all the updates for IE 6. I am also running Pest Patrol and Norton …

Currently running windows XP with service pack 1. I had previously disabled plug and play through msconfig becuase the computer would freeze on start up with plug and play enabled. Now after I think I have finally solved the problem I go back into msconfig to re-enable it and its …

Hi again.. been running XP on a new computor. However, on the computor posting the above message is displayed and says put in original CD and try to repair as the file could not be found. No problems as reformatted and installed all systems again. Few days later after running …

After 2 years of running Windows XP Pro on my DELL desktop (PIII,996Mhz, 256mb ram) along with 2 sons and my wife, the PC is starting to screw up. Have tried some registry cleanups, I defrag every month or so and try to keep track of stuff but it's gotten …

please help... :cry: When I load up my computer, it crashes...ok, that was vague, let me explain. I boot up, and it loads but when it gets to the desktop and starts load there, the "blue" error screen and says that all my programs have crashed through a problem with …

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. The problem is that I have DSL and it's taking FOREVER to load pages that aren't …

When we log into the computer it lets us log in and immediately we get an error stating that we have no paging and to go to my computer to increase the paging. We can't get to My computer and when we try to boot from a boot diskette it …

I'm a very amateur computer techie - I know more than the average shmoe, but I am no where near an expert. Here's my problem. Over a year ago, I reformatted my drive and installed a new Windows 2000 installation (Win 2000 was the original installation, BTW). I believe this …

Hey everyone... just curious if anyone knows of a free online tutorial that could help me better learn adminisration tasks/commands on the Windows 2000 platform.

Howdy yal, Ok I now this is a basic question but humor me. I am trying to use a factory system restore cd for xp pro. Other people use this computer nad the thing is a all funked up with adware, spyware yada yada...So I want to reinstall the operating …

My system clock used to be fine, but nowadays it is losing up to 4 minutes per hour. I freqently synchronize it, but it still seases to work. How can i stop this? cheers

I start my New computer and every time it says boot ini failure before i get to the password screen. I have searched for the bios in hidden files on c. It shows a file but it cannot be opened.(it looks like it's going to show a black box but …

we just recently moved, and since moving and getting back online we've had a problem with msn explorer. i have repeatedly tried goint to msn explorer and going through the "add a new user" thing, but when it gets to the part where i type in my email account and …

Hi, I'm new here so please excuse my mistakes here ! I am an internet-aholic you might say, but I'm also one of those people who just want to turn my computer on and it work, never having to do anything than maybe install a new program or two every …

I've recently been having problems with IE (v. 5.5) loading some of the websites I frequently visit. Sometimes it'll work fine, but half the time they'll take me to another website, namesdirect.com. As if the website I was trying to visit didn't exist. Also, when trying to access Google.com, I …

I have no problem surfing the internet in general. However, I cannot access certain websites, including both secure and nonsecure zones. My initial reaction was to check whether there were any associations with the HOSTS file, but no trace of their IP is there to be seen. Since then I've …

when puter is turned on it starts to load like it always did, but now it stops and says PRI MASTER HARD DISK: S.M.A.R.T. COMMAND FAILED will not go any farther. went to bios and turned off still won't run. my o/s is ME, my puter is a no name. …

Hi there, my first post so hope you can help me, :o I'm getting a HP Pavilion Notebook with intel - Celeron processor 2.8GHz. I'm only going to have it a few days before running off to the Uk for Vacation to see my folks, Question is, I have cable …

I am currently running windows ME on my home Compaq PC. After many many hours of grief I finally purchased windows XP home to use instead. I want to completely rid my computer of ME first and then put on XP as the new operating system. I know this has …

i have a linksys BEFSR41 etherfast dsl router and i am having trouble setuping up the network. I had intsalled on my computer but then explorer.exe messed up and i had to restore the system. I can get to the last step where the computer and the modem are both …

Hey all, A friend of mine's kid got a bad load of malware and viruses into his network. I cleared everything out as far as I can tell and repaired one machine, but I think one of the nasties stomped on the TCP/IP stack of the other box pretty hard. …

Here is what happened to me in sequence, any help would be appreciated (Dell Deminsion 8100, XP - SP2, 1.5ghz p4, 384 mgs ram, Nvidia 5900 video card.) 1) was removing old video and sound driver remnants with Driver Cleaner in safe mode 2) rebooted, for a few mins everthing …

OK, my initial problem is in another thread, but now I am preparing to just completely reformat/reinstall. My PC, not this one, the one at home I can no longer boot up is running XP SP 2. I am thinking I would like to go back to Windows 2000 Pro …

First of all, great forums. I found it when I was searching for computer help. The problem im facing is strange because its unclear whether it is a hardware or software fault. OS: Windows 2000 SP2 Machine: Custom Progs: Audiomulch, SynthEdit, Antares Filter, Antares Kantos, Simplefont 1.2 Trial, HijackThis A …

[FONT=Lucida Console]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=3]undefined[/SIZE] Yesterday when my virsus scan updated and windows updated, I rebooted and when I got back on my quick launch toolbar had disappeared. I did a search for Quick Launch and found the folder- so it was there- sent it to the desktop and dragged it down. When …

Hi, I recently brought windows 98se to replace windows 98nt because bt braodband requires this for some reason (something to do with digital signatures). Anyway, When the cd loads I can't install windows 98se because the computer says "Your computer already has a operating system installed, which can not be …

Hi All, I stumbled across these forums in my attempt to gain some information on a few issues I am having with my PC so hopefully someone can help me out. [U]Issue 1:[/U] Currently running Windows XP Home Edition(SP1). Today when I started my computer I firstly had an error …

I'll try to be as brief as possible but the problems I'm having are so vast and numerous that it's probably going to end up being a very huge post. [b][u]Computer Info:[/u][/b] [u]System[/u]: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 [u]Computer[/u]: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 995 MHz 512 MB of RAM …

This is a Dell 400 with 128 megs of RAM running on WinPro 2000. I went to Macromedia's site, as Shockwave Player was needed for a game my friend wants to play. When she gets there and attempts a download, it does, but hangs at one percent. Tried, retried, rebooted, …

Hello, this would be my second posted question today. Anyways, I wanted to scan my hard drive using Norton Disk Doctor (from Norton Systemworks 2002). But when I check/click the "fix errors" button, and press the "Diagnose" button to scan my disk, a window pops up saying: "The Operating System, …

Hey, On my other computer I have win 98se. I am going to install windows server 2003 (enterprise edition), I want to partition the drive so win 98 can have half and windows server the other half. I've never dealt with partitioning b4, so I'm not sure where to start. …

i cannot use properly a usb memory device on my fujitsu-siemens amilo D8830 and i have try almost everything with drivers and bios updates. Does anyone knows how to fix this problem? Thanks

No, this is not an advertisement for the website, this is an errormessage that comes up everytime I boot up the open computer on my network. (I have an extra to keep on the network) When it boots up it says that it is labled in the win.ini file, but …

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 …