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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?

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 …