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hi guys! first timer here. and here's my situation. In IE it takes an extremely long time to load. sometime it times out. called bellsouth they tried all their stuff but couldn't help so now i'm waiting for a return call from them..waiting for a return call? ha ha i …

when i am installing office 2000 on my laptop i keep getting this error 1933: cannot update protected windows file, similar to that. well i have installed office on this same system and OS, just had to reinstalled because i used a new hard drive. I am logged in as …

:( I just installed DSL on my computer. Everything was working fine when I'd surf the net. Now when I surf the net I can see the text on my browser, but I can't see any of the pictures on any web page. Please help!

This just started after I got Cable Internet, and now whenever I download a file, I specify which directory I want it downloaded to, and it then (without me knowing until the end) downloads to the "Temporary internet files" directory, and THEN copies it to the directory I wanted it …

Hey folks, anyone know of a virus scanner that works on Windows 2000 or .NET Server? I have Norton, but the standard retail version does not install on server platforms, and I am not buying the corporate one just for my server. Too pricy. Any suggestions? An free is always …

well i had 2 partitions. one is windows 2000 and the other is freeDOS. well installation of the 2 Operating systems was fine. its the bootloader that screwed things up i install XOSL however i think it did something to the partitons. I recal telling it to install on the …

i am useing an imation super disk USB drive on my laptop. however it has been a bit touchy. I just reinstalled windows 2000, see my bootloader post, and all the drivers are on the super disk. normaly it is just plug and play, no drivers needed. however this time …

well i installed windows 2000 on my compaq presario 700US laptop. sadly drivers are wierd as compaq will not support 2000, just XP. so here is my question. where do i get the drivers for windows 2000? I use to know a site about this topic but have forgotten it. …

Hi All, i want my virus scanner to run an exe after completeing some tasks, it has the capacity to do this. what i want is a program that will pick up the user name and mail a simple message, 'done', to my mail account. i am struggeling to find …

I'm new to the board, so hi all. On to the good stuff, my cpu p4 2.0a 1 gig pc800 rambus, intel d850emv2 mobo, and a geforce 4600ti. I built this cpu about a year ago and also bought an OEM windows xp pro, i registered it and it has …

who makes 100% full hardware modems anymore? this is a question because i run into many win modems, and even a few that say full hardware yet in the instructions say controllerless. full harware modems ussaly can take just a basic driver, 56k v.90 if thats what it is, regardless …

Hello Again, it may seem I'm asking a lot of questions, and I'm sorry if it bothers anyone. I'm just trying to get my computer fixed up since I have time before summer ends. Anyway.... First Problem: I use Internet Explorer 6 (with some sort of Service Pack), Dial-up Internet, …

I have found that my 640x 480 screen resolution is all out of size . It does no longer occupy the whole screen ,it was a long skinny thing , but by manipulating the monitor controls to maximum size one way, i now have a viewable ,but less than half …

i have just installed a printer on the network. the test print went fine. however other applications will not print. they give me an error about unable to print. This is wierd because the printer is detected and working. the test page went well and i have it set as …

We have a cgi script on a shared ssl. When I access it from my computer at home it works fine. It is an administrative script that is password protected and as soon as I log in the script loads. When I try to access the program at work using …

How do I get this error fixed. I have been trying to get my network starter kit working and now it tells me my system registry has been deleted on purpose or is missing. Also tells me to uninstall the last program I installed but there was nothing installed. I …

I've just finished my second year of college and have grown unmentionably addicted to AOL IM. I'm now home for the summer and unlike at school, I no longer have the luxury of a LAN connection. Also, I stay at a few different houses which do not particularly care for …

I think something is seriously messed up with my computer. I'm running off Windows XP, and it seems whenever I install a 30 mb program, my hard drive goes down about .2 GBs. I currently have 58.9 GBs left, and just two days ago I had 59.6 GBs. Is that …

I've recently noticed that my pagefile.sys thing is at 700+ megabytes and that might be what's slowing down my system, and I just want a little extra diskspace. Is there any SAFE way to change this so it's not so big, maybe making a new file with the same name, …

I have somthing wrong with Ie 6 and now i want to uninstall it .can anyone tell me how to do it?

since these is no "winipcfg" in the windows XP ,how can i see my ip address ? and there is not a "address" bar in the IE ,what should i do?

i have been trying to get my 2 main ysstems to communicate, but cant seem to get things working. i need to do this because the system downsairs has the printer and all(no more power plugs or space up here) besides they are on the same network and share the …

in windows2000pro what is the command to choose what programs i want to start a boot. it was msconfig and is msconfig in winXP, why was this command removed in 2000 anyway??

i am backing up some software. however some of it does not like being copied. what software will alow bit per bit copy of a cd. or software than will make a perfect image of software

Hi i have my modem on a 2000 machine and have 98 and NT4 networked on a LAN, i want to get 998 and NT on the internet through 2000, i did this but had to enable DHCP, now i cannot see 98 or NT from 2000. How can i …

My mic/headphones for some reason doesnt work. The microphone doesnt record my voice on the windows recorder, but i have noticed that it records the music that winamp plays, how do i change it to record my voice again instead of music?

im having problems with my sound ive installed a sound card and installed audio codecs and speakers and still have no sound now if i put a cd in it will play but still no sound if any one can help me email me at sweet_tim_47@hotmail.com re:sound

I am posting this for a friend who has problems with his keyboard. He has Windows ME and a Hewlett Packard keyboard (SK 2501K). The keyboard keeps locking up and he is unable to type anything. This occurs when for example using MSN Messenger. When he goes from the first …

can anyone tell me how to turn on file sharing through a login script. it has to be enabled through the script. i need to turn a lot of computer's file sharing option on. OS: Windows Xp Thanks Shane

I'm having a major problem when I go online. I don't know if this has to do with anything, but when my phone line (56k) got busted and got switched, all full-screen Windows games, when run, would auto-minimize and, after closing the bar window (after minimize, trying to re-open it …

I been getting random pop up ads coming up and the pop up stopper software aint helping with all of them. I tried to run an up to date anti virus and got nothing. Anyone got any ideas?

I removed the AC97 drivers, and everything else that said Audio, media devices, from device manager and disabled onboard sound in BIOS. Shut down and installed Audigy2 sound card. Installed drivers and Media Center from Creative's install disk. When I try to play a audio cd using Media Player,I get …

bought an asus a7n8x moto and xp2400 chip,when flased updated bios , when i start system takes forever moto sees hd ,western digital 80 gig 8meg but when i try to load xp pro windows wont see hd and cant install??

News of more security problems with the Opera browser. Affects versions 6.x and 7.x Details here: [url]http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/10792_2109161[/url]

Anyone know how to partition hard drives in Windows Server Platforms? Meaning the boot drive of a server platform? Lovely partition magic doesn't work in any server platforms.

Occassionally when I begin startup on my compaq presario 700 laptop computer; operating system Windows XP home edition, I recieve a box stating the following: RBA has encountered a problem and needs to cloe, sorry for the inconvenience. If you are in the middle of something, the information you are …

As many of us know (especially those like me who use StyleXP) the well known XP themes site has been down for the last few weeks. As of within the past hour, it's been back up! I'm just about to go head over to it and check it out. Let's …

I am trying to help my brother-in-law get his computer on line and I can't get his computer to recognize the modem. He is running Windows 95, ( I know it is old, but it what he can afford) I have the ISP all set up, but can't get the …

Just wondering if it is safe to insert/un-insert those PCMCIA cards on a Notebook while it is running? I know on a desktop it's not advisable to plug/unplug anything (except USB) while PC is on. Notebook is a brand new Toshiba (don't know model). Thanks, Donk Free Technical Support Webring …

I just reformatted my computer (Win XP Pro). Everything runs smoothly except Outlook XP or Outlook Express. Everytime I open either one, it takes a solid two minutes for the splash screen to go away for the rest of the proggie to open. Every other program works perfectly fine (e.g. …

When I want to uninstall a software , it seems that it has been unistalled .But when I delete the folder , it reports something wrong .It seems that the software is running. I used Ctrl+Arl+Del ,but there is nothing unusual , the software is not shown in neither program …

The amount of space for backup files appears to be limited by Windows to approx. 10% of your disk space. How can that be changed? I've put in a second drive which I want to use primarily as backup storage. It is an 80 gig drive and has nothing else …

I've seen a lot of issues lately with OE 6 unable to switch to another ID in WinXP. Three solutions that I know of: 1) 3-finger saluting OE 2) bounce sys 3) deselect default ID setting (and leave setting that way) & do a File/Exit and Logoff, re-open OE & …

I am currently running Windows 2k on an A7V motherboard with a 1.1 GHz AMD Athlon. In addition, I am attempting to install two different PCI sound cards. However, I am encountering major IRQ conflicts. I have attempted to manually change the IRQ of one of the sound cards to …

Hey guys. I came across this just recently, but I'm not sure if you guys are aware of it. It crashes csrss.exe (thus W2K, NT, XP) through the command console. I tried writing the same program in Perl, and it did in fact crash my system. I did not see …

I decided to aquire Windows .NET RC1 the legal way, direct from Microsoft. I signed up about a week and a half ago, for the "CPP Preview Program" (whatever that means) and got the email today. Aparently, MS does not have enough servers to meet demand. I can't get there …

I just got a Geforce2 MX 400 (I know it's outdated. I got it for $25. better than an 8MB Nvidia Vanta). I have the latest drivers for it but in gaming situations, it sometimes "issues a stop command". I don't know why it would do that so any help …

Windows 2000 SP3 was released to a lot of people. Here is the link for it. http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/SP/SP3/NT5/EN-US/w2ksp3.exe

- Windows XP SP1 Beta came out. - Direct X 9 Beta came out. - SOF2 and GTA3 are top selling games. - www.isonews.com Well that is all from this end.

I just got sent a trial version of XP embedded. I wanted to know if i could fix it with the current files i have. Or maybe someone has a way to fix it. Either way let me know.