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What is the syntax of command for viewing list of commands in command prompt?I have tried help command but it does not work.

Hi, I am having a problem with my SONY VAIO VGNFZ240E could anyone please help me with this? I tried to recover my unit by making 2 recovery dvds but the process failed at 89% with error code:320/330 follwed by error code:-1 and when I tried do the same from …

How do we set MP3 songs into caller ringtones? How do we download Video to the phone?

I have been having difficulty opening the internet in normal mode but for some reason it keeps saying there is an error(This is for all browsers), but in safe mode i can use the internet perfectly fine. I think its a hijacker or some other virus. I am not sure. …

i have 3 win7 pc's, 1 2 and 3 1 is wireless and cannot access 2 or 3 and returns an error "network address invalid" 2 is wired and cannot find 1 with error "address cannot be found" but can access 3 3 is wired and cannot find 1 with …

Solution: 1.Start ADSI Edit. (Click Start, click Run, and then type adsiedit.msc.) 2.In ADSI Edit, from the Action menu, click Connect to. 3.In Connection Settings, under Connection Point, click Select a well known Naming Context, and then select Configuration from the corresponding list. 4.Under Computer, click Select or type a …

Hello. Having an issue with my computer hanging up and rebooting on startup. Ive noticed when its cold it will do this. When warmed up seems to act normal. If I unplug it and restart it will usually fire up with the usual "computer has been shut down suddenly.."goes through …

Hi, I recently re-installed Win 7 Ultimate on a fresh hard drive in my Dell XPS 1340, and used my OEM-supplied disk to install drivers. I also used Driver Robot to auto-install or update the drivers, as well as searching the Dell website. I then burned a System Recovery disk …

Hi there, I installed Linux mint14 with Windows XP as dual boot. But after installing i realized that i did not gave any swap space to linux. So i deleted linux and entered Recovery Console with XP's bootCD. After entering Recovery Console, i typed "fixmbr" and restarted pc. Then i …

Hello, I am trying to fin software (call it software 'X') that will be used for this: When user clicks 'Shut down' button, there should be some software (which is always open) which has a task to close application I "tell" him to close (in my case EasyPHP). **It is …

Today i started to install internet explorer 8 so i did, my computer restarted and my profile disapered!?!?!?!?! It isnt deleted because when i go onto "User profiles" theres my profile and the other one i made ages ago, so i can only access the one i made ages ago, …

Hi all, I am having really weird problems happening on my machine (windows 7, IE9). I was testing a website and noticed that my Browser Mode and Document Mode are not doing what they should. Basically from what I have read, when you open IE they should be pointing to …

Don't know if this should be under this section or virus section but here goes... Ever since a few days ago, my PC won't shut down, restart, log off, etc. No matter if I shut down from Start menu or from Task Manager, it doesn't do anything. I have to …

Greetings Techies, My access to Youtube via IE 9 has become intermittent. However, it's fine with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. I have tried disabling the ActiveX Filtering and tried the Compatibility thing too. The JavaScript is enabled and working (I checked it on javatester.org). I have Googled for the …

Hello to all, I am working on a spreadsheet/database for my company to track our service calls for the equipment we sell. There are a total of three of us that travel to different locations. I have helped create a database that allows a user to enter information after completeing …

Is it necessary to configure the windows server for 30-40 computers for a small organisation. our branch office is having the server and they managing all the server related issues but the hosts of our office is in workgroup configuration ?

At a client with 100+ workstations, all running a simple logon script, two workstations are experiencing a strange problem. For testing and as an example, a simplified logon script is used: net use T: \\server\public set > C:\Temp\LoginEnv.txt This works on all but the two workstations, mapping the drive and …

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Gone back to using old laptop with wireless mouse and keyboard and had to update numerous programs. Now the mouse or cursor has movement issues. In win explorer can only select last file in directory - ie 'zebra' and unable to scroll down web pages, pdf files etc. Tried system …

Hi,Can i ask about on my desktop.why is that when i am going to switch on my desktop computer it will always says system date not set,Press F2 to set up,Press F2 for default set up etc...I tried to change the system date in the bios to change it to …

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I cant refresh in my desktop, I cant see any shortcut icon, No option comes if right clicked, I dont see any Start Option, even no task bar, Its totally nothing I cant see anything in my desktop, except my wallpaper, I dont know whats going on.. Please Help.. I …

I recently installed a new graphics card (see specs)and two new case fans, after a few minutes(or a few seconds) my computer will turn off completely as if I had turned off the power supply. I was using a 520W PSU when this first occured, I decided that may be …

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I have a 16 bit application that I developed with Borland Turbo C++ on XP. I have installed XP mode and reloaded Borland and my application, but when I try to run it, nothing appears to happen. When I run it under the …

I am trying to access "My Network Places" on my work desktop via cmd prompt. However, when I do listing on any directory, "My Network Places" does not show up. Is there a way? Thanks,

hi all, how would i stop users running .bat files using a gpo? thanks

I am experimenting with data deduplication under Server 2012. A question I have, for which I have found no answer: What happens in a situation with identically named files that are for example an identical image, but at different resolutions? Is there any part of these files that is the …

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After formatting my PC, I noticed that each time I shut down my PC it is installing update. No matter how many times I shut it down in a day it just happens. The thing is that it is only installing 1 of 1 all the time. Normally, the installing …

hi, i'm in the education sector and we're in the process of setting up sharepoint. How would i go about displaying the users documents in sharepoint? We're in a domain environment, I cannot seem to find any 'web parts' that can do this. Thanks

Hey Geniuses, Greetings from Sagar. There is a problem i am facing. After copying profiles of Users to their Newly Created Domain Accounts e.g. Local Account: WESKERSE7EN Domain Account: SAGARSE7EN Profile Copied from WESKERSE7EN TO SAGARSE7EN The Profile is SUCCESSFULLY COPIED. BUT AFTER THE USER LOGS INTO THE DOMAIN ACCOUNT: …

I deleted some of the MSI Files and wasn't sure that they had affect on the installed programs. Now, I can't remove any program from the OS and some programs dont display their icons. is there a program that checks for any missing MSI files and download it possibly? I'm …

Hi I am using Window vista.I want to keep my folder secure. How can I set password on it. I know below way to lock folder but this is not effective I dont know on Window vista. Right click on desktop -Then Select New -Then Select Compressed (zipped) Folder -Then …

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hi everyone there, yesterday we were trying to extract the text from jpeg file and wanted to add it to word,but we couldn't Is there any way out there to do that workout,is any software available there which can help me???/ please answer this..........

We have set up our Vista PC with multiple users for the family. Some of us like loads of shortcuts on the desktop, others like a clean desktop environment. Trouble is that if you delete a shortcut from one user profile, it deletes it on all of the users profiles …

so I was having problems running anything on windows media player, .wmv, dvds, music, anything. the error said that it was because of faulty or missing sound drivers. I attempted to fix the promblem but ended up deleting Conexant HD Audio which I am assuming was my sound drivers because …

How can I add more roles (make a whole list that I need (for example Active Directory Domain Services)? I have just one option on the list - a Web Server (IIS), but I need whole list of roles installation... ***I got licensed Microsoft product by the way!*** [Should be …

When I install Server 2008 on vmware everything works fine and when I start everything loads fine too. When I have to restart and just restart it happens. It loads and stops at the boot screen and I dont know why. I read it could be because I'm using a …

I'm working on a Compaq Presario 5150 running Windows 98. I can't copy and paste new files onto the desktop or any other part of the machine. I've tried dragging and dropping as a method of moving files but that doesn't work either. If I want to use a program …

Im learning in school how to use Windows Server 2008 but im not that good in it, I have a book from the school and going to read it during christmas break to unterstand it better but do you guys have any tips on learning it. This is the book …

I am a relative neophyte in approaching this problem. I just reinstalled Windows 7 on a new laptop hard drive, but now have a problem that affect many programs. I think it may have to do with SSL or accessing https sites ont he web. For instance it affects Outlook …

Does anyone know were to find ws_win32.lib in windows? I have to link against it in an application but I can't find it. I'm using windows xp. What is it anyway? Thanks

Hello! All those people who have a blanke page when clicking on the Microsoft Update page or nothing appears in the Yahoo Messenger if typing a message, try the following: 1. Reinstall the Visual Basic Script Support it can be found here: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en[/url] if your OS have a different language, …

I have a trouble with Windows 2000. While troubleshooting some VPN connection problems, I uninstalled two hidden network devices: WAN Miniport (PPTP) and WAN Miniport (L2TP). Now I'm not able to get them back. Without those devices, my existing VPN connections don't work ("A device type was specified that does …

helle everyone, I have a big problem. I was reinstalling windows xp professional on my sisters pc and it rebooted and it give me a BSOD Unmountable boot volume. I have tried everything. I tested the HDD and its in perfect condition. no bad sectors or problems. I get this …

Hi, I'm testing sharepoint out and i've come accross a problem. i've installed everything snd it's all gone smoothly. when i create a new web application it completes successfully. when i create a new site collection that goes fine. i chose the 'team site' template. How do i view the …

I used to code on MS Visual Studio 2008. It had MSSQL Server 2005 installed with it. Recently I uninstalled MS Visual Studio 2008 and installed MS Visual Studio 2010. But it didnt uninstalled MSSQL Server 2005. And MS Visual Studio 2010 installed MSSQL Server 2008. So basically I have …

I had installed Apache web server latest in my laptop and after updatation of the conf fil it was working now. Initially after installtion when I said stop and restart the engine it was working. When I tested with my .pl and html also it was working. But when I …

Have a huge problem with my internet browser, it keeps on giving me an Error 105. Have tried everything even contacted my service provider. They reckon I have to format my computer as the problem seems to be the computer. Please help.