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So I’m working on an active directory restructuring project my manager has assigned me to do since the new company name change. Basically the meat and potatoes of it is making new OU containers in the Active Directory and throwing user, printers, computers, distribution and security group objects into their …

Greetings caperjack if your still with us here a Danuweb. Been two years since I posted back on this same laptop, which by the way it was finally given to me & still trying resolve a problem getting it to boot up now with a new hdd in it. I …

hello there, i have just upgraded from xp to windows 7 ultimate 32-bit. i am facing a problem, my creative 5.1 speakers are not working. only two ports are working and rest 3 ports as well as subboofer are not working. i have installed all new drivers just downloaded from …

So, i have a Toshiba laptop with windows vista and recently i busted the screen. so we hooked it up to a Dell computer screen, so we could still use it. It was working fine, but recently, when i turn it on, it will load and then this screen comes …

HI, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM IN ISA SERVER 2006. I WANT TO DENY THE USERS FOR WATCHING THE ONLINE MOVIES OVER THE INTERNET AND ALSO CANNOT BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD FILES WHICH ARE MORE THAN 10 MB. ( WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE LIKE BANDWIDTH SPLITTER ETC ETC ) REPLY WILL …

Hi Friends I am kalyan facing a problem that I forget his system administrator password. so I am not able to access his system. Please suggest me how can remove administrator password. & create new user password without system format. Thanks Kalyan Singh

what is the difference between dual core and quad core and which is the best when buy new pc ?

A client of ours uses Outlook 2007. They have recently reported an issue with attaching files to emails. Here is the issue that pops up...  This happens when trying to open a folder to find the file to attach. This only happens with a couple of the folders. …

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, and when I install Web Server IIS it doesn't install properly and gives the following error: "The World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW Service) did not register the URL prefix http://*:80/ for site 1. The site has been disabled. The data field contains …

I have a folder in My documents called Tracing which contains a folder called WPP Media that is empty and also a file called WindowsLiveMessenger-uccapi-0.uccapilog.Does anyone know what this is for? *Can anyone provide me more information about this folder because is panicking me out .

help..!! help...! S.O.S i had dowloaded xp sp3 for free version at 23.00 wib/ 08/oct/2012, from softpedia but i don't know its Serial Number, when i installing it to my computer...who knows that? plz help me...

Folks, I recently learned that SSL issuing places like GeoTrust, Verisign, etc can no longer issue "intranet" SSL certificates, like http://myintranet/ I've been doing this for my company for years (renewing them), and not really sure how to proceed - it seems we should create our own Cert Authorization and …

If you use Windows, then it is possible to squeeze extra speed from your internet connection. By default, Windows reserve internet bandwidth up to 20% for various services such as Windows updates and spyware checks by using QoS Packet Scheduler, it is a network bandwidth management tool that can monitor …

(The last time this problem was posted was 8 years ago) My wife and I are both using HP Pavillion dv6-3033 laptops, 2 yrs old,with lots of free memory, Windows 7 Home premium We both began getting interuptions to our Internet Explorer connection about a month ago Tried both Internet …

Hi all, I'm working on a Dell that suddenly won't load the network adapter drivers (code 31), I've un/re-installed drivers, installed a different adapter which won't load either, same problem; the 1394 network adapter also same. I've ran scans, no major viruses or malware, it just can't seem to load …

I have Dell Inspiron N5010 with 500GB Hard Disk and 4GB Ram. I want to downgrade my laptop from 64-bit Win7 to 32-bit Win7. Does anyone know, where I can get the drivers of my laptop for win7 Home Premium 32-bit edition????

every time l start my laptop it gives me a **RUN DLL ERROR** and it say **could not start msicts32.dl**l, what can l do!!!

my internet exploer crashes and my hp support assisstance tune up say trying to delete pemenent file that may harm your computer i dont know what to do

how can I delete all internet sites that are stored to my pc witch I had visited?

I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I have 2 files that I was having trouble doing work in, so I [U]tried[/U] to delete them. At first they deleted as normal. I clicked on the file, then delete, then yes for the confirmation. For some reason, the file stayed …

Hi, i have a .reg file that i'd like to run via a batch file. What is the syntax to call the .reg file? Thanks

Don't know if this is the right area for this. I understand the impossibility of Flash files, but is there a way to capture animations only out of emails, etc.? Thanks, Giddyup

There is a website that I cannot pull up on my computer. I have tried using IE as well as Chrome. I don't have a problem pulling it up on my phone. Please help!

Hi Techs Members I have been having a problem when i goto connect usb devices to a "XP Professional" Machine where as the computer will not recognize my devices. Although i experienced this same problem long ago and recognized a fix Now I have forgotton. would someone post the most …

Hi all, I just purchased a new laptop with genuine windows 7 product key and I also purchase a windows 8 upgrade. I am not sure how well I will like the new windows 8, so I am thinking that I want to install another windows 7 on my other …

Just tried to access this link; http://blog.seorevolution.com/2012/09/28/things-you-should-know-right-now/ And got: “Forbidden You don't have permission to access /2012/09/28/things-you-should-know-right-now/ on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. ________________________________________ Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.19 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_perl/2.0.5 Perl/v5.8.8 Server at blog.seorevolution.com …

I installed a Synchrotech cardbus reader into a new PC today. It fits into a 3.5" drive bay and has a IDE cable that connects to the PCI slot on the back of the board. After installing it, the mouse driver disappeared and I had to reinstall the drivers. I …

Ok this is a real frustrating problem that i have been experiencing on my **Acer 5750G Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (SP1)** for quite some time. Observation: 1. When i start a download or stream a video, it downloads about 0.1 MB of data and then stops downloading 4 another …

I have 2 Major Partions. one has Win XP(Partition 0) installed. and the other has Win 7 starter(partition 1 i think) Now, i intend to format the partion containing Win XP and extend the Win 7 partition to include the win XP partition. however, in Disk Management,i get the following …

anybody can help me of how i can access the registry key of windows to application??

I have an hp g6, with windows 7 home basic edition pre-installed. it has 2 partitions( Local Disk C: & Recovery D:) in my computer however in disk management i see c:\ recovery D: hp tools and system i wanted to partition the drive C: , so i opened computer …

I've been trying for 2/3 days to figure out what my computers issue is. I'll try to give as much information as I can, but please keep in mind I'm far from a computer genius... :) The computer is a Gateway M-series laptop, & it all started when windows was …

1. Boot from Windows 7 Disk 2. Command Prompt – copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\ copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe 3. Activate Sticky keys by SHIFT 5 times In Command Prompt Enter: net user administrator **NewPassword**

My harddrive was failing so I replaced it with a 80 GB SSD to hold my OS (Windows 7) and a 2 TB SATA for everything else. Everything works fine only my DVD drive is not working when I click it windows explorer freezes, but I can open other windows …

Hello I have a hp pavilion slimline I have downloaded some pictures of my daughter children, they burn on disc ok took disc out put disc back in it opened ok, done it again it then showed it was slow then it told me nothing on disc. also if i …

This has been baffling me for a few weeks now. I have an emachines laptop, its about 18 months old and I am on it every day working. While I am sat with the laptop on a table I have no problems but if I then move to the sofa …

Hi. I downloaded a couple of sport pics from a photographers site(Willie Vass) but in the folder I can only see the titles. They are Gifs apparently and the files are not Hidden in properties. Any ideas how I can view? I have opened with several pic viewing progs but …

I am trying to install a new intell video driver but when I do I keep receiving an error that I need to have admin privileges. I have tried "run as admin" and disabling the UAC and I still get the same error. I have never had this issue before. …

When I try open links in outlook i get the following error message - 'Contact your system administrator due to restrictions in effect on my computer' This is a Windows 7 pc running outlook 2010 and using an Exchange 2010 mailbox. any ideas? Thanks

Hi everyone, When I purchased my hard drive, its size was 1TB. Iformatted it a few times and I don't know why and how it has lost 70GB. Is there a way that I can get it back up to its original size? if yes, Will I be able to …

Hi! I've just realised a weird behaviour regarding Windows Defender in my laptop. Whenever I open (run) it, either by prompting to run a scan or just to open the GUI, it always closes itself immediately (even before it finishes scanning my computer if I open it to scan my …

My pc has been infected by a very harmfull virus , this virus close and restart windows explorer repeatedly in very short time , I cant use the computer, Please help me about the name of this virus and how can I remove it. Thanks in advance

I have a Toshiba satellite A135-S4666 that will not startup apart from the power button blinking blue just for a while and going off

I'm having trouble with a home-built desktop PC where wireless network cards don't appear to be working for it. I put one in a PCI-E slot on the motherboard and I also tried just using a USB wireless card. Neither work, according to the windows trouble shooter there is a …

**I recently had to replace my power supply in my pc. After the pc sat for several months I installed a new power supply as the original one died I now have no video no display at all the fans run the mother board lights up the video card lights …

Hi I recently came across a windows inbuilt program "winchat". I found it quite interesting but it seems like it is not working. When i try to type a ip address and dial, it says "The other computer did not resepond". I am using this program for the first time. …

I have a Toshiba Sattelite Pro 660, when I switch it on I had a black screen with only the Toshiba on screen. I couldn't start the Recovery Mode it frooze too. After checking in on the Boot Menue to change to boot from CD it came up with this …

I am using dual boot on a same HDD (C:XP - D:w7) and my default OS is XP. I accidentally changed the admins password on W7 and now unfortunately cant access it.. i have already tried couple of hacking programs but no success at all... i also tried to access …

Hello community, For some reason when my laptop has the charger plugged in i have sound then when i unplug the charger there is no sound and i have checked the sound levels they at at 100% and still no sound Also when i plug and unplug the charger i …

I have Western Digital TV Live that plugs into my TV and also into my 1TB external HD. I have attached four pictures to help with what I'M confused and having trouble with. Take a look at my network1.png, notice that the device is listed in two places, one big …