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hi. my name is Marvin, from Australia. i am totally blind. i use a screen reader called Job Access With speech (jaws), right! a picture of a shark. from http://www.freedomscientific.com. okay here's my review of jaws 14. some of the new features i use include, when you can not read …

Today my pc came, (windows 7 32-bit) so i set it all up, it work i installed everything i needed to, but i downloaded minecraft.exe, so i ran it and loged in, then it took 1 second and it closed, a notepad document came up on my desktop (hs_err_pid3400), so …

i have a problem with my pc i installed operating system windows xp but it restarts itself during the period when it is supposed to display the word "windows" on screen to begin installing for 39 minutes

Microsoft failed to make tablets work with Windows for PEN Computing twenty years ago, so why are some people saying that it is set to dethrone the iPad later this year? Can Windows 8 really prove to be a commercial threat to iOS? [ATTACH=RIGHT]24152[/ATTACH]I still have my Compaq Concerto from …

Hi, I've been searching net for quite some time now, but I can't seem to find what I'm looking for, which is simple software where I can add my clients and track who has payed his bill, who hasn't and who will soon have to . I know that microsoft …

as the topic title specifies... I am using Windows Server 2012 which is the server version of 8.

I had a hard drive crash, which meant I had to install a new HDD in my Dell 64-Bit XPS 1350 (lovely computer). I had previously been running Windows 7 Ultimate Professional which I had upgraded from the OEM Win 7 Home Premium by means of a disk I purchased …

I recently upgraded to Windows7,from Vista. When we opened the box, there were two discs. I wanted to install the 64bit version. When we inserted the disk into the drive it said it couln't install as there was Vista 32bit on the laptop. So after looking around in the Microsoft …

good day guys. I would like to ask if it is possible to repair a computer with an existing XP with sp2 installed with an XP sp3 installation disk? i have trouble with my laptop this past days and i just want to repair it without formatting the hard drive …

So I've done some searching and I've found very little helpful information about this subject. My desktop is a HP and I'm using the Windows 7 OS. Doesn't matter what I'm doing rather it be on a web page making a post or just on a new text document, whenever …

i have a sony vaio with windows7 in italian language.how can i change this in english.

For over a week I've not been able to open FF--I get a message that says "FF is already running but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing FF process, or restart your system." I've tried the following: scanning my computer completely for …

It's not often that Microsoft recommends that Windows users should disable a much hyped part of the OS, but that's exactly what has happened regarding the Windows Sidebar and Windows Gadgets found in Windows Vista and Windows 7. [Microsoft Security Advisory 2719662](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2719662) clearly states "Disabling the Windows Sidebar and Gadgets …

Here's a list of useful freeware applications, arranged alphabetically by category. Please post your favourite software to this thread.... Antivirus: AVG - [url]http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php[/url] Avast - [url]http://www.avast.com/[/url] AntiVir - [url]http://www.free-av.com/[/url] Panda ActiveScan - [url]http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan[/url] Audio Players: Foobar2000 - [url]http://www.foobar2000.org/[/url] Sonique - [url]http://sonique.lycos.com/[/url] iTunes - [url]http://www.apple.com/itunes/[/url] jetAudio - [url]http://www.jetaudio.com/[/url] QCD - [url]http://www.quinnware.com/[/url] …

Tried to download openoffice last week and I could not do it would only let me save the file, and then I did not know what to do next? I am using AVG free as my virus checker maybe it is stopping me? Today I tried to download some Auction …

Hi all, I'm looking for a good tool for analysing Windows Server Event Logs. Basicaly, I want to be able to filter by types of entries or content, and search. If it has some smarts built in for things like highlighting suspicious behaviour that would be great too. I need …

The PC world is an ever changing one and according to trends the All-in-one market is going to show a large growth in the year to come. In addition touch screen devices are steadily gaining in popularity. With the planned Metro Interface of the Windows 8 operating system the touch …

Here is a question I do not recall being addressed. In the last week I have had to completely rebuild my system. Following a lengthy install and configuration I had to look for the locatiuon of a settings file for an application (to make a backup). Being a dinosaur, I …

That is the error that I get when I try to update a phone number to my internet. I have an XP that will not update the phone book. We have switched ISP's and the disk that they (netzero) gave us does not work on the XP computer. I worked …

Hi, This Microsoft Technet page has some cool information to do just about anything in Windows XP. Take a look here:- [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb264763[/url]

Hi guys, Hopefully someone can help me. I have this error when I try to load a webpage in Internet Explorer, is null or not an object. it says some errors on page blah blah. When I try to load the same page on another computer it works fine, I …

This is kind of a random question, but what are the different speeds of internet, what's the fastest, and how much would they cost. I'm not really looking for any specific location, nor am I looking into getting it, I'm just curious to what is available these days.

This is a cool trick with which you can hide your files inside a picture. First select the files and compress them to zip or rar and place it in E: drive also place there the picture on which you want to hide the files. Now go to command prompt …

I have a windows 7 operating system on my pc. I am trying to install windows xp using VMware and everytime i start to boot the guest operating system i get the following error.. PXE-E53 : No boot filename received PXE-MOF : Exiting Intel PXE ROM. Operating system not found …

Currently on my stage of learning about MS Windows security and authentication procedures.And have one question that I can't find answer to. There are Local Security Authority (LSA) and Security Account Manager(SAM) responsible for authentication process. Lsa is responsible for validating user for logon and SAM holds users password in …

Hi, i have only just joined this website, im not sure how to use it properly... i need help i have windows vista and recently i accidently deleted photos and somehow they have been deleted from my computer from the recyle bin too.. the only way i can find them …

Hi guys, Using my desktop pc (Windows XP Professional), I copied songs from my cds to the computer thru Windows Media Player and then moved all the songs to my portable hard drive. I connected my hard drive to my laptop (Vista Home Premium) and tried to play the files …

I was running Iolo's System Mechanic, and was told that is really wasn't that good. What is the best Optimization software to use? Is there a good Freeware out there, or is it better to go with a paid program for this? Thanks....

I found this amazingly useful for setting PCs with SSD as boot drive and a large storage drive. [url]http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/124198-user-profiles-create-move-during-windows-7-installation.html[/url] Kudos to "Kari"

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Hi all Am using Vista home OS here i install vb6.0 and run Progressbar.ocx file couldn't loading, so i download progressbar.ocx and register for using regsvr32.exe but this type of error occuring(this module"c:\windows\system32\progressbar.ocx" was loaded but the call to dllregisterserver failed with error code 0x8004005) plz help to clear this …

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We use Microsoft Online Services Sign in Tool to allow Outlook to access Microsoft's BPOS online Exhange and Sharepoint services. I recently had a user reporting that the Sign in tool was reporting "incorrect username or password" even though the credentials were correct. The solution turned out to be simply …

My son changed my password and forgot it. I am the only administrator, therefore we can't make any changes to certain items. Anyone had this problem? Thanks.

when i press shutdown every time end process is coming and explorer.exe error message is coming i have to press end then it is going to shut down. please help me to fix this problem. i tried to repair but after installing also it could not repaired. thanx in advance

Hello to all, I am using Windows 7 x64 and I require an immediate help on how to set hardware acceleration to full in this operating system. I've tried google but no result was appropriate and I came to know that I need to go to the "Change Settings" under …

Hello friends, I am having a trouble with dosbox 0.72. I opened turbo c++ using dosbox and tried a program. But it throws an error 'unable to create hello.obj'. my program [CODE]#include<iostream.h> #include<conio.h> void main() { cout<<"hello"; }[/CODE] I gave this while opening turbo c++ in dosbox... Z:\>mount c d:\turboc3\ …

What seems to be the best way to move folders in Windows 7? There seems to be several different ways. I have several hdd with several partitions. Thanks.

With Internet Explorer 9 being acclaimed as the fastest ever browser client from Microsoft, DaniWeb decided to put it to the test against Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari and see just how quick it really is in a real world test of web browsing speed. You can read our [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/reviews/review318661.html"]review …

Hello, I cannot open the mail in my Hotmail inbox. It comes up with errors on the page. The error is this, Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152) Timestamp: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:06:03 UTC Message: '__classes' …

BOOTING windows xp FROM USB PEN drive...!!! Hi gurus and dear friends, I had this question in my mind form last so so many days... Q1. Can we boot our desktop or laptop computer from USB Pen drive of say 512 MB or 1 GB...????? Q2. If yes can we …

After the update the Broadband connection went down. No link to the modem according to the modem light. Is there something in the update that might affect the networking capabilities of windows 7 ultimate. It was working fine prior to that without question

I recently got rid of the blaster worm with the download from Microsoft.com. Now the worm has gone. Everytime I try to open the internet I get "This page cannot be displayed" Message even though my connection to the internet is running. The two computers are in the bottom right …

Hey, I've had this problem once before, and im not exactly sure how it was fixed.. but it's back. Theres nothing I can think of that might have caused it, except maybe a power outage or something. Whenever I click on volume control, it says "There are no active mixer …

Yesterday I put Windows 2000 driver CD into my CD-Rom drive and suddenly my laptop doesn't "see" that drive anymore. When I go to system/hardware, it's telling me that I'm having a Device Manager Error Code 19 and that my registry might be corrupted. I found this information that may …

Hi, Our company is in the middle of relocating to a new building the next town over. We have already begun moving servers over during the weekends, and this weekend we plan to move over the Exchange Server. As you may know, the Exchange Server is probably the biggest move …

Have a new Dell Inspirion 560 Minitower with a 16X DVD+/RW Drive installed. Using Windows Media Play to burn audio CD's and to backup Quicken files. Using the following procedure: Start - All Programs - Windows Media Player - Library - Click Burn - Click Audio CD - develop play …

hi all, i am new here and would greatly appreciate advice you can offer. i am using xp pro with sp2 i have my pictures stored an a hard drive. there are about 100 folders. within this "photo folder". i do not regulkarly look throuigh it. i noticed about three …

Hi all, I would like to replace the 400GB HDD in my Toshiba A350 with a 1TB drive. The existing drive is HDD 2H41, I've found a Toshiba 1TB internal HDD 2K11. My question is how do I find out if the drive is compatible with and will just slot …

The likes of Norton these days make much fuss about just how quick installing a security suite is, but you can forget all claims of being done in 60 seconds when it comes to Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security. Think less of speedy rocket-powered installations and more of slow and …