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Hey, last night, i used ad-hoc connection. It worked perfectly fine with my other laptop. But today, me and my sister used both laptop. We cant access some website. I tried what was posted here, the CMD. Still some website wont work. Its killing. Anyone help me. Please. Thanks

I bought a computer from a school auction.When it comes up a box pops up with a school user agreement.When you accept it goes to a user name and password screen.Is there any thing I an do to use this computer. thanks

Hey guys, I just have a few questions: What is a Transactional File System? Is Windows 7 a Transactional File System? If not what needs to be changed to make it transactional? Any help would be appreciated.

I have a year old (purchased october 2005) HP media center pc running win xp. Shortly after boot or after logging in as administrator (or limited user account) I get an error message window stating that KBD.exe has encountered a problem and needs to shutdown. As far as I am …

I need to convert many small .mpg files to .gif files. I prefer freeware but pay-for-it software, if not too too expensive but works really good, is also acceptable. Anyone know of really good software to do this type of conversion?

I have a Toshiba Satellite m55-s3293 laptop that came loaded with XP home Edition. I pretty sure that I upgraded to XP Pro. It will not load and gives me the following message: “We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change …

Which Windows OS functionality is fast and more user satisfied OS? Windows 7 (or) Windows xp (or) Windows 98 second Edition? Windows 98 is very old i knew. But its good to compare with latest OS's .Because Nobody will forget about windows98 whomever used before XP revolution. Thanks in advance.

I noticed the past few days my Netbook isn't giving me any battery warnings when its getting low. I used to get it saying 12% remaining, 10% remaining, 8% remaining 5% critical plug in before blah blah blah. Now it jut shuts off on me without any warning and goes …

What software is the best when it comes to making your own music without having to go to the studio and what movie editor is the best.

Where is the location for temporary files of Firefox in Windows xp. I am asking for latest versions of firefox( 5.0 or higher)

Ok so I am trying to get my kids computer to boot up with no sucess. Here's what happens, for the past couple weeks the computer has been shutting off and restarting on it's own. I know I should have addressed the issue sooner but time and money have prevented …

CAN anyone please explain the difference between process and thread with example . with reference to how it is viewed in task manager.

Reformatted and installed my Win XP. Unable to connect to the Internet, neither with cable nor wireless. Have wireless on my two Win 7 machines. On the XP, I get the following messages: Ethernet Controller - "Drivers for this device are not installed (Code 28)". Found and reinstalled a driver, …

My ISP providered has blocked port 80...so if you want to host a website on your computer at home you have to pay double the service charge to get port 80 available. Any one know how to get around this?

Hey guys I have a quick question for you. In my place of work we have three shipping computers, SHIP-1, SHIP-2 and SHIP-3. Normally they all work pretty good. We can access our two servers (FS1 and FS2) and log into Worldship and MAS90. Well as of late we have …

Hello, Short Story: A file on my computer is disappearing when accessed by another user on the network. Long Story: I have a partition on my computer (E:) that I share the root of on my work network. In the root directory, there is (was) a MapPoint file (E:/mapfile.ptm). Sometimes, …

Hello all! I just needed to ask that Can I get a Genuine Copy of Windoes 7 from internet as the one I am having with my Laptop is not genuine. So if I can get it from Internet then please let me know the site which you would like …

For the Past Four Weeks , i have been researching alot of Errors caused by Windows XP Operating System especially in obsolete Computers where the Setup Hangs alot when the User tries to Proceed to the Next Stage of Windows XP Installation. There are Several Issues to be considered when …

For many Windows XP users, when the operating system crashes or some inexplicable errors occur, generally they repair the system by Ghost or reinstalling operating system. However, these methods have shortcomings. Reinstalling system, the original system settings and software will be gone and have to be installed again, very troublesome. …

I have currently in my possession the following computer: Dell PowerEdge SC430 4GB RAM Intel Mother Board LGA775 Processor Socket 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor 2 x WD SATA HDD 80GB in Mirrored RAID Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard I am looking at currently keeping this RAID with the …

How can I install PHP 5 on Apache Tomcat 5.5 :?: Please reply ASAP :!:

Hello Usually, when I connected a usb pendrive or put a cd in my drive, I had the autorun/autoplay window which appeared, however now am not getting anything when using these devices. I did not change any registry settings as well. Anyone can tell me how to recover the autorun …

I'm setting up a TruConnect 3G mobile internet on my laptop so that I can check email from anywhere. I have free wifi at school, and I went with TruConnect because it's cheap and I only need it for emergency backup when I'm not on campus. Thing is, it's $5 …

I got my laptop in April 08 and since then it has gotten rediculously slow and really needs a reboot! I've done disc fragments ect, but its getting worse, i've backed up everything on my hard drive, so other than not really understanding what'll happen to my Itunes and music, …

Has cut out a couple of times and left distorted images. Not at all sure what to do about it. Would welcome any help. Want to take action before it goes altogether.

i'm using vista rc1 x64. i initially installed this os onto my 200gb sata drive, but keopt having booting problems, namely, the missing BOOTMGR error. this was usually solved by turning the computer off and then on again (not just a restart). at worst, i would run the boot repair …

Hello guys, I have a website on a server (win2003), I have no problem open it with [url]http://computername/site[/url] but I just can't open it with [url]http://ipaddress/site[/url] Why? How to fix it? Thanks.

I recently installed a virtual drive. However when I try to go and burn just a normal Audio Cd, WMP says "connect burner and restart the player", and winamp just keeps saying insert blank media into the drive. I have uninstalled the virtual drive, and it comes back and i …

received e-mail containing a photo which I forwarded and the receipient received the e-mail and photo. The second time I forwarded it, the recepient could not see the photo and received a message that "some pictures could not be found". How do I fix this problem? Raya

The spacebar key appears to be permanently stuck down on my laptop. However, I have completely removed the keyboard and the spacebar is still being pressed. So, it appears to be a software problem. I have also reinstalled the keyboard driver but no improvement. Any ideas on how to solve …

is there any way to copy address book from one user to another user Ms Outlook ? .Kindly let me know the idea.it is very much effort to make hundreds of email id in New Distributin List/Contacts.

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me. I've got a dual boot system with Windows XP which is my primary operating system and Windows 7. My computer is fairly old so it has a small hard drive so I want the space that is allocated to 7 to …

Hi, im trying to get in to my msn,mail, and update my systems but all i get are some errors i still havent found a fix for. i hope someone could helpo me out with this. i know its no a modem or isp problem because i have a different …

I think something in my registry got messed up by a registry cleaner. Now i can't access the User Accounts, i'm on XP Home. I get the following error: "wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment". Can anyone help me to fix this? Thanks in advance.

hi there guys I have a question, will my files be deleted and will my drivers be reset when i upgrade my windows 7 home basic to windows 7 home premium?? Because I have an installer of home premium with me right now and I am planning to upgrade because …

I need to go back and set my computer to a early date to reset my computer forgot how it do it please help

guys i just read a vulnerability in the calculator of windows. vulnerability is like this: *) open calculator *) type 4 and then take its square *) then minus two from the result shocked.... answer should be 0 but it shows a different answer.. please help me on this.

So I'm playing Deus Ex Human Revelution at full screen, and near the end of the game it randomly minimizes to the desktop. I thought it might just be the game, but later on, playing another game, it does the same. Now it does it every 10 to 20 minutes. …

Hi, Thanks in advance to those who take time out to assist me. I am having an issue with my PC that starts with a Rundll32 error. Most threads I've read regarding the Rundll32 error indicat most are caused by virus's. I doubt that this the case with this pc …

It's a common problem, there are a lot of google hits, but I could found no working solution. When I leave my computer on and don't use it, and I come back, first only the cursor works, and if I right click, that freezes too. After 1-5 min it recovers …

Hey guys, I have an Acer Aspire 4732Z laptop. My battery is Li-Ion battery. I have just had this problem a while ago. I've been googling but Im really not in to hardware stuffs. Don't know where to put this thread. Since I have a windows 7 OS, Im guessing …

A few days ago I found that I was no longer able to use application functions that access (browse) the system file directory...such as the OPEN buttons...the SAVE AS function....downloading or uploading files...etc. Any ideas? Windows Vista Home Premium - 64bit - SP2

Hi, I am on Windows XP Professional with sp2 and I am having this weird problem. Whenever I right click the task bar and tick the "Quick Launch" option, I do not get the three defualt icons that make up this bar namely Media player, Internet Explorer and Desktop. Can …

I have a Windows Millennium OS disk from my old PC. I would like to know can I install this OS on a computer that came with NO OS

I've seen some older posts about getting application errors, and one of the later posts sounds like something i have but it wasn't answered/couldn't find it couple days ago i started getting the application errors with numbering like...0x1000116e..etc... and would have 'click ok to terminate' ; 'click cancel to debug'...but …

Anyone out there know how to disable the Exchange server portion of SBS 2003?

My direct 3d option is unavailable and I have no clue how to fix, any help will be very appreciated, here the information from my DxDiag ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 8/23/2011, 12:28:40 Machine name: ME Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack …

how can I read or copy such files , so that I can use them or know what they include ? I know it's because of that they are protected and not shared while use , but I want to use these data maybe it can be done bysome kind …

Win XP - RAM = 256 MB - Capacity 37 GB (free) My pc freezes frequently while online (using AOL 9.0/IE7) - showing 100% CPU. AOL UTILITIES show Memory 254 MB (76% load) - Page File Usage 100% free. I have no idea what these % values mean - and …

Ok, so my computer was running completely fine (with the exception of random freezes) for the past month or so. So I ran driver cleaner and all that and reinstalled a new graphics driver. While the computer was shut down, I installed a PCI wifi adapter card and removed an …