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I've created a texture format for another program I've designed, but would like to make it so when I go into files I could visualize them within files the way jpeg and png are done are handled. Was curious if this was possible.

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Everything WAS fine..I have absolutely NO sound and nothing changed....Where can I begin to figure out why?

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Straight question. How to install windows xp in a system which is running windows 7. (without formatting windows 7). DUAL boot

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Hi, my pc configuration asus-m2n68-am se2 amd sempron le 1250 2gb ddr2 windows 7 (32bit) ultimate(not genuine) My problem is, sometimes when i boot my pc,the network status icon in taskbar shows an exclamatory sign in yellow colour and some text like this "no internet acces, unidentified network". But the …

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hi frieds, when i start computer .after booting of system automatically windows updates started .so can you tell me .how should i stop this automatic start at startup .Kindly let me know please.

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Hi ! i accidently disabled windows search option in computer management of windows 7. now when i want to undo it, windows search option isn't appearing their ! Please tell How to enable it !

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I am working on a laptop and the processor can support 64bit, but it is only 1.6Ghz (dual core). He said it has been running slow lately (I am sure it is mainly malware) but was trying to get him to put Linux like Ubuntu or Debian. (I am thinking …

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How do I get Tools, Internet Options back on my computer...it will not load from the browser and it is not showing in Control Panel...is there any way to type the code back in? I am good at following directions...just don't know what to do..thanks:'(

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Hello everyone.. I have recorded a video from my satellite digital receiver device on a USB flash disk.. After I plugged the USB disk into my computer, I noticed that the name of the file contained unusual characters (I've taken a picture of the file and put it in the …

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I am using old p3(933 mhz) processor with VIA motherborad and 512+256 ram. Is it possible to install windows 7?

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This started about a week ago. I'll be doing something and for no reason i can think of it will turn off. Except maybe from being to hot which doesn't make that much sense as it runs b/t 120-180 and very very rarely 190-200. But anyway it will turn off …

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If this is in the wrong section, sorry, can't find a better place (feel free to move this post) Hi, I am hoping to get some advice on how to further proceed with and issue I am having on my 1 month old self-built computer. Issue: My whole system "stutters" …

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I get this error message every time on start up. Will describe it as best as I can: Application NDP1. 1sp 1 Error Description Queue Serv Size 2.1KB Contents NDP1. 1sp 1. KB2416447_x86_ wrapper log version bd As I get this message every day I would appreciate any help in …

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Hi I hope someone can help. A recent update came for my anti virus product (McAfee Total Protection). However as a result of this update the screen resolution changed from 1024 x 768 - 32bit to 640 x 480 - 4bt and cannot be changed back citing Windows does not …

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I have a problem on win XP where every command I run including cmd and msconfig do not run but open as text files for editing. This happened after I manually tried removing the New Folder.exe virus due to the failure of my antivirus to deal with it. I cannot …

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I have a Neo B32238 Laptop running an Intel Duo CPU T650@2.1GHz 2G Mem with 1.87 useable running for over 2 year on Windows 7. It works well in all respects other than I just lost the ability to access a wireless network that had been operating well in the …

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Hi, i've been struggling da whole day with getting my administrator or primary password for my dell d600... a little or alot of help will be nice....

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Sir, I want to purchase the game cd(Emperor battle for dune), but before purchasing it,i would like to know if it runs on windows vista home basic,my system specifications are as follows: Operating System: Windows Vista Home Basic Processor Speed: 2ghz Ram: 2 gb Graphics Card: ATI Raedon xpress 1100 …

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Hello, A while ago I upgraded my Windows Vista PC to Windows 7. Now it's starting to get all slow and that (it's very well used) and I feel like re-installing it from scratch. Can I re-install my Windows 7 system using the upgrade DVD I used before without a …

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PC - Dell Dimension 8200 - Pentium 4 - 2.8GHz - WinXP SP3 - "born" 2002 I have previously added an extra HDD from a Sky TV PVR. For several years I have had no problem with this 250GB drive. Maxtor DiamondMax 10 - 6L250RO 250GB - PATA133 Jumpered to …

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I have windows xp professional Celeron CPU 2.53 GHz 1.24 GB RAM and I am trying to open some photos which came in an attachment to one of my e-mails. However, I get the message "this file does not have a program associated with it to perform this action. Create …

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Hi there. I am fairly new with editing windows... thus is the root of my problem. Okay, so I was wanting to change my windows "Start Orb" on Windows 7 64-bit. I followed the directions by changing the Bitmaps: 6801, 6805, 6809 images to the one I had selected. I …

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I am using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9 I want to upload word documents to certain websites. There is usually a blank box, a Browse button and an Upload button. I am able to browse my computer and put the word document in the blank box. When I click …

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When I power up my PC and Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." There are a few old threads on here with suggestions to deal …

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The other day we bought a used Compaq Presario with the following specs.: Celeron CPU 2.50GHz 2.49GHz 120 MB of RAM 32.2 GB hard drive with 21.8 GB free space The problem is that it runs so excruciatingly slow that it literally takes several minutes just to open a program. …

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I installed windows 7 Home edition against the old windows 7Home edition which having virus.During the installation it shown one popup saying that old windows 7 will be add in separate folder called window.old.So my concerns is after successfull installation i cant able to delete that folder.It asking permissions to …

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[COLOR=magenta]i need help..:sad: there is something wrong with my internet.. i am having trouble in accessing some sites such as multiply.. pls pls help me.. and in most sites, i get the message "internet explorer cannot display the webpage".. i think something wrong with my security or internet connection.. how …

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I'm having trouble with a computer that will not get out of chkdsk. Every time the pc boots, it starts the chkdsk program which normally would be ok, but it will not finish. It gets to 83% of phase 5 and freezes. there is no way to cancel the scan …

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Hey everyone! Users of Microsoft Security Essentials know that the right-click menu item that says "Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials.." is just too long. How do I customize it? I figured out that the file shellext.dll that comes with MSE is responsible for the context menu. I opened it with …

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Lot may time i come acorss a error MSG(Unable to silently launch embedded setup(27091)) while installing software which looks unresolved sometimes it gets fixed by changing a package however most of the times its bogs me down i researched in many verticals but nothing gives me insight about the error. …

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Hey anyone need some help, my Toshiba notebook wont start at all not even in safe mode. I've tried reinstalling the OS but not even that works. I am thinking that it is a hardware problem, thin is I only recently got a new harddrive and the OS redone as …

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Hi all, I am writing a currently writing a program that needs to connect to a website via HTTPS. I am receiving the following error when I attempt to connect: [I]The procedure entry point ASN1_const_check_infinite_end could not be located in the dynamic link library libeay32.dll[/I] followed by: [I]Could not load …

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I tried to use winchat on a LAN but it shows that the other computer didn't respond while LAN is functional. Any ideas?? :(

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Hi! I have been creating animated gifs with flash till now, but since here is HTML5, I don't need flash anymore. But any other program I try (yes, I tried google) want to make me to draw every damn frame one by one, and can't do a simple movement or …

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I have a secondhand motherboard running a 3 g processor with 2 g Ram and an 80g SATA HD, when i try to boot load windows 7 to a formatted drive I get "can not read from CD Code 5" I can load other CD/DVDs to the drive but after …

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This is a cool windows xp trick i found out by which you can hide your files under a picture. Follow these steps --> 1. First select the files you want to hide. 2. Right-click the files and select "Add to archive" i.e compress the files to zip or rar. …

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Hello DaniWeb Family ! I have an Emachine Netbook, EM250, 1GB RAM...Windos XP Home. This may be the wrong place to put this thread so let me know if we need to move it. I let my niece borrow the net book for a day. Bad BAD BAD ! The …

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hi...friends.... My PC is suffrng frm a dngrs stuation...... I've instld Win 7 Ultimt. 1GB Ram,Intel Dual 2.GHz At system strting , It wrks fine...But after 5 min it hngs up.... explorer.exe and dwm.exe uses upto 100% cpu...... and nw prcs like winamp,wmp..etc als take 50-60 cpu........ Everythng goes dwn....refresng …

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Hello, I am just getting done with college and have a lot of knowledge and experience with hardware and software troubleshooting in Windows and I have always wanted to start a business so I figured why not a computer repair business. I am trying to figure out everything that I …

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We have here at our home my wife's work computer. While not today's hottest iron, it is still Centrino Duo machine, runningn WinXP Professional with 1 GB RAM. Our home machine is aged AMD Semptron 3100+ (1.81 GHz) and has 2 GB RAM running WindowsXP Home. While running my Mandelbrot …

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I think my eGeForce 8600GT NVIDIA graphics card is going bad – frequent system pauses occurring when complex displays are being processed - & I’m looking for suggestions for an upgrade costing under $100 USD. My system is Windows XP SP3, Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 motherboard, 3.0G Pentium 4 processor, 750W power …

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I have a Dell XPS running windows xp with all the updates you can get installed. I installed office 2010 and used it about a month with no problems. Then I got the brillant Idear to try a system speed booster. It came with a regestry cleaner I know it …

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I accidentally installed 2 xp's on my pc and now i want to replace one of them with linux operating system.... Someone please guide me....

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I have an empty folder with the above name. When I try to delete it it says 'Cannot delete, it is being used by another program'. I have tried EMCO 'MoveOnBoot' but it doesn't allow you to delete folders, only files. Suggestions please. Sorry I didn't google first. NOw have …

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I want to make my own web-site, and I know HTML (everyone knows it :D) and some PHP. I have a lot of experience with Windows and Linux (Particularly Ubuntu) but I never had my own server, except WAMP that I used for learning PHP. My web-site is not a …

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Hi, My boss is aking me to buy a fax software. Before doing any testing, I post the question here to reduce the heavy testing work. Well, I hope the faxes can be received in one folder and that folder can be shared to all the clients. Any idea?

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With the development of the technology, we have said goodbye to the days of using fax machines. However, with fax software and Internet fax, which one should we choose? Can everybody join this discussion and share the knowledge about Fax Software and Internet fax

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Our computer has a 6g hard drive and I just reformated it a couple of days ago. It had been running slow and saying that it had low disk space. So after I reinstalled Windows XP and as I was installing the various drivers I was watching to see how …

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