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Hi folks, I am working with a HP Pavilion, running WinXP, 1024RAM, and normal factory parts. It is however, USB 1.0 - and I believe this is part of the problem. I am trying to get a Kodak ESPOffice 2150 AIO printer installed and followed all of kodak's instructions for …

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Hi All I set up a user for my daughter, a problem has arisen recently where she cannot access applications,she gets an error message "Application not found" or "open with google" and then nothings happens. Is it a virus or something else,I have made her an administrator still same problem. …

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Hello Everybody! I came to discuss a strange behavior of my WSUS. I started some days ago and I could not find any solution yet. I hope you might be able to give me one. The problem is the following. When I start the WSUS the "add-snap in to console" …

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I have a Dell Dimension XPS. the ABCD lights are all green but I consistently get a blue screen and hard stop while booting. I booted to the diagnostic CD (F12)and tried to run the full 32 bit diagnostics. I immediately get an error message "No line mapping found. Hit …

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I am trying to install the audio driver on an HP Pavilion a820n and keep getting the error message "Can't find match Realtek HdAudio inf file". The file I downloaded is Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Update sp26552.exe from the hp website. I had problems with this computer before and …

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Here's the history of this problem. I'm at my wit's end, but before I do a complete Win 7 re-install, I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas. On Friday 6/17 I allowed Windows Update to install 36 [or thereabouts] language packs. I don't need 'em, but I wanted …

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Hi It look's I have a virus on my computer . For months ago I cant access registry using regedit command No message appears or event anything appears Is anyone have a suggestion to access my registery. thank you

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When booting one our laptops, it boots up to C drive which turned out to be the recovery partition. Running ERD found the windows partition. Does anyone know how the active partition could of been changed inadvertantly? Anyone seen this before? System was running XP SP3.

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when i play Command and Conquer 3 online, if i play it for more then 5minutes, my game crashes to this error: [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/Masterg_/untitled-7.jpg[/IMG] EA support does not know how to fix it, and all drivers for all my pc components are up to date, currently i am running: [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/Masterg_/untitled2-1.jpg[/IMG] E6400 …

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[B]When one upgrades windows vista to windows 7 does it allow you to keep Windows Mail?[/B] Windows Mail is the email program that comes with Windows Vista. It was the replacement to Outlook Express. I want to know if it is possible to keep windows mail if you are a …

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Hello, I was hoping you can help me to solve this problem. I have a lot of documents in pdf format on my computer. I have changed the windows and now have Windows 7 Basic Home Edition, before that change I was able to see all the covers ( or …

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How to safe from kon-boot(password by-passer)...... If I disable guest & Admin account can I logging into system.... any other solution for me to safe from con boot...

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I let Windows update to IE 9. But at the top I no longer have the bar that shows FILE EDIT TOOLS FAVORITES and others. How do I get that back. I have Windows 7. Also at the top some of the desktop shows through.

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Hello for all i want to collected data from pdf form inserted in excel spredsheet i try many methode and some program for (PDF to Excel) but not work i have acrobat x pro and my pdf form (text,number ,pictures). and get data for all it's possible if any body …

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Hi, I do computer repairs at home. I just repaired a clients laptop, I will be giving it back and then he can pay me, but to make sure I get payed, is it possible to put some remotely activated killswitch in the windows which will lock it down. The …

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first go to toolbar it is in office 10 >more commands->show all commands ->speak selected text -> add this now select Ur whole text and press speak toolbar "now enjoy" in older ms word try this Click on the View option at the top of your Word document. Open the …

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make ur pdf files to speak here r the shortcuts for hearing pdf files in abobe reader 6.0 or higher ctrl+shift+b ---->to hear the whole topic ctrl+shift+v ---->to hear the page

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Yesterday i did a registry defrag with a program called Auslogics, this has caused a bunch of errors with the .dll stuff and now i have a error for stservice.dll as an application that is unable to start correctly and it gets error 0xc000007B...any ideas or help please?

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I have a red circle with a white cross on my recycle bin on my desktop, what does this mean?

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i was trying to open a game that told me d3dx9_34.dll file is missing but i searched c:/windows/system32 and the file was there after alot of search and thinking i thought the problem is that i have windows 64 bit but the dll is 32 bit so i want d3dx9_34.dll …

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Well, recently I got pissed off with Avira pushing me into installing update in order for me to allow ask.com toolbar to be installed. I hate toolbar because it eat up the browser page and bog down processing speed. And afterwards, I switched to Avast! which most people recommend it …

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Im new to this site, but hopefully someone can help me with this. I can normally get on any site EXCEPT blackplanet.com (no other site) and ONLY on MY computer (no other computer)(takes 2-3min to go from page to page). I have gone through the internet options and have deleted …

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Does any one know about a software to monitor network activity. I want to keep a check on the softwares installed, that to which sites they are making connections. I have noticed that a lot of network activity keeps on going through my machine. I want to check it.

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Anyone notice that Chrome consumes all of your memory and then your virtual memory when you have one to many tabs open ? I don't know if this is the case with Chrome 12 but with Chrome 10 it happened quite frequently, has this been fixed ? I'd like to …

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Hi guys, if i had set a the delegation for a particular user to manage an OU, how do i give access to the user if i just want him to connect remotely to the server and manage the OU remotely? do i need to install some software on user …

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Hi, We have purchased a few [URL="http://www.ebuyer.com/product/261514"]Acer Aspire M3920/URL]. As you can see, this machine comes with no Operating System. As we have our own Windows licenses, our intention is to use those. However, when I switch on the PC all it does is boot into a Bootmanager. Something like …

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i'm using DELL N4010.i can't use bluethooth .can someonehelp me

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I am completely puzzled with this issue. When my friend's laptop crashes (usually from overheating), no matter what network he is on, the network will crash until his computer comes back online. This is particularly frustrating when we are LAN gaming and his computer overheats (because it is a crappy …

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I am trying to burn some files to a DVD but when I put it in the drive it says "Device not ready (medium not present) The drive is an HP DVD Writer 640b and I'm using memorex DVD+R 16x 4.7 GB/Go 120 min. Am I using the wrong kind …

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Hello all, I was trying to make a folder secure. So when the folder is opened( or any operation is performed on the folder like deletion) an application would open and ask for password. The application i have is an exe file which is dos based and asks for password. …

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I am new here and have a question and not sure where to post it. I found this because I was doing a serch for "AppData/Roming/Microsoft/Windows can't get rid of this tracking cookie what do I do?" I am in a dilemma and don't know what to do. I am …

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When I get an e-mail with an attach picture, I double click on the attachment and get the following error message "This application has failed to start because UXCore.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem." Then I click OK and get "Error loading C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Photo …

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Hi, I am having duplicate 'boot line' options in my boot-up window. The first gets me into my machine, the second takes me to: "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware." I …

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I'm trying to burn a program to a cd but my computer keeps saying there is no disk in the drive. I tried another file and it keeps saying the same thing. Two days ago I copied files to it but now it won't recognize that there is one in …

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When I open my machine I get the message "Windows cannot find E:\Inkli-10Reminder.exe" To remove this message I'm told to remove this iformation from the register. I don't know how to even access the registry. This probably has something to so with installing Quicken over an already installed application, but …

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Guys,i'm facing to a massive problem in these days.Because my Windows 7 OS gets about 2 to 3 hours to installing updates during its' shutting down.But sometimes it gets more than that.It's a really horrible thing.So I'm doing is removing the battery.I know that is a harmful thing to my …

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On my Windows XP computer, I can't run ANY .exe files without it saying "The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect." Reinstalling does NOTHING. I recently reformatted, and now I'm stuck with NO drivers because I can't run the .exes to install them!!!! PLEASE HELP

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Allright! By default .avi files being opened by vlc player. But everytime when i turn on my computer, the default goes back to winamp. File association is set to vlc, but it switches back every time when i turn off my freakin laptop. Any solutions? :)

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I've searched Mozilla's site and the web for help on this problem, but without success: although Mozilla Firefox is normally set to open with only two homepages on my computer, in the last month or so it's been opening with 8 pages that happened to represent one web session I …

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Please disregard this post - I just found the answer. Sorry for the needless post! I'm trying to change the boot order in the BIOS but there's no way to move things around. It's shows how to highlight the items but no way to actually move them around. Boot Device …

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I am using the EXAMPLE Code in the attached code example to copy a CSV file into a 2d array. The Code came with a CSV Data Example with the Filename of "Test.CSV". As the code indicates the Dimensions are handled by the Ubound parameter and the ReDim option. The …

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Windows 7 My Antivirus program wants me to update to service pack 1 but it downloads and then gets to 48% configured on restart and then hangs up for about a half hour and then restarts and tries again with same results then says "service pack 1 was not installed". …

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I use Vista.There are these problems with my computer: 1.The "Computer" icon on my desktop,the text under it is like: [CODE]Comp uter[/CODE] and not [CODE]Computer[/CODE],in one line. The icon is large enough.The thing is it wasn't like that before,but now it is. 2.When I press,@ I get ".I restarted the …

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I recently installed the updated Dell Support Center (DSC) onto my Inspiron 1520 with Win XP(SP3) and ran the included PC Checkup (PCC) powered by PC-Doctor. Everything went smoothly; however, a little later, I started to notice a random .wav sound (a click followed by a "bubbling" sound like someone …

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When I installed Chrome, it asked if I wanted to import my bookmarks from other browsers. Despite saying I wanted the Firefox ones, the new item in the menu says 'Imported from IE'. Which means if I want to access one of those I've got to go: Other Bookmarks / …

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Not sure if this is a hardware or software problem - Windows 7 Home Premium and Levovo Edge 14. I have tried to burn CDs using Windows Media player and also CDBurnerXP. The discs will not finalize. Both get to about 99% and gives error message. Windows Media Player gives …

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Running Windows 7 6.1.7600 with Intel Core i3 M350 2.27 ghz I don't understand what AMD software is doing on my computer. I have Googled the issue and other people are looking for the answer to the same question. Undoubtedly the DaniWeb community will have the answer. Make it simple …

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I tried using the windows experience rating app today and got an interesting result. I received an error: 'Could not measure storage performance. Failed to properly assess the disk. The parameter is incorrect.' I checked winsat log for the errors and there was only one 'winsat\processwinsaterror.cpp:0095: ERROR: tried to read …

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I have a serious issue with our computer! We had CA Internet Security Suite on it but I uninstalled it. I wanted to run a scan because we were having issues with a Google redirect virus. But when I opened it all I got was a blank white box. So …

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Hi All - I'm Brent from New Zealand. Recently I had to get a new hard drive because of a fault. Im running windows xp Prof with 80GB Hard Drive and 512 meg Ram. My supplier who sold me puter is not that helpful and he left when Windows disk …

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