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Hello, today I had problem with my client lapto, first everything worked ok as usual and then I had to install new POS printer and I also had to install driver for COM port (3 and 8). [U]After[/U] installing these drivers laptop started to auto shutdown every 5-10 minutes. I …

I recently did a full system recovery of my WinXP Home. Thank God everything went well. However, whenever I boot(ed) up I kept getting this annoying splash CONTRAST screen window which caused me no end of fits since I couldn't get to see what was behind the window, and my …

I have had my Aspire notebook for about two weeks now and it is malfunctioning in a way I have never seen before (and I had a Dell before this, so I know lots of problems). At startup, I open up the Windows screen after entering my password to get …

Am having problems with bookmarking in Firefox. My "Edit This Bookmark" box is incomplete. The area around the star is totally blank. The words "Edit This Bookmark" are missing. The "Remove Bookmark" box is blank. Anyone else experiencing similar problems? The layout of the box appears to have been changed.

I have had a nightmare of a day... My computer last night was popping up that it was being hi jacked and virus this trojan this, and that passords being copied etc etc... My partner tried to download avg free but it wouldn't let him do it, any or norton, …

Hello all, This has only happened 2 or 3 times but all have been over the past year or so, it is more confusing and frustrating than troubling but still something i would like to get to the bottom of. Seemingly randomly, my entire home network, consisting of 4 computers …

I have a computer that when in use it will occasionally disconnect Outlook from the Exchange server and display Disconnected in the lower right hand corner. The computer is part of a domain as well as the Exchange server. Both are in the same IP address network and I have …

i currently use vista,,while trying to nwatch horse racing videos in the afternoon ,, the video stops and starts every few seconds,, can anyone help please

Hi all, I am using windows vista home premium. Since I have this computer, I cannot type fast, two fingers are the fastest I can go, and sometimes it is even too fast for this vista. Why? Because if I type too fast, I might accidentally press two button at …

Ok, i have a casio laptop and everytime i try to download itunes to it the internet says theres a problem and shuts down. every time i try to close out of a web browser it does this! how do i make it stop????

Hello My drive HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GCA-4166B was working fine so far, until it stopped reading or burning cds and dvds. If I insert a media, it tries to read it then stops after a few blinks, and if I click on the drive icon, it opens to a blank screen …

I've bought 2 Epson P50 printers. Then tried to print photos on windows 7 on them at the same time. * using Nero cover designer * using ms word After printing some part of photos both printers throw papers. I've also tried install windows xp, then printed on them, again …

Hello, I'm hoping I posted this in the right spot... the difficulty in finding the right place for this is that I can't really figure out if it's an OS issue, a network issue, or simply a hardware issue. Yesterday, the office that I work for purchased two brand new …

Hello everyone lately I have been getting many registry errors. The most recent and most troublesome happens whenever I try to access itunes. The error states "itunes.exe unable to locate component This application has failed to start because d3d8thk.dll was not found Re-installing the application may fix this problem". I …

Can someone tell me the difference between a process and a service in the task manager.

not sure if I'am in the right area but here it goes. is it possible to have a exchange server like a blackberry server for the droid x? meaning my company does not want to open up ports for our exchange server to the internet. but if there is a …

Hello! I have a computer that is full of crap I barely use, and I've noticed that it runs slower now then what it did when i first got it. I don't really want to reformate it just like that, since I've lost some of the program boxes, meaning I …

Hello All I want to change the Start icon name(which appears on Taskbar in left corner of Windows XP) to "Click Here". Can any one tell me how to do it? Thanks in advance.

Hi, How can i Play brrip movies in mkv format (1280 * 536).vlc player crashes when i play it .And in GOM player,the video rendering is not very smooth.I have also tried media player classic,it doesn't work in that too.Can anyone suggest good media player which plays blue ray rip …

I have a PS2 Compaq MX-11800 combination keyboard with trackball mouse. The keyboard/TB mouse work find on my HP xw6000 PC running XP Pro SP3 and will work OK in combination with a USB mouse (not that I want both). When the keyboard/TB mouse are connected to my HP Pavilion …

I was looking at building and desinging people there own websites. But when I was thining about it... they would / or I would have to upload it to a server well... what if they dont want to or know how to or want cheaper rates.... well why dont I …

How Can I stop Downloading From Mozilla Firefox ?

I'm trying to download a demo version of PSPICE from a CD that I got from my analogue electronics text book. It's not downloading. The setup file is called setup.exe *32. Does that mean that it's 32 bit? Does it mean that I can't run it on a 64 bit …

Uninstalled Freecorder programme. No longer showing in Programmes and Features or in Revo Uninstaller, but still showing in All Programmes list. Have also seen it in Window's Media Player. How can I make sure that this Freecorder programme is fully removed? Thanks.

Hi I have a dual screen setup with my HP laptop. I was wondering if there was a way to configure my laptop to display on my external monitor while restarting/starting. As of now when it starts/restarts the image switches only to my laptop screen until it gets to the …

hello all, I keep getting error code 0x80070057.sometimes explorer freezes and I have to clear and restart.I'm using google as my search engine.Would appreciate comments many thanks morris116

hey, i hav windows 7 and i want to send a message from my computer to another laptop in my house via command prompt, they are both on the same network. net send does not work and i hav heard to use msg. everytime i type msg i get "msg …

I got a problem on my pc right now. when i open download folder in my documents a window will pop up, it says "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and need to be close. Sorry for the inconvenience". I dont want to reformat cause i have important data and …

Hold Windows key and R key together run box will open Type magnify in it and then press Enter. This enables magnifier tool and anything near the mouse trail will now appear magnified on top!

Hi Daniwebb family. I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with Windows 7 on it. I am having a disk space problem. A warnning states [COLOR="Red"]Drive E:\ has only 14MB of free disk space. To prevent information loss and performance problems, youneed to free up disk space.[/COLOR] There are 3 disks …

I have a domain called "OMNIA" on Server 2008 R2, in which the domain users are created by a script. The script creates a folder for that user and assigns them full access at both a folder and network level. However, whenever I log on as a created user and …

When trying to access Adobe.com to download the updated (from ver 9) flash player with Internet Explorer 8 I get the error message "0x06da0068" referenced memory 0x06da0068." The memory could not be written. When I try to use Firefox I'm told to "close Mozilla firefox." My operating system is XP …

I just place a post an hour ago and since then Hve come up with something interesting (at least from my point) I was printed a file from my Microsoft Publisher application and when completed an error message came up on my screen -HP Digital Imaging Monitor has encountered a …

(I swear I just posted this...but it didn't take the first time :confused: ) My 180 GB drive is my slave. It is recognized as the full size after SP1 was installed and some piece of software from the manufacturer. Now I want to reformat my master. I want the …

Greetings to all! With regards to the title, I don't have much experience and knowledge in using/configuring terminal server. I just got some questions that I hope I can discuss it here. [B][U]Case Scenario[/U][/B] We got a terminal server hosted in UK (Windows Server 2003 Standard SP1) and we have …

This is getting me insane, I got Office 2010 (I think it is still trial). When I try to open a file made in 2007 (both 2010&2007 save in .docx) it shows me this: [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/60633736@N03/5568673664/[/url] Translating (sort of...): There's not enough quota to do this action. Please Help, it look …

I'm running Windows 7 Pro on a Dell Inspiron 1720. I have desktop slideshow enabled and pointed to a folder of my favourite pictures. Occasionally I will force a switch to the next picture from the desktop context menu item "Next desktop background" which appears between the "NVIDIA control panel" …

please help my computer has a problem it is a Toshiba's computer the problem is i cant connect with the internet, when i open wireless, it says connected but in fact it's not so can anybody help me with this problem thank you for your help

hi all, i was asking my lecturer about how to make a batch file which can only be executed and not viewed and he told me that i should try to package it, does anyone know anything about that?

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 and the way that Dell tells me to do a complete system restore isn't working. They say at start up to press the ctrl + F11 buttons and this will give me the option to rest to factory settings. However, when I do I …

I'm having the same problem described in this, unresolved, thread on MS ANSWERS: [url]http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/mouse-scrolling-stuck-with-wireless-mouse-windows/ad41e351-d5f3-4a31-98f3-018e81dd3e9e[/url] I have a MS Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 v2.0. Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. Most dropdown controls and scrollbars will behave as if the mouse button is being held down. I should note the keyboard will often …

Hi, I have an older desktop PC that i had Windows XP Home Edition installed on. Recently out of no where i booted it up and the screen showed the Trend ChipAway Virus error message. So i googled this and found out how to disable this error message, so i …

This appears at startup and I just can't get rid of it. If I go into my device manager my fingerprint reader is the one with the "?" so I am assuming that is my problem. I have tried to disable it and uninstall it but it just pops back …

Hello I'm having problems with my laptop running XP SP3. I get blue screens of death with the message "DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" and reference to tosdvdnt.sys. Now, I've searched for this file on my hard drive and online cannot find anything for it. I took a picture of my screen when this …

Hi Daniweb.com, My PC shutdown automatically but the green LED light is on. When I press restart button, nothing happens. I need to press the power button for 5 seconds to totally shut it down. Then press the power button again to on the computer. During Windows loading or sometimes …

everytime i click "my computer", i get the runtime error 261, i run tuneup utilities and other utilities to repair it but still i get this error. anyone knows how to fix it. thanks

I want to copy part of my movie disk to my computer and create a video with it, can anyone recommand me a software?

HI! Need some help with 3ds max 2011 activation - when I push the button "activate" or "buy" it opens window where I should enter activation codes and serial, but this "autodesk licensing" window is compleatly blank - white! Any ideas? Thanks.

hi, i have a Desktop computer, i forgot my password and i am adminitrator, so i only can use my pc by GUESS account and i don´t have permission to do a lot stuff...I NEED CHANGE admin PASSWORD USING THE GUESS ACCOUNT... i wait for feedback!!!

Hi all. I have long been a fan of AVG free but recently it has been causing headaches. 3 times now my windows 7 ultimate 64bit laptop has been unable to start up correctly. I have had to boot it into safe mode and uninstall AVG free in order to …