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I recently got this virus on my computer that at times seems to be undetectable by my Symantic and AVG virus protection while at other times is identified by Symantic as the Downloader virus. I've also run ad-aware and spybot but everything comes up cleared. The symptoms of the virus …

I have a Lenovo/IBM desktop M55 8810 Win XP Pro SP3. I have the error for the "HDA Audio Bus Driver Required but Not Found." when trying to install the required sound drivers for the computer. I've tried the other fixes I've found and I get the error "The packjage …

I am posting as a new user and have been curious if there happens to be a way to allow Win Home Server to share a printer to a MAC running OS X Snow Leopard. Also, if Home Server allows Win 7 to be backed-up or would that cause complications …

Hi, I use dual boot system. It is very time consuming to restart my computer every time I have to change to another OS. So was curious if there is a way to change OS in dual boot systems without having to restart the system. Thanks. Love Is.....

Hi I have problem with my computer... Week ago or so I tried to access this website [url]http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/bundles[/url] and I got this message [B]Forbidden[/B] You don't have permission to access /div.php/bundles on this server. And the page title says 403 Forbidden And since than I can't access to that website,or …

Oh yes, I have checked everywhere for solution. Now very curious. I got it to where it would boot and display without all the display corruption ( many thousand stripes like a tv on horrible horiz.hold problem. Booted it 20 - 30 different times to test over & over. Worked …

About a month ago I downloaded and ran a program called cleanup.com in order to get rid a some spyware. The program worked fine but when I restarted the computer, the taskbar and start menu changed color. The normal color is deep blue with agreen start button with white letters. …

Hello.. I have windows 7 ultimate 32 bit . i installed a software "ANU SCRIPT" which allows me to type in different languages.. This application runs well in WINDOWS XP but it is not working in WINDOWS 7.. I am not using any virtual pc because of that windows genuine …

Hello, We moved from Xp to Windows7 recently and i'm looking for a soft that i can't find on windows7. I need to find Netsend. Could you tell me where can i find or download netsend ? thanks

Hi all, My sister just called and told me that all files she copied to my external storage have disappeared. I've Googled up file recovery but most of the sites mentioned the files being deleted and emptied from the Recycle Bin. So in my circumstances, is it possible to perform …

I have my laptop split between Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux. I recently upgraded Ubuntu and it somehow fraked up my Windows and now it will not load. I need to fix Windows so I can get back to my iTunes but I don't want to do anything that will …

hi friends, In windows 7 or any other operating system of windows can we get back the information deleted from the recycle bin?i used c cleaner to delete all past history,cookies and the contents of recycle bin!if yes let me know the way out!

Here's the deal. I'm going to explain it in full so you get a good idea of what's happened. Damn Windows Update started installing a video card driver. My system is a Dell Vostro 430 and has an ATI HD 4350 (I think), but however, for some stupid reason it …

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" …