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my os is windows xp. I want to backup my website onto my external book storage. I use frontpage 2003. Can someone tell me how to do this? Thank you so much!!

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Windows Vista can't load my local profile what should i do? My Laptop suddenly turn off because power supply is cut (in condition no battery. When I turn it on, it takes long time to load my profile, after I log on it is said that my profile can not …

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Hey guys, I have Windows XP SP3 and 502mb RAM (Rubbish right?) and 1.60ghz dual core processor. What's a fun game that would hardly lag at all with this sort of specs range? Thanks. P.S I know that Cube 2 sauerbraten is a good one for my laptop, so something …

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I was wondering why when I run task manager > performance - it gives me the amount of memory available (e.g. 2000MB), when I run a program, (say Firefox) it drops to a smaller amount of memory that is calculated as being available (e.g. it will drop to 1950MB). My …

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is there anyway I could program windows 7 to automatically sleep for about 2hrs and then wake up after than. and then after 4hrs sleep again? thank you!

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I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and to start with the Hibernate function was missing from the turn off control. I was able to fix that. but when I click on Hibernate the computer slows down for a second or two and then restarts. This seems to be a common …

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I have word 2003. I can't use the font type or size. I also can't change ruler unit. Basically I can't do any editing.

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hi, My application is running well with windows xp but when i install it to win 7 basic home it doesn'nt execute at all. It stops when it reach the form that has flash player. I have instal flash player version 10 but it happens the same. I have problem …

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I have broadband internet connection, I always shows disconnected with Red cross mark. I Changed another Ethernet card but problem is still same. Light is showing onto MB when I connected to LAN port. Is there any virus or MB defection ?

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Hello, I have HP Inkjet D2660 and I installed HP software to my computer. I notice that after the installation. My computer became slow. Before, I can open files in just a second. But now it opens 3-4seconds. Is there another way to solve my problem? I don't need the …

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CAN Any one tell me that how can i reinstall window VISta on my SONY vaio laptop PLZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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I have a pc running on Windows 7 Ultimate (always updated) and has AVG Free 2011 Anti-virus. I use utility softwares like Tune Up utilities and ASC Pro. The problem is that it has been a long time since the softwares such as the [LIST] [*]opera [*]internet explorer [*]malwarebytes antimalware …

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Hello all. I am receiving Bluescreens when I boot my PC up, randomly one of the 3 above. This is not every time I boot the system, but at least 70% of the time. This started when I installed a new graphics card into the PC (ATI HD5770), so my …

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While logged into my sbs 2008 using the domain administrator account I keep getting this error when changing folder security to folders and children. [CODE]error applying security An error occurred while applying security information to: c:\folder\file.doc access denied[/CODE] All of the files and subfolders in this folder have full permissions …

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Hi guys, I need some advice please. My gf wants to buy and install WIndows7 on her machine (a Dell studio 1535). Now, it has windows vista on it, so I was wondering whether there could be any issue with replacing it with WIndows7. Unfortunately it is not my own …

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hey experts please suggest me that windows xp how to install with a usb or Flash Drive. how to write windows xp sp2 .iso file on USB or Flash Drive.

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I've been trying to download the SP1 for Windows 7 and I keep getting a startup error message (0xc000007b). I can't seem to finda fix. Can someone help me out here?

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hi guys, any tricks that you know how to hide a mapped network drive on windows 7. i keep trawling the web, suggestion is only NoNetConnecDisconnect via registry editing. But it doesn't seem to work. any tricks, or methods that you know thatcan hide a mapped network drive.. Please share …

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Hey guys, I just reinstalled Windows on my machine, and the sound is SUPER quiet (barely audible). Here is what I have: [LIST] [*]Speakers (that work and use external power) [*]Asus P5S800-VM mobo (yes the AC'97 is enabled in BIOS) [*]Up-to-date drivers (freshly installed; I tried reinstalling no change) [*]All …

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Hi: I am working on a clients PC and when I raise the memory from 512 MB to 1.5GB the whole system crashes. The RAM on the system is DDR PC2700 and on the other side it says 64X64 PC3200 DDR. The additional RAM I tried to put in is …

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i have indows XP. the drive in my laptop is fragmented in 4 parts. i want to reformat the windows as my computer is working slower and also the screen has gone out black. no wall paper works there. i have saved all my data in other drives ...not in …

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Im trying to install Windows XP Pro onto my old laptop which is currently running Linux Mint. Shortly after i insert the CD it tell me that: "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer." I did't replace the HDD or move it; I didn't do …

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Hi, My desktop is running XP Pro SP3 and has McAfee A/V protection installed: [Security Center 9.15, Virus Scan 13.15, Personal Firewall 10.15. Anti Spamware 10.15] CPU Intel x86 PC with 4Gb main memory running on 945HCM-S mother board BIOS American Megatrends P1.00 08/19/2008 Data Execution Prevention is active [essential …

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OK... Been on this about 10 hours now. I ran BitDefender and to make a long story short. I have lost explorer.exe I only have taskmanager to run things. I cannot find the files I need to find to reboot without cd because they are hidden and I have no …

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Hi friends ! I an using ADSl Broadband connection. This is a limited connection and I cannot download for all the time. I want to put auto download during night 2:00AM to morning 8:00AM since that the free time(during which any download will not be acounted in the limited download …

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I'm having a biiig problem with Windows XP crashing at startup. It happened after my dad was working on replacing the inverter on my laptop since the screen has given me no end of troubles. The computer displays the Windows XP splash screen (the one with the little animated progress …

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I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …

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I have received a comprehensive report from above, and I would like to have it interpreted by some generous soul! Not sure how to forward the information, but would appreciate any help that is available. Thanks.

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Well, I have used TortoiseSVN a lot previously in Windows XP, and in previous years, it has always been working well and the context menu never had a problem etc. (Btw, for those that dont know I am talking about the right click menu). Either ways, in Windows 7, I …

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I have a terminal that for some reason will play the shut down tones that go along with shutting a computer down. The weird part is the computer never really shuts down. I have no idea why this is happening and I have no idea what to look into. All …

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hey guys, I am using Acronis True Image at my job and recently I tried to do a universal restore on a new computer with the old one's image. The restore failed and I think it was the new computer's motherboard that was bad, but anyway.....I tried to look for …

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I'm having a problem with line spacing. When I c/p text from Notepad or Jarte to some places, such as an Internet Marketing article marketing tool I'm using, when I save it, the paragraph spacing looks like double. For some lines, the cursor skips right past them. I checked the …

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Hi, I have visual basic 6 program which loading and saving a big .bmp file. This is the bizarre thing: It runs okay (although slow) in windows xp with Intel Pentium 1.5 Ghz processor and 512 Mb of RAM. So, logically it will run okay and faster in windows xp …

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hi, i just bought a new hard drive and install it in my pc. i then install windows xp in it. but in another hard drive i already have windows 7 installed. now i can boot into this hard drive but cant boot into the one with windows 7. there …

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Not sure what to call it. Most windows programs open a window where you can browse for a specified file than submit the directory to a program. I assume their is an OS function that can call this window.

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I have a Windows SBS 2008 system. Occasionally, When I look at the daily report it shows that status of updates as unavailable. The status may be fine for up to 2 weeks or I may get this message every day for 4 or 5 then it disappears for a …

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Hello all, For several years now, my CD-ROM drive has been acting strange. It will read and write CD-RW discs just fine, but can neither read nor write CD-R. Whenever I try to put in an old CD-R disc with data, it won't read or show that a disc is …

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Yeah, it is an old program but I like it. Why can't it work with bigger memory size? Can it be adapted? That program was the mainreason I joined this forum... Extreme 3D and OUt of memory

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I purchased a new Epson printer and it will not install on my OLD Window's Millennium OS. Is there any way I can do this? OR is there a NEW printer I can buy that can be installed?

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Hello, everyone! This is my first post. It appears that my issue was posted before, but nothing suggested has worked. PLEASE Help!!! My other computer is a Dell Lattitude laptop with 1.0 GHz running XP, and it will not properly boot. All it will do after POST and the "Starting …

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So i have a video that i want to convert, so my PS3 can read it. It is an mp4 that i wish to convert for the PS3, so a possible output would be to an avi or divx file. However some of the converters i have tried take up …

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I tried to install Windows 7 SP1 RC2 and I can not find the backup files in add remove programs. I am reading that I may have to do a custom install which means all off my 39 software programs again. XP was easier. what a mistake Microsoft made not …

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Hey,I switch on laptop and it runs for about 10 mins then a blank screen....any idea's.Cheers BB

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When I load my system it comes up to load and just before it loads is goes to 'Boot Manager' and asks which OS I would like to start the thing is I only have Win 7. I would like to stop it showing the boot manager and just load …

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Lenovo ThinkPad shows only blinking cursor in upper left of screen at start up, can get to bios. Please help.

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FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD won,t go away. There is an icon on my task bar. In my device manager, in OTHER DEVICES,there is, MULTIMEDIA AUDIO CONTROLLER. The WIZARD is trying to install this controller, but cannot because I do not Have the disk. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to disable, uninstall …

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Upon turning on my Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 OS I get the following error. "Stop: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000022 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down." Since then the system will not start in any …

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Please help Toshiba P300 series when starting all I can get it to do is go to windows boot manager or advanced boot options but no further? power light is orange even when off cannot use my restore discs any ideas please

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Hello Anyone can pls suggest some tools which can help with capture of screenshots and create quick help tutorials from them, like allow me to select which part of my webpage I want to capture from my browser, and from there allows addition of texts to the captured part and …

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