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Hi all, I have done some googling and just can't seem to find the information I am looking for so I thought I'd post here. What I would like to be able to do is modify the graphical content of the taskbar of Windows 7. I have a Lenovo laptop …

Hey there. You know that little folder on the left hand side at the bottom next to the windows icon? You know that folder that when you minimize windows, it minimizes to that folder? Welll, i managed to unpin that folder so now it is GoNE... And i have NO …

I have two laptops here that will not connect to websites. I punch an address in the address bar and I get a cannot connect page. One both I have disabled firewalls, antivirus, antispy programs. I have reset the IP stack, flushed DNS, etc. I have reset IE back to …

Hi There I dont know if there's anyone out there familiar with Vsphere Virtual Machine... I have Vsphere machine that runs one VM installed on it with windows 2003. Thing is I removed the VM from the domain and joined it to the workgroup but now I dont know what …

Using XP PRO , the add/remove display has white areas and truncated descriptions and the column widths too narrow . I have searched far and wide for a solution but cannot find a solution . Does anyone know of this problem and have a fix .

Does anyone have any idea why 1/3 of the time Win7 will not boot? Sequence is: Dell Inspiron boot screen Blank screen Windows wallpaper screen Blank screen with mouse pointer centered Nothing from then on. Turn off machine. Turn on Boots fine. Usually. Since Windows does not like to show …

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hi im new here.. can anybody help me on how to save a disk space on my hard disk? because i dont know which program i must to delete to save at least 10% of my disk space.. im using windows vista and my hard drive is 120GB it is …

I have windows xp and IE6 OR 7,when I have 2 or more websites open and I close one they all close.This just started to happen.Did the tools thing,under tabs as someone suggested in another site/click warn when closing multiple sites and no help. Any suggestions greatfully appreciated. Thank You …

hi'yall. while trying to repair a XP media ctr. system (Gateway 5520), i discovered that this Gateway system lists the C: drive as active and listed as the #1 partition, but is only 73mb and named 'backup'. after a couple of trys with a non-destructive 'restore' (re-install with a data …

Hello My Temp folder in XP has many files in it, and I want to free some space on my C, can I safely manually delete these files or are there steps/tools to delete its content automatically?

i am currently using Mircosoft Windows XP (32-bit) Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz (2532 MHz), 1280 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500) [U]My Problem[/U] when i run java program the CPU USAGE will run to 100% . i tried to reinstall but doesn't work. i …

Greetings To All. I'm just wondering if anybody has any workaround or solution for the problem as described on the thread title. I've been doing the search on the web but so far it has not worked for me. [B][U]Setup/Environment[/U][/B] [LIST]LAN with about 30 computers connected to network.[/LIST] [LIST]Mix of …

My antivirus scanner found a few viruses with on our exchange server. The files had a .eml extension and they were located in the " \Progam Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi2\UceArchive" folder. I assume they are emails, but what is this folder for and why are there 2GB of .eml files in it?

My windows operating system is not working properly. It's taking too much time to start. Sometime, after starting, internet connection isn't being connected. After restarting PC it connects. Sometimes, after starting PC, a message shows that the windows wasn't shut down properly. Then some options come i.e. "Start windows normally" …

Hi All For 3 years I have had to put up with an internet connect that cuts out from time to time. Before I throw everything out of the window, just wondered whether anyone out there might know how to resolve this ongoing problem. Here is the senario: All the …

Gateway computer - Intel Celeron - Win XP SP2 I just had to reinstall Windows on my computer. I backed up all of my files into a folder called "My Backup -- --/--/--". So I go into that folder to make sure my important files are still there but when …

Hi errbody!:confused: I got a problem with my PC:icon_sad: . Since last week, I can't disabled/enabled my system restore, suddenly, the place I've to click it grey and it's write: "Disabled by Group Policy":-/ , I've tried to Run "gpedit.msc" to see what the matter but it doesn't work:icon_rolleyes: . …

Anyone know how to [B]disable the on-screen[/B] keyboard, every time I have to enter an Administrator password, the on-screen keyboard, shows up.

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[COLOR="Green"][B][B]HI folks, my toolbar after some idle time just disappears... I tried toggling the F11 key just to confirm that it is there, but invisible. The only temporary solution is restart the computer. It appears after restarting, but then, disappear again. I tried to fix it with the recovery partition, …

Hello, I have a problem with my desktop computer's internet connection. I am running both my desktop and laptop through my router to connect to the internet. My laptop has no problems at all but my desktop internet browser's won't work. I can access the internet on other ports such …

I recently wasn't able to connect to the internet, so i went to microsoft's website and followed the steps for fixing the problem (which was supposedly winsock2 related) and now my start button and taskbar freezes every time i start my computer. It also displays the Active Desktop Recovery Screen. …

Greetings, I had two copies of windows XP Pro running one on drive C: and another on drive D: I was not using the one on drive C: so I stupidly formatted drive C:. Naturally I lost my boot loader and needed to reinstall windows to get access to my …

My PC is a Celeron 1.70 GHz with 112 MB RAM, and I run Windows XP SP1. My antivirus protection is Symantec´s Norton Antivirus 2004 version 10.1.0.13. I use the built-in Firewall from Windows XP, and run Spybot S&D as well as Adaware SE. But I have a bad habit …

I recently started using a program called easycleaner, from [url]www.toniarts.com[/url] though I got it from major geeks. I've used it a number of times on different pcs, without any trouble, but I'm a bit cautious about software that edits the registry... Does anyone know anything about: a) easycleaner b) Toniarts? …

The power optons on my XP Pro SP3 IE8 laptop will not let me change the options back to default when I click on the standby or hybernation. Want it to stay online while at idle & not ask me for a password everytime once it shuts down with the …

Hello need help and I saw this forum and was hoping someone could. I keep getting reidirected to different websites so I google that and found a thread on this site that helped but I am a novice and don't know exactly how to fix my problem. Another problem I …

when trying to install radeon drivers i get an error that suddgest i first install standard SVGA drivers. how do i do this in windows 2000pro? i did a maunal update of drivers but i see no standard drives( like in windows98) any help is good. How do i install …

I have a spreadsheet for each month of 2010 (Jan-Dec) that is used to track church members donations by month. Under each month I have the last name, first name and weekly donation with the monthly donation total at the end of the row. I would like to output on …

Hi all :) I figured out the other problem but now I need more help :'( I need to rename a disc and it needs a title which is 16 characters, long, but I am not allowed that many. And for long complicated reasons, it has to have this name. …

Hi! I have downloaded a software called Easy Dp (Desplay Picture) for my Msn Messenger. When I tried to run it, it has a message with [COLOR=Red]Run-time Error '-21470024770 (8007007e)': Automation Error The specified module could not be found.[/COLOR] How can I solve this problem? thank you!

:rolleyes: have a simple question. my Emachine will not proceed to clean C: drive. it just hangs at 3 bars for ever. it is a 2.167 ghz. athon w/ wxp pro. sp1. 30 gb maxtor diamond max. 7200 rpm hdd. whats the deal? can do a defrag. w/ no issues …

I have this HP Pavilion dv2416us (DV2000) laptop that i'm trying to creat a WinCrisis floppy disk & compress (using WinZip or 7-Zip ) the bios file once saved to a folder on my C: drive. The laptop will not boot up because of a bad reflash, I believe. Been …

hi guys, i need antivirus which doesnt waste memory and cpu threads so much. i have tried avast pro : says every file contain virus/trojan nod32 pro : doesnt not scan inside zip-rar files, symantech antivirus corporate server : scan files catch viruses and trojans well but not good with …

I am opertaing windows XP When I start my user profile all applications in the start up list fail to execute instead causing IE to load for each app and it attempts to download the application exe file and run it. Hitting run causes IE to reload and we go …

since my computer was repaired and change to window xp....i have a problem it can't play a mp3 and mp4..the procedure entry point OpenVxDHandle could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. always open when i play music and video...what should i do??i have done download direct x …

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i've downloaded the latest drivers, i mean when they were back in december. it was a tedious task of ordering them too. i had to do that by seeing their size and then clicking on the drivers page to download which showed the size and cancelled it then because i …

does anyone knwo of any good online services that will allow me to view my email stored on my exchange server at a static IP address away from my network with an internet connection ?

Hi All, Found your great site whilst looking for alternative ideas to fix problem that has arisen of late. I run Microsoft Outlook Pro 2003 (not exchange server) and recently I have had an increasing amount of problems with Outlook. It would appear that I have a corrupt section of …

i got a vista 64 bit home premium system, and a lot of compatibility issues. VB doesn run and i wanna shift to a 32 bit version. how do i do it? pls help! project crisis.

After upgrading to windows 7, I started noticing some odd behavior in IE8. It became clear when I went to Ebay that some navigation links work, and some don't Particularly, I can't get from one page of listings to the next. There are some other links that don't work on …

hi friends.......i'm using XP sp2....when I open cmd the it shows the current directory ie: "D:\Documents and settings\user>" which is fine and I was able it change the directory using, cd e: or CD E: but from yesterday i'm not able to do that...during that i only reinstalled java i.e …

I have an HP a300n desktop, seven years old, yes it's time for a new one, I know. For the past month, it's been coming out of hibernation at random times by itself. I'll put it into hibernate before I go to bed. When I get up the next day, …

When I switch my computer on, it immediately starts beeping and the screen remains blank. The beep is one long beep (maybe 4 secs), and loops over and over. I scoured various forums and whatnot, and the only thing I came up with is that it may be a memory …

Hello, I'm fairly new to computers and i think i might have a virus, well actually i am pretty sure i do. I can't seem to open properties when i right click and i cant open my control panel, 2 error messages pop up, the same one. When i tried …

i JUST REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP ON A DELL DIMENSION 4700 AND HAVE NOY BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY SOUND.

Someone gave me a computer and asked me to look at it, they told me they couldn't load Windows. I have the computer, and this is what it's doing: -HP splash screen comes up -The very next screen is the screen for Windows Safe Mode (with the only options being …

I normally backup to a memory stick but from time to time I backup onto my hard drive. Recently I have got a message that the 'Backup disk is out of space' ie the C drive. As I have over 50% free it seems an unlikely message. No problem with …