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Just while waiting for a newly ordered computer, my current workhorse became nearly useless. Drag, drop, copy, move (Win 2000) stopped working. Some 5 year old postings on the web offered guesses rather than solutions, and the Microsoft suggestion regarding dcomcnfg has no effect. Any other suggestions that might work?

I wasn't too sure whether this topic would fit into any sub sections on Daniweb at all, but I'm very confused right now. I have a HP Laserjet 3015 Multifunctional - but i'm sure the name of the printer shouldn't matter. I downloaded the software drivers for the printer about …

title says it all.....help me clear what startup files i need and what i dont!! thanks [ICODE]Yes HKCU:Run Sidebar C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun Yes HKCU:Run ISUSPM Startup C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\UPDATE~1\ISUSPM.exe -startup Yes HKCU:Run Google Update "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c Yes HKCU:Run uTorrent "C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" No HKCU:Run Jumblo "C:\Program Files (x86)\Jumblo.com\Jumblo\Jumblo.exe" -nosplash -minimized Yes …

Hi, I was just hoping someone can help me with downloading drivers for my laptop Acer Aspire 4710 for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Please. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have dell vostro 1015. Configuration is Intel dual core2 processor 1.8 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard disk. Is it possible for me to install Windowz 7 64 bit? Will it increase speed of my laptop? The compatiblity test when run says You will need custom install …

In a strange turn of events my browsers (neither IE nor Firefox) cannot connect to the Internet on my laptop. It is a hard wire connection to the router and is able to connect to other computers on my home network and access external servers thru Remote Desktop Connection. Also …

I have only just started using this feature. I have my monitor set to turn off after 5 minutes. After boot up this works ok for a while but fo no apparent reason stops. Going to Control Panel the setting is correct. I 'reset' and applying the 5 minutes again …

I need a software or any way to protect my CD from pirates. I Developed a software and i am thinking to distribute it via CD,So i am in need of a copy protection method to secure my CD and Also my software. Kindly help me as soon as possible,any …

I have windows vista but for some reason over the past few weeks i cant bring up internet explorer. can anyone advise please Jim

while looking through my computer I discovered that Vista has doubled all my photos, and put them in a hidden folder for each picture why is this happening and how do i stop it from happening again?

hello guys, i really have a problem in my laptop.... whenever i tried to open NetBeans IDE, a blue screen then appears with some messages in there...then it will reboot...then i go to the disk manager then storage, i could not found any hard drives in the list...the fact that …

I partitioned my computer to have one 950 gb partition and one 50 gb partition. I'm trying to backup my computer to the 50 gb partition, but once it hits like 30 gb free hard drive space it says there is no more room for backup. I need to know …

I am getting the following error :Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system 32\advpack.dll whenever I try to install a new software. Getting error process creating. Checked the advpack.dll. But no relief. Anyone can help me on this issue. thanks

i hope i haven't annoyed any one by posting here....(be it in the wrong place, or topic already coverd, i did search) my question is dose any one know of a good registry cleaner that is free and will clean the registry. im sick of downloading them, running it and …

When i tried to open any webpage just like live.com in the internet explorer.i got error the instruction at "0x42f649b2" referenced memory at "ox8a2edfe6".the memory could not be read. click ok to terminate the program.click on cancel to debug the program.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be highly …

My apologizes if this is the wrong category i couldn't find a more appropriate forum so heres the problem So i'm playing vindictus having a blast and then my screen freezes, goes black but i can still see the mouse and the audio repeats a small bit over and over …

I have the Dell R17 i5 laptop and never in my life have I seen a pc with this much 'junk' on it....maybe I've been lucky. But I build my own desktops, and this Dell is a weird 'animal' my 17 inch HP laptop wasn't this bad. Doesn't anyone know …

My system is failing to remember my E-mail usernames & passwords. Also other things like the local weather sites cannot remember where I live no matter how many times I change them. Im running with all add-ons disabled. 1 of the add-ons is switching off IE. How can I re-instate …

change registry key to 0 instead 272 look like solve my problem but the problem appear again on the next boot, so i have to change DeskHtmlVersion key again again and again everytime my computer run. So i created small program to set DeskHtmlVersion to Zero Decimal and you must …

I have windows 7 on my pc with 2 gig memory, 350 gig harddrive and 2.67 GHZ CPU. I run slimbrowser most of the time. This problems does it in IE,Firefox and slimbrowser. What ha}ppens is if I open like 15 websites aat once will close the browser down , …

Alright, I need a good, reliable, proxy that I can use for accessing the internet through Internet Explorer. I've been using a couple, but they go offline or get disabled or SOMETHING, so I was wondering if there were any that are always on... also, this isn't for my computer, …

Hi, I want to stop downloading while we uses the internet connetion form web site. But at the same we can access the mail.. Girdhar

can anybody tell me .why system automatically shut down.i am using vista Business 32 bit.Automatically shout down again and again and it say stop 0x0000000A error. (1)collection data for crash dump (2)initializing disk for crash dump (3)dumping physical memory to disk 100 (4)physical memory dump complete. Kindly let me know …

When I open any executing (.exe) file....Ur computer might be at risk..automatic upadtes are turned off...etc,and task manager and registry are disabled.when I press [B]alt+ctrl+del[/B] it says "[B]The task manager is disabled by your administrator[/B]"When i enable it from Gp editor,it comes and again goes when i open .exe files.Please …

We use an Exchange 2003 server and MS Office 2003 & 2007. It seems that every time a user has to change their Windows password, they lose access to their email. The problem was solved for the users when I had them just enter their new password in the prompt. …

Hi Dear all ! I have been into programming applications for a while and all I've been so far coding have been client programs which ran on single desktops. Now I've been asked to program the same applications I used to code, for an organization so that they share the …

Hi All, i was wondering if anyone could help, we have a RAID failure and we decided to install a new SBS 2008 server from the sbs 2003. now the problem is ew just got ur data back on a hard drive and i was wondering if i could plug …

Hello I have set up a map network drive .. But now after restarting the system there is notification in the taskbar it shows the network drive is not connected and also while trying to access the map network it asking for the password .. I tried to store the …

With my Dell R17 i5 laptop and all the bloated junk on it I am wondering if I can do this.... I bought Windows 7 Home Premium that is on my desktop, is there anyway I can use the disk from that pack and format the laptop using it? Using …

I need to reinstall Java RE but when I try to uninstall it does not show in the Control Panel. I have downloaded the latest version and when I try to install it says there is a version already there 'would I like to reinstall'. The Windows Installer pops up …

hi guys, I bought my hp pavilion.. less than a year ago and now some registries got corrupted pop-ups & saying need to restart PC... When i turn on my computer at start-up it just freezes and it takes at least 10 min to get back on it..!! I have …

when i turn my pc on it stops at black screen with all types of numbers and settings i guess.. it tells me to hit contol, alt and delete or something but it just goes back to the same screen, when i hit f11 real quick to start windows in …

The backup battery in my HP Pavilion 526x desktop is dead. I have read through the manual and it states it is there, but not the location. Does anyone know where it is?, so I can replace it. I have to leave power to the PC now, so as not …

Well in windows 7 I know there are built in drivers for audio and video but in my laptop since I have installed windows 7(ultimate) , when ever I play any audio file it plays with some scratches sounds in it , where ever if play some game then the …

Does anyone know how I can get my laptop (Sony Model pcg-7y2l) With windows vista... which I am not familiar with, to hook up to my HD tv? I have no screen to navigate with so it will be a blind hookup if you all know what I mean??? The …

Hi guys! I have a minor problem. I want to install Adobe Flash 10.1 onto my Splashtop Browser, which is in my VAIO NW Notebook. I have already installed 10.1 in the system, but I can't get it to install onto splashtop browser because it keeps asking if i want …

I'm trying to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on my Dell INSPIRON 15 laptop. I have moved all of the files and folders that I would like to keep off of my computer, and was planning on simply overwriting all the leftover data with the Windows installation. So I …

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. Some time ago, I had a problem with Chrome. It would come up 'Google Chrome is not working' and subsequently die. I had the suggeation to install an older version. That worked until it decided to update itself to the latest version without …

Hi there. On my home computer, I have a folder with all my IT homework in it. At school, I have another IT folder for all of my lesson work. Is it possible to sync the documents between these two folder into one folder with everything? So if I save …

I did a system restore a few hours ago due to a windows update that caused my newly set up dsl to stop working. I was stuck on dial up here forever and never bothered to download updates due to it taking years and when I do this is what …

guys, i ahve problem with configuration of outlook 2007 and my msn email account(username@msn.com). i heard that some dll is missing with os .is it true? Is there any way to configure with out payment. what is the problem? why there is limitaion? sajeev

Hi everyone. I have a small problem with my pc. Actually, I just switched it on today and I found a spark coming out of the power supply. I immediately turn everything off. I troubleshooted the problem to be the power supply itself. (I tried another working power supply on …

not sure if this has been posted before, but i've been having a hell of a time adjusting the brightness in windows 7. The brightness is set to max, and I can't adjust it in anyway. I've tried installing the newest drivers for my model vaio laptop (VGN-AR830E). I've been …

hello :) So I sign in to my account and there's no problem, the thing is after a while it signs me out and enables my internet so i have to restart it so it works again, but there's no problem if I don't use Msn.. I have no idea …

I am in dire need of assistance with my laptop. i am having problems starting up win dows. it gives me a black screen with the error message that windows was unable to start. a recent hardware or doftware change might be the cause. the options to launch startup repair …

Hi everyone, I was formatting my computer and suddenly this message appeared on the screen. A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent further damage to your computer. KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR If this is the first time you’ve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If …

I have an IBM Thinkpad Laptop (T22) that was giving to me, because my friend no longer uses it - he forgot the password. In order to recover the password I used Offline NT password recovery (tried OPHCRACK it did not work), which does not recover the password but allows …

Okay so I recently have no clue what's causing it but I can predict a BSOD and can prevent it sometimes. Everytime this has happened I have been gaming. The warning sign is I will start to hear the sound get distoreded and then it progressivily gets worst and worst, …

i was installed adobe photoshop in my lab but when i'm opening tat error message displayed like user registration failed. then i was delete it without uninstalling. next what i have to do. whether it may occupy the space or not. i want to delete whole history. anybody please tell …

I have a windows vista that wont boot or startup. It started when I was on the computer, doing something, and then my computer just froze still. I waited for a while to see if itll unfreeze because I did not want to start over. Then it took too long …