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Hi. Not had any problems up until this point. I changed some settings on services earlier, and then I noticed this problem: whenever I try to open a 3D game, the program will freeze. I have opened 3D programs like Blender3D and Quick3D fine, but games don't work. Assuming it …

[url]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/3619/bytes.png[/url] Is this abnormal... Having that many bytes sent/received in that short period of time? Also, can someone explain to me exactly how the activity thing works?

Can anyone help please. When starting internet explorer get message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". Computer is on line (signal excellent) and can access internet through firefox. Have run microsoft malicious software tool and nothing found. Any help appreciated, please make it simple as I am a bit of …

A few days ago I noticed that my browsing speed is crazy slow now. This happened suddenly, but for the life of me, I cannot think of anything I have done (or been) differently with my computer. I have run all the spy, ad, mal, and virus scanning programs I …

Everytime I boot up my comp, I either see my desktop picture but no toolbar on the bottom or no desktop picture with the active desktop recovery screen. Everytime I attempt to restore my active desktop, I get a script error. Whenever I get my desktop picture but no toolbar …

For the life of me, I can't find the service or program that keeps installing itself after deletion from Windows XP (Pro, w/ svc pack 3) registry... Does anyone here know of software called "Rabia" (that's the local machine key), with 2 sub-keys, "CodV4Q==", and "DYNV4Q==" containing binary data? My …

Hey got hold of this very nice tweak ... want to increase Folder View Size Limit to 8000 Got run>type "regedit" then follow ............ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\BagMRU] [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:00001f40 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000

The problem: Java will not install on my laptop. My laptop was purchased a little over three and a half months ago. It is an eMachines 440-1394; Windows 7, two Gb RAM, 250 Gb HDD When I purchased the laptop, I was able to install openOffice (with Java? I am …

hey guys n girls, I have recently bought a 200gb seagate sata harddrive to go with my current 250gb harddrive and i think ive made a right mess of things. i installed it fine and everything computer read that is was there etc, only i tried to move my files …

I ran 4 online scans this morning. Bit Defender, Housecall, and Eset all gave me a clean bill of health. Panda Active Scan had already found 1109 infections, having only scanned 14% of the system. Is this because Panda is by far the best at doing it's job? Or is …

hi, my c drive shows low disk space, so I want to enlarge it with disk management. After I resize it, I found there are still low space. Any suggestion. Thank u all.

hi guys, firewall in windows 2008 not starting with these error: Windows could not start the windows firewall on local computer. for more information, review the system event lof. if this is a non-microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific errror code 5 any help is greatly …

Does anybody know how to tell if email from outside my network made it to my exchange 2003 server? I have a user that can't receive email from anyone on the outside unless it's a reply message from one the user sent. Thanks

I tried to boot up my computer but it freezes and the screen goes blank. I tried safe mode but when i press safe mode option it loads a few seconds and hangs up again. I tried to boot from windows disc but it loads files for a minute then …

I have a problem with my olivetti job_jet p210 driver. I can not install it on my new laptop with windows 7 operation system, because my original driver is supported only by windows xp, 2000... I searched everywere and found olny what i have already or offering to buy. Is …

When I reformatted and reinstalled all of Windows XP (last year or so), I feel I might have screwed up and somehow kept the other version on it. The reason I think this is because now, whenever I start up, it comes up with a black screen that asks which …

Hello Anyone can tell me the purpose of i386 folder which I found on my Drive C? I found this on my office PC running XP while at home there is no such folder :-/

Hi I am after reinstalling windows xp and it has SP1 and i am trying to update it so that i can use itunes and quicktime and ie8 but every time i go to windows update it says that it is checking if it can update windows but when i …

I have a Toshiba laptop, running Vista Home Premium SP2 with AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor, 1 gb ram & 150 gb HDD. I just shrunk the c: drive down to 92 gb to free up 43.5 gb so as to load the Fedora Linux OS into this free …

I just installed Windows XP Pro, and I screwed something up, so I reinstalled it. I didn't delete the first partition, I just copied the files over the old one. NOW, when I reboot my computer, I'm forced to choose between the two, the messed up one, and the fresh …

So, we have an internet cafe. and we have the "SERVER" to log in and log out the customers. So, the server can connect to the clients. The problem is. i can't connect to the internet.. I rebooted the pc. and still, i cant connect to the internet. I cant …

When I first installed Windows XP Pro x64, I left the user account settings at default. This meant I had 1 "Administrator" and 1 "Guest" account. For security reasons, I wanted to have an account with administrator capabilities, but with a differerent name. I also wanted an account with guest …

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I need help. I have an old Dell Optiplex GX150. When I turn on the machine the Dell logo appears and posts but Windows won't boot up. After a minute or so the logo goes off and I get the following message:"Press F1 …

Okay so I've googled and searched for a way to fix this.. I've read so many pages I'm just going to post what's going on.. My friends computer was very slow and she doesn't exactly use Norton. I've never had a problem in the past removing Norton from a computer …

Hi, I want to be able to start Windows Apps (such as Outlook, Excel, Firefox) from a cmd shell script so that the Windows app starts and the shell script carries on. I've tried a few things like Start, but no joy. If I can't do it in cmd script, …

[b]:evil: Hi all,I'm just sorta a newbie at this 2yrs. Ineed help! I put a shortcut of [url]www.321free.com[/url] on my desktop and I can't get rid of it. I cannot delete,rename,or put into a folder,when I do I get the following message: cannot delete file:the filename you specified is invalid …

A friend of mine had a computer go down and needed the info off the hard drive so he tried installing it as a slave in another computer. That would not take so he installed it as the master and the other one as the slave and it worked. He …

[COLOR="Red"]OS= [/COLOR] Windows XP version 2002 Home edition SP3 [COLOR="Red"]Browsers=[/COLOR] IE 8, Google Chrome, and Fire Fox. [COLOR="Red"]Net connection=[/COLOR] DSL Modem [COLOR="Red"]Security=[/COLOR] McAfee Total protection [COLOR="Red"]Processor[/COLOR] AMD 64x2 duel core 4200 2.22Ghz 2 gig RAM My problem is two fold. The first being IE and Google Chrome browsers can not …

So now we know that Microsoft is pushing out the release version of the latest in the operating system line-up, Windows 7, starting this week on the 30th April [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4283.html"]according to official sources[/URL]. However, we also know from various news reports that many existing Windows users are not exactly head …

I work for a small ISP, and recently we've been hit with 3 different customers telling us that when they try to browse the internet with IE on Vista Home that it won't display certain or all pages. They have Vista diagnose connection problems and it comes back telling them …

I have a vista machine and a W7 machine. I use my vista for everything but business The W7 machine I use only for a private business, I paid for the Vista machine, I backed it up a perscribed to re install if necessary, there for I own the rights …

Hi guys, I've been having a hellish time of it this week. First my case fan died, after replacing that my CPU fan died! Installed a new one and my computer wouldnt start at all...hmpph. I took it all out and bench ran it and it started fine, and when …

[i][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][/i][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Pause or Resume Downloading [/color][/size][size=2]After the download process has started, you can pause or resume downloading at any time. If you close your Internet connection or restart your computer after pausing a download …

Can someone advise me please how to unlock the icons in a folder in Win 7 so they can be moved around instead of being locked to a grid all the time? This was the default option in XP but I can't find out how to do it in Win …

When booting my computer I get a message regarding GetProcessFlags in dynamic library that Kernel32.dll is missing. I do see that file in the system32 folder under C:\Windows. I am using XP SP2 and don't know how to correct this and get rid of the message.

Hi I have been at my wits end to solve the problem but to no avail. I need to fix my laptop as soon as possible, need it for some official work, so please help fast! I recently formatted my PC and installed a fresh copy of Win7 in C: …

Hi guys, I've had this problem with my computer. Every time i play a game my whole system crashes and blue lines come down the screen, it happens about 10 - 20 minutes into the game. Thing is this happened about 6 months ago, one day when it crashed i …

hi everyone, i m not able to use the default defrag tool comes with windows..& accessing files or opening them make it PC very slow..!! So , what should i do ?? how do i perform it..!! Thanks. :)

Pls help me out,my laptop is always slow when it comes 2 playing video games like need 4 speed.Is there anything I can do 2 speed it up?

When I attempt to view using my Web Cam(AMCap) I get the following message. error 80070003 cannot start graph.But when I use the capture option in PhotoTags I have no problem. When in the AMCap mode I click on preview I see apicture of me taken by the web cam …

When I strike the ctrl alt delete keys my task panel window won't fully open? I can only see the bottom portion where it says end task, switch to and new task ? Help please

For some time now I have wondered about a file called Thumbs.db that appears in many folders on my computer. I finally decided to do a little research to find out what it is. It turned out to be pretty innocent, yet unnecessary. The thumbs.db file is generated by the …

hello i have a gateway NV52 AMD Athlon with windows 7 when i just had it was super fast now im 1 year later and my laptop is so freeking slow i want to put it back to the factory installation but im afraid i will loose windows 7 then.i …

I have a pretty good computer. While online and watching video. The PC suddenly restart. This happens once in a while. I use Win XP Pro, SP2. Have latest ZoneAlarm Pro, Norton Antivirus, SpySweeper, AdWare, AVG, Roboform. I tried to unplug unused hardware like modem and usd ports. And still …

When I first came to this forum, I was very unfamiliar with everything. As most of you already know, I had never been to a forum. I was pulled in when looking for a free Office for Windows XP. Even though I read all the Faq's and rules. :S I …

hi,why my laptop its geting so slow,its a fujitsu siemens amilo pro,windows xp profesional,2gb memory 65gb hdd,free space 32 gb,i download some programs like registry cleaner,but still not wery good,xp supouse to be much faster that vista...if is any solution....

After using Dban on a hard drive I reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro every thing went fine and works great except it made all the slot drives cdef dvd G and the hardrive H I changed the slot C to I and tried to re assign letter …

Hi, I followed your advice as below. My problem is, when you say to "Click the checkbox beneath the microphone heading and raise the volume slider about midway," I find that the volume slider is grayed out and I cannot adjust the volume. Also, I see no checkbox available beneath …

Funny when people suggest going to this site or that and downloading this program or that when the problem some of us are having is that we can't download anything! I can't download (open OR save) any mail attachments with AOL or Yahoo, or update any programs, or download any …

When in Hotmail, I am unable to send/attach/spell check etc. On the status bar it says "error on page" I've cleared my cache (using disk cleanup) but it still doesn't work. Hoping someone could help me with this. Thanks