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I'm trying to help a friend with a problem. Vista machine. Upon exiting any site a dialog box appears stating that I.E. has a problem and will have to close and restart. Then it restarts and opens on the homepage. Of course closing the homepage starts the cycle again. Only …

Hi, I need write a batch script to access the Windows Startup folder that is inside the Documents And Settings\All Users. As far as I know there is an environment variable that indicates where this folder is located, however I haven't been able to find out which one is it. …

At one point recently I booted up Vista and got one of those "possible corrupt files" (can't remember exactly phrasing) messages basically wanting me to run a full ChkDsk to correct the problem. Ever since, I keep getting the message that Windows Search (the service) is not functioning. It is …

Is there a way to have multiple conditions using some sort of "or" so that I don't have to nest so many if statements? I currently have cells like this: [code=Excel Formula] =IF(E2 = "District1","North",IF(E2 = "District2","North",IF(E2 = "District3","North",IF(E2 = "District4","North","Not North")))) [/code] I have tried using OR in two …

I am trying to install Windows7 Home Premium on a Dell XPS 400 desktop computer. I have installed a brand new hard drive which is recognized in BIOS. I get a message that says "No boot device detected". The DVD device is running with a blinking light and the boot …

My brand new HP color laserjet CP3525n printer des not recognize documents sent to it from my computer (windows 7). I was able to print the printer's configuration but it will not print anything sent to it from my computer. Please help! Thanks. Raya [email]rmeron@bluewin.ch[/email]

Hello all... it's been a LONG time since I have last posted... but I have a question that I hope some guru(s) can answer for me. Ok... I have several websites... and I also have several emails (about 2 from each domain). Gmail has a feature that I send those …

I have a Toshiba PSLV6U-00J001 laptop and i have had it for around a year. It just started freezing up for the past month (exept for in safe mode). It freezes everytime i turn it on around 1-2 mins. after i log-in to my user on the computer. the only …

Hi, I have a computer that I issued to another user. Two months later the old user decides to tell me that they would like their archive emails. I logged onto them machine and even though I deleted user profiles, I had not emptied the recycle bin. When I went …

I had to rienstall my op system but I did not realize I had lost my case for office 97. now I do not have the code I need to install it all my file I saved on disc's are in office format's (word, excel, ext.) so I can not …

have got a new 2nd hand tower[optima].there are no pragrammes on it[was used in an office] everything was wiped.I have an operating system ;reinstallation cd'[[dell]] will this load xp onto it

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Anybody knows if this trial is still available for download somewhere ? I need to test something on an older XP installation, and the 2008 trial needs 2003 server to run.

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 …

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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: …