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Hi I recently bought a new hard drive and installed Windows XP ( SP2 ) for the 1st time ( I'd previously used W.98 ). Everything seemed fine until I started to load programs. Nothing starts up when I insert a disc into the DVD drive and when I go …

I am having an unusual and somewhat frustrating problem: It appears that about 12 hours after I reboot my Windows 7 desktop PC, the browsers can no longer access the Internet. (I use both I.E. amd Mozilla). It's not just the browsers..it appears anything using HTTP sockets. Other applications (i.e. …

I'm being told to use the RAID system in Windows, however I've heard bad reviews. Looking for a little more info and opinions.

hey masters of computer I m also new here and i want help from u about recover some of my lost files and great wishes to u .. I did lock some files by Free Hide Folder software. after a few days my brother install a new windows copy and …

Does anyone know where I can get a driver that will work for an older, 5yrs old, Panasonic VDR-M50 DVD Video camera that uses the small RAM-Disc? Thanks

A friend of mine has an OEM machine with XP Home installed, but the file sytem is FAT. Her son finds that a lot of his games wont work on FAT system. Can I convert to NTFS, but also without corrupting the installation files in case at a future date …

When I tried to install an HP printer, why i dont see the printer icon in devices and printers but when i tried to print from any application, i can see the printer from the printer list. It only happens on windows 7 OS only.

I am planning on getting a new computer soon with a 64bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. The whole computer will be custom built by myself and I will be getting each part separately. What I want to know is this: If I put my current computer's hard drive, …

sometimes when i run scan disk, i get a pop up window that says scan disk has restarted 10 times would you like to continue or cancel. do any of you know of any way to prevent this window from popping up in the first place? it's a window 98 …

I have a folder A with files 001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc I also have a folder B with different files but with the same names; 001.jpg, 002.jpg, etc I want to put all the files in the same directory - is there something that will automatically rename them or something so …

[B]There is a lot here, Check the bottom for TL;DR[/B] Hi all, I have recently had an issue with my computer and I was hoping that someone could: [LIST=1] [*]Help me fix it [*]Try and explain what went wrong [/LIST] Now, the problem: In the last couple of days I …

I have win xp pro sp2 installed on a Dell 2350. Recently, my desktop has refused to load and i have to run everything from the task manager. Is there a way to replace the needed files without reinstalling windows :?:

I am servicing a customer's laptop, a Toshiba Satellite L305-S5885, running Vista Home Premium x86 SP2, with malware infections and internet connection issues. I have gotten rid of all her 251 infections, and now am addressing her connectivity problem. I am unable to achieve internet connectivity on either her ethernet, …

I am having a problem with Windows Vista. When I close an application (any), I get a message saying it encountered a problem and had to close, then it restarts the application. I can select "Cancel" and it will cancel the restart, but if I don't catch it, it restarts …

I've got an HP Pavilion dv6000 with Windows Vista; and it's connected via wireless to a Netgear DG834G router. I've always had a great connection and now and again it goes down to three bars, even when I'm real close to the router. For the past weeks I've been randomly …

Hi friends, I am using XP. Recently I installed System Mechanic and after that the mouse functions went awry. Even after uninstalling the program I am unable to use cut and paste, drag and drop funcitons. I tried every trick in the internet. No help. Anybody can suggest ways and …

Hello All: I am new to this form of potential problem solving however, information never acted upon is a solution never arrived at. I have a PC on XP and one day my sounds dissappeared from my speakers (that are integral to my HP flat panel screen. Windows troubleshooting is …

Hello I have recently deleted my icon cache and recreated using some steps found from a tutorial, but I've noticed that from then on, my windows takes a long time to load completely, that it from the welcome screen to the final loading process. When I log in, it takes …

I have a dell mini inspiron 1011 running windows xp OS. I have had this for roughly 11 months (has 30 days left on the warranty). I turned my computer on the other day only to be confronted with the black screen explaining that windows has encountered a problem....etc and …

wht can i do ?..............i had inserted usb in my pc .but i cant able to eject it .pc shows the message that file has already opened ,pls close all the files otherwise you lost ur data.can any 1 me wht is d reason for this?

I need help: a message appear when I start the computer saying: "there was a problem starting winry32 the specified module could not be found" as much as it is disturbing I do not know why it appears, its effect, and how should I remove it?

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Vista SP1. A month or more ago it stopped being able to read any USB flash drives. They all work in my other laptops, but in this one machine the autoplay dialog box has stopped popping up, and when I click the drive …

Hello all.. I am a new user of Windows Vista (came installed on my new laptop). Which Microsoft Office Suite is the best version to run with Vista. I want to install one that does not hog all my resources and take up too much space. Also, when you install …

Hi I dont think I ever untapped the powers of Excel for advanced analytics. Thus, as Im going through these tutorial books, I do wonder what are your tips to help you analyze data quickly and efficiently. Help!

Hello Last year I tried Ubuntu on a live CD on my mother's laptop that had Windows Vista. She didn't like it, so we didn't install it. For some time we had been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7, and yesterday we did. So her laptop has Windows 7 now, …

I'm trying to get away from Windows, and maybe go to Linux...but I would like to experiment a bit, before I commit to a total change of OS's. Is it possible to run 2 different OS's on the same computer? If this is too vague, I can give you more …

Ok, this is a new one for me... One of my clients is saying that when she writes a new email in Outlook and send it, then goes to her home page (Google) that her subject line from the email shows up in the address bar of her google. She …

I am attempting to start/stop services via a script. The command is sc stop "service name" It is failing with this error {SC} OpenService FAILED 123: Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have a 2007 Sony vaio model pcg-7154l that won't let me restore it to factory default. it all started when I took it off the internet then when I tried to put it back it would freeze. When I tried to so a cold boot it took more than …

[B][I][U]Hey Guyz I am currently using :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. WINDOWS 7 32bit x86 intel 2. WINDOWS XP SP2 2002 32bit x86 intel [B][U][I] MODEM :-[/I][/U][/B] ZTE ADSL Modem Model : 531B Splitter : 4KHz [B][I][U]The Problem :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. There was no problem till today morning...I faced some problems after 12am today.. …

I've been trying to upload pictures from my C drive to various websites. Everytime I attempt to do this, I get an error message such as "file not valid". These are normal jpg. files (not huge). It's happening with every photo. I would like to attach these photos to the …

I have used Incredimail on XP for many months OK. Recently, when attaching a photo to an email, when the photo is found in My Pictures and clicked, Incredimail freezes and the following error is shown: Runtime error C:\Program files\Incredimail\Bin\Incmail.exe Abnormal Program termination It then closes Incredimail down, deleting the …

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2. Something regarding Windows Defender happened out of the blue recently, with a System Tray Icon and Message: "Windows has blocked some startup programs" ... I fiddled around with the options presented through this icon, including opening Windows Defender Software Explorer and …

hi I'm new to this so please bare with me, i recently installed w7 ultimate on desktop with 1gig ram and 200 gig hdd. mother board is ABIT UL8 all ok till restart now all i get to is a screen that says do i want to boot up alternative …

i have a vista based system, i had recently downloaded a corel draw software with a keygen. and made the mistake of opening the keygen with internet explorer, now all my .exe files are opening with internet explorer accomnpnied with a download window, regedit is not opening and i cannot …

Hello i need help to switch one operating system to another one just by clicking the switch button . I saw that in a video long time ago where we can have a button to click to go one system to another . Can anyone guide me how i can …

hello all, the company i am working for (quite a small company) are looking to host our web applications suite on our internal server running windows server 2003 and IIS 6 and allow external access to it. We have a static IP from our ISP and currently can access the …

Hi Guys I'm new here so if my post is in the wrong place then please tell me where to stick it without telling me where to stick it if you know what I mean. Hoping one of you guys is inventive enough to come up with a solution for …

When under Windows 2008 Server with my C++-program (with a cicle) many directory are copiing, then the memory is increasing and remain at a high level. Waht can I do?

so I worked on an older hp for this lady, i did full backup with a dvd set, but nasty viruses and trojans screwed up the back up set. She did not have an xp install disk with media center, so I installed xp with a random xp disk. I …

Thank you so very much for having such a great web site! Easy to register, easy to navigate....this is wonderful! Here is my problem: When I use my IE 8, I keep getting re-directed when using the search function. The websites I search for come up on the search page …

Hello I'm trying to write a batch file to clean up my pc. But I'm having a bit of trouble. I try to delete a hidden file and I don't know how to use the attributes to do so. Just for an example I try del /s /q /f /C:\Users\Phantom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary …

Mozilla Firefox is a great browser, but one of its greatest features is one that few people bother to use - keyboard shortcuts. Spending just a few minutes learning the most common shortcuts can greatly increase the speed at which you browse web pages. To go to [url]http://www.google.com[/url], for example, …

Hi. I recently noticed ever since i got internet that when i startup the computer, the mouse and keyboard do not function. The computer starts up and goes to the desktop. to only way to restart it is to press the reset button, then when it starts up the mouse …

I was trying to avoid having to log on to anything when I start my computer and just go straight to the main screen. By mistake i changed the administrator to a limited account and now I can't change it. I tried to add a new user but it won't …

Hi I need to do a repair but find that my Toshiba Xp machine wont load the Product Recovery Disc. I have since found that it wont load any discs at all. Recently I connected my MP3 Player by USB to the machine and I am wondering if this could …

mstsc doesn't start anymore, after windows update with the message cannot find c:\windows\system32\<LANG_NAME>\mstsc.exe.mui if I restore the system with a point before 11/08/2010, it works.

I can't defrag, error message says "drive contains one or more backup copies of FAT, the copies should be identical but aren't scan disk for errors but can't fix the problem, I haven't done any backups I wouldn't know how I can't Defrag and have re-formatted my hard drive twice …

Hi All, i am getting following error in "Green Background" when i start the machine. WinXP SP2, PointSec 6.3.1 Invalid Opcode Exception Kernel Halted Press Key to Reboot Machine is not booting in any mode. Any one has any Idea, and know the root cause? Please help as Client is …

loaded xp on a Dell 170L last year, now putting it on the domain and I get this error message:" error loading C:\windows\system32\iedkcs32.dll cannot run %1 also: ordinal 654 iertutil.dll anyone recognize these? Thanks!