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Hi all, I want to reduce the no of process running in start up, however, I don't know what these process are, would anybody help me out with this? Thank you!!! My computer is vista, it is very slow. And I also want to know that, except reducing the number …

Hi, I have a DELL 5150 inspiron and for some reason i can no longer burn dvd's?? I have a single drive. Maxtor 7L250S0 HL-DT-DT DVD+-RW GWA4164B The location for both drives are both (0) I have used convertxtodvd and the error message is something like another program is accessing …

I had U-Verse installed for wireless and provided that key number into my 2006 Inspiron 6400 laptop. The laptop has a wireless card inside and it shows the connection status as "Authenticating". I cannot get into the Internet with the laptop. I don't know much about computers so not sure …

I'm having trouble getting the Lock Computer option to work. I was told that using this would make it so people would not be able to use my computer when I lock it. I do ctrl+alt+del and then lock computer and put in my password, and it still allows me …

I am experiencing lots of problems with internet connection recently: although the wireless network connection icon says "excellent connection", internet explorer highlights no internet connection. I have to right click on the wireless network connection icon, use repair and it works again for some time. The same thing happens several …

How to install ftp in windows 7 and how to run it

hi, I forgot my password of XP. Please anyone suggest what I do.

I would REALLY appreciate your help with this because it's driving me nuts! The problem is my computer seems slow to respond. When I type it takes a while for the text on screen to catch up with my typing, and when I play a movie using windows media player …

Whenever I open Roxio Creator Classic the window does not seem to load properly and part of the user interface window appears as a black bar on the left. The programme will actualy burn CD/DVD's OK only if I use the "File/Burn" command as the other buttons are obscured by …

I've looked around a bit, but with no real luck so maybe you can help. Every time i restart, when vista loads I get a Message box from Windows Script Host telling me that it "Can not find script file "C:\Users\[my profile name]\AppData\Local\Temp\winconfig.js". Now is winconfig.js a virus or what? …

i can boot my computer up in safe mode just fine. but when i try to log in normaly, it freezes up completely after i enter my password. once in a while my desktop will partially show, diplaying a display driver fail, but it said its been resolved.otherwise it just …

hi everyone, My games are deadly slow they freezes a lot..so u guys got any idea of good optimizer for games bcoz i have 4 gb RAM, Vista OS, Intel core2duo.. !! u people got any idea..!! Thanks.

Hello, i have a problem with windows 7 64 bit pro not updating. I use Firefox normally, but on occasion will use IE 64, to my surprise at the beginning of Sept. IE would not show any web pages, I tried with the 32 bit version and it work just …

I receive a email and the file is wmz. form, I would like to how to open, is anyone can help me, because is quite important to know what is it about inside that file. Thanks

I want to buy MS Office 2007 or 2010 Professional and I can find it on Ebay at an average price of $175 US. I am wondering if there is some reason I am not aware of to not buy any of these programs. What do I need to know …

I am trying to customise my desktop and I would love to be able to just move the system tray out of my taskbar. Is it possible? I don't mind downloading an application or two to make it possible.

How to fight with Idiot slow PC.I have Vista 64 Ultimate with 2 GB ram.Can anybody Imagine :'( having this much of RAM & not much applications installed , well some games are there ;) Tell me the solution guys ..

For some time now whenever I click on control panel, it seems to open ok, but then when I select something windows explorer has a problem and has to restart. Then when I go back to control panel it works ok. I've read about corrupt .cpl files in the windows/system32. …

Sir I have a compact laptop. When I am putting CD/DVD to my drive its showing the autoplay option but when I am opening the cd/dvd its not showing any content rather its showing some music file like file. I am unknown of the fact that whether its a hardware …

my windows vista changed its password but not the user.we have been trying to get in but it just wont let us.what should i do.

hi guys, i formatted my PC reason spywares and installed all driver but i am not able to hear music..u guys got any idea..?? Thanks :)

Sir I want to completely format my total hard-disk drive not only C-drive to install my OS. But while I do install my Windows OS, it only gives option to format the drive, where you need to install the OS. Basically I want to Make a complete format of the …

good day everyone! im a 19 year old noobie and i really need your help right here... im not sure if im in the right category but im hoping someone could help me here... when i log in to my account in normal mode, everything is [B]black[/B] (no wallpaper, not …

prolem! i have installed a creative sb live pci soundcard and ive tried to insall the software. the gaming port gets stuck on 54% and i cant use 5.1 surrond iam using vista os any ideas. thanks maco1000

Hi Daniweb, I'm having a little problem here. I was trying to set up a path correctly (you know the one that's in the environment variables) and i messed it up. I was just wondering if anybody could tell me what should be the value for the Path under system …

I want to PRINT the formatting marks (space, paragraph, soft return). I can view on the marks in my document on screen, but they do not print. I have been to TOOLS, OPTIONS, and VIEW tab, selected ALL under formatting marks this enable viewing. But when I go to PRINT …

hi guys, how to create a gpo for specific accounts on a domain environment? Thanks in advance. OS: Win2k8

Hello All, Soon I will be migrating to a new domain from my current domain which is supporting 3 users and 4 computers (it is a home network) as I have come into possession of some nice hardware which is not currently being used. Due to the high end nature …

Hello, I am wondering if it is possible to do a GPO Drive map based on the computer name, rather than the user name. I would like to do this to set up a backup share for each computer where I can place the backup files. ex. COMPUTER1 would be …

Ok, first of all, the keyboard in my system is working fine for a few months then it went astrayed. When I boot up, I was able to log onto windows using the keyboard, but once I'm in windows, the keyboard won't work at all. When I press a key, …

From what I can remember, I think this problem started when I woke up one day and turned on my computer. When I turned my monitor on it was just at the RGB message in the middle of the screen, as in a standby/sleep mode. I turned my computer on …

Hey guys, help me out! It's a long read, but please have patience, I really need you! I am running Windows 7 on a 500 GB SATA HDD. I have 4 partitions, and had wanted to expand the size of my 4th partition. So I burnt a [B]GParted[/B] disk (0.6.2) …

hi i have a problem with my video card when ever i install it my screen resolution becomes too large and unusable. please if anyone has any advise it is welcome

Hi everyone, I have a big problem about my backspace and delete key. When I pressing the two keys my computer suddenly shutdown. Also my Enter key got affected and changes it to character "/". I was wondering if this was effect of virus or malware. Thank you, Jovy

Hi all, and thanks in advance for any replies :) So I have a 300GB hard disk with Windows 7 on it, I also have a NAS drive for storing my music etc, so my C:\ drive only has to have the OS, my apps and games. Now a couple …

I trying to run the sfc /scan I have inserted the windows disk into the drive. I have shut off the screen saver and closed all windows while doing it. I find that this goes like 3/4 of the way and then appears to totally freeze., to such an extent …

it happens only when i am using Utorrent, after few minutes connection dies n "network cable unplugged" balloon comes up . can any1 help... thanks!!, in advance!!

I've been searching the internet from the start to the end with no real luck. My new Windows Vista ULTIMATE 32-bit install simply won't connect anymore. I was online long enough to get activated, but that's about it. I am connecting directly through a cable modem atm, but I was …

hello can you help me please, I have problem during formatting my windows here's the scenario when i insert my windows xp cd...then i press any key...after i make a partition C and D.. after that i installed the xp on C...after the process format in NTFS and after copying …

On my mom's computer, sometimes windows xp (home edition) won't boot past the loading screen. We have done a system restore to earlier date and it still will stop at the loading screen. We have only gotten it to work by pure luck I think. Computer has done this about …

Hey Everyone, I've just notice this now but most of my software programs will not update and when trying to update Uniblue RegistryBooster it is saying "it cannot connect to the uniblue server" however every other program cannot connect to the internet for the latest updates and so forth. Thank …

i uninstalled service pack3 for XP. When I tried to restart the computer a blue screen came up and said : c000021a (Fatal System Error) i would like to know how to fix this i have tried opening in safe mode and Last Known Good Config and nothing worked. i …

Hi, Have problem with Microsoft Outlook 2010. I haven't see option "Leave copy of message on the Server" which I have to uncheck because my provider keepeng all mails I receiving and sending, even deleting and often come with messages that my inbox excited quota. That forcing me to login …

I have windows 7. It takes forever for my PC to start-up. One of the problems, there are some programs that start automatically with windows. How can I stop that, I would like to remove some programs from my start-up process. How can I do that. Pease help!

Hi all, my PC wouldn't start showing file is missing "system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys I tried to repair this using windows xp setup. Everything wroked well and after following all steps for about half hour I was very relived to see my computer start normally, dsiplaying every thing as usual. Unfortunately this only …

Any one could help me where to download IIS? as i wanted to use it as my webserver for my incoming web development project. Does IIS have the same functions with apache server? Mar...

Some of my desktop icons keep reproducing themselves, it happened after I downloaded Hashcheck, I may have hit the wrong button during download or something, downloaded source code, but don't know why this is happening: First it started with Hashcheck icons, then with email short cut and FF shortcut and …

We have a Dell Optiplex 330 fresh out the box, run through the initial setup, preloaded with XP. I have 2 seperate but equal evaluation edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition complete with packaging and product keys. 1 downloaded nero burned ISO of Server 2003, a suggestion I found on …

When I login to Windows XP(home edition) under my name all of my desktop icons are missing and there is no task bar or start menu - only the wallpaper background. I can only hit (Ctrl Alt Del) to access the task manager, but nothing is listed. I tried running …

When I use my computer, I often feel that my CPU is under performing. The only time I don't feel like this is when I am using programs or playing games that are made for multi-core processors. This has stopped me from upgrading to i7 simply because I don't know …