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Okay, so I bought my computer (OS:Windows764bit) 4 days ago, I had it running but then I had to pull the electricity out because of the weather. WHen I started it again it gave me the two usual options, "startup repair recommended" (I think it is, my computer is in …

Client machine using XP Pro OEM. Desktop PC has never been part of a domain. The computer was manufactured and installed as an isolated stand alone pc. Up to a few days ago the system was working properly. Even when we attempt to login safe mode, the unit only allows …

I've been trying to defrag my local disk C, however it only shows the D drive. Even when I right click on C and get to the defrag via properties it shows D only. Any suggestions?

This is my last resort b4 I throw my computer out of the window! I am still running Millennium hoping to salvage my computer and update to XP. I will be happy to follow directions from someone who can help, I am on my own here. There are missing files …

I downloaded the trial version of Nero 7. When it expired I tried to uninstall it but got the "Shell manager database is corrupt or missing" error that is dealt with on another thread on this forum. As per instructions given on that thread I deleted all Nero references from …

i'm having a problem with the "local disk [B]C[/B]" , i had th MS office 2000 and two days ago i installed the MS Office 2007 on the "local disk D" , so my laptop just keeps telling me there's not enough space on the C... how can i solve …

I can log onto MSN messenger, it opens but: - after a few seconds it disappears from my screen or - if it stays on the screen, it disappears as soon as I click in any of my contacts. I've removed MSN messenger from my laptop, re-installed it but I …

Hello everyone ... I'm desparate!!!! Ever since I downloaded the new version of AOL and all of it's new security features I have had constant problems with my home and work computers ... I've contacted AOL several times about this and to no avail they tell me to do the …

I am looking to create a digital questionnaire which isn't web based. I need it to be a word document or PDF file (or something similar) that anyone could download to their computer and fill in on their computer (or if they choose to, print it out then fill it …

Here's my hijack.log file... Please help me in deleting any spyware!!! Thanks in advance! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:38:03 PM, on 1/9/04 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SPOOL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SYSTRAY.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\STIMON.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\GRISOFT\AVG6\AVGCC32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTTASK.EXE …

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Hi After a month of trying to resolve this this is my last shot!! Toshiba sattelite running vista basic. Connected fine to the internet wirelessly - changed servers to Orange Gigaset the laptop will only connect locally. I have tried all the obvious - resetting router, manually connecting, etc but …

I have tried twice over a period of 8 months to get Microsoft technical support to solve this problem only ending up with "try re-installing or running a repair install" or "sorry, we can't fix this". The problem is this. Within several different programs in which there is an imbedded …

I recently had a virus on my machine. When I purchased the machine it came with the option to rollback to XP which I did. Since then Win 7 has been released. So when I wiped my computer I installed Win 7 Ultimate, 64 bit version. My system is AMD …

I was recently given a Dell Latitude CPt which is an old m/c made for Win98 or Me. I suspect that someone has unsuccessfully tried to upgrade the OS from 98 to ME. It tries to boot Windows 2000 Professional, shows a Windows 2000 setup window, but after some time …

When I click on a song to play in iTunes it gets stuck at 0.00 for every song. In Windows Media Player I get an error message saying "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file." It's played before. I'm thinking it stopped working after some updates I …

All proxy sites have been blocked &as i try to access them message appears "this site is in the list of url translation sites" plz give a concrete solution that really works. i already have tried 1- samair.ru 2- anonymizer.com 3- anonymizer.ru 4-indosurf.info -----------------------------------------------------and many more hope you'l give me …

When I check "restore my computer to an earlier time" in system restore and click on next, I get the following message: The following calendar displays in bold all of the dates that have restore points available. The list displays the restore points that are available for the selected date. …

The last day something unusual has started happening to my computer.. when ever i click shutdown from the start menu or shut down the computer in any way it restarts basically immediately after. The only way i have found to shutdown my computer is by unplugging the power or turning …

Hi all, my uncle handed me his laptop and asked me to clean a virus. I used Kaspersky AV Boot to clean out the virus, and I was able to restore internet connectivity once that was done. I tried to run a virus scan and it kept getting stuck in …

loaded windos xp on older Compaq Presario now when I try to enter Bios to shut off case fan the bios option isn't there. I've cycled through all the f keys and only get boot menu and the option to reset to an earlier time. (None of these helped get …

i was at an office this morning trying to remove the anti virus and install avg and security essentials as well as installing SP3. three of the six machines worked fine but the other three came up with the error message you do not have permission to install this software …

Hello there My office pc is been installed by windows vista and is been attacked by trojan horse virus. Its eating my computer day by day. Is there any good antivirus to sweep away this virus. Or should i just format all my valuable documents. any suggestions regarding this would …

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i just recently did a clean instillation of windows 7 from windows xp sp3. I downloaded the iso from the mircosoft website. i mounted the iso image and ran the installation. took a while to install then it restarted my computer and installed more and more. then when it was …

***RUNNING:windows xp sp 2 ok i ridded a computer of 1021 infected files 23 viruses and 3 droppers. after disinfection internet axcess was damaged , so i re-installed the TCP/IP to the LAN connection and deleted the WinSock and WinSock2 entries and rebooted, (automatically rewriting the entries correctly) and bam …

hey guys :) I am trying to find out if and HOW to make this work! what is going on is there are 2 computers/Monitors in this workplace..both identical in makes/hardware..yadda yadda yadda.. what needs to happen here is this: we need both computers to hook up together, not just …

Hi, I am facing a really wierd problem, i just formatted my harddrive and installed windows xp service pack 3. Now i can't access any of the google services. like gmail it get some certificate errors and not trusted site in mozilla and something like this in all other browser. …

HELP me please i cant find my folder option on my control panel...... my brother accidentally hide my folder and when i look at my folder option i cant find it on my control panel, i dont know if it is deactivated or something.. please help me with my problem.. …

I have ran my virus scan and adware and it says nothing detected, but when I open IE, and then try to open another page it give me an error saying interent exploer encounter problem and shutting down. Can some one please, please help me. Thanks.

hey i got windows vesta i rescenty got a virus name malwerebitys or something like that and i ended up haveing to format my comp and reinstal vesta before my comp was picking up wireless signals easly from all over enyway since i have formated and reinstalled it wont pick …

Good day/evening/morning to any of you that reads this :) My problem is actually quite simple and i did believe i'll find an easy google answer for it, but as you can deduce, I did not. I had to change screens a few days ago because of an unfortunate crash …

Hai, I have Notepad++ installed in my PC. Initially it was working properly, but from last few days, while opening the notepad++ , initially a message is pupping written "[B]load lang.xml failed [/B]". How to solve the problem I don't know. If any body could help in this regard then …

Hi all, first time poster so take it easy on me eh! :) We have a pc that my partners' brother kindly gave us about 10 months ago (it is Tiny though), he's an avid gamer and wanted something better. The PC is as follows (from CPUZ): Intel P4 3.4GHz …

My Norton Anti virus has just expired and I wanted some ideas on a new one also a firewall that wont hog up alot of memory, resorces I dont mind paying for something if it works well

Hello everyone this is a gateway desktop running XP pac 3. When I press the power button to turn on the computer it doen't boot the fan just starts running as soon as I press the power button. Any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

I am new to generating a thread, hope I can get some relief after many days of trying to get information. Have Gateway 450ROG labtop, attacked by spyvirus, advised to remove all files and all programs/information on hard drive. Also replace BIOS battery which freed up BIOS for admin access, …

I have just installed a new DLink DIR-655 router. My Windows Vista does not see the network when in wireless mode. The router is connected to AT&T modem and the computer will acces the internet when connected via network cable. I contacted DLink. DLink's solution was to upgrade firmware. I …

The drives for my CDRom and CD Burning are suddenly missing when I click on 'My Computer'. I am not sure when they went missing. I did a Belarc system check and they are not shown. My OS is WinXP Pro SP2. Can I do something in system restore. Can …

For the past...two or three weeks, I'll say, my computer has been shutting down at random. There isn't really a specific time period of when it does this because sometimes it'll shut down after about 15 minutes of use or less, and other times it'll shut down after a few …

hey, i have windows 7 Can i change my 64 bit computer to 32 bit?

I have installed Windows 7 today after that I tried to install McAfee Anti Virus Enterprise Edition 8.5 Windows 7 prompted that this application has known compatibility problems with the application that you are trying to install. Considering this as problematic, I gave up and did not install the AntiVirus. …

hi this is ram i have a problem with my dvd drive it is not reading my dvd's but it is reading my cd's i dont know what's the problem is plz help me out thanx

Hi I am running Windows 7 on my hp laptop and had recently setup a dual boot with Ubuntu. I wanted to get rid of the ubuntu partition so i went into the disk management utility and deleted the volume i had created and installed Ubuntu on and restarted my …

I'm trying to get my Wii online. I'm trying to enter my router. I have the address as 192.168.1.1 When I enter that, the window comes up. When I leave the user blank and the password as "admin," it does nothing. After 3 tries a window pops up and says …

My XP system came with Norton 2003 and I have found it OK but it is due for update and several people have advised me to get another AV programme to back up Norton. Any ideas on one that is reliable, easy to set up (I have tried to download …

Hi, I was using MS Windows XP but my antivirus was expired and I forgot to update it. Last week when I was downloaing something< i got a virus which tries to read my saved passwords in browser/machine and it also effects most of the dll and exe files. Hence …

Running Windows XP, been having multiple problems, resulting in a complete reboot a few months ago... Now suddenly I cannot install anything. I didn't change anything, update anything... as a matter of fact, there is an update that for some reason WON'T install... Cannot get WindowsXP CD to even run …

Old hard drive failed slowly and painfully... just put in a new Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA drive & powered up ready to start installing (a brand new copy of) Windows but... machine won't boot beyond the Setup F10 / Bios F2 Screen. Gateway GT5228 Media Center Computer AMD …

I am one of those SP2 users who haven't yet upgraded to SP3. Frankly, from all those horror stories about it, I am afraid to even try. I know that support for XP2 ends 7/13...my question is: if I decide to just stick with SP2, with ComodoFirewall/Avira Antivir/Malwarebytes/Superantispyware/Spyware Blaster now …