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Ok, so I have an old Dell Dimension C300. It originally came with 128mb of RAM. I purchased 512mb x2, and made sure that it was "PC133U-333-542", and 133mhz - Just like the 128mb module that came with it. I installed the new RAM, and the computer turns on, but …

G'Day, My USB printer is not recognized, and also a pen drive in the same USB port. But when I put a usb to serial adapter, Windows recognizes it OK. Of course the pen drive and printer works ok on my other laptop. Are there any diagnostics that can point …

Error 1706 No Valid Source Could Be Found... hi i need your help guys..my pc was working ok,,since today when i turn on i get this error message "ERROR 1706 NO VALID SOURCE COULD BE FOUND FOR PRODUCT UPDATE MANAGER.THE WINDOWS INSTALLER CAN NOT CONTINUE SOURCE=1" so please if somebody …

Hi, I need to use a automatic driver updating application to update all my drivers. I have searched on google there are many applications which one to select please help

Hello after xp boots up the desk top just blinks every few seconds. It will show the desk top for a few seconds then it just gives a blank screen then shows desktop for a second then blank screen? Any Ideas?

the error 1303 occured when installing sony ericsson pc suit in my laptop which has the Windows vista ultimate

Hi, just recently playing mmos on my pc, namely 'fusionfall', graphically it is a good game but it is very slow. So i was wondering if there are any other browser based mmos you could recommend? i dont want to download anything as my computer is slow enough already! Not …

I have a problem with my speakers as they don't work because there is "no mixer devices available" and system restore and downloading new hardware doesn't seem to make a difference because system restore hasn't saved any earlier dates apart from 2 days ago.. I have also tried going onto …

i have been given a dell dimension 9100 to work on by my boss after he wiped the hard drive and im now trying to install windows xp home with sp3. when i turn the computer on it starts to boot from the cd, but gets stuck at the blue …

defrag disk will not start,please help

I have two issues. 1- when I use the forward mail option the screen stes up for a blank new message and the way I get round it is to copy the message onto a new mail but it is frustrating especially as I have to open, savve and reattach …

I live in a very remote area, naturally there are lots of power cuts and I've become very adapt at resurrecting my computer;) . Trying to be smart I use an external drive to save all my stuff. I use sync-toy as my backup program. Synchronizing, after the newest re-install …

I am being restricted from operating my computer using Windows 7. It tells me that I need to see the system administrator. Help.

have windows xp. tried playing cds but wont read cdrom. says windows sucessfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device(code 41). have windows media player11. know its reading the disc. just want to listen to cds. is it hardware problem? or can i just …

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I recently re-installed XP home on my old laptop and everything seemed to install ok but now I cannot connect to my internet wirelessly.In my system tray it shows that my network name and conection rate as excellent but it will not actually connect. When I do "ipconfig /all" I …

Hi, this morning i installed a windows update and than it prompted me to restart. After my computer came back on the screen was stuck at [B]4 bit colour and 640 x 480 pixels.[/B] I've tried to change it back in the display properties but it won't. I've also tried …

I am trying to update the driver on an old laptop. I checked the device manager and all the information that I can siphon out of it is the following: Cisco Systems PCI Wireless LAN Adapter Driver date: 4/2/2002 Driver version: 3.4.9.0 I have checked cisco's website but I dont …

every time i try and log on to my computer it tries and then immediatly logs off. what to do???

I have a bad, or corrupt driver in windows some where, I had it before my last reinstall of win xp pro, and still have it after reinstalling and putting all my nessary drivers back on. from time to time windows will crash to reboot, and tell me it was …

Hi All Recently, my laptop has started showing an error while loading the desktop. The error box is intitled RunDLL and the message says "Error loading winpjj32.com. The specified module could not be found". Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any help Ben

:cheesy: :cheesy: I can not believe I finally found it. Went through google and searched until :eek: . This is what you need to do it works!!!! [B]Program Won’t Run – Gives Director Player Requires 3MB of Virtual Memory Error[/B]ID: 13Category: Error MessagesStatus: ResolvedViews: 6628 [B]Question:[/B] Title is self explanatory. …

Title remind you of anything? Ok,a couple of days ago I lost sound on my system. It is an old Dimension 3000 running XP with SP3. I have run every Malware/Spyware/Anti-Virus known to man, (ok not all of them but close) I have removed the sound card, rebooted and now..........My …

hi friends, pls help me by posting windows detailed memory map(protected mode) thank u

the shortcut it self shows and is still click-able but the icon image doesn't show up and its annoying because sometimes i click on the wrong icon sometimes.. also the recycle bin icon wont show.. here is a image of my desktop [url]http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d181/toto_mimi_89/wontshow.jpg[/url]

We have a few PC running XP sp3 have some network problem, if the pc has not been use for some times, it will locked, when user unlocked it, all the network loset, IE FF, outlook, thunderbird, all the windows base program lost the network, but I can ping and …

hey please help me! i cant able to delete a registry entry in my startup [HKLM/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run]. this results to an error which pops up during the startup of my windows. when i delete it, it will gone and when i press F5, it will still be there. the registry entry …

I am planning on upgrading server 03 with exchange 03 to exchange 07 and server 08 software. i have never done so before, so i have a few questions. i did not set up the current exchange server, so i have no idea what package was purchased. i know that …

i need help to fix my active dekstop recovery, whenever i open my computer i the active dekstop recovery stuff. and i can't open anything when i try to open system restore this dialog pops up and says "choose the program you want open this file". nothing works can someone …

I have been trying to install the same 22 updates from Microsoft for the past week. All have ended in failure. Any one have this same problem? Is there a solution?

hey all i have an a issue when My PC works more than 6-24 hours my monitors turns off and nothing responds that it should. To turn monitor on I have to reset my PC ..But when i do this it damages system files or some other files as well …

Setup: PC desktop GT5656 Windows vista home premium 3gb ddr2 dual channel 500 gb hard disk AMD athlon 64x2 6000+ Hello, I turn my computer on and it gives me the "Launch System Repair" and "log into windows vista menu" When I choose either option the computer shuts down. When …

Hello, I have recently purchased an mp3, and I have Windows 98 SE. I need to know how to add music files to the mp3 player. Can you please give me step by step instructions? thank you

I have just bought this pci network card [B](SMC EZ Connect N Wireless PCI Adapter [SMCWPCI-N])[/B], and it works perfect in xp and vista, but in windows 7, it causes my computer to freeze for about 10 seconds and then my computer restores to unfrozen state. Although while it freezes …

I am running Windows XP SP2. My computer boots up perfectly until it gets to the desktop. Only the wallpaper is showing. No Icons or task bar. Pressing the windows key does nothing. I can't right click on the desktop either. However task manager works fine, and I can run …

OK, so I just fresh installed Windows 7, and after it reboots (like twice) as part of the installation process, it prompted for my username, update settings, time zone, etc. Then every time after that, when it boots up, it can't get past the glowing windows logo. It just sits …

I have a old HP Pavilion ze2000 that will not start. I tried restarting my laptop in all 4 modes and all I get is a black screen. Tried reinstalling windows xp and it gets to the blue set up screen and freezes at "windows is starting". The HD test …

The fan is making bad noise on my Dell Dimension 8300 (7 years old) and it takes about 11 minutes before my monitor is on. What would be the best....I don't really want to change my computer...but if need be!!! Thanks for your kind answers. Also how to check whether …

A few weeks ago, I sat with my digital camera and cut the pictures from it to my folder on my desktop, I pasted them inside the Pictures folder that was in that folder and then I made 2 copies of that Picture folder and put in on my desktop, …

When I start Sims2, this message pops up: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda" Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I ran DXDIAG, then I went to 'display' and all the DirectX Features are …

Hello, I just acquired this laptop. It's an ACER Aspire 4520. Not all that bad and worth recovering. Anyways the person who owned it before me had an administration account on this computer, and I have no clue what the password is. Is there anyway I can reset it without …

Hullo! I've had Mcafee protection for about five years but have decided to change to AVG rather than pay again for Mcafee. Is there anything I should be aware of, before changing? I've read on DaniWeb that no-one should have 2 AV programs running at the same time, so I …

First off I am not great with computer talk But I have been trying ot fix this for a week now and I am going crazy. so here it goes. Was playing video games on my gate way amd phenomil 9100 E quad core and it crashed when I when …

Can someone tell me whether I can customize this highlighted part in the attachment ( using Windows 7 )

I got this new laptop with windows vista home basic on it....I wanted to install bearshare onto it but the newer version would not let me search for anything else than videos or music and the older version would not work on vista for some weird reson...what is the possible …

[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Correcting System Hang at Startup [/color][/size][size=2]If your system hangs about 2 or 3 minutes at startup, where you can't access the Start button or the Taskbar, it may be due to one specific service (Background …

i am using my campus internet connection where i should configure proxy to access to the internet. how of i want to hide or maybe change my ip address so that the universities admin will not see me.. :) thanks in advance. i had tried using software, but it failed …

Hi Friends, I have a weird problem with my system. Whenever I Type IPConfig in Command Prompt. I got error of Media Disconnected. If I tried to ping to any site it gives me error that requested host is not found. But the most weired thing is I am connected …

Right, here's the history of this horrible mess..... My PC Is a Dell Dimension 2350 OS : Windows XP Home Edition , Version 2002 , Service Pack 2 My PC doesn't recognise any Plug N Play USB Devices. I initially had the problem with an external HD - but eventually …

hello every1.. I was really sicked of trying to scan for hosts on my wireless network but the only ip that appears is the router ip address... i used ettercap on linux ubuntu and used cain on windowsXP but even this didn't work... any ideas?!!