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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 …
[ATTACH=right]16136[/ATTACH][URL="http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/fy10/earn_rel_q4_10.mspx"]Last week's earnings report from Microsoft[/URL] shows that the company cut its research and development budget for the first time in five years. Microsoft has been cutting costs lately, including efforts such as cutting [URL="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172423"]1400 jobs in January[/URL]. In its last fiscal year, Microsoft spent $8.7 billion on R&D - …
Hi, my laptop is freezing shortly after each startup, and i cant do anything on it. It works in safe mode. if that helps any. here is the dxdiag.txt ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 6/2/2010, 00:12:28 Machine name: KREEBONS-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build …
[B]My Windows XP can't load my local profile what should i do.[/B] My Laptop started hanging, then i forcefully turned it off from the power button, and then restart it, while booting the OS complained that it can not load my locally stored profile reason either insufficient access right or …
I'm running Windows XP Professional on my desktop computer. When I try to boot Normally, it appears to work fine until it gets to the Windows XP screen with the horizontal moving dots. The dots continue to move for awhile and then stop. This is as far as it goes. …
Okay so I have this problem were my computer freezez, leaving me no other option the than pressing the restart button. This seems like a pretty common problem, memory problems comes to mind. But the funny thing is this has NEVER and i mean never happend in a game, it …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]16065[/ATTACH]Aza Raskin, head of user experience at Mozilla’s Lab unit, revealed their new project, Tab Candy, today. He believes that it will shift the way we use, and think about browser tabs in future versions of Firefox. The goal of Tab Candy is to manage all of your tabs within …
last night i installed a game ( company of heroes) and then i uninstalled it because i didnt like it after half an hour i saw a warning that said your windows drive is full its not possible i had 5 gb of free space on my windows drive! is …
My PC just stops and displays 'no signal' on the screen. The power light on the on/off button goes out but the hard drive light stays on. Also, the CPU cooling fan stops at the same time the power light goes off but the other fans keep running. If I …
Hi, my lap-top has a problem......it is stuck on the start up screen. It is running Windows 2000, and last night it hung up on me and I had tu turn of the power to shut it down. Now when I turn it on it gets stuck on the screen …
msn messenger 7.5/windows live messenger beta problem everytme i go to sign into msn messenger after about 5 seconds it comes up with an error message saying i have encounterd a problem ...anyone no how i can fix this...details below.. i have unistalled and reinstalled it and still have the …
Launched Sysprep to experience the creation of an image. I now find upon reboot that the machine opens to a black screen with the text " setting up computer". I did not think that creating an image would interfere with its normal functions. I would ask how I can get …
I am trying to help my sister who can not start-up Windows 98 on her Compaq laptop. When we turn the laptop on, it goes to a DOS window and tells us that: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Windows Registry or SYSTEM.INI file refers to this device file, but the device file no …
I'm new to this website and this is my first post. I just got a new computer with Windows ista not ery long ago. I just bought a used wireless router about a week ago. I tried to configure it and couldn't get it to work. Then I realized I …
ok i got a new computer a couple months ago and the microsftr office was just a trial apparently. is that right? now i cant use word excel all those. which product key do i use. i used all that i had and none work??? help
Hello to all, Well, my computer was running slow, getting all these terrible spywares due to my useless anti-spyware softwares, and detecting no usb ports. So my friend suggest that I reinstall windows, wiping my hd clean, along with the spywares, and that might fix my usb problem as well. …
If I play a dvd file from my hard drive, all is well. If I play the same file from a DVD in my DVD drive, the video is slow and jerky. The sound echoes like in a tin can, too. I've tried Realplayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player and Nero …
I have another computer with Win98. The keyboard and mouse both refuse to work, but only in Win98. They work when I run a hardware diagnosis or boot setup or whatever. I cannot operate anything in the OS. Im looking to format the HD anyways. Is there a way I …
Hello, I'm new to the forum. :) We have an older system and we've run into some issues.. The OS is Windows XP and it's a Dell Dimension E510 with a manufacturers date of 11/17/05 At first I just had issues with the Roxio program. I kept getting a screen …
Hello, To be honest, I know about the very least possible about computer hardware and software. So please indicate me specificly what to do if some things get more techninal in this post. I have formatted my system from Windows Vista into Windows XP Pro. Since I haven't backed up …
A friend did a new install of window but there are no driver in the system.i need the drivers.intel pentium 4cpu 2.66Hz 1.99GH of ram.i have a yellow question mark in device manager on ethernet controller and pci device
Hi I’m Veena I need help that I’m trying to place one executable file in mouse right click in Internet explorer. Actually this executable file will copy the selected text or URL to one text file asking user to provide name. Actually I don't want to place that ".exe" file …
Hi everyone, Here's a picture of the BSOD message : [url]http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6654/dsc01882ah.jpg[/url] Almost every time I download several files at the same time, could be normal downloads (without an accelerator) or in a torrent client, I get the blue screen of death. This only happens when one or more files are …
Does anyone know if and where drivers for the R3000 can be found? I would like to keep this laptop going but want to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium if I can find the drivers. Has anyone successfully upgraded from XP Pro to Windows 7 on the R3000? Any …
i just had a new Aztech DSL605ER broadband modem installed in my network. im accessing internet at a faster rate now but the bill has skyrocketted due to unlimited downloads from the other users on the network. is there any way i can control or limit the downloads?
Hi, I'm experiencing problems with one of my hotmail accounts. It's running extremlely slowly. Why trying to construct an email, after just a few words it freezes, cursor sticks, "loading" icon appears bottom LH of screen, waiting circle appears and sometimes screen will turn light grey, give it about a …
i have a windows vista and it isnt starting properly. i have tried: startup repair- not working restore to a point of time: not able to back up: not working please if anyone has a solution that u know would work TELL ME
Recently my brother asked me to reinstall windows xp on his computer. While I was installing it, I ran into a problem. first it does the initial setup where it formats the hard drive and it copies the setup files. well, that takes a long time, longer than usual. after …
I am updating an Access 97 DB w/ VBA code to Access 2007. The VBA code uses DAO objects that Access 2007 references when I converted the db files (first from 97 to 2002, then to 2007). My problem specifically is with the two references: "Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library" …
We're running an old but critical DOS application on a Windows XP network. There is a printer connected to the server (Windows Server 2003) that is accessed by networked computers. To do this, we've been using the following in a batch file: [B]c:\windows\system32\net use lpt1 \\Server\Label /y[/B] (The server is …
Greetings...first time poster here. I am having a problem with my computer and was hoping to ghet some feedback. I recently got a virus on my computer and was quick to act. I ran a virus removal program, found the problem and removed it. I also ran Ad-ware and removed …
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