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How can I fix a problem like this one? "The section IDA_CREATE_USER_DRIVE_U does not contain a valid dialog template."

Well basically my problem is that when i use the built in defragmenter it takes a few hours to defragment, i don't know if thats normal but it seems very slow. So i was wondering if there is any other defragmenter that is definately faster. Thanks in advance. Packard bell …

Netgear's WNDR3700 Security Options (WPA-PSK + WPA2-PSK) ps using HP DV9922us laptop all other computers are on line with xp setting seem correct logs on see's rougter DHCP BUT..... i do get a ip address on ipv4 but dont know how to set that up in vista 64 bit maybe …

There's a lot of buzz on the Internet today about some "leaked" [URL="http://www.microsoft.com"]Microsoft[/URL] slides concerning Windows 8. But, like the [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178753/_Don_t_get_excited_about_Windows_8_says_analyst"]Computerworld article[/URL] on the subject says, you shouldn't get excited about anything in those leaked slides. You're likely to end up disappointed. If any of you can remember back to …

So here's the scoop: The company where I work has a few GUI-based Java programs that runs crazy fast in Windows XP. Upon upgrading 6 machines to Windows 7 (and yes, we definitely exceed the requirements to run Windows 7 on our machines), these Java programs run significantly slower (For …

Hi everyone. I have a wierd problem with my computer. I have a Dell Inspiron 9100 running Windows XP Professional SP2. Just recently, when I've been opening "My Computer" from the start menu........... its been giving me the stupid message that im sure everyone is fed up with.... "Windows Explorer …

When I turn on my computer My Documents opens and I dont know how to fix it. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Just curious. I have used win 95 98 xp vista 7 oldtime people always said backup your data before you do defrag now windows 7 & vista have auto defrag function. I have windows vista on this pc, I had auto update and auto defrag before. NTFS file system corrupted …

Hi all, I just wanted to see if anyone here could clear up a few questions about DRM, notably SecuROM, in games and its effects on one's system stability. I've read many conflicting reports and information on this subject, and several things have come to light. Many people say that …

Hi friends, Increasing frequency of BSOD with video players including WMP,cowan ,vlan,now even youtube. windows xp sp3 up to date.negative virus scans.chkdsk ok.nvidia geforce ok.temp guage usually ok but sometimes high. bluescreen view shows 0x0000007a bug check code caused by ftdisk.sys+a642 and 0x00000077 caused by ntoskrnl.exe+22f43 what next? thanks for …

On a netbook I tried to uninstall all of its bloatware, which was like 5 GB or so. After some uninstalled programs, it began to uninstall the rest very slowly and at a certain point all uninstalls would freeze to death forcing me to kill the task and to reboot …

I've had my laptop for a few years now, and the internet wireless has always worked. We went away for the weekend and turned the wireless box off as we do every night anyway, when we came back the internet no longer worked, Talk talk then sent us another router …

Hi This seems to be a very weird problem. I am at my wits end trying to solve it. Basically, I have a Dell Studio laptop. My DVD drive reads every CD/DVD fine except for the Windows OS installation CD. I have tried putting in Windows Vista Cd and 2 …

my friends pc running vista, lost all sound after defagging her pc, i told her to update her sound drivers through the device manager but it still isnt working. does anyone know how to fix this?

I can't get past the digital signature when trying to download itunes. How do I override the digital signature?

Hi. I am having a problem with connecting to the internet. Everything was fine three days ago but now when i try connecting I am getting an "Error 31 " that tells me the device is not functioning properly. I haven't made any changes since the last time I connected. …

Hi there. wonder if anyone can shed a little light on this for me I have been trying to write some files to a brand new completely blank cd but to no avail:sad: the cd writing wizard appears to start ok and gets through scanning the disk image ok. it …

Hi all, Just some questions about Macrovision's SafeDisc. I found it on my Windows 7 OS non plug and play driver list and was curious about it, due to stories I've heard about other copy protection software brands causing problems. What's the program's reputation with regards to system stability. I've …

hi...guyzz...my system's outcome is very slow...its nt running fast...so can anyone help..plzz....i have downloaded ccleaner...eventhough its not so fast...plzz help...!!

Hi everyone, I have a Toshiba laptop Satellite A65-S1062 System Unit Model #PSA60U-01W015. It came pre-loaded with Windows XP Home Edition. The other evening I shut it off. The next day I tried to boot up and the first window says Windows XP with that bar that indicates it is …

Hi. I currently own a panasonic toughbook laptop. It originally had windows xp pro on it, but i decided to cut back and install windows xp. Upon doing that i had to download all new drivers and all that fun stuff. but i came up short handed. My laptop had …

Please help me... not very internet savy I don't understand why I can go online via AOL ver 9.0 but not IE but I have dsl service, not dial up AOL works but I cannot dowload anything to my computer and when I try to go on IE it says …

When I boot via Safe mode i can do most everthing. I have no antivirus program and when in safe mode.. the screen is too big for me to get tothe bottem to click on install or ok.

I am looking for a good Microsoft Office/Offices. I just had my computer upgraded, but they didn't leave any of my offices. I have Microsoft Windows XP with the 3 pack. I have a CD but it is only for a trial. Since I had a developers data was craming …

Hi...My PC is running extremely slow.. There are no viruses,no registry problems and i have also defragmented my windows drive.. Firefox or any other browser takes 15 sec to start System startup takes 3 minutes Games or any other programs take long time to start.. I have even tried that …

on start-up,screen displays [PXE-E61 : Media test failure , check cable] [PXE-M0F exiting PXE ROM

Hey all, I'm working a spreadsheet in excel. Basically, it looks like this: In Column A there's a 4-digit number. Column B, there's 2 things one cell with an entry like this A0000000, for example, and right under that, a 4-digit number. Column C is a person's name. what I …

I turn on my pc and it gives me a prompt that says that there is no mouse. There is one. It's got an adapter on the back from whatever connection they used to use to ps2. I need to know: 1. How to navigate through Windows 98 to turn …

Keep Dolby TrueHD audio and DTS-HD Master Audio of a Blu-ray movie [img]http://www.pavmac.com/pic/2010/201001/100119dtstruehd/dtstruehd100119.jpg[/img] [b]About Dolby TrueHD audio[/b] Dolby TrueHD, the next-generation lossless compression technology, is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. The technology provides an excellent high-definition audio, which is identical with master …

I tried to send an email into a fake domain (e.g. [email]fakedomain@abcdefghi.fake[/email]) and it sent. It goes to my sent items of OE6. [B]Why does OE6 allowed that email sent into a fake domain? and it doesn't tell that domain name is invalid, and it doesn't bounce back to me …

When I try to run this command. This command finds a line of code that contains 213 and put it into a variable. [CODE]for /f "delims=" %a in ('findstr /R /I 213 N:\****\*****\DateMod_SBDM.txt') do @set sbdmcurdate=%a[/CODE] In a .bat file it says. [QUOTE]\****\*****\DateMod_SBDM.txt') was unexpected at this time.[/QUOTE] However it …

Can anyone help me to insert an animated gif into my email through Lotus Notes? I hate the blasted program - more used to Outlook. We're using R5 here at work. Thanks!

Hi, My VirusScan pops up with an alert anytime I try to start a Microsoft Office 2007 program, such as Word, Excel or Powerpoint. (For example, the pathname shown by the VirusScan Alert is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE::GetProcAddress). It doesn't do this with anything else, web access etc. are fine. It …

My Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5923 has just started misbehaving some few days ago. In the middle of a work it could be anything the screen can just go off without the machine shutting off. When screen goes black and the machine freezes. Sometimes it gets so bad that holding the power …

i used the software CleanMYpc registry cleaner and now i can't open/run any of the programs on our laptop.i can't even open my control pane,my computer and etc.whenever oi open it, it says that the file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.:( what should …

When my HP Pavillion operating on Windows 7 goes to hybernation, it announces my account is blocked. I have found that I have to ask for a new account and then I can type in the password. Or rather I could. Turns out that when I later tried to type …

Hi folks - I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I am having trouble finding exactly what I need so I'm hoping someone can help me here. I have set up a new wireless router, and when I try to connect wirelessly I am told that I have …

im not sure if i am in the correct area - I am not technical -- I am having a problem in MSN hotmail with forwarding emails. Whenever i forward a perfectly clear email each line start with > and if the eamil is forwarded more than once it will …

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help. My PC has an inbuilt microphone (according to Properties, it's Realtek AC97 Audio). I never had a problem recording with it before, but now suddenly it no longer works. I've tested it with Sound Recorder and the Control Panel testing thingy, but …

Hi everyone.. I am using 2 hard disks.. I have also posted a thread that my 1st hard disk is sloooo.. This problem is from second hard disk(brand new 250 gb).. I have installed windows xp in 1 partition..When i tried to install windows 7 from bootable usb in another …

I am having a major problem with my vista laptop. It's refusing partly to connect to my router. There's no problem with the router, because my desktop is linked and everything is as good as usuall. However when I try to set up a connection with my laptop it throws …

Hello, I was trying to help my friend fix her pc, I'm usually fairly decent on working on them,but this has me stumped. Her son is trying to load his club penguin, and on IE 8, after he logs in and selects an area to play, it crashes and reloads …

It seems that you cannot really hibernate in Win 7 Pro 64 Desktop. It simply sleeps and if the desk shakes it wakes up. I have gone through various procedures that I seen on he web as PowerCfg -h on Disabled Sleep Hibernate There is a Hibernate file. Hibernate shows …

Every time I run Skype on my Windows 7 Desktop PC, it says that it wants to install an update. When I allow this ... it fails. It says that I must uninstall the older version first. Now I know that it [I]shouldn't[/I] say this. The Skype on line help …

hello can you help me please i have 2 operating system in 1 pc dual booth...how can i uninstall one operating system...hoping for your positive responds...thank you in advance...

Let me warn you I'm in a bit of an ornery mood today. So when I learned Microsoft is coming out with a refresh of Hotmail this week, you can understand I was less than enthused. Every time Microsoft refreshes a product, the technology press gets all excited about it …

I just re-installed Windows XP Home on a Emachine EL1200. It istalled fine and runs fine. It's a bit slow in booting up , for being a fresh and new installation so I looked in MSCONFIG, to see what I might find. All the tabs across the top are there …

ive tried enabling telnet on windows 7 by doing the following: 1.Open control panel. 2.Then go into programs. 3.Then in programs and features there should be a part that says ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ . 4.Click ‘turn windows features on or off ‘ then on the list …

[b]I use MSN and for some reason whenever I try to check my email it takes forever and a day for it to open, everything in the email section is extremely slow to open. I have tried everything from removing the Firewall but nothing seems to work...everything else opens basically …

i just got my laptop in 2008 and i want to completely reformat it to where it is exactly the way it was when i got it....system restore doesnt seem to work. Any help would be great! oh and its windows vista!