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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?!!

I have a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4DP socket 3 board with AMD Phen II X2 550 cpu, 2 x 2 Gb Kingston ddr2 ram and ATI 4750 1gb card and OcZ modstream power supply, all less than 12mth old. Suddenly went black screen on me and now won't boot up. Won't even …

My friend has an HP Pavillion and recently the computer stopped booting to windows. When you turn it on it just shows a screen with a flashing command prompt-style cursor. I was able to get into the system set-up and re-arranged the boot order and therefore could boot a Windows …

My outlook at times does not receive all e mails, in addition, it held on the password section...The ISP told me that I should look into un installing outlook.. Is there any type of thing/program that FIXES it or can someone advise how to un install and re install? Thank …

I have run into a very strange problem with Microsoft Word. Here's the background. I am running Microsoft Office Professional (fully updated) on a machine with the Windows XP Home (fully updated) operating system. My wife has a folder on the desktop where she keeps her business correspondence. This folder …

When logging on to internet I get the message "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading." with the following details. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. * If you are unable …

This is very annoying, and it only recently started happening, and I'm not sure why. Everytime I go to open a new link by right clicking it, and pressing "open in new window", the window that opens, opens the webpage, but the window size takes up the top 4th of …

I am running XP Home on a motherboard with code M811 VER 3.1 using an AMD Athlon 1.33MHz chip with a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367-8235 chipset (I think!?) I have run Belarc Advisor & got info below; Board: VT8367-8235 Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/10/2003 …

... is missing or currupt: \windows\system32\config\system Having loads of problems with my Compaq Mini 700 Notebook. My OS is Windows XP Professional Home Edition. Tried numerous times to reset it from the F10 Bios area but this is the message that keeps coming up. What to do?

hi My environment is windows xp professional and internet exploror7. i am having problem during surfing internet, my web page automatically changes to another site, its happened if I pause for some time to surf net. Looking for your help thanks

HELP ME, I accidently ended explorer.exe (my shell) in Task Manager. I went to New Task>explorer.exe>run and it only opened windows explorer but did not open my shell.

Hi I am having trouble installing Windows XP on a new hard drive while connected to a computer i have and was wondering if there were a way to install it using a usb storage adapter for an IDE hard drive? The computer is a dell optiplex sx260 (workstation computer) …

I'm trying to transfer files from my old pc to my new pc. Both use XP. I have a crossover cable. I need a site to go to that has step by step instructions if possible. Thanxs

hello can you help me please, my windows media player there is no sound anymore after i change the visual style and theme look like windows 7, can you help me with my windows media player to get back the sound....hoping for your positive responds....thank you in advance...

Please help me what to do after i plugged the new seagate barracuda 7200 - SATA HDD 250GB[ST325310AS] as bootable for XP professional OS. I had got this new HDD as replacement from seagate. So i need what to do if all i plugged the cables into motherboard, then putting …

I've noticed some inconsistencies in the way different Outlook version handle the file creation and modification timestamps for saved attachments. Whenever my coworker (running Outlook 2007 SP2 on Windows XP) saves an attachment, it is timestamped using the moment that the attachment was saved to the file system. However, whenever …

Hi, My name is Melanie and I installed sbcyahoo on my computer. For some reason my internet option is frozon on MSN Homepage and will not let me change it. How do I do that. Plus, I can`t get sbc yahoo page to just pop up unless I go to …

I reformatted my desktop with having backing up the drivers so I installed them manually. How can I assure or check if my drivers are right for my devices? My monitor specifically the graphics are not in good condition after I reformat the desktop so I suspect that there is …

Hi, I have a problem with Windows Media Player that has recently surfaced whereby when I watch films on it (doesn't apply to CDs or DVDs of TV shows) background noise, such as dogs barking or music can be heard and sound effects on the menu also, but the characters …

The W3C validator site is not working right for me. A few other sites (but not many) also say the file I sent is blank. Other sites are working with no troubles, and receive uploads normally. The facts: - Two different computers are doing the same thing. - Both computers …

Hello, I am system administration newbie. I am responsible for installing and configuring Windows XP on 14 computers that need to be 100% identical. What I want to do is install XP and configure it based on what I need (usernames and passwords, no firewall, no windows search, set the …

I got a computer to repair that would not turn on and boot up. After manually connecting the hard drive and removing the viruses the computer now works. But, after another virus scan more viruses where found and removed now it seems the computer is working faster and better but …

Hello; I recently started having a problem on my Dell E1505 laptop running Windows XP-SP3, where multiple internet browser windows start opening by themselves ramdomly. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm using IE8, Firefox or AOL Browser, the problem keeps happening. There are times where it won't happen for …

unable to play certain movies on my media player its saying i need a decoder, seems i have to buy this decoder, could some please help me to find a decoder free for my media player 11 tvvm :)

Make: Dell Inspiron 1720 Howdy, I have a windows vista laptop that has started to have some odd behavior relating to power. When the laptop is plugged in (cord to wall) and the battery is in, the laptop will shut down within a few minutes. If the computer is running …

I am installing windows 7 my hard disk is 250 GB can anybody suggest how much should be the participation for c drive....

I have recently installed Windows XP Professional on my Thinkpad 600x. Everything in the installation went fine, I've installed a small amount of software (Firefox, Photoshop, a couple of audio players, Avast antivirus), and I have dutifully installed all of the updates, including Service Pack 2. Unfortunately, the machine has …

Hello, When i use windows explorer, when i try and "right click" or cntrl-C to copy windows hangs up and it says "not responding" in the top left corner. Then it crashes and restarts. I tried reloading XP from the hard disk (never had a copy of XP on CD) …

Hello, I recently learned a new batch command and I was wondering if I could make a batch file from at root batch file... Ex: [CODE]echo pause>\test.bat[/CODE] This code makes a batch file that has the command pause. Now would I make a multi-line batch file using this code? Ex: …

DEARS, I have searched lot for whereabouts of mouse right click menu in windows and registery as well but not found any where.please help me to find it.