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So I'm playing Deus Ex Human Revelution at full screen, and near the end of the game it randomly minimizes to the desktop. I thought it might just be the game, but later on, playing another game, it does the same. Now it does it every 10 to 20 minutes. …

It's a common problem, there are a lot of google hits, but I could found no working solution. When I leave my computer on and don't use it, and I come back, first only the cursor works, and if I right click, that freezes too. After 1-5 min it recovers …

how can I read or copy such files , so that I can use them or know what they include ? I know it's because of that they are protected and not shared while use , but I want to use these data maybe it can be done bysome kind …

[B][COLOR="Green"]Hello, I am writing a PhD thesis and require some help numbering my figures and tables. I use Word 2003 and would like Word to restart numbering of my figures and tables after each chapter (NOTafter each section). For example, captions of figures/tables in Chapter 1 should read Figure/Table 1.1, …

I am creating a batch file to add printers to users in our domain and am hitting a slight snag in the lines. Here is the batch file for one of our user profiles: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n "\\PRNTSVR01\P1-MAINT-2035n" rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n "\\PRNTSVR01\P1-ACCT-HP9000uni" rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /in /n …

Hi Friends, PC running XP, version 3, 2GB Drive but gradually running out of space and 1TB external drive! I see my iTunes library is almost 41 GB and wonder if I could move this to my external hard drive to gain some space? Would iTunes find it okay? Total …

I am running Windows 7 32bit. Recently an odd issue has occurred. I have internet, and programs such as Steam, that utilize the internet, can connect and load its pages. However, three main web browsers I have, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer don't work. Specifically- They sit on …

Windows 7 - VMWare Player 3.1 I recently got Ubuntu 11.04 installed and set up nicely in a virtual machine. I have fixed resolution problems and removed the top bar from the application so it looks almost like an actual native GNOME desktop. However, as I will be using this …

Very new to writing macros, trying to impress the boss with a project, but I am stuck with a code. I can hide the rows when the checkbox is selected, but the other checkboxes are still visible. Is there a way to hide other checkboxes as well. My current code: …

Hello all, Whenever I get on my laptop running Windows XP SP3 I get that pesky message that says "Windows has recovered from a serious error" and the buttons that say "send error report" and "dont send". Whenever you click either the message goes away for about 2 seconds then …

Hi, For some reason my touchpad and buttons have been switched off/disabled by the O/S. In the system tray I can see that there is an icon displaying 'Touchpad Off' but I want it to be on. I'm not sure how it's been disabled but I would like to activate …

Hello Am currently facing a problem with my FF 6.0, whereby, if I want to save an image from any website, it does not pop-up the Save As dialog box, after I've clicked on Save Image As in the context menu. Same problem also if I click on Save Page …

My old laptop broke a while back and the hard drive was somewhat intact but just wouldn't boot. I now have a new desktop and bought a 2.5 IDE Hard Drive Enclosure so I could get all my info. However my old laptop user account was password protected, so now …

OK so I am not getting any sound on my computer right now - it is a Dell Latitude D630 and running XP service pack 3 (I believe). Point is, right now my computer does not recognize that I have any sound devices whatsoever. I had been messing with asio4all …

Hi I have [B]Windows 7 Home Premium SP-1, 64-bit[/B] version on my PC. I want to install SQL Server either 2oo5 or 2008. but i am unable to install this. Error: [I]OS Incompatibility[/I] Pls Reply: Thank U

Hi, Please note my comp spec: pentium III, 98 MB RAM, 40 HDD Hard disk. how can i make my Windows XP pc more speedable? Can i reduce any resource from the OS for a better performance? Anish V Mahatma Gandhi Colony

hi... every one Can anyone reply me that why can't we take 'con' as folder name Or any file name....?

hi friends , i have set the signature for my all the outgoing emails .but when i tried to send any email .picture is not comming in proper way .it comes in cross format .Kindly let me know the idea .any help would be highly appreciated .

I'm running Windows 7 on a Dell Inspiron computer. Every time I try to open a program (Word, Excel, Photoshop, Ad-Aware, etc) I get a message that says "The program can't start because MSVCR90.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." I've tried to …

I was recently given a 80GB SATA drive to use on my system at home. After I hooked it up and rebooted the drive comes up stating it is a network drive with the letter Z as a drive letter. I also have a network printer that is using the …

My hard drive crashed and I had to install a new hard drive. I installed every disk that came with my computer but I don't have any sound and I get error messages from itunes saying "ituns detected a problem with audio configuration. Audio/Video playback may not operate properly. Not …

Hi all, I have a system running Windows XP. I've never had a computer do this to me, but what is happening is that it boots up ok and everything visibly looks ok, but when I go to click on an icon, it takes forever to load a program or …

This was an error I found on my computer that I did a search on the web for a quick and easy fix for. I found this forum that had my error and symptoms, but found no one had a solution. The thread was closed because the original poster had …

I have forgot my sqlserver 2000 password, any method to recover it???????

I'm having an issue with my compaq presario desktop when i boot into windows it hangs just before the windows log on screen and so far i have been unable to boot the comp into safe mode any help figuring out the problem would be appreciated

Hi Everyone, What is the difference between a software getting installed on win xp and win 7? Is there any difference and if there are how can you check the differences?

I've just returned an old laptop to its factory state with reinstall disks and have Windows XP Home installed but I can't find a way to update Windows at least to SP2. I have Automatic Updates ticked under System but it is not downloading anything. Can anyone help or provide …

Hi DaniWeb Family ! I have a Dell Inspiron laptop , 64 bit system with Windows 7 on it. For some strange reason, I turned on the laptop and I can't go on Google , any more.. I can go on any other website, but just not Google. When I …

Hello I have Networx installed on my PC, and bizarrely enough, since this morning I can see from its traffic monitor that something/s is being downloaded, but I did not launch any specific downloads, and using Networx NetStat revealed very little info. I want to know where the downloads are …

Hi, I am using windows 7 ultimate. My pc automatically restarts after the shutdown processes are complete. i'm a freshman in win7. last day i pressed the arrow key in keyboard after shutdown and my pc starts suddenly. i wondered. So plz help me. -vinod kc

hi, i m using windows 7(64-bit). I have external hdd-100GB. But it [COLOR="Red"]doesn't show up[/COLOR] in my windows. I have tried it in another pc(& in my desktop before i installed this windows) and it works fine, so it must be a [COLOR="red"]problem with my windows[/COLOR]. I have changed from …

Hi, my pc configuration asus-m2n68-am se2 amd sempron le 1250 2gb ddr2 windows 7 (32bit) ultimate(not genuine) My problem is, sometimes when i boot my pc,the network status icon in taskbar shows an exclamatory sign in yellow colour and some text like this "no internet acces, unidentified network". But the …

Hi ! i accidently disabled windows search option in computer management of windows 7. now when i want to undo it, windows search option isn't appearing their ! Please tell How to enable it !

Hello everyone.. I have recorded a video from my satellite digital receiver device on a USB flash disk.. After I plugged the USB disk into my computer, I noticed that the name of the file contained unusual characters (I've taken a picture of the file and put it in the …

I am using old p3(933 mhz) processor with VIA motherborad and 512+256 ram. Is it possible to install windows 7?

This started about a week ago. I'll be doing something and for no reason i can think of it will turn off. Except maybe from being to hot which doesn't make that much sense as it runs b/t 120-180 and very very rarely 190-200. But anyway it will turn off …

I get this error message every time on start up. Will describe it as best as I can: Application NDP1. 1sp 1 Error Description Queue Serv Size 2.1KB Contents NDP1. 1sp 1. KB2416447_x86_ wrapper log version bd As I get this message every day I would appreciate any help in …

I have a Neo B32238 Laptop running an Intel Duo CPU T650@2.1GHz 2G Mem with 1.87 useable running for over 2 year on Windows 7. It works well in all respects other than I just lost the ability to access a wireless network that had been operating well in the …

I have windows xp professional Celeron CPU 2.53 GHz 1.24 GB RAM and I am trying to open some photos which came in an attachment to one of my e-mails. However, I get the message "this file does not have a program associated with it to perform this action. Create …

I have a secondhand motherboard running a 3 g processor with 2 g Ram and an 80g SATA HD, when i try to boot load windows 7 to a formatted drive I get "can not read from CD Code 5" I can load other CD/DVDs to the drive but after …

This is a cool windows xp trick i found out by which you can hide your files under a picture. Follow these steps --> 1. First select the files you want to hide. 2. Right-click the files and select "Add to archive" i.e compress the files to zip or rar. …

Hello DaniWeb Family ! I have an Emachine Netbook, EM250, 1GB RAM...Windos XP Home. This may be the wrong place to put this thread so let me know if we need to move it. I let my niece borrow the net book for a day. Bad BAD BAD ! The …

I have an empty folder with the above name. When I try to delete it it says 'Cannot delete, it is being used by another program'. I have tried EMCO 'MoveOnBoot' but it doesn't allow you to delete folders, only files. Suggestions please. Sorry I didn't google first. NOw have …

I want to make my own web-site, and I know HTML (everyone knows it :D) and some PHP. I have a lot of experience with Windows and Linux (Particularly Ubuntu) but I never had my own server, except WAMP that I used for learning PHP. My web-site is not a …

Hi I used to have a problem, where if i double clicked on any hard drive in My Computer, it would be opened inside the program ACDSee, rather than just opening up in explorer. there was no way to switch it off from within ACDSee so i went to Tools->Options->File …

Hello, I have windows xp professional, cpu 2.53 GHz, 2.53 GHz, 1.24 GB ram. I am having a heck of a time trying to download music to my pc. I have several playlists on utube but I'm unable to transfer them to windows media player. I also thought I could …

Hi my PC has no sound and the 'C-Media AC97 Audio Device' in the device manager has a yellow exclamation mark next to it. I have tried un-installing and re-installing it but this does nothing. Can anybody tell me how to fix this or how to aquire a working device …

This is my 1st attempt at a posting. My PC has 1 HD with 3 partitions; 55 mb FAT -- Partition Magic 8.0 (works fine) 300 mb FAT -- DOS 6.22 (E:) (works fine) 37 gb NTFS -- XP Pro (C:) Have valid OEM XP Pro CD w/SP2 XP really …

Hey. I recently tried to play a dvd on my comp and media center told me that the disk wasn't being recognised, so I checked the computer and the drive was missing from there. This is the error in my device manager: This device cannot start. (Code 10) Click 'Check …

On the ‘Folder’ ribbon the ‘favorites’ section does not appear. Right clicking the ribbon and choosing ‘Customize the Ribbon…’ shows the ‘Folder’ tab as being selected and within that tab are ‘New, Actions, Clean up, Favorites, Share, IMAP, Properties’. ‘Favorites, Share and IMAP’ do not appear on the ribbon. I …