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Hey guys, I have a problem: My USB flash drive is not seen on windows 7 ultimate. i have just reinstalled the windows 7, it still won't fix. Was working about a month ago and it just stopped working 3 days ago. Please help, thanks!
When I click any of the displayed items in a list from google (or any search engine) it goes to different sites seemingly at random. Keying in the http address works fine. Any ideas please? Sorry. I think I'm in the wrong forum. Now posted in 'Virues, Spyware and other …
I have a computer that I built, it has two hard drives in it, one with Windows 7 and one with Vista. I plugged my girlfriend's hard drive into my computer to back up her data and reformat it since her's was having some issues(XP Home). However, once the reformat …
Hi and thanks to everyone on Daniweb, you rock!! I downloaded Panda Titanium antivirus trial version from the internet and i want to uninstall it from my PC. It won't uninstall from the control panel: add and remove programs list, nothing happens at all when i press remove. Nor will …
Hi guys,i have a HP laptop with Windows 7 OS.From few days it always installs updates when shutdowns the laptop.It gets a considerable time.I want to know what's the reason for it.Please help me to overcome from this issue....Thnx
hi guys,i have a problem with the cd/dvd...not work......the driver for the cd/dvd rom its nowhere and i cat play any cd or dvd etc. on my computer....
I have a couple of computers here, a friend wanted me to make an image of an old XP hard drive with all her work files, emails, etc, and put them on a hard drive in a newer computer. The newer computer runs Windows 7 and I feel like that …
I'm having an issue where a computer that was seemingly working fine a couple days ago is now freezing whenever I try to click on anything on the desktop. This happens right after startup. I can sometimes get the start menu to open, but once I try to click on …
This goes back to "lost favorites" after microsoft did away with the links bar,have learned that the links have been hidden, they are still there just can't fine them.I'm using Windows7 Pro and IE8. Have searched for them everywhere and can't fine them,and microsoft is of little use on how …
C:\Users\Tag-a-long\Documents\favorites.html why is that not a valid file name? how do you do a valid file name?
I cannot hear any sound in firefox! The problem is only in firefox all other browsers are working fine. The flash objects have no sound at all. I can make google voice chat. So I think the problem is with some flash related thing in firefox. I have reinstalled adobe …
I am having problems with my hotmail today. It is very very frustrating. I did not have problems before ever. Today I am having major problems. I try to login, enter my username and password and then it is so stuck! I thought it was my internet connection speed so …
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Hi Ok, I redone my multi-boot system and pre this, i copied all my data folder's to external drives. Now in Vista or WIn7, I get, you need Admin permission. Not only that, when I say yes to the above and then try to edit files in that folder like …
My computer out of nowhere gives me a message telling me my hard drive is corrupt and I need to restart my pc. I ignored it of course, after I ignored it some unknown Windows 7 recovery program started running various scans on my pc which I knew weren't legit. …
Good day! Ive got a Dell Latitude Laptop C600 for repair preferably reformatting the OS due to viruses..Now the problem is, the BIOS for this model doesn't support booting from any usb external drive or Flash Disk.. Luckily I've got a connector for connecting laptop HDD to desktop.. Now i …
Hello I need your help with a simple Excel issue: This is what I have COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 125 YES 304 NO 1549 YES Here is what I need: If the string in COLUMN 2 is 'YES', copy the value in COLUMN 1 to COLUMN 3. What …
Hi, I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7, and have installed Windows Live Mail due to the removal of Windows Mail. I am having a similar issue with Windows Live Mail in Windows 7 as i did before in Vista with Windows Mail. It seems that whenever i click …
I have just created an MSI file with 'Scalable WinINSTALL LE' and i am now needing to do one of two things. One: How can I cange the TARGETDIR to a fixed location on a server in the network that has the actual setup files and be able to send …
Hi, and I need some help... I'm not remembered much what happened before I got this problem but now I can't access to any of the mmc files in the administrative tools folder currently. Registry Editor and Task Manager still working normally, only the tools in the Administrative Folder... I …
Hi everyone! My boss received a weird email from her friend using Outlook Express 6. On the preview of OE6 you can read the message but when you double click the message to open it, the message got garbled and it is like converted to HTML codes. After that the …
I have relative links in a menu page of the form: [CODE]<li><a href="info.htm#part1">See Part 1 of the problem</a></li>[/CODE] In the target page, the anchor is made as follows: [CODE]<h1><a name="part1">Part 1 of the Problem</a></h1>[/CODE] Now, after upgrading to Firefox 4, I am getting a 405 error: URL /Part1.html not found. …
When I attempt to repair my internet connection by right-clicking on the tray icon and selecting "Repair" I get the following error when the process reaches the DNS flush stage: [b]"Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following action cannot be completed: Clearing the DNS cache For assistance, …
i have just downloaded sql server 2008 from the microsoft download center. when i try to install it at extraction it says its not a valid win 32 apllication. what could be the problem?
Whenever I try to run "cmd.exe", I get this error.... "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.com C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications." Anyone know what this is about and how to fix it? Thanks
I'm trying to load a disk onto my computer and when I try to run it, I get an error message that says I'm missing file d3drm.dll. I've done google searches and found someone who recommended I try running it on XP but that didn't work. So another person suggested …
Hello! My HDD has multiple 'First allocation unit is in valid' (all windows prefech files *.pf) errors when using chkdsk. the file system is FAT32 it is a fairly new 20GB HDD? This same problem happened to my first drive after a power outage... (It was a NTFS then I …
We run Exchange 2003 e-mail system, and need to be able to store e-mails for a period of 3 years. However, the system needs to store all e-mails that are sent or received without allowing users to be able to delete them (from the server). Right now, if a user …
i use windows vista home premium,the problem is that i cant open windows media player,it dosent want to open at all,first time happen...thank you.......
I have two friends whose computers run like paint drying! And their internet connects are dodgy. They are both cursed with Windows 7 On my XP computer I have Prevex 3.05.220 Teamviewer 177152237 Is it possible for me to copy (which files of?) Prevex and Teamviewer onto a thumb drive …
In trying to keep Win XP running as long as possible I've used various software programs including Rocketdock, which I think is brilliant. It runs very smoothly and I have it set to run at startup. Normally there is no problem, but every so often I find it missing after …
Hi Friend I am having Toshiba Laptop Satellite Pro L550D model with PSLXTE serial, I have formatted the system and i installed windows 7 home premium, but my USB drive is not getting detected, I’ve checked my bios it shows USB driver is Enable. But I don’t have driver CD …
hi all, i m trying with DOS commands. the command 'msg' works very well in windows xp. but when i tried the same in windows 7 home basic, it gives an error. can anybody please tell me why does this happens? is there any alternative command for it? or how …
i have a hp pavilion zv6000 lab top and in device manager it says it shows a yellow exclamation mark for the multimedia audio drivers. can not locate the specific driver needed to fix this issue.
Hi there I was trying to copy an ISO image with Nero but when I insert the cd I want to burn the image to and start the burning process it stops straight after saying "writing short lead out" and then "burn process failed at 8x (11.08kb)". Could anybody tell …
Hi people, I am a C4 Quadriplegic I use WiViK 3.1 desktop keyboard with word prediction called wordQ but I keep getting the same error. I have reinstalled it many times, I have up to date antivirus and spyware. [URL="http://www.wivik.com/description.html"]http://www.wivik.com/description.html[/URL] I host and design websites but know nothing about C++ …
I have lost my favorites menu in ie8 and can't seem to find it. When I try to add aomething to my favorites that was there, it tell me the file is already there, and will ask if I want to over write it. My OS is windows7pro. I have …
In Dos there was this file you can change that would change your starting directory when you start your computer. So I wonder is there such a file in Windows, because I am learning assembly programming and I want all my files to be in 1 place. Right now my …
One of our salespeople routinely receives e-mail messages from a certain customer, but cannot reply or send new messages to this address. We use Exchange 2003, and I see the messages he sends or replies to just sit in the queue until they eventually time out and a NDR is …
Hey, Ever since doing a windows update daily i have been getting a BSOD sometimes up to 6 times per day. I have searched the internet and used dell diagnostics on boot too fix this problem. However so far today i have not had a bsod i think this is …
dear friends, i am having a problem with my win 7.I dont know exactly when it began.My save dialog box doesnt include desktop option.Hence i am unable to save in desktop until i choose c:/users/ishaan/desktop. there is optio of saving in libraries , my computers , favourites but not desktop.
Today as most of new windows are coming from Microsoft (Vista, Seven, etc) and Xp is going to be expire (in 2014). The main cause of ending of XP is "Low Security". Following are some Tricks to raise a little more security on your XP. [QUOTE]1. Immediately create a System …
I have a Windows Server 2008 RC server running at the moment and want to know if it's a good idea to create a non-administrator user account to access the server for things like FTP. It is only myself and another person who will be accessing the server via FTP, …
In windows XP most of viruses spread through Autorun (Autorun.inf) Function in windows. It is better to Disable Autoruns in Xp. I am not sure about windows Vista but In WindowsSeven and above this feature is already blocked so you dont need to do anything. Ok Here are the Two …
I want to block many websites on my PC. I have tried to Block them from "[COLOR="Red"][B]C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts[/B][/COLOR]" but it is not working. Some days ago i re-installed OS in my system but this problem not solved.... Please Help Me... Here is a copy of the text written in "Hosts" file. …
when i start my hp pc p6040in with windows vista home basic, it shows me a blank screen with message Err1Err2 and after pressing enter it shows me message DISK BOOT FAILURE.INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER........also i am unable to start system recovery option. i have tried replugging the …
When I install sony vegas 8.0 i got an error message. Extracting file failed, it is most likely caused by low memory (low disk space for swapping file) or corrupted Cabinet. I certainly don t have an issue with low memory so what can you guys tell me about this …
We use Microsoft Online Services Sign in Tool to allow Outlook to access Microsoft's BPOS online Exhange and Sharepoint services. I recently had a user reporting that the Sign in tool was reporting "incorrect username or password" even though the credentials were correct. The solution turned out to be simply …
hi, i hv installed fedora and windows 7 on my machine. but when i delete my fedora partition, then while booting, i get an error as GRUB LOADER MISSING. please help me to solve this problem......
Alrighty, this one will be tricky... I was on my Toshiba laptop tonight about to play a game when the screen went black (i was not touching the computer at the time). I tried a few things to get it back, but nothing seemed to be working, background music of …
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