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running vista with all service packs installed,my problem is when I start the pc from cold will not boot up,if i press the restart button it will boot no problem and works fine any help please

Hi All, I have an office desktop using xp. Recently I bought a laptop running Windows 7. I set the laptop up for the wireless router ... no problem there, the internet is visible, but I can't see my xp machine, which is connected to the router by network cable. …

I am running Windows 7. After 60 seconds, when I search using Windows Explorer search box, I get the following message: "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information." To correct …

can anyone help me please? On start up, my comp. screen goes black with message CD-ROM BOOT PRIORITY..NO MEDIUM REBBOT AND SELECT PROPER BOOT DEVICE OR INSERT BOOT MEDIA IN SELECTED BOOT DEVICE AND PRESS A KEY. I have recently had a new hard drive fitted, and had windows 7 …

Currently i am using Norton 2006 updated to the 2007 version. As of the moment, i have the option to renew my subscription for £33. After looking at PC worlds 2007 Norton Antivirus, it costs £19.99. Significantly cheaper. Now i know that AVG is supposedly very good, so my question …

hi,i have a pc that uses windows 2007 and there is the files that copied themselves into other documents so when i amtrying to delete them even the original one got deleted.please help

hi, My application is running well with windows xp but when i install it to win 7 basic home it doesn'nt execute at all. It stops when it reach the form that has flash player. I have instal flash player version 10 but it happens the same. I have problem …

Hello, I have HP Inkjet D2660 and I installed HP software to my computer. I notice that after the installation. My computer became slow. Before, I can open files in just a second. But now it opens 3-4seconds. Is there another way to solve my problem? I don't need the …

I have a pc running on Windows 7 Ultimate (always updated) and has AVG Free 2011 Anti-virus. I use utility softwares like Tune Up utilities and ASC Pro. The problem is that it has been a long time since the softwares such as the [LIST] [*]opera [*]internet explorer [*]malwarebytes antimalware …

Hi: I am working on a clients PC and when I raise the memory from 512 MB to 1.5GB the whole system crashes. The RAM on the system is DDR PC2700 and on the other side it says 64X64 PC3200 DDR. The additional RAM I tried to put in is …

OK... Been on this about 10 hours now. I ran BitDefender and to make a long story short. I have lost explorer.exe I only have taskmanager to run things. I cannot find the files I need to find to reboot without cd because they are hidden and I have no …

I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …

I have received a comprehensive report from above, and I would like to have it interpreted by some generous soul! Not sure how to forward the information, but would appreciate any help that is available. Thanks.

Well, I have used TortoiseSVN a lot previously in Windows XP, and in previous years, it has always been working well and the context menu never had a problem etc. (Btw, for those that dont know I am talking about the right click menu). Either ways, in Windows 7, I …

Hi, I have visual basic 6 program which loading and saving a big .bmp file. This is the bizarre thing: It runs okay (although slow) in windows xp with Intel Pentium 1.5 Ghz processor and 512 Mb of RAM. So, logically it will run okay and faster in windows xp …

So i have a video that i want to convert, so my PS3 can read it. It is an mp4 that i wish to convert for the PS3, so a possible output would be to an avi or divx file. However some of the converters i have tried take up …

I tried to install Windows 7 SP1 RC2 and I can not find the backup files in add remove programs. I am reading that I may have to do a custom install which means all off my 39 software programs again. XP was easier. what a mistake Microsoft made not …

When I load my system it comes up to load and just before it loads is goes to 'Boot Manager' and asks which OS I would like to start the thing is I only have Win 7. I would like to stop it showing the boot manager and just load …

Upon turning on my Toshiba laptop with Windows 7 OS I get the following error. "Stop: c000021a {Fatal System Error} The Session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000022 (0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shut down." Since then the system will not start in any …

Please help Toshiba P300 series when starting all I can get it to do is go to windows boot manager or advanced boot options but no further? power light is orange even when off cannot use my restore discs any ideas please

Hello Anyone can pls suggest some tools which can help with capture of screenshots and create quick help tutorials from them, like allow me to select which part of my webpage I want to capture from my browser, and from there allows addition of texts to the captured part and …

hello i am using firefox browser..and my browser do not support any indian language..i want to write email in punjabi...also in facebook or orkut..but my browser not supporting this language..plz guide me wht can i do..i found frm internet dat if i downloaded lipikar then i will be able to …

Hello Am thinking of upgrading my windows 7 home basic to another version, and would like to know if whether in doing so I will need to get a new license, and also how to proceed with the upgrade process?

[ATTACH]14834[/ATTACH] This is the temps of my computer (the green line up there is the gpu) after about five minutes of crysis at medium settings no aa res: 1024x768 , i have a nVidia GEforce gt220 and i noticed that it has no fan at all, first when i bought …

Hey Guys, I have a large music collection and was irritated by the 64GB limitation on my itouch, UNTIL I found Subsonic [url]http://www.subsonic.org[/url]. Now my ENTIRE library is available to me via the internet or my phone, with no size limitation! I will repeat NO SIZE LIMITATION, I have heard …

Hello, I run chkdsk once in a while and some times I get this message Deleting corrupt attribute record (128, "") from file record segment 286. (The file record segment is random though) This only started to happen after a power outage-- my computer blue screened and wouldn't start. I …

Hello Everyone, Actually i have customized XP setup alot my OS with nlite. But recently i have seen an other customized xp. I have also contacted its creators for further info but they haven't shown any response. Can Anyone Here tell me how to customize XP installation like this. Screenshots …

Hello Sorry if I've posted in the wrong forum, but I wanted to know if it is possible to create a new pdf document directly from Acrobat X Pro, without having to first create in MS Word or any other apps then convert to pdf? If so, then what are …

Hello to all, I am using Windows 7 x64 and I require an immediate help on how to set hardware acceleration to full in this operating system. I've tried google but no result was appropriate and I came to know that I need to go to the "Change Settings" under …

My Windows 2000 computer detected a severe virus and I was afraid that my entire computer would crash so I panicked and stupidly deleted the entire administrative user account without thinking about my files nor backing them up. I was more concerned with my installed expensive software being affected. Now …

Hi there. Every so often i will be running a few programs and at some point, not every time, but quite often the both of my CPUS will max out and my fan will get loud most likely to try and cool down my comp. When this happens i close …

Hello I've seen/used online photo to cartoon generators/converters, however I want to know if more powerful tools are available to install instead on Windows XP/7? Also any 3D tools available to create 3D characters(not letters but 3D models) for images?

I currently use Outlook Express for my email. I am trying to set up Microsoft Outlook. Everytime I click on it I get this: Unable to open your default email folders-could not open the item. try again. How do I set up an account. Maybe that is my problem.

Hi I have an XP Pro PC with SP3. I have all the latest drivers. And everything in Bios and windows itself is setup correctly. ACPI is in S3 mode. When I want to shutdown the PC, I press the Sleep key, which I have done for ages, and the …

I am soon going to build a computer. My components: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (overclocking @ 4.60GHz) Sandybridge CPU Asus P8P67 DELUXE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Corsair A50 CPU Cooler OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express …

I just got a new laptop with windows 7 and of course compatibility issues with some of my older games. I was wondering if it would be possible to install windows XP onto a partition with the recovery discs that came with my old laptop? Or on a external hard …

I can't do it through the normal way because it's been locked out by administration (I'm at school). I'm just trying to add the Python installation.

I have Windows 7 OS in my HP laptop.I bought it before about 1 year.I still didn't created the recovery discs.Actually i tried to do it.One of my friend who has done it(but in Windows Vista,not in 7),told me that i just need 4-5 DVDs to do that.But when i …

Xp Machine is very slow to boot. I notice that MsMpEng.exe is using up a huge amount of memory during start up process. It goes from about 150,000k to 15,000k. When it reaches the lower figure - which takes some time - things then start to make progress. Also, I …

Whenever I attempt startup, I receive this message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If your computer stopped responding, restarted unexpectedly, or was automatically shut down to protect your files and folders, choose Last Known …

Hello friends, I am having a trouble with dosbox 0.72. I opened turbo c++ using dosbox and tried a program. But it throws an error 'unable to create hello.obj'. my program [CODE]#include<iostream.h> #include<conio.h> void main() { cout<<"hello"; }[/CODE] I gave this while opening turbo c++ in dosbox... Z:\>mount c d:\turboc3\ …

Hey there. You know that little folder on the left hand side at the bottom next to the windows icon? You know that folder that when you minimize windows, it minimizes to that folder? Welll, i managed to unpin that folder so now it is GoNE... And i have NO …

I have two laptops here that will not connect to websites. I punch an address in the address bar and I get a cannot connect page. One both I have disabled firewalls, antivirus, antispy programs. I have reset the IP stack, flushed DNS, etc. I have reset IE back to …

May u help me! which is the best browser to use?

Hello My Temp folder in XP has many files in it, and I want to free some space on my C, can I safely manually delete these files or are there steps/tools to delete its content automatically?

My antivirus scanner found a few viruses with on our exchange server. The files had a .eml extension and they were located in the " \Progam Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi2\UceArchive" folder. I assume they are emails, but what is this folder for and why are there 2GB of .eml files in it?

Gateway computer - Intel Celeron - Win XP SP2 I just had to reinstall Windows on my computer. I backed up all of my files into a folder called "My Backup -- --/--/--". So I go into that folder to make sure my important files are still there but when …

[COLOR="Green"][B][B]HI folks, my toolbar after some idle time just disappears... I tried toggling the F11 key just to confirm that it is there, but invisible. The only temporary solution is restart the computer. It appears after restarting, but then, disappear again. I tried to fix it with the recovery partition, …

Hello, I have a problem with my desktop computer's internet connection. I am running both my desktop and laptop through my router to connect to the internet. My laptop has no problems at all but my desktop internet browser's won't work. I can access the internet on other ports such …

Hi All, Found your great site whilst looking for alternative ideas to fix problem that has arisen of late. I run Microsoft Outlook Pro 2003 (not exchange server) and recently I have had an increasing amount of problems with Outlook. It would appear that I have a corrupt section of …