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trying to sort this one out all day,can download any program,install them,but xp will not open them,this machine belongs to a mate of mine,any ideas would be greatly appreciated,thanks in advance.huggie

I want to upgrade the SATA hard drive on my laptop, but when I try to install windows xp on the new hard drive from the CD drive I get hung up. I push the F6 key when prompted and then come to a point where I am asked to …

[COLOR="red"][COLOR="Green"]Hi, Does anyone know if Vista Home Premium can connect to SQL server using the ODBC ? I have tried to create a connection with all the right info such as user id and password but error is "failed connection server does not exist or access denied". The story is …

I have folder 1 on a USB drive 1965 folders containing 17937 files I have folder 2 on C: this has 1942 folders containing 17662 files I am in windows XP How can I check if Folder 1 contains every file of folder 2? Many thanks esdel

I run Win2K Pro, SP4 + all updates I use a Microsoft Optical Wireless Desktop 700 (wireless keyboard + wireless mouse + shared USB Receiver) For some time after initial installation, keyboard & mouse both worked perfectly The keyboard has recently stopped working for no obvious reason Current situation: Mouse …

Hi, I am working on a clients machine, original problem was file ext association. I fixed this with driver updates and also ran a registry fix just in case. The files ext now work fine...but 12 hours later the machine boots to a blank desktop (existing desktop background is there) …

how can i remove admin password from guest or limited account i forgot my admin password...

Hi guys, I'm sitting with a very strange problem and this has been going on for almost 2 months now. I've signed up for a website hosting service and experience temporary login problems. Every couple of days I'm lucky, then I can login and everything works nicely. But most of …

HI again. I'm sorry if this is going to be long, but I thought nit best to tell all up front so you get the whole picture/scenario. Original Config On my home PC I have 2 hard drives C: XP (SP3) & D: also XP (SP3) so I could boot …

I cant unlock a user files to share on computer 2. Both 1 & 2 use win 7 64. Both in homegroup, both having work as location both use same user and pword. Both computers have the password stuff turned off and network etc. Both computers can see each other. …

Although they show in the list none of them work. Is this a particular problem with WMP 11. They were all ok in WMP 10. I am on XP SP3.

Hi there, im a novice, im having trouble with a laptop, the hd went and so i got a Fujitsu 60gb SATA replacement but it says it cant find hd. It doesnt have a floppy drive either please help! Thanks Dan

Please help! I am running Windows XP and IR 8 via a wireless connection. Just recently whenever I use a search engine (any search engine), I get a message that the page cannot be displayed. this also happens when I search with Firefox. I am connected and I can type …

Hi guys, I've installed Rising Anti-virus on my computer (Win XP) and after restarting i tried to access the task manager but it says " Task Manager disabled by administrator". I've tried to repair windows and disabling the anti-virus but nothing. how can i fix this??

Hello, my antivisus expired, and my pc wont access de web. I started the Pc on safe mode & networking, and run de antivirus and deleted what was found but still I can access the web even on safe mode & network. the diagnose connection says is with the firewall. …

When I start my computer, I see a strange icon I don't recognize in my system tray. It is picture of a cowboy with an orange face and a white cowboy hat. It shows up for just a few seconds during start-up, then vanishes. If I try to doubleclick it, …

My income tax people sent a certificate that is now in IE8 in WIN7 32/64 on 64 bit machine and shows up there as valid. The tax people cannot yet 'identify' my certificate when I go on line as their ,server cant yet cope with win 7 / 64! They …

I have a startup file called [B]WebCheck[/B] that is classified as "secret". It is a delayed load startup. Not sure what that means. What is it? I used WinPatrol to identify it and when I try to get rid of it...WinPatrol warns me that it could be a default setting …

Hi, I recently came across something on my hard drive that I have never seen before. Rather than talk myself in circles trying to explain the issue, I will just show you the output from fciv. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Windows\system32>dir *spool* Volume in drive C is Okra Pod1 Volume Serial Number is …

I'm hoping someone can give me some tips on how to get into my backup file. A few days ago my computer suddenly became overrun with viruses so that it wouldn't even let me start it up. I started it in the safe mode and it gave me the option …

Hello guys, I just installed windows xp 32bit and windows 7 64 bit on my computer (different partitions drive C:\ & D:\ respectively). My questions are: Do I have to install for example my Avast Anti Virus on each of the OS? If i install a program for example CCleaner …

After many hours, finally i have XP in partition C and 7 in partition E. now i now how to do it. but my problem is that i have first one screen that say OLDER VERSION OF WINDOWS an second line WINDOWS 7..if i click seven i go direct to …

I am running IE 8. Frequently a new IE Window opens without me trying to open one. The new window appears to be soliciting something. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hi , I use windows XP SP3. When I create new folder , it does not appear immediately , I have to press F5 so the screen refreshes and then can I see it (this applies to folder creation,renaming or deleting). How can I fix this? As a side note …

I have a wired network with a 2 laptops, PC and Tivo connected. I`ve recently upgraded the laptop from Vista to 7 and the PC from XP to 7,the second laptop is running Ubuntu. Everything worked well until the PC would no longer connect to the web although it has …

I installed Spybot on my wife's computer running XP Home R3, ran the scan, told it to clean up, the rebooted. Now when she tries to sign on it gives C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\COMMAND.COM The Parameter is Incorrect. Obviously SPybot removed or changed something it shouldn't have I attempted Last Good, same error. …

Hi fellows! I went to use my computer and I got the blue screen right after when it boots up again past the windows xp logo. The error says "page_fault_in_nonpaged_area" with stop 0x00000050 (0xEC6B738D, 0x00000000, 0x8A70408C, 0x00000002) . I didn't install any new hardware or anything. Prior to that I …

Can anyone here assist using the xcopy command. I want to use it in a batch file to copy folder1 and all its subfolders and files to C:\folder1 thanks in advance

Hello all, I've recently run Malwarebytes to get rid of the Antivirus 2010 virus. All seemed well but I wanted to run it again in safe mode to be sure. Upon pressing f8 and choosing 'start in safe mode', the machine would run through the script indicating it was loading …

I have spent a little time on Technet, and will be spending more. But I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a website that had "summaries" of steps required to config (or checklists for config) of server 2008 (or server 2003 for that matter). What I mean is, if …

Let me explain the topic :) I'm in an A+ class in college, and as a lab assignment, we were tasked with breaking a computer and getting another team to try and fix it. The only requirement, however, is that it cannot be so bad that the only way to …

When IE trys to connect to a HTTP site nothing happens. FTP and HTTPS work fine. Proxy is not checked under Connections? Help.

hi can anyone please help me i have just formated my pc and reinstalled xp without any form of backup (i know not clever!) now my pc cannot install my Ethernet Controler. i have little knollage about this sort of problem and have know idea how to overcome this. my …

I would be really thankfull if anyone can help me . I am a elderly person and not real good on computers. I just purchased new computer with win7 and installed a thomson TG782T modem for the internet.using ethernet lead. It work fine and I thought I would hook my …

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Hi all. Every now and again I get these Java update messages, which (if I choose to) in stall the latest JRE. In the C:\Program Files\Java folder, I have: One folder named: 'jre6' Several named: 'jre1.60_' and then a number (01, 02, etc.) I presume that the folders 'jre1.60_...' are …

Hmm why does my computer say that i have 415 GB of memory but if i look on the HDD then there is 500 GB there is the 85 GB gone?

Title says it. Old Dell died, I had Office 2003 Professional from Dell, but on MS disks that appear to be retail type. New computer is running Windows 7 (64 bit). Install appeared normal with activation codes, program operations are OK with one or two unexplained shutdowns. Ive been running …

I got a warning alert from my AVG anti virus software the other day. It listed some cookies that were in a directory that doesn't exist on my hard drive. None of the AVG option took care of the warnings and every time I boot my computer I get the …

I recently left my laptop on all day without touching it at a friends house, and when I came back to it, I could not click on any windows. So doing ctrl-shft-esc, I brough up the task manager, and the only way I could navigate through it was by keyboard, …

I am having a problem opening folders with a double left click. When I do this now it opens my VLC media player and the folder doesn't show. If I right click on the folder, the first 6 items on the drop down menu are: Add to VLC media player's …

1. My adult daughter’s Toshiba Satellite computer started acting strangely lately. At first only rarely, but finally almost every time it was used, it kept popping up a dialog box purporting to show “search results” even though none had been asked for. Closing the box merely brought up another one, …

First of all unhide all the programs. if u have a broad band or dial up connection jst get off the Ethernet connection.then restart the computer and press F7.you got in safe mode and run the computer with network there you search where the unauthorized folder are there or not …

Thanks for your services. I just got a Blue Screen Of Death on a 1 year old Dell Inspiron 530, running XP, SP2. Never had a problem before. Tonight, my wife started Left 4 Dead 2 and it went to blue screen and rebooted. I saw another thread here very …

General Error SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ] Table '.\ftadata\phpbb_sessions' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145] An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

Hi and thanks in advance for any advice. I am giving my old lap top to my kid and wanted to reformat before the transfer. Yesterday I reformatted drive C but did not touch the partitions as there is nothing on them. Then today I tried to install XP but …

I get this message and anything I attempt to do does not work. The screen stays frozen. I have put the windows disk in but to no avail The last attempt to restart the system from its previous location failed. Attempt to restart again? Delete restoration data and proceed to …

I just got a seven-port USB hub that I'd ordered from eBay in the mail today, and just tried it out with my external HDD but the external was not recognised through the hub. The blue light on the HDD comes on but the disc does not spin and just …

Hi, I'm having trouble installing Windows Server 2003 32-bit Enterprise Edition. I have a computer with an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard (AMD 64 chip) and on one drive I'm running Windows XP Professional 32-bit. My video card is an ATI Radeon X1600. I put the Windows Server install CD in, …

Cisco has wthdrawn their WUSB 600N_Win7_driver_ver3.00.01.0.zip driver. I need to install this on a Windows7 Pro machine. Does anyone have a copy they could share so I could try it before their senior tech calls in 48 hours? I am trying to install on a client site. Tnx Crosspost (sorry …