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Hi, I have just found a new drive in "My computer" but nowhere else (It is not shown under "Disk management"). In properties I get "Local Disk "Q", File system RAW, with 0 Bytes, all blue = all space used. What ever I try to do in "My computer" gives …

hi all..... I am Gary from MAlaysia......I am new here.What i want to ask is why i got this error message...It started whrn i install application in Win XP.So the application can't be start.Before this i already install this application in Win 98 but there is no problem....Can someone pls …

I have Windows XP and Windows7 networked fine. My problem is when I ping the WindowsXP machine from Windows7 I get "[B]request time out[/B]", yet they can share files back and forth. It doesn't make sense.

hi, everything was still ok, last night. all i did was scan the computer if there were any virus and it turned out that there werent' any and i shut it down. anyway, i restarted the computer several times this morning. before i can enter into my windows xp, 1sass.exe- …

Can Someone Please Help Me Reformat My Cpu Its A Window Xp I Cant Afford To Pay Someone So Need Help Really Bad I Want To Clean It Out And Start All Over Like Brand New Plz And Ty

Since installing Windows 7 Home Premium, there are a number of unknown items which have appeared in my Windows Media player. When I try to delete them I get a message saying that I need permission from TrustedInstaller to do this. How do I access this programme to get rid …

Hi everyone. So I have your average Windows XP emachines PC. Just a few days ago, I booted and installed Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit on my pc, to make it dual booted. I just wanted to see what ubuntu was like. Pretty nifty, nice graphics, etc. So I go to uninstall …

in the BIOS setup, given this: i have 8gb ram, asus p5qe, 500gb hd, 3.0 pentium dual core, do i leave the memory hole enabled and the remapping on? or are there advantages to changing any of that?

I have windows vista on laptop... And every game i wanna play it starts in window style and i can´t change it in normal mode....Why is that?can some1 help me?:((

I have a IBM 2153 en2 that I have updated the harddrive to 80 gb and 512 of memory and Windows XP. But the computer is still slow and it will not play videos. The processor is 100htz. I was wondering, could the processor be my problem and should I …

I will be upgrading my processor in a while and I'm wondering if the change of CPU will force me to activate XP again just like when you upgrade mobo. Last time that happened was horrible. I ended up having to move all my stuff to a temp HDD then …

signup for now for Microsoft Office 2010 Beta ,if you want . [url]http://officebeta.microsoft.com/en-ca/products/?CTT=97[/url] support after .same site actually [url]http://officebeta.microsoft.com/en-ca/support/?CTT=97[/url] ====================== Here are a few new features to help you get started with Microsoft Office 2010. Introducing Microsoft Office Backstage™ view and customizable Ribbon. Whether it’s creating a new file, adding …

hi people... i got a laptop which using vista ultimate... this vista ultimate anyway is not the original onewhich i installed it by myself using the cd that i bought.. I just wanna ask do i need to make the cd recovery?? because i actually not really understand about what …

I have a bunch of my old hard drives with Windows and Linux installations on them. They are from a variety of machines, some still in existence, some not. I want to go through them, copy the files I want, to another drive, then reformat the old drives. I've been …

Hi, I'm running Win XP Pro SP3 (fully patched) and noticed earlier today that when I opened Windows Defrag and clicked the Analyze button for my C: drive, I got the message: You should defragment this volume I've used XP for many years and this is the first time I've …

Hi, I have an XP sp2 laptop I use for work. I was installing some broadband software. The machine locked up, I restarted it and received the following error. lsass.exe Bad image c:/windows/system32/dnsapi.dll. I've tried booting to last good config, starting it in safe mode but I can't get past …

I'm trying to install XP Home on a machine that sold bundled with Vista (A Toshiba Satellite A200-16V). When I attempt to boot from CD and it inspects my hardware configuration, I consistently get the same error: *** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xF748E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF78D9F08) *** pci.sys - Address F748E0BF base …

new user profile is not opening in window xp .

I have a HP pavillion 512 @ my work I installed new ram yesterday now it wont do anything. I even took out the new and put the old back in, but it will not start. I can hear the fan running it beeps once then the amber light comes …

This is with regard to a new installation of Vista (Black Edition) I just noticed a folder on the desktop that I did not put there. It has my username on it. But... I noticed THAT after a security popup (admin permission requested) for an instance of vistalizator.exe to run …

...Even in safe mode. It starts to open and then I get a white screen and it is not responsive Running Outlook 10 on XP machine. I saved the PST to an external hard drive and am thinking of uninstalling Office XP pro and reinstalling. Advice?

Been a little while since i formatted my pc figure i'd get it clean and polish it off during turkey weekend, no problem with the install but when i updated either sp2 or 2.5/3 it bugged out on me. Then i remembered this happened last time I'm using serial ATI …

please answer my assignment for tomorrow: get the product of three numbers. get the 2^nth value of a numbers n. get the largest among three numbers. get the factorial of a number n. get the cube root of a number. how to pseudocode and flow chart that one.'.

I just recently got a semi-newish computer fixed (had a power source problem) to use at college that had previously been a family computer. My brother had downloaded a lot of spyware and adware, so I used a program to remove it. Then I decided to fix a message I …

I guess this occured when my computer was in for repair months and months ago. I want to take control of a folder (to change its attributes), and to do this I need to boot the computer in safe mode. When I hit "F8" after the POST, I go into …

I have an Advent 7060 home edition XP laptop that wont start up. When I turn the power on it goes to a screen whereby it gives me 5 options which are [LIST] [*]Safe Mode [*]Safe Mode with networking [*]Safe Mode with command prompt [*]Last known configuration (your most recent …

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct forum, so please let me know if there is another one that is more appropriate for this question… I have a home office/business and I'm using MS Outlook 2007 for emails. I'm trying to send an email that has a particular …

I configured ftp in windows Xp using IIS 5.1 I created password protected users They can access the ftp with in local network using ftp://<inertnal ip> I want to access it outside the router. How can I do that? When I try to do it says FTP Folder error!! plz …

I think from what I gather are called look ups. When I play songs on media player 11 some parts of the song have a stuttering problem but it happens while streaming too. Not sure where to go.

hey people,ive got a problem with my pc.so yesterday i installed new update for window then at the end it said sumthing about my window not being valid or sumthing and it stopped responding.so i turned it back on when it loaded up tho my keyboard and mouse were not …

How to Install Windows XP using USB Hard Disk Drive ? Thanking you

I am searching for the latest developments on an engineering problem. The problem is that the search engines return thousands of pages on the subject, most of which I have read many times. Is there any way to limit a web search to sites that appeared within the last month?

Hi, I don't know if I am in the right site but... I have just installed Malwarebytes, as per recommendations from posts here and I am getting a message saying that it has blocked access to a malicious site about 5 times a minute. Just about every time I try …

Hi guys, I recently came across a small problem with downloading large files (using flashget or jdownloader). When extracting rar files, i was getting alot of 'CRC Errors - file is corrupt'. After changing nic card, ethernet cables & so on, the simple problem was an update in AVG which …

hi all, the new windows live messenger is not working on my vista laptop. please can somone help. i had been throught a lot of forum for help, it just seem a lot of people is having the same problem. Awaiting response.

I created ftp server with IIS in windows xp sp2. Also i forwarded the port of the router. But I can't acess the ftp using ftp://<IP> it says, [B]ftp folder error windiws cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have perfmission to …

hi all, we having been using facebook and bbc sites in my office but few days ago the IT department had blocked these sites. please is there anyway that i could bypass to these sites. Awaiting your response.

When I click on red X in small download box in Firefox it just refuses to close no matter how often I press on it. Sometimes web sites refuse to close as well. Does anyone know why this happens? Normally clicking on the X in top right hand corner closes …

Hi I am unable to install the latest security update for Windows Net 1.1 or whatever. I don't know why I need this update anyway as I have Net 3.5 SP1 (why not SP2?) I am running XP Pro and have over a million files on a Dell 8200 vintage …

Hi there.. I'm looking for my ethernet controller driver for my computer.. I can't connect to the internet using an ethernet cord and currently using a usb cord.. While it is slowing down my internet speed it's using up space where i can put other devices such as my ipods …

I cofigured a ftp server through windows ISS . I used a tutorial. As instructed on that i could create c:\inetpub\ftproot directry on my computer. But the problem is that I can't access it from anther computer. When I try to access using ftp:// <IP address> it says, [B]Connection Interrupted …

Antivirus is V important as a safety guard,unfortunately it has side effects one of them is attacking your active Trusted programs.One might try an exeptional option but even this utility is diabled in some antiviruses ,and if it was enabled the anti virus also attack your beloved program although it …

I attempted to install an nvidia graphic card and it showed up in device mgr. but my monitor indicated no signal found. I was advised to go in BIOS and disable on-board peripherals(set to auto) and reboot. Now I have NO display at all, just a black screen. I can't …

Hi, I'm new here and I need help with error messages popping up. The latest one reads: Windows cannot find C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\netfxupdate.exe It appears every time I start up my PC. Can anyone tell me how to get rid of it, please?:(

That should be: "[B]Unable[/B] to modify shared files and folders." I am running Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 Standard (SP2) machine. I added an external hard drive to hold shared files. I didn't have an problem moving the files from their original location on the server's internal HDD. …

Ok so i recently reformatted my comp. and installed sims 2 double deluxe and then my gf installed some photo software and last night i let her log in just fine but now everytime I click my username it freezes and wont let me type in my password? Whats going …

Hi all My friend has an ASUS laptop and he has a virus which crashes his PC indiscriminately. He has installed AVG and found a rootkit under this file name. C:\WINDOWS\systetm32\drivers\GETPADD.sys AVG cannot rid the file it still appears after startup. I have tried following the suggestions from this thread …

I had created an .rtf file that had just a cut/paste from my cable company's website of channe listings. Since I recently purchased a rather large 2nd drive, i saved it there j:\channellineup.rtf. I now can't open, move, delete, rename the file. I can copy the file, but the copied …

Hello, I have some trouble when playing sound files with Windows Media Player or Media Monkey. When I play music there are very short interruptions. What could be causing this? My system has 4GB RAM, an Athlon X2 and Soundblaster Audigy soundcard. It runs Windows XP Thank you.

Hi, I've suddenly started getting some errors reported in my apache error_log on Windows 2003. The apache has been running fine and we've not upgraded it. I've now getting this in the error_log, [Wed Nov 11 09:42:28 2009] [crit] (10038)An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket: …