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I am repairing a computer running an Intel Quad Core, 500 Gig HD and 4 Gig of Ram. The PC blue screens on start up. I checked the error code online and it indicated a HD issue and told me that the HD installed in this machine was defective. I …

every once in a while FF will insert a local chrome address into my address field - this is the error: [QUOTE]Firefox can't find the file at [B]jar:file:///C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/chrome/en-US.jar!/locale/browser-region/region.properties[/B]us.ard.yahoo.com.[/QUOTE] I bolded the inserted text. Does anyone know why that happens? and how to stop it?

Any way to turn off that annoying music when a new message arrives :@ I have already unchecked the items in [b]Play A Sound[/b] when new message arrives, but the music still persists.

I'm going to reformat soon and I was wondering whether or not to install the windows 7 RC instead of XP again, from what I've heard it's hugely better than XP and I've been reading up and I'm kind of swaying towards 7 but I just wanna know before I …

I've recently built a new PC and decided... what the hell, I'll get an OS that causes baldness... Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit. So far it has locked up two times for no reason and restarted my PC completely (I want to catch the problem before it could possibly get …

is using folders to store related stuff the best way to do it or is there some more better way. that's all I know how to do. thanks for info.

OS: Server 2k8 SP2 64bit Standard Edition NIC Version/driver: Onboard Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 6.223.525.2009 Hello, This morning I encountered a very strange networking problem with my main PC which has Server 2008 64bit Edition installed. My computer would not connect to the internet. I checked the back of …

OK: I run WinXP SP3 and am a bellsouth.net customer. A week ago today, my computer rebelled at my internet password, then it rebelled against my Firefox browser. Could not access any internet site. After more hassles than I care to delve into right now, I know: My computer communicates …

I've had a similar problem with my system restore. Actaully it's not been working for a couple of months now. My computer is 2 and half years old, a Toshiba Satelite A100. Up until April of this year it had never been connected to the internet (I couldn't afford it!), …

I am attempting to use MSN Messenger for a video call (ala Skype) for educational purposes. That is, I'm trying to learn how to do it so I can teach others. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to locate any instructions on setting up the video portion. I have been able to …

Hello Team, I am having an issue unzipping the Windows 7 file. During the extracting, when it gets to "efi\microsoft\boot\fonts\chs_boot.tff" it gives me the error "Unable to create file". I have download the file several times and everytime I get the same error message when unzipping the file. I am …

I'm using Windows XP. I got a new flash disk and I used it outside in an internet cafe. When I got home, there was this weird file that suddenly popped out so I supposed that it was a virus or some malicious file because I haven't seen it before. …

With DSL (new user) you can remain online all the time unless you power off or standby. Is the risk any greater for hacking, breakin, and all the nastys that can happen by just leaving your PC always online. ? I usually shut down at bedtime. Am I being too …

Hello, I have previously consulted on daniweb.......i have yet another problem now...... there seems to be some malware or something on my comp.......i recently installed a fresh XP2 after removing the previous version(coz it was not booting with that version, had no other way).......firstly avast is not updating and does …

I recently had a run in with a virus problem and my antivirus gave me up. I was assisted greatly in fixing it by Crunchie and now my computer is all fixed. Except for fact that I am unable to update any software. Be it Kaspersky Internet Security, or MBAM …

The status bar has doubled in height, the "sound system" icon has disappered and I am not sure if we have plugged the speakers back into the correct port. Each time I try to open the device manager for audio on computer hardware there is an error code [U]cmicnfg.cpl[/U] The …

Im new to this site but I found out that alot of people recieved help here. I have a Windows Vista laptop that cant access the internet right now due to this Virus so I am using another system to do research. Can someone help me please in removing this? …

Hi There, I really need help as I am a dumb bunny when it comes to windows problems. I already contacted the HP techs, after 10 hours of chatting with them for 4 days, nothing was resolved.... my vista computer, almost 14 months old, has a problem starting up/stalling/crashing after …

I have no idea about scsi cards - I have a 2000S Ultra scsi raid Controller card (I found it in some trash) and need as much info as you can muster. Device Manager accepts it and it works. There is a Cylon like red light that scans back and …

After about 10 hours of chatting with my ISP's technical support (off and on over a few days) nothing has been resolved. At all. Please help. One of my desktops (XP SP2) will not pick up an IP address at all. I have another desktop, an xbox, and 2 wireless …

Hi all, Thanks in advance for the help. This issue has really got me stumped, so I'm hoping that you guys and gals here at Daniweb can help. So, heres the problem: Whenever I double click a MS Office file (word, excel, ect), the associated program shell starts up and …

I have two HDD's in my computer, can I transfer data to the HDD without Vista installed on it and reinstall Vista? Will I save my data this way?

Hey Guy's. I recently upgraded from XP Home to Pro, but there's one problem it won't recognise my DVD Drives, XP Home recognised them, BIOS recognises them, but as soon as I open My Computer - NOTHING. The copy of Pro is full legit and it's driving me mad, any …

For some reason when I recently restarted my computer or whatever I don't know, I couldn't find my internet explorer program icon anywhere on my computer. I even went to Local Disk (C:)/ Program Files/Internet Explorer and couldn't find the program file/exe anywhere in the folder. But good thing I …

Hi, I have a problem "can't locate instal.log" file for magic iso. The file isnt in the program folder. I don't know what to do as i think this file is the cause of the trojan i have on my laptop. Cheers

Hi, I cannot connect to internet using internet explorer. I can browse web pages with any other browser. When I type a web page and click enter in internet explorer, explorer just waits and indicates that it is connecting to some ip on the left below corner. I think it …

I need my list fron Hotmail to go to Outlook Express......It wont synchronise....and hotmail does not export a csv file ......so what now please clever geeks !!!

Hi, I recently upgraded my CPU from Athlon 64 X2 to Phenom II X4. Everything runs fine, except that Windows Vista only recognized 2 cpus instead of 4 cpus. I run dual boot with Windows XP, and there's no problem in XP. All 4 cores detected, with CPU-Z v1.50. Any …

Hi Daniweb family !!! I have an Acer Aspire 4520 with Vista Home Premium and 2GB of RAM. The Internet Explorer just quit working. When I click on the icon to start it, nothing at all happends. I went into Program Files, Internet Explorer folder and clicked on the icon …

Hi all, this must be the most absurd inquiry in the history of inquiries. i cannot, for the life of me, locate the plug for the internet networking cable on my tower of my PC computer. it runs ME, and veiwing the help files I came accross a vague suggestion …

I had a spring clean with a happy click finger the other day and used Windows install cleanup / smithfraudfix / ccleaner and a defrag....now I cannot browse to change frontpage,No MS Office enterprise,cant uninstall or install office enterprise as blue screen murders one or the other after 10 minutes …

My Dell Inspiron 1505 previously ran Vista Ultimate SP1 with all the aero services operating correctly. Following the automatic updates to Vista Ultimate SP 2 and Explorer 8, I can no longer get my aero servcies, no tranparency etc etc. My laptop has a 'rating' of 3.7, a grpahics card …

Hi, Can I make a repair windows with any windows xp cd? in my case i want to repair a machine that is running windows xp media center but i have a windows xp professional is there any issue with that?

Does anybody know were I can get a download of Microsoft Windows 1.0 ISO download? Thank you.

I have a desktop computer that has no wireless internet connection, and a laptop with wireless internet connection. I want to know how I can bridge the connection between my desktop computer to my laptop, so that both can surf the internet. I've heard the bridging the connection works, but …

Hi, i recently re instaled windows xp due to some nastyness, and now the computer thinks i have 2 OS'es, and every boot i get the question of wich to use. the name is the excact same, but the one i use is the one listed [U]last[/U] when i get …

Hi, A few months ago i turned my laptop on but it wouldnt work! So insted of getting it sorted i just put it behind the sofa and ignored it! Now i actually need it! Im no computer wizz but i kinda know the basics, and want to learn more …

Windows vista home premium, registry keys loose there owner and permission information, does anyone know why this happens? I had to manually go and fix it, is there a tool that can scan the registry for this?

Hi I want to write a program which reads from the end of the length of the data up to 15 data's consicutively,for example if the data is 12 3 4 5 65 45 23 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 94 …

Okay so here it goes. I was working on a CMS earlier and I got pissed off with my text editor. So I downloaded a new one. Little to my knowledge it was a bogus. It installed and during the installation my PC got really slow. PC Wizard did not …

Hello everyone i am new to this site and i am trying to get help with removing the login prompt to a laptop i purchased from a school sale. i want to be able to turn on the computer and it not ask me for UN and PW.

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Ok, so I just installed 64 Bit Vista on my Raptor 300 Gig harddrive, I've only installed a handful of programs, Microsoft Office, WoW, and some instant messengers. For some reason I have already used 100 gigs? I don't see how this is possible at all, I looked at my …

Hey people well I don't have any problems to ask but just a simple question What is Windows 7? Is it a new operating system like Vista or what? I am totally confused lol

I have a dell Studio 15 with the following specifications: - ProcessorsIntel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit - DVD+RW Drive8X Slot Load Super Multi (DL DVD+/-R Drive + RAM support) - 4GB4 Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz - …

We have a Dell laptop running Windows XP, SP3 and Internet Explorer 8. The previous URLs visited keep disappearing after going to another website. I checked Tools/Internet Options/Browsing History and "Delete browsing history on exit" is not checked, so I don't know what is causing this. We have another Dell …

I have an IBM ThinkPad that was once a part of a student network at a university. I own the laptop and took it with me after graduation. It has Windows XP Pro. I wanted to update the anti-virus software to Norton 2009. SInce I had an older version of …

I'm trying to teach my 10 yr old son to upgrade his PC. It will be handed down to his little sister soon but we wanted to make game playing a little faster (she's 4 yrs old so we're not looking for super speed). I have not done this in …

When I booted up this morning the computer gets to the welcome screen and then reboots, constantly stuck in this cycle. I can't get into safe mode. I've only just finished reinstalling everything after this happened a week or so ago. I'm fed up with XP!!!! Help please.

I don't know if this is even possible, but I have lost all of my digital pictures that I had saved on my computer. I deleted my account because it was messing up; my MSN browser wasn't working, etc. I didn't realize that it was going to delete all my …