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Hi, I want to encrypt my pen drive. Are there any open source or freeware programs that I can use to do this? Being able to decrypt it on any computer running XP without installing any software would be nice. Thanks in advance.

Hi I have just reinstalled windows XP on my deskytop computer and I'am wondering if it is worthwhile putting XP SP3 on it. I have put SP3 on my laptop and it is now really slow, I have done this twice on my laptop, is it SP3 or is it …

it is a stupid question. i am a newbie. these days i wanna extact audio from my DVD. could anybody recommend me some software? much appreciated!

So i just wiped my laptop and installed XP Home SP3. Everything was going find until I started downloading a few things, software removal tools, pc maintenance tools, etc. I started to see that my firefox is using about 50% of my cpu usage anytime that it's open now. Not …

Okay, so I tried uninstalling a program from the 'Uninstall Programs' menu (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10) but it gave some weird error message, so I decided to hunt for all the files and delete it myself. However, I think the uninstaller is the Microsoft Installer, therefore, I can't actually delete the …

I need a way to play some kind of alert or sound when a cerain process is not running in the task manager. This program needs to always be running and occasionally throught the day it stops running for some reason and I have no way to tell when it …

I'm not able to access the internet-have Windows XP. It appears that the problem is that my computer won't renew the ip address. I've tried ipconfig/release - which worked fine, but when I tried ipconfig/renew - nothing happens. I've done flushdns, reset winsock, checked under administrative tools and services to …

Im a novice here so if in wrong place forgive me. can I get software that will let me wipe files clean and not just release them for use but leave info there? FWIW am using a dell with XP pro..

I'm trying to restore a laptop back to an earlier time with Windows XP System Restore. It's been going for about 4.5 hours now. I'm afraid it might be frozen! Is it safe to turn off or restart the computer while running system restore? Any ideas?

Yesterday morning I've turned on my computer and instead of my barely 1 month old XP SP2 a blue screen showed up (only for a second). After recording it with my phone I've managed to realize the error which is 0x24. On the net I've found that in recovery console …

Hi guys! I´ve got a problem with my RealPlayer, when I try to play a radio station, my Internet Connection gets disconnected. I´ve tried several different Live Audio websites, like BBC and ShoutCast, and it´s all the same. I´ve tried unstalling and re-installing RealPlayer, but it doesn´t help. What should …

Dear forumers! A usual setup for me is that I play some PC Game and my girlfriend watches some movie. I have a 8800 GT a Samsung Syncmaster 2232BW, and a Samsung LCD TV with analog connection available. So what i would like to achieve now, I had been doing …

hi guys, is it possible to create an E-mail account via FTP or remotely? i'm using windows 2003.. if possible can provide the steps.. thanks guys..please help.. needed it urgently..

Hello, Something has caused the menus on certain programs (e.g. Notepad, Photoshop, AVG) to look weird. The background behind the text has changed. I think it was after uninstalling AVG, but I was making many software changes at the time, so I'm not 100% sure. I have attached a gif …

Hello there, I have a pc with 4gb ram and installed with it is Window Vista Premium 32x. I think it only uses 2-3 gb of my ram. Is there any way that could maximize it? I'm an avid gamer, I was suppose to buy the Windows Vista 64x but …

Hi THere Looking for some assistance - I've had a need to use anything other than very basic formulas in Excel, but I'm now struggling to generate the information that I want. In the attachment formula, I have some ratings, and have calculated, in column entitled Diff, the difference between …

is there any way to learn when process started on windows? when i open task manager i can see the list of processes but i cant see when they are started. is there any way to learn it? Thanks

"faulting module mshtml.dll, version 7.0.6000.16640" is the error message in the event viewer. Now..... there are some suggestions to untick the web history in the desktop index on Google desktop, but I don't have this on the machine. PC is running XP pro and is on the network. All machines …

Hi, I have a PC that has 2 users. One an admin and the other a user. In the desktop properties in screen saving under power settings - advanced, the admin log in has not got the Lock screen ticked but it has in the user log in. When trying …

I am going to do a reinstall and want to slipstream my windows cd. I have copied the cd to the hdd and downloaded the full verison of sp2 from MS web-site .When I use the "/integrate:drive/path" command it said "WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command".How …

a friend of mine has a PC thats running on an XP pro 2002 version OS i tried to upgrade it to service pack 2 but theres a message that keeps popping up during setup that says : "Setup cannot upgrade due to third party kernel" What does this mean …

OK.... where to start. I originally had 2 vista installations on the same computer in order to test out different builds. Mainly to have a partition to play around in. But I haven't used it in a while. So I decide to resize the partition and delete the other half. …

Hi I have this problem installing some programs like Accord CD ripper and usually any program like a converter from one format to another. Half way through the installation an alert will come up saying that there is a conflict like another program is using some elements and cannot change. …

Hi, Recently I have noticed this errant problem on my computer. The system clock disappears when I start a particular program and then comes back only on a reboot and is displayed until i execute the program and the clock disappears. Currently using XP Home SP2 and the program I …

Hi, I have following message displayed in my Father's computer: Apc Main Please re install Performance Center There was virus attack earlier and its been solved with instructions from this forum. There is no other problem that I have noticed. Thanks for your help ! PS: I have attached picture …

Hi I have an unusual problem in that I can no longer open AVI, MP3, WAV, WMV or MPEG files by double clicking on them, but I am concerned that the real problem is more complex and would like some advice as to whether I need to re-install Vista or …

Hi, whenever I play audio, and the output goes through my speakers, it GOES THROUGH MY MICROPHONE TOO. Like, when I play a song, I monitor the microphone input, and it says it has input when the song is playing. How can I fix this?:?:

Simple Question, Does HP Presario C700 have bluetooth? :)

The last time I started a thread I had spyware.. I think that it has to do with this a lot.. It seem like with the last and this one, is caused by the security center alert. This time it is saying there is a Win32.Zafi.B but really I think …

I have custom built cpu w/ a Sata boot Hard drive. Maxtor 320GB. I have a slave old IDE drive. The compture currently runs Linux booting from the SATA. I wish to also install Windows XP 64bit on a 141 GB FAT32 partition on this Hard drive. Maxtor only provides …

Hi there, i am having some freezing issues with my hp laptop. i am running windows XP professional. In order for the computer to run at all i have to push down either directly on the trackpad or to the left of it which seems to be above where my …

I'm new to this community which i stumbled across while Googling my isse: Does anyone know a fix to resolve the "rudll32.exe" not found on a Windows 2003SP2_Std server? The file exists and all the registry entries seem to be in tack, but i'm unable to run anything but the …

I took the plunge an upgraded from word 97 to word 2007 and beginning to wish I had not. I have 2 computers both running Vista Business and loaded with Office 2007 Home and Student edition which does not include Outlook. Windows Mail is my default email programme. The ‘email …

So I'm trying to wipe my installation of XP Home on a Dell Inspiron E1705 and when I try to run the installation I get ACPI.sys is corrupted. I've already updated the BIOS and the Chipset from Dell's website, I've tried multiple installation disks, but no avail. If anyone has …

This just started less than a month ago. When I click the Search button in the Explorer toolbar, the following message appears: "A file that is required to run search companion cannot be found. You may need to run setup." I am running Microsoft Windows XP Sp3. (finally, I had …

Hi guys I've got a good one. Colleague brought problem to me, as subject says it's an ACER Aspire 9303 ([URL="http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/as9300.htm"]specs here[/URL]). The user turned it on (hadn't used it since before christmas) and apparently found out that sound not working. I'm led to believe it worked at some point …

I been having some problems with Spyware Guard 2008 and all. This happen 1-2 weeks ago. I noticed some problem and then after a while I assume just to go look for Spyware Guard 2008 stuff, just because it was out there. After a bit of learning some more tricks …

Hi, been on windows vista home premium for 9 months & have occasionally tried to find out how to send a web page link to the desktop & haven't yet discovered how to! With XP it was simply a case of going to 'file', then 'send link to', & then …

Hi, I have previously formatted and installed Windows 98,2000, XP and vista on many,many hard drives. I have never had this problem. A high spec machine with 2gb ram and 250 sata 2 seagate HD. The machine runs beautifully except that I suspect a virus infection because the security service …

My computer just went on the fritz. I can get it to boot up and it gets up to the choice of family members, I can choose and then the HD does it thing and the desktop picture shows up and thats it. No icons, no startup bar, nothing. If …

Hi, can anyone help me: The problem P.C. is at another address at my sisters. windows XP, the pc is in aloop i get a blue screen: stop ox 0000000a (ox0000001c, ox0000002, ox00000001, ox8053c565) dumping physical memory to disk then counts to 100 and shuts down. i could not fix …

On a windows 2k computer, the RPC service was Disabled. Is there a method that can restarting it? Right clicking under Administative Serives>Servies has 'start' grayed out. :S

Anyone know when Vista [U]Svc. Pak 2[/U] is going to be available? Thanks!

have done a full re-install of xp on a friends pc but i cant find the drivers for the mulimedia audio or video device. pc is an 'ipex t200' with intel pen.4 . dont know what the chipset for the audio or video is. can some one help? would be …

Hello. I am having a problem with "Help and Support" in xp. When I open it and click on the index icon it opens a blank white page with a small red x.

my system finds the HDD but when trying to install WIN.XP.PRO, there is a message saying HDD cannot be formatted. sometimes when it is formatted and win.xp.pro files are copying to the HDD, a message says the disk is damage or currupted. i used 3 HDD and it is the …

Hiya, I wanted to try deleting some files etc because I believe they're causing problems but I haven't been able to access Safe Mode due to various viruses I thought I deleted them all and maybe I have but I still couldn't access Safe Mode. I looked on a website …

With all The windows 7 hype going around I was thinking about downloading and installing the beta. First off, would I be able to keep Vista and my computer as it is intact or would windows 7 overwrite what I have going now? I guess what I'm really asking is …

Please excuse my ignorance but I would appreciate any help on my problem. 1. I have installed an ACER CDRW Drive to my Compaq Presario 5116EA but whenever I try to copy or burn any file to it, it fails with 'Drive(s) could not be initialised' message so it is …

Hello people...I've got a slight problem. I have recently dual booted XP pro and Vista Ultimate,both 32 bit. I have done dual boots before,without any problems...but this time I have something I need to straighten out. They are on the same drive that is partitioned.(Win XP is primary) When I …