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Hello! I have just started to write java scripts.when I enter script contents in wordPad and I want to open the Internet Explorer to see the results,this message appears.I want to know how can I solve this problem ?? [I]Massage[/I]:to help protect your security,Internet Explorer has restricted this file from …

I have a sony vaio pcg 7h1l. Had it for a little over a year now. Got a virus a while a go, but took it off. Then it would take about 4-5 times just to be able to log on. So i decided to upgrade from Windows XP media …

I am having a problem with the Internet Explorer 7 history. (Windows XP) When I click the star for "Favorites Center" to view the history and click "By Order Visited Today" it is blank. I have the option "Days to keep pages in history" set to 180 and the "Disk …

I was given a computer with windows xp on it but no disks. It has worked fine except at first when i signed up for the internet with a number of providers i could only get 1 or 2 pages and then it would disonect, I was told i might …

I was using my computer today when the sound just disappeared. I have had this problem before and solved it but i've forgotten what i did to fix it. the only program that still has sound is skype. Any help will be appreciated

I have the enterprise version of Norton Suite, it has the console etc.. I want to be able to set up a session on my server where I can host ghost images.. the only thing I want to know is how do you create an image of a client computer? …

Computer = Acer Aspire 5515 Laptop OS = Vista home basic with SP1 Router = USR 8054 with WEP encryption I can not get the wireless connection to work with my network. It sees my home network, but when I try to connect, it fails to connect, when I diagnose …

I am getting a Blue screen of death when I use steam to install games. It started yesterday when I tried to play a game while I was installing Visual Studio 2008, it flashed a blue screen for a split second and restarted. I changed my settings to not automatically …

I just got a computer of mine back from my niece. Not working very well. When boots it just has blank desktop, except for background pic. no start menu or icons. When I right click on background, I can get to various programs, but the icons won't do anything. I …

Hi, I have a Dell Dimension 8300 (Yes I know Dell sucks, please don't remind me). I bought a new Lite-On burner (DH-20A4H) to go with my NEC RWer.I had new NERO 7 installed and everything was working to burn dvd's, and my other cd-rw was fine. But I uninstalled …

hi im newbie in here,hoping some one could help me with my driver problem....my vga and pci in device manager says it is not installed and i dont know what to download and where coz i only have my windows xp cd,i have no recovery cd or what ever...im using …

I have two pc Win XP & Win vista. They can not log on to each other even though I typed the correct username & password. Then I asked the google, they told me to create the same user account on each, so I can log on to each other. …

I have a laptop that I took off the domain today and made it a work station. I like an idiot do not know what any of the user names or passwords were before i did that. Is there anything I can do? I have xp and a dell precision …

I while back, I went to "Add or Remove Programs" and got rid of some things that I wasn't using and I suspected were slowing things down on my computer. Since that time, whenever I shutdown, it goes right to the end of the shutdown process and then a blue …

Hi Guys Probably the most hectic one Ive experienced so far. I have a Terminal Server witch the majority of my staff connects to. It started very recently that atleast twice a day I get the error [B][I]RPC Error Unavailable[/I][/B] when some of my users try to log onto the …

When I type [CODE]c:\windows\system32\taskkill.exe /im somename.exe /t[/CODE] in the run box of the scheduled tasks wizard,the job completes successfully,but if I used the windows command prompt instead and I typed the following: [CODE]schtasks /create /sc once /sd 01/01/2009 /st 16:16:16 /ru confused /rp bigheadache /tn sametask /tr c:\windows\system32\taskkill.exe /im somename.exe …

I am running vista home premium. Vista tries to format any disk I put in my cd/dvd-rw, regardless of what is on it. this is getting very tiresom. I can't get any disk to auto run either. they only way I can get anything accomplished is if I right click …

hope someone can help. i have a Dell Inspiron 1300, lap top windows xp i,d like to wipe hard drive clean to as to when i first got it. i,ve got a desk top that came with a norton go back disc and reload disc which i,ve used a few …

Hello everyone, I have a simple question. If I ghost a hard drive ( make an image of it ) can I then boot from it ( the image ) on another computer and then use it as usual ? And also if I ghost the hard drive and lets …

Hi Folks, Today I accidentally installed the Netware client services and would like to uninstall it. I cannot figure out how to do this. I can no longer change how a user logs on or off using my XP Pro User Account tool. I receive an error message that states: …

I tried the steps from the Microsoft support link but I cannot, or it will not let me, get past the first line- copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak, I get a message saying it cannot be copied, does this mean a reformat and total re-installation, or have I missed something. CHECK LIST: …

I'm working on a dell XP Home that will not get past the welcome screen, there is one user, when you first boot up it is all norm it goes straight into the desktop background (no icons) then it logs off and goes to the welcome screen, when you click …

hi. i installed an iis service on my computer with a smtp server option. my problem is that when i open iis control panel i can see only the name of my computer without the smtp server option. can anyone help me ?

Hi all, I have enabled and configured RRAS on my Windows 2003 server (IIS) machine to perform basic firewalling. I have enabled it and all works from the outside world, however, I cannot connect to the outside world on the machine. But the outside world (web users, FTP, etc...) can …

I was having problem with my Computer. It refused to connect via LAN/Ethernet and found due to MS update. I used system restore and connected. Then I updated it and refused dialup connection. I restored again (That why I think of shutting off the Updates). From first Restore, my avast …

Ok real quick I tried, the program "Registry Booster" from Uniblue and it worked wonders! So good in fact that it took the reg files for AVI, WMV, QT, and MPEG thumbnails. How do I know this? Well I used the program on my laptop and It did the same …

I have over the last few nights had the same problem on my pc. Quite suddenly (and even if I do not have Internet Explorer open) multiple pages open automatically. I have had over 40 pages (sometimes more) open one after the other and at a very fast speed. I …

I have a Windows XP, and I log into work everyday in an Active Directory Domain. In Start>Run>CMD what do I type in in the command prompt that will display which server authenticated me when I logged on?

I recently caught a virus which I cleaned,bat as a consequence my avg doesn't update,(failed to connect to server) and my automatic updates don't work(error 404) and it redirects me to my default site. Also I can't download anything from microsoft or avg, I installed nod32 but it couldn't update …

Hi Guys dont know if im in right place for this as im new here. i am running xp with all updates and had [I]Office 2000 [/I]for years which came on 2 discs. some time ago i installed [I]Office 2003 [/I]from 1 disc. the installation removed only 1 of the …

Running on a Windows XP. Yesterday when I tried to boot my Desktop up I got an error message that one of the C:/Windows/ folders were missing. It instructed my to reinstall the operating system. I used to recovery console from the start-up menu(Pressing F10 as it booted), and reinstalled …

My brother was messing around with my computer and by the time i got it back my desktop image had disappeared. Apparently all he did was hold down <ctrl> and <alt> and then run his hand down the f(1-12) keys. I've noticed that when I press ctrl alt 1 or …

Hello all, I've been using Firefox for over a year now I think, ages anyway, and ever since I've never really been able to view motion-media on it (i.e. videos on YouTube, adverts and banners, websites with a flash intro, etc). So if I go to YT for instance, I …

Hello, I have recently been getting the Blue Screen of Death Stop Error. I believe that I have narrowed it down to SCSI/RAID driver. This error occurs at random times, but mostly while playing GTA IV. I have tried pressing spacebar during the blue sceen but nothing happened. I have …

hey pipo i really want to know how i can scan for open ports on a remote computer running windows platforms preferrebly xp. thanks in advance

I have a problem. I downloaded a program called OSL 2000, which is a boot manager, so that I could easily boot from my Ubuntu CD. I didn't know this at the time, but if my computer detects that there is a CD in the drive that is bootable, it …

I am having a problem with my Dell Inspiron 6000. It just started today. When I turn it on it goes through the dell boot screen fine. but after that when it would normally load windows i get a black screen with a curser blinking in the upper left hand …

I am running Windows XP and after downloading service pack 3 I have not been able to access the control panel, My Computer, My Pictures, etc. When I right click on Start and then left click on "Explore" I get an error message and cannot drill down. I run Trend …

Greetings, I have just completed an 'upgrade' from Vista to XP. The problem I have is re-establishing the connection to the 'net. PC will not see the modem (siemens Speedstream 6520). It all worked previously with no probs. Connections have been checked. Modem is in sync with outside network. All …

I just recently got a horrible virus... kinda deserved it. Anywho I reinstalled windows along with all the updates since service pack 2, .net stuff and my p35 chipset (which on the MSI website everytime I'd download the chipset drivers for my motherboard the DL file would say p45?). However …

I have installed windows xp with US keyboard but my lap top has Norvegin keyboard layout. Can any one tell me how to switch with out reinstalling Windows XP.

I'm trying to do a fresh install of XP on a new HDD. When I boot from the XP CD, I get to the 'enter to install, r for recovery, F3 to exit' screen, and my keyboard locks up. Won't let me ctrl + alt + delete, or even turn …

I started mt laptop ( Windows Vista) today and for some reason it will not accept my password at the login screen. I have not done anything unusual but have noticed it is crashing a lot lately. Please help me .

Hello, I returned to my computer yesterday and went to open my Outlook 2003. It will not open and run as usual. I receive this message: The data file 'Personal Folders' was not closed properly. This file is being checked for problems. The it starts checking the file(s) says may …

Hi guys ...So a client of mine is stuck with no desktop icons after he ran a anti virus program (witch is still unknown to me) He can only go to task manager and access his files that way, I've asked him what he gets when he type explorer in …

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I'm trying to send a VB6 project via email, but upon "send" I get a dialog "For your security and that of others you cannot attach a file with this extension" and I cannot find out how to send this. Help please. jacobi

I have a Gateway DX100X and the video card or i think it is a onboard Intel GMA 900 graphics processor, no longer works. I have done a little research online and I geuss it doesn't have a place where you can add a deicated video card. So how do …

Hello, i just installed fresh copy of Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Windows media player 11 uses 100% CPU when i try to listen music or watch movie. I want to know is there are any way to fix it. Thanks for replies.

Hi to the DaniWeb family ! I have a Thinkpad 600, laptop......I know it's outdated, it's just for surfin the net . My sound driver/program is having problems remembering the settings when I turn the laptop off. Everytime I start the laptop I have to go into Device Manager, and …