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I reformatted my old Maxtor Hard drive (53073U6 - 30gb) with XP following some issues. All of the important data I needed was backed up to a Seagate Barracuda 7200 (120gb). Previously both hard drives were accessible - the Maxtor jumpers set to Master, the Seagate with no jumpers set …

I have two dimmed files on my Desktop for couple of years and tried everything to remove them without any success. I attached file circled two I cannot remove and on top is message I have when tried to delete. Any help, please.

OK...I'm having a problem...I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 I have Avira Anti-virus, free version...Spybot S&D...CCleaner...Ad-Aware SE...and recently got Kaspersky Internet Security 8...free trial...than I downloaded AVG Anti-virus and installed it..after that I started getting problems...when I opened MY COMPUTER...CONTROL PANEL...or anything that uses WINDOWS EXPLORER...it works fine after …

Currently I'm running ObjectDock Plus 1.9 on Windows Vista (SP1) and it works perfectly fine for the most part, except when I launch some (only a handful do this) programs from the dock they turn off Aero as if the app is incompatible with the Aero color scheme - when …

G'day all - I've had a quick search, but didn't see anything. Besides which who would want to do this anyway? :icon_rolleyes: Anyhow... Is there a way to keep My Documents and Settings on E:, my data drive? The only reason I want to do this is my paranoia :scared: …

I have 5 user accounts on my computer. On the account I use the most I cannot get into Explorer. It starts to come up and then either disappears or alternatively error message comes up "0x7c910cae ref memory at 0x00000000 the memory could not be read" On the other user …

For many years I have been using Borland Turbo C++ (version 3) to run a vital (to me) application. It has worked quite happily on 98SE and all my variants of XP Home (SP1, SP2 and SP3). The last time it worked was 18 September, and now I find that …

I am using xp pro sp2. I wanted to install a vista theme. I installed some of the themes and every thing went fine. But after rebooting nothing was visible on the desktop. Nothing would appear by right clicking. I use task manager and type in command to do my …

Here is my situation, every time I open Office word 2007 and work on it, in a matter of few seconds a get an error and it says ¨office word had stop working and needs to close¨ and then shuts down. same thing happens with excel 2007. I have a …

I am running XP Home SP3 fully patched. I have some old software originally written for Window 3.1 that has continued to work quite happliy until now. I know it worked on 18 September as that is when the last usage of it was. Since then I have applied all …

We have a Windows 2003 fileserver (demoted from a DC a few months ago). Anyway after we rebooted following an update a couple weeks ago is where the problems first started. The IPsec service would not start and therefore would now allow any TCP/IP traffic. We don't need that service …

Since Monday, my PC hangs for like two minutes on the RAID Configuration screen when I turn my PC on for the first time on a day (after being off for many hours). If I reboot, it takes the normal two seconds. I use a RAID 0 setup with two …

The instruction at Ox7c91b1fa referenced memory at 0x00000010. The memory could not be written.? This happens as Windows XP is booting up and then I click ok and it removes the screen but not the problem. Happens everytime.

Hey guys, Any ideas how to share a scanner on network just like sharing a printer? I'm using XP. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanks.. cguan_77

For awhile now I have been in an endless cycle configuring updates. After I install the updates and reboot it says configuring updates 1 of 3. Then when it is finished it says updates were not configured correctly reverting changes. Needless to say I have a lot of uninstalled updates. …

I had a blue screen error.I reinstalled windows xp home edition on my machine.But internet is not working now.......

I am having trouble with my CD drive starting an unwanted program when a blank CD is inserted. I have gone through the procedure of assigning actions for all types of CD's in the properties of the drive but nothing seems to apply to a blank CD. It is very …

I'm wanting to do a full system restore of my wife's computer which has Windows 2000 Professional but when I run the first system restore disk, it says I must first delete non-dos partitions. I don't really understand what this means and how to do it and I have no …

Hello to all the great folks at DaniWeb !!!!!!!! I have a strange question and I'm not sure if this situation is common or not. I took a Compaq Presario 5190 computer that had WINDOWS 98 on it, and I put Windows XP Pro on it. I wiped out Windows …

I solved the problem of accessing my Adminstrative tools but I still cannot update and install programs. When I tried to register the msxml3r.dll and the 4 and 4r and 6 and 6r It comes up with "The module msxml3r.dll was loaded but the entry point DllRegisterServer was not found. …

Hello All! I am having the weirdest problem EVER. The first time i boot my computer every day it freezes. No cntl/alt/dlt, no nothing. just insta freeze. Computer is still running i just cant access it. I am no wiz but I did build this computer a while ago and …

C:\Users\Dan>devcon install c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf ms_ndiswanip Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are updated... Updating drivers for ms_ndiswanip from c:\windows\inf\netrasa.inf. devcon failed. Lost my vpn because ms_ndiswanip was removed. Downloaded devcon for 32bit and tried it from the cmd prompt. It runs but seems to be looking for something else …

Hi everyone! This is my first time to this site and loving it already. Ok let's see, I ran one of those driver update programs and the results said I needed to update these drivers: Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB ViewSonic VE155 Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller …

Hi All I have an Excel workbook (Excel 2002) which is accessed and modified by multiple people, there are 3 sheets within the workbook, 'Processing', 'Completed', and 'List Data'. On the processing sheet there are open jobs with drop-down validation in 2 cells which fetches options from the list data …

I did not want to double post, I have posted this same problem on the Web browser forum, but maybe it was the wrong forum, so sorry for double posting. My OS is XP Pro SP3 When I visit some websites with flash displays, I cannot view it, not in …

Hello. This is my first post so appologies in advance. Does anyone know what the process zvsarc.exe is I have tried to google it and get no useful results. I noticed one of my XP machines has been contantly downloading and uploading to the internet and have tracked it back …

About a week ago I made a thread on this forum regarding some virus stuff. It may ormay not be related. Google suggests that I may have possibly gotten a HaxDoor virus, but if I did I don't really have a way of getting rid of it without being able …

I had trouble with ZoneAlarm so I uninstalled it. Not uninstalled and can not remove it to turn Windows Firewall on. So, Oh it gets better. Thinking I would get help by installing a new firewall (NOT), I installed COMODO Firewall. No they are both active by SSoftware and the …

Hello I want to downgrade to windows XP pro SP2 and have everything installed. So far I found audio drivers for L355D-S7825 that worked through RealTek but I tried the PCI LAN drivers and they didn't work. Right now Im using puppy Linux and puppy Linux is using RealTek RTL-8169 …

I made fresh installation of Windows XP Pro which previous times went without any troubles. However now I'm getting error 0x80096010 and I'm not able to install any software, if I try I get message such as "Extraction failed. File is corrupt." I tried to check certificates as many discussion …

Here is the problem. I cannot access any of the Adminstrative tools, when I go to it, it has an hourglass like its getting there then it never gets there (I tested it and had it stay there overnight and nothing) I believe because of this problem I cannot install …

I am doing a new build with a Geforce 7050M-M2 board with a Phenom X4 9550 Processor. New ram and HD. After files are loaded and the reboot it goes to the black screen and stops. Can someone please help me figure this one out? Thanks

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Hi, Following error message is displayed when i boot my computer, it's windows 2000 Service Pack 4. kwtbaim.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point cryptStringToBinaryW could not be located in the dynamic link library CRYPT32.DLL I have attached a picture file to show exactly how message is …

Hi , I have have just spent a day on reinstalling windows after a major crash.... but now I have no sound... anybody now how to get the drivers back up and running.. is there a standard device to start? can install say creative sound blaster? any help would be …

Hi to all the good folks at DaniWeb !!! I have a Emachine W3503, Windows XP, Serive Pack 3. This computer had MANY viruses on it. I got them cleaned. Spybot, Super Antispyware and Malwarebytes all say I'm clean now. The internet works fine and the whole computer seems to …

Can we play LAN games using VPN on XP Pro ?? If so how??

Hello to the great folks at Daniweb !!!!!!!! I bought my first laptop, a IBM ThinkPad 600, with Windows 98 on it. Not much of one but I didn't need much for just surfing the net in the livingroom. I bought it used, $20.00 and had a dead cmos battery …

Hey all! Again, it has been a while. Anyway... I just replaced the battery on my laptop, and I've been having issues with the volume control icon in the taskbar tray. Every time I start the computer, it's not there. If I go to "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the …

Anybody out there having trouble getting your deployments to join a domain with this product?

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Hey to all at Dani Web !!! I have a Emachine, T1740, with Windows Xp Home Edition on it. I'm lost when it comes to dealing with hardware that won't install right. This computer was givin to me. It was loaded with a few viruses and had issues I couldn't …

The message "Generic Host Process for Win 32 services has encountered a problem and needs to close" comes up each time I re-boot and seems to cause Sound Card, Firewall and other problems. This seems a common problem. I have looked at many postings and applied many suggested fixes but …

Hello, I installed the Vista Transformation pack a few weeks ago and I have decided to remove it and replace it with a nicer looking theme that Lifehacker wrote about. I restored my computer back to before the installation, but for some reason there are still parks of the pack …

I keep getting a popup saying that windows virtual memory is low. I go in and check it and it seems fine, although I did bump it up to the recommended size, not sure if I should've or not, will leave it alone until I find out whats going on. …

i am using vista home premium operating system i am facing new problem from the last 2 weeks. all the time when i switch on my laptop this pop up massage is come more than 2 or 3 times in the screen. [B][COLOR="Red"]"distributed file system replication has stopped working"[/COLOR][/B] please, …

Hey I have Windows XP Professional 32-bit, SP 3 but I have a problem with Safe Mode, it won't boot. Normal mode works perfectly :) but I won't press F8 and restart with safe mode, it won't boot at all .. I don't understand why.. Can somebody please help with …

Hello Everyone, I have my Windows Xp operating system with perntium 4 in my Pc with 20 gb hardisk installed. So i divided the space into 2 partitions , C: with 8 GB and D with 11 GB and the other was just unformatted. It was running Fine. But suddenly …

For a year I have been using a Dell 3010cn laser printer on a wireless network. The Dell is attached to my office pc via a USB connection. There are three other computers in the house all connecting via wireless router. There has never been a problem printing to the …

Hi, I have recntly been having problems with my laptop recognizing my external hard drive, When the hard drive is switched on, the usb input sound happens but the device displays the 'busy' light and is not displayed in 'My Computer' and is therefore unaccessable. I have tried using it …