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Hello All..... It has finally happened......vista will not load, and none of the "quick fixes" will work. Does anyone know of any location I can download a boot program that will work for vista? The only thing that is gonna work is running a fixboot or fixmbr.....but I need a …

one week ago i decide to instal the service pack 2 of windows. I was usin firefox update 3 as mi browser an did not use the internet explorer 6 but then i instal the service pack 2 an fire fox star to display an error screen like if dosent …

My system has alerted me that it has detected an activity of a harmful software and it has no solution to it as it redirects me to download a spyware removal tool. The name of the problem/trojan is [B][U][COLOR="Red"]Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.dq.[/COLOR][/U][/B] Help me guys!!!

I think I have viruses on my computer and I have done a full scan and that and removed the viruses but i am still unable to change my background. I am running Vista Home Premium Here my Hijack this Log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at …

I formatted my HP DV6000 laptop that comes with vista and installed Windows XP on it, i downloaded ethe driver for the Dv6000 laptop but it doesnt work at all on it, anybody with a good idea on this should please help me out, my sound my Display won't work …

Hey i have recently found a problem im not sure what its to do with but when i go to the start menu and go to the quick programmes that i use reguarly such as itunes i click on it and a box comes up with a loader saying windows …

My wife uses her computer only rarely. Every time she tries to sign on, her password has expired. I know there's a way to keep the password from expiring until I (administrator) tell it to. I'm darned if I remember how to do it and looking through "users and passwords" …

I have this file named Blocks on my hard drive that only appeared after a full system restore. It takes up a lot of space and I was wondering if I can get rid of it.

Hello all good folks at Dani Web !!!!!! I have an Emachine, W3050, Windows XP Home edition. It had MANY viruses,maleware etc... I got it clean to where SpyBot and Super Antispyware gives me a clean report ! Yeah ! I ran quite a few "cleaners" , including ComboFix. Now, …

Can anyone out there help me....Please! I have a laptop with windows XP and the wireless modem says that I have a strong connection to the internet but when I bring up internet explorer to get to various websites the error: cannot display webpage or address not valid keeps coming …

Hi all, I'm new to this forum, but I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction. I have a P4 system running Windows XP sp3 with a ATI Radeon 9200se card. After the last round of updates, my shutdown screen has the "Standby" button grayed out. After …

Is there an easy (and free) way to copy just the audio portion of an .flv file to another file? Or is there a way to get PowerPoint to play just the audio portion of an .flv file. A co-worker made an .flv video of an event on campus. I …

Hi there, I had several problems with my laptop and at somepoint I couldn't even get into windows. I installed avast and started getting weird virus messages (I had AVG before). I run a Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware scan that found 79! infected files. Deleted all of them. I now can't update …

Hey I turned my PC on today and got the following error Windows could not start because the follwing file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom... I turned my pc off and then back on …

I was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of the background behind the text on icons in windows xp. I can't figure out how to do this, and it makes the wallpaper look stupid with all of these blue backgrounds for the text.

I cleaned the room in the basement yesterday... it was some hardcore cleaning and I also vacuumed up my computer (outside and inside to rid the dust). However, after everything was plugged in, I found that it would freeze after an amount of time (not just normal, but safe mode …

Hi guys, Setting up a computer for people i work with and wish to tie down the standard user accounts but seem to be having problems. Set up is as follows: vista business 3 users Jeff administrator Bar standard user Kitchen standard user Now i wish to disable standard users …

I recently updated and uploaded my website -http://www.chadwickenddominoes.co.uk - via my webspace on Tiscali. I use Microsoft Office Publisher to build the site. I can view all six pages in Mozilla Firefox with no problems. Now someone using Internet Explorer browser tells me they can only see the first page …

Hi all, this is my first message and I would to say hello to all the community of Daniweb! Thank you for all your effort! Well, I've a problem I can't resolve myself: All the domains on a specific server with IIS 6.0 WinServer 2003r2 on dell 2950 with Broadcom …

I reloaded Win XP ( formatted drive too). Install went smooth. I can not get a IP Address from my ISP. ipconfig /all shows no addresses. I buillt a new Internet connection with no joy. In Device Manager the NIC is fine, no yellow exclamation point and it says it …

Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong - I can't get my camera working on Vista Thanks, Catalana

We are using Server 2003, SP1 I have a Scheduled Task set to run at 4am, problem is it's not running. The files that the task is supposed to delete, never get deleted.. If I start the task manually, they do get deleted. When I read the sched log (SchedLgu.txt) …

Hey Good folks at DaniWeb !!! I have a Vista, Emachine W3611 I have 38 problems in the device manager that all are probably related. Under "Network adapters" there are 38 things listed that have a yellow exclamation point nest to them. The way I found them is by searching …

I am making a spreadsheet for work. I have multiple worksheets in this particular file. How do I make it so I can just update one spreadsheet and it automatically updates another one?

If I use a dialup ISP nonMS, does Internet explorer do all the "explorering"? Or does the ISP have it's own.? I use search engines google and yahoo and save favorites for all my webbing. How do I know if IE is behind the scenes running the show. Reason foe …

i recently downloaded java jdk6 how do i get started to write programms

I am having trouble logging in to my Windows. It asks for my password then says loading your personal settings but it only brings up my desktop background and that is as far as it will go. I am able to login in safemode but that is it. Any help …

My XP setup has been working OK but now it doesn't start with my proper desktop display settings. I have Windows Classic theme selected for the display properties but lately when I start Windows I get a desktop that is Windows Classic but with XP "windows and buttons" (Appearance tab). …

Hi this is my first ever post so im not sure what i have to do. but on booting up windows i get 3 system32 errors, see below Error loading C:\Windows\system32\aowajsge.dll error loading C:\windows\system32\plgniewi.dll error loading c:\windows\system32\mxuaksdfnsamufc.dll This only occured after using Superantispyware. Can anyone help me please?

After repairing "broken" pc running Win XP SP2,all seemed well. However,I noticed that the Product ID in the My Computer/Properties/ System Properties/General has been corrupted and reads "VIRUS ALERT !" Although the system runs OK, and viruses/trojans appear to have been removed by using several Antivirus and Malware programs (Avg,Avira …

Hi all, I am a new member in Danyweb and I would like to ask you about my problem in my laptop. I have a toshiba laptop. I bought it three years ago and until one month ago, it seems my laptop were working well. However, now, it always restart …

Hope I am doing this right and that someone can help me. (Windows XP Media Center 2002) I am trying to remove a virus: (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\TDSSserv.sys) (HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TDSSserv) As per what I read on the forums, I should use SDfix in Safe Mode to remove the virus. My problem is the following: …

Every time I write an email, after about 50 to 100 characters are typed the system freezes for about 10 seconds - then I can continue. This is highly frustrating. IN FACT I've just noticed the same thing is happening as I type this thread! Any ideas what's wrong? (I …

Hi, I have a really weird problem that i was hoping somebody might be able to assist with. Whenever i click on the control panel the window will open, and then close, taking the rest of explorer with it. The Start menu and task bar disappear, i see the background, …

Hello, I am new to this so I hope I have posted this in the right place... I have just come back home after a few months aborad. PC propmpted me to download all latest windows updates on first boot. Since that, I cannot access any windows websites like msn.com, …

my status monitor is greyed out - the printer works but one cannot see the ink levels - is there a fix for this as I have reinstalled many times in various ways but no luck [ I have turned the anti virus off]

I uninstallled Norton antivi as I have systemsuite6 prof and like it better. Now during DOS startup it says theres a file system ini wants and can't find. I press continue and all proceeds without incedent and everything seems to work. Norton is long gone and I wouldn't know how …

Hi This may be a rather easy question. Ive deleted the users account and recreated it. The users email account is already up and running on his XP machine, But now I want to import his address book witch is resideing on the Server. Question is 1.Where can I find …

Hi, I'm Fred. I understand Computers somewhat but definitely no Expert. I have a question about a Display Properties feature. My Computer is an HP 6738 Pavilion Windows ME 4.90.3000 700 Mhz 319 MB of Ram Internet Explorer 6 Outlook Express 6 I have created custom colors and other features …

Picasa (a google product) scans disk looking for jpgs. It assumes that there will be files in ...\My Documents\My pictures. This worked as advertised until I had problems with sound on DVD movies. Dell fixed that by installing new firmware for the DVD player. After that Picasa was able to …

Forgive me if this is answered somewhere else, but I have tried searching on the problem and am not coming up with any relevant results (anywhere on the web). I have Vista 32 Ultimate installed on a P4 Quad Core with 2GB of ram and an onboard NIC (10/100). The …

I worked through the tips to tweak my XP and its messed up my graphics; I ran 'sfc / scannow' to correct any .dll's etc using my XP SP2 disk. I run a 19" widescreen monitor and use 1440 x900 resolution, I can only see 1280 x 1024 and 1400 …

Administrator, please remove me from the windows 98 forum. I got no help and don't need to use the forums anymore. thanks. petelemm

Anyway... a year ago I've bought new PC and still kept old one to use for online purposes. Few days ago I've changed GP card on new one, and it asked me to register windows online. Today it won't let me do anything until I register Windows online, the problem …

HI Guys I have a problem with a user's GFX card. In a nutshell. When I start the computer in normall mode and go to the computer management I see a the yellow exclamation mark on the GFX card.When i go to the Propeties of the card I get a …

Hello guys, I have my laptop that came with Vista Home premium. Today I tried to install Solaris 10 but it failed. I tried to boot my Vista it failed also. Then I used Gparted to remove Solaris partition by deleting it; That made my laptop unbootable with error "No …

My Office 2007 just arrived. But it came on DVDs. But I don't have a DVD drive. Short of buying a drive I don't otherwise need, is there any way to install it? I must have it installed in two days.

I want to get rite to the nittygritty before all the formal intros. Athelon 700mhz with 98SE and several sp's. I recently wanted to try using outlook express but am afraid I've gotten rid of it. I've deleted all reference to it as it ewas interferring with replying to craigslist …

I had a virus about a month ago, and have been removed from most blacklists, still so e-mail is getting returned. My question is how can I find out who is sending it back? The virus has been fixed, and the problem solved. I need to geet my clients e-mail …

G'day all :?: I very recently re-formatted my HD, and did a clean install of XP Pro, including Service pack 3. I also upped my RAM from 1.5gig to 2 gig. Every now and again (not every time) that I start up my PC, all boots up fine, until it …