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Recently, our emachines computer crashed (surprise, surprise). From what I can tell, the entire motherboard is no longer usable for whatever reason. There was some valuable information on the hard drive, so I installed it as a secondary hd in another computer. (From my previous experience, I have simply been …

I have XP and Windows Media Player has all of a sudden stopped having sound when playing videos. I can still see the video (.avi) but there is no sound. Audio works fine with music files (.mp3) but no sound with video. I have not installed any new video or …

Here is the problem, Hdd crashed and burned, replaced hdd, got in touch with HP for recovery disc, the ones they sent are not compatible with my machine. Was told those disc are no longer avaible(sic) so they refunded my money back, so all I have are a set of …

hi all... came home, turned my laptop on and this page came up Pheonix First BIOS notebook Pro version 2.0 copyright bla bla all rights reserved cpu = inter (r) pentium (r) m processor 1.50ghz 63k9 system rams passed... u get the point.... then it jumps to a page saying …

Hi, I saw this identical problem before and never saw a solution: I have a [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]Gateway[/URL] 500 SE, with [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]Windows[/URL] XP Home Edition. My [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]computer[/URL] is froze-up/was unresponsive. I keep getting this message: [I]We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change …

Hi Every1 When I switch on my computer after my desktop appears on screen i get a msg sayin "Temp2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvinence". why is this comin and how i can solve this?

ok so i boot and it always comes up with two os's but now i want one of them deleted. one version of xp i have installed has only service pack 1 and the other has service pack 2. i use the one with 2. i would like to delete …

Does anyone have the procedure for creating Desktop Icons for “Computer Shutdown

I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and have been attempting to download the Vista upgrade advisor. My computer will not open an .msi file, and I can't find a download to fix the problem for my version of Windows, because apparently I shouldn't have a problem. Can anyone …

I currently use Avast! Free Antivirus as my antivirus. I decided against using McAfee Security Suite 2007 on a new computer when it slowed down the computer too much. Now, I'm worried that freeware antivirus might be insecure compared to paid ones. I do have other freeware antispyware programs and …

Hi, I suppose this problem has been covered over and over, but here goes: I have an older machine that had Win 98 on it but bombed out. After many hours trying to get Windows to run, and since I had the original CD, I went ahead and formatted the …

My cousin is currently having problems on his Dell desktop. It seems more and more lately that when he boots his pc up, he will login to one of the user names on his pc, and as windows is loading the personal settings, it will just randomly restart then boot …

Hi, Windows 98 SE. In the last few days cut and paste has stopped working. No software has been installed recently. The PC doesn't have Internet access. I'm thinking maybe a virus or registry corruption. Are there any other possibilities? I have to travel to access this PC so want …

Recently, I am unable to go to load the web pages for Macys or Kmart. When I try to access them, I either receive a message stating that Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Web Page or I am sent to the search display menu where the website is listed and …

Need help... Windows won't start even in safe mode. I get a blue screen with the message IRQL_not_less_or_equal with the following at the bottom of the blue screen. *** Stop: 0x0000000A (0X00000010,0X00000002,0X00000000,0X804D7256) I am running XP Pro and recently installed (about a month ago) a PCI SATA card and a …

Hello all! First post...and I'm looking for help (naturally!). Currently, I have one hard drive in my system--while trying to ahem "fix" my comp, I accidentally installed another Windows XP operating system into the second partition. Master drive is C: and H:. I would now like to remove/uninstall the extra …

Hi, Can I configure Outlook Express to view my GMail or Yahoo mails. If yes, tell me how? Specifically what to select for Server (POP3/IMAP/HTTP). I have Office 2003 Installed. Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to create a backup to a cd rom disk using the windows XP backup program but everytime I reach the dialoge box to choose the "backup to" I cannot choose the backup type nor will it let me write to my cd rom disk as the backup to …

Hello everyone, I'm new to Daniweb and like what I have seen so far. I searched the forums for awhile, and saw another thread of someone with what seems like a similar problem, but there weren't any solutions in it. I usually have mozilla open while i'm playing WoW(world of …

:sad: Is there anyone who can possibly help me. I'm running Windows 2000 and some time ago I increased my memory from 64 KB RAM to 196 KB RAM. I have started to get 'virtual low memory' again but I am at a loss as to how this is happening …

How can I get drivers for the PCI Ethernet Controller? I need thm to get onto a network and the I-Net. Any ideas?

hey yeah im not computer whiz or anything but yeah task manager has resently been a problem as it wont show the full task manger..or the tabs for that matter..i can still switch between the tabs via ctrl+tab but the display is still messed and some componets dont show...2 pictures …

I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/MMX computer with 64 MB RAM and I use Windows 98. While attempting to renew my Norton Antivirus subscription online, the following message appeared: "Your browser is not supported because it is not considered secure enough to conduct an online transaction. Please upgrade your …

I was re-installing win xp home edition, I choose not to format completely in order to get some data, so i select format (quick) and the reinstallation run smoothly but when the computer restarted i got error "[B][U]the file asms on windows xp home edition service pack 1 cd needed"[/U][/B] …

i have win xp pro ed orig ed installed in my system. i have 2 hard disk drive one of which i use to store backups using sync toys and the other for regular purposes. is there any way to restrict access to this disk by other users.

I got the vista beta 2 and it's sweet. I heard all the stuff about Aero and I have no clue how to turn it on. I have a powerfull enough video card, but I just dont know how to turn on the feature. Can anyone help me?

I have a windows 2000 pc and all the icons are covered up by recycle bin icons. I ran ewido,adaware, spybot s&d and avg they found nothing. sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but it doesn't appear to be a virus to me since all the scans came …

when i start PoS (point of sale) running win2000NT i got error ***stop: 0x0000007B (0x0000....... Stop: c0000218 reistry file failure system\system32\config\software cannot be loaded or corrupt I dont have CDRom drive how can i repair my windows can anybody help me.....plz......... :sad:

i have win xp pro ed orig ver. installed in my pc. Wnenevr i press alt+ctrl+del in any of my created accounts(admin) i get an error stating that the task manager has been disabled . When i log in as the administrator , this dosent happen. Plz help Regards Bharat …

I am making the switch from IE6 to Firefox and would like to know how I can stay protected from spyware and viruses. I currently have Ad-Aware installed, but [I]Ad-Watch[/I] only works with IE. I also have Norton Internet Security installed. Are these programs going to have too much conflict …

:?: :eek: :o :rolleyes: [COLOR=sienna][B]Does anyone know how to make desktop icons smaller in Windows XP? I returned to my computer and they were much larger that I cant see all of my desktop items.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][B]Please help:!: [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][B]Thanks[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][/COLOR] [COLOR=sienna][B]Dreamscape[/B][/COLOR]

Hello, I've been having problems with Norton Internet Security 2005 for a while, where I was unable to uninstall it. Norton restricted me from using AIM and any other messaging tools. Today I took some action, and seeked some user help, and deleted the folders for Norton in regedit area. …

I have a network share that I have accessed as one user. I want to access another network share as another user. When I try to access the second drive it does not ask for my UN/PW it only tells me access denied. I need to know how to make …

I was wondering and i have tried but i cant get it so i can run 2 monitors at the same time but not show the same thing as the other one does. How would i do that?

How will the daylight savings time change effect Microsof Outlook's calendar?

Okay, My Computer Keeps Shuttingoff While I'm Using It.....when It Restarts By Itself I Get A Screen That Says Checking File System On C:\ The Type File System Is Fat32 One Of The Disks Needs To Be Checked For Consistencies You May Skip Disck Check But Strongly Recommended Continuing..... What's …

[i]EDIT: I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2, with all of the latest updates.[/i] Usually, when in Windows Explorer, if you click [b]TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS...[/b] you are presented with the following window: [img]http://usera.imagecave.com/PaddyM/xpfolderoptions.jpg[/img] But for some unknown reason, I now get this window instead and cannot change the folder settings: …

I installed XP PRO everything went smoothly. I downloaded tweakIU Powertoys and selected the auto login. I did everthing right, logged in fine, then it just started loging in as admin. All my settings were gone. My login isn't there, it's just admin, no other choices except guest and ASP.NET …

Has anyone successfully installed Acrobat Reader? It downloads ok, uncompresses, then gives the error message "The Temp folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. ...". I used command prompt to display the values of all environment variables and the TEMP is in d:\users\<full path here>. Anyone …

I was thinking about upgrading to XP Pro. If I get an upgrade disk can I upgrade it like that from Windows 2000 Pro SP. 4, or do I have to buy the full edition and do a fresh install? If someone could please help me that would be great. …

I am trying to re-install win xp pro and the cd key on the yellow lable that came with the disk will not work. When I get to the screen that asks for the cd key i enter it but It is not accepted. Have not called MS yet but …

Hi Guys! My Computer is rather stable, but when I go away and the computer is idle it freezes after about 20 or 30 minutes. I ve disabled the screensaver, and watched the task manager until the computer freezes. I saw that a svchost.exe process suddenly takes more and more …

A user is trying to send an email as another user ( they are a delegate with the correct permissions). When they select "TO" they want to be able to view the contact list of the other user. They can view the other users contacts but cannot view them from …

right i installed a copy of vista on my pc the version after the beta one, anyway dosn't matter. Right managed to remove it from the boot menu using fixntfs.exe and now i want to make sure its totally clear of my comp so that i can reinstall without it …

System Info: Windows ME 4.903000 E machine Etower 600is When I try to do a defrag I get this message: Windows cannot defragment this drive now because it has been locked by a disk utility. Quit any utilities that may have locked this drive, and then try defragmenting the drive …

Some thing happened to a machine of mine running Windows 2003 Server and now when I press Ctrl-Alt_Del, Task Manager some up, but does not have any of the interface controls on it. The active applications, except Task Manager itself show up, but there is no way to close this …

Hey. Three days ago, my computer started acting up and stopped accessing my home network. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with a trojan or virus that I had acquired (ran scans for both and they both turned up showing I had something) Anyway, I finally got everything …

Well, I've tried everything I can think of so it looks like I need help. I have a computer that was running WinXP Pro. It started acting flaky. First it lost the BIOS settings, so I replaced the CMOS battery and re-set the BIOS settings. Within a day, it started …

I can't delete a message in my Outlook Outbox with a 32Mb attachment. I accidentally sent it to one of my email addresses and tried to delete it immediately. Now it keeps trying to send repeatedly. All my efforts have failed so far in trying to remove it.....

Hello everyone I'm using Windows Server 2003 and would like to force all my users (XP Pro) to be logged off after logon hours expire. The problem is that after logon hours have expired, logged on users remain logged on. They will not be logged off automatically by the system, …