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Hello, wondering if i can get some advice on this problem. Basically when i connect anything through the USB port and try to install it through the Found New Hardware Wizard, at the end it'll tell me "There was a problem installing this hardware *Name of device* An error occured …

I have a file on my hdd that is 16gb big and i created the movie file in adobe premiere and while i was opening it in nero, I had some type of error in nero that corrupted the program, since then i reformatted nero and continued with other projects …

Hi there, Can we fix the paper size (File > Page Setup) which is Letter size by default; to some other size in MS Word, say to A4? So that we would not need to change the size everytime we print. Thanks, Yagyesh

My Safe to Remove Hardware Icon in the Notification Area of the Task Bar is no longer there. I've been told that most of the time there will not be a problem removing hardware without using it, but sometimes it will corrupt data if the hardware device is not stopped …

Suddenly upon booting my computer i get the error ntdlr is missing press alt+crtl+del to reboot. I have tried some of the fixs online but they all include using the win xp disc to boot to command prompt. I dont have the win xp recovery disk, but i do have …

When attempting to copy a picture from either the web or my own document files into a word document, text hyperlink appears from the web or "embedded object" appears from my files. The only way i figured my way around this was to directly drag saved photos into the document …

Windows XP, sp2 Windows Media Player ver. 10.00.00.4036 iTunes ver. 7 My problem is that I have quite a few music files that suddenly have stopped working. Used to work fine, but then yesterday I went to play them through my usual player, WMP. A slew of their track names …

Lol, hi i basicly joined for someone to help me, when i try to play some of my music in windows media it says, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound device installed on your …

Okay here's the situation. I was trying to make Daemon Tools 4.03 work by using SPTD Deleter, which required me to install both the .NET framework and WMI. I could only use SPTD Deleter in safe mode, and because my machine doesn't have a boot options menu by pressing F8, …

Hi, I don't know if anyone can figure this out. I used to have a PC & had Windows Media Player 10 & have since bought a laptop & although I'm using the same files, & WMP 10 some of my music files are played near to the end but …

Hi everyone: I was surfing all around my puter deleting all kind of unused folders... and suddenly i found this one: C:\RECYCLER\NPROTECT\ i am not sure what this folder is ment for... perhaps to backup deleted items with Norton ??? ... Well the point is that i want to delete …

Hi everyone, I was wondering is any of you know an alternative Office Suite program to Microsoft's MS Office? I have heard that there is very good freeware that you can download but don't know the name or where to get it, nor do I know how reliable it is, …

I keep getting an error ox800cccoe, can any one help please? Ashizuru..

when I try to boot, the sounds and lights come on, but the screen remains blank. Same thing happens if I use another known working hard drive. I can't even get in to check the BIOS etc using F2. I've been working with computers for some years and have never …

Hello everyone, I have recently set up outlook 2003 to work my gmail. My problem is that I would like outlook to get every single email off of my gmail account. But I do not know how. Could someone please assist me in this problem. Thankyou. Also...is it possible to …

G'day to all Anybody's got a system with Prescott cpu? My system: Asus P4P800-E Deluxe and Prescott cpu. My question is anybody got similar system with windows xp sp2? I was told that installing the service pack 2 will lock up the computer. Thanks in advance

Hello I have win xp home with all the updates and I also have windows media player 11. Here is the problem when I play a cd or dvd the sound is jerking the video will also pause for spilt second. I have tried to turn off every even the …

Hi, My win98 lost its add/remove list. Whenever I got Control Panel => Add/Remove Programs, the expected window opens, but it empty. All installed programs function flawless, but I can't uninstall any of them. Is there a way to revive the list? Ran

G'day all I've found a folder named"ACW" in c:\Program Files, and contains the following files:ActiveContentWizard.dll, ACW.exe, ACWExt.xml, AcwPSSExtn.dll, ACWRuntimesCab. Anybody knows why I've got such folder? how did it get there. :surprised Platform: Windows xp sp1, IE6, Firefox1508 Thank you for your help

Hi, I got an ext HDD recently which refuses to work with USB 1.1 ports (It worked on my friend's USB 2.0) although the product clearly says it's backward compatible. I was wondering whether it is essential to put the external HDD switch to master - i haven't got a …

After an incredible amount of odd behavior from my computer, I had no choice but to reformat the thing yet again. Every time I do so, it only starts bugging up after another 6 months, presumably because of all the garbage sony loads with the recovery disk I can never …

Hi all, I have been trying to set up Dual boot using two existing XP PRO and an existing 98SE operating systems on two existing harddrives. Xp is in 4 partition drive, (C),(D),(E),(F), and 98 is a single partition, (C). Xp is drive 0 and 98 is drive 1 Xp …

I ran windows update and now it seems theyve broken the networking

Hi everyone. I'm having a problem with my hotmail and i can't seem to figure out what the problem is. My MSN messenger works perfectly, but when i click to go to my inbox I get the hotmail login page. I type my address and password, then seems to load …

I upgraged from Win ME to Win XP. I am able to start to up XP in safe mood. But when I try to start in normal mood it gives me a black screen and will not go any futher. Anyone got any ideas why this would be happening? Thanks …

Somehow internet explorer got corrupted (long story) and I can't right click anywhere and the toolbar is missing (with the favorites, home button, etc). Internet explorer opens and I can connect to websites, but that is it. I tried to uninstall it, but it won't let me. I am assuming …

I am new here. My problem is when I open windows media player, a message saying "an internal application error has occured" . Could anybody help me to fix this problem please? thanks very much Here is the logfile from HijackThis: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:30:44 AM, …

I have tried putting the Windows ME disk in and booting the computer from it. After I followed the steps on the screen and my computer was done. It didn't reformat. All it did was reinstall windows me. Can anyone help. I don't want to keep anything thats on my …

Hello to all the geniuses and tech wizzes out there. I just reformatted my computer (knowing only a little about after visiting some sites with instructions on reformatting). I had XP pro installed on my main partition when I did RF and I had installed XP pro on the same …

I clicked on "close all tabs" in IE7 as that is all it would do. Now my IE7 Desktop Icon is gone. How do i get it back? I can do a search and click on the shortcut file but still no Desktop Icon. I reinstalled IE7 but still no …

Hi, I have contacted SBC for help and they have not been able to help me as yet. I have a new laptop. A Compaq Presario V6000. It has windows XP, 512 mb system memory, 80 Gb hard drive. I have installed SBC DSL from a disk that I used …

I have had a discussion with my CFO about this. I am not sure if it is possible and appreciate any help that can be provided. Currently both my manager and I are in posession of everyones password who logs into the network. We are working to set up every …

CAn anyone help???? I can't install Windows Live Messenger.. get error code 1604. Anyone know what is causing this?? As well as that prob, I can't get into my hotmail account. I log in and then get "Page cannot be displayed" Could this be an update that I'm missing? An …

Hello First time user. I am using a friends old computer running 98se. Everytime i try to access the internet on dial up it connects,the two screens show up in the right hand corner of the monitor but i am always gettinmg the error message microsoft internet explorer has encountered …

I'm an Avant Browser user on both my PC and my laptop so only loaded IE7 to get latest version to compare with AB. For a few days it seemed to work OK but then when I loaded it on my PC I got the "IE has encountered a problem …

Hiya, hoping someone can help with this, i notice other people have has similar problems. My account on hotmail will absolutely not log in via hotmail.com on my laptop (connected via wireless). I have installed firefox and upgraded to IE7, both give the same result. Have cleared the cache, cleared …

I formatted and reinstalled XP but now I have two versions of XP. What to do. And I tried at Add/Remove Programs but ther's no other windows

I copied folders/files to a back up hard drive. Now that I have reinstalled WIN XP on my primary hard drive. I can see however, I can't access all of the folders on the back up hard drive. I get "The folder 'D:\name' isn't accessible. The folder may be located …

i just noticed this happening when i bootup it's slowed and when i can look at taskmanager it shows that svchost.exe using nearly 90 - 96 % of CPU. i need some help please.

Please HELP MEEEEE! I am at my wits end! I could easily dump data (usually text data) unto a printer connected to an LPT port using the following command - "print /d:LPT1: E:\tickleme.txt" but I cannot seem to do same to a printer connected to a USB (virtual port). What …

[B][COLOR=red]:lol: I purchased a Laptop from a store that had sold it previosly and the first owner had fired up Widows XP and logged his name to it ...[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]Now everthing goes via C:\documents and settings\Billy>[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=red]I want to change this login to another name (cos i'm not Billy )[/COLOR][/B] …

"Java not found or not working" This Is the message I read yesterday when I tried to play on pogo and when I cliked on a game It brought me to a page where It said that message I realized since I reinstalled windows I need to update java so …

:rolleyes: i assume this is the link i need to post this problem i'm having. when i installed xp pro on my w3080 emachine i lost the multimedia audio controller & i have no sound. when i went to the emachine drivers link it sent me drivers .com. when i …

Hello. I'm new to all of this so patience is requested. I have a school project that requires the use of Windows Movie Maker. I have a camera that records video but when i load the video onto my laptop they are saved to Quicktime. So basicly the video that …

Hi friends .. i'm working in a s/w co our co had blocked the yahoo and rediffmails... when ever i access any such a site a black blank screen appearing with" this site is blocked with NETGEAR" i'm using windows 2000 with service pack 5 pc i dont know the …

Ok, here's an interesting one. I have the HP pavilion DV6095EA laptop/notebook and for some reason it has decided to start coming to life (often in the middle of the night) nothing is displayed on the screen at all, but all the lights come on and it beeps. beep............beep...beep I …

Hello, I hope someone has a clue here, because I'm out of options... Here's the symptoms: 1. All my SOFTWARE ONLY icons on my destop have reverted to the default windows )feneric for unidentified) icon. The names for these icons are now all .lnk (links) 2. Same for all software …

I was googling for "apt-get broke" [my machine] using the google toolbar in ie7 and now the desktop shortcut reads apt-get broke which is reallly wierd. How can i change it back? screenshots availbale if u dont believe it. Reackon i should tel the beta people?

When I boot up my laptop I get the following error: [hr]Windows could not boot up because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\System32\SYSTEM\SYSTEM.CONF Insert the Windows installation CD and press "r" at the main screen.[/hr] I have done all of this, but still, it boots with the same …

Hey gang whats up? Here's my problem. Ever since i loaded win xp i have not had any audio through my speakers. i checked the driver in my sound and audio devices and it was installed but not working properly. So i uninstalled it, and downloaded again from the c-media …