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I have been having this problem for quite a while now. I have contacted Microsoft but their responses are nonsense. Basically I have two Hotmail accounts, which I both use with Windows Live Messenger. (Key: Acc 1 = Primary Account Acc 2 = Secondary Account) One day, I start up …

Can you have anything in your inbox showing you replied to an email without having to open the message? As in Yahoo has the envelope with the arrow. If so how? I have looked but not been able to find anything. I have Outlook 2003. If there isn't, please post …

Hi - I have a problem upgrading from outlook 2000 to outlook 2003. I want to continue to use the rest of office 2000 on the machine i.e. word. excel access I have installed otl 2003 both update and a complete install over the top of otl 2000. The workstation …

when I try to run media player I get an error message. There is an internal problem with media player?? Worked yesterday...ran adaware and spybot still not working. XPpro.

I have a laptop that has XP service Pack 1 and when i go to microsoft automatic updates it says that "Your Internet settings may be preventing ActiveX controls from running, therefore this page cannot be displayed". I have reset all ActiveX controls to default and made sure ActiveX controls …

When I start windows in regular or safe mode I get "explorer has caused and invalid page error in module browseui.dll", and that's as far as it goes. I've re-installed windows and got to the point where it was basically working but then all of the sudden it goes back. …

hi, when i try to install windows vista beta 2 64bit on a 80 gig harddrive, i get a message about a missing CD/DVD driver, i cannot by pass that, could someone please help me? here's the cpu and mobo that i'm using, please help :'( AMD Athlon 64 3800+ …

Hi: I'm working on a Dell Inspiron 500m Laptop running Windows XP. The machine suddenly crashed (I was programming but nothing related to the OS) and now it won't reboot. It runs through the Dell bios startup and then goes to a black screen. I've attempted to boot from the …

Is it possible to have the systme restore routine automatically create restore points at different times than the default, or automaticly at set times?

I have a cable modem w/a Linksys wireless router and I'm not sure what the problem is. I have no problem connecting wirelessly through my laptop, but my PC won't connect at all. It started giving my problems connecting whenever it felt like and even when I was able to …

A while back I tried to install Windows XP on my computer. I was not able to because Windows 98 was already installed. Since then I changed my mind and continued using Windows 98. Now, because I started the install of XP I have this error message whenever the computer …

Im not sure if this an office problem but I am having some trouble with my quotation marks. When I use the this symbol " it doesnt appear until the next character is typed. As I said above I am not sure if this is an office thing but just …

I've got an ASUS motherboard that tells me during boot up there's no BIOS installed. However, the CMOS says there's a BIOS version installed on the board. I downloaded that BIOS version from ASUS's website and flashed it. Flashing did nothing. Any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

Basically, I hooked up a new Western Digital EIDE 160 gig hard drive(WD Caviar SE - 7200 RPM, if that matters at all) I put the disk into the CD drive that includes software to help partition the hard drive and such, and it works fine. I restart the computer, …

I have a Sony VAIO laptop, about 2-3 yrs old, with Winddows 2000 Professional on it. Last night, i started it up and it booted fine. Now this afternoon, i go to turn it on, and it does absolutely nothing. When i start it and let it *try* to boot, …

Gosh today has been horrible.... I'm getting ready to leave work and here's what happened: I was backing up my supervisor's Outlook data and after that finished the laptop became very slow. I tried to open AutoCad to determine if our licenses were still working because I had ran into …

when i turn on my computer just before the windows xp starts up a black screens appears and nothing happens. i tried repairing it using the windows cd.....nothing happened. i loaded my best performance thingy (someone said that might help, don't really know)...didn't work. then i re-installed xp twice and …

i just formatted my hard drive using the "hp restore plus" cd. im now experiencing comsiderably slower performance than before i had formatted.windows startup is noticeably slow and perfomance has just decreased drastically on the whole my machines a P4 2.6ghz, with two 512mb sticks of RAM and a 40gig …

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I reinstalled xp/ home. When I shut down the computer, windows logs off then the computer tells me it is now safe to turn off the computer. I have to press the power button. It never did this before, it would shut down and turn off all at once. Where …

i am having the same problem as brownboi79. keep getting framebuf error messege. i tried the 2 suggestion , but still the same thing. any new ideas.HELP

every time I restart it hangs after the boot screen with a blank screen my keyboard lights all turn on and everything is unresponsive. when I restart from there I get the boot selet screen that asks if I want safe mode. I first instictivly choose last known good settings. …

Hiya. Well I recently turned on my PC and as the PC began, windows failed to boot up. The error message I got is as follows: [QUOTE] Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows …

When attempting a system restore, I get a message "restore unsuccessful" with a note to pick an earlier restore point. I've attempted a restore at least a dozen times, and selected the oldest restore date the last time I tried. Any ideas??? :rolleyes:

Hi ! I am recently having a problem with IE where IE is closed after displaying the message " iexplorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program." This only happens whenever I try to access MsNBC news articles and when I …

Am using XP MCE Home 2005 (service pack 2 updated) Browsing is really slow all of a sudden. Everything else works fine. Have done speedtests. Getting normal results. Also downloading through http, ftp and through P2P software is at max speed. Only webpages take about 5-10 times as long to …

[LEFT]On some sites, for some reason, many of the thumbnails do not show up for me. The problem is, these thumbnails are hte links that I need to click. For instance, gorillamask.net, only three or four thumbnails show up on the page of the 30 or 40 that should. And …

I am creating a VB.NET program that will automate several installation programs with the click of one button. In creating the program, I am utilizing macro's to record mouse movements, clicks, etc. to breeze through and automate the stupid installation wizards. The macro program that I use creates an .exe …

The computer detects the DVD rom and reads the installation disk (I assume it reads it because the disk spins) The problem is the installation will not autoplay. The only thing I have thought of is to take out the hard drive of my old computer and install it on …

went looking for Folder Options to change to show all files and to set it to one click .,found it ! in mycomputer /properties ,top right, next to search icon ,black arrow ,click and go to search options .

Every time I restart my computer it comes up with the little error box wanting to send an error report. It just started 2 days ago. It says Run a DLL as an App Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. \ What …

I have a dell dimension 8300, with 1.5 something memory and a 250 something hard drive. I'm retired and know nothing about computers. Computer was running poorly and Dell replaced the MB again, network on MB, power supply and CD-Rom. I used the Dell recovery discs to reload the computer …

I recently installed a DVD-RW and a usb hdd. I tried to play a .mpeg in wmp10 and get audio, but no video. I had the same results with realplayer and quicktime. Also tried to play .avi's with the same result. I've tried rolling back the WMP, same results. I …

Does anybody know where i can edit virtual memory setting because i want to change it to a slave drive

When I check the "Users and Passwords" in the Control Panel, I see two new strange user accounts. They are "IUSR_STATION-2" and "IWAM_STATION-2". Station-2 is the name of my computer. When I click the Properties button, they are described as "Built-in account for anonymous access to Internet Information Services out …

I wrote an email with an attachment too large that could not be sent. now it's still in my outbox, trying to send each time. How can I remove it from there??

Hi I'm having similar problems as some other posts, but i'm starting a new thread bec no one seems to mention the solution to the problem. I've got a PC, windows XP, and I use earthlink dial-up or else I use the wireless connection at school. Regardless of what mode …

Hi People, I burn a lot of DVD's and usually watch them on my DVD player. However, I have recently tried watching them on my computer using WMP. Unfortunately with NO sound. Help is greatly appreciated. PS - Checked all sound/volume settings. OK Sincerely Mighty Mart

I have an xp machine set up to run IE at startup. What would make it open the IE window twice. Freshly imaged, never on net can't be virus. just a setting I messed up. any Help?

Does anyone know why when i try delete a folder off of my C drive i get this message: "Cannot delete CAIDWFIT.: Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name." is there a method of bypassing this and deleting the folder? all i …

Sorry for the VERY basic approach to this but I want to be clear because I am frustrated. When double clicking a folder on my desktop, it open into a window where the files and folders inside can be seen. Great, no problem here. But when double clicking and opening …

Hi everyone. This is my first post, I found the site while looking for an answer to my problem. Everyone here seems to know what they are talking about so hopefully I can work out what is going wrong. OK... Recently my computer was attacked by a Trojan (spy sheriff) …

everytime my computer goes into standby my resolution quality is set to 16 bit instead of the normal 32 bit. i have to manually change it everytime i resume windows. i have an nvidia geforce 6800 graphics card and i know that i have all the current drivers for it. …

:lol: Helloo friends what can i do for password protect zip folder ?

Greetings I am here trying to fix a problem for my brother. He has a problem or something called "run time error" whenever he turns on the internet explorer. The script error says: [I]" Microsoft Visual C++ Run time library. Runtime Error Program:C\ProgramFile\Internet Explorer\IExplorer.exe"[/I] I have tried to search up …

Hey, I'm bit of a newbie at tthis computer stuff.. I was wondering if anyone could tell how to stop my computer from freezing-up during startup. I'm using XP pro.. Also, other times my mouse doesn't respond....and help

If I LEFT Click On My Icons It Gives Me The Properties, It Will Not Open The Shortcut. The Only Way To Open Them Is To RIGHT Click And Select Open. How Can I Fix This

If I use my current (and only) hdd as a slave to a new one with only basic windows installed will I still be able to use programs

I am a little stuck here and not sure why this is happening... I have a computer running windows 2000 and when I turned it on I got the message that 1 of the windows system files was damaged and windows could not start. So I thought “ok, windows repair …

Ok I am trying to help out my sister in law, she has a fairly up to scratch PC, however recently she has noticed that her Add remove Program option in the Control Panel doesnt work. Now I have tried going in via safe mode, but alas, no luck, infact …