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hi everybody Today I found a new problem with my browser. when I want to access to hotmail page it gives me nothing (blank page) and write "done" in the bottom. on the other hand, I can simply log in to msn massenger but can't access to hotmail to see …

I am trying to install some software on WIndows 2000 pro and I get: "Preparing to install" forever (it simply gets stuck at this stage) Any Idea? Thanks

Hi all, Basically I have an AMD 64 x2, should this show up as two processors in task manager or just the one? :confused:

Hi everyone. Ok, I know how to reformat a computer, but I have a question. My computer has two hard drives, well actually three because two of them mirror each other on a RAID 0 configuration. Anyways, Windows is installed on my RAID 0 configured hard drive, which in total …

As the title says, my windows media player won't go into fullscreen mode. When I try to, it juss goes to a black screen for a few seconds and then it goes back to the normal size. This juss started happening recently. Anyone know what I should do?

hi i have this toshiba laptop. the cd rom is faulty now(i cant find the D drive in my computer). i went to device manager and it says : Windows successfully loaded the device driver for this hardware but cannot find the hardware device. (Code 41) Click Troubleshoot to start …

My ability to click on a link in an email message, and take me into a web page, has dissappeared. Instead a window pops up asking me to "locate my link browser" in my computer. I can t find it. Please help. Kind regards, Robin

Ok I have a wiered problem here. I am repairing Windows XP with the Windows XP Disk because some of my windows files got erased somehow. Anyways, the windows xp disk will start the computer fine and half way through the setup called "Installing Devices" the keyboard and mouse will …

well after hours i figured out taht the reason i cant share printers is cuz of zonealarm. (it has to be shut down to work). so i figured well ill configure it so that it will accept the ip address. well i THOUGHT i did that but apparently i didnt. …

Please help. Every time I try to load Conquer Online (the game) I get this error. [B]The D3D8.DLL file is linked to missing export DDRAW.DLLLLLockCB[/B] Please help me. I tried reinstalling Direct X. And I still got the same problem. Thanx OS: Win98SE

Sorry I wasn't sure exactly what section to post this in. I'm looking for an application that will allow me to schedule an application to start at a certain time. For example, if I wanted an MP3 or something of that nature to start playing in the morning to act …

How can i switch off EVERY type of information bar? The download ones I dont mind as much but the 'Allow Blocked Content' ones are really annoying. I have designed my own homepage and even internal links require me to click the information bar, then click Allow Blocked Content! Any …

this morning everything was ok i downloade the latest update for diskeeper and when trying to install i got the error message: I HAVE WINXP/SP2 "ERROR 1402 could not open key. unknown drfg....CLSid then i try to open the program from desktop and this is the error message when i …

Hi guys, I am hoping somebody out here can help me. I think I downloaded some sort of virus and it has corrupted my windows. I can't boot up into windows anymore and I can't access my documents. :sad: I am going to reinstall windows, but I want to back …

ok now i'm not sure whats goin on with my msn messenger. It was working fine up until I installed SP2. I have read that the firewall messes it up, and that you have to put it on the safe list, so that it can run. So I did that, …

Hello all! PLEASE HELP ME!!! NOTE: Dell Inspiron 5150 (XP-Home Edition Service Pack1a) ~~~Problem #1 ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us[/url]) I performed the windows update. I restarted and got [B]"\windows\system32\config\system"[/B] is missing or corrupt. I searched on your site how to fix the problem by using the Recovery Console. PLEASE NOTE I ONLY DID …

Hi all! Hope you can help. I was tiring to clean out my friends system that was running slow after a year of Internet. He had Norton 2003 on his system and like many people, didn't realize that he needed to subscribe to keep his machine protected. With that, I …

On Win XP Pro, all of the Desktop Icons suddenly disappeared. Now I when I drag an Shortcut to the Desktop, it won't stick.

I used to use Windows ME, but recently refomatted my hard drive and installed Windows XP Pro. I have already installed SP2 (and Norton Internet Security 2004). However I noticed that my primary hard drive, which is a 20 GB drive, is shown as only having a 7.82 GB capacity …

I am using Microsoft Windows XP and I tried to view some of my text files in which I created thru notebook but I got "access denied" error. So I thought I would try to click on the notebook icon on the start menu and it change it to dos. …

Hi All I am new, so I will do my best to explain my situation. I am not sure if it is a Windows Issue or Spyware issue. Maybe someone will know? I am running on a wireless network, no obvious network problems. Am also running NortonIS, SpybotS&D and Spyware …

Hi I have a Windows 98 SE When I go to screen area and move the arrow to 800 600 pixels it wont stay, it goes back to 640 480 I have a Authentic AMD AMD-K6tm w/multimedia extensions On display properties Display IBM 6331 E54 on Cirrus Logic 5446 PCI …

I have a friend who is running XP, and when he goes to startup the install wizard anounces "Found New Hardware" and lists two programs that he had tried and uninstalled. When he looks for them, they aren't to be found in search, add/remove hardware, or add/remove software. Can someone …

hello i need some help please... i have a dell dimension 3000 intergrated sound and graphics i have put a nvida 256 graphics card in and all is fine. what i want to do is if i can is have a nother hard drive with windows 95 or 98 on …

I am trying to install windows me and after puting in the start up disc it states the following: Cover previously remove...Primary hard disc (1) not found...In the bios setup there is a primary drive (0) listed which states the following:Type Auto..Size 4326 however drive 1 states Type Auto and …

I have an old scanmaker e3 scanner (parallel port through some sort of SCSI interface). I seem to facing a strange problem - every time the machine boots up, it finds the scanner over and over again (usually up to 6 times). I want it find it once and be …

I had posted a previous thread about MSN with no results. As the problem was getting worse, I decided to reformat. This I have done with no problems and re-installed all my programmes and drivers. I've now found that a little of the previous problem still exists. My computer keeps …

I've had trouble ever since renewing (downloaded, no disk) Norton Anti-Virus in Dec, but now computer won't open properly or allow me internet access (Windows Explorer; I have Dell computer, Windows 98 SE). I am using computer at work to do this. Excuse my layman language, I am not super …

[B][COLOR=Red]I got a new burner & i installed the neroplayer with it ...everything was working fine before & after i installed it...but i didn't like the fact that the nero player took over all my media files & i couldn't import them into certain programs...So what i did was uninstalled …

Hello, I have been seeking the aid of almost everyone I know about this, but nobody can figure out whats wrong :cry:. I'm not sure if this is even the right forum or community, but I hope one of you might have some insight. A certain program I have requires …

I should know this, but have been unsuccessfully trying to change file associations on my XP Svc Pk 2 machine with 2 gig AMD processor on an Asus MB. The problem is simple, I've downloaded and installed the trial version of Paint Shop 9 Pro and it's taken all the …

I deleted IE from my system by usign the add/remove hardware from my control panel, in doing so I have messed up a few things. I cannot reinstall IE now because when I do so I get an error message saying that a previous installation is in progress and requires …

One weird problem I cannot make the desktop occupy the entire screen? Using Windows XP home edition. Tried changing the screen resolution too. Help please!! :confused:

I have XP home edition sp2, a few months ago my firewall stop me getting on the net, I eventually solved this I am now using mozilla firefox but the explorer still doesn't work it says cannot find page also can't go to hotmail/messenger but outlook express still works.I am …

hello i hope some one can help. 2.2 ghz, 248meg ream, 40 gig hdd. win 98se. adaware, ace utilities, spybot, spyware doctop, win aso,ccleaner. one of my probs is i cant access windows update page ( just comes up with a blank page) my about internet explorer comes up with …

:confused: I have been using Juno.com for my e-mail messages for years without problem. My member ID has never changed "goldenboy@juno.com" and my password has remained unchanged. Yesterday when I entered my member ID and password, an error box appeared for the first time and on the top of the …

I had been using Iternet Explorer as my browser, and knew how to delete the cookies and temp. files, now I'm using Firefox, and can't find any where to delete the cookies. Am I missing something here?

hey guys you have to help me , this is very important. I dont know how suddenly my "folder options" tab inside the "tools" dropdown is gone missing.Not just "folder options" but all the standard options of "Tools" are missing, instead i see options like "Map N/w drive...", "Disconnect n/w …

My disk space gradually fills up during an online session. After a restart everything is back to normal. My hard disk is partitioned into two NTFS drives, C: (10GB) holds Windows and all other software, D: (30GB) holds data files. Once I've started an internet connection the C: drive gradually …

Hi All: First, I appreciate all advice you can give me beforehand. How can I fix my averatec 3200 computer to display ALL internet pages i visit? It is brand new, has Win XP home ed, windows firewall is on, uses a yahoo/sbc dsl connection and its active firewall, & …

Unable to access hyperlink when in my email; either on my pc with Outlook or on my other acccount which is remote. I click on hyperlink and am disconnected. Unable to open in new window or right click either unable to download SP2 again uable to find "urlmon.dll" using Microsoft …

I'm running a 2 gig machine with 512 megs of RAM with Win XP Pro, Svc Pk 2. It's an Asus MB with built-in audio and video. I've been fighting a lot of spyware lately, and somewhere along the way I've lost my sound. Some input on how I can …

Hello! In today’s world of identity theft, hacking, phishing, etc. I want to be sure I’m doing everything I can to get any personal information on my PC…just that…personal and protected. I heard a news report this afternoon about “scrubbing

hey everyone! first off, im running Windows xp (dont laugh plz) with a 56k modem. i have been having the prob recently where my modem keeps wanting to dial into the internet. even when my pc is sitting doing nothing, the dial up window will pop up and automatically start …

Hi Everyone! I need a PDF Creator, but I was looking at the price of Adobe Acrobat and yikes! I decided to try some freeware and if it works for me, then to move on. . .Is PDFFactory any good? Can anyone suggest to me an EASY software that I …

Hello there, I have Windows 98 SE and I'm having a problem defragging. It gets to 46% and then takes 2 hours to get to 47% and then freezes and will go no further. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had come out of everything through Ctrl+Alt+D, just leaving …

This is not such a big deal but lately when someone is accessing IE on one of the computers on our home net, double windows come up. IE is set for google as a home page and one of the iterations shows google. The other doesn´t show anything at all, …

over the past couple of weeks i was hit with a trojan that inspired me to buy an exterior harddrive to back up important files. this required me to upgrade my operating system from word 98 to word 98 second edition. however, since i did that, i have not been …

How do you completely wipe Hard drive (NOT using "format c:" or "fdisk"? My old Sony Vaio Pcg f350 randomly crashes and is genrally crash prone. I have checked the hard drive and it contains "bad clusters"! I have used "format c:" and "fdisk" but neither get rid of the …

hi all recently got rid of some spyware, but i think it did something to my internet settings. i can connect to the internet through my isp as normal, but cannot view any web pages. all i get is the usual "cannot open this web page" message. ive looked through …