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I can't get my Internet Explorer to stop blocking pop-ups so that i can bring up a page.

Your Operating System Version and its patch level (e.g. Windows XP Service Pack 1) This can be found (on Windows machines) by going to the Control Panel -> System (under the General Tab). The Make and Model of your machine (if it isn't a custom-built pc) The last few programs …

Got this laptop with MS Windows 2000 5.0 SP 4 in it. Now I am just a user assigned to this laptop. Dont have administrator rights. Cant download anything on this laptop.....dont even have winzip installed in this & can download it. The person who setup this laptop is unavailable. …

I have Windows 98 and IE 6. I get errors (not in the same time) with codes: 44497841, 475a756c, 585a6b35. ModeName is uknown. I used antivirus software but the problem still exists. adria

Hey I am Alex, I run Windows XP Professional I have a dell 4550 Dimension desktop I have this problem everytime I press CTRL ALT DEL, the toolbar on the top does not show up, I do not know how this happened, when and why. This has been going on …

Hi alll my packard has started to make an unusual noise - its a high pitched repeating beep - if you can imagine ( beep lasts about 3 seconds ) goes silent and the kicks of again it onlly happens when i am playing star trek armada 1 or 2 …

Tonight I installed a new hdd on my HP Pavilion xe748. I then wanted to install a brand new OEM Win XP. My system was experiencing a problem booting for the CD-ROM, so I was given advice to use a startup floppy, choose CD-ROM support and then make sure that …

I like having several utilities and applications readily available. Does the Quick Lauch toolbar eat up more memory than the tray icons?

I just built a new machine P4 3.2E with other crap of course, and i tried to install windows xp pro w/ sp1 that I know works on other computers. When it came to installing the drivers after the format and all it would come up with a "could not …

Hi, My internet explorer and msn (any microsoft products) does not work with the internet even though I'm connected. As a result I have been using Netscape and Opera and ICQ which all work fine. I have tried to -reset my settings to explorer and that didn't fix the problem. …

Hi, Having just put my Windows 2000 drive onto a new motherboard and found it didn't work - and being unable to find any way to get it to do so, as it mysteriously wouldn't work any more on the old motherboard (it claimed a missing OS) - I am …

Hi guys XP Pro SP 1 : Toshiba Sattelite 1.8 Ghz 256 RAM When I changed the settings to take away the log on password, the process created a new adminstrator (my wife's user account was the administrator) and on startup the computer start up on the new "blank" administrator …

I tryed and tryed and tryed but theres no freaken way to get into the bios with my laptop! its a COMPAQ Armada 1750 (I have Windows XP pro) Theres a COMPAQ screen, at that screen I tryed F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6... all [F] I even tryed ALT+CTRL+DELETE Plain nothing. There so way …

Hi all, sure hope somebody can help me. On my sons computer, everything is big. The font and the windows. I tried to change the display settings but the window that opens is so big that the ok, apply and cancle button are behind the toolbar. I close the toolbar, …

I've tried everything. Virus scanning. System restore. But nothing helps. I'm using Windows XP pro. For example, let's say I try to open "Hijackthis". I get an hourglass for a few seconds and then nothing. So then I open up Task Manager and it'll show "Hijackthis" as running or not …

This has happened to me the last 3 times I booted up my pc. I get a screen that says Checking a file on System C, then another screen comes up saying "Check Disk Space" If a driver is identified on Stop Message disabledriver or check with manufacturer for driver …

My computer was working fine yesterday, I shut down, and everything was fine. This morning when I cut it on, my display isn't right. There is about half an inch of space on the (my) left hand side of the screen, while on the other side it is right...it's as …

For anyone else having problems with mouse and keyboard hesitation...my problem turned out to be the Keylogger.trojan virus which was in my windows\system file. For whatever reason Norton could not clean the virus off the machine until I went to safe mode. I hope this helps someone else!!!

OK guys, got this retarted problem, I changed the DNS on one of my sites and it has now fully propogated. When My programmer that sits beside me goes to my forum, he sees the new site new DNS my content writer on the otehr side sees the new site …

What is the best / fastest way to format a hard drive that currently has windows 98 on it? I currently don;t have any computers avail w/ xp to put the hd into. -Ron J

I am having problems with loading photos from my digital camera, and on the website for the camera, it said the following: 4. The automatic launching software (Exif Launcher) may not be functioning correctly. Perform the following: <Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000> a. Right-click the Exif …

This might sound like a lame problem, but I 'm getting these annoying pop-ups each time I'm on the internet. It doesn't matter which website I'm on, they always seem to pop up on the screen. It's always the same ads, they're all in swedish (I live in sweden). I've …

I have been getting this warning alot recently. It comes up on some internet sites prior to loading and I think it was completly imobilized Quicktime. I cant View anything in a quicktime format. Quicktime wont even start anymore. I have uninstalled it and reinstalled it it just isnt working. …

Hello all. My sister is having a problem with Rundll32 and can not get online to download any fixes because her AOL wont install correctly because of the Rundll32 error. Is there a way to fix the error offline? Any informatioin would be much appreciated. Susan :sad:

When i start my computer i always use task manger to cancel uneeded programs running..When i did that today the tabs ( performance, users, tasks) were all cut off and the border too. I tryed to do a system restore and somehow my system restore was turned off and last …

Higuys, I need your help. I've had two operating sysytems installed on separate partitions of one physical drive: Win XP on C: and Win 98 SE on D:. I was able to choose between them via dual - boot menu. They worked just fine until I installed a new hard …

I bought a rebulit computer and it was running ME so I formatted and installed 98 SE but now the sound driver's won't work any ideas?

I am running Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222.A on a generic machine. I booted my computer after being away for four days, and the Start button wouldn't pop up the menu. The icons on my Quick Launch toolbar were missing, too. The recent program installs were SlowGold and Colorful Movie …

I guess this is the closest spot I could post this :) Anyway, I recently got a hold of an old Pentium 90, going to use it to play old games that don't work on XP and in windows... When I try to play a game that requires the game-cd, …

On my machine 2M Pro skips the screen that gives you the choice of 2M or another Win op sys, but I just installed 2M on another computer and when it gets to that screen it counts down 25 secs I believe before it loads Windows. Is there a way …

Recently my computer has came up eith a window sayingcannot close rundll32.exe ie it hangs and i have to end task. Can i repair this without reinstalling xp? Many thanks:rolleyes:

Okay. I have windows version 2000, Service pack 4. Custom built computer. Last few programs are...well Hijackthis and a spanish version of kazaalite, and then an english one, but just gave up on kazaalite. The problem is that I have DSL and it's taking FOREVER to load pages that aren't …

I'm a very amateur computer techie - I know more than the average shmoe, but I am no where near an expert. Here's my problem. Over a year ago, I reformatted my drive and installed a new Windows 2000 installation (Win 2000 was the original installation, BTW). I believe this …

I start my New computer and every time it says boot ini failure before i get to the password screen. I have searched for the bios in hidden files on c. It shows a file but it cannot be opened.(it looks like it's going to show a black box but …

I have no problem surfing the internet in general. However, I cannot access certain websites, including both secure and nonsecure zones. My initial reaction was to check whether there were any associations with the HOSTS file, but no trace of their IP is there to be seen. Since then I've …

I have windows Me in my system. Basically I am trying to erase my hard drive but I cannot use the fdisk command.. Whenever I run it and I get to the screen that gives me the warning you are about to delete your drive, I hit enter and get …

I have recently been infected by Trojan.Tofger with the file "cmid32.dll" I beleive this is causing me to be infected with Dialer.Silent over and over. I can delete Dialer.Silent everytime I am infected with it but cannot delete cmid32.dll because it says "Cannot delete cmid32.dll: The specified file is being …

New to laptop keyboard. I cannot work out how to operate the key board to bring up an apostrophe as used in for example - she+s My laptop is second hand so I have no manual. regards, FreeFolios. Cyprus

Hi, Here's hoping someone can help. I have a custom built Athlon 1.1 Ghz PC with 264 Meg of RAM running WindowsXP Pro. I've added a few new drives to the extent that I only have 1 power cable left so can only use one CD/DVD Drive. I have two …

Hello there was wondering if anyone can help me i am using xp in ie 6 when i go view and toolbars and try to change them there is a couple missing and the one i can see are in light grey and cant be changed also i keep loosing …

does anyone know if there is a way to notify a user when they are nearing the size limit in outlook 2000? we have notifications through email telling them they've reached the limit and can't send and receive, but i want to be able to notify them when their limit …

I'm running netscape 7.1 on XP. Have not been able to successfully send mail to persons with hotmail addresses for the past 3 days. Preferences are set to enable all cookies.

As bizarre as this sounds; I was unable to access My Documents/ my computer etc from desktop; ran Hijack This/ made corrections; no better however, by chance, I discovered that after connecting to the internet then, and only then, was I able to Access My Computer, my documents from the …

My secondary HDD recently failed and I was working inside my system case. Now all is back to normal but I get a "Your system case has been opened - Press F1 to continue" message at boot up. I don’t see any clear CMOS features in my bios. I've tried …

I have a HP mx 70. running MS me.I cannot get my task systems to work. My disk defragmentor, task sche, etc.. all of them have red x's on them when I access them through "Start"..explore...task folder. What can I do?

[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Whenever I click on a folder on windows explorer it opens the search results window. To view the contents of the folder I have to right click and hit explore. I am sure I messed with a setting but I cant find it againg. Can somebody help.[/FONT]

i've just recently experienced this problem 1-2 days ago...when i try to open internet explorer, it takes a HUGE amount of time to open the actual [U]program[/U] (opening web pages is fine)...i've tried searching on ad-aware (nothing), restarting + shutting down computer (still nothing), repairing IE (again, nothing), as well …

In the view drop down menu: Toolbars; I have one that will not go away. the title, in lower case, is "stchchbjxcr". It automatically inserts it self in IE, but has now changed and opens in the Google toolbar instead and Google opens in stchchbjxcr. I have search as far …

This site is fantastic! However even though my question has been answered my emails from the thread are still active. Can I erase the thread or should I delete links to this site in my email account?:eek:

I teach people to use their computers ... Today , while online - The computer popped up a message NT Autorization something , Status Code 1073741819 Shut down . He has a E-Machine with Win XP . I tried everything , even tried to go back to a earlier time …