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every time l start my laptop it gives me a **RUN DLL ERROR** and it say **could not start msicts32.dl**l, what can l do!!!

my internet exploer crashes and my hp support assisstance tune up say trying to delete pemenent file that may harm your computer i dont know what to do

Hi, i have a .reg file that i'd like to run via a batch file. What is the syntax to call the .reg file? Thanks

anybody can help me of how i can access the registry key of windows to application??

When I try open links in outlook i get the following error message - 'Contact your system administrator due to restrictions in effect on my computer' This is a Windows 7 pc running outlook 2010 and using an Exchange 2010 mailbox. any ideas? Thanks

Hello community, For some reason when my laptop has the charger plugged in i have sound then when i unplug the charger there is no sound and i have checked the sound levels they at at 100% and still no sound Also when i plug and unplug the charger i …

I setup a brand new Windows 7 Pro PC a few days ago, and connected an HP LaserJet 1022n via a network connection (TCP/IP Port). The printer worked fine. After a couple of days of successful printing, the user asked me to add a Dymo labelwriter, which I successfully did. …

Hi Everyone, I have an annoying problem, IE8 opens just after Windows has loaded.Also,I would like to stop the BIOS POST screens from loading before Windows. I did a Windows repair recently because the computer was so slow, then after that I got the BIOS POST loading and IE8 after …

When i double click, the folder opens in new window. I am using windows vista home basic. Any solution to this overhead ?

I found the syntax to change a user password through command prompt. I am using: net user username password I have sucessfully changed the password to a regular password. I can not figure out how to change it to a pass-sentence. How would I write the syntax for a password …

I am trying to get my Java DB setup correctly with NetBeans 7.2 to start building databases. When I leftclick on Java DB every option is greyed out except for Properties. There is no sample databases or anything else when selected, a popup appears requesting Java DB Installation: Database Location: …

My windows XP won't start up on my laptop I was trying to load safe mode to clear some problems i knew i had (Infostealer), and my computer stopped at the "Windows is starting up screen" before i could get to the user list. It had been working just fine …

One of our Acer machines at work somehow lost it's mind overnight. This morning somehow when it was booted, the recovery software came to life and it started doing a recovery from the hidden partition. It loaded the files ok, but when it came to the update section it didn't …

Hi All When I'm using the TweakNow RegCleaner, it always picks up at least 20 entries (on the first pass on a PC that has never had RegCleaner run on it) showing "missing folder" in the "software\microsoft\tracing" folder. I always delete them all, even though they are marked yellow which …

Hi everyone, I had an issue today with my hard disk(internal hard drive). I was trying to partition the C drive.Eventually, I successfully paritioned it then I was asked a question then I pressed yes. Here is the problem. Everything changed from primary partition to simple volume. I was not …

It just started today, a random Homegroup icon came to my desktop, and after a while my desktop background changed. I don't even have a homegroup setup, is this a virus?

Is there any way by which we can open SAM files? What happens if some one deletes them ?

I do one task every day, but find myself sometimes missing days out of this task either when I'm not in the office or even near my computer for most of the day. The task: Open Exchange System Manager Navigate to current Mailboxes Export current data to TXT file Save …

When I start Windows Vista on my Toshiba Laptop, everything's fine at the first, but when I reach the "Please Wait" screen, the thing stops loading though the animation of the loading circle thing still goes. I have waited for hours and then the "Please Wait" thing disappears, leaving only …

Hi all - when Windows updater tried to install 8 'important' updates on last patch Tuesday, got the usual "do not turn off...'and when next reboot, 'configuring Win updates' - unable to install, reverting, shutdown, reboot etc-all good. When shut down out of that session, Win updater installs the same …

hi, how would i go about storing an active directory users profile on a server rather than on a local machine? I know about roaming profiles and don't want to use that method. is there another way to do this like installing the file server role on a server? thanks

When i use my laptop for normal (typing, browsing, playing simple games) every thing is fine. But when i play bigger games like Modern Warfare 3 or Game Of Thrones my computer will run it fine and then suddenly shut down. This doesnt always happens only sometimes. Recently it has …

IDM boosts the download speed. Is there any software that does that for browsing? Like an addon for chrome, firefox? If not, why is it that IDM can download at a good speed while the browser cannot download the webpages fast enough?

hi, is it possible to set the screen resolution for the client via a group policy or answer file? thanks

I saved my files and settings from a previous installation of windows 7 to an external hard drive using windows easy transfer. Now when I try to transfer those files and setting to my new installation I get the following message: Windows Easy Transfer can't transfer your files and settings. …

Hi, I have recently been having a few issues with my Toshiba laptop. It is about 5yrs old and rund on Vista, and recently is won't turn on, and all I see is a black screen with a white cursor. I have tried running sc /scannow from the task manager, …

I've got a 58 minute mp3 file and I'd like to burn it to an audio CD with multible tracks. Right now it's just one big file. Any dieas?

Win XP update error 0x8024400A when requesting express updates. I have done a system recovery of HP Pavilion a1410n, which only updates to SP2. All seems to be working well without updates. When asking for an express update from Microsoft update site,the following error occurs, 0x8024400a. Words are, **"Website encountered …

Hello, I just got A new Hp Pavilion g7 with 6 gig mem, over 500 meg harddrive...I download Firefox from downloads.com andI have been tring to download Adobe Flash Player from there site and it will get to 7% and stall out. I have turned off the firewall.I run avg …

I'm looking into a possibility of using Windows Server 2003 to manage computers Power Schemes through Group Policy. We have many computers that are out in use and need to stay on 24/7 basically. I have had issues where somehow the users are able to change the power settings on …

I am looking for a way to use MS 2003 Excel with dropdown menus to display a list of information. I have one year of data collected and am looking to have it setup to display a sected month's collected data by day. If possible could this compile a table …

Hi My pc spec intel pentium dual core G620 Asus p8h61-MLX board 4GB Ram 500 GB Hitachi Sata Windows XP SP3 My problem is, i just installed a circuit simulation programme. At the sam time a little programme called pc monitor (something which scan the pc) was installed without my …

Hello, anyone can suggest some tried apps which have reminders and/or to-do options available to use with Windows 7 64 bit?

Hi guys! I have a problem I can't resolve. My brother compressed the System Reserved drive in his Acer Aspire laptop. then the problem occur. APEJU IS COMPRESSED CRT + ALT + DELETE to restart. there. Anyone knows how to fix? thanks !

hi all, I work on visual studio 12 express with asp.net mvc4 web + telerik contolers. we have share our code using svn but run project on own visual studeio server which starts when run the project. Everything worked fine but after updating code fewdays back after one of my …

I'm trying to add a bunch of contacts with external e-mail addresses to my distribution group. Upon adding the contact's SMTP address and clicking apply, I get the following error message after a brief delay: An Exchange Server could not be found in the domain. Check if the Microsoft System …

I have nine files with extension **abc.z01** to **abc.z09** How to join them? winrar,winzip and 7zip fails to join or extract them

I'm running exchange 2003 on Server 2003. From my workstation's command prompt, if I enter "telnet (myserver.domain.local) 25" the screen hangs for a second and then reverts back to the original prompt screen. I can't even do "telnet localhost 25" from the exchange server itself. Now keep in mind, everyone's …

Hi, Actually I am not familiar with Exchange server environment so i have a qn. Can we convert ost file into pst using outlook inbuilt import/export option while disconnecting to Exchange Server. I mean If I am not connected to Exchange so i will be not able to read ost …

Discuss me about overclocking :) Tnx

Hello, I recently activated the hibernate option on my computer, but found out that the Hiberfil.sys file takes around 2-3GB of space on the hard-disk. Why is that so?

I've lost my Windows7 Administrator Password, causing me to be unable to install programs or do other system tasks. I've search this forum and found some answers, but none seem to work. I'd like to be able to change the password without doing anything extreme to Windows.

This seems to have started about a month ago. **My Environment:** WinXP SP3 (fully updated) IE 8 (fully updated) Processor: 1.73 GHz on a Dell Laptop Memory: 1.25 GB I am using Windows Task Manager's Performance tab to monitor CPU Usage History. For some reason certain websites peg the graph …

hi sys_ads, if you deploy office 2010 using GPO at Startup, does the users requires an Admin privileges for the setup to work? thanks for any input :)

How does one change the user account permissions in Windows Server Enterprise 2008? Basically, I want full admin rights.

I recently compressed a whole username(I think the file was DeveloperBackup and I think the extention was .gz but I'M not certain) in ubuntu and I had one copy of the file on my ubuntu laptop and one on my external HD. I know this sounds really stupid of me …

I have read(in an unsolved thread) that IE9 does not support framesets. i still use ie8 and it works just fine for me, but when i upgrade, ie9 acts like its infected and hangs i tried reinstalling with security essentials disabled, but no luck, could windows defender be interfering? i …

She remote sessions as server and then after a couple of seconds gets booted out, with this error found in the computer log: 'The Remote Desktop license server cannot update the license attributes for user "danielle.eglin" in the Active Directory Domain "adsnet.pri". Ensure that the computer account for the license …

My sister has a strange issue with her Vista laptop. 2 days ago her firefox froze up and then the whole laptop shut down, but everything was fine since. Today, it happened again, then when she booted it up it started up and then shut down. She tried again and …

I have been everywhere; Steam and Activision forums. I cant find the thing that fix my problem, Here is my problem. I have also contacted steam directly. Problem: ======= ================= System specifications: ================= Operating System: windows 7 home premium 64 bit CPU: Intel Core i7 @ 1.73 GHz RAM: 4GB …