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Hi, I have a problem with the sound on my PC. Windows claims that no mixer device is available. The volume control is gone from the taskbar, and the options in the sound control panel tabs for sound are disabled (greyed). I have an HP Pavilion running win xp and …

I have Windows Defender installed, and whenever I open the My Videos folder, which contains tons of movies, Windows Defender warns me that malicious code is being run, and it has to close explorer.exe. While I can sorta play some of the movies (by having the expand folder option for …

Those of you running vista know what I'm talking about. Mine is currently 3.6 but that is because my video card doesn't have drivers, I expect it to goto at least 5.6 once I get those installed (as that is the next lowest number on the page) :cheesy:

A Microsoft rep, when fixing a "Windows One Live Care" problem noted when running a ipconfig command prompt, when pinging my computer, the request timed out. Should I, and why should I be concerned about this? Command Prompt answers: 4 packets sent, 0 recieved, 100% lost. Also checking on Status …

Home Basic: Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition. Home Basic will support up to 8 GB of physical memory. Price: 200$, upgrade: 100$ Home Premium: Containing all …

hi all, was just wanting some of your opinions and views on both sides of that age old question... which is better, mac or windows? :rolleyes: most ppl would say wotever u prefer, but i wonder what you would say the advantages and disadvantages of each one are? Danniboy ;)

Ive had a problem with my cd drives for a while now, but i never used them so didnt see the urgency in solving the issue. I just got a DVD burner for christmas, installed it and want to use it! I installed Easy CD Creator 4 back in july …

No, its not what you think. :cheesy: It's my first time assembling a computer. I'm about to get some money to go parts-shopping soon in an effort to build my first desktop. What's the most cost efficient/well performing setup I can get? Should I go with these guys and get …

I have been running my DSL through my USB for months now. I got a wireless router (WRT54G) to hook up my Nintendo Wii. However, I need to go through the internet with the ethernet cable. Whenever I try to connect using the ethernet, it doesn't work. I really don't …

[COLOR=#000000]I am having a network problem. The prime indicator is that I cannot receive broadcast packets on my desktop.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Specifics: Using Microsoft Visual C# Express I obtained some demo code and built a UDP talker and a UDP listener. (Two separate programs.) I start up both on my desk top …

Hi, I am facing very weird kind of problem. I have a IBM thinkpad R52 laptop. It's configuration is pantium M 1.73GHz, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB hard disk. I have installed windows xp and fedora core 4 linux. My problem is that I want to reinstall windows xp but …

Is there a way to prevent access to hard drives through firefox after you have hidden them. i went through "regedit" from the "run" command and also used "1st [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread65988.html#"]Security[/URL] Agent" program to hide my hard drives, i have got it to the point where you can not access my …

Just wanted to stop in here and say hello to everyone. My name is David and I have been a "techie" for a little over a decade now. I'm currently employed by CompuCom Systems Inc. and am located in the Greenville, SC area. I'm always available to help if anyone …

Certain keys on laptop keyboard are weird, asterisk when I hit "P" key, 5 when I hit "O" key, etc. External keyboard hooked up via USB 2.0 works fine. This happened last summer (before I had external keyboard) and repair guy that I called out to come fix it said …

Since downloading the latest drivers for my speedtouch 330 modem(on advice of ISP), I have been unable to access any microssoft website (hotmail, updates, msn.com etc). I can get any other website. I have setup my Windows 2000 Prof again hoping that it would cure the problem. I have deleted …

Hello, I am having a problem with uninstalling 2 programs on my windows xp. I removed the programs and then I had a problem with a video card(Not related) and I had to do a system restore to a earlier time. Now I can not uninstall these 2 programs. I …

Hi all, Just looking for some opinions. I have windows xp home, service pack 2 running on a pentium d cpu 3.20-3.20 with 896 mb of ram it is an OEM system and I have been hearing [U][COLOR=red]bad things[/COLOR][COLOR=red] about OEM[/COLOR][/U] [COLOR=red][U]systems[/U][/COLOR] although I really dont know understand it fully. …

I recently bought a new macbook and have noticed that I can't play videos on various websites and cheesy as it sounds noticed it for the first time trying to listen to ringtones at tmobile.com. Anyway I keep getting a pop-up saying I need "x-mplayer2" and it looks like I …

Hi there! I just recently had to replace my motherboard and now I have no sound. I don't even know what to look for in the device manager. There are things listed under sounds( audio codecs, legacy audio drivers, legacy video capture devices, media control devices, video codecs), but I …

One day came in and one of the computers on a peer-to-peer network suddenly wasn't seeing the lan. However, when I intentionally gave the computer the same ip address as another computer on the lan it returned an error message saying there was an IP conflict. Can't ping (time out) …

hi guys, had a delivery at work earlier in the week, 3 of the new samsung blu-ray players, i tried it with a belin pure-av hdmi cable and a 42" HD LCD widescreen and the picture was amazing, it can also up-scale current dvds into near blu-ray quality - and …