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 | You can go to [url]www.panicware.com[/url] they have a free version of a pop-up blocker that works wonderfully. |
| | [QUOTE=hannah22uk]I would REALLY appreciate your help with this because it's driving me nuts! The problem is my computer seems slow to respond. When I type it takes a while for the text on screen to catch up with my typing, and when I play a movie using windows media player …  |
| | [QUOTE=akeller718]The computer is about 3 years old. I repartitioned the entire hard drive, but how would I know if there's a restore partition on there?[/QUOTE] you might not find it. it's a hidden partition. Dell uses them all the time. you best bet is to run a debug script on …  |
| | [QUOTE=cash guard]Hi there. I have had my secondary harddrive go bad on me. all my files have gone currupt. I have had this problem before when I was a windows 98 user, and I managed to fix the problem with an FDISK, followed by FORMAT. So here is my problem. …  |
| | [QUOTE=Dick]I created a new partition on my HD running XP. I formatted it in FAT32. I want to reformat it back to FAT or FAT16. When I use the disk manager to format, it goes through the motions and I end up back with FAT32. I think I saw someone … |
| | [QUOTE=Distressed]I am a state of distress, My computer is shutting down unexpectedly. I have spoken to many experts that have told that is could be a virus, heating, hardware. But everytime I try to run the Norton the cumputer shuts down, so I figured it might be a Norton problem. … |
| | [QUOTE=Noahsson]I thought I posted this earlier today and now can't find it so here goes again. I have a hijack problem but don't want to go through the regular route to get rid of it because I also have a hard drive that is incredibly cluttered with programs I don't … |
| | [QUOTE=smartdetect]Hey can any one tell me how can i format the drive containing the win xp , bcasue u cannot go in pure DOS mode , and in the safe mode cmd promt it says 'some files r used, cannnot format.... 'what 2 do ?? -sandeep[/QUOTE] You can either use …  |
| | BEST affordable DVD writer available...!!! Hi everyone, I am currently having SAMSUNG combo drive (dont know what combo means) which is i believe cd rom + cd writer + dvd reader (NOT dvd writer) SO I am planning to purchase DVD writer....??? Q. Which is the best DVD writer cum … |
| | [QUOTE=atky2004]For about a week now, my computer has been taking longer and longer to start. When I turn it on, it goes to the loading screen and completely freezes without the loading bar moving. After about a 2 minutes, the loading bar will finally appear and start moving, then freeze …  |
| | There's actually an uninstaller for about:bank I had it but lost it when i caught the Blaster virus. |
| | Try booting to the XP CD and when you get to the SECOND DOS prompt type this command. CHKDSK /R I hope this helps you. |
| | It's possible that your explorer is corrupted. The best and easiest way to fix it is to do a "Windows Refresh". You simply install WIndows without reformatting the drive and it should restore all your settings without losing your files. it will ask you if you want to save your … |
| | Re: booting problem You have a common dual boot problem, usually they have a timer to let you choose which one you want to use. You can either configure a setting in the boot.ini file, or repair on your WIN2K. |
| | Is your mouse a USB mouse ? If it is then it's not supported in Safe-Mode |
| | Re: mouse problemo Have you put a different mouse on your computer anf if so, did it do the same thing ? |
| | You have a bad hard drive. When you get "Trying to save allocation unit" errors, that means some sectors on your hard drive have gone bad. Replace the drive. |
| | Find out what kind of Hard drive it is. It might have gone bad. The best thing to do is to use a 3rd party hard drive diagnostic program to check for S.M.A.R.T. errors ( If possible ) and any other error codes that might come up. |
| | [QUOTE=GeekDice]I can only seem to open in Safe mode. (any and all safe modes), however once every ten tries, it opens normally. There doesn't seem to be a pattern. At first I though it was the DVD drive, because when I disabled it (Physically unplugegd IT), the machine loaded fine. … |
| | [QUOTE=blazingcomet]Hi- I am running Windows xp pro on a 2.0gig processor and recently bought a computer from a 'friend'. The computer he sold me has some serious issues with the video. Is not the cable or the video card-is somewhere in the motherboard. I am trying to put the hard … |
| | [QUOTE=sci0x]as the description says im having problems installing windows 95, im trying to install the OS on a compaq LTE 5100 with a swapable floppy and cd-rom drive, heres where it gets sticky the hard drive is already formatted so i dont have the cd rom drivers any more and … |
| | try booting to the XP CD and in the SECOND DOS promt screen try this command "CHKDSK /R" that an emergency recovery command. IF you HDD is not seen then you have to go into BIOS and make sure that the HDD is being detected. if not, you drive or … |
| | [QUOTE=cf_guy]I installed XP on a new drive and used the wrong serial number. I then went to reinstall but didn't reformat. Now I have all these weird directories that I can't get rid of. Any ideas? Thanks, Derek[/QUOTE] if you used the wrong serial number it might because you used … |
 | [QUOTE=bluedos82]Where can I find drivers for an Intel I430VX? I have already tried the intel website, they don't have it/support it any more. I haved in numerous places, but all I can find is a BIOS flash. Anyone help me out?[/QUOTE] Try this link, [url]http://www.driver32.com/search-result.asp[/url]. they have just about every …  |
| | [QUOTE=Zirok]Well. it wasn't exactly an error. It just froze, i left it for a while, it wouldn't so anything , so i restarted. Now i cant even get into windows. Only safe mode, and that doesn't have D:\, thus i cant use my Windows.[/QUOTE] The best way is to boot … |
| | Re: ms config [QUOTE=Ally71]I tried it in safe mode and it worked,I was able to turn alot off stuff off that didn't need to be on,but now that I am back in to my normal mode,I still don't have the ability to start ms config,it still only pops up for a sec,I ran … |
| | Re: msconfig [QUOTE=Ally71]When I go to msconfig and then startup,I was just wondering if there is a website or something that tells you what all the stuff means at startup....example Dumprep 0 -k %systemroot\system..... I have no idea what this is,just wondering if there is anywere I could go to find what … |
| | [QUOTE=stranoblaze]my sister's computer runs very slow. it's very new and she only uses it to check her email....it uses a 56K modem so it's not high speed. Dimension 8200 Series, Pentium 4 Processor 1.7GHz "it's still running slow. It seems like there's a gazillion applications running, even right after I … |
| | Re: win XP issues You got the blaster virus or one of the variants. The only wasy really to get rid of it is back up what you need to keep and run a debug script on the HDD. The Blaster worm is memory-resident and it will keep coming back again and again. |
| | Re: Display Problems Try going into DOS mode and type "scanreg /C" Thay will take you computer back up to 5 days. It worked for me on several occasions |
| | No. You do not need .NET Framework for hotmail or messenger, although you do need a .NET Passport to setup a hotmail account  |
| | Tyr this... Insert the Windows XP CD into the CD drive. Click the Start button and then click Run. The Run window appears. In the Open: field, type the following line X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons where X is the drive letter of the CD drive. Click the OK button. Follow the instructions … |
| | What kind of formatting did you use ? The WIN98 boot disk or DrDos ? Try going to Maxtor website and download MAXBLAST. That's after you reset the boot sequence showing the CD-ROM as the first boot device. |
| | Go to the Nvidia website and download the "Detonator" video driver |
| | Try downloading DirectX 9.0 {Depending on the game} |
 | Some older motherboards cannot see large HDD'a try breaking up into smaller 2GB partitions that should help |
| | Try a dirty reinstall of Win2k. it worked for me |
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| | Depending on the computer that flopy drive can most certainly hang up a system. As far as no video you might have a problem called chip creep. Make sure that the red stripe on the floppy cable is set to 1 and that the video card is firmly seated. If … |
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| | Try disabling some stat-up programs |
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