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 | Hi Friends, Upon a recommendation I have installed Advanced System Care 93. It seems to be doing what it claims. I have not yet paid anything to upgrade but wonder if this is just another 'cash cow'? Anyone got any advice on ASC 93 please?  |
| | Hi Friends, Trying to download music tracks from Amazon to I-Tunes; have bought tracks and installed their download icon but when I try to open it I get the message "Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information see event …  |
 | I run XP and do not intend to use a later system unless I have no alternative because it's great, a stable system. Why all this fuss about getting a later product? Do we change our cars every time a new model comes out? ...and so on, and so on. … |
| | I press the power button, system starts to load - then stops within seconds. Sometimes PC gets as far as start up screen, so I try to get into Safe Mode but - PC switches off. Any help appreciated. It's a Dell, reliable up to now although six years old. … |
| | Hi Friends, My i-pod shows 7888 tracks on it, my i-tunes shows 8112. Where are the missing 224??! Have connected i-pod and downloaded tracks several times and everything seeems okay but there is always a differing amount. Have tried quick look around PC for any music in other folders. An …  |
| | I have found a tv programme I have searched for for years is available via phantom p2p.com. Is this legal? Any comments welcomed please. |
| | Hi Friends, You know the problem - running out of space on hard drive - so my question is - to gain space, can i safely move my Documents and settings folder to my external drive (1TB) and will it be accessed easily by the PC from there? (PC on … |
| | Hi Friends, PC running XP, version 3, 2GB Drive but gradually running out of space and 1TB external drive! I see my iTunes library is almost 41 GB and wonder if I could move this to my external hard drive to gain some space? Would iTunes find it okay? Total … |
| | Hi Friends Found this icon on the desktop - Wgtvsdzmkk.tmp - I delete it and it appears again when I next start PC. Is this something to worry about? Any commentsappreciated. PC is on good old XP. Thanks all, Tez |
| | Trying to burn copy of a home DVD/video of amateur show (about 1 and half hours long, transferred professionaly to DVD originally off VHS!!) using Nero 7. All seems well until the actual burn when about about half way through when Nero says ' Aborted' and ejects the DVD. Have …  |
| | I downloaded Spyware Cease and then found my p.c. home page was bombarded with numerous simultaneous Bing homepages (which I did not want) and my search window , which I had set to Google, sent me to all kind of sites I did not want. After trying all sorts of … |
| | Have installed HP G2410 scanner but when I try to open HP Photosmart I get the message "HP Photosmart has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry" Have downloaded available update but to no avail. PC is on XP 64 bit. THIS IS A BRAND NEW SCANNER!!! (HP - … |
| | Hi Friends I have just successfully installed 1GB RAM in my Time Pc running on XP 3 to add to the IGB RAM already there and had intended to install a further memory module, to bring the total up to 3GB. I thought I might as well while upgrading but … |
| | I have created a site using Cutesite Builder but there is no way I can find how to add a page where people can leave their comments (via me first of all I guess) like a Forum. Any help how to do so would be appreciated. Can anyone give me … |
| | Having recently installed XP Home on my PC I now find I cannot install daughter's original SIMS game although the Expansion Packs would seem to be OK- if the original Sims could be installed. I know it cannot as it relies on DOS but is there a patch, file, cheat … |
| | Running WMP11 on XP 2 - have much music loaded in library for my mp3. No problem. Now my Wife wants to load different music onto her mp3 - but not my music. How do I create another library for her music only, or is there a much simpler solution … |
| | Word 97/XP Designed a page for a poster, added border all round, which shows in Print Preview as OK but when it prints the bottom border is not there. I have tried adjusting the borders, and 'kidded' the printer that the paper is a different size but still NO GO! … |
| | I have written a web-site using CuteSite Builder and would now like to have a page for members only. The programme offers page password protection with php and/or asp. I have tried to load these via the HTML insertion feature but nothing seems to work. Any advice welcomed. (Windows XP/3) … |
| | Hi Friends In Windows media Player 11, I arrange titles of CD's for burning to a 'compilation' CD but the BURN button stays greyed out so I cannot make the new CD. Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Tez |
| | Nearly everything is displaying in italics - have tried going to 'tools-internet options-fonts' but cannot change the fonts to non-italic there. If I copy to Word, the text is non-italic. Can anybody help please. It's nice to start with but is getting tedious now! |
| | Hi Friends When I play a CD there is no problem - plenty of volume. When I play a downloaded video or track, the sound is very poor, very low, even when turned full up. Have adjusted the icon on the task bar to maximum, to no good. Any ideas? …  |
| | Hi Friends I created and run a club web-sited created using Cutesite and now want to create a page that only members can access by using a Password available to them. I have not got a clue how to do this and don't even know if it's possible with this … |
| | On some web pages, where there should be a graphic, there is a box with a red x in it, or sometimes three coloured triangles. What is this? Why does the graphics not appear? I am on XP 2. Thanks in advance for any help, Tez |
| | Hi Friends After using quick search toolbar successfully for some time with Google as my search engine, now when I enter something I get the message: [B]Forbidden - Your client does not have permission to get URL.[/B] What on earth does this mean? I have gone into [B]Tools - Options … |
| | [quote=Joshua Gourgues;312477]Click on START, CONTROL PANEL, WINDOWS FIREWALL. Make sure it's ON. Then click on EXCEPTIONS tab and make sure that INTERNET EXPLORER and YAHOO are checked. If not in the list, click on ADD PROGRAM and just select them from the list and add them and make sure they're … |
| | Hi Many times I find part of a web page has what may be a picture but instead is a black box with a smaller box in the corner in it, containing a RED CROSS. I am sure I should know the answer how to resolve this but I'm Fick! …  |
| | Four year old PC running on XP with AMD Duron Processor MMX , 600 Mhz. I wish to install Photoshop which requires 800 Mhz.; Will it run OK or should I fit faster processor, and is it safe to do so? Thanks Tez |
| | On XP I have two hard drives - C (original drive) is 20GB with 10.7GB free. The second drive I had fitted has only 295 MB (Yes MB!) on 10GB (actually 8.56GB). In spite of deleting unwanted photos and music I cannot seem to gain much additional space on D … |
| | When I try to copy a CD 'on the fly' using Nero, Windows Media Player automatically loads and starts ripping tracks, and takes ages to stop when I tell it. On WMP I have [i]'Rip CD when[/i] [i]inserted'[/i] unselected but it still goes ahead and eventually crashes, sometimes even causing … |
| | Running XP - Nearly everything is displaying in italics - have tried going to 'tools-internet options-fonts' but cannot change the fonts to non-italic there. If I copy to Word, the text is non-italic. Can anybody help please. How can I change it to non-italic font? It's nice to start with … |
| | I need to upgrade my system if possible to run Sims 2, which requires as a minimum to run on xp, with a 800 Mhtz Processor, 256ram, 32mb tgl Video card.(Whats this?) My system is on XP, with AMD Duron Processor 600Mhtz, 320 ram. Cannot find any refernce to a … |
| | On start-up the D-drive contents are displayed. Sure I can close it by clicking the x but is there a way to stop this appearing? Thanks Tez  |
| | Hi Friends I run the CD ROM and there are 'jumps' and other imperfections in the music, making for an unusable copy. Is this a sign of the lens on the original drive failing? The read-drive is a LITEON LTN485S running at 8.91 average speed , the write-only drive a … |
| | After booting up in ME I get the message "Hpsom has caused an error in OLEAUT32.DLL. Hpsom will now close" Can anyone tell me what this means please? Everything seems OK although the printer (HP) seems to take ages to start to print when required, and the system crashes - … |
| | I find the LOP junk has installed itself on my PC. Have used SpyFerret which claimed to remove it but its still there. It has hijacked my home page and lists loads of rubbish in Favourites and a new search bar. How can these people be allowed to do such … |
| | Running a PC with two hards drives (original 10G, second one 20G) Have just bought XP Home Edition which I installed onto original drive. While doing this I (wrongly!) accepted existing files to be saved but now I cannot get rid of ME. I formatted the drive which seemed OK …  |
| | Help! I am buying XP Home suite and intend to install it on my PC over ME, which has become very unstable and a real pain, constantly crashing and proving difficult to start up, in spite of running de-frag frequently. However although I feel confident about doing this, I am … |
| | Running on ME, had to do a complete reinstallation. Now I find the web-cam will not work because the software is apparently not all there in spite of it all being OK before the reinstall. The webcam installation processes seeks a csnpstd2.dll file which I cannot see listed under Drivers … |
| | I am intending to uninstall ME and install XP. Are there any issues I should consider first please? Thanks for your help Tez |
| | Trying to go into my banking details and other similar areas I was getting diverted to a spy-ware search-page, so I ran AdAware and Spybot which removed this but now when I try to access banking info I get the message 'Page cannot be displayed'. Has perhaps a cookie been … |
| | My home page has been hijacked by Incredifind and often when I am searching in Google this Incredifind pops up again. I have run Adaware and Spybot but it's still there. Any help would be appreciated. Tez |
| | Sometimes while on the net I unexpectedly get the error message "Sndssvc has caused an error in KERNEL.32.DLL. Sndssvc willl now close." If I am in the middle of a long e-mail it means I have lost everything! Only choice left is to reboot. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks Tez  |
| | [b][b]KERNEL.32.DLL will now close....[/b] [/b] Sometimes while on the net I unexpectedly get the error message "Sndssvc has caused an error in KERNEL.32.DLL. Sndssvc willl now close." If I am in the middle of a long e-mail it means I have lost everything! Only choice left is to reboot. Anybody … |
| | When booting up, this message appears "The ALUNOTIFY.EXE file is linked to missing export MFC42.DLL:6453". I click OK and things seem OK - although the system crashes often in spite of regular Scans and de-frags - bit it's Windows ME! Can anybody help with an answer please? Thanks, Tez  |
| | I bought an Epsom C64 printer in June and have just replaced the colour cartridges and found that the yellow appeared not to be working. (Tight git I bought non-Epsom refills). I then bought an Epsom branded yellow cartridge to find there is still no yellow being printed, although the … |
| | Drivivng me nuts!! Trying to go into my banking details, renew a domain name, renew my anti-virus and other similar areas I was getting diverted to a spy-ware search-page, so I ran AdAware and Spybot which removed this but now when I try to access banking info I get the … |
| | My PC is on ME. I have been running two HP printers (one colour, 1 B&W, which could be selected by a switch console.) Recently changed the HP colour printer for an Epsom which runs OK. But the HP B&W will now not print more than a few lines and …  |
| | On holiday abroad bought a CD-ROM of scuba diving but cannot open it on my Windows-ME system. It will not Autoplay so checked that this is enabled in Properties - it is. Managed to get thumbnail piccys by double clicking on CD icon - can open picture one at a … |
| | Trying to install a Clip Art CD I get the message " Microsoft test driver - Runtime error. Stack overflow" What on earth does that mean?? Thanks Tez |
| | I double click on I.E. - get the dial-up box, all connects OK (usually) - get the two monitor screens symbol, but no Home Page, withough going to the I.E. icon again and clicking Open Home Page, which it then does very slowly. Didn't used to be like this. Wassup?? … |
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