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 | Hi, every time i boot up my computer the hardware wizard starts up and looks for .Net, it doesn't find the drivers or whatever it's looking for and repeats this process four times. I've looked in device manager and sure enough there are four yellow exclamation marks alonside four different … |
| | Hi all. I keep getting the little yellow shield to install sevearl updates. The Installation status reads like this... Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 SP2 Security Update for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP x86 (KB979909) (update 2 of 8)... failed! Installing Microsoft …  |
| | have a new wireless keyboard and it's working fine apart from the " and @ characters which are in the wrong places. Have been into language and regional settings, deleted the USA option but still no joy. Any ideas? I'm using Windows XP Thanks  |
| | hI selected areas of text are made to look like hypertext on lots of web pages. you hovver over them and it's malware that has highlighted the text and will take you to another page selling iphones etc, called DropdownDeals. mbam, atf, avg, and malicious tool have no results. Any … |
| | hi am about to embark on the arduous task of fixing a friend's computer. without having asked her yet, I suspect that she hasn't been downloading windows updates so is there any point, as your guide suggests, in running MST if it is going to take hours and it will …  |
| | Hi The little yellow shield appeared in my system tray today wanting to install the following updates "security upadate for .net framework 2.0 sp2 and 3.5 sp1on windows server 2003 KB2518864, KB257073, and KB2633880" As usual I'm pretty prompt with these and clicked on install expecting withinn a short time … |
| | Hi Am trying to update Bios on computer and have been to the manufacturer's site to get file and it's an exe file. The instructions said to extract the .exe file, and I get a bin file that says default program to open it with is VLC also. PowerIso won't … |
| | Hi I am running Windows XP and have Outlook Express 6 as my default Email client. I have been using this program for years now and had no problems with it. I had two email accounts running on it, Gmail and Yahoo. Today I needed to set up another account …  |
| | I have done a sweeping search on my PC to find all files with an mp3 extension on one drive only. I want to copy these files into a folder on either my desktop or onto an external hard drive but it won't let me do either. It just comes …  |
| | hi all. I've had Windows XP installed on a computer that has had the entire c:drive wiped without a back up. Unsurprisingly, the network adapters have yellow exclamation marks next to them and i need some advice on how to do a bit of detective work to get them going …  |
| | Hi have just installed an Audigy 2 sbo 240 sound card but can't get the mic input to work. Have tried all the settings in the control panel, mic is up, selected, etc but no joy. I'm running XP Any help much appreciated thanks H |
| | Hi I'm running Windows XP with SP3 and I have a malware problem I think. Scotty keeps telling me that a program wants to run with a .srz file extension, and computer is acting a bit strange, not least when malwarebytes and superantispyware won't run when asked to. Managed a … |
| | Hi i'm running windows xp and after a while i keep getting a blue screen. the latest info i got when rebooting, in the windows has recovered from a serious error was; BCCode : 4e BCP1 : 00000007 BCP2 : 0000BEF2 BCP3 : 00062F20 BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 … |
| | hI I'm getting a persistent Blue Screen of Death which seems to kick in after the computer has been left idle for a while and the CPU starts racing and I get a blue screen. It first happened after I was watching a film off a friend's USB stick. This …  |
| | Hi I'm running XP, on a Dell dimension 3100. Accidentally deleted the sound mixer app when clearing out unwanted stuff in my accessories folder - I've been to add/remove programs>add windows components, and tried to reinstall it but it then asks me for the xp disc which I no longer …  |
| | hi Whilst my normal external drive I: was unplugged I plugged in a usb memory stick. I noticed that it had assumed my external drive's I: directory. thought nothing of it, but now when I plug the external drive back in it is saying it's drive D: which has caused … |
| | Hi I'm running Windows XP service pack 3. Recently realised that my Sigmatel Audio mixer had 'disappeared'. After much searching around, I found a website that was offering a Driver Detector program that was spyware free. I installed it, and immediately after could not open Internet Explorer. I got a … |
| | hi. Am on my Dad's computer and i can't believe the sluggish nature of this setup. I have the following specs; Windows Vista Dell inspiron 1501 laptop running on wireless application. half a gig RAM mobile amd semprom 1.8 processor it has just taken me 20 mins to go to … |
| | hi when i turn on my computer just when the desktop icons have all loaded on screen they immediately disappear, as does the start menu and task bar leaving just the wallpaper visible. This process is repeated another two or three times but never boots properly so i have no … |
| | can anyone help me identify a few of the usual culprits worth removing from my task manager list because i think they're really slowing my computer down. I'm running windows XP thanks in advance hetixo |
| | hi folks my friend's computer keeps switching itself off - hence me posting her log here for her as she can't stay online long enough. It also switches off when not online I should add. She's running Windows XP professional with a service pack 2 log as follows: Logfile of … |
| | hi folks I have a problem with a lexmark X1100 series printer. The printer has not been used for months and now when trying to print an error message comes up saying the Remote Procedure Call is out of sync. Have reinstalled from disc but still same message. Any ideas … |
| | hi to anyone that can help me. my computer has been running unusually slowly recently. I ran adaware and AVG to see if that would rectify the problem but it feels like it's getting worse. It 'feels' like there's a virus just clogging up the running processes. I'm running Windows … |
| | hi can anyone help me install a microtek phantom 336 cx scanner onto my windows xp machine? I don't have the driver disc but have downloaded the driver and the scan wizard says it's not recognising the scanner. I think the problem may be that I have the scanner connected … |
| | i keep getting a box coming up and telling me that IE needs to close down stating that the file DLP.dll is the problem. I'm running windows XP and ran a hijackthis log which reads the following: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 23:54:03, on 23/11/2006 Platform: Windows XP … |
| | hi all of a sudden and without any tweaking or anything of the sort, i can't print anything on a previously perfectly good printer, and i get a message asking me if i want to install a printer. the driver is installed, i've checked that, and i've tried adding the … |
| | hi when i try to print my email i get this error box, [B]'an error has occurred in the script on this page' line 1344 char 1 error unspecified error code 0 url res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\shdoclc.dll/preview.dlg do you want to continue running scripts on this page? yes/no[/B] i'm using windows xp and … |
| | hi hope someond can help me with this. rather strange things happening with my AVG email scanning feature. I have disabled the email scanner because it disrupts other running processes, so it only scans incoming email. However, lately, even while my Outlook Express is not running, i keep getting the …  |
| | hi Can i change my preferred CD playing device to my rewriter? When i switch the drives in CD Player is says it's playing the CD but I've got no sound. I've also tried swithching my default setting in multi media. Also in the advanced setting of my volume controls … |
| | Hey. I've recently had so much trouble with error messages on one of my two computers that i decided to re-format the drive - yep, i know, pretty stupid but i'd tried everything. I now can't connect it to the internet because it's saying that it doesn't detect any network … |
| | Hi all. A rather annoying problem has developed on bootup. Occasionally, the system freezes just before the AVG icon ususally appears in the system tray. I'm running Windows 98. Could anyone help with simple straightforward instructions? ta |
| | Hey all. Not sure how to explain this, but you know when you get a web page and there's big gaps with a small red cross in the corner where a photo should be, and the general layout of the page is in a skeletal form as if it's in … |
| | OS: windows 98 I apologise for my ignorance in advance. i have had this problem for a week or so now and have run spybot and ad-aware to try and rid the problem. AVG keeps popping up when i open IE telling me of this virus and healing it makes … |
| | please forgive me. i am a forum virgin and a technophobe. your worst nightmare probably. Can anyone tell me which forum to post technical questions in?  |
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