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hey... i recently just got a sony vaio vgn-fe690p and last night my fn key started freaking out. there are shortcut number keys on some of my letters so i can hold in the fn key and the numbers will type... well now.. in order to use those letter keys …

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My problem is that when I turn on my computer it seems to boot up fine until the Windows XP Logo appears and then it reboots itself and does it over and over again. I have installed a new motherboard and graphics card but can not seem to find the …

[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/forum1.html"][/URL] I have a laptop that I dropped and my hard drive started making noises. I ended up having to buy a new HD. I loaded windows xp home. I loaded all my software and updates from windows update. I have done this 3 times now and when I visit …

Before you jump to conclusions about "oh this is some kid who doesnt search the forums," I did. Ive looked through a few of the Vista threads about BSOD and none of them really answered my problems. I just installed Vista last night. I got my first BSOD trying to …

For the last couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer, I am getting Explorer.exe - application error messages. They vary in what they say, two examples exception Integer division by zero (0xc0000094) occurred in app at location 0x057aec8. Another says instruction at 0x050cb968 ref mem at 0x00000000 memory could not …

I'm having problems with my desktop wallpaper. My wallpaper will load and look fine. Then I see a blank screen and the wallpaper comes back with little jagged edges. It's just something that started all of a sudden. I have AveDesk and WindowBlinds run on startup. I shut both down, …

I have a 10 month old laptop with WinXP Home Edition and SP2 along with 3 spyware and 1 anti-virus program installed. All the software is current and a recent sweep of the computer for viruses and spyware since my problem developed showed no virus and only the usual minor …

I have installed this product from Linksys jsut a few minutes ago. but as soon as the installer finished, my PC BSOD with the error "BAD_POOL_CALL" Could anyone help me out with this? ANY information at all that you need, I can provide. Thanks All.

When i try to play any video file in Windows Media Player, the video is always too dim. All of the video settings are on the default values (which is what it was on back when it played right) but no matter what i do I can't get the video …

I can't delelete it. Its supposed to a be a picture but its not. If i try to open it it freezes my computer. Right clikcing on it only give me these options: Preview, Print, Open, Open With, Send To. Thats all it gives me. The delete button doesn't work …

I just purchased a new comptuer, and with it, a logitech G15 keyboard. This is the issue (i hope the keyboard info will be relevant) My volme control on the keyboard works perfectly fine. But what i want to know is why the Master Volume and Wave meters on volume …

I just have a few questions. I want to restore my pc to the way it was straight out of the box. I know I want to wipe my HDD, but I have no OS to reinstall once I do it. I would really rather not spend $200 for windows …

Hi Apologies if this is in wrong section or has been covered before! I had a prob with my hard drive and had to reformat. The only way i could access my hard disk was to take it from my laptop and put it into pc as a slave. From …

everytime i start up it runs through the windows startup fine but then the screen goes black and say "Input signal out of range" the only way i can get into windows is via safe mode. i've looked over some previous threads about the same problem and tried typing "dxdiag" …

Hi there, Well, I guess it's about time I do this. He won't stop playing one particular video game no matter how many times I delete it from his computer, or he agrees to stop or limit his time, so I need to control the entire computer & if I …

The game installs fine, I can load the game fine, but when the screen changes it turns black. Example: I click the NEW GAME button, it blacks out, I click the LOAD button, it blacks out, ect. ect. Anyone have any ideas?

Gidday guys! Been a while since I've been to DaniWeb, but again I need you blokes more than ever! I'm running XP Prof with SP2. I've been running it about 8 months now hassle free, as basic internet security measures from you guys' advice have lounged me well. Same old …

[URL]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7682/clipboard01si3.png[/URL] Every time i play a video online, I get this little fault in the video. Any ideas?

I'm running Windows XP with to users configured. When windows boots up and my Logon screen appears for me to click my logon picture to logon, how do I change the sound that plays? Thanks,

This cable is being constantly moved about my desk, and i have nbo clue what it's for. Any knowledge out there?

Hi, I've an old PC with a 266 mhz CPU and just upgraded to 256MB RAM (though the motherboard can only cache 64MB RAM), running Win 2000 Pro (fully updated). I've set it up as an MP3 playing 'jukebox' connected to my stereo in the living room and have plugged …

It seems one of my friends has once again got me into a spot of trouble. he downloads pictures of cartoon characters on Limewire, and now they are stuck o my PC. I cant right click and choose Delete...matter of fact i cant delete at all! A little help would …

The first day I got cable, my computer had been downloading at speeds of up to 1 and a half megs a second. Now that i've had it a while, the connection is mysteriously reduced to 100kbps and below. I dont kinow why thses problems are happening, but it's rahter …

I've recently started creating my own custom cursors for Windows, and i seem to have a problem with tooltips. The cursors that are designed to look like a crosshair or an eye, etc. have the hotspot located in the center. This creates an issue with tooltips in such away that …

I recently screwed up my registry, and went to MSDN for help & i found out how to fix my problem, which was realy easy, but anyways, now when i startup a box pops up before the desktop or shell starts(the logonui part of the startup) which i dont really …

heres my issue. I have recently gotten cable connection in the house. For a few days, life was great with downloads. 1 mbps and above. Now, its downloading at less than 100 kb/s. Im completely lost, does this have to do with my coputer?? Also, my laptop, which is 3 …

I want to make my computer think that it has a little more RAM than it actually does, can anyone help me out?

[I]I [/I]really like it, and I remember what it was like in v. 7, however, my sister thinks it looks like a web page so she hates it! (How can you hate a webpage?) Well, just wanted to know your opinions!

Hi to all, I´ve got xp home edtion with serverce pack 2 and I´m having a problem trying to run defender from microsoft on my laptop, does any one know how I can run it? any help on this will be appreciated.