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| | All right, here's my situation. I need to create an application (C language) that uses some of services provuded by unix kernel. I do not really want to install linux on my hard drive just for that. So I am looking for a tip on distribution that is suitable for …  |
| | I would like to upgrade to a larger computer monitor but have no idea how to do this! I currently have a 17" ViewSonic Flat Panel Monitor (LCD Display), 1280x1024 Black, Model #VA712b, with 8ms Video Responce! Can anyone offer advice on what I should look for while shopping so … |
| | Its on a IBM T43 laptop. and if I leave it alone for awhile, it starts fine but if I shut it down, it won't start again. Then if I leave it for awhile it starts up again! But if I leave it in stand by mode, it will start … |
| | Hello All, I would please like some help with a possible de-partitioning and slow pc problem, from anyone who might be able to help me. I have a desktop pc running XP Home Edition sp3. I believe that the motherboard is a Radion 7200. The pc has 767MB of RAM. … |
| | K, so last week my laptop fell and damaged my harddrive and screen, replaced my screen but now my harddrive wont work! So i've accepted that i lost the data, but i was wondering which harddrive should i go with?? A. Plextor PX-64M1S 2.5" 64GB (SSD) Its on sale for …  |
| | Hello I have a windows XP media center 2005 Pc Its been a while since I used it. But heres whats going on with this. The computer boots normally, When I get to the desktop, I cant copy and paste, or click and drag, anything on the computer. The network … |
| | Running Windows XP service pack 2. I think I have been hit with a trojan or virus. My taskbar is missing! First let me say I think I am somewhat of an advance PC user to the point my family brings me all their computer problems to fix. I usually … |
| | Hi guys! I have a 32Gb corsair SSD which i use for only a few programs and windows. I try to keep it as empty as possible but its gone a bit strange since yesterday. When i highlight all the folders and files (with hidden files showing)and look at the … |
| | Windows 98 no service packs I just installed a new hard drive and modem. I need to change the color settings on monitor in order to install internet service. Problem is that it only gives me the option for 2 bit or 16 bit color and I need higher for … |
| | Last night my husband got a extrernal case for one of our hard drives(maxtor 80gig). Reason for it, is its and IDE and in our new computer we have only SATA connections. The case we got is a maddog mega vault 3.5 usb. Product#MD-AEN350USB2 After putting it in the case … |
| | Firstly I want to retrieve the stuff off the hard drive it has all the videos and songs that I have done so far and not put on the internet, would still like to do that. Ahh I finally get some time off and then SHAZAM computer decides not to … |
| | I removed the old hard drive from a HP 8380 and added a new 20 gig HD. I can get tto the BIOS but I think I need to format the HD to load the OS right? Can someone please give me a short walk through? Many thanks! Jag12341  |
| | Hi, I purchased a dell 610 laptop from a prosecuting attorneys' auction with the hard drive missing. I figured "no problem" , bought a new hard drive and installed it in the 610. After many hair pulling sessions it still will not recognize the new hard drive... Please, anyone who … |
 | i need some help with this one see spec below the pc starts up fine but within a few minutes it shuts down (power down) this happens even in safe mode. i ahve tested each memory block individually and they all work but the machine still shut down. when booting … |
| | Alright, a problem that's fresh, as it just occurred today, I'm looking for some help, hoping I could come here to find some. I booted my computer up this morning, it came up to my COMPAQ first screen, red-and-white, where F10 is System Recovery, F1 is Setup, and 'Esc' is … |
| | I am trying to revive a Compaq Presario SR 1780 AN PC. Everything was ok some weeks ago. I used it for several hours and had normal shut down late at night. Next morning I pressed start button, front led came on also all fans and hard drive but no … |
| | Specs (from what i can remember) - Windows XP Professional - Completely up-to-date (service pack 2, weekly updates, etc.), dual 1.2 ghz athlon processors, radeon pro graphics, 256 SD ram, one 60 gb harddrive with 53 gb used and one 80 gb harddrive with 45 gb used, i'm not on … |
| | hey recently i reformatted and installed windows 7 home premium on my computer everything was running perfectly fine for about the first week then after that i randomly starting get a message saying " Windows detected a hard disk problem - back up your files immediately to prevent information loss, … |
| | First of all, I sincerely hope I have posted this in the appropriate forum. I did read the rules and am doing my best to follow them. I found this website years back when my browser was being redirected to go.google.com and here I found help in removing "unwanted" files, …  |
| | I just got a Western Digital My Book Essential 500GB USB 2.0 external hard drive. It is pre-formatted to to FAT32, yet I keep reading that is should be reformatted to NTFS for Windows XP. As of now I'm still using my 10yr old IMB desktop with Windows XP It … |
 | Hi, I've been working on this page for quite a while: [url]http://www.mymusiclair.com/supporter[/url] It displays correctly in Chrome, IE, and FF on my hard drive, but once i upload it it displays wrong in everything except IE. I used FrontPage 2003 to make it... any suggestions? Thanks, camthalion95 |
| | I recently plugged in a Hard drive on an open port on one of my IDE cables to check it for a friend. It named the hard drive "G" I already had a hard drive named "G" so it messed up all my HDD drive names. When i uninstalled my … |
| | As of now I'm still using my 10yr old IMB desktop with Windows XP It has a 2.2Ghz Intel Celeron and 1.5GB of RAM The thing is getting old though and the original hard drive is only 72GB and pretty much full making everything run a bit slow. My hard … |
| | Hey, I'm having some problems accessing a shared external hard drive. Actually its not me thats having the problem its the other computers on my network. When i look at the network map i can see all the computers on the network and access them all - the shared folders … |
| | i have a gateway labtop...i used the s-video out ...when i was done i turned it off..the next day i turned it on and have -black screen-power light on-hard drive spinning-no beeps-keyboard not working-blown cap replaced..have 18.5v across cap now....have power on lcd plug 18.5v (black wire)...dont know what to …  |
 | Hello, I'm working on a web scraper of sorts, my main goal is data, I was wondering what a good, efficient way of organizing the data that I'm downloading is? Here is what I have, I download the webpage, and ends up as a FileReader object, then I send it … |
| | Hi, I got a laptop HP/Compaq NP6000 in an auction. Now when I try to login I can see that it has windows professional (ofcourse I was told by the seller about this..) However, the admin password is something I am not aware of... ans unfortunately I am unable to … |
| | Ok i think this is really bad. I just got out this computer its got 80gb HD and a P3 800mhz. Unfountuatly theres still a PW on the op system (win 2000) Only the administrator account is active. I an unable to reload the operating system because the setup at … |
| | Here's the deal my wife droped her laptop and spilled coke all in the back of it. Well i did what i'm supposed to do i imediately took out the battery memory and hardrive so the computer can dry. Well i waited three days and put it back together it …  |
| | Was in the middle of installing Windows 7 on a pc. Power outage and 1 hours later when electricity came back everything looked fine. windows even finished installing and i typed i my username/password for new account and then switched to my other desktop because i had stuff to do. … |
| | Hello, Been lurking around these forums for a little while and I have reallly appreciated all the help. I am dualbooting my system, Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.4. All was working quite well, when one day, I rebooted from within windows, and when I tried to come back in, Windows …  |
| | I have an OWC Mercury on-the-go 160GB hard drive that was used on a Mac and I have plugged it into my PC (running Windows 7). It does not appear under "My Computer" though I can find it in Disk Management labeled as Disk 1 and also under Devices and … |
 | I am getting the error: There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Device\Harddisk1\DR1. I have already read the answers of previous posts, but none of them fit to my situation. I am running code blocks from a usb stick. When I start debugging I … |
 | I have a brand new computer which was freshly loaded with Visual Basic 6.0. I have copied all the code from the previous computer to this new one. But loading a project produced the following error. Class MSGrid.Grid of control grdS101 was not a loaded control class. So I did …  |
| | Hello, when I am doing a google search the links get redirected to ads. I have used everything - fsecure, adaware etc to try to find the spyware but I can't. My hijackthis log is below. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 8:30:54 PM, on 5/6/2010 Platform: …  |
 | Hi everyone, as you read I recently got a "STOP: c000021 Unknown Hard Error\SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll" error. I read other posts about this error being caused by installing a new OS or some other format change, but my situation is a tad more... primitive. The basic situation that caused this error was … |
| | I took my comp to get a new hard drive and it seems i have 2 but the problem is it only runs on the smallar on of 25.7 gb and it seems to run like crap the other one appears as a pen drive and has 48.8 gb on … |
| | I have a Western Digitial 1TB 10eavs ext USB HDD. I am currently running Windows XP Sp1, (no I have hardware issues with SP2 and it gives the vaio mxs10 the BSOD with no OS... but that is a totally different issue... back to the point.) I have slow USB … |
| | I restarted my computer and bootup to desktop was extremely slow...it took about 5 minutes to display. I received a Microsoft C++ Runtime error message with the following path. Program:...es\common files\RoxioShared\9.0\SharedCom\RoxWatch9.exe I thought that it may be associated with RealPlayer SP that I downloaded about a month ago so I … |
| | Hi folks, seen a few useful posts around here ... I have an Inspiron mini, excellent little machine, but after joggling around in a train froze while on and would not shut off. Removed power & battery but when switched on cannot seem to recognize the 16 GB solid hard … |
| | My computer will not recognize the mouse or keyboard. I have plugged both into another computer and they work. I tried other keyboard and mouse in this computer, and they wont work. The light comes on in the mouse, but it wont move the cursor , but light will not … |
| | Priced for a quick sale, this PC is great for everyday home computing. Here are the specs- Antec 300 case, Biostar atx mobo, Intel E3300(clocked at 2.7GHZ), 2Gb of Crucial (1x1 dual), small Gforce 8400 video card for a little better graphics, dvdrw drive, case has 5 cooling fans, Antec … |
| | Many, many years ago when a big hard drive was really big but only had 20 MB space, it was more or less mandatory never to fill more than 80% of the drive. As drives got smaller but with a lot more space, the rule did seem to hold. About … |
 | I have a hijack file I would like someone to look at. I am having a problem turning on the Network Discovery. After I turn it on it goes off. I was told I may have a virus or spyware turning it off. I would appreciate some help so I … |
| | Hello all, I've been battling Internet Security 2010, AntiMalware Defender, and background audio ads for about 2 months now. But I think I might have a new twist. Someone on another forum was trying to help me, but we seem to have hit a wall and I'm hoping you guys … |
| | I am trying to install a new 250 GB EIDE hard drive (Western Digital WD2500JB) on my 5+ year old Dell Dimension 800 Mhz computer. My old hard drive had been connected to the motherboard through a Promise Ultra66 controller card. I connected my new hard drive the same way … |
| | I recently purchased a Sony 4 GB micro vault flash drive(model #: USM-4GL) and quickly discovered that it would not connect to my computer. When I plug it in, my computers beeps like it would normally but I cannot find my drive in My Computer. I have managed to open … |
| | Gateway 1024 MB DDR2 Dual Channel pre-existing. Added a 1GB DDR2 RAM card in an open PCI slot. Checked the system, and it still says I have 1024 MB of physical memory. I run music recording software and my computer is constantly humming whilst accessing the hard drive. Did the … |
| | I just installed a new master WD 500GB internal hard drive in an HP 8500 Pavillion. After recovering Windows 98 OS, hard drive is only 8GB. How do I format drive for 500GB? |
| | My Dell Dimensions 8100 main hard drive is dieing. I have a second hard drive installed already recognized and with plenty of gigs(60 or 80). The problem is I've never had a computer that started with a different OS. Do I install Windows Me First and then Windows XP?? or … |
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