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| | hey, if anyone can help me, i would greatly greatly appreciate it. let me explain my plorblem to you all. when i start up my laptop running xp, before it does anything else, it gives me the error... "windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: … |
| | I had my hp presario ze4300 lockup yesterday & I wasn't able to turn it off, so I pushed the rest button underneath. The computer will now not power up at all, with or without the power cord plugged in. Some points of interest. 1. Battery wasn't holding much of … |
| | First off rather long and not sure if its in the right spot Hi all people with more knowledge than me am trying to connect to a wireless network in house (I share a house) and the others can all use the network fine (from 3 different laptops). The network …  |
| | HI, I need help with setting up 2 Dell Laptops and and a Gateway Desktop (all with Windows XP) with a printer. I got the desktop setup and am able to view the shared files from the laptop on the desktop. Now I cannot view any files from the desktop …  |
| | Hi chaps, I returned from a two week break and in that time my Norton AV subscription ran out and the moment I tried to browse by either IE or FF I have been blocked. I can use MSN and receive email but i can't browse. Can anyone help? I … |
| | Laptop screen stays brightly lit and blank while on. Can't see any characters or images etc. Also when you press the fn + brightness keys, the brightness adjusts. Tested with external monitor and laptop works fine of that. It seems like the invertor or backlight may be ok or maybe … |
| | My benq 3000 notebook is now out of warranty, it died 2 months ago and under warranty installed a new HDD and heat sink telling me that the problem was casued by the heatsink being full of dust, and overheating, which I can believe, it is very dusty in our … |
 | first I don't use a mac ,just wondering if you can use a usb 2.0 device for file storage ,new 40 gig toshiba harddrive ,not formated yet , with Mack laptop,is it possible or does the harddrive need to be for a mac or can it just be formated mac … |
| | First the pleading.............. please, please, please, please someone help me.... i am tearing my hair out. Here is the problem; i have 2 desktop pc's and a laptop and am attempting to connect them through a hub so they all have internet access & printer/file sharing. Broadband modem is a … |
| | I know this topic has been discussed before but I havent found an exact solution to my problem. I'm running a Toshiba Satellite P25-S676 with a MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-820S. I have a problem when trying to play/copy CERTAIN cds. So far I've found 10 cds that will not play on … |
| | GRAND COMBINATION - POSSIBLE OR NOT...????? LAPTOP - USING ONLY MONITOR + KEYBOARD + MOUSE (SEPARATELY USB ATTACHED) PLUS DESKTOP COMPUTER CASE/CABINET ONLY - CONSISTING OF MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, RAM Respected Tech gurus nerds and dear friends Well I am having a desktop presently with 2 GB of RAM. (I … |
| | [color=navy][QUOTE]This software based transmitter forces your computer to send a signal to our Control Center each time it connects to a telephone line and/or the Internet. A signal is sent every time the user reboots the computer, logs the computer off and back on and/or when the IP changes. Each … |
| | hi guys, if ne of u guys can help me, ill appreciate it. i just got this acer travelmate 4010 series aptopi reinstalled the window.and i lost all my drivers, i downloaded graphics and reless driver. but i dont no wut sound system it has. plz tell me the site … |
| | hi i m using win xp on my laptop it is assigned the ip addreded from DHCP which is running on server and i m able to acess the internet from that machine but if i try to ping some computer or some server from internet it doesnot responds. and …  |
| | well I install windowsXP and have found i really hate it. It has crashed more times than any other windows version i have ever used! and now outlook will not start anyway what programs are out there that can streamline XP for better running. I know alot of useless junk … |
 | So does anyone know what Gogle Carabou (spelling?) is, or has heard of it? I was at Ad:Tech NYC this week, and went with a friend to one of those private AdWords optimization sessions. As we walked over to the AdWords rep's laptop, we caught a glimpse of something that …  |
| | If anyone has encountered this problem I would really appreciate your help. I have a Toshiba Satellite A75 S206: P4 2.8 GHz Laptop which has a 300 Gig Maxtor USB external HD connected. The HD was being detected fine via the USB port after I formatted it but since I … |
| | I need some help. I have a Toshiba Laptop that when I shut it down the CPU fan won't stop running and now the computer won't start at all. Do I have a virus? If so what do I need to do to fix this problem? |
| | hi everyone, my laptop has a fan at the bottom, and recently it doesnt stop even for 2 secs,it is so noisy, I dont knw what is wrong with it, I tried to clean the dust but still have the same problem. It is quite annoying. any ideas how to … |
| | Hello all, I am have a problem with a laptop and how everytime you put it in its docking station and you give it a little bit of time. The screen will turn black at first glance, however if you watch closely, you can still barely see what is on … |
| | So I turn on my laptop and within 5 minutes the fans turn on high and the thing is smoking hot. When I tried to use alt + cntrl + del to see if anything was running and using up the processor and ram to make it do that, the …  |
 | Hey everybody! I recently have been having a problem where if i try to watch a dvd on my laptop it will freeze and then give me a blue screen saying the system was caught in an infinite loop caused by the file "Ialmrnt5", one of my display drivers. This … |
| | i have an ATI RADEON 9200 that is in desprate need of updating. yet when i go on the ATI site, my laptop is not supported, nor is the 9200 version. where do i update if i cant get it from their own site? when i do get it, how … |
| | Hi.. Thank you for reading this. I can't get windows xp home to work. I restart, windows loads and 5 seconds later it freezes. mouse, keyboard the whole thing. I went into startup in safe mode and removed a couple useless items and now i get that window when windows … |
| | Hi and thanks in advance for any help! Ok I updated spyware doctor (registered and paid for) ( I have contacted them too) and re-started as told to and now i get to the page where it says to click on your user id to log on, only it doesn't … |
| | Here's my HJT log. Ad-aware states 5 SearchFast entries in my HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT are malware. It also says that a Windows entry in HKEY_USERS has a vulnerability. Is it safe to let Ad-aware delete them: Here's the part of the Ad-aware log that refers to the above. After that is the …  |
 | Hello guys, It's about time I get a new computer and I thought it better be a laptop this time. I am looking to buy a laptop which will be just as good as any modern desktop pc with all the functionalities. I dont care much about portability and weights, … |
| | o.k, where to start............well it all started when i booted up my presario 2100 with the compaq operating system c.d(forgot it was in my drive) and it gave me some options to boot up(i was in a rush so i held down the power button to turn it off, took … |
| | i reinstalled winXP on my new laptop travelmate 4010 series(acer). found graphics and wireless driver. cant find sound. ne of u guys no the name for the software which detects those hardwares in ur comp? cuz i have no if u giv me the direct site for download. that will … |
| | I am unable to use my HP laptop to print. I have a HP printer which is directly connected to my Dell desktop using a Linksys wireless router. I used to be able to print from my laptop but cannot now. I made sure "printer sharing" was enabled but still …  |
| | Hey guys, I am trying to connect my laptop with a friends so we can exchange simple word docs using ad hoc so far i have turned the guest account setting to on in win xp and i can see their laptop in view work group computers but when i … |
| | I hope i used to right to tell you guys what my problem is.I know know why my internet cann't go smooth it always drop after 2-3 hours using and then i have to turn off the modem and turn on again and it works. It happen everyday everytime.Can i … |
| | I need a little help trying to setup a backup process. I cant seem to figure out the best way todo it. I was hoping if I explained my setup you might be able to give me ideas. Ok here it is: PC1) Win XP w/ 2 160 SATA drives. … |
| | Hey guys, first post here, and this one has truly stumped me so hopefully someone has some insight. Problem: My WinXP Pro Thinkpad R32 laptop refuses to restart (start | turn off computer | restart). It gets to the "Windows is shutting down" screen and simply hangs. However, shutdown (start … |
 | I recently formatted my laptop HD and installed a nice fresh copy of XP Pro, it was running XP Home before. However, everytime I boot it now it asks me to choose if I want to launch Home Edition or Pro. How can I stop it from asking me this … |
| | This was a problem i encountered with some days ago. My Dell Laptop started to freeze up with no reason at all. The mouse and keyboard were not working. I just ignored the problem and rebooted the computer everytime it happened. However, just yesterday, my computer started to freeze when … |
| | My friend told me he clicked a link in my AIM profile and it messed up his computer. I checked my AIM profile and whatever file that is doing it is on my laptop and desktop. My virus scan and spyware didn't pick it up. On my profile it says … |
| | I have a dell laptop running windows media edition 2005 service pack 2. Some time gao I noticed that advertisements on web pages that I visit are no longer loading. The page itself loads but not the advertisements, they simply show the "page cannot be displayed" term. I wouldn't mind … |
| | I have a problem with my Display properties - i fired up my new laptop running XP the other day and without me changing the settings, the screen resolution changed and i can't get it changed back. I believe my pixel setup was 1280 x 1024 which gives the larger … |
| | I have recently had 2 Maxtor HDDs shown to be "Failing" when tested with PowerMax. One had already completely crashed (failed - see below), and the other is still going, but on its last legs I suppose... (Its data is now backed up, of course). One was 5 months old, … |
| | I am coming to you from my roomate's labtop which is currently besieged with a couple kinds of malware/spyware, maybe even a virus or two that are causing him many problems. So far they are generating numerous pop-ups as well as slowing down his system, and even disabling the cntrl+alt+delete … |
| | I am looking into getting a nw laptop and really like the macs layout but need to work in windows for certain thngs. Is it possible to dual boot any of the imacs or powerbooks with windows xp? If so what laptop did you do it with and is it …  |
| | Hello! My laptop has a problem with reading video files whether they are read directly from DVD or downloaded to the computer: [COLOR=DarkRed]divergence of sound and image, some second delays or slowing down of display, also it can be broken sound going with noise[/COLOR]. These are not regular and it … |
| | Hi, I recently installed Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Freehand MX Education Version on my laptop, and I'm having some problems with the display. The text of the tabs in the panels are so small and pixelated that I can't even read them. I have a 17" widescreen and an ATI … |
| | Hi Can u plz help me? I downloaded Nokia PCSuite two months back. Since yesterday everytime i shut down my laptop i get datalayer.exe hanged dialog box. What sd i do? :?: |
| | Ok, I have a Dell Dimension 8200 desktop and an LCD flat screen. One day the monitor just went black. I thought it was the cord, so I tried using a DVI cable to connect my CPU to my monitor, but it still didn't work. When the monitor is on … |
| | I have a Gateway laptop thats never been great since day one. At rest it stays at about 55 C, and when compiling, or something thats a load on the processor, it stays around 88 C . Needless to say it shuts down on me a lot. Anyways, I had … |
| | Hi guys, Having a problem when i start up my girlfriend's fujitsu laptop. Whenever it starts, there is a pop up with the following msg: Error Loading c:\windows\pmpcnes4.dll Specified Module could not be found. Tried surfing the web but there does not seem to be any answer out there. Hopefully … |
| | Hi there all, wonder if anyone has a suggestion for me here. I'm running a Belkin Wireless 4 way router and a Alcatel modem. My laptop is running Windows XP, and I'm trying to connect through the router to the modem to Bigpond. The laptop connects to the router but … |
| | hello all my problem is there appears to be 2 different wireless connection in my house one that I have set up (Betlkin1) and the other unknown but i think its probably a neighbours My laptop keeps connecting to my neighbours wireless connection how do i set my laptop so … |
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