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Help! Trying to re-load Windows 2000 Professional on my computer, but am having trouble. Have two hard drives (C and D). Was running Windows from the C drive, but started getting an error "[some file] is missing or corrupted" and sometimes blue screens. Tried to reload Windows without success...somehow, the …
My mouse keeps on freezing. What should I do?
When my wife tries to logon to amazon.com on our home computer, she gets the "cannot find server" error message. I tried to logon at my office and can do so successfully. Therfore the problem is my home computer. Any suggestions to correct this problem?
I encountered the problem that if I opened a new ie window and from the link inside to open a second ie window, then new ie window will stay in the front even if I click on the first ie window and make it active. The inactive ie window although …
Ive been working to fix a box but the symptoms are very strange, any ideas will be very much appreciated. THe computer wont connect to any secure webpage (https). I checked the security settings and all is good, ssl is on and tls is as well. I ran ad aware …
Hi, thanks in advance for any advice and guide. I visited the site [url]http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-3880.html[/url] after a google search. Then the site weberdev.com seems to stick to my IE history, though I have cleared the history many times by going to tools->internet options->clear history. To be precise, every time I type …
I've noticed that when the exit windows and start windows sound is enabled ... the system takes a lot of time to boot or shutdown. You can disable these annoying sounds from your control panel -->Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds ... and make your system boot and shutdown faster.
hello. its my 1st time here. Im a newbie in all this it talks and discussion, so I really need ur guys help. Currently my computer always got hanged when i open my media files while downloading. and the blue screen keep on appearing. i just know what it's called …
a friend from another site has posted this when i attempt to back up files iget the response [B]"unable to access the disc in drive E and the disc is not write protected" [/B] he says he has changed the write protect, archive and read only boxes but to no …
I thought if you click on anything in the system tray it should take you directly to that application. On my mail....IF I get NEW mail, I have to click on the system tray application and close it & re open the outlook express from the title bar area... One …
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
I'm getting very annoyed here. I think of myself as somewhat as an advanced computer user, but i just cannot figure out what is going on. This is the problem: When i restart my computer, and log on to an account, it loads for about 3 seconds, and just stops …
for the past couple of days i have been trying to download a critical update but as yet i've not been able to the prob is error code21457942402(0x80070002) i don,t know if it is to do with b.i.t.s or a missing active x windows update file is missing when i …
I installed Firefox a few months ago but have continued to use IE for the most part. Today IE immediately shuts down saying it's encountered an error. It won't allow me to update my AVG or run any online scans using Firefox so I'm not sure what else to check. …
Help!!!! I occasionally encounter this very weird error with IE. It first happened with classmates.com When I try to go to that page, I get an error that says: Page Cannot Be Displayed and below that it says "Search the Web" and below that is a page that lists different …
hi i hope you can help me, for the past week or so my computer wont allow me to use ctrl+alt+del, when i press it nothing happens at all. Also if i go to the start menu and try to restart my computer or shutdown or so on after pressing …
I have a internet plan which gives me 1GB free usage. I wanna know if there is any tool to check exactly how much data haspassed thru my PC
Newbie here, First of all, hi to everyone :) I've been scouring the net trying to find answers to problems I've been having with browsing, and I do hope the answers are here... I can't seem to adjust my system correctly so that I'm able to view all web pages …
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 …
Hello, I have been recently been experiencing problems when loading into my computer, I type the password, and about 6 times out of 10 the computer will "hang" at the "Loading your Personal Settings" stage of the login. This causes me to have to restart (by pressing the button) and …
Hello there, Windows 2000 Professional System I've just increased my Memory from 64 RAM to 194 RAM. My virtual memory is reading: Initial Size 94 MB, Maximum Size 150 MB, Current Reg 19, Maximum Reg 23, (c): space available 3894 MB. I'm sure this is what it was before. Can …
a few months ago I posted that i cant dowload a thing. several techs here tried several things with me and my machine to correct the problem to no success. I went for months and monhs unable to download anything and not even updates. Recently a friend gave me a …
Any images I get on my PC when browsing are of fuzzy quality - when i right click and choose "original image quality" it resores the image perfectly - what do I need to do to get it to do this without having to intervene??
Hi I'm Lisa and I'm finding hard to know where to start - I need some help from anyone willing to help me and wondered where to go? I'm unable to click on links or search online as I keep getting these messages - server error page cannot be displayed …
I have loaded photos onto a CD R. When I try and get it to run I get an error of : Either disk is corrupted or not compatable with Window program. I have gotten the disk to run on other window 98 and 2000 program installed computers. Why would …
Low on virtual Memory...then some info on how windows needs more to run i recieve the above error message. my computer seems to be going VERY slow. I am thinking about just formatting the drive. But any idea what the error means. Sorry i cant give more info. but thats …
I can see the same program apperaring twice on the Task Bar. How do I remove that? There is a dotted line separating both.
I'm having trouble burning a CD with Windows Media Player 10. I get an error message that says "Interface not registered" when I try to put a CD I've ripped onto a CDr.... Please help!!!
when i turn my computer on it says kernel stack inpage error and lots of numbers such as 0x00000077, and 0xc000000e....what can i do?
I am aware I can edit what programs start up when I reboot windows by using MSCONFIG. I have looked at this and seem to have a load of stuf in there. Some of it is obviously crap and I can uncheck it. However is there a way of telling …
I can't see my Windows Media Player whenever I open it...it just automatically minimizes itself, and i cant restore it. When I do click restore, it just goes off to the side of the screen and i cant see it so i took a screenshot...apparantly, i have two desktops, one …
Hi all, I am a computer enthusiast and I assemble my own PCs. I wanted to know how to brand the PC with custom System Manufacturer and System Model settings. I am aware of the OEMINFO.ini file but that only changes information in the Computer properties page when you right-click …
ARRRGH! I am so frustrated. I am assuming my problem is with Internet Explorer, even tho all other sites are working. My problem is that whenever my mum or sister try to log in to their accounts (one is @hotmail.com, the other is @msn.com) they get one of the following …
I cannot open my task manager at all. Ive ran my spyware, my virus scanner, ive tried evertthing i know to no avail. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you
I was looking at Purging software that helps you clear a harddrive of any personal info in three different levels, yet, no price was listed...Wondering if traditional DELETE as an alternative is a poor call? I planned to move files I want to keep off the PC's drive and delete …
I need a program that i can put songs from a music cd onto, and then burn those songs onto a cd, i need to make a copy cuz its getting scratched, i cant use media player, or real player, are there any others out there?
I have a problem starting Windows own Help and Support. When I go to the start menu and choose Help and Support I get an error message saying that the application can not open because a system service is not running. When I try to activate the help and support …
*You can probably find different methods of doing this somewhere online, but this is the way that has always worked for me* *NOTE: This hack might not work 100% all the time, i'm not exactly sure why, but I know that after you re-start having installed a program that puts …
hi i cant use ctrl+alt+del on my pc, when i press them nothing happens. why is that? thnx
I think I caught a virus which won't allow my control panel to open. I've run a McAfee virus scan 3X, but it doesn't detect anything. But, yesterday it identified a Trojan which wouldn't allow me to delete or quarantine it. I've been working on this all day, I even …
Hello, I'm looking for software that I will be able to use to burn dvds. I do not have a dvd burner, however I do have dvd rom and a normal cd burner. Is there any software that I can use that will allow me to copy my dvds without …
"We are sorry for the inconvience, but Windows did not start succsesfully, a recent hardware/software change may have caused this" I was always afraid to installed SP2, and this is exactly why. Earlier today I decided to install all the windows updates, and get them going. I installed SP1, and …
Okay heres the situation, when the screen gets to the main screen, the only thing that shows is my background. My desktop is blank, theres no icons, no start menu, no task bars, and i cant right-click. If I alt + ctrl + del, i can open explorer.exe but its …
problem is i cannot access some websites i used to, i can on mozilla firefox but not on internet explorer or packard bell companion?? ive cleaned my cookies, reset my internet settings to default, allowed all cookies, turned off my firewalls, done everything i can think off please help...thank you
This has been happening for a few months now and i have not been able to figure out the solution. Whenever i open up Windows Media Player, a message comes up saying " A internal application error has occured". I have tried to download WMP v.10 and the same thing …
Message reads - The instruction at "0x37001328" referenced memory at "0x71ab428a". The memory could not be "written". I have run out of ideas and was wondering if anyone might know what this is??? Thanks Hoggy :cheesy:
Hey when I go to read japanese text all that appears are boxes, what do I need to download to read japanese text on web sites and where do I go to download it?
My computer was shutdown improperly due to my clusmyness and now when i go to turn it on it will not boot. Instead it gives me the following message.."Windows could not boot because the following file is missing or corrupt.....\WINDOWS\system32\config\system" Im just wondering if there is a way to repair …
Ok after my monitor was flickering i got a BSod with this tech Info Stop: 0x0000009c 90x00000004, 0x80545ff0, 0xb2000000, 0x00070fo(or 0 not sure cant read writing)f) Any idea i am sick of this
everytime i plugged in a printer or a digital camera, the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD popped up. however, it doesnt seem to recognize the new plug in device - it always says "the file 'usbccgp.sys' on (unknown) is needed"... the dumb tech at HP wanted me to pay $60 for …
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