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i have a problem.. a big one for some reason my uninstall feature went away for all my applications i dont know why but they are poof gone just look at the screen shot [URL=http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uninstalliv6.jpg][img]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3783/uninstalliv6.th.jpg[/img][/URL] I need to run photoshop i have the legit version i bought it student price.. …
I keep getting Error Code 6003 on boot. Ran Disk Cleanup and cleaned registry, no help. Kids computer, you know how they click "OK" for everything. Something is trying to install and fails. What is this? What to do?
I just reformatted the hard drive (Windows XP Pro both before and after), and I get that message to Please select an operating system. The thing is, I don't think I have any partitions (when I reformatted, it looked like there was a second partition with 8 MB on it, …
I have installed IE 6.0 with IE 7.0, using the Tredosoft "Multiple IE Installer". Both browsers seem to be working OK together and separately EXCEPT: IE 7.0 favorites function as advertised. BUT IE 6.0 Favorites list the same as IE 7.0, but all sites link to the Printer, instead of …
Hello, my name is Gregg. I enjoy troubleshooting computers cause it's like a treasure hunt. But sometimes I can use a map -- hopefully someone can be my map. I fix computers here and there for friends, though I'm no expert. It's amazing how many more laptops I get to …
just need help if anyone know's how they do that... im a college student now. and in our computer lab when i save a file or install something and the computer restart all the file that i save even what i stall are being deleted.... when i ask about that …
It seems I've been infected with an obnoxious little vermin. Not sure exactly how I picked it up, in that I haven't been to any sites that I hadn't used many times before. The remaining artifact is a persistent bubble that pops up from the system tray saying: System Alert! …
Hi i recently had the Teekids virus on one of the computers i manage. I used the laster stinger.exe to clear the virus and cleared system restore. However i have just notice that there is a TeeKids.exe-0403291C.pf file in the prefetch directory. I have read up on the prefetch directory …
I am builng my fourh Machine. Everything Went well until start-up. it takes about 4 minutes. Everything runs fine once booted. Oh1 and it only boots if windows XP CD is in drive. Done the CMOS bit, changed the boot sequence to floppy/HDD/CDROM, but the S*D still boots using CDROM. …
Well, I was having trouble finding any validators on google. so here is my log: [QUOTE] Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 10:36:10 PM, on 6/13/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe c:\Program Files\Common …
hello one and all, i am in need of some serious help. heres the problem.after installing windows home edition on my pc and it start up before it goes into desktop i get a user envirioment message saying windows couldnt load your setting so loaded the default settings. also says …
I have a client who is getting errors when he tries to install a DVD game from his DVD drives, the main error is "This is not a valid win32 app." I can see all the files from win explorer and I even copied all the game files to his …
My computer hasn't ever really given me much of a problem, but just this morning my keyboard stopped working. I have a wireless Logitech iTouch keyboard and I'm running Windows XP. At first I thought it was just the batteries... because I noticed a few times recently I had to …
Hi guys, thanks or having me at this forum hopefully i'll be able to help someone else one day but unfortunately its me who needs help atm. Every time I try to play a higher end game (Command and conquer 3 / half life 2 / area 51) the games …
When I logged on to my computer today, I had lost all of my documents, my email accounts, all email, many downloaded programs/files. I've started in safe mode, but nothing helps. I rebooted before I learned I could have restarted in last configuation, and not my last configuration is my …
I'm trying to install NT on IBM Thinkpad 600E with a 60 gb hd for a friend. I keep getting message saying " setup cannot format the partion. C: New (Unformatted) 57217 MB on 8063 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus ) on atapi because it is too …
It has been a while since I have been really into the hardware (or even software aspect) of computer technology, and unfortunately I am having what seem to be some hardware related issues. As of about a week ago, my computer has been running extremely slow at times, especially in …
Hi, I have windows XP installed on my office computer. I have created a seperate logon account coz I do not want my colleagues to use my login info to access the computer. So my question is how do I assign roles to this new user? I want to disable …
Internet Explorer 6 - opens automatically. but why? I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on my laptop. When I boot up, Internet Explorer opens once with my home page. I've checked out the start up file, but it isn't requested to open at start up. When the computer is left …
Hey i just transfered a new motherboard into my`computer and since then i have been having numerous problems\ 1.i cant boot with my windows xp disc 2.the windows xp thats currently installed that was installed when i had the old mobo is playing up reall bad unusable. 3. i can …
Using Windows XP, video adaptor type VIA/S3G KM400, directX 9.0, Athlon AMD computer, memory 224MB. Tearing my hair out on this one. Internet is [B]fast[/B], opening office files is [B]fast[/B], playing music is [B]ok[/B], but................... When playing video, every 3 seconds, it freezes then skips (catches up) yet the sound …
I need to write a script , locally run by login name. I am in a manufacturing environment and I need to prevent production workers from surfing the internet. The pc's have access for updates (software, OS, Antivirus). The users are not to surf by signed company policy ( the …
Hello, do you know where to find drivers in order to use USB flash disk on machines with Win NT 4.0. I have found drivers for win 98 and once I installed them, I was able to use three different USB sticks (different manufacturers). Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky when …
when i start my windows internet explorer i get an error message - internet explorer has encountered a problem and needed to close and another message - the instruction at "0x02d3cb91" referenced memory at "0x00401000". the memory could not be "written" click ok to terminate the program. i used hijack …
I am new to this site but can see that this is the place to get help. Very briefly, recently I have been unable to access my HotMail, Windows Update sites, etc. This seemed to coincide with having run some Spyware removal software. I also had the problem where I …
This lady that I go to church with brought her computer to me and asked if I can take a look at it since it has been running really slow. I figured a few spyware scans and a few virus scans and I would give it back to her. Well...this …
I am dealing with a Gateway 6518GZ with a 1.7 GHz Pentium M Processor, 512 Mb of PC2700, Intel Extreme Graphics, running Windows XP, primarily. The problem: 15.4" WXGA laptop LCD with an optimal resolution of 1280 x 800 has a black bar on the right side, and on the …
getting a message with winlogin.exe encountered a problem and needed to close iv jus downloaded hijack this and run a scan on my computer, this is my log file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:13:01, on 10/06/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16441) …
i believe my father in law used the small side of my kids partition to put all their stuff on and now i keep getting the message that im outta space. so i put xp on the big side.. my question is..can i transfer stuff from the small side to …
Hi, Another post... I'm getting access denied messages for everything I try to do on my desktop via the laptop. desktop is running XP sp2, laptop is Vista. I need to share my printer. The help on HPs website was taken from Microsoft. I have added my comments at each …
Hi When i start up my laptop i get the following mesg no bootable cd in atapi cd-rom Can anyone help with this ? have tried the f2 option and the f8 option to boot harddrive and get same mesg when reboot on f2 option and a black screen when …
i've got some doubts... what is the difference between CMD.exe and COMMAND.com ? is there any limitation that COMMAND can do, and CMD cannot do? which one is more preferable for working...? in CMD u can press up arrow key to get the previous typed command, but not in COMMAND. …
I have a small flash program that after running opens a powerpoint doc (using a .bat file). However sometimes it just doesn't work, and sometimes it just does, my PC is a bit old (over 5 yrs) and I am working on XP on a network. I've tried it on …
I had a problem with my net a month or so ago and i ended up formatting and tarting over. The problem is back. The system has been back up and running for a couple weeks and the internet runs so slow! I ran [B]HijackThis[/B] and this is my log: …
Hello, I have four computers in my household, and I have a wireless router, that's secured. I want to limit the bandwidth of a certain computer. How do I do this without touching the actual computer? Is there any programs? My router is netgear, and I'm running Windows XP Pro. …
Good Morning, I'm trying to learn php, I was wondering if their is anyway I could practice the server side script on my windows xp home computer? I have a website that is on a linux server. I'm sure this has been asked many times, I tried looking, but could …
When I start my Windows/XP, it comes with the initial screen (and then asks for disk check ..) and then goes blank with the message 'input out of range'. Widonws seems to proceed normally only that I don't get any display. I know it is something to do with refresh …
Hi, Ive recently been having random popups and my antivirus software has been finding loads of spyware and even though i remove it it keeps coming back. I have also scanned with ad-adware and spybot s&d. Im running xp with sp2 . HELP!!!!
I bet you guys get sick of these requests, but I need some help, so here goes. Get random automatically opening Explorer advertising pop ups coming up... Here's the log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 5:17:04 PM, on 6/7/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …
My computer will not boot, and the problem at first was exactly as described as in this [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread1317.html"]thread[/URL]. Of course, then I hadn't found this awesome forum, so, since I had not many important files on it (It was mostly online games), I reformatted it, think to delete everything I …
Hi Every1 I'm havin Windows XP with 512MB RAM, AMD athlon Processor (1Ghz). My System freezes very often and then when i press CTRL+ALT+DEL, It comes back. I'm havin NOD32 Anti-Virus and AD-Aware Anti Malware. I scanned my system And its clean. But I dont know why computer freezes very …
Hello all My wife accidently installed some crap on the computer, now I have pop-ups, my home page gets changed and it slows my internet down. Here is my hijack log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:20:10 PM, on 6/10/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …
I've read many posts about "referenced memory at 0x00000014", but none of them address the problem I am having with IE7. On the first launch of the program, I get no error message. Subsequent attempts yield the error message in the title of this post. I've run registry cleaner utilities …
when i bought my Acer 5610 laptop, i made 2 dvd's for recovery (part 1 and 2). Well now i go to use them, part 1 is blank and part to has the info it should (80megs worth). Don't ask what happened to the first one i don't know! (same …
Hi- this is my 1st post! Anyway, I wasn't really sure where to post this, so hopefully its alright in this room. Basically I've had a problem with the sound on my computer- or the lack of it! The monitor has a built in speaker, which hasn't been producing any …
I have a windows xp computer, when i go to put a cd in the cd drive it will not register and say please insert disk. why would this be happening? what can u do to fix it?
Im pretty sure i have the blue screen of death and i also have a problem where my computer does system automatic shutdown. I have tried to go into safe mode and last good configuration but the screen still comes up for a fraction of a second and my computer …
Hey, I'm getting a errors from Dev-C++ (Windows XP Professional) about IPN_FIELDCHANGED and NMIPADDRESS.. it appears that they are both not recognised [code] In function `LRESULT WndProc(HWND__*, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM)': `IPN_FIELDCHANGED' undeclared (first use this function) (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) `NMIPADDRESS' …
My computer has been affected by a trojan called Generic VB.b and i need help on how to fix it. My computer is installed with Windows XP
Cant find a similar problem posted Have 2 x 512 mb pc400 Dynet ram cards and both run fine on their own in either of the 2 slots ( a little slower of course), but both running together the Computer crashes or the programs shut down. Pentium(r) 4, 3.0 ghz …
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