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| | does any one know hot to set administrative tools settings to the default settings??my computer is not working properly after it got changed  |
| | While i was working on my other computer it turned off, i had been on for awhile so i figured it might have over heated so i left it alone for a couple hours. When i tried to start it it sounded like it was about to start up fine … |
| | i got a new combo dvd/cd-rw drive. it is not reading any cd's although it reads dvd's. it was reading everything two days ago when i installed it. what seems to be the problem, can anyone help me? |
| | Hi Friend of mine has been using this laptop (Toshiba Satellite A10) for sometimes and then it couldn't go into windows. We tried those icons on the screen (disrk,cd,floppy etc) but it gives us a blank screen with a cursor (dash) blinking on and off. This goes on forever. (what … |
| | Hello Guys This is my 1st time on these forums so i hope you can help My Dvd drive seems a little erratic. DVD getting stuck in there but lights are still flashing. Sometimes my PC or windows doesnt recognise the drive is there either but yesterday it was working … |
| | can anyone assist,i was trying to repair my Tiny compute,it no longer would reboot,tried a small harddrive with windows 98 and it rebooted,when it asked for ram disk etc,i put the dvd drive back in,when i restarted i no longer have graphics and the monitor response light stays orange and … |
| | Hello My name is Jonathan and I would appreciate some assistance in finding out what is wrong with my computers cd rom. It just is'nt there. At least that is what the message says when I go to access a cd. The computer was turned off and disconnected for some … |
| | Hello, I have a CPQ Presario R3000 which powers on but will shut off when it starts to bootup. I can't even get it to boot from the original WINXP install disk. I'm leading toward an analysys of either a HD or Systems board failure? Any thoughts, comments or suggestions … |
| | I was in the prosses of reformatting my dell coumputer when I started the coumputer up and now all I get is error loading operating system. what can i do to get it started. will my Dell recovery XP CD work and reinstall the OS? I don't any of the … |
| | My laptop locked up and I tried to get out of it by holding the power button down until the machine turned off, which it did. Now it will now power back on. I have removed the power cord and the battery and tried to power back on, but I … |
| | Hihi..... im new here and my notebook has encountered a very serious problem and i need everyone's advice here.... i've searched through the forums and i cant find similar problems....hope u guys can help me out.... this is my notebook's spec: Twinhead Pentium 4 Mobile 1.7GHz 192mb DDR Ram 30gb … |
| | Hi, Im new here. Im having a bit of trouble with a homebuilt computer which was previously working, but is not anymore for no reason that I can see: gigabyte k8triton nsc -939 amd 64 3000+ 1g ram sata2 wd hd nvdea 5200 (ill add more if needed) Anyway, Im … |
| | I have a 4 year old Dell Computer that i would lke to wipe completely clean and give it to my 5 year old niece. I believe the computer picked up a viruse about 6 months ago because now when I try to turn it on, it won't boot up. …  |
| | An iron was plugged into the power strip that was plugged into a ups. The ups got overloaded immediately and the fuse tripped. I pushed it back in and let things cool. Now my computer will not boot. The DVD drive lights and the fan turns on, but the front … |
| | ok, i have a sony vaio, and ive had it for about 5 years. Its worked great, now, not good. I turn it on, and it will say sony, then goes black, then says "disk error" press ctrl alt del. Any guesses on what I should do? Thanks so much. … |
| | Hello: I am hoping someone has gone through this before and would have some tips... I have a Compaq Presario S4010CL (2.4 Intel Celeron, 40G harddrive and 1GB of RAM) with Windows XP Home Edition. I had a Geforce FX5200 before taking it out during troubleshooting. A while back, the … |
| | I can only get a couple of websites nowadays, and the rest just come up with 'page cannot be displayed' or 'DNS error'. I think it might be because I've been fiddling around with my IP thingy in network connections - how do I reset it?! Also, do you think … |
| | My daughter has a Gateway Solo 2150 laptop. On a couple different occasions it wouldn't shut down. Being a little too hasty, I pulled out the battery. There never seemed to be any problem after that. but then, she had it packed away for 9 months, and now it won't … |
| | I recently aquired a Sony Vaio [URL="http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sony_Vaio_T1XP_L__5790260"][B]VGN-T1XP[/B][/URL] laptop. The problem with it is, you switch it on, the green power, orange battery, orange hdd status, wireless and bluetooth lights are all on. The screen doesn't change at all. No backlight comes on, nothing appears on the screen, no sound comes … |
| | My cd/dvd reader/burner is not working when i click on my cd drive is says: Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible. Can some1 help me.:?: |
| | I'm running a homebuilt PC, with these components: Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe Mobo Pentium 4 550 3.4 Ghz (HT) 2 GB off-brand RAM Western Digital 200 GB HD Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Lite-on DVD-RW drive Samsung CD-RW/DVD drive About 4 months after I got … |
| | If you have a Compaq 1625 and get the beeps on startup and no video, this may solve your problem. Disconnect power and remove your battery. Hold down the power on button for about 29 seconds. Plug your power back in and restart the machine. If you have problem getting … |
| | Ok heres my problem each and everytime i play a 3d game or has any thing 3d in it like 2d characters but a 3d backround my computer just goes to a black screen.I dont get an error message,i meet requirements and installed anything i needed to run the game … |
| | I was getting help removing some viruses on my daughters computer on a post in another forum. I was asked to start in safe mode to remove some stuff. The computer wouldent start in safe mode. It would scroll with the numbers and crap like it was going to and … |
| | Hi there, I'm not to clue'd up on the technical side of things and have just had a pretty serious problem with my computer (at a seriously bad time). Basically I was using my computer, nothing special just doing my usual work, and it totally freezes. It doesn't crash often … |
| | Hey guys, i'm really lost atm and could use some help, any help! System Specs: Asus p5nd2-sli deluxe intel pentium d 830 3ghz 1 gig corsair xms2 667 creative audigy 2 hitachi 400 gb HDD 2x Maxtor 200gb HDD Asus Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX Here is what went down. Everything … |
| | when i restart from windows ME i press DEL on boot up then something goes wrong it wont boot up when i try to open the bios setup it say that the harddark MODE not USED. HOW do i activate my harddisk. please help me tnx |
| | I have a computer that will not power on at all.. I kept pushing power buttion afnd it will not power on at all. I'm thinking power supply or motherboard. I'm trying to figure out what's a good way of checking to see if the power supply is dead or …  |
| | Hi All, I hope someone came accross this problem. I booted from a MiniPE boot CD to recover few GIG of undeleted files. Once everything is finished the DVD drive opened and the PC hang. so I switched off my PC and I've rebooted normally. What's happening now is so … |
| | hi i have HP Pavilion 8612.its a pentiumIII with 600Mhz.it has (64+128)MB RAM and 40GB HD. I have win XP installed on this system.Now the problem is that whenever i connect to the internet my system hangs someytimes within 5 minutes or sometimes after 30 minutes.i have tried many things(i … |
| | My home PC is running on Windows XP. Whenever I try to launch internet explorer and anthing to do with windows explorer I get 100% CPU usage and can't do anything but end the programs and reboot. I recently downloaded the latest norton anti virus and internet security software although … |
| | hi i have HP pavilion 8612. its a P3. i have 40gb HD and (64+128)mb RAM.I have installed Win XP on it. now the problem is that whenever i connect to the internet my system hangs.no matter what i do(i have norton 2006 with complete updates which has resolved some … |
| | Last week I was on my computer and all of a sudden the thing just shut off on me. No error message ..no shut down..just off. So i go to turn it back on and nothing. The power supply was running and so were the fans in my computer but … |
| | hey everyone - I m trying to fix IE thats running extremely slow but I cant- any ideas?? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:40:50, on 14/06/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe … |
| | Hi - I have an Acer Travelmate 512DX (yes I know it is old - very old). With power supply plugged into outlet, battery indicator light gives quick flashes of green light. The power button will not turn on the machine. I then unplugged machine, and took battery out. Then … |
| | when i turn it on. it works fine and then it goes to the screen where it loads my Windows XP Home edition, and then screen turns black. Then its SUPPOSED to take me to my login screen but instead the screen stays black. When the screen turns black the … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario 2195US with AMD Athlon XP-M 2500 processor. It has no power. I have a good AC adapter, new CMOS battery, good ram, new cpu. Laptop battery is dead from sitting for 6 months. When I plug in I get no lights at all. No fan, …  |
| | hi, i just bought my girlfriend a laptop for her b'day, but before i give it to her, i want to make back to factory settings, the only problem is i didnt get any cds with it. all i got a the charger a bag and a few games with … |
| | Long story made short! Just received a second hand PC, was working fine until I loaded some new programs and setup broadband. Thereafter when it starts it goes into Windows error checking mode, saying that a file is missing, and continues to reboot itself without entering windows. Then after entering … |
| | Hi, I have had a pc running for over a year now. It was all working fine until one day it wouldn't boot. It does all the memory checks etc but when it reaches the windows log on screen if i leave it it will reboot and if i try … |
| | missing or corrupt : /WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM I have the un bootable hard drive in a nother computer that does boot up. Is there a way to get this file back into the unbootable hd. Thanks Ed  |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC's problem is:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC was working well, some reason I remove its Hard Disk, and set an another PC's HD, try to start PC, its not start, Press F1 set the BIOS, again startup from HD, can not start.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Replace and set up first HD, I mean … |
| | The other day it was storming out with lots of lightning, so I decided to turn off my computer. First let me say that the side panel on the tower was removed because earlier in the day I was dust cleaning and just hadn't put it back on. So I … |
| | Just finished building my first computer employing an MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum mobo and two sata hdd's [not to be used in RAID, just one working and the other for storage] Hdd's are OEM's so no info came with them, but I have two floppy's that came with the mobo. … |
| | :) We have a Toshiba laptop it was working just great then when we turned it on a message comes up " PXE-E61: Media test failure, Check cable" I have gone into the setup and in the main menu it says Hardrive: None When I try to select the harddrive … |
| | Hi again, It has been a while since i asked for help on here but the kids have fiddled again and i cannot fathom it out. My computer wont boot past the Windows loading screen. I have checked in the BIOS and there is no hard drive detected at all. … |
| | Ok, well just joined here...hopeing I can get some answers :). Well recently my computer has been crashing whenever I play certain games...such as Ragnarok Online, or Guild Wars. The odd part about the crashing though is that they are all timed....so they stay on with no trouble for approximate … |
| | your help would be much appreciated in my quest to solve this issue.my girlfriends computer has what i like to calla ghost mouse.once the cpu is turned on the mouse is fine but after a few mins the pointer will freeze in place. the mouse still works it's just not … |
| | This is the case. I'm building a new pc. My motherboard is ASUS A8nx32-SLI Deluxe with AMD Athalon 64 dual core cpu. Here's the problem. I cannot install windows xp. When I get the prompt "hit any key to boot from cd" it's like my keyboard loses power and the … |
| | Hi, I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with my PC. a few days ago, my computer stopped responding when I was working with an application so I pressed the restart button. My pc now refuses to go into windows. I goes through post properly, and then where the … |
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