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| | For the past few months, i've been noticing my computer running very slow between the time it first gets to the desktop [from me turning on the computer to desktop it's fine] to the time i'm able to open Internet Explorer. Normal boot up to desktop, then I click my … |
| | Are you good at mysteries? How about a double mystery! I am stuck , snookered, stymied and whatever other synonyms your thesaurus can supply. ## I have XP SP2 ( 32 bit ) ## Day 1: in the big brother house : #1) XP > connect to web > insert … |
| | Im not sure what happened, might have been my kids, but when i start my computer and the desk top comes up, theres a text that comes up saying 'warning spyware detedcted on your computer, install spyware or antivirus' then all these black bugs start showing up and eating my … |
| | I've never installled 8GB of RAM on a computer before and was wondering if there was some kind of setup I had to do before installing it. I have the Intel DG33TL motherboard and it supports up to 8GB of RAM, but it isn't working. I have the latest BIOS …  |
| | Hello my name is Betty, I am having trouble with my sound. I can hear system sounds just fine, music on cds,but when I try to look at a video I can see the video but I cannot hear it. I am having several errors appear that seem to be … |
| | Hello, this is my first try at getting help, I hope I am doing it at the right place,,,,,, I created a second partition (30GB) with Gparted-liveCD in my only drive running XP. How could I create a dual boot with same WinXP in that second partition? I want to … |
| | hi i think this problem has occured from avg remove a " threat " but now when pc loads up it says c:\windows\system32\gcjimgus.dll access denied Any1 help ? |
 | I have a base server MS 2008 with Hyper-v RC-1 loaded. The base server has NIC one set to connect to main network. There are three Virtual servers loaded in, 2 dc's hosting DNS, and DHCP, And one Exchange Server 2007. The Virtual machine's nics are setup with static IP's … |
| | I can send & receive emails, but i can't get on the internet |
| | Hey there, I want to copy some projects from Mac to PC, but the problem is that for PC some files have too long names, and what I need to move are audio projects and untill now the only one thing to do I know, would be to consolidate my … |
| | Dear Guys, Would anyone know why after sending a single email to around 12,000 people from various distribution lists they would receive that same email in the region of 30 to 130 times additionally. We've been going round in circles trying to sort this out and are unable to send … |
 | Hello all, A friend is having problems with the "Search" feature in Windows Explorer. When he clicks on the "Search" button, the search dialogue area that typically replaces the Folder section of the Explorer window does not appear. All steps have been taken to rule out Virus/Malware Any help would … |
| | i made a major mistake, i was trying to learn how to download software and i destroyed my computer. I downloaded an .iso of protools and unpacked it using 7zip and i did not make a disk i tried to install it from my hard drive and ever since i … |
| | Alright, firstly i'm semi-comp literate but nothing to advanced. I'm pretty sure I have some trojans one being SpeedRunner.exe but when I try to get rid of it it comes back. If anyone can help me that'd b hip. By the way i have dial-up so include file sizes on … |
| | Hello, I,m pretty much a dunce. I have this emachine n10 series laptop, have not used it for a while, turned it on and was greeted with a pitch black screen. not even a blinking cursor. the fan spins, I have 512 memory amd sempron processor. What to do? |
| | I must have lost a few screws today, because after many years I decided to upgrade my system from WIN2K to XP. Its XP Pro with SP2 on the install disk. Everything was fine until the middle of the install, the system came with many beeping sounds, with the messege … |
| | Hi all hope someone can help me i have reciently come accross a problem where windows media playing when playing files on the web or on my pc playes sound ok but has no picture i have run the usual programes adaware spybot avg system mechanic i have also deinstalled … |
| | Unplugged all my puter stuff in a hurry in lightning storm and when I turned it back on got message Windows sytem32 cooonfig system. I know from searching this forum I am suppose to put in the operating system disk that came with the puter, but since I have no …  |
| | Ok, I *think* this is the right forum, not sure due to the issue at hand though. We've got lots and lots of images here, and most of them are just fine. However, recently there have been some popping up with the thumbnail previews showing up incorrectly. They'll show up … |
| | At our office we have special software in which we can create users. Once the software is running completely, the users created in our software are automatically created in Windows. They belong to the restricted users group, so that means that they are not able to change the Power options …  |
 | I need some help with renaming files using a batch script... Say in a folder I have 2 html files. - 1.htm 2.htm I need a bat file that will rename "1.htm" to "1a.htm" and then change "2.htm" to "1.htm" In other words I need "2.htm" to become "1.htm"... Anyone …  |
 | I'm in the process of reinstalling my whole pc. I have completely formatted C: and left D: (second HDD) as it was with my data on it. I have reinstalled XP and had next to no problems doing that. My first problem was it seemed to install two versions of …  |
| | I stumbled upon this peice of software called "[URL="http://www.inputdirector.com/"]Input Director[/URL]" and thought it could be useful because i have two desktops and dont have enough room for two keyboards and mice. My problem is that these computers are not connected in any way at all and was wondering if any … |
| | How do you minimize a user login? Hi guys & girls!!! Ok, here's my problem. I need to run a BOT for my game but it reads off pixels which is what makes it un-detectable because it acts out the mouse & keyboard. I can only run the BOT when …  |
| | how do i get a fresh copy of windows on a hard drive that is fucked up does not boot into the windows that is on it and when i push f8 and tell it to boot from my disk drive to run to windows disk that i have it … |
| | i have discwizard installed in my new hdd but theres something wrong with it thats either corrupted or not installed completely by the technician so i am having problems installing xp now how do i clean my hdd, no,NO! repartitioning,formating didnt work the prog is still installed i want to … |
| | OK - hi to everyone - I am new! I know next to nothing about computers so really need your help.. I used my husbands laptop last night, turned it off as usual, and when I turned it on today - nothing but error messages It won't start up and … |
| | How do I use my Internet Explorer favorites everywhere, at home(my own PC) ,in office(our company's PC) or in my travel(my laptop )? |
| | My OS: WinXP Home/SP2/AOL 9.0 I cannot read any .pdf documents. I have Adobe Reader 7.0 but I do not know if this is the program for reading this type of file. Would appreciate any advice. Thanks. |
| | Hello, I posted a problem I was having with my laptop starting windows. I still have the problem but was wondering if its possible to save some of my important programs. If I use Knoppix, it allows me to see all files and folders on my HD. Is there a … |
 | right now i am working on a doom 3 theme for my windows xp. I have a boot screen, logon screen, wallpaper, and cool evel looking icons. But i think it would look a lot better if i change the default taskbar and windows bar from blue to black. Now … |
| | every now and then when browsing the web certain sites cause this pop up to occur: [IMG]http://www.kortclan.com/RoundTable/Vault/data/images/lamethings.JPG[/IMG] what can i do to disable this piece of crap. I dont want to make a passport and i sure as hell dont want to be reminded every freaking 5 seconds when im … |
| | I have a Gateway E-2500, and I just upgraded to XP PRO from XP Home. But now when I try to update the driver for the Gateway FPD 1530 monitor it won't let me. The properties box is grayed out. Anyone have any ideas? |
| | Hi lads right i went and left my PC unlocked friday afternoon and shut my PC down when i got bk in, came on it this morning and relised one of the lads at work have decided to messa round with the settings on my PC 3 thing he has … |
| | ok so I just bought a new computer, everything is fine now except that I do not have sound. Never did for that mater. I got onboard soundcard coming from my ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI. I know this thread is a repeat of many others very similiar but i've read all … |
| | Hello all, I have a windows XP SP2 and on board sound chip C-Media CMI9761A. Now I have a microphone, but the sound I get in sound recorder or in the speakears it's too low. I tried with other microphone and it's the same. In sound properties I have the … |
| | A friend of mine turned off his PC while the updates for Windows XP Home Edition were being installed on his Compaq minitower. Now he can't reboot. He tells me that he tries both starting normally and in safe mode but cannot do it. I am going to his house … |
 | I am aware that RMDIR /S /Q will delete any directory in a quiet way even if it has content. However, it does not allow the use of wild char for the removal in batch mode. How can I accomplish the task of deleting several directories at once at the … |
| | Hello Everyone. I got a call from my mom about her computer. She can't change her background, in fact, her background is stuck on this Active Desktop Recovery thing. I've read what people have to say about correcting it, specifically, deleting the desktop.htt file. However, when trying to walk my … |
| | Hi i was wondering how i know what graphics card and ram to buy so it matches and is compatible with my computer... thankyou. |
| | Have an illegal versian of xp pro on my computor. Of couse I dont have the cd I would like to remove it and install the legal version of xp home edition Is this possible? |
| | okay, i have a netgear wgr614 v5 and 2 desktops and 1 laptop. all of them were connected and working, then i did a system restore on my laptop, and when it was running again i couldnt get internet, it was connected to the wireless router as "exellent' but the … |
| | For the longest time I have had a GIF file for my desktop. I make them from photos I've taken with my camera. I tried to change over to a new one recently and it kept returning to my current one. I finally got frustrated and deleted all instances of … |
| | Yeah, I have a problem like this. I was trying to play a game when my screen said, "Out of Range" so I turned off my computer. Then, I turned it back on and I can't go on the internet and my startbar disappered. From all the help from other … |
| | Ok my usb mass storage driver has a little yellow warning sign next to it and it isnt working to well so I am trying to find a download online buyt nothing seems to be free can anyone help me out. |
| | This is a Gateway unit running WinXP Pro. It worked fine when I gave it to my 90 year old father. He claims that: "it wouldn't turn off!" and so he unplugged it. Ever since it froze on start-up. Right at the point that several dots are racing across in … |
| | I thought this was weird because i cleanup all my files and deleted old programs i rarely ever use through add/remove programs from control panel. but i did get a virus/spyware on my computer two weeks ago. but after running spybot, spydoctor, avg and avira, it says im clean. help? |
| | You've helped me before, hoping you can do it again. Printmaster 15.0 was working great until one day I couldn't open the clipart, kept asking for a disc, which the only one i had was the install so I would slide it in. When it wouldn't do anything, I tried … |
| | Ok, so I got this old game that's for Win 95 installed om my XP computer. I just wanna know if there is anyway for me to play it anyway. I have tried the compability mode and that don't work... the error message I get is: "script error: handler not … |
| | I'm not sure if this is virus/trojan related or not, but when I go to web pages with small embedded visual advertisements, the ads will display correctly for a second and then be replaced with a server error message the page cannot be displayed. I should mention if I quickly … |
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