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| | Hello, I created a workgroup with 3 computers several months ago. One computer shares a folder to the other two. The shared folder contains several subfolders. All was well. Then, today I discovered that files in some (but not all) of the subfolders of the share were not accessible via … |
 | I recently tried to install a second hard drive to my system running Windows XP Professional. I am studying IT and wanted to play around with partitioning, permissions, etc. The first hard drive is a 250 G WD SATA-300 with NTFS. The second hard drive is a Seagate 250 G … |
| | [COLOR="Green"]Please read the whole post, it may help you come to a conclusion as to what could help, thnx![/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]All rules apply![/COLOR] Ok, I installed windows XP pro, anyway after the install, I noticed that it couldn't update since the key had stopped being used, I don't remember what it … |
| | I'm wondering if I place my Program Files into a 2nd drive as a back up, incase of a crash, could I reuse the backed up Program Files? Is there anyway to copy the registry so I can reuse them? Thank you for all your help, I also asked this …  |
| | I recently tried to install a second hard drive to my system running Windows XP Professional. I am studying IT and wanted to play around with partitioning, permissions, etc. The first hard drive is a 250 G WD SATA-300 with NTFS. The second hard drive is a Seagate 250 G … |
| | When I click on my At&t internet icon on the desktop, it says, "Choose the program you want to use to open this file". I can scroll down and choose Internet Explorer, but I'd hate to have to do that every time. I tried to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 from … |
| | i've come accross with another problem in my comp. for the past 2 months my computer has been freezing up, restarting, or having a black screen at random times. it really bus me because whenever i am doing a write-up for homework, or playing games or browsing on the web, … |
| | yehhh...i am tired i was looking ysterday all day how to delete whose words...i hoped to get some answers from windows live search,but all i got is more adwertisment of there product...please help ,because i am shearing this computer,no do i wanna see what others search,no do i want to … |
| | hi i am new here. when ever i connect my Ethernet cable to my laptop its says limited connection and even when i go wireless too. its is windows xp can someone please help  |
| | I have a Core 2 Duo E6600 over clocked to 3.6GHz stable on air. The motherboard I'm using is an Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi/AP. Whenever I prime95 with both sticks of memory I will get an error which forces the p95 to stop running its test. (The sticks of ram …  |
| | how do i block the website... this is what i did to block the website from bussiness computer. i went to tools internet option security click on restricted site and block the site but that dosent help me. some how the user did access the sites and i want to … |
| | anyone can help me, every time i run ny XP Cd to format my pc, set up will run and restart every time the set up turn into Wimdows NT. How can i format my pc...anyone help me please..thanks |
| | I have 7 usb ports on my computer. They used to all show up in My Computer but now they didn't. This was right after I started having lots of problems with my firefox, speed, etc. So I got some help in the Nasties but a lot of stuff still … |
| | Hello: I have a laptop with Windows 2000 and get the following error message when I bootup: "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" I wish to recover the data (files) from the hard drive. When I try reinstalling windows, i get the … |
| | Hello everyone. I am new here and have a issue with my USB ports. Earlier, my USB ports stopped recognizing anything plugged into them. I’ve tried a USB mouse, USB unpowered external hard drives and multiple flash drives, all of which works on another computer. I tested them on all … |
| | Decided to format my daughters computer with Windows XP but it all went pear shaped. Now the computer won't boot up at all. It runs from the A drive boot up disc ok but then takes me to DOS prompt. Same from CD drive with Windows XP disc in. How … |
| | This has only just happened within the past week. It is only certain programs that won't open such as Itunes, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop & Windows Media PLayer. Those are the only ones i've discovered so far. The onyl way i can get these programs to open is by going … |
| | I tried to chat online with HP customer support to talk about my all-in-one, but when it tried to connect to the technician, I recieved this error. validation of viewstate MAC failed .. If this app is hosted by a web farm or cluster ensure that <machinekey> config specifies the … |
| | Hi, Can any one please guide me about the HASP drivers? Why windows XP need these drivers and how they can be installed? Waiting for your urgent reply. Kind Regards, |
| | Hi, Our company has a W2K3 SP2 server with ADS installed and running. Previousely some of the machines were logging into the domain / AD while most were running in "Workgroup" mode. For better management, I brought all of them in AD. Ever since, new systems are showing a peculiar … |
| | for starters this is an xp pro, ie7, verizon-yahoo mail problem. recently i am not able to download e-mail attachments of any kind. (pdf jpg rtf ppd) and so on. all help desks point to each other. microsoft says its the e-mail portal, yahoo says its the browser, ie7 says … |
| | At my school, there are many, many computers. Many of them are binded to a domain controller. This allows every student to have their own account and their own home directory. The problem is that there is a [B]public [/B]account. This means that most of the students don't even know …  |
| | I'm visiting my mother and unfamiliar w/ works - I'm trying to show her how to use her word processor in works. When i put an RW disc in to save her work it comes out as a read only disc and we can't continue. What can i do to … |
| | Hi all - my laptop used to work with wireless, but now it says "Invalid IP Address". So I did the ipconfig/release and the ipconfig/renew. But then it said it can't change the IP address because some media thing wasn't connected? Now not sure what to do. I'm at work …  |
| | Hello; Our company pc's all have XP Pro loaded. We have several mapped drives to our iSeries IFS folders. The drives have all been mapped and have been working flawlessly for months. A few days ago the mapped drives started losing connections. When we disconnect the drives and try to … |
| | Yes hello folks been a while since I needed your expert help but here goes.. as soon as im on desktop it begins I lose all my desktop icons and taskbar then it opens again 5 secs later then the same again sometimes it wont even open back up and … |
| | Hi, First off, I should say that the computer that's having problems is not mine, but my mother's. Okay, the computer is a Compaq Presario R3000 Laptop. Uh . . . I don't know much about it. I know that it has an AMD Athlon XP-M Mobile processor, but I …  |
 | How do i get rid of outlook express 6 and use another for defaut please help |
| | Hi, I purchased a second hand computer and it was working before I picked up from my friends house. When I got it home and plugged it in, it would just make the sounds like it's booting, the lights blinked, it beeped, but my monitor kept saying that "the monitor … |
| | So I'm getting pretty frustrated with this problem, and had avoided asking any tech forums until now because I really had nothing to go by. So I have my girlfriend's computer. Built it myself, worked fine for months. A friend used it while she was here, just played WoW on … |
| | Using hp omnibook 6000 to web surf and occasionally, it locks. No curser, no response. The only way to escape is to remove the battery and unplug the dc power. Then the only way to restart is by pressing the "sleep" key. On/Off does nothing. Using latest bios and really … |
| | I'm having a problem with a laptop I recently reformatted. It does not matter what connection method I used (LAN, WLAN, WAN, and Dial-Up), I cannot access the internet. The drivers are all installed and Windows says they are working properly. However, I've tried connecting to a network through a … |
| | Hi, my folder options are not showing and i cant unhide folders or files. can anyone tell me how to enable folder options and make them visible.please help. |
| | When I attempt to click on an underlined URL I get a pop up message that tells me an unexpected error has occurred in windows etc...If I write the actual URL down and click on it in the place it in the location window I will be sent to the …  |
| | I was doing a simple ftp and look what I found! Look at the attachment! |
| | Ok firstly i guess i should warn you that this post is going to be absolutely gigantic, and give you an overview of the computer im currently running - It's an Alienware (im not showing off, it was the cheapest one!) which is probably coming up to about 4 years … |
| | I have a weird key logger that was somehow installed... And now im unable to remove it. i tried using HIjackthis but it was never able to complete the scan. It won't show up on the ctrl+alt+delete menu and it starts up automatically i don't know how to selective startup … |
| | Hi, new to this and am doing this for a friend who up until a few days ago had a healthy pc, then one day after switching it on none of his programs would work, his desktop would come up and msn would start because it runs when windows starts. … |
| | Hello All, I don't know what else to do then ask someone for help :) I've been getting random popups in XP eversince the last reinstall. I'm running XP Pro SP2 and the popups come up all the time. The Log file follows below; I very much appreciate your help. … |
| | Can't reinstall Win XP Home Edition, I turn my computer on, incert the cd. the window that ask to start off the cd comes up, I hit any key, It loads everything that it has to load and when it get to the setup window that ask if I want … |
| | Had a scheduled Acronis backup begin when I remembered/noticed that a P2P utility was not shut down so, literally seconds after the backup had begun, I shult down the P2P. Immediately got a popup from Acronis advising that the backup could not be completed/continued. Inititated Acronis manually to restart the … |
| | Hi guys, I wonder whether there is anything that can be effectively done so that my system may get a boost and speeds up.... there's this agonising slow pace. I've already tried some things like, disabling the "Search Desktop" feature, defragging, getting rid of eventual nasties, but it's just a … |
 | Ok I am about to install Windows XP 64 on my pc, to see how it runs, anything I should know before I do this? and will my games still run at 32-bit even tho the OS is 64-bit? |
| | I am having problems reinstalling an ATI Radeon 1400's driver into my Dell Inspiron E1505 running windows XP, SP2. When I try to install the driver from dell, it goes through installation, but then says it cannot continue because DirectX8 is not installed. I then installed Direct X 9.0, because … |
| | I am getting an "unsupported format" when trying to play a DVD. I have upgraded the firmware and codec's but the system will not see a title in the drive. I can however play dvd's I have made prior to my upgrade to 64 bit and other video formats play … |
| | I configured RRAS server on my windows 2003 server installation. I use it to allow users to connect to my server using VPN. Does anybody know how can I set it up that so it will require that users have digital certificates installed on the client computer? The server is … |
 | In XP, or from the DOS command line, is there a nice way to list the objects inside a .dll or .lib file. |
| | Hey all, I dont know weather to post this here or on the dead machiens thingy, if its still around, havnt been on here for ages. ANYWAY, there i was, sat watching the telly, my laptop sat there, lid open, looking inconspicuious, at the windows xp home login screen. when … |
| | This started all of a sudden with Windows XP home on a Dell 8400. When I try to open Windows explorer, Internet Explorer, Control Panel. the CPU usage goes to around 50% or more, and the programs never open. In the task panel, it shows they are running. If I … |
| | you must forgive my complete lack of computer savvy. But Im just trying to play medieval total war and my main video driver keeps pooping out and i can't quite figure it out. I have a geforce4 card and am running on XP the error message contains nv4.dll which is … |
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