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| | Why are my windows xp programs and internet explorer loading very slow? |
| | Somehow, I don't have a clue how, my Dell Cineplayer seems to've disapeared. When trying to play DVD's, Media Center attempts to, but tells me: Decoder Error The video decoder has either malfunctioned or is not installed. Please restart Media Center and/or the computer. What on earth do I need … |
| | hi on stratup i keep geting a rundll error it say that it can not be found (kqayfdfh.dll) i can not found it in the reg system . so i take that it has been delated so how can i fix the problem i have done virus scan restalled all … |
| | Greetings, Today I had a power failure (I usually have one every week, and it just shuts my computer down and it comes back up fine after power returns.) This time though, i was in the process of closing a program and I'm fairly sure the disk was writing data … |
| | Hello everyone, first I'd like to say this looks like a great site and I plan to use it and pass it along as much as possible. Secondly, I started to install Win XP HOME on a pc, and when i went to format the HD it would get all … |
| | I have bought a new pc with xp pro sp2 preinstalled every thing is networked i can map the drive open a windows and see the files but when i need to open a file the windows hangs or file shares are very slow and at times times out opening … |
| | i dropped my laptop and broke the lcd screen. i want to hook my laptop up to my tv so that i can still use the computer. the laptop has a connection for a monitor on it but my tv does not. so, i got a vga to dvi adapter … |
| | Hi, folks! I'm using a program to set global hotkeys in Windows XP, and it works great from F1 to F11, but my problem is: When I try to register F12 as a hotkey, the following error message appears: "Error. Unable to register the specified Hotkey. The Hotkey is probably … |
| | hey guys I'm fixing a computer, its a sony vaio, it comes with the installations disks, I have replaced the hard drive cuz the one it had was not working, now it gets about ten minutes in to the installation the it says "an Error occurred". when I restart it … |
| | my computer is windows xp: media center edition Alright well first off, I've got a problem connecting my xbox to my computer with media center edition. When i try and download the xbox program it says that i dont have windows media center installed, but when i got into system … |
| | Hello, I have been troubleshooting this for a long time, this computer is brand new around 3 months old, and I am getting the following cases, here are the steps that I am doing... [LIST=1] [*]Press power button on computer [*]Windows loads [*]I press CAPS lock / or NUMLOCK to …  |
| | pc XP Pro mouse keyboard freezes up after 10-15 minutes, then machine reboots itself. Ram maybe??  |
| | Hello, Im new to this site so i have no idea whether im in the right section here, anyway here's my problem: I recently had to re-install windows, and because i'm not really much of an expert i found out that the Documents and Settings folder of the username i … |
| | Hi All Gururs, I am new to Windows System administration,i am facing a problem in windows networking.We have a small network of Windows 2000 systems, one Redhat linux machine is configured as Samba server,another linux machine is our DNS server.We are accessing the Linux Samba server from the windows 2000 … |
| | Computer Make/Model - E machines 2220 System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Computer - Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz, 0.99GM of RAM Sound Card - Realtek AC'97 Audio OK about every 3-4 Min's my computer slightly freezes for like a few seconds and any music …  |
| | Hi, When I check "restore my computer to an earlier time" in system restore and click on next, I get the following message: The following calendar displays in bold all of the dates that have restore points available. The list displays the restore points that are available for the selected … |
| | Help my son has just gone live wih TalkTalk3 with free broadband but is using his own Belkin F5D7633-4 Wireless/ Router instead of the supplied Talktalk modem, this wireless /router worked perfectly with his previous ISP (tiscali) Now he seems to be having setup problems, now I & several members … |
| | I have two partitions on my hdd one says 20 gb and the other says 8 gb and I have a 30GB HDD. Is there anyway I can combine these two partitions to make a full 30gb? |
| | I have a windows vista laptop and a windows xp desktop that sits doing nothing, though the hardware is fairly good. Can I link the 2 so that while I play games on my laptop, it also utilises the hardware in the desktop? That way I'd have an extra 2 … |
| | Hi anyone who's interested in helping me :) Here's the deal, down and dirty: Changed around the sizes of some partitions, then rebooted and installed a linux distro on a seperate partition. Went to go into XP Home (SP2, or course), and it first told me autocheck could not be … |
| | I am using Comodo Firewall Pro with HIPS. Now I want to try Spyware Terminator which also has a HIPS feature. I have read an article that two or more programs with HIPS may conflict with each other. Can I install Spyware Terminator with real-time shield and HIPS enabled together … |
| | I have windows XP and on boot up at the "Welcome to Windows stage, I get the message "WINDOWS NO-DISK" then in text THERE IS NO DISK IN THE DRIVE. PLEASE INSERT A DISC INTO DRIVE. with the options CANCEL, TRY AGAIN & CONTINUE. If i click either continue or … |
 | My son tried to access our laptop & this is what it said :( This is the message blue screen Stop C0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry can't load the hive (file) \systemroot\system32\config\software or it's log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent or not writeable,. Beginning dump of physical memory. … |
| | Well, i want to print screen the process of reformatting for teaching my friends, as they dont know how to reformat pc at all. I checked over some websites which teach how to reformat, but the pictures are very limited. So, my question is, how i able to print screen … |
| | Hi all, I could not not log on to my win server 2003 because i forgot my password. However, i tried to re load windows with the CD to repair but the system boots non stop until it reaches the password console. PLEASE HELP! JNORA. |
| | is it possible to access the registry thru explorer or some other way without using REGEDIT  |
| | Hi! I would like to run Dual Monitors, i've been looking at other threads and haven't seen the answer. I have a 7300nvidia PCI express 512MB DDR2 HDTV and DVI-I (SLi , purevidieo,) I have two VGA monitors. and I have a motherboard built 6200 nvidia also that has a … |
| | I dont even know where to start. A few weeks ago a variety of problems started after someone started fooling around with my computer. I think they were trying to make a static ip or something. I dont know if it worked. I began having problems with my internet connection. …  |
| | Guys I really am desperate right now... I tried everything to fix this but this message still shows if I try to check for errors using PowerQuest Partition Magic 7.0. What can I do? Is it possible that this is a hardware malfunction, like bad harddrive? Or is there any … |
| | Hey i was trying to make one of my partitions bigger with partition magic 8.0. In the process of resising my pc froze, so i had to reset. Now the partition is bigger but i cannot open it. When i do an error checkup with partition magic i get the … |
| | Ok, I need some help. Recently My C: drive has been running out of space, so I figured I would use Partition Magic to marge my other partitions, and make it all one big drive. I got the program, started it up, and tried to redistribute the free space on … |
 | I have always used PartitionMagic and DriveImage and when PowerQuest was bought out by Symantec, I started using PartitionMagic and Norton Ghost but this new machine of mine runs Win XP x64 edition, and neither of those programs are x64 compliant ... from what I've been reading on various forums, … |
| | Hi folks, I tried to resize my partitions and had a "little" problem. Using : Win XP, Partition magic 8.0, one hard disk with 2 partitions. My initial goal: Transfer 5 free GB from my Win XP partition to my data partition. Step 1: reduce the XP partition size ==>no … |
| | Hello, The auto update has 89 outstanding security and other updates that are not being installed. When I try to click on the install shield in the task bar, the update launcher starts, then it says all updates failed to install. This presents a serious security problem. I tried installing … |
| | Hello everyone; I would appreciate if anyone can help me out how to trouble shoot of the following windows problems: [B]1. I can no longer boot my pc on ANY Safe Modes options. [/B] When I leave my computer switched off for at least 16 hours or more then turn … |
| | WINXP when I try to reboot the system I get a msg saying that this file is missing "this applicationhas failed to start because msvcrt.dll was not found" I thought to add it using floppy, so I made a boot diskette, but when I start the machine using this floppy … |
 | Is there a way to remove the windows xp pro 9 connection limit ?  |
| | i am having trouble if i double click on my cd drive in my computer i get a message please insert disc. i already have a disc in the drive. the drive that i had in when this started happening was a dvd-rw . i've changed the drive to a … |
| | Hi All, I am a newbie -- and have just installed a New Windows XP Home Edition (Legal and Registered) on my computer and was trying to unzip a program and recieved this message.... Component'COMDLG32.OCX or one of its dependecies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid. Ok …  |
| | I've installed a new hard drive on my grandsons computer. I have an OEM XP Home to install, however, when I try to install, the install goes to the loading files for install, then indicates that the plugin.ocx file cannot be installed. If I bypass and continue I get an … |
| | My computer keeps trying to download the automatic update for SP2 even though the computer thinks it is already installed. If you go to My Computer / Properties it says that SP2 is already installed, however when I try to install other programs such as Yahoo! Music Jukebox it says … |
| | Hi, I'm DaMoogle and I'm here with an odd problem. Today, Windows Update got some updates for Excel 2003, IE7, and Outlook. I've tried to download them multiple times, but they will not install properly. In fact, when I clicked install, the yellow icon disappeared from the taskbar (i.e it …  |
| | I am a Windows XP Professional SP2 user. My computer ran really fast before. Then I decided to reformat my system, backing up my files in the second partition and started a fresh OS install. After I have installed all necessary device drivers and restoring my previously installed programs, my … |
| | I get a message "there was a problem installing this hardware: access denied" when I plug in a new IPOD touch into my customer's XP home machine (a p4 2.4ghz). I have scanned for viruses/spyware, did a registry cleaner, made sure I was logged in as admin, even tried creating … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario XP SP2 that I can't get out of safe mode. I can't find my original CD and I am begging for help, from my neighors laptop. Thank you, Dianro |
| | Hi to all. I need your help. For about a 1 week I been having this dilema. as a matter of fact I thought that I was going to have to by another hard drive which at the moment I really dont want to waste $ on. anyways after I … |
 | can somebody please help me. I am unable to use the xp style start menu. There is no option to use it. There is only one option and that is to use the classic style start menu. can somebody please help me i want to use my xp style start … |
| | My PC was brutally attacked by avsystemcare malicious software which advanced into mezzia trojan's and vundo...'s. I've managed to take all the steps to getting rid of eveything....or so it seemed. The second i think it is cleaned up...it appears again in the registry. I have reinstalled windows as a … |
| | Hi, Can someone please help to know the path where kernel of windows Server 2003,2000 is located.Please specify the full path for both windows 2003 and 2000 with the name of exe. Thanks and Regards, Ashish Thakkar.  |
| | I'm using Windows XP - everytime i restart my computer it makes a ticking noise in my tower and the computer can barely be used because it is so slow. I wait usually about 25 minutes until the ticking is done and it works fine (I have checked everything in … |
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