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| | [COLOR=#000000]When I plug in any USB digital camera to my Sony laptop, Windows finds the [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]new hardware (disk drive), and installs it, but then the hardware cannot work [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]due to the following error:[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]"Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. To … |
| | I want to mod the windows taskbar to NOT show any running programs - similar to removing the "window list" in Gnome. I not looking to remove items from the system tray, only active windows (ie firefox, notepad, etc). I have found ways of repairing this if it occurs accidently, … |
| | I am running win xp, sp2 and MS Office 2003 and Norton Internet Security. MS Outlook was working fine. Suddenly it can't send or receive email. A check of the accounts shows everything correct. Interesting thing - If I have Outlook send a test message, it says everything is connecting …  |
| | Hi everyone My friend and I have just obtained an older HP Pavillion running XP Pro Service Pack 1 and I am trying to upgrade to SP2. Whenever I go to MS Update or Windows Update I get a message stating: 'Your current security settings prohibit Active X controls. As … |
| | Hi. I am having problems with my system restore. I have windows xp pro. I click start and go to all programs click accessories system tools then system restore. However, when I click on system restore the hour glass appears by the cursor then nothing else happens. I dont know … |
| | I would like to upgrade my video card. Motherboard: MICRO-STAR MS-6728 My current video card is a GeForce 5600 FX. What is the best video card I could upgrade to without upgraded my motherboard? What is midrange video card? |
| | Cannot revert hardrive using System Restore with Windows Xp Home (SP2). Norton 2006 reports a clean harddrive. Also, SpySweeper reports a clean harddrive. Any Ideas? Recently had my HJT log checked for virus's and spyware I may not have seen. The HJT log was checked by members of this forum. |
| | Hi everyone, i have a little problem. i was looking at upgrading RAM. i removed one of my 2 512mbs. after examining it, i replaced it, the came 512, in the same slot. that's all i did, now my system wont boot, no screen, lots of beeps. I've tried booting … |
| | Folks, After a clean XPSP2 install on a new hard disc, after POST the system fails to boot from the hard drive. However, if I press ESC to get to the BOOT menu, I can select the Hard Drive with the XP installed, and the system boots normally into windows. … |
| | I'm trying to figure out why my Windows 2000 machine freezes up. Not BSOD, rather a complete 'press the reboot button' freeze. According to the readings from SpeedFan 4.27 my temp readings are: ambient temp (reported as Temp 1) in the computer box 35C. The HD's are at 38C & … |
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| | Hi, I m having a problem that I can't change the resolution of my desktop,I can only access 640X480.I m using Windows XP n my system is DELL 2700.Can any one guide me is there any problem wid VGA drivers,if so thn hw can I download those drivers to eliminate … |
 | While trying to download updates from Microsoft a popup box appears and says, under the heading Microsoft 2002: [B]Error 1317: Setup cannot create the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft. Verify that the path exists in your system and that you have sufficient permissions to update it.[/B] And at the … |
| | Dear members, Please help me in regarding my problem. I am very much confused on whom to blame for the problem........MSSQL? or .NET ? or Win server? I have a dedicated server with 2GB RAM, SQL 2005, 150GB bandwidth, 160 GB disk space etc., I have created a .net application … |
| | This is the error i get when i try to get into the internet Driver IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Then they say something about the vnetusbr.sys file, i don't know what is it though I heard from other forums i seeked help from that it is a network driver's file can anyone tell …  |
| | When I turn on my pc nothing happens apart from the lights coming on? I have no idea of where to start looking to fix it and am not sure how to get the information off the harddrive? Please help.  |
| | Well, I'l start off with my system specs... I have an Acer Laptop, Aspire 3100 2.5GB Ram, AMD Sempron 3500+ 1.79GHz, Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, version 2002. Now onto the problem: I have a wireless internet connection and I am using the Belkin Wireless G Router #F5D7230-4. I … |
 | Hello all! I stumbled upon this site because I am having strange problems that I suspect were caused by spyware. My desktop is GONE, when I attempt to print something nothing happens, no error message or anything. There are other problems but one thing at a time! I am running … |
| | I have a home network with 2 computers connected - the first runs xp2 and connects with no problems. The second is a dual boot vista/xp2 which I have recently set up. Vista connects to the wireless again with no problem but the xp2 boot does not. I have disabled … |
| | I just formatted and reinstalled Windows XP Home on my PC. after doing this i have an annoying little prompt that pops up as it is booting up. It asks me to choose an operating system to load. My choices are: Windows XP Home Windows XP Home if i choose … |
| | Hello, I'm having a major problem with Windows XP boot-up. Yesterday I downloaded a recent Windows Automatic Update. As soon as the download completed, the computer froze and he restarted. The computer then booted up to the login page and after loggin in, you hear the music telling you that …  |
| | Alright, I'll explain what's been happening. My friend is always going on about how his windows explorer is always freezing up, and he keeps having to restart his computer. He gave my a .mp3 song to listen to recently, but it never played, and it refreshed (perhaps rebooted) my explorer.exe. … |
| | Ok, where do I start, long story short, we had Vista, it sucked, formated the crap out of everything(including the recovery) yep, not a bright thing to do, my bad. Anyways xp is up and running but know the sound isn't working at all. I go to the control panel … |
| | When starting up my computer, my start up task bar, icons and anything else related to the desktop do not show up... The only way I can open things is through control alt delete. I downloaded virusterminator and it detected something in my startup labeled hmk.. I removed it and …  |
 | Hi, [B]I am using windows Xp home edition. I need to activate the Windows-xp within 30 days. So, to overcome this problem i took the drive backup where i had installed windows Xp. But, when i restore it back in DOS mode the number of days left for activating is … |
| | Hi, I forgot my local PC administrator password is there a way to reset it without reinstall my whole OS. Thks |
| | I am receiving the null parameter/serializationStream error message when I try to access my hp Imaging Gallery on my Dell Dimension 4600 computer on which I have Windows XP Home. |
| | Hello I am trying to set desktop background on multiple machines. I can not change gpo to do it so want to run to machine. I just can not remember where to put bitmap to have it overwright existing backgound. I browse to user profile I want to change but … |
| | For some reason I can not open more than one window in internet explorer. If I click on a link, it will open a new page in a new window, but close the window I was in. Any direction for help would be great. Thanx! |
| | I have a Dell laptop, Win2000, Linksys router, wireless card. All have worked and connected perfectly from January until Saturday, Dec 8. I ran a full virus scan on Dec 7. It found a couple things, fixed them, and I went on like normal. I played online for a little … |
| | Hi all, I am new to this forum, but it looks like a good forum. I purchased Windows XP x64 Pro(OEM) a few Months ago and I think I made a big mistake in not getting the regular XP x86 Pro version. I am a Home user that just put … |
| | "Dell pc with Windows XP Home Edition when booting up, screen goes black, then reads: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD Rom select 'r' at the first …  |
| | Is it possible to reformat a hard drive but leave the OS on it ? Im expecting a big fat "NO" on this one, but I hope I am wrong. Thanks in advance for the input. I should add that this comp was custom made, and that I am looking … |
| | Folks, I'm working on an admin script that will look at a servers' scheduled tasks and verify that #1; it's enabled or disable; #2; alert if disabled; and #3; continue to monitor the sheduled tasks 24X7. So, I've created this script that is suppose to do this; however it's not … |
| | I have a suddenly popped up problem in opening the pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Reader in my windows 2000 machine. I was opening files peacefully till last week, suddenly it slowed down and now only the first flash page comes up...... I had both Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and 6.0 … |
| | I need help. Whenever I start up my laptop, either normally or by using safe mode, it gets a BSOD and restarts. The BSOD lasts approx 1/2 a second. The top of the BSOD was UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME the STOP message was *** STOP : 0x000000ED (0x8x70?900,0xCD000006,0x00000000,0x00000000) The ? in the middle … |
 | Hello, Can anyone introduce on what are the anti-virus compatible to Microsoft Windows Server 2003? I have been using Microsoft Windows XP but now I change to use Microsoft Window Server 2003 due to certain requirement. However, I found that Windows Server 2003 cannot support many software like XP can. … |
| | I need to know if there is a tool that will allow restoration of the Default domain level group policy container. Or the procedure to complete the task. The tab is currently not allocated to the properties dialog. Help with this would be very much appreciated... |
| | I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I … |
| | I am on a network. The other persons web pages are accessable. I got an error message: Navagation to web page cancelled. Cannot access the web. Help. Thanks. |
| | I have a problem that i hope can be solved. The sytem i inheritied on Monday is a very strange setup. 1 Domain Controller which is really file and printserver. All the 40 laptops are in a workgroup. I have 8 laptops at work that see the Wireless Router, but … |
| | Does anyone know the correct syntax to pass a username and password when using a net use command to map a drive. Thanks |
| | I am getting a server report from one of our companys sent to me and everytime its sent I try to open it in outlook and it says The page cannot be displayed An error occurred on the page you are trying to view. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To work around this problem, … |
| | Hello, I am having a problem removing a program. I am logged on as a administrator but when I go to control panel add/remove programs and click nothing happens. I am able to use control panel to do other things. My operating system is windows xp. Thanks in advance for … |
| | Hello Specialists, Since a few days the system process of XP starts writing on my C drive at a speed of more than 1 GB an hour. Within Explorer the file can't be seen, although within Properties on Drive level the space occupance is shown. After reboot the diskspace is … |
| | Dear all, I have reinstalled Windows after some problems, and now I am getting problems. I had 2 operating systems in my computer. One WinXP in one physical hard disk, and in another one I had Ubuntu Linux. I have installed Windows to disk C (first physical disk). And now, … |
| | Hello, I'm running an HP 513w, and up until recently, have had no, or minor, problems. Currently, I have a problem however. My computer is now prone to randomly shut down, although not completely. I can still hear it running, but the screen goes black, and the green power button … |
| | So I started my girlfriends laptop today and plugged my USB phone charger in. It had never been connected to this computer before. Then after a while, we just held the power button to shut down the computer as we were in a hurry. Then when we restarted laptop, the … |
| | Hi! Thanks for the time. Anyhow, I'm having trouble on my laptop with a CD-ROM drive that is going undetected on my computer in explorer, device manager, disk management, and in pretty much everything else :(. I'm pretty certain the problem in linked to me using a virtual drive (in … |
| | HI i recently got a problem wid openin drives in my windows xp sp2 version.IF i double clik them they wont open but instead a new tab opens askin me to chose a program from the list to open but i can open the drive by typing its name in … |
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