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I have an ASUS A7N8X-E deluxe. Replaced a failed power supply. Now the computer will only see the Seagate hard drive after turning the machine off by the power button. When the computer reboots by exiting windows, the machine freezes and will not find the hard drive. Otherwise the machine …

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Hi all; I'm new here so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate group but the problem I have Running Windows X/P Home Version: I have a template folder which contains a number of folders in it. I make a copy of that folder and rename it to a …

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So i've got this friend running windows xp, and he cant log in to any websites. He can login to aim. I tried a different webbrowser and it didnt help. I didnt notice anything odd in his firewall settings. He ran a viruse scan recently and didnt find anything. Checked …

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Hi. I have my Windows Updates set to automatic, I get the message to install updates, a total of 83, but when it tries to install them they fail and say the updates could not be installed. I also have a definition update for defender, this gives an error code …

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Hey i was wonder if anyone can help, the problem is that after defraging the C: drive some of my game start not to work properly, the basic function is fine but all the game start to act up the games will start but the screen is not as it …

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Hey there, I can't get XP to start up on my HP desktop. When I turn it on, a black screen pops up immediately apologizing "for the inconvenience" and gives options for starting it (safe mode, etc.). However, none work. Anyone know what this could be? Thanks a bunch! Heather

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Hello, ok so a while back i tried starting up my computer and all of a sudden all my icons and taskbar was gone, i later figured out that it was my explorer.exe not working properly. so i go and click ctrl alt del, new task then type in explorer.exe …

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Hi people, I am having major trouble with my computer. Yesterday windows had some sort of fatal error somehow code c000021a or something like that. My primary objective is to make sure all of my files on my harddrive are backed up before i can re-install XP. My dad is …

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Dear Community, I am pretty frustrated. I downloaded "bit defender" a week ago to delete a fake virus protection virus that I believed was a microsoft product: "spycrush" and a bunch of "spy" addendums. Well, I ran the bit defender and it said it couldn't move the virus. I send …

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Hi all This is my first post here as i need some help with a minor problem that is annoying me as i feel fairly confident it is an easy thing to do. What i have done is create a custom button in outlook 2003 that will open a new …

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whenever i try to play any video or audio files, in any program (vlc, windows media player, winamp), i get stuttering issues. roughly once ever 4-5 minutes a video file will freeze & the audio will make a skipping noise, then resume like everything is normal. same for audio files. …

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I hope someone has an idea about this because I'm stumped. It's probably right in front of me and I'm not seeing it. I just built a Fry's GQ 5110 for a customer. It originally came with AMD Celeron, 128m ram, 40g WD hard drive, WinXP SP2, updated. Added 512m …

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Well hey everyone whattsss up?! This is my 2nd thread. Hopefully someone can ease my pain! I have this Dell Inspiron 9300 Laptop with the wireless intel pro chip internet built in. Its WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION with SP2. The wireless internet worked fine for awhile, but then it just …

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Hello Every time I startup, I get the blue screen. I tried booting safe mode, but it still shows up before I even see the login menu. Last known configuration does the same. It cant be a hardware error because its a laptop. Heres what the blue screen says: BAD_POOL_CALLER …

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I have a HP zd8000 intel pentium 4 lap top. It originally came loaded with regular XP. I decided to reformat and put XP pro on in place of xp. Now it installs seemingly ok but now my BlueTooth wireless will not work and there is no audio device detected. …

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I have a Dell GX150 with windows 2000. There have been no new installations, drivers, or anything changed. This machine satys on most ofthe time, 24 hours a day. One day out of the blue, I notice it's off. When I try to restart, it gets to the third splash …

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hello, i have hooked up a second computer in my office and when it prompts me to log in i don't have the password and i can't get a hold of my friend to get it.Is there anyway to bypass to at least get to the desktop???

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Huge problem for me as I cannot get Windows XP Home to boot (see my previous thread posted earlier today). I've tried lots and lots of things but have not managed to get windows to run in safe mode, repair windows or reload windows. I swapped the jumpers and have …

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I have recently re-installed Windows 2000 Pro, SP4, and am having several issues. In Windows Explorer, I like the split screen with the folders tree on the left. For some reason, Windows Explorer ignores my folders selection to remember each folder's view; it will not remember to open the folder …

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Hey frenz, I recently messed up with my system..... A few months ago i encrypted certain files and folders on one of my NTFS partitioned drives E: in XP Pro..... I don't know that all encryption keys and certificates will be stored in my (user) profile and in my OS-installed …

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Some time ago I had to re-install my entire operating system due to some error. I used a program called winternals to save all of my files to a backup since my OS would not boot. Before this had happened I had some files that where "Encrypted to secure content" …

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How to sort out "cannot find the file SSVCHOSST.exe(or one of its components) make sre the path and file name are correct and that all required libraries are available"

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when windows staring up automatically my computer is opening and ssvchosst.exe not found error showing

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I have this computer that has been a one way ticket to hell for me. After buying a new 650 watt power supply and a new copper 2.4ghz cpu heat sink and fan I decided to install windows xp. It wouldn't get to the installation prompt without shutting down my …

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Hi all. I know there are posts like this but thought I would quote my sys spec and see if somebody can help. Seagate 40gb on Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pro 2010 notebook(18 months old). OEM XP Pro. No floppy drive. Notebook ran perfectly until now. I installed PC Tools free …

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When I start my computer, windows starts up and displays initial screen, but then shuts itself down and then restarts, and so on. When start in safe mode, windows still shuts itself down. So I tried start in safe mode and did "return to last good configuration" but end result …

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Okay, i just reinstalled my PC so i used misrosoft update to install all the SPs and updates. My system is now fully patched apart from one thing. There is no IE7!!! IE7 isnt listed as an update????

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Hi, I was asked to rebuild a compaq nc6000, (reformat disks, reinstall XP Pro and software) Since the rebuild I haven't been able to connect the laptop to the domain. I get the following error: <quote> A domain controller for the domain (DOMAINNAME HERE) could not be contacted. Ensure that …

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I have Windows XP SP2 all current updates and always current Virus software, Adaware, Hardware Firewall and Software firewall. I am not able to access the "Run" Command from the Start Menu nor can I view "Startup". I also cannot view "Newwork Connections" in the Control panel along with Administrative …

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Hello. I am running a HP Pavillion a1150y desktop with Windows XP. I am using a wireless USB mouse/keyboard combo. I am also running Kaspersky Anti-Virus, with Proactive Defense and auto-start enabled. I removed the USB device while my machine was running, and when I reinserted it, the Proactive Defense …

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Yes I have just recently reformatted a clients computer and have run into a problem i have never seen before. I Cannot reinstall/Update the Ehternet Controller or the Network Controller. I have gotten everything wlse working though. I am acessing the net via a notebook ehternet adapter that plugs in …

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ok so, here goes. . . runing xp, 512 ram like 200gig memory nvidia vidocard, mother boared I dont really know. Shared network (?) runing a wireless adapter linksys with a linksys router (on the other pc) my problem is the following, I cannot get my online game to stay …

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I am trying to remove the Language Bar help from my taskbar in windows XP. I sussesfully remove but when I restart XP it has returned. Can Anyone help?

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I have users who work out in the field and never log in to the internal network. I have set the policy "Interactive Logon: Number of logons to cache in case DC is not available" to 10 logons. This policy is not being applied to any user seems like. When …

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Hey all. Okay, here's my setup: Win XP Pro SP2, Radeon 7000 AGP video card, with a DVI-to-dual-VGA dongle. After much, much finagling, I was able to get the dual monitor setup to work correctly (extend desktop to second monitor). Here's the problem: I can't start the machine with both …

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When I search for a file or folder in win xp after sometime I will get an explorer.exe error.

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I have a major problem that I think may be a power or heat problem, but I want opinions. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ self made rig, with 2 hd, a dvd rom, and cd burner. I have 512 mem, an old 2003 FIC AI11 motherboard. Here's the …

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I can't remember the term for it, I'll call it autoinsert. It's the function that happens when you type in a field like IE for example and it automatically completes the entry for you. Anyway, is there a way I can restore the autoinsert entries from an old pc and …

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I can then access control panel from my computer on the left side, I can try to open control panel on my desktop, or through the start button, same thing happens opens up my computer... what has happened and how can I correct it? cat

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Internet Explorer Launches at startup. I have checked startup, MSCONFIG and REGEDIT. Find attached my hijack log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:20:05 PM, on 9/10/2007 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program …

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::About the system:: Windows XP sp2 Pro. Pentium 4 3.20GHz 512MB Ram PC3200 It's a friends PC and they have a habbit of messing up their computer in one way or another. Then they blame it on their kids. Most of the time it was to the point of having …

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Whenever I insert a music CD into my CD-DVD drive the drive disappears from my system. It is normally listed as my E: drive. When I put the Music CD in the E: disappears from the system and only a reboot will bring it back. I can use and access …

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I load about 3 to 5 systems a day (windows XP Home and Pro) and all of a sudden I can't download windows updates. I have had no problems for the last year and a half over this connection, and up until now no problems. To start, I have tried …

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Hello! I was hoping that someone could help me with the problem that I am having. Last week, for no rhyme or reason, my computer stop recognizing my CD-RW and DVD-RW drives. I have had this happen before, so I did the registry edit fix, but this time it didn't …

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Hi, Whenever I close the windows explorer I get an error box which says "Windows Explorer has enountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." When it closes the desktop refeshes along with the task bar and some of the programmes in the systray disapear. …

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I would like to lock down IE, so only certain users can use it. I was informed by another site to right click on IE.exe and remove users. Will this work or is there another way you would like to share. Thank you very much.

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It seems that there is some setting that I need to do in order to have it be "seen" by XP Pro, but I don't know what it is. This 2nd HDD is one that I just removed as my primary, with a new one, so this one has data …

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Hi, I m hving problem that whn ever I want to open local disks drives frm My Computer it shows a dialouge box as I attached the image. Plz guide me that wht is this problem n hw it can be resolved. Waiting for urgent reply Thankx in advance Regards,

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Help much appreciated. My PC will not go past the Welcome screen if any usb device is switched on. If I switch them off, or unplug them, boot continues.

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Hi friends i have a question here.. i am using Win Xp SP2.....i have installed VM ware Player on which DebianEtch linux is running... there in Debian Linux i am runnint say telnet service on port 23... earlier i had some executable through which i had forwarded the port 23 …

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