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| | Hey everybody...I'm really stumped on this one. My mother-in law is running an older Compaq with XP Home-SP2///////1.00Ghz AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR and 35GB HD including a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL64/MODEL64 PRO vid card. The problem is a wallpaper cannot be applied or changed in any way.Also they browse button is … |
| | I am using XP. I just got a new mobo and did a fresh reinstall. I install the gpu driver and then restart and it wont load windows, It then proceeds to go to a screen with tiny dots or one that has multiple vertical lines all over the screen. …  |
| | the monitor flashes colours after the computer shuts down and clues please leslan |
| | I have this one popup that i can't get rid of, i'm not sure what it's from and it is in a foreign language so i can't read what it says, but i have tried all kinds of spyware and adware cleaners and virus scanners, none of them help... can …  |
| | I just moved and set up my PC (which I always do, so it's not new to me). I got everything up but when I started my computer, the monitor doesn't completely turn on. It flashes, and shows the screen then flashes black. It's never happened before, so I'd appreciate … |
| | Hello daniweb Im new to your site and am desperatly in need of help. I was having problems with files getting deleted by other users and I wanted to block access and my mate said he could do something in permissions and sort it out so it wont happen anymore. … |
| | Hi y'all I'm a new threader so be gentle with me. I run a 3-year old PC with Windows XP Home edition and I use it for my AutoCAD work. Stupidly, I do not have a recent backup (I put files on CD's). So I do not want to format … |
| | Hi I changed my pixel setting and now my screen is blank and I cant do anything. Anyone have a suggestion? |
| | I have a computer that has no os on it. I install windows xp to the part where it says "Your computer will restart in 15 seconds." The computer reboots and i get the error message "Your computer could not boot due to a boot configuration problem" Ive tried evrything …  |
| | hello to all. i just got infected by n.downloader virus which was successfully cleaned by my mcafee. the problem is it deletes many windows progs such as cmd.exe, helpctr.exe, paint, wordpad... Mcafee deleted those programs because it was infected by virus.... My question is how can I recover or can … |
| | Usually when I have a tech problem I can figure it out by narrowing things down but this case is kinda different. Lately I've been trying out many different photo organizing programs and one that caught my eye was ACDSee, everyone raves about it. So I went, got the demo, … |
| | Normally I live the box on and don't normally have to reboot. Once in awhile I'll reboot twice, then export the registry which I should've done before my vacation but was too busy (this is all irrelevant anyway). Well, when I went on vacation, I turned the computer off. When … |
| | Whenever I go to the Speech option in Control Panel, and click on Configure Microphone, and then to the testing for the blowing in the mic, it plays back the first time fine, but the second time it goes about 2x/4x slower and deeper. I have looked at the troubleshooter, …  |
| | My laptop was fine yesterday then today it just froze on me and restarted. After that, it never fully loaded XP so I manualy restarted it and nothing happened. I tried to start it in safe mode, nothing happened. After a few more times, it finaly started in safe mode. … |
| | Does any one know a way to install IIS on windows xp sp2 when the option isn't there to install in add and remove components. Someone given me this laptop so i don't know the history of it. I don't really want to reload it does anyone have any ideas |
| | Yes, I still run Windows 2000 Pro, at least up until yesterday! Now, I cannot boot the computer. Windows 2000 has three splash screen in the boot-up. The first screen is a DOS screen which says, "Starting Windows", and my system makes it through this screen fine. The next screen … |
 | Hello all! I am new to this site and I wanted to start by posting my problem. I work for a k-12 scool, and I have 40 new barebones systems. I recieved these from cyberpowerpc.com and I cannot load any OS, or mainboard drivers. We have a standard cd-rom drive, … |
| | I have been trying to reformat win xp pro. I have the cd. I put it in. I selected "boot from cd" etc, etc. When I turn my pc on and it goes into the setup menu, it doesn't even get to the place where i can delete partitions. It … |
| | Hi Everyone, I wanted to ask, does Windows record the amount of times it is turned on, logged into or something similar? I would like to have a log of when it is turned on or used, also it would be usefull if there was a program usage log too. … |
| | Hi it only happens sometimes but when i try to go on any website i get redirected. I know when im going to get redirected as the ip address of the website comes up. i have just been redirected to this website [url]http://dubaidiplomat.com/flex.cfm?pt=2&rpt=1&kt=1[/url] please help ! thank you |
| | This forum was the closest to what i need help with.am helping a friend who has Windows Server 2003 and it was working fine untill about a couple months ago.It's no longer accessible by using remote desktop connection by any computer.I'm trying to allow remote access but I'm not getting … |
| | I recently had a "SMART event" on my c: drive. I could no longer boot because "windows/system32/config/system" was missing or damaged. since i have two hdds i thought maybe i could swap them, install xp on the new c: and access the old c: (now d:). next problem - no … |
| | HI! Just wanted to ask if a 64bit program would still take full advantage in a 32bit OS and a 64 bit processor Thanks! |
| | hello to those who read this... i have a laptop that has a cd and dvd writer drive on it... up until recently, i have never had any problems with it buttttt lately it has been acting really funny. if i am writing a cd, whether it be audio or … |
| | Hi everyone, When I click the Search button in windows explorer the folders pane (on the left) is replaced with the search pane. This has a title bar "Search companion" at the top with a close pane 'x' button on the right (which works). Saddly that's all I get. The … |
| | So after upgrading from microsoft.com to sp2 from home edition it asked to restart the computer, so I let it and now it won't start in normal mode only safe mode. If I try the normal mode it just continues to restart/reboot and goes to the "We apologize for the … |
| | ok first let me say hello to all ... now im confused about this pc im trying to start to keep it short but to the piont blank hard drive (20 GB) winxp pro trying to install xp pro on drive was getting the blue screen of death now drive … |
| | Hi i have this problem .... when i start windown and power on the computer starts up goes past the windows startup and then a black screen before an eggtimer appears and stays there. I have to manually switch off and restart - lst time i did this it took … |
| | hello i have a windows mobile 5.0 pocket pc and i was wondering if i can connect to my xp pro pc using remote desktop web connection. i have set up the remote desktop web connection and can access it from other pc's with internet explorer. on my pocket pc … |
| | Ok, First off, I went out to fry's to buy a motherboard (Gigabyte GA-945GCMX-S2), DDR2 Memory Stick (512), Power Supply, and a Celeron Processor. I also have a HDD with XP: Pro-SP1 that was given to me by a friend (it came along with the computer but, the computer is … |
| | My pc have been rather slow lately and keep getting stuck at windows loading screen, originally i was planning to format the machine, but i chose to use the auto repair on the XP CD instead. Well i am now able to get into windows but a lot of problem …  |
| | Please suggest/help: [B]The Problem[/B]: When I click on my icon which is a (limited) account it displays a message -- Note: I have replaced my logon name with the generic word "user" in the following-- c:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop not accessible Access denied. I have a total of three user accounts … |
| | Getting "Windows\system32\config\systemd is missing or corrupt" message at boot up after i choose my XP OS at the duel boot screen & its telling me to use recovery council but which CD recovery council windows 2000 CD or XP to fix the problem..... I m thinking how is a windows … |
| | I seem to be getting a lot of program crashes lately - either when I open one, or while I'm working. Suddenly a window opens that says "This program has stopped working. Any work you my have done will be lost" or something t tht effect. Then there is no … |
| | Hi, Already a job is scheduled to run during week days and in week ends. I could see the job status saying "Could not start" and Last result says "0x0". I tried running manually, It works without error. What could be the problem , when running as a schedule job? …  |
 | Here's what I have. First, the monitor shuts off, or appears to. I check connections, jiggle wires etc., then the computer reboots. Another time monitor freezes, lines across the screen vertically, then the computer reboots. Many things run through my mind, monitor problem, but I switched monitors and that's not … |
 | I need to configure a small office network not in domain for time sync. All computers are with Windows XP Pro. I want one of them to act as network time server and others as a clients. I need client time polling interval to be less than a week, i'd … |
| | HI! I recently installed windows XP on my computer and transferred files over from an older computer. In the process something happened and I cannot open the "My Computer" Icon, nor can I get to my computer drives in anyway other then opening a my documents window and then typing … |
 | I have a pentium 2 processor and 112kb of cache ram. Is it possible to install XP in place of 98? Will I be able to install windows xp once i change the RAM ? |
| | hi to all... i just want to ask the following questions: 1. is it possible to burn the working windows image in dvd together with my norton ghost so that if ever my windows failed i just put the dvd in my computer and start the transferring of working image … |
| | Hello all, I have a continuing problem here that I can not find any articles directly related to. After recieving Windows Update's on our XPsp2 clients here on our network from our Windows Update Server, many time's the profiles become corrupt (I assume) and then the next successful logon with … |
| | I have been looking the answer to my problem about Microsoft Windows XP saying i have 2gb RAM when i know i put in 4gb. i have been looking around for the answer for quite a while and everything seems to confuse me. Some people have reported only being able … |
| | Alright. this is one of the last problems with my new PC. Ever since i got the computer here, we installed a Driver and when i played games, random flickering went across the screen and sometimes it would freeze for a couple of seconds (the game) then continue then sometimes … |
| | Hi All :S I have four desk tops, a tablet, a pda and a laptop in the household. All running XP Pro. One of the desktops is being used for parts and another just went south reason unknown wont boot with anything, don't even get the startup screens. That I … |
| | Please, please, please help me. My new computer is having a very strange problem ever since i put on easy tune pro 5.0 and nVIDIA nTUNE on it. I put these on it because i was getting strange flashes of white across the screen when i was playing games, which … |
| | Hey everyone!! My internet speed is 100mbps but it is running as low as 33.6kbps for a past few days.... My computer speed is the same as it used to be.... but the speed of internet is getting slower and slower.... and every webpage takes more than 2-3 mins to … |
| | I'm trying to delete a picture and get the following error: Cannot delete .....: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). |
| | Hello everyone i have a rather small but very annoying problem on my windows xp, when my pc start up windows gets struck on the welcome screen and every time i have to manually log instead of being logged in straight away, i dont understand why because the pc only … |
| | I have windows xp home. I am using aol 9.0VR dialup. I make online memorials. When I go to upload a photo The blue bar fills like it is being loaded and then I get a dns error page..like I am not online. It will then error out all of … |
| | I am having issues when closing internet explorer. Every time I close IE an error message pops up when looking at the details it says what’s below: AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 7.0.6000.16512 ModName: unknown ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 001a5501 Of course this doesn’t mean much to me, but if someone out there … |
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