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| | Hey guys, I recently deleted my linux partitions which left me with the grub boot loader. I can now only access my computer through a boot disk with a boot.ini file on it. I tried to go into command line when i get into windows and run "fixmbr" and "fdisk …  |
| | Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of software that can play RENTAL DVDs because the ones I have (RealPlayer and VLC Media Player) aren't doing it. They playe non-rental (bought) DVDs fine though. And whilst I'm at it, my WMP doesn't play any DVDs … |
 | Hi, Few days back I had been infected with a Virus [COLOR=red]w32.Fujacks.K[/COLOR]...Thereafter it has changed my FolderOptions->Show All files options. Even if I change it from Do not show hidden files to Show all files and click apply the System is stubborn to revert it back. Could anybody help me … |
| | When I tried to start up my laptop, it showed a message saying <windows root>/system32/hal.dll I searched around the web and saw that people with dell laptops aren't using the windows xp disc to fix the problem. I have the windows xp disc and want to know if it's possible … |
 | people i am having the weirdest case ever the computer that i am using currently when i open a document word or excel or any sort of ms office it seems to crash down after the product splash screen??!!!:S |
 | i see this error on IBM T42 even after swapping batteries, anyone have idea's??? |
| | Can it be possible to install IIS on win 2000 wid out CD? if so thn kindly reply. Regards, |
| | [B][/B] I spent most of last Sunday recovering from a bad deed of my own making. Attempting to download a video clip, I was told that WMP could not handle the type of file, and asked me if I wanted to download a Codec. Regrettably I allowed the download, and … |
| | Hey guys, I was recently running a program on my pc when it suddenly crashed. When I started my pc back up an error msg popped up saying that it could not detect the hard drive. When i restrted my pc again it still wont go to windows. It gets … |
| | I've got a windows xp home edition laptop and i went to install a game yesterday but quickly realized my windows wasn't seeing the cdrom. First, I restarted hoping to fix it, nothing. Then I did some research and found a thread on daniweb from 2004 and tried all their … |
| | I have 2 clients that are reporting a strange issue. 1 is running outlook the other outlook express. Within the last 24 hours both systems have starting prompting for them to log into the Microsoft Network when they do a send and receive, if they click cancel they get and … |
| | Hi There All Im having a problem connecting to the internet on my other computer through IE..my weather bug has no problem accessing the internet but when i click on a add thats on the weather bug that wont access the internet..Also i cannot access internet options from control panel..the … |
| | I finaly got all my programs back on my computer and then I download IE 7 and the explorer icon at the top of the start menu, up with outlook express, has no icon. I have tried uninstalling and then reinstalling but that didnt help. I would like this to … |
| | im running xp not sp2 and i have wmp 10 recently when i play video in wmp10 there is a stuck black pixel in the upper left part of the screen i have a tv as a second screen and it does not show up on it only my monitor … |
| | I borrowed a friends office xp cd to load it on my computer. I need to reformat my hard drive to get rid of a partition but dont want to lose office xp. How can I back this up. I have everything else I need saved or backed up on … |
| | I am thinking about password protecting my laptop. A few questions. I am the administrator of my laptop. How do I set up the password. And after I set it up can I remove it so I don't need to type in a password at all. How would I do … |
| | Hi there. I am new to this community. I am just wondering if there is any way at all to disable the force shut down feature (you know, when you press on the power button for 5 secs+ the computer will shut down by itself without closing any active programs). … |
| | I just build a PC, with spec: asus p4s8x-x motherboard, Celeron 2.4GHz, 512 MB, GForce 5200, 80GB HD, DVD and CD-RW. The problem was, after loading Windows the second time, it takes almost two minutes to load Windows, and the sound is bad; it sounds like have a lot of … |
 | Hi guys! ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!! need some help, i need to clear the history from internet explorer on my work pc; it's windows xp pro sp2 - but locked down. i've found the entrys i need to get rid of (facebook & daniweb etc lol) but the delete button has no effect … |
 | Hello, Seems a few problems have cropped up. I will list the symptoms below. I feel they are related, since they have all started concurrently. SYMPTOMS: * In Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs will start to load, then gray-out after several seconds. No error ever pops up. Only by killing the … |
| | Im trying to slipstream the SP2 with XP Pro and I need to enter some commands into the command line. I know how to get there but my default directory is my "mydocuments". I need to be strictly in the c:\ drive. I tried typing in the "C" prompt but …  |
| | If I go to desktop properties or through control panel and click on desktop the browse button is grayed out and if I try to pick from the left hand box nothing happens. Also if I go to themes my desktop only changes to solid color. Ive tried changing the … |
| | Hey guys! I have a problem which I dismissed initially but now has built up and is ddrivin me crazy!!!! Whenever I play an online game or watch an online video e.g. in YouTube or wateva every so often the picture will freeze while the sound is continuing to function …  |
| | my computer and monitor keep shutting down and restarting on their own, even if i am on the internet or not! I used to have dsl, but i am on dial up now(netzero premium) and it never did it then. I am running windows 2000 professional. Can somebody help me … |
 | First off I apologize if I posted this in the wrong place. I'm trying to find a way to run a downloaded game twice on the same computer at the same time. When I try to run the game for the 2nd time it detects it's self and says it's … |
| | right boys and girls, could do with some help ASAP here working on a PC and when i come to defreg the HDD through windows defragger it stops and comes up with this error 'the scan has been cancelled because an error occured on file: c:\windows\systems32\temppf.sys' does anyone have a … |
| | Hi, I have a personal PC at home running Windows XP, 3.06 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 with 200 GB hard drive space and 512 MB RAM. I bought this a year ago from PC world. I have noticed that my PC took about 3 mins to start so I decided … |
| | I am getting a blue screen on my computer that says if this persists contact distributor and ask them for some files that may be missing. I'm thinking about reformatting my computer to solve this; but before I do I was wondering if anyone else had a quicker solution. |
| | Hello, I am unable to open my cmd.exe; it simply closes itself after no more then a second with no error message or anything. I have tried several solutions posted around other forums but to no avail. I have tried: - Virus removal (no viruses found) - System restore (didn't … |
| | ok, i've had it with this cloak and dagger stuff i have a hp pavilion xt928 with win xp on it i even wasted more money ordering the recovery disks i would like to go back to old win98se os and still be able to use the hardware on this … |
| | Hi there, I'm using linux for several years and i would like learn windows to get some new experineces in IT and ... get better salary :-) 1) I'm little afraid of it, because i have no idea how i can do something like package managment (easy install and automatic … |
| | I have a challange for anyone who thinks they can help me. I have been trying for 8 months to rid my computer of the infamous NEW FOUND HARDARE WIZARD. I have tried everything i know and some of what others know and yet it still lurks on my computer. … |
| | sir the folder option is missing in tooles menu &control pannel . so i m not see my hidden files & folder pls help me |
 | my Add and remove programs will just sit there and says "please wait while the list is being populated." I have let it run for a long time and still nothing. any clues???? |
| | I'm a newbie so bare with me. I have been getting crazy amounts of popups. I've done all kinds of spyware and virus scans, even removing a lot that were found, but still the popups won't go away. Most of the popups are antivirus/spyware related. The most frequent ones are … |
| | Hello folks - I left my Lenovo notebook idle for some time last night. When I came back to it (roughly 1.5 hrs later) it was making a lot of noise as if a big process was running. I checked the running processes and logmon.exe had a very high CPU … |
| | ppl i need help in boring detail about how to make a 2 face pc part for ubuntu and other for vista i need to learn how to do it in boring details cause no worries i bought a 400 hard disk and 1 gb rams and a new nvidia … |
| | Every time I connect to my juno web server windows XP changes my monitor display setting to the lowest possible screen resolution. I have followed every corrective measure in Windows Help, tried four different monitors, but continue to have this problem. I am ready to go back to Windows 2000 … |
| | Hello, about a week ago I posted a thread asking if my computer was compatibly with blank dvds, and unfortunately it wasn't. However, the nice gentlemen that helped me gave me alternative ideas. I decided to use my friends computer to burn dvd's... and it works fine. However, it takes … |
| | A few days ago i turned on my computer and on start up a message read: 16 bit MS/DOS Subsystem C:\windows\System32\scchk3.exe The NTVDM has encountered an illegal instruction. CS:0f9c IP:010c OP:fe 7f 03 21. Click 'Close' to terminate this application. I have noticed that since the message started my computer … |
| | Hi guys I'm trying to build a "New user form" that automates the process of new users joining the company. What I have done so far 1) Created a Macro that launches a form that has a number of fields where you enter "First Name, surname etc. etc. etc." you … |
| | [B]"IIS was unable to start the site. Another site may be already using the port you configured"[/B] [B]this is the error im getting[/B] [B]i have many websites on a single windows 2003 server. recently it started that when i create a new site im failing to start the site. i … |
| | Windows XP SP 2 I have an Acer AL1912 with a Nvdia GFORCEMX440 graphic card (I think I spelled that right) I know the PC came with a built in video [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread77487.html#"]display[/URL] on the motherboard but its been bypassed in favor of this one. Unfortunately most times when I boot … |
| | I'm having a strange problem with my laptop. some USB-based devices (Ipod, Memory Stick) work fine, wheras others (External Hard Drive, Mobile Phone transfer cable) aren't recognised. Nothing happens when I plug them in, and having been to the Disk Management screen, they don't appear there either. Can anyone help? |
| | I need to upgrade a domain controller that is currently on a windows server 2000 sp4 machine. This computer is going to go into a very nicely equipped new server but due to licensing issues we are going to put server 2000 on that machine for the moment then upgrade … |
 | Today I was trying to install a new codec. when i clicked on it. The computer restarted immediately. I know this is not good. After the boot up a message appears. "Your system has recovered from a serious error." I Tried to install the codec again with the same results. … |
| | I currently have a licensed copy of windows XP. But I have two computers. Can I activate the OS on both computers? |
| | so recently my computer has somehow been stacking up its virus' and spyware and all kinds of problems. i've cleaned up what i can and what not and let mcafee do what it can. there are several virus' that mcafee will not take care of. vundo.dll being one of them. … |
| | For several months now I've been having an audio problem. The problem PC is an older Jetway V266b running XP SP2. The O/S keeps identifying the embedded audio as a C-media product, which it isn't, its VIA/Avance using the VIA 8233A chip in VIA's K266A chipset. I know thw audio … |
| | Hello, I'm running on Windows XP SP2 and have been getting BSODs quite frequently lately. The problem seems to occur randomly, sometimes even right after i get into windows, but I've noticed that it seems to occur the most when I'm running more than one type of program at once. …  |
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