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| | hi any help would be appretiated. my mates hard drive just failed in his hp pavillion 423.uk so im helping him gettin his pc runin again. i installed a new hard drive and put on xp pro with no problem. The thing is that the computer didn't come with any … |
| | I have a computer that had an illegal copy of xp on it. It is now part of a computer system that also has a second processor with a legal copy of 2k on it. I desire to be fully legal and have legal xp on both processors. I understand …  |
| | :confused: i'm having a problem with my screensaver. it's freezing up. can anyone help me? thanks |
| | Hey guys, im real stuck and just needed somewhere to get some help so came here, I heard you guys know what your talking about. I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200, about 3 weeks ago and everything was fine until it suddenly started saying Windows- No Disk at start … |
 | Hi there.. this is my first *need help* post. First, actually i already read a thread like this somewhere in this forum.. but the case in that thread was caused by another thing (problem comes from running a specific program), and my problem is another case. Ok, this not happens … |
 | Hi , Having a small o big problem i dunno. Hope you all help me out is resolving this problem. I installed windows 2003 and creating few users as soon as i created the domain. But my bad i just created just 2 users. After my first online updated from …  |
| | Unfortunatley, I am still having a lot of difficulty with the Svchost 100 % cpu problem. I have looked over ask leo but apparently can not find the solution. I have downloaded all of the security patches I can find, as well as having been to Norton. It still persists. … |
| | I am having problems with the backgound of my computer. The backgound is blue and when I right click and click 'properties' and then 'desktop' the option always chosen is 'none' with a circle and a line through it. It blocks out the 'position' option as well. Also before this … |
| | Ok well im making my own server for an online game and i need to run 3 .bats Login.bat char.bat world.bat the login and char bats are fine its just im having a problem with the world server .bat every few hours or so i get "World server.bat has encountered … |
| | hi, please can you help me my pc has windows xp and a friend was using it while i was out and ive come home to find it wont start, it goes through all the set up and says press any key to start windows. and other stuff about saying: … |
| | When starting message "WE APOLOGIZE FOR INCONVENIECE, BUT WINDOWS DID NOT START SUCCESSFULLY. A RECENT HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE CHANGE MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS." It tells me what to do dut nothing happens goes back to same message. Don't have any software just a compaq systems recovery disc for windows xp …  |
| | I bought a 512 MB USB Jumpvault storage stick that has its software on the stick. I was able to access it as drive J: (found by accident). After installation, any attempt to run Jumpvault is met with the error: "No disk in drive! Insert disk!" or words to that … |
| | Hi, I have a simple question. Is there any software which can enhance the voice recordings done from a mediocre digital voice recorder? Meaning that it just increases the quality a bit of the voice recorded and exclude the enviromental disturbances....Hope u know what i am talking bout. Thanks.  |
| | I remember when they had easy update with windows but now it seem like there so much spyware... programs... etc.. When you want to update something. It will take a while. Instead they should have 2 or 3 clicks update to make things more user friendly. |
| | I removed a program and now my desktop is just the wallpaper. I also have no start menu or icons. If I hold ctrl+alt+del I can run some programs through task manager, but not internet. I get a message referring to "Normaliz.dll". Please help! Thanks |
| | I just installed a new screensaver and ever since doing so, my computer won't go into standby. I set the screensaver to go on at 1 minute and the system to stand by at 2 minutes. The screensaver went on, but the system never went off. I changed the screensaver … |
| | I bought a HP Pavillion notebook a few months ago. Everything was going fine, but recently it takes it about 15 minutes to start up after shutting down, not to mention that there is a major lag while running any programs on it. Also, my wireless adapter picks up signals … |
| | I have tried to play a dvd on my lap top and got an error message saying no decoder present. I installed a dvd decoder [sonic cine player] and now each time I insert a dvd the computer hangs. I have tried with both Windows media player and real player. … |
| | In win 98 was the resource meter, I used to watch there the system, user, and gui resources. where is it in winxp? I know there is the cpu usage at the tasks manager, but where the other resources are shown? Thanks |
| | Hey everyone ! While saving a web page in IE 6 using FILE->SAVE AS.. the 'save as type' field has by default web page complete type (i.e *.htm,*.html ) . Now is there any way we can change it to make saving as text type(*.txt) possible ??? |
| | Hi, I use: WINXP SP2 P3 866 1GB SDRAM 20GB ide HD 5400 rpm Windows choose to make the pagefile 1.5 times the Ram In my case 1.5GB I usually use the machine for web browsing and office applications. My question is whether it is really necessary to use this … |
| | After my computer finishes the memory test it shows ablue screen with the mesage: ERROR 0x00000CE Driver_unloded_without_cancelling_pending_operations Cdr4-2k.Sys What is wrong and how can I fix it? My system is Pentium 2 Windows 2000 Pro (RAM 320) Thank you |
| | Greetings Everyone, About couple weeks ago, I had this problem with my pc: It was some sort of virus(I think) that encroached my computer and almost destroy my drive. The only choice I had was to format the disk and reinstall Win XP. It worked and went successfully all the … |
| | Hey Guys, I am new to this forum only because I have only just come across it. It looks very active and am excited to try it out so here goes: I restarted my confuser box 2 days ago to get "Windows could not start successfully" I was given the … |
| | I did a disk cleanup on my computer and now I cant find anything in my documents or in my pictures. How can I get them back? |
| | Why would someone say to defrag in safe mode vs REGULAR MODE? The issue stemmed from an APPICIATON error which I MAY not have have now What function key do I hit to do this???????? SAFE mode??? Whats the difference in the two, what does safe do that the other … |
| | have this problem..error message after opening a program i just installed access violation at address 0055E531 in module '1xxxxx' read of address 460CC7BE does anybody know what's going wrong with it and how it can be fixed.. thanks in advance |
 | :-| I upgraded from a working 40 gig to an 80 gig HDD using Ghost 2002. When I tried to boot the drive, the boot sector apparently was messed up. My version of Win XP Pro SP2 is an oem and the repair has been dissabled. I ran chkdsk/f and … |
| | Hello I am having a problem with my Medion MD-1704. (serial# 41704023301917) i just recently purchased a JVC dv-camcorder (model no. GR-D30U) and was excited to be able to rip these files directly into my computer - so i bought the firewire that would allow me to do so... .. … |
| | I run XP Pro and have been getting random blue screen crashes over the last few weeks and didn't know how to solve them. I decided the best bet was to format the hard drive (having backed up all my data) and reinstall everything. Now as I boot up from … |
| | I am working with a client who brought her computer home for the holidays, and now the sound won't work properly. When the user tries to play a sound file in any media player (i tried WMP and creative media jukebox) an alert comes up saying that the audio device … |
| | Hello. I have a little problem. I recently formated my hard drive and planned on dual booting XP and linux (probably Debian), however my XP will not connect to the internet. Everything worked great before the format. I know it's not the ISP, NIC, or cabling because if I install … |
| | Need help with windows xp please. Windows will not start up. Get the following message Checking file system on c: The type of file system is FAT32 One of your diss needs to be checked for consistency You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you … |
| | I cant get any of my sounds to work help |
| | I am having a problem that I have been trying to solve for hours now but i'm completly perplexed. I am using Win XP Pro btw. Let me explain my situation. My non usb keyboard completly stopped working because the thing used to connect it to the computer is broken. … |
| | Hello, a friend of mine gave me his old computer and it has WinXP Professional Corporate Edition on it. He said he didn't have the CD, but gave me a CD key on a piece of paper. My question is, how to I tell if its a genuine copy, he … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]My computer was running really slow so I ran Spy Sweeper and it found this Trojan: trojan-backdoor-progdav. Spy sweeper quarantined it. Just to double check I ran Spy Sweeper again and the Trojan was there again. Spy Sweeper and Norton just don’t get rid of it for some reason. The … |
| | I know there are probably already threads based on this problem but I have a time restriction and am trying to get answers pretty quickly. My computer won't start up because there is a missing system file "windows/system32/config/sytem" the usual missing file problem. I don't think I've ever done a …  |
| | HI Im trying to macht Sokectes, Slots to their corresponding processor. any idea? Thanks in advance! |
| | At work (2003 Active Directory) , we have got two domains: LMSD.au,,,,and LMSD.net,,,,,,,,(fake domain). LMSD.net was cancelled, What is the proper way to remove it from the DNS server ,,,,,because right now our mail firewall filter captured all the packets that destined to LMSD.net as spam. Regards What I am … |
| | Hi! I'm in a bit of a bizarre situation and wonder if anyone could help. I realise this is a common post but I could not find a solution to my problem in any of them. Not too long ago I purchased 2 copies of Win XP Home for my …  |
| | Hi, I am trying to access IPCONFIG, so I go to Run and enter IPCONFIG and press OK but the IPCONFIG black box will just flash for a second and then disappear! Does anybody know how I can make it appear on screen for more than a second? Cheers, Daniel. |
 | How can I get winXP to remember what was on the screen when I hit shutdown? And then restore those windows when I boot it back up. So if I have my documents open, it opens my documents again when I restart. Thanks everyone.  |
 | Hi there! With the death of my old pc, I decided to try and make my new one. I have win2k (with SP2) which I have used a number of times on my old pc with success. It installed alright the first time around, but because it seemed to be … |
| | Is any of that software using hardware decoding (i.e. your graphics card)? If it is, then try disabling that, but if it isn't, try enabling it. It may be one of those methods of decoding isn't working well for you. I'd recommend hardware decoding if at all possible. |
| | Hello I have backed up some files and my e mails to an external drive. I have re installed xp on my computer. I backed up my emails with a program called email saver xe. Problem is that when i try to access the files on my external driive i … |
| | Hello everyone I'm using Windows Server 2003 and would like to force all my users (XP Pro) to be logged off after logon hours expire. The problem is that after logon hours have expired, logged on users remain logged on. They will not be logged off automatically by the system, … |
| | can you tell me the best way to clean the registry in my windows xp Thank-you |
| | Let's start by saying I'm not very technical, so please be patient with me. Within the last 6 months my motherboard died. At that point we put together a new system & the only items that we didn't replace were the cd/dvd drives, sound card, ati video card, and processor. … |
| | ok here is the problem, my mates computer has been showing "limited or no connectivity" on her local area connection for some time now.. ive searched for an answer but i cant find one.. because everones problems are to do with networks here are the facts: no router/network internet is … |
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