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Hi Everyone, I cant see folder options in control panel. When I click the Folder Options Icon (folder icon with a red tick), nothing happens. Also when I open any folder, and go to Tools, I dont see "Options". I see the following three: Map Network drive Disconnect Network drive …

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I have been trying to re-install office 2000, on a win2000 pro PC, and keep getting a "the administrator has set policies to prevent the installation of software" error. I un-installed office, because of a problem with microsoft outlook not communicating with our exchange server. I can browse the entire …

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For many personal reasons I'd like to turn of RPC on windows xp pro. Is there any way to do it? I know there's a way, but I can't find one. Help is very appreciated Thanks

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well, i dont know if this bothers any of you guys, but i have lots of video files, and i place the view on "thumbnail view".. but the majority of the video thumbnail is just a black screen because the videos start with a black screen for perhaps... 1-2 seconds.. …

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attached file is the report and sig of the error any suggestions as to a fix other then gas and matches would be great pc specs amd 2600 xp 2.07 ati 850xt 256 X-FI platinum 2 gigs corsair val select pc 2700 333 mhz Win xp pro sp2 up to …

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Hi I hope someone can help, But does anyone know how to remove a driver from a pc, when the uninstall fails to remove it? Here's what i mean I am still unable to re-install Nokia PC Suite, for my mobile phone. The previous phones I had were 6680 and …

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Does anyone have any solutions to getting Adobe Acrobat's Print To PDF functionality back in Windows XP Pro x64 Edition? :( I'm killing myself here with only 32-bit PDF Printer drivers.

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Hey, I have a PC on loan and I need to format it before I give it back. Its running on Windows XP Pro, but I don't have any discs. Is there any way of doing this without the XP disc???

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I've been pondering over how I can set my virtual memory to actually [I]stay [/I]set at the level I set it at. It seems as if it's being a teeny bit stubborn. I normally get informed that it will be increased automatically but then I thought "What's the point of …

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Sorry for duplicate post. I was lost in mac land thread. I just bought a sony vaio (windows xp) and hooked up my Logitech Quickcam Fusion web cam. When the cam is plugged in there is no sound on my laptop at all. I-tunes won't play and I can't hear …

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I am having a problem (in WinXP Pro) logging into an account if the user is currently logged in. I have removed certain users from showing up on the main login screen, the only way to login as them is to press ctrl+alt+del twice, then enter the information. The problem …

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Hi. About 4 or 5 days ago all the games on my computer (including ones on the internet) started acting funny. All the games work fine for about 10 minutes of play or so, then they just freeze the entire computer. I end up having to restart my computer and …

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Has anyone run into this…? I am hoping there is a quick fix… I have a user that has a brand new T2400… I went into hook him up to a printer and for some reason or another it will not let me… If I go to the printer server …

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I'm not so sure what caused it, i think it might be a trojan or something. I cannot do the right click on desktop or even within a folder but i can do it on IE browser. Does anyone have experienced this situation before? How to fix it? Thank you

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Hi, i have been lumbered with trying to install 2000 and have used boot disks then an iso copy of 2000 pro. but it keeps saying NTLDR Missing. any idea's ?:?:

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I went to bed last night and turned off my computer as normal. When I got up this morning I went to turn it on - it sounded like it was starting fine for about 3 seconds, then it just beeps at me. I tried booting from the boot disk, …

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I have Two Programs on my xp Computer, Spybot-Search and Destroy, and Ad-Aware SE, I am thinking of adding a third which one is best Spywareblaster,or Windows Defender? Thank-you. Peter from the U.K

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I have a lenovo laptop with windowns xp. Whenever I log on, nothing loads except the background. The start menu doesnt apear or any part of the bar that shows the time and all the programs running. None of the desktop icons show up either. I've tried turning it on …

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I have a hp laptop nx9105 which lately has been having problems, It will lose power for no reason, and it will show a blue screen when trying to activate some programs, after ringing hp they told me it was a hardware fault and it would cost £375 to have …

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Im probably posting in the wrong spot if so i appologize to you guys. My disk clean up will not work, when I attempt to run it it just freezes approx 1/4 of the way and will never finish. My computer is starting to get slow due to not running …

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Hello all. I have a desktop machine here which is giving me problems. It came in because the sound had 'gone' - which it had indeed, and I ended up putting a card in because I could not find any clue as to what the make of the sound chip …

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I upgraged from Win ME to Win XP. I am able to start to up XP in safe mood. But when I try to start in normal mood it gives me a black screen and will not go any futher. Anyone got any ideas why this would be happening? Thanks …

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This should be a simple thing..I hope :confused: But cant find any information on the net. Im running a windows 2003 server with AD and thought it would be nice that when the users log on that they would get a welcome screen like this : Welcome to "domainname" "user". …

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the computer will show that its booting up by displaying the windows logo however once it is done a screen comes on asking if how i would like to start the computer ... through safe mode or normally. No matter which option is choosen it sends me through the same …

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[URL]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread10062-2.html[/URL] i saw taht topic but it didnt help this is what hapened i installed tinasoft's tiral thing and it made me so i could not go on my computer so i did a system recovery and in the middle of it there was a power outtage... then when i …

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Is there a way to make It so the safely remove hardware icon won't appear on the taskbar??? I'm tired of looking at it :!:

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hi guys, my toshiba laptop was working fine until it got a virus & i formatted it. i used a Windows XP Corp ed. CD (cuz i forgot to make a recovery CD out of the pre-installed XP). thats when all the problems began. i'd just format it, install a …

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hello folks, Gracie here :) I have been given a poorly laptop to sort out. Owner went out for a short while leaving machine on, when he came back it had shut down and he cannot get it to boot up again but keeps getting a 21A stop message, which …

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Ok I have a really odd one for you guys. I've noticed that whenever I plug in my printer, my external HD, or even my iPod, my CPU doesn't go up, but my fan starts whirrring and purring like crazy. This doesnt happen with all USB devices, such as my …

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Hey guys... I just reformated my laptop with windows XP Professional, and I'm having some problems... All LARGE processes slow down as time goes on... runescape, C&C Generals, the sims 2, roller coaster tycoon 3, they ALL slow down to a crawl as time goes by. This happens as what …

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Hi everybody, Ok so my problem is this. I have just installed my windows yesterday just because it needed it no reason. I usually had a problem... when I started my PC sometimes (no every time) the process stopped at the moment when the logo of the Windows appears and …

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Hi, I have found a thread (43284) that is the identical problem that I am having with Windows XP and NETGEAR USB 2.0 Adapter WG111. However having reread the thread a few times and searched with all the keywords I can think of!!! I do not know how to uninstall …

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I keep getting the error message below when I try to send an email and the message stays in the outbox. Task 'Berta Hotmail - Sending' reported error (0x80004005) : 'The operation failed.' I NEED HELP DESPERATELY!! i TRIED UNINSTALLING and reinstalling both Outlook and the whole Microsoft Office:sad: thanks

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Hi all, Yesterday I turned on my PC and completely out the the blue I recieve this error: [B][I]Windows/System32/Config/System - Missing or Corrupt...[/I][/B] [B][/B] My system won't boot at all into windows, so I have been browsing the net for a solution to cure this error, although every website I've …

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It started a while ago, around when I got this game called OBLIVION. I had to upgrade my video card driver to play it, and every now and then the graphics would screw up a bit. It was fine then, but then it started happening on other games, and anything …

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Please help me My mouse keeps freezing..i am on my third mouse. I cant afford to pay for a tech. I love my putor and use it for all kinds of things. Im sure its simple but i just cant find the answer. I would love for you to email …

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Hi: This is a real stumper. I have a Dell Latitude 1000 laptop that has somehow lost or corrupted it's keyboard driver so I can't type anything with the keyboard. On Dell's wedsite there is a TOOL to RESET the drivers but it will not work for me. Windows XP …

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Hi there over the last couple of days when i start my computer up a window appears " application launcher " then below in the same window beside a big explantion mark this message appears " unable to load configuration "? I have no idea what this is or how …

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I am new here. My problem is when I open windows media player, a message saying "an internal application error has occured" . Could anybody help me to fix this problem please? thanks very much Here is the logfile from HijackThis: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:30:44 AM, …

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Hey Im trying to boot a vista rc1 iso image off my HD, and im using magic disk, does anyone know how to use this prog without windows, or scedule it to boot up or something?

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Upon starting windows i get a pop-up that says: "Error Loading C:\windows\system32\drvhoc.dll The specified Module Could Not Be Found" any help on getting rid of this? Thanx in advance

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I've gotten myself into a pickle here and really am at a loss as to how to get out of it without re-formatting and re-installing which is most undesirable. It's a Gateway laptop with an 850 MHz processor. There are no manuals no anything that will give me a clue. …

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Hallo i have downloaded some dll for microsoft word to be able to check a foreign language spelling. i have downloaded the dll on the desktop but i don't know in which folder should i copy so microsoft Word can "see" them? thanks

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I have tried putting the Windows ME disk in and booting the computer from it. After I followed the steps on the screen and my computer was done. It didn't reformat. All it did was reinstall windows me. Can anyone help. I don't want to keep anything thats on my …

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When I Click On Microsoft Internet Explorer To Open, It Take For Ever,and When It Does Open It Still Takes Long To Go Were I Want To Go.i Did A Virus Scan,deleted Files,ran For Spyware And Still It Dont Help..so I Hope Someone Can Help Me Out Ty

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Not sure if this is the right forum for such a question, but hopefully someone has an answer or can direct me to the right place. I have several folders on my hard drive with thousands of files within them. I would like to copy the names of these files …

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Hi guys, got quite a challenge for those experts out there. A long time ago I had installed a copy of XP on my computer that I had borrowed from a friend. I found out that the cd-key was blacklisted as being pirated, so I got myself a legitamate cd-key. …

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I got a virus on my laptop which made it slower gradually up to the point it would only start in safe mode and would not detect my cd-rom drive. I managed to format it but can not reinstall windows xp as it still does not recognise the cd-rom drive. …

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