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The power optons on my XP Pro SP3 IE8 laptop will not let me change the options back to default when I click on the standby or hybernation. Want it to stay online while at idle & not ask me for a password everytime once it shuts down with the …

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Hello need help and I saw this forum and was hoping someone could. I keep getting reidirected to different websites so I google that and found a thread on this site that helped but I am a novice and don't know exactly how to fix my problem. Another problem I …

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when trying to install radeon drivers i get an error that suddgest i first install standard SVGA drivers. how do i do this in windows 2000pro? i did a maunal update of drivers but i see no standard drives( like in windows98) any help is good. How do i install …

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Hi! I have downloaded a software called Easy Dp (Desplay Picture) for my Msn Messenger. When I tried to run it, it has a message with [COLOR=Red]Run-time Error '-21470024770 (8007007e)': Automation Error The specified module could not be found.[/COLOR] How can I solve this problem? thank you!

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:rolleyes: have a simple question. my Emachine will not proceed to clean C: drive. it just hangs at 3 bars for ever. it is a 2.167 ghz. athon w/ wxp pro. sp1. 30 gb maxtor diamond max. 7200 rpm hdd. whats the deal? can do a defrag. w/ no issues …

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hi guys, i need antivirus which doesnt waste memory and cpu threads so much. i have tried avast pro : says every file contain virus/trojan nod32 pro : doesnt not scan inside zip-rar files, symantech antivirus corporate server : scan files catch viruses and trojans well but not good with …

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I am opertaing windows XP When I start my user profile all applications in the start up list fail to execute instead causing IE to load for each app and it attempts to download the application exe file and run it. Hitting run causes IE to reload and we go …

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since my computer was repaired and change to window xp....i have a problem it can't play a mp3 and mp4..the procedure entry point OpenVxDHandle could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. always open when i play music and video...what should i do??i have done download direct x …

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i have windows 2000 and all of a sudden it wouldnt let me in to the program my computer. it tells me that the activex control wouldnt let me veiw this page

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hi friends.......i'm using XP sp2....when I open cmd the it shows the current directory ie: "D:\Documents and settings\user>" which is fine and I was able it change the directory using, cd e: or CD E: but from yesterday i'm not able to do that...during that i only reinstalled java i.e …

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I have an HP a300n desktop, seven years old, yes it's time for a new one, I know. For the past month, it's been coming out of hibernation at random times by itself. I'll put it into hibernate before I go to bed. When I get up the next day, …

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When I switch my computer on, it immediately starts beeping and the screen remains blank. The beep is one long beep (maybe 4 secs), and loops over and over. I scoured various forums and whatnot, and the only thing I came up with is that it may be a memory …

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Hello, I'm fairly new to computers and i think i might have a virus, well actually i am pretty sure i do. I can't seem to open properties when i right click and i cant open my control panel, 2 error messages pop up, the same one. When i tried …

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i JUST REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP ON A DELL DIMENSION 4700 AND HAVE NOY BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY SOUND.

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Someone gave me a computer and asked me to look at it, they told me they couldn't load Windows. I have the computer, and this is what it's doing: -HP splash screen comes up -The very next screen is the screen for Windows Safe Mode (with the only options being …

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Hello everyone, i don't know what happened to my windows. Having message "registry disabled" accessing regedit. Need help. Regards,

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I am going to be burning DVD's that contain education modules for teachers. The file folders have to be in a specific order, and I can't arrange them as I need them to be seen. Every time I arrange them by topic, the move to another arrangement such as by …

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Hi, One of my users computers, a laptop running windows XP, began acting up over the weekend. The system will boot into safe mode only. It will not boot into safe mode with command prompt, last known good config, etc. Whenever i boot into safe mode it gives obvious windows …

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My friend has two HP desktop computers running Windows XP (SP3) in his living room and entertains many, many guests daily. Guests who do not usually carry laptop/netbook with them are allowed access to these computers and their internet connections without much supervision. Most of said users are very respectful …

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I have spent days reading different threads and trying lots of stuff, but nothing has helped my problem. My setup is a home network with one desktop PC wired to an ActionTec router-modem on ATT DSL and 2 PC laptops on wireless. Everything works on the two laptops, but I …

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Hi, I have a router through which I set up RDP connections. There are only XP machines and when I connect to one of them I can see the normal blue RDP window and after a few seconds the session disconnects and if I try connecting immediately there is an …

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:rolleyes: when I click on "azerus" in <start><all programs> and when I click on it in <Start><control panel><add or remove...>I get the same error message,so I can't use it or delete it??? Thank You

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Every time I power on my laptop it restarts before it boots all the way. It shows the screen with the bios version on it and begins booting XP. The bar on the bottom does move, so i know it is not frozen. About 15 seconds after starting the computer, …

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I recently got an entirely new DIY PC kit. It had no OS installed so I used my existing hard drive (IDE) to load the OS on, since it already had it. And have a brand new larger hard drive (SATA) I will use for storage. Would not start up …

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Earlier this evening I had a problem that ended up requiring me to do a fresh install of Windows XP Pro with service pack 2 onto my computer. I did not format, rather I installed over the current and problematic install. I've done this a number of times in the …

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I have reinstalled Windows XP Pro, now can't access my disc drives (2).In hardware they are shown with an exclaimation mark on a yellow background.

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i have a dell c400 and i set a password on it but then i forgot it i cant get into my computer and i need help to get into it anyone know?

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Just installed XP pro. Installation procedure all good, no trouble. I begin to log onto the internet and do other things when I receive the following message. SHUTDOWN WAS INITIATED BY NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEMS message: Windows must now restart because the RPC (Remote Procedure Call)service terminated unexpectedly. A countdown of 1 …

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I have been trying to install the Adobe Flash application. I have it but its not working so I tried to uninstall and reinstall, however, it goes through each part of the application and comes back with a "close window messenger". I don't have anything open and it quits the …

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Hello, Is it possible for me to connect two headsets (A USB and an Analog type) in one computer? If Im going to use "Splitter", does the sound quality will be degraded? Any helps, suggestions, comments will be much appreciated. Thank you guys

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Hi iam fixing a computer for a friend and the problem is that windows xp pro wont start. I turn it on and it goes through all the stuff at the start you know looking for the primary drive and stuff and than it comes up with a black screen …

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I'm a coder that doesn't know much about hardware, but I have a question that's been bugging me for a long, long time. If I took a pretty new and fast machine (and I'm mostly interested in laptops) such as a recent XP or Win 7 and tried to put …

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Ok, this juss started happening yesterday and whenever I turn on my PC, my "Common" folder opens on the startup. Any ideas of why this is happening and how to stop it? Thanks in advance.

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I have a computer with a hard disk that contains two partitions. One partitition was FAT32( C drive) on which windows 98 was installed and the other partition was NTFS on which windows xp was installed. Things were working fine until windows 98 was affected with a virus. After removing …

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Hi, I have noticed that since applying KB2419632 on patch Tuesday (only this and MRT were applied) that I have recurring identical event id 577 security audit failures which seem to occur just prior to hibernating. Looking at the Microsoft knowledge base here ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831905[/url]) I see reference to a pre-XP …

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My friends computer is all f***** up and definitely needs reformatting (trust me) except, he doesn't have the quick restore disks. Is there any other way to reformat his computer? He has the windows XP disk

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Does anyone have the XP fix for theme park ? if you could maybe email it to me ? i cant find a working site with it anywhere ..

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compaq presario SR2010NX when power button is pressed reads cd drive hard drive powers on does no boot no pass beep no video. fans run and thats it. has anyone else had problem like this. also swapped out cables and hard drive w/ known working still nothing. wonder if reseting …

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Hi everyone!)) I'm pressing key down , but symbol appears only once! Guys, please tell me - where's the problem ? Big thanks in advance))

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Hi all, thought I'd ask for a little help for a change. I have a tablet PC at work with a corrupted Windows XP tablet install on it. I have tried everything I can think of to recover it but nothing does the job. I have decided to reinstall it …

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Description: hey all, after using my computer for awile, in particular Xnews (a newsgroup program) my internet performance just plain craps out. Loading pages is painfully slow, xnews slows to abnormaly slow speeds and downloads slow to a crawl. This is a new issue and normaly my computer runs fine. …

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Hi Everyone I wondered what people's thoughts were towards Uniblue and PCPitstop. I recently picked up both PCPitStop and Uniblue's SpeedUpMyPC and RegistryBooster as I wasn't sure which one was better and I still can't tell as different people say different ones are better. What do you guys think?

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Can anyone tell me how to change the windows XP admin password?? What we did is we have gone through safe mode and break the password and when we restarted the system the options has gone like there was no option called remove password or enter old password.We don't want …

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How weird! I just took my PC to a technician today, and my comp shutdown after 30 mins of me using it! It's done it before so then I changed it to windows vista and it was fine. I prefer windows XP tho, but now that I have it again …

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I have an Acer Aspire one, ZG5 laptop. It was given to me because someone tried to flash the BIOS and now the laptop will not boot to the hard drive. After the Acer page shows,it shows a blank page after a currsor blinks 3 time in the upper left …

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C:\windows\system32\umxsbxexw.dll is either not designed to runon windows or it contains an error. try installing the original program again using the originalinstallation media or contact your system administrator or software vendor for support. How do i post a thread and where do i post it everytime i come into your …

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I have Windows xp professional celeron cpu 2.53 Ghz and 1.24 GB ram and whenever I start up I get the attached error message. (I don't know if the attachment worked) but basically it reads: DriverCure failed to start, please reinstall the application. But I can't find the program in …

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I installed a few programs that looked like they might be good but did not like them or they played up ion installation so I deleted them. Now when I start windows I get popup with "can nor find "then two little squares" please check spelling and retype. and another …

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