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I've gone through many posts and many websites trying to get rid of this thing to no avail. Well, I think I got some of it, but not all, or else I have some other little nasties floating around in my pc. Would someone be so kind enough to look …

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Anyone can help me why my system unit do have a power while my monitor do not have? I'll check the power cord and cables in it is ok... the problem is my monitor still have a message :"No power or cable disconnected".. pls help...

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Hey everyone, We originally had photoshop 5.0 I think, and then everyone used the upgrade disk to 7. We're now wanting to take photoshop off all of the computers and install it on one. I have a remote desktop program that allows me to deploy command lines to multiple computers …

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I have a new pc with XP Pro - I transferred my old Hard drive into new pc as a slave drive. When I try and access my old files on the slave drive in Documents and settings I get Access Denied. Is this something to do with the way …

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Hello, I've been trying to get around this one for a couple of weeks now and am reaching the limit of my patience, I have a Dell Inspiron 1000 which came factory shipped with XP Home SP2, I put a fresh HD in it and went to install XP, halfway …

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I am attempting to install windows xp on a new hard drive. When I get to the point in the installation that the computer will reboot in 15 seconds the computer will not proceed with the install. My computer continues to reboot and never makes it to the next part …

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:sad: my pc is a emachin 80gb h/d,512 mb of memory. athon prosessor2.1ghz. i went into the check local disk utilities & did scan for & attempt recovery of bad sectors. pc was starting act funny. window poped up in the system tray saying something about memory was getting low. …

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Hi All, I've got a problem with an IBM THinkpad T21. This machine previously had W2K installed. I intalled XP Pro [wiped partition] and when it was at the "35" minutes left stage it hangs... I've tried a different HDD, no change. I then tried to install W2K and it …

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I am setting up a brand new PC we just recieved. Everything works fine until I have it join the domain... now, when any user (local or domain) tries to log in, Windows Explorer does not run. I can open the task manager and start Explorer that way, but it …

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Hello, I used to be able to login to a website and it stay loggged in, now I have to keep re-logging in. My computer seems to have trouble saving cookies on my computer. It did not used to do this. It is NOT the website as I programmed one …

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Can some one tell me where I can find the setting in group policy that allows a domain user who logs onto the domain to have admin control over that or any local PC they use to log in with? Any help appreciated.........;)

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Hi to all, I´ve got xp home edtion with serverce pack 2 and I´m having a problem trying to run defender from microsoft on my laptop, does any one know how I can run it? any help on this will be appreciated.

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I'm not sure if I should post this in Windows Software or here, please move this if I did it in the wrong one, which I've done with like 1/2 my posts...anyways, my dad just got a laptop, and he has a lot of music, and 8 files on my …

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:rolleyes: when i try to backup my settings & documents to cd/r it shows at the bottom file window saying backup. i clicked to start the procedure & says that is not the correct file name. i have to do a backup to cd/r because i have alot of files …

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Hello, I am having a problem with my computer, as you probably guessed. I'll start from the top. I had just installed the Half-Life/Counter-Strike client, Steam. I have all the games on it, CS and CS: Source. Last night I was playing CS 1.6 perfectly fine all night. No problems …

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[INDENT]I've a windows 2003 domain with clients running XP pro. one of the clients broke down and was sent to repair. I'm now trying to add a new PC as the existing domain member (instead of the one the was sent to repair). I've set it's IP the same as …

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Ive rebooted my laptop three times in the last 10 mintues, only to find that each time, svchost.exe is using every bit of cpu it can. it stays like this for at least 10 minutes then finally decides to have a break. is this normal?

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Hi All, Got a little problem that we have noticed. We get this at random times through our organisation When a user sends an e-mail and another user goes to reply the spell check will try and check in US not UK. It also automatically changes the spelling for example …

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Greetings, I have a dell latitude D610 laptop running XP Prof Service pack 2 with an Intel Pent M Proc 1.86 GHz with 2 GB of Ram. For what follows I note that my wife has precisely the same type of laptop. My wife and I work at a university …

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my laptop crashed today and the only way of turning it off to restart it was by pressing the power button and when i restarted it this screen showed up [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v370/minnimelisa/laptop.jpg[/img] ive tried starting it up normally and in all the safe modes but it just keeps leading me back …

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anyone can help me why everytime i install softwares on my computer it shuts down around after 7-10 seconds.. is it on my os? pls help..

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When I right click on my desktop nothing happens. I had no control over my desktop icons and I could not move them, add icons, delete icons and while trying to get control I accidentally turned off the icons. Now I cannot right click to get them back. What can …

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Hi I have a Dell Pentuim 4 with 512mb Ram which i use every day , i have had the laptop for around 2/3 years now but in the last 3 months when ever i am doing certain tasks it just shuts off , it doesnt crash it simply shuts …

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my sony vaio laptop has suddenly started to run like an asthmatic ant, i have Norton Anti virus which from reading posts could be the problem but it has always worked OK. i have run AdAware, Spy-bot etc and found nothing... start-up takes 10 times longer than normal but eventualy …

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[QUOTE=regisbe;215375]Hi guys, Please, check the script below. It works fine for me! [url]http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/settingssamewindow.reg[/url] Regards. Regis :cheesy:[/QUOTE] i'm also having the same problem but i did try using your script but it too didnt work also i cant really have a new user or reinstall windows as its a work computer …

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Hiii I'm going to document a [I]very[/I] frustrating issue I've been experiencing here, and I encourage you all to read it and give any advice you can. I would really appreciate that, a lot. You'll understand after reading... I recently bought a new laptop, for $3000 -- the XPS M1210. …

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I need help installing Windows XP Professional on a computer because every time I go to install it, it says that I have no hard drives installed. So could someone help me! Need many solutions!

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What i am going to do if i will start my computer and it says " Inser system diskette and press enter to continue" I dont know about system diskette.... pls help

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Hi, I'm working on a friend's pc, it seems to run fine. I scanned for viruses with AVG, used SuperAntiSpyware to scan for spyware and both found nothing. The only problem is that everytime the pc boots up, it instantly shows the "My Computer" screen. Thanks.

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I had to remove service pack 2 for xp from my computer. It would not recognise my camcorder. In windows xp pre service pack 2 it would recognise my camcorder. It connects through firewire. I cant get it to recognise the camera at all when service pack 2 is installed. …

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Using Outlook Express, is it possible to block out any and everything coming from an [U]ISP [/U] (who is allowing spam to come through it's system)? If so, how do I do it?

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I have a copy of Pro xp and have managed to setup on the PC.When i check updates MS tell me that its a dodgey copy........Problem is it wont download SP2 and install nor will other MS related drivers etc ....What now ??? Thing is that i tried an old …

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Hello everyone. Does anyone know at what offset the boot sector of a FAT 32 file system starts? I mean just past the BIOS data block, where the executable boot code is found. I'm trying to build an image file of ReactOS that I can run in QEMU. Any help …

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I install another hard disk into my computer, so the old one that had windows i delete the folder of windows because it was occupying space into my hard disk, so i save all folders of outlook and my documents and settings folder, now i cant extract my mails, is …

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Hi all, I have quite a bit of memory in my computer & it's still never enough. Someone recommended I get a memory manager software program. What do you guys recommend? Thanks Michelle

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i recently turned off a bunch of services that i don't need and for some reason the dependencies description for services is no longer showing up. could it be a service i turned off? i researched them all first and this was never mentioned. Application Management Background Intelligent Transfer Service …

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Hi, My computer, Configuration: 2.6 GHz Pentium 4 800 FSB, Abit IC7 G Motherboard, 512 Mb DDR 400, Abit Siluro FX5200 DT 128Mb Graphics Card, has been having problems with freezing. I flashed the BIOS and the first time I got the Message "CMOS Checksum error - Defaults loaded". The …

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I have a gateway model m275 laptop that won't save usernames and passwords in anything. I've tried various tech supports but no one has an answer. This computer is about 18 months old. Can anyone help me??

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can anyone tell me why windows updates would be scanning my hd for 13 minutes + (before i disconnected)

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I have two hard drives connected. I was wondering if I were to complete a parallel installaion of Windows XP to the second hard drive if I could than boot from that drive? Once installation is completed do I need to do anything with the original installation on the other …

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Automatic updates come up fine but when going to Start>Microsoft Updates or Tools>Windows Updates in IE it sucessfully gets to the Microsoft updates page with the Express or Custom option only. Once you press either of those buttons it quickly loads a page saying; "Windows Update has encountered an error …

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Good afternoon, I have a strange and frustrating problem with the start menu on a Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Compaq Presario laptop. If you click 'Start' as normal and double click on any applications as normal then they do not open. I have to right click the application and …

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I am required to use windows firewall in order to connect to the internet through my school's network, but when I try to turn it on the application screen for it is all greyed out. I have tried accessing services.msc to restart it but from there it seems to be …

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I am running Windows XP Prof SP1 on a Celeron 2.0 with 512 MB of RAM. I want to upgrade to SP2. However I do not have the SP2 as a separate patch. I have a Windows XP CD with SP2 integrated into it. If I perfrom an upgrade installation, …

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Hi All, Does anyone know how safe it is to delete the contents of the CSC (Client Side cache) folder in XP Pro? We've been using it as a technique for solving synchronisation errors on our network, and it seems to work OK (I know that users will lose any …

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I have Windows XP. For about the last month or so, I have not been able to download anything onto my computer. When I try, I either get a message "cannot find install.log.file, or a blank screen. How can I fix this problem?

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Hi, I have this HP PSC 2170 Series printer. I use Win Xp with everything updated. I have been using that printer for long time with no problem til now. I tried uninstalling the HP printer driver and reinstall it but this time it says I need to insert WIN …

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well technically i do not know if my OS has anything to do with the issue. I had recently searched for a program to monitor CPU temperature, by accessing some kind of chip on the motherboard. 2 programs tested, both with same result: a blank screen not responding to anything …

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:o hi, after about a year of no luck on my dad's behalf i have resorted to asking some peopl ewho know what they are tlaking about. it seems to be a problem with games, whenever one is installed every so often the hard drive light flashes and constantly stays …

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i did try and edit the registry but it says my administrator restricted me from doing that .. hell .. im the administrator!!! plus it restarts when i try & open the registry editor help:!:

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