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| | This looks kinda like an off-topic forum, anyways, my question: Can I -without buying Windows XP again- install Windows XP (my current version) into VMWare? I want it so I can test things out like hacks, without worrying about messing up my computer, thanks! :) |
| | Hi I just wan to ask if there is any way to sort out which services do I really need to be loaded when changing system configuration in order to uncheck the rest: Run>>msconfig. I'm interested about "sevices" and "startup" boards.:D |
| | Hello all. I bought my pc from a retailer, (hp) and i am planning to install a brand new harddrive in it with a clean windows xp install (retail version). Im wondering if that would cause any hardware/software conflicts or anything of that nature. (causing windows to not be able …  |
| | Ok...I had been using Windows XP for a while, then someone told me that I need Service Pack 2 to be safe. So I downloaded it, and started installing, but then it said "Access is denied" and started uninstalling itself. Then it requested a restart, so I clicked "Restart Now." … |
| | Hello, first time poster and I'm having some trouble with my computer. It's a Compaq Presario 5003 500 Series. Inten Pentium 3 processor 80 gig hardrive and the like. 128 MB of Ram 930 MHz. I first got it from my aunt for college, 3 years ago. She bought it … |
| | Okay, ive been getting this error for quite a long time and i need to know how to fix it. Right now my computer is still up and running. Is there a program that might help prevent the error from occuring again? Help pls |
| | i can't get on net its driving me crazy typing on this old computer when i have a £1800 computer in the other room which i cant hook up to the net even with my ethernet modem that does not need drivers.can anyone help?:mad: |
| | :sad: As I have had no replies at all to my problem re upgrading to Microsoft 2003 (27th August) I am going to do a reformat and hope that will solve the problem. Can anyone tell me how I can take a copy of all my e-mail folders beforehand as …  |
| | hi i can no longer open email links in outlook express - i have unchecked the box in tools/security - block images and this still hasnt worked - i have windows xp IE. can anyone help? |
| | Hey there I am having a real problem with my computer, its running on windowsXp profesional with SP2 installed, i have an nVIDIA 6200 AGP 256 MB graphics card, its a 2.4GB intel celeron with 512 MB RAM installed. And the problem i am having is that when i go … |
| | Does anyone still have the Super-Fast User Switcher PowerToy? I've been trying to find it, but Microsoft took it away, so I was wondering if someone might have saved it and can give it to me:cheesy: -edit- Solution: [url]http://www.5starsupport.com/info/xpinfo.htm[/url] and download "PowerToys for XP" (scroll down) |
| | [COLOR=#000000]ok here is my deal du-jour.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My HP laptop won’t connect to the internet. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]It won’t acknowledge the Wireless connection or the LAN (both are there as indicated my the netgear router). [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]I have also totally shut down and restarted both the dls modem and the wireless router … |
| | I have individually checked each RAM chip I have and each slot on my mobo. I have 4 1GB Ram chips that work together in all combinations up to 3GB but when I use all4 it is only giving me 3.25GB. My mobo is capable of 8GB whit 4 slots … |
| | Newbie here so bear with me ... I own a Dell (ok ok, get the groans out now) and the C:\ failed on me due to bad sectors. Luckly, my warranty was still good so they were nice enough to send me a replacement drive. I also had a secondary … |
| | I have used oem on almost all of my installs but the last one had a problem when the mobod went bad right away. When I installed the new mobod it wouldn't let me use the key because it was oem and it said a hardware change. Microsoft is not … |
| | I need help, lol. I have the 64 bit, and having serious issues with it. I got a new barebone kit, it came with the 64 bit in it, well I tried to load windows 2000, it doesn't work. I found out that you can only use windows xp pro …  |
| | :sad: I am trying to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003. I am currently using Microsoft 2000 Premium. It instals so far and then I get a message ' Error 1335 - Cabinet File CS561404, CAB is corrupt and cannot be used.' I have tried it three times and still get … |
| | I've got a P4 3.06 GHz computer with Windows XP and a 500k broadband Internet connection. Everything was fine until a couple of months ago, when the Internet would become painfully slow, and pages which took a second to load up before would take minutes, often needing to be refreshed … |
| | I installed a new video card today and when I went to restart computer I recieved a message saying "Reboot and select proper boot device", and says about inserting media if boot device is correct or something...Can someone please help me with this!! |
| | I lost all of my icons on my desktop because I accidently hit the hide icons button on the arrange icons by tab and now I can not right click again on my desktop or do anything in my desktop. If anyone knows anything please help me out thanks!!! |
| | i have a classic VAIO SR7k notebook with a bad PCMCIA slot which has prohibited me from using the SONY PCMCIA CDROM drive. this means that i can't use the SONY system restore CDs since they require the SONY CDROM to run. bad SONY. i have an external LaCie firewire … |
| | when i go start>all programs>pc tools and click on it, i get three programs that i have checked out, but will never use. they are swapdrive, intermute, and netsmartz. i have decided that i would delete them if i could find them, which i can't. i have looked in the … |
| | Hello, I got my computer from a friend, but it was her daughters, and my friend had blocked the website, on a netgear firewall, [url]www.myspace.com[/url]. I actually go to this site, but it is still blocked. How do i unblock the website? And i do not know anything about privacy … |
| | Hi again all, I need some help redirecting a user's "My Favorites" folder. Her machine is a Dell laptop - XP Pro SP2 running on a windows 2003 domain. While her machine does have various bits of security settings applied by Group Policy, it sits outside any containers on which … |
| | Hello again all, Haven't posted for a while - so I thought I'd chuck in one today. A user who connects to a DFS share is finding that changes she makes to folders within the share are not immediately reflected on her client - in fact the changes don't show … |
 | Hi, When I delete or even move images a copy is made. Again and again. I've got tons of copies and I can't delete or move them without making MORE copies! It's eating up my resourses! Thanks for any help. :mad: Leo Duchaine |
| | We are upgrading our computer os on some school computers. We ordered xp pro but was sent Table PC Edition 2005. Are they alike? Will it work on our desktops? |
| | hi can anybody help me,i'm running on xp sp2 on a acer travelmate 40000wlmi and my start menu and desktop icons have dissapeared. thanks in advance. |
| | Hello - I guess I am looking for a quick answer, as to why I suddenly lost all my audio devices, printer, and sound - It was following a series of events as I attempted to clear out spyware. The most recent thing was I took some inappropriate advice, and … |
| | my co-worker's laptop's power supply went out and he had some games on his hd before the ps went out. he got his laptop fixed and try to reinstall the same games and they will not work. i updated all of the drivers and directx. is there anything else that … |
| | Hello there, I am having some problems with my comp and was wondering if anyone here could give ms some direction. First off i have a home built comp. Im running windows xp pro, 500w power supply, 1 gig of ram, 80 gig hd, an amd 64 3500+ processor, mother … |
| | I have NOD32 and I'm not sure if it detects and removes trojans. Can you guys please post names and/or links to sites of software that can detect and remove trojans? Thanks in advance. |
| | I have just downloaded some movies and my movie players are not supporting those files. I tried same files in my friend's computer it works there!!!! Can you please tell me what should i do. Which media player i shoud get. Can you please send me answer on [EMAIL="cricketinfuture@gmail.com"]cricketinfuture@gmail.com[/EMAIL] because … |
 | hey everybody, hope y'all can help us out. My friend's computer is having a random restart issue. He's running Windows XP on a commercially built computer (they bought it from Future Shop). Unfortunantly, I don't have much info on the computer except for: Intel P4 CPU 2.2 ghz 512 megs … |
| | Hi..I'm new to this board, and tried to search to see if there was a thread regarding this issue, but was unsuccessful. Lately, I've been receiving the error message above. This message appears after tooling around on the internet (IE) or getting email. It does not appear on boot. Once … |
| | I have Windows XP, I installed a program called XPlay to use my mac-formatted IPOD on my PC. I was moving some songs from my itunes to my ipod and the computer froze, when I restarted the system said: "we apologize for the inconvenience, but windows did not start successfully" … |
| | Hi, whenever i put in a CD to install something the computer will restart itself. It isnt the temperature that is affecting it and I already unchecked the Automatic reboot box in the system. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. It also doesnt matter what type of CD it is … |
 | Hi folks, Today I downloaded Windows Defender Beta 2 form the Microsoft site. I've downloaded it and I have tryed to install it. All I get is an error message saying: [I]C:\Documents and Settings\Jason\Desktop\WindowsDefender.msi Access is denied.[/I] I also tryed running another .msi file I have and I recived the … |
| | i tried upgrading my system to winxp by booting from the cd with my pendrive in the usb port. at the partition point, i think i mistakingly deleted my pendrive's partition and therefore it does not format when i try formatting it. How do i partition the pendrive(cruzer micro 512mb)? … |
| | For the last few days my computer has been acting up.After being on for an hour it freezes and shouts down to a blue screen that reads as follows:::I am running windows xp home edition. A problem has been detected and windows has shut down to prevent damage to your … |
| | After a big virus scare, i loaded a copy of XP pro on a friends computer. Now the sound is not working, but yet the speakers pop and crackle on restart so i know they're working. Any idea of where i can get sound drivers for this? I've tried compaq's … |
| | I was looking for a new CD-Key for one of my games yesterday, and since then all hell has broken loose. My computer has been running [I]much[/I] slower, and I've been getting all types of Pop-Up ads and whatnot. I haven't been able to play games and am about ready …  |
| | I browsed the Net and someone installed their software via IE to my computer. I tried to delete it from Add/Remove Programs, did not work. Attempt to reinstall IE, failed. I try not to re-install Windows, any suggestion on this problem. I am running Windows 2000 |
| | I'd really hate to post another thread on this issue , but Ive had enough of this and something must be done. Ive been getting pop-ups and I have about 50 virus's that will not remove themselves after i do many scans they just keep coming back. Ive used ad-aware, … |
| | Hi, I recently installed a piece of software on my laptop. Following this I restarted the computer, and now it take ages to restart, switch off and turn on. Generally the computer is running extremely slowly. Moreover, the computer now has an appearance more like windows 95/98 rather than XP, … |
| | ive celron 1.2ghz, mercury mb,128mb ram,40 gb hdd, lg monitor... the problem is, my system is working properly with windows 98/me but when i tried to install higher versions like windows xp/nt/2000 etc... its giving problem... ie... after successfully installing the operating system...it giving windows logo... after that it is … |
| | Where on here can I establish a Password so that ONLY 1 user ME can use the systerm, where on here can you do this?  |
 | Can somebody please let me know if there is any configuration file for sound devices which affect microphone setting on the windows start up. My problem is that when ever I start my pc all previously settings get over writen by some kind of default which mute my mic plus … |
| | I recently acquired a computer from my sister-in-law. It worked great when I first started it up. However, she had alot of software, etc. that seemed to be slowing it down some so I decided to get rid of some of the excess. Using "Add or Remove Programs" in Control … |
| | hi,iam facing serious prob my system gets automaticaly turned off while writing the cd's...........l;z any one can help me up with this |
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