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| | Using Win XP Pro, one day the appearance of minimized applications (in the toolbar at the base of the screen) ceased. They are still accessible using Alt/Tab but not are not visible. Is there a solution? :( |
| | Hi, I have Microsoft Windows XP (OEM) installed on my laptop. As the admin I had a password. While doing file disk fragmentation or disk cleanup and after rebooting I was asked to enter the product key. When I tried to do so it did not work, anyway to make …  |
 | Hello, i'm bit noob with pc stuff. Just registered here cause facing problem i had certain programs installed on c:\ which i wasn't using, i deleted the folder from there. Now when i go to Add/Remove programs its still listed there and eating up some 500mb space each. Is there anyway i could fix it? If … |
| | I recently went to reinstall windows. After copying all the install files and rebooting, the windows logo pops up and the bar moves once and then BSOD. I'm given the STOP code. [CODE]STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7C46528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)[/CODE] My system specs are as follows: Msi KM4M-V Motherboard 2 80 GB … |
| | I am using windows xp on a laptop. I have 2 accounts, one admin and my own. I walked away from the laptop, it went to standby, come back, and attempt to log in, and get an error "The system cannot log you on now because the domain JHLAPTOP is … |
| | All of my shortcuts do not work, and all of my programs will not launch even when I double-click the exe file. Windows always asks what program I want to open the files with. When my computer boots up I get asked which program I want to open my start … |
| | Presently I am trying to download itunes from Apple on to my Dell Laptop (with Windows XP). I have ran into many problems that have caused my download and instillation to fail. One of the primary problems is that during the installing an error message pops-up that tells me there … |
| | I was wondering if there is a way to lock out a user on a remote workstation while he/she is logged on. I know how to access compmgmt.msc on the remote workstation.... can it be done through this?  |
| | Hi guys, new to this site, been looking for a while now and is excellent. Now I have (or my daughter at Uni has!) a problem with the browser. I have Windows XP. Message "your browser settings prevent you from automatically redirecting to a new URL." pops up when trying … |
| | I have aSONY taptop, and I got problem with my key board and I do not know how to fix it. I press P on the key board * come out. I think my key board is mapped out. Can some one tell me how to fix this. I did … |
| | [COLOR=darkorchid]Evening Peeps,[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid][/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid]My mate's PC has blitzed itself and won't load anything. Iv'e tried using his own XP Home Edition startup CD but won't read it, tried loading XP startup floppy disk made from my PC and nothing. Even tried loading a new XP home edition downloaded from the … |
| | The agency I work for acquired four computers from a company called Progress Energy. I assume that Progress Energy cleaned their hard drives. When I turn on the computer it will come to a point where it reads: [COLOR=indigo][B]PXE-E61 media test faliure, check cable[/B][/COLOR] Then it goes to another screen … |
| | I have just freshly upgraded my desktop to XP pro. It is hard wired to my Linksys wireless router. I have two other laptops, both of which I have no problem sharing files between, but they cannot seem to share files with this desktop. I can see the desktop when … |
| | old drive crashed installed new drive (Seagate 160GB 7200rpm) have XP Home Edition installation CD (includes SP2) get error message that windows cannot start because <windows root>\system32\hal.dll is missing or corrupt, reinstall the file How do I do that from a new drive???! I've deleted everything on the drive and … |
| | I just installed VS.NET 2003 with a lot of difficulties... There was some kind of problem with the windows installer, so I had to do the following to make it work: [quote] Click Start, click Run, type MSIEXEC /UNREGISTER, and then click OK. Even if you do this correctly, it … |
| | Hi everyone. My computer had to be formatted because it had a virus and that was the only way of getting rid of it. I coudnt dave anything to disk, floppy or usb. Is there anyway of getting back some college work i had saed on it before it was … |
| | Hi everyone, I am almost hyper-ventilating over here. I was working on a website this morning and my computer started acting up. I decided to restart to see if it would help. Now my computer goes through the motions of restarting and then stops at: Verifying DMI Data Pool... A … |
| | Hi ! I got this Data error (cyclic redundancy check) message when I tried copying over movies from a data dvd disc that my friend burned off for me. I mean.... I was able to get like 90% of the movies into my hard drive but that last part wasn't … |
| | HI..New to the group & I appreciate the help..I cannot get my updates, there is the red X..... Can I completely Uninstall & reinstall Norton to fix this? Would any of you have a 800 number for tech supt for norton? My e mail... [email]hybriddave@verizon.net[/email] Thanks Dave :!: |
| | I have about 230 songs of this type(mpeg-4 audio) in a folder and I want to put them on my mp3 player....my mp3 doesnt play mpeg-4 audio. So I need to get them to mp3 format. Is this possible? Is there a converter out there? |
| | ECS 865PE Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz HT 1x1ghz 2x512mb RAM NVidia 5500 AGP 8x 256 RAM Creative Audigy 2 600Watt PSU (New) USB DEVICES: -Wireless Mouse/KB HP -Gigaport USB Soundcard (8out) -MD-PS1 Motion Dive -Dazzle Video Capture -WD 350GB SEHD My computer is running good only shutsdown when doing … |
| | Hello, I have a Compaq Presario 6214AN running WinXP Home Athlon 2400 256 ram, Nvidia GeForce MX440 graphics card. My problem is described as follows: When I have an application or a window open and wish to close it by right clicking on its respective icon in the taskbar, nView … |
| | hi my laptop keeps crashing it doesnt happen with any particular program but when it crashes and i restart it comes up with os not found. running windows xp home sp2. please help. thanks james |
| | Hey guys I hope you can give me a little bit of help with this one because I'm miffed. Ive been trying to reformat windows xp pro. I put the disk in my dvd drive, set boot from CD first priority in my BIOS, restart, then watch as it hangs … |
| | The last thing I can remember doing before this current problem occured was running spybot. I ran the program and removed the suspect files. Now when my computer sits idle over night, when I try to use it in the morning, everything except outlook express is hung. When I hit …  |
| | my isp has changed my speed from 384/128-512/128.I have a speedtouch 530 modum and it is showing new speed ,also local area connection status speed is 512.but all the speed tests I have done still show the old speed.Do i need to reset somthing. Thank You. |
| | My computer is very slow working i have PIV(2.8), 256 MB OS Win XP Pro. & in task Manager CPU Usage Shows 100%. |
| | OK I noticed this just today which is really annoying. I tried to view some streaming videos earlier and I noticed that instead of the site using my updated WMP, it used the Classic version which I have no idea how this happened because I never changed any settings. And … |
| | I'm fairly new to building systems, but I'm working on a HTPC and have run into an O/S issue. Brief details: - I'm working with a brand new mother board/ & CPU. - Unable to boot into OS, even in safe modes. As a result, I can't generate a boot … |
| | have a new hard drive, no os on it . have xp media edition, win 98 2nd ed, disc for board drivers, ect but don't how to start. Have access to win xp home, another computer. This computer has Vlos 1.1 on one hard drive and 2nd is blank........ boot … |
| | ok iv got a 250gb externalHDD hooked up to my computer via firewire. now very so often when im reading writing alot it happins "delayed Write failed F:\M$Sf (or somthing like that) any way i was just wondering dose anyone here have a solution. My computer Specs Are Attached |
| | "Error 1606. Could not access network location <Common Administrative Tools>.AllUsers\." This happens almost everytime I try to install something thus preventing me from installing anything. Recently my spyware program messed up so I was forced to uninstall it now I can't get it to reinstall due to this error... until … |
| | Have XP When trying to access MSN I get message"Your gateway appears to be offline" Other sites I get " Invalid syntax error" or "cannot find server" My original problem was on another thread: [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?&p=210082#post210082"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?&p=210082#post210082[/URL] Did all as advised except downloading SP2 as I cannot back up date at this …  |
| | Hi all, On site, we use a web proxy/cache box, which is supposed to authenticate users (via LDAP queries) against one of our Win2K3 AD servers. How would I log the receipt of and response to these LDAP queries on the server? Basically I need to check to see that … |
| | Help anyone. I have lost my password to signon my computer. I cannot sign on as administrator either to reset my password. I am completely lost without this pc, it has all the files and information on it. Can anyone help me get this solved? :confused: Thanks Daniella  |
| | I'm looking for a cheep portable hard drive with about 40-60 GB for a notebook with Windows XP SP2. Any good thoughts as to where I could get one? ares |
| | Need some help....Reloaded windows XP home edition on Dell 2400 PC. All seems to be working great except under Device Manager, (Other Devices) I have a Yellow question mark by Ethernet Controller "which I disabled" and a yellow ? by SM Bus Controller which I do not have an idea … |
| | I have determined that my computer has a virus which is preventing Windows XP Pro from starting up. To rid this problem i was going to format my HDD and start a fresh, but before i do this i want to extract some irreplacable files from my HDD. Is there …  |
| | alright. I'm getting that error when I try to load up my computer, and I don't know how to fix it. Once it finishes checking the drive for consistency, it just sits there...and just sits...leaving that screen up...never moving. it's really annoying.. I actually sat and clicked around blindly with … |
| | Everytime I start Window's I get this message "You have used the System Configuration Utility to make changes to the way Window's starts. The System Configuration Utitlity is currently in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode, causing this message to be displayed and the utility to run every time Window's starts. … |
| | Just wondering if there is some sort of limitation on the sound output in remote desktop. My comp at home has a sound that will support a 4 speaker sound setup. At my friends house, they have the exact same card setup with the surround sound. and it works... its … |
| | I cannot get my machine to reboot into safe mode. I am running XP and upon restart, I should be able to press F8 at the manufacturer's (Dell) splash screen to enter Safe mode. Ain't happenin'. I need to get into safe mode to use BlackICE's uninstaller to remove this … |
| | I have a fresh installation of Win XPMC. I originally was setting up an ftp server on my computer when i realized the problem. But now I realize that I cannot connect to any ftp server. Here's what i have and what i've done: [LIST] [*]Win XP with Norton IS … |
| | Hello, I tried to access my folder which includes various text documents of my job but the folder won't open. I did Disk Defragment but it still won't work. I also tried to delete this folder cause at least I would control these files from the recycle bin and the … |
| | Im am fairly new in here and still learning alot about computers. I am a VP for a small company and more and more I find myself handling our computer problems. Im an intemidiate in computer problem solving so far. Recently I had a Sony Vaio motherboard go out on … |
| | Hi.. Iv'e got this realy annoying error,, as soon as I start up mij PC it says Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/SPOPSETU.EXE This program has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Pleas contact .. blablabla I don't know what it means :-| … |
| | I HAVE XP INSTALLED, BUT i WANT TO BUY SOFTWARE NEEDED TO INSTALL 95. I HAVE old games that will not work even with compatability (i tried). So how can I install 95, just buy the software and it will do it itself? Please help, Thank you :confused: |
| | Just tryin to open a floppy and got this message: [B]This disk was compressed using DriveSpace 3, which requires Windows 95.[/B] [B]To use this disk, you must first mount it. To mount it:[/B] [B] 1. Run DriveSpace by choosing Run from the Windows 95 Start menu, and then typing DRVSPACE.[/B] … |
| | I recently updated my ATI Display Driver and all the stuff on my screen shrank. Well, it was like this the first time I bought the computer. But it grew after awhile and after I fixed a driver problem(ati2dvag.dll). The res is 1680x1050 and the stuff is set to 120Dpi. … |
| | I am a former user of music match but now full time WM10 user. I figure if it can play music and my videos then I'll learn to like it. One of the best things MM had to offer though was the smart splitting when you are burning cd's. It … |
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