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I am conitually having to shut down Windows Xp when trying to print a word document. The error I get is a Spooling error and I can't figure out what is causing it. Can anyone help?

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Hi Mr./Ms: My PC was working fine until Sunday. However, it suddenly stop working. When I turn on the pc, I see the booting message(listing hard drives) and it shows Window XP sign with Windowloading indicator. After few seconds with the loading indicator, screen turns blank. I thought it was …

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Hi everyone, I'm new here,but this seems to be the most helpful site I found....Please help me....Pretty desperate here. I'm not able to download at all. The download box opens but nothing starts. The internet freezes momentarily, I can run messenger programs but not all pages download properly, I have …

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I know this topic has been discussed before but I havent found an exact solution to my problem. I'm running a Toshiba Satellite P25-S676 with a MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-820S. I have a problem when trying to play/copy CERTAIN cds. So far I've found 10 cds that will not play on …

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Hello in my w2k box Local Area Network which is setup for dhcp, I tried many times to change from: Obtain an IP address automatically to: Use the following IP address and then used IP address: 192.168.1.104 subnet mask:255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.100 but when I hit Ok, and then go …

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Well, latly i have noticed that in some programs the toolbars are messed up. See the SS. lemme no if you have any ideas :) -T And know its not just that program.

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Hello, I am at a freinds house. I am currently removing malware, spyware, etc. from his PC. He has VERY small icons, on his start menu, and on his desktop. Its not from the screen size, thats fine, and we like them small. But they are like very very small. …

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Okay this is my situation! This has happened to me previously but somehow either I fixed it or it fixed itself.... MY msn messenger tells me that it can not sign me in because my connection is not up and or .. im sure you all know of the message. …

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My Dell computer won't load anything beyond the Windows screen with icons on it. A system error comes up saying that "Avgsysmgr.exe" or "Avsysmgr.exe" can't be processed (or run---whatever). The computer just sits there and won't let you do anything. Whenever you place the mouse cursor on an icon at …

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I crashed my computer hardcore, and tried to reformat it. I have a Sony Vaio and I inserted the Windows XP System recovery CD and got to the part where it began restoring drive C but then a window popped up saying "Disc Access:Sense Operation Failed". When I press OK …

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Wow..2 in one day. Windows 2000...everything functions normally. The CD-Rom is hardly used. The other day a cd was inserted and the system restarted. It happens everytime the CD-Rom is in use. No viruses, spyware, etc. Tried a new CD-Rom..same thing. However! When the computer is in safe mode...it works! …

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I am unable to run "all Programs" from the start menu, also when I Click "My Computer/right click disc C/properties, nothing happens for a few seconds then blue screen comes up for a second or two then reverts to desktop. Any suggestions?? Was working ok until I installed Panda 2006

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This is a follow up issue after recreating my domain from this thread. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread16249.html[/url] I was able to add all computers back into the domain by changing them to a workgroup, rebooting, changing back to the domain, rebooting... except for two computers. Oddly enough both are laptops that connect to …

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well I install windowsXP and have found i really hate it. It has crashed more times than any other windows version i have ever used! and now outlook will not start anyway what programs are out there that can streamline XP for better running. I know alot of useless junk …

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hello, whats wrong with my drive, if i will delete the file or folder, the windows responded that "Cannot find the specific path, Make sure you specify the correct path"? can you help me? thank you

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:!: Ok....Windows XP SP2 ....when you try to open a folder it immediately goes to the search for files window. It doesn't matter how you go about it...same result. What could cause it and how do you fix it?

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I can't get the Tabs at the top of the taskmanager box to come they just disapeared. I went to use alt+ctrl+del and they weren't there. can someone tell why this happened and how to get them back? I'm running windows 2000 pro

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So I turn on my laptop and within 5 minutes the fans turn on high and the thing is smoking hot. When I tried to use alt + cntrl + del to see if anything was running and using up the processor and ram to make it do that, the …

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Hi all...I am running 2 os's Win xp pro and winxp home. I would like to remove win xp pro because I no longer have the disk and it has never worked correctly. Can someone walk me through the process? Thanks

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My computer won't let me on to Windows XP for shit. Everytime it boots up it goes to that black screen with the options (Boot in Safe Mode, Safe Mode with Network Prompting; etc) and nothing will work. So I go into the BIOS and set the CDROM to boot …

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Whenever I try to forward an email from Hotmail my attachments don't forward. The text of the email forwards but any pictures, photos, etc. in the body of the email won't forward. I emailed MSN and they gave me instructions to follow but it is a lot of work when …

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When I try to shut a remote computer on the network with the "Shutdown -i" command I get "Access Denied". The PC is running Windows XP and I have turned off the Windows firewall, checked to make sure it is not the AV causing a problem. I have tried it …

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Hi all, I'm a new user....Having trouble with outlook express freezing on me after going from my inbox to my sent folder........Never had this problem before. Check for viruses daily and check for adware daily....nothing there.... Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.[FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/FONT]

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I bought the SIMS2 game as soon as it came out. I uploaded it on to my computer last year while I was here at school. (I am in college.) I since then hae gone home and returned. Upon returning it no longer works, everytime I try to launch it, …

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I download a movie ripped from DVD .I extracted the videos completed but there are nothing in the audio folder so i have no idea if that is the cause of no sounds when i play video.So what can i do to get the sound?

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Windows XP P4 3.4GHz 1GB RAM My PC locked up about 5 times yesterday, and now about 4-5 times again today. In the event viewer, this same error shows up at the time of every crash: [quote]Event Type: Error Event Source: Service Control Manager Event Category: None Event ID: 7000 …

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i have an ATI RADEON 9200 that is in desprate need of updating. yet when i go on the ATI site, my laptop is not supported, nor is the 9200 version. where do i update if i cant get it from their own site? when i do get it, how …

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i recntly posted on here abou my ATI Radeon 9200, well i updated the omega driver (which i was told to do on here) and my computer went haywire...the screen was waving back and forth and eveything ran encredably slow...well i did a system restore and (after a lot of …

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My mainboard is a micro-star model MS-6382, I've installed the driver for this...but have no sound...when I check in sound/audio it says the sound card is a mpu-401. Where do I get a driver for this?? Cheers ;-)

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I had found out the driver for my sound card, its 'intel 82801dbm ich4-m ac97 audio controller'. but i have no clue where to download it. plz help me find it and give me the site! thnx a lot

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Hi When i click Command Prompt (windows XP), the window opens and closes immediately. How can i arrange this please?

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The details...Windows XP (all the SP's), Internet Explorer 6., Norton Internet Security & AV, WinPatrol, TrojanHunter, etc....Problem: Internet Explorer has become excruciatingly slow to load pages. Windows Firewall is off. I've run Ad-Aware & SPybot so much I can actually read most of the names of the files as they …

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i reinstalled winXP on my new laptop travelmate 4010 series(acer). found graphics and wireless driver. cant find sound. ne of u guys no the name for the software which detects those hardwares in ur comp? cuz i have no if u giv me the direct site for download. that will …

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Had to reinstall windows pro 2000 on a dell machine. Now I cannot adjust my screen resouluation in the display window. Before the problem, I had a choice of color schemes and view sizes. Now I have only 16 million and 800x600 VGA. What do I need to get or …

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I am unable to use my HP laptop to print. I have a HP printer which is directly connected to my Dell desktop using a Linksys wireless router. I used to be able to print from my laptop but cannot now. I made sure "printer sharing" was enabled but still …

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This is pretty wierd. For some reason when I try to open Msconfig through "Run", I get an error message saying that it wasn't able to open it and that I should search for it. When I searched for it, I found several files of Msconfig, and I was able …

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I have never been so frustrated in my life.Okay,all my problems started about 3 weeks ago.I went to click a link on the internet that should have opened a new window,but instead,my entire computer froze up.I'm still new to computers,so I've been to several different tech help websites looking for …

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When I am on MSN Messenger, when I have a contact window open, and the contact has his/her status set to anything other than online, my MSN messenger "lags". Like for example: someone sets their status to "Away", thoughout all the rest of my conversation windows and contact list, it …

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XP Pro, SP2. "Power2Go" CD/DVD burner Hi all, I have a CD burning project and am very shaky on this process. I have copied a few CDs on this machine and they turned out well I am going to write a long manuscript, approx 500 pages, and it will be …

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I need a little help trying to setup a backup process. I cant seem to figure out the best way todo it. I was hoping if I explained my setup you might be able to give me ideas. Ok here it is: PC1) Win XP w/ 2 160 SATA drives. …

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Since you guys helped me with my last problem I figured I would try you with another issue thats been bugging me for a while. Since I reinstalled windows XP on my computer (Pro) I cant seem to get any sound from my DVD drive or my DVD writer drive …

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Hi, My computer has been running really weirdly lately. When I start up or reboot, it permanently slows to a crawl (and sometimes freezes). It seems like it just isn't loading properly. there are several things you should know: 1. I've run Adaware/Spybot/SymantecAV and none of these have detected anything. …

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[b]I need help quickly please! I have a virus that tries to shut my computer down when I'm trying to open anything and it disable my internet protection and my Norton anti-virus protection! Please I need help immediately! :cry:[/b]

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I have win2000,sp4 machine that when a user is logged on and they share the c drive as c$ it will change back to unshared after the machine is rebooted. The machine has a CD-Rom drive D shared as D$ which is not affected by it. It also doesn't seem …

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I have a folder with all my pictures form my digital camera. But there are certain picture folders that have created a file called "ZbThumbnail.info" I have no idea what it is and I can't find a program that will open it. Also, I can't rename the file or move …

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Im trying to create a batch file to remove a directory in Windows XP, obviously it asks whether you want to delete the directory yes or no, but i want it to delete automatically without it prompting me everytime for the yes/no, i have tried many switches like DEL /y …

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Hey guys, first post here, and this one has truly stumped me so hopefully someone has some insight. Problem: My WinXP Pro Thinkpad R32 laptop refuses to restart (start | turn off computer | restart). It gets to the "Windows is shutting down" screen and simply hangs. However, shutdown (start …

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I recently formatted my laptop HD and installed a nice fresh copy of XP Pro, it was running XP Home before. However, everytime I boot it now it asks me to choose if I want to launch Home Edition or Pro. How can I stop it from asking me this …

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Hi. My computer recently started acting up. I first noticed it when Firefox started spamming me with popups. I ran adaware, spybot, adaware again, and spybot again, and it didn't stop. I made sure the definitions were up to date. I even ran a virus check twice and didn't find …

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