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| | Hi, I was fixing my uncles emails and a television channels on his computer but needed help from a friend so downloaded msn 7.0 for his assistance on my aunts computer. They forgot I downloaded it and thought it was some sort of virus and used norton anti virus on … |
| | Hello everyone got a small problem with xp pro s2 maybe? Ok I built this pc about year and half ago and loaded it with Windows xp pro s1. The other day the lady gives me a call and says aol want connect it goes so far and stops. When … |
| | Thanks for visiting my post. Their's afew things that happens when it doesn't detect the rom, when i connect all the power plugs into the HDD, Both Roms and the floppy drive, the computer just enters the bio's and just freezes, but when i remove the power plugs too both …  |
| | Hi I have had a problem for several days and have not been able to resolve this. I am running agigabyte 7n400 pro2 board with an xp3000, 512 memory. I choose in the bios to load optimal defaults and the next thing I knew I could not get past the … |
| | I got nailed by a trojan bug and Macafee could not delete it or quarintine it. I ran virus scan and could no longer find it. I then noticed that my desktop was replaced by spyware ads and the displays menu in the control panel was missing everything but screensaver … |
| | Need help to reinstall Win XP-Home Ed. after I replaced the hard disk. Win 95 loads up fine, but I cannot neither upgrade to Win XP-Home, nor do a fresh install. At boot time, I get the following 1st message for few seconds: --- "Setup is inspecting your computer hardware's …  |
| | I am trying to download elder scrolls 3 morrowind and i hav all of the requirements. it finishes downloading and puts an icon on my desktop and everything. but when i open it i get a message saying "there has been an error and this program must be closed" ive … |
| | I recently upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 98 Second Edition. If I right click on the desktop to arrange icons, The screen goes blank for 10 seconds and the icons return. I am not receiving any menu options on a right click on the desktop. I am concerned this …  |
| | Hey guys. Ok, well it was my assumption that Microsoft could let you activate a Windows XP product key as many times as needed on a single machine. Now, I reformat my computer about once everu 3-4 months to keep up performance. Recently when I reformated the computer, installation went … |
| | On a number of machines I build, sometimes straight away or after a few days of running, after logging on I get the windows XP bubble pop up from the taskbar saying 'New hardware found' and then that disappears then a prompt appears saying 'SYSTEM SETTING CHANGES - New device … |
| | Whenever I type (and only when I type)while a sound is playing, the sound clicks. It used to be that it would only click if I was logged on my XP in a "limited account". But now, sound clicks while I type on any kind of account. Sound didn't start … |
| | [FONT=Verdana]hey whats up guys.. well i encountered the blue screen of death tonight and my computer keeps restarting.. when the blue screen appears i get error code 0x00000050... i tried removing applications and it didn't work... i haven't added any new hardware... and im completely lost on what to do... … |
| | I was trying to go online and I had this message pop-up: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error Program:C:\Program files\Peoplepc\ISP6100\Browser\Bartshel.exe abnormal program termination OK Can anyone tell me what this means, if it had an error code and number I could go to M$ and find out what it … |
| | Norton detected hacktool.rootkit and I was able to remove it and I believe the infected files as well, and now when I go to log in it makes the windows sound like it does when you successfully log in then it immediatley logs me out. I've looked at microsoft.com and … |
| | :evil: have a dell p3 256 ram laptop with 2000 pro, wanted to up grade to xp went to costco paid 200 dollars started the upgrade ,half way it stoped and said connot copy some folders must exit! so i tried again samething, took the disk out tried to restart … |
| | hey all, i had major corruption on my exchange server and had to blow away alot of data, even mailboxes...was able to do a disaster recovery for exchange but can restore the information store because its unable to attach to one of the drives....i'm assuming its my M drive because … |
| | Hey.....im trying to use remote assistance to control a friend's computer to fix some problems for him. He fully knows of what im trying to do and even told me his password (just in case). Can someone please tell me how to make it happen now. We're both running WinXP … |
| | Hi There Can someone give me a idiots gide with step by step instructions on how to reinstall my windows 2000 pro i have lodes of things wrong with my computer to many to list. I did a repear it sorted some of them out but not the importent one's … |
 | Ah, the frustrations of dealing with the big guys... So I followed HP's instructions in updating my HP Pavilion a420n (A7V8X-LA motherboard) except for one thing: at one point, the HP web site tells me: "8. If you see the following message during the restart of your PC, continue with … |
| | On my computer we have three different log-on accounts. One of the accounts doesn't work anymore. Whenever you log on the whole thing freezes, the clock won't change and nothing will work. I decided to call my computer company (dell) and they said that I have a corrupt profile. They … |
| | I have to OS both XP, I want to delete the one on C:\. Is formating the only way to do this. |
| | The other day i moved my pc from one room 2 another and now it will not boot. Once turned on it says to insert a boot diskette in the drive and press any key. I inserted my xp boot cd and began the installation process. The first part of … |
| | This is my first time using a forum. I'm getting horizontal lines from my text and other graphics. Replaced the monitor and its still there. Don't think it's my card. Please help |
| | I have Windows XP SP2 fully up to date. Lately, I've been hearing a sound that sounds like a camera shutter or the click sound used as the default "Start Navigation" sound in Explorer. It is usually two or three clicks in rapid succession. It doesn't seem to be related … |
| | I saved this website on my desktop and with it a folder was saved on my desktop as well. the format i saved it in was in webpage complete(*htm, *html) . now im tryin to delete the folder and it wont go away. the error message says that its being … |
| | windows update can't download hi guys i can't download the latest patches for windows [i have a legit key] i contact microsoft support and was advice to do this: If you are running Ad-aware, ZoneAlarm, PC-Cillin, Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, McAfee, Proxomitron pop-up blocker, Ad Muncher, … |
 | Hello all. A new poster here. Seems like quite the community you all have here. Congrats! I have a tech question I need help with. I recently flashed/updated my Bios. Everything went smoothly with the exception of my mouse not working through the PS/2 port. It is a Logitech MX1000 … |
| | I have looked it up and it says that when you want a clean install of Windows XP, you go into the os disk and press repair or install. i went into the os disk and it says that i can install it but when i press it, it says … |
| | Norton removed Trojan.Byte.Verify and it came back 2 months later! I followed the steps from [URL=http://http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.byteverify.html]HelpFromsecurityresponse[/URL] It came back, please help!! |
| | my disk drive to my computer(Dell Demention desktop) wont open when i push the button and the activity light doesnt come on either...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanx |
| | hi, i'm really a newbie and hoping that anyone can help me with this. I have a Window XP installed running IE6. i sometime run registryfix to clean up window. ...recently, when i run registryfix, it stops at HKey_Current_User/software/microsoft/internet explorer/main/showedcheckbrowser. ...It stops and then abort the operation of registryfix. Thus … |
| | how do i get my hijack log to plz help!!!!! |
| | I am kinda computer illiterate, so bare with me... I wanted to get a USB kit to convert my VHS/DVD to my computer and my friend told me I should make sure my computer has a graphic card before I buy it (I have a Windows XP type: 2366-85U). I …  |
| | when i try to run reg edit i get this error mess. 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem C:\windows\system 32\regedit.co The NTVDM cpu has encountered a illegal instruction.CS:0577ip:9c3fop:of0400 1004.choose close to close the programme. Thanks Dave |
| | dear sir, we r wrking on a project which requires output with high performance & speed (i.e we want an our system to perform 2000 queries in 30ms , for which we are using WINDOWS SERVER-2003 & XENON Dual processor(3.8 GHz) with 1Gb RAM and with latest configuration) ,but we … |
| | dear sir, we r wrking on a project which requires output with high performance & speed (i.e we want an our system to perform 2000 queries in 30ms , for which we are using WINDOWS SERVER-2003 & XENON Dual processor(3.8 GHz) with 1Gb RAM and with latest configuration) ,but we … |
| | I'm working on someones 6000 series compaq computer. The original harddrive was replaced and windows was reinstalled on the new harddrive. The problem is when i got to boot it up it goes through POST, i see the compaq screen then i see the windows loading screen and from there … |
| | I am trying to install some software on WIndows 2000 pro and I get: "Preparing to install" forever (it simply gets stuck at this stage) Any Idea? Thanks |
| | I have a system with winXP embedded already installed. Now I need to install software for my company but it requires Internet Information Services. But I dont know how to install it. In winXP embedded the Add/Remove Windows Components button is disabled so I cant install it from there. I … |
| | Hi all, Basically I have an AMD 64 x2, should this show up as two processors in task manager or just the one? :confused: |
| | i know that there are countless dual boot threads, but i didn't see the one that i was looking for. i have win xp pro on my computer. i just installed a hdd out of an old computer that has win 98 on it. i am wondering if it will … |
| | :o I have almost tried EVERYTHING That I know of Besides, Throwing This Computer Out MY Window..Someone PLEASE HELP ME ... I have always Played games from games.com and had no issues, I have always checked my hotmail and had no issues NOW. I get "sorry we were unable to … |
| | ok when i play wc3 my cpu freezes... this never happen for a long long time... before when i had a geforce 4 mx 440 it freezes but i switch it to geforce fx 5200 and it didn't freeze but lately it starting to freeze again... i wonder is it … |
| | Hi everyone. Ok, I know how to reformat a computer, but I have a question. My computer has two hard drives, well actually three because two of them mirror each other on a RAID 0 configuration. Anyways, Windows is installed on my RAID 0 configured hard drive, which in total … |
| | Hi Folks Recently I've been getting a problem where whenever I try and run video from desktop, whether it be from media player, realplayer, quicktime etc. the computer near freezes up and I get 98-99% cpu usage on whichever player I'm running. This happens with video being displayed in websites … |
| | I just got done upgrading my computer from me to xp and when i restarted the computer it booted up just fine untill after the windows logo it goes to a black screen with little white dots at the side of the screen. Can some one help me!!!! :sad: |
| | Hi, I'm having problems with Outlook 2003 hanging whenever I try to Save or Insert attachments. In either case Task Manager shows Outlook as 'not responding'. I have tried restoring back to previous restore points, repairing Office and even reinstalling Office but the problem remains. Fortunately I can insert and … |
| | After a virus ,losing my restore points, WMP 10 will not let me play mpg`s off the web. I have uninstalled WMP10 and downloaded and re-installed it but the same happens. I am 99% sure my system is clean. After I try to play an mpg the WMP just stops … |
| | As the title says, my windows media player won't go into fullscreen mode. When I try to, it juss goes to a black screen for a few seconds and then it goes back to the normal size. This juss started happening recently. Anyone know what I should do? |
| | Did windows update for XP and now computer wont boot up.. says System32\Drivers\Ntfs.sys missing. had no probs till did update.. now I cant get into my computer. Can anyone help? or tell me how to extrac my files before crashing my system? |
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