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 | I bought the windows xp 2004 sp2 and didn't use the second cd at all . I found some windows themes , boot screens along with the key from the second cd . I want to edit the boot.ini file from system32 but it's not there . I can only … |
| | Hi All, I this is an age old problem and is fairly well covered in the forum and I can repair now while standing on my head, but I have system that continualy does it. After I replace the file or files missing the pc will boot fine for maybe … |
| | I have a problem with windows XP. The biggest problem is that only it happens sometimes, but since I've installed everything new in my PC, month ago it happened 4 times. During the startup screen of windows XP, it just stalls, the blue bar stays on going from left to … |
| | The brightness on my laptop is super dim all of a sudden. It worked fine yesterday, but then last night the brightness was gone. I've tried using the Fn key at the same time pressing F8 to increase the brightness, but nothing happens. I tried looking for any brightness option/setting …  |
 | I've been trying to schedule my computer to automatically hibernate from a scheduled task. I used this: rundll32.exe PowerProf.dll, SuspendState Hibernate It doesn't seem to work. I can hibernate it manually, so I know that it will. I use Win XP Pro. Anybody got any ideas. Thanks. |
| | Is it okay to apply patch even if the Conficker Virus was not remove? I tried scanning using MSRT v3.9 but nothing was found yet still have the problem on visiting a websites. When view my "Network Connection" there is a new connection "Internet Connection" appeared. I tried disabling it … |
| | When unpacking a file foobar2000 has lots of trouble playing music (or when searching the harddrive, or while doing a virus-scan). This is strange because the cpu-load is only about 20%. Giving foobar2000 a higher priority does not make a difference. Also explorer seems to react much more slowly. Why … |
 | When requested to update windows xp, I clicked to install the same. What I got was a permanent fixture on my desktop "You may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Windows did not pass genuine Windows validation. Over and above the desktop goes black in colour immediately …  |
| | i recently had a computer with some heavy virus damage, i removed the viruses, then restarted and xp just loads... and loads.. and loads, i remember getting a svchost error when i could get in, so i think hte virus has labeled its process as a critical system service, and …  |
| | I recently reloaded the OS on a new partition. I want to extract and transfer the emails from the old Outlook to the new one. What file or folder holds those and where do I find it? Any ideas would be great. Thanks. |
| | I'll spare you the details that led to this. In the end all that matters is that I got frustrated and formatted my c: drive. I did this by booting from the the Windows XP Disk in my CD-ROM drive however once it finished reformating the drive I received a … |
| | I have an inspiron 1501 dell laptop. norton anti virus. and have tried to use system restore, it didn't work. I logged on this morning and my taskbar, start button and desktop icons have disappeared. I can use task manager to get on the internet but that's about it =/ … |
| | Dear Daniweb: I uninstalled several Adobe programs using add/remove programs but the entries are still listed in add/remove programs. I tried going into the registry to delete under uninstall but there seems to be no entry in the registry. Of course I don't want to delete an entry which I …  |
| | I have a emachine T6216 when I start it up and it goes to windows it shuts down. Sometimes at the start of windows sometimes 20 mins later. When I restart it the temp is 40 degrees centergrade (144 degrees F). If I go to set up I can stay … |
| | Hello People, I will like to know how to permanently turn my num lock on even when i press the key to turn it off. Reason; it does my head in! There are some programs I use and they turn it off which is very annoying. Is there a way … |
| | i wanted to record a karaoke song with my voice.I have the software called Cool Edit Pro to record.But my microphone did work, and i tried to buy to new one but the neew one doesn't work either. Even chat voice my friend couldn't hear what i said. So what … |
| | hi... my hard drive.. is not working? how can i do?? beacause window... start... and come again in settings.... this posibillity a virs..??? |
| | Yesterday I put Windows 2000 driver CD into my CD-Rom drive and suddenly my laptop doesn't "see" that drive anymore. When I go to system/hardware, it's telling me that I'm having a Device Manager Error Code 19 and that my registry might be corrupted. I found this information that may … |
| | Hi, I plan to install an SFTP server on one of our domain servers, but beforehand I wanted to setup a dummy server on one of my local workstations. I used [U]OpenSSH [/U]to setup a home location with the folder named [B]SSHTestBed[/B], full path: C:\SSHTestBed I also created a new … |
| | Hi I recently bought a new hard drive and installed Windows XP ( SP2 ) for the 1st time ( I'd previously used W.98 ). Everything seemed fine until I started to load programs. Nothing starts up when I insert a disc into the DVD drive and when I go … |
| | hey masters of computer I m also new here and i want help from u about recover some of my lost files and great wishes to u .. I did lock some files by Free Hide Folder software. after a few days my brother install a new windows copy and … |
| | A friend of mine has an OEM machine with XP Home installed, but the file sytem is FAT. Her son finds that a lot of his games wont work on FAT system. Can I convert to NTFS, but also without corrupting the installation files in case at a future date … |
| | I have win xp pro sp2 installed on a Dell 2350. Recently, my desktop has refused to load and i have to run everything from the task manager. Is there a way to replace the needed files without reinstalling windows :?: |
| | Hi friends, I am using XP. Recently I installed System Mechanic and after that the mouse functions went awry. Even after uninstalling the program I am unable to use cut and paste, drag and drop funcitons. I tried every trick in the internet. No help. Anybody can suggest ways and …  |
| | Hello All: I am new to this form of potential problem solving however, information never acted upon is a solution never arrived at. I have a PC on XP and one day my sounds dissappeared from my speakers (that are integral to my HP flat panel screen. Windows troubleshooting is … |
 | Hello I have recently deleted my icon cache and recreated using some steps found from a tutorial, but I've noticed that from then on, my windows takes a long time to load completely, that it from the welcome screen to the final loading process. When I log in, it takes … |
| | I have a dell mini inspiron 1011 running windows xp OS. I have had this for roughly 11 months (has 30 days left on the warranty). I turned my computer on the other day only to be confronted with the black screen explaining that windows has encountered a problem....etc and … |
| | hi all, i am new here and would greatly appreciate advice you can offer. i am using xp pro with sp2 i have my pictures stored an a hard drive. there are about 100 folders. within this "photo folder". i do not regulkarly look throuigh it. i noticed about three … |
| | Ok, this is a new one for me... One of my clients is saying that when she writes a new email in Outlook and send it, then goes to her home page (Google) that her subject line from the email shows up in the address bar of her google. She … |
| | I am attempting to start/stop services via a script. The command is sc stop "service name" It is failing with this error {SC} OpenService FAILED 123: Any assistance would be appreciated. |
| | [B][I][U]Hey Guyz I am currently using :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. WINDOWS 7 32bit x86 intel 2. WINDOWS XP SP2 2002 32bit x86 intel [B][U][I] MODEM :-[/I][/U][/B] ZTE ADSL Modem Model : 531B Splitter : 4KHz [B][I][U]The Problem :-[/U][/I][/B] 1. There was no problem till today morning...I faced some problems after 12am today.. … |
| | I've been trying to upload pictures from my C drive to various websites. Everytime I attempt to do this, I get an error message such as "file not valid". These are normal jpg. files (not huge). It's happening with every photo. I would like to attach these photos to the … |
| | I have used Incredimail on XP for many months OK. Recently, when attaching a photo to an email, when the photo is found in My Pictures and clicked, Incredimail freezes and the following error is shown: Runtime error C:\Program files\Incredimail\Bin\Incmail.exe Abnormal Program termination It then closes Incredimail down, deleting the … |
| | I have Windows Professional 2002, SP3 and keep getting a fatal error (blue screen of death) when I use the "safetly remove hardware" icon in the bottom right tray. I have a mini dump file but can't figure out how to attach it. Can someone help? Thx, Mark |
 | so I worked on an older hp for this lady, i did full backup with a dvd set, but nasty viruses and trojans screwed up the back up set. She did not have an xp install disk with media center, so I installed xp with a random xp disk. I … |
| | Thank you so very much for having such a great web site! Easy to register, easy to navigate....this is wonderful! Here is my problem: When I use my IE 8, I keep getting re-directed when using the search function. The websites I search for come up on the search page …  |
| | Hi. I recently noticed ever since i got internet that when i startup the computer, the mouse and keyboard do not function. The computer starts up and goes to the desktop. to only way to restart it is to press the reset button, then when it starts up the mouse … |
| | I was trying to avoid having to log on to anything when I start my computer and just go straight to the main screen. By mistake i changed the administrator to a limited account and now I can't change it. I tried to add a new user but it won't … |
| | Hi I need to do a repair but find that my Toshiba Xp machine wont load the Product Recovery Disc. I have since found that it wont load any discs at all. Recently I connected my MP3 Player by USB to the machine and I am wondering if this could … |
| | Hi All, i am getting following error in "Green Background" when i start the machine. WinXP SP2, PointSec 6.3.1 Invalid Opcode Exception Kernel Halted Press Key to Reboot Machine is not booting in any mode. Any one has any Idea, and know the root cause? Please help as Client is …  |
| | loaded xp on a Dell 170L last year, now putting it on the domain and I get this error message:" error loading C:\windows\system32\iedkcs32.dll cannot run %1 also: ordinal 654 iertutil.dll anyone recognize these? Thanks! |
| | I am new to the DaniWeb Forums. I would like someone that knows well DELL computers and Windows XP Home to help me out. I don't know a whole lot about computers and would like someone to be able to give me individual assistance via Remote Assistance. I realize many … |
| | Does anyone know how to permanently block the above cookies in Firefox? Livejasmin has me driven mad. It is so hard to get rid of. Why are they allowed to attach themselves to computers in Google search when the company must know where they are located and must know how … |
| | This is a first post, and I hope that it is in the right place. My Toshiba XP Laptop no longer lights up. Info is there and is working, but almost impossible to see. Got it working a few times by quickly opening and shutting the lid, but no longer … |
| | I am unable to ping a laptop running XP Pro SP1. I have tried everything. Verified that the built in firewall is not turned on. Other that that i have complete connectivity to the network, just no connectivity to the laptop. Any ideas anyone??  |
 | I have been given a HP Compaq DC7100 with the SFF case. This PC is fitted with a SATA hard disk drive. The previous owner installed Fedora Linux and the PC boots and works just fine. My problem is that I want to run Windows XP on it. I have … |
| | Hello. When I turn on my computer, windows XP loads up and after the windows page where the computer shows the black screen with the windows logo and the bottom scanning icon the screen goes black and about 2 minutes later, the screen shows no signal and shuts off even … |
| | Can some one help me with my Problem? Recently i powered up my laptop and I cant be able to see all my desktop icons on the screen. The screen displays my screen background but all the icons and the startup menu are not shown. Currently Im accessing my files … |
| | i have a laptop and id it set up for dialup and i want to go wireless...what do i need to do:confused: |
| | hi all. I've had Windows XP installed on a computer that has had the entire c:drive wiped without a back up. Unsurprisingly, the network adapters have yellow exclamation marks next to them and i need some advice on how to do a bit of detective work to get them going … |
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