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| | I have 3 seperate computers I am building. All computers have the same basic equipment, the only difference is the periphials, IE. sound card and graphics card. All 3 have ASrock P4V88 MB, Intel 3.6 800 FSB Chip, and WD800JD HD. The hard drives are SATA 7200. The board supports … |
| | Hey there everyone. First post. Hope you can help. Freind of mine recently moved. When she went to hook up the computer, she turned the monitor on, and got a black screen. The green light on front indicated that it "SHOULD" be on, but, alas ... it wasn't. So, i …  |
| | So, I finally got my HDD to fire up again in my Dell 3000. Now there's a new problem. I spun it all up and it got so far as the scrolling Windows XP logo. Then, after that screen went away, I got a blank, black screen. Nothing happened. The … |
| | I want to uninstalled the Security update that I downloaded from the net using Dos environment? I can't get tru safe mode. |
| | Ok I have a 40GB Hard drive and I'm trying to hook up a 120GB hard drive as a slave. I had to buy a cord for the 120GB hard drive that converts it from a serial hard drive to a usb connection because my motherboard doesn't have a serial … |
| | Ok heres my problem for a long time I changed my ip address by typing in ipconfig /release but recently when I type that it say "no operation can be preformed on local area conection while it has its media disconnected" so how do I connect the media thanks |
| | Since having Windows 2000 SP4 installed everytime I try to save to the floppy drive in MS Word it causes the system to lock up and I have to reboot the PC - I am able to save to the local disk and drag the file into the floppy drive … |
| | Hi!!! I am a regular user of Microsoft Office Word and have a large number of word files. Yesterday i noticed that all my word files have the extention *.doc^ in place of usual *.doc. The files still open normally but they have lost their icon and have this weird … |
| | I'm stumped. I get a complete freeze after startup -- not at a consistent point, though. Sometimes it happens when i'm starting up a program. Sometimes out of the blue. Sometimes I get 20 min of use ... sometimes 5 min ... Everything locks -- nothing responds. (Also, strangely, the … |
| | [FONT=Book Antiqua]book antigua[/FONT] can someone please help me when i go to turn off pc from start button me pc wont turn off have done avg check scan and search and destroy and nothing, everything else on my pc works so can someone help me with my problem |
| | I am really having some [b]big[/b] problems right now, let's break it down to this, plain and simple, I cannot open NO FOLDERS on my computer, that includes the C: folder, My Documents, Control Panel, EXACTLY NO FOLDERS AT ALL WHATSOEVER and I am stumped because its a first for … |
| | Help please! For some reason, although the dial up modem connects (to NTL) fine, IE keeps coming up with the DNS error screen when you try to access any website. If you try and log into Messenger it trys for ages then says "cannot log you in, try later". Really …  |
| | Which folder/s contains the Start menu items? Some of the menu items are user defined and so are based on recent use (e.g. Word). Other items are fixed (e.g. My Documents). Where are these kept or defined? |
| | When windows is running along nicely with what ever I'm playing/doing regularly a little blank program box turns up on the taskbar. If i'm in a game it puts me back to windows but then disapears. I've run a very up to date Kaspersky virus check, and a Lavasoft Ad-Aware … |
 | Microsoft Outlook XP 2002 or 2003 user? There's a program called [b]Outsource-XP[/b] which is great to backup all of your Outlook information. It backs up your emails, settings, email accounts, templates, address book, etc. - just about everything you would use Outlook for! It's a really cool program if you … |
| | Hello, Today when I got on my brothers laptop the screen was black... so i hard rebooted it and I got this message. "Ntfs.sys has been corrupted or is missing. You can insert the Windows Setup CD to fix the file". So, I inserted the first recovery disc and went … |
| | I have an 80gb drive that has screwed up and will not go into the log in screen for users. If I put this drive into another machine I can access all the files except those that were under my log in (administrator) as they were password protected. I know … |
| | :rolleyes: I can't update norton or open the Norton tray because every time I click on the "green world" or "yellow pc" appears a window that says: Please wait while windows configures Norton WMI Update And that is when that windows close and nothing happen again. I tried several times … |
| | Hello, I am real new to this but I am looking for help with a constant error that keeps popping up everytime I boot up my computer. THe error reads C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiefr40.dll Mode error I understand that it may have something to do with Adware/Spyware which my kids ran a McAFee …  |
| | i am trying to install windows xp pro but the error message "winnt.sif is corrupt or missing. please can someone help. also "windows explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" comes up and i cant open windows :cry: |
| | hey guys. well let's cut the small talk. i'm trying to access a free lineage 2 server and the directions state that i have to edit my host file. i did my reading on it and found that it should just assign an ip to a host name and the … |
| | [size=4][font=Verdana]:lol:Hi, are ther any websites that have good info on Windows 2000 tweaks and tips? For example what Windows 2000 services I need and don't need. If there are services I don't need and don't want them running in the background. Thanks Joe L.[/font][/size] |
| | Something has gone wrong. After dial-up to ISP server, can't access Email or Internet Search. Everything was OK and then it quit. Using Windows XP. Need help quick. :sad: |
| | I have bought a HP computer sometimes ago, it is P-IV-, 1.3MHz and 256 RAM and few days ago i dont know what happened but as soon as i started "activiation code" window poped up.. i go no internet connection nor any kind of activated code and i dont know … |
| | I have been facing difficulty in restoring widows 2003 server.I have backed up the server last month , but now the server is having some problem and need to be restored .So i restored from the file twice but it doesnot work.I would like to know ,whether registry will be …  |
| | Hi, I've just upgraded & bought a new tower consisting of; AMD 3500+ CPU GA-K8NF-9 Mother Board 1gig Kingmax DDR400 RAM Winfast PX6600GT TDH Extreme Version Graphics Card 200gig Seagate SATA hard disk CD Rom etc etc I've kept my old Honeywell (FCC ID:AQ6-92K15) keyboard & MX1000 Logitech Mouse. I … |
| | Hey guys, first post :). Ok I've got a serious problem, last night my monitor started to flicker, white lines f varying width would flicker across the screen and the entire screen would go white for up to 10 secs. I have an LCD monitor which is about 5 years … |
| | I just made a P4 2.533 GHz on an ASUS P4S8X mother board and have not been able to see my DVD drive it does show my CD drive which is attached to the master (Black Connector) of the same cable. Any ideas what to do? Thanks in advance? |
| | Hi I upgraded from w2k to XP Pro, now my pc freezes for a few seconds at a time or worst, it automatically shuts down and restarts. I've tried everything a novice like me could but nothing seems to work. Microsoft support has been successful either. In desperation I have … |
| | I let my friend borrow my computer for a few months. Bad freaking idea, dont do it. Well when i got it back from my vacation and tried to boot it up it goes pass the dell logo screen and then right after that it says error loading operating system. … |
| | Hey all. Just chucked in my XP pro disc to format my drive and reinstall XP, but i came across a REALLY strange error. IT boots up off the disc, then when i go to press enter to reinstall it says that it cant find any HDD's!!! wat the heck...ive … |
| | I have a custom pc, put together myself, and i installed win xp the first time with no problems... But now i want to reformat it, and i cant seem to figure out how... I know that on most computers you simpley hit F8 to get to the format screen...but … |
| | [color=black][font=Verdana]As i was working, power goes off and my PC restarts and BOOT.INI thingy came up... i do have any idea how to fix it other then format it.. i have tried with Repair XP but no chance i have run the CHKDSK /R still nothing.. is there any one … |
| | Does anyone knows how to retrive a password or reset on the Windows XP Home edition SP2. I cannot access anymore on my notebook I try safe mode still don't work still asking a password. I have no floppy drive only a CD-Rom. |
| | Here is what is happening. My PC was acting rather sluggish, so I restarted it. It started booting, then went to the XP loading page. After which, the screen went black for a second and the system restarted and repeated. I tried to boot in Safe Mode. The Safe Mode … |
| | I am having some problems, everytime I try and go to install Logitech QuickCam I am always left guessing with this problem which stumbles me for real because it basically just stops installing like it frozen up and it never will install. I've never had this problem before, help me … |
| | Have windows XP, mp3 player is not detected by computer. Mp3 player works on other computers. Ipod will download music from same usb port, but will not recharge the battery. Device manager says usb ports are fine. Help! |
| | why does my computer keep freeezing i have just reformated it and its still doing it mozilla goes to 100% ive tried other browsers and it still does it when i try to download help files it wont allow it whats going on with it |
| | I am having troubles figuring out if my computer running WIndows XP SP2 has USB 2 Its a older P3 800mhz system. I have everest but cannot seem to find results. I need this for my ipod but havnt got it yet to try. Our photo scanner is powerd buy … |
| | **This happens when someone else is logged on** When I click on my account it goes the the, "Loading personal settings" dialog and freezes. I have ZoneAlarm and it does not detected any viruses, so I'm not sure what to do. Other errors: At random times the computer will be …  |
| | I am trying to get online and now the computer is not detecting the modem. I have a Dell Dimension DIM4300S, Pentium(R) 4 CPU. System is Microsoft Windows XP 2002. I have check the Device Manager and there is not a modem listed. I have checked the Phone and Modem … |
| | First off, I would like to thank the member with the linux-penguin-in-the-car avatar, prcviewer helped me sort out my svchost.exe problems. However......... Now I have the 20k memory usage process that is "system idle" completely taking over my cpu. It goes up to 95% and will never come down. I … |
| | I need some ideas. It's a 1.7 GHz processor, 256 megs of RAM. The MB is ASUS and the machine is running XP Home edition. It goes through the BIOS screen comes to a screen that should allow you to run safe-mode, etc. (but it won't allow you do do … |
| | After cleaning a spyware using Ad Aware,my program files is blank.I can see using Start>run>browse... But opening Start>Programs>Accessories>Windows Explorer,My Computer,HD,Program Files,seems empty.I just see at the bottom : 109 objects. How can I fix this?Ok,I have to edit the registry,but i don´t know how to get started Thanks for any … |
| | I have tried to upgrade my Ad-Aware 6.0 edition to the newest available, but I cant get past the uninstall of previous versions step. I get the message "Could not open the Install.log file". What can I do to remove this old version of Ad-Aware?? Thank you Stefan  |
| | Hello all, Ive been building music PC's for friends for a while now and have been getting busier. I was wondering what is the best way to make a recovery CD... I know Norton Ghost is brilliant but i didn't want to use it for two reasons...1) I want to … |
| | Friend's Dell Dimension 4600 (piece of over-priced junk) what to sh*t and so now I'm trying to fix it. The recovery discs that Dell provides only work within Windows. (defeats the purpose if you ask me) On bootup, it gives me an error about accessing the System folder, on safe … |
| | Hi all! Hope you can help. I was tiring to clean out my friends system that was running slow after a year of Internet. He had Norton 2003 on his system and like many people, didn't realize that he needed to subscribe to keep his machine protected. With that, I … |
| | After shutting my computer off while it was booting, it now won't boot at all. I'm running a window xp professional P4. When I turn it on, it starts to boot but goes into choices of booting. I've tried all of the different choices; safe, command prompt, safe with networking, … |
| | I need some help, I am running into a conflict with winfax pro, I send a fax and I cannot get meditech to work properly. I recieve the message cts-time out 04E0h what can I do? |
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