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| | Hello, I'm somewhat new with computers and im jsut wondering how i would go about reformating my hp pavillion zv5000 laptop, i have already backed up all my important files and im all ready to reformat i just need to know what to do first and what i need to … |
| | I'm running a 2 gig machine with 512 megs of RAM with Win XP Pro, Svc Pk 2. It's an Asus MB with built-in audio and video. I've been fighting a lot of spyware lately, and somewhere along the way I've lost my sound. Some input on how I can … |
| | I don't know what I did but my system font has been changed to what looks like Arial 14pt. So a lot of websites I have been going to now have arial as the font along with IM's, etc...How do I change this back to normal? Thanks! |
| | Hi, I installed firmware for my DVD writer (Pioneer DVR A07 XLA) when I shutdown, window wont shut down properly, when I restart, window comes up with icon in right hand tray saying found new hardware CD-rom then everything stall. I cant get to any program at all. Please help. … |
| | Hello, I'm somewhat new with computers and im jsut wondering how i would go about reformating my hp pavillion zv5000 laptop, i have already backed up all my important files and im all ready to reformat i just need to know what to do first and what i need to … |
| | When I try to install Winrunner 7.0, or some other appliccation program,It show me "C:\WINNT\system32\autoexec.nt.The system file is not suitable to install MSDOS or windows appliction software" I have reinstalled window 2000, but it still have this problem. WHY? everybody can help, please! Cathy  |
| | My wireless connection was working fine. All the sudden it stopped working. I can connect directly to the cable modem, so I know my IE has not been hijacked. My Device Manager does not show any problems. My icon on the Task Bar shows I have a connection. Yet when … |
| | When I try to install Winrunner 7.0, or some other appliccation programs,It show me "C:\WINNT\system32\autoexec.nt.The system file is not suitable to install MSDOS or windows appliction software" I have reinstalled window 2000, but it still have this problem. WHY? everybody can help, please! Cathy  |
| | Microsoft Update "Failure" leads to Error 80200010 which says that the network card is inoperative, yet it is OK. Can't find any more info. on this error, not even on the Site itself. Funny thing is that there is a way round it, by way of opening the further-details page … |
| | I am temporarly living at a hotel they offer high speed wireless internet, I have a desktop pc with a linksys instant wireless b pci adapter installed, I am able to access their network although every time I click to do anything I loose my connection and have to wait … |
| | Hi there, really hope i have picked the right 'room' to write this post on. ( new to this). Ok, so i was thinking i was being clever, and silly me have uninstalled ( i think) something that has now stopped me from hearing any sound from my computer... now … |
| | Hi! Can you please help me with this problem? "C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~2\update\optimi~1.EXE The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0051 IP:02f2 OP:63 6d 3d 43 3a" ThanX!!  |
| | I had window xp on my computer and I loaded Window 2003 Now when i first boot up my computer I can go to Internet Explorer and it opens ok but if i close it and try to open it again I get the red circle with a slash through … |
| | After seven hours of searching and applying various fixes to my own corrupted Windows Search NONE of Which Worked!!! You "gurus" out there really let me down this time. (I'm telling ya it was worse then finding out about Santa,the Tooth fairy or even the wiz for that matter) I … |
| | I have tried everything to get my computer to enable my modem but nothing works, went thru the help and it says probably needs enabled in bios ... I have no idea how to enable it can anyone help me please i need to get on the internet, I am … |
| | I have a C and D drive, the D drive is a seperate HD from C, and has no essential files for running windows. I want to format the D Drive and eventually install some version of linux to it. Is it possible to just format it and leave it … |
| | Inter net Options..Delete temp files VS Address %temp% which will list them & APPEARS more detailed..Is there a difference? Is the second method more thourough? |
| | Hello! In today’s world of identity theft, hacking, phishing, etc. I want to be sure I’m doing everything I can to get any personal information on my PC…just that…personal and protected. I heard a news report this afternoon about “scrubbing |
| | Hello - I was wondering if anyone could direct me towards some information that outlines a good server maintenance program to follow? I'm running about 10 Windows 2003 servers, one with Exchange 2003 on it. Four (I believe) are DNS servers, and we are running Active Directory as well. Thank … |
| | Okay guys, I don't know much about computers and I'm seeking major help. Problem #1: For some reason, whenever I play a cd in my cd-rom drive, the sound is all distorted. I don't have this problem when I play a music or sound file on my computer, it's just … |
| | One of my co-workers attempted to send an e-mail to a customer yesterday. The mail was returned with the following error: "There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. Please contact your system administrator. <ourservername #5.5.0 smtp;554 mail server permanently rejected message (#5.3.0)> I have investigated RFC … |
| | I was in a rush to close this morning and some how inadvertently moved the toolbar from the bottom horizontally, to the right hand side vertically. The start botton is at the top right corner, while the clock and icons are at the bottom right with nothing in between. I … |
| | hey everyone! first off, im running Windows xp (dont laugh plz) with a 56k modem. i have been having the prob recently where my modem keeps wanting to dial into the internet. even when my pc is sitting doing nothing, the dial up window will pop up and automatically start … |
| | My PC is currently Windows XP with SP1. Because of some recent problems I need to perform a Windows XP Repair. I have just slipstreamed my original (non-SP1) Windows XP CD with SP2 so now I have a single, bootable Windows XP disk with SP2 integrated. My question is this... … |
| | Good Evening to All. I have successfully installed windows xp (home Edition)several times on my computer (Hp 533w intel, Celeron 2.0 Ghz). On all occassions, I have download all updates from Bill. After downloading all updates, normal operations is establish. Several minutes later, I turn the cpu and I get …  |
| | All my CD ROM Drives used to work, with no problems. When I went to device manager and went to properties all of them have this as the error message "This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device. (Code 31)" They all … |
| | Hi there, I have a problem and I'm hoping someone can help. The computers not been well recently, I've reinstalled O/S and used a variety of bug killers and all seemed ok. Problem is that in the last week I've been prompted to reactivate windows four times due to hardware … |
| | Hi, I’m running XP Pro SP2 and have recently reinstalled it and most of the programs I wanted to reinstall went back in OK and I thought everything was fine. Then I decided that I’d install an old copy of Bryce 5 that I had zipped on my hard drive. … |
| | I would like to bridge my two Network cards so that I can share my wireless internet connection. I have 1 Wirless Lan card and one 10/100 Bit Lan card. The problem I have is when I go to the properties of the 2 Nic cards and Uncheck Internet connection … |
| | after downloading a small program to my desktop the program would not open after double clicking, so i deleted it. now when windows xp boots up each time i get setup wizard popup if i click cancel it closes but comes back each time i boot up. (any ideas) many … |
| | I have been trying to get Flash Player to download and it won't do anything can some one Please help me figure out how to get it to download.  |
| | I can't run defrag on my computer. I can run the initial analysis, which tells me I'm about 9% fragmented. I can also start the defrag process. That's where it pretty much hangs. I started the defrag one evening, and it looked like it was going slow, so I went … |
| | Hi I'm at my wit's end regarding difficulties I'm having installing Norton AntiVirus 2005. Here's my situation: 1. I purchased a used computer that already had Norton Internet Security Professional and AntiVirus 2003 installed about 18 months ago. I did not receive the original installation disks. 2. Everything was working … |
| | Hi Dani: I'm so thankful for the help I have received here. I have tried everything but I can't even run a scandisk. I looked in my Dummies book and couldn't find it. I'm wondering if I have a trojan in the PC. I still can't do the Norton updates. … |
| | Hey guys, I'm new with computers and don't know alot, I recently bought a copy on windows XP Home to upgrade my PC with. I installed it but I never deleted windows 2000. Now when I boot up I get the option of which OS I would like to use. … |
| | how do I get the caps lock and numlock to display on the system tray |
| | I deleted the wrong partition while reinstalling windows and now my external drive is partitionless. I have recovery software, but it can't find my drive because theres no partition on it. I want to know if I should create a new partition over it to run the recovery software or … |
 | I dont know much about oem OS. I would like to know, if I buy an oem windows XP Home disc which cost less than retail, is it possible to boot from it from a cd-rom on system startup ? The oem version I got with my older system 3 … |
| | Ok, really wierd, posted thread on this before thinking it was spyware or adware..... turns out it WASN'T after running ad-aware, spyware and EVERYTHING ELSE. This is the problem: Whenever I try going to google.com or yahoo.com, it takes me to some place called "cPanel" and it says "There is … |
| | I am experiencing a very frustrating VIDEO & AUDIO STUTTERING problem which appeared one day out of the blue about 6 weeks ago. I have checked and tried pretty much everything I can think of, short of doing a clean re-install of XP Home. The symptoms are: when XP initially …  |
| | Hello people I am running a systen 2.56 ghz and 1 gb of ram 2 256 memmory modules and 1 512 memory module My winXP would restart for no apparent reason all. and den there would be nothing on my screen n the orange led i shown on e monitor. … |
| | I purchased a Dell computer that came with 90 days of McAfee Virus protection. I have deleted the McAfee and am trying to install Norton Antivirus 2005 from a new disk but it does not want to install for me. It is taking about 30 minutes to install just one … |
| | I leave my computer on all the time and when I left one day I left the screensaver on. When I came home and tried to use my computer it was on but no signal was being sent to the monitor. So I restarted the computer and it loaded up … |
| | I have a new 19" LCD with recommended resolution on 1280 X 1024. I'm using Windows XP Pro. When logging into Yahoo or MSN, ect. only 800 X 600 fills the screen! How annoying!! Is there some way to fix this? Thanks. |
| | my computer has had so many issues. is it safe to completly wipe out my computer and start from scratch? such as reinstalling windows and all my other programs? and if so, how do i go about doing it? |
| | I am trying to do a system restore, but it keeps telling me it was unsuccessful. Why is it doing this? How can I get it to restore? :cry: |
| | Hey All, I keep getting 2 different errors that I can't seem to fix on my Dell running XP with updated service pack 2. 1. When I open the control panel or any option on the control panel I get an error that says: "Resources not Available" It is a … |
| | Hi to everyone this is the first time I have used this forum :D Anyway, I have a problem with RIS at a client site. To cut a long story short, when a new client (PC) is added to the network and set to start a network build we recieve … |
| | I'm encountering a peculiar situation on a Win2000Pro machine. When the machine cranks up in the AM it is fine and works normally. As the day wears on, with use, the mouse actions get jerkier. Anyone have an idea? Thanks, BuddyB |
| | This is a large problem I've been having for nearly two years now, and despite my best efforts, I have not been able to find a solution. Okay, here goes: First of all, I cannot access secure sites. I have, however, seen a rule that I had overlooked in Norton … |
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