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| | hey i am new to dis ok....well my problem is dat i have just installed Win XP on a 20 gb harddrive, intel desktop board, 256mb ram, intel P4, floppy drive, dvd drive, cd drive, lan card, modem, and Nvidia TNT card 32mb. When ever i start up my computer … |
 | I am trying to install Publisher XP. Every time I click on the setup file I get an error saying that I am either running in safe mode, the windows installer is corrupt or not installed. I am running Windows XP Pro. I am not in safe mode. I have …  |
| | Is there any reason it MIGHT block people from AOL from sending me e mail someone from AOL SAYS they write me & have been ., dont see her on blocked senders, yet I dont get the e mail??????????????????????????????? |
| | Here is my problem : I bought a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 16MB Cache SATA coupled with a Silicon Image 3112A SATA Controller. I was never able to install Windows XP on this drive as it always crashed before the end. I connect the hard drive to an existing Windows … |
| | my friend downloaded limewire from limewire.com, when he installs it, it says NSIS error, something wrong with the install somehow i guess? help. |
| | We purchased a few pc's a while back that had XP home installed. We're moving to a domain based network, and Home won't allow connection to it. We're part of the MS Partner program, and have XP Pro to upgrade to, but, it says that the OS already installed is … |
| | Does anyone know how to get a list of users that have resource open locally? I know that if you use MMC and manage the computer that hosts the resource you can see remote users, but local users do not show up. For instance... If I open a file from …  |
| | Hey, Ive got a salvaged laptop harddrive in a caddy connected via USB 2 to my new laptop. It worked once and I was able to access my files on the old drive. Now when I connect it to the new laptop it says the usb port has surged and …  |
| | for some reason XP has suddenly decided it doesnt know where the CD-ROM and CD-RW drives are. it says "the drives are installed but windows failed to locate the hardware devices" plz help o_o |
| | What should she do? She can't remember the password for the content advisor and lost the password she had written down. |
| | I have a group of mpg files that WMP used to play. Sometime in the last few months it stopped doing this correctly. Ihave two problems: 1. Some files load and play sound, but the picture is a bunch of nondescript squares. If I let this run for about 20 … |
| | There is a T23 IBM that blue screens every so often and upon boot up it will read that the MS has recovered from a serious error... the Error signature is BCCode: 100000d1 BCP1: FFB8E62F BCP2: 00000002 BCP3:00000000BCP4: F8E4A345 OSVer: 5_1_2600 SP: 2_0 Product:256_1 what does all that mean? |
| | When I click the download button, the dialog box asking whether I want to open or save it doesn't come up. Does anyone know how to get it to come back up. This is driving me nuts!!! |
| | my display properties are missing background,web,effects tabs are gone I am using win 2000 pro, is there a way to get them back? |
| | Hi, I've got a computer running Windows 2000 and an MX440-SE. I just installed the latest drivers from the Nvidia website and DirectX 9.0c (so that I could play a new game). When I boot up to Windows, the picture is very badly distorted, sometimes the images disappears completly and … |
| | Ok this computer is about 1 year old and I have noticed that the hard drive would make some weird grinding and clicking noises at time's and sometimes the computer would just shut down out of no where. I went to turn it on today and I got a message …  |
| | How do i add a user to a group (not a local group) a directory group in sametime.? |
| | My WinXP system recently crashed and will not allow restart. Have talked at length with manufacturer support who are suggesting reinstall as only fix. Problem is there are important files I'd like to recover if possible and would prefer not to risk writing over them. (there was a password sign … |
| | My speakers when not playing sounds or music make buzzing noises when i move the mouse around and when the computer is "thinking". I have used different speakers so its not the speakers problem. When i go to connect the speakers to the jack at the back of the computer … |
| | Well ok, I was having major problems with spyware and whatnot so I was forced to reinstall Windows XP... i wanted to reinstall my OS but at the same time, i meant to format my hard drive also. but i didnt format it so now i got 2 operating systems … |
| | My computer is running extremely slow. It used to show 1.6something Ghz and now only clocks 513, and used to have 768 RAM but now only shows 704. I have posted a hijackthis log if it is anything there. I have also defragged. Help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved …  |
| | Hi, This is a great site. I'm still a newbie techie so bear with me. I Finally bought an XP upgrade for Win 98 a couple days ago and so far I'am very happy and pleased and wonder why I didnt upgrade long ago. I have never seen a pop-up … |
| | Hi, I started my computer up today and went to click on an ICON on my task bar, cause I put my icon on the taskbar to clear up desktop space, and I clicked on an Icon and nothing happen! The only Icon that really works is Internet Explorer and … |
 | A friend of mine gave me a copy of Windows 2000 they had. I installed only to find it was in Portugese D: Is there anyway to change the universal language of windows or am I just going to have to get an english copy?  |
| | [url="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=701352"][color=#800080]http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=701352[/color][/url] [url="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/apr05/04-25Winx64LaunchPR.asp"][color=#800080]http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/apr05/04-25Winx64LaunchPR.asp[/color][/url] :!: [QUOTE] [color=darkblue]After years of delays, Microsoft Corp. on Monday released versions of its Windows operating system that can address vastly more memory and are designed for such heavy-duty tasks as rendering graphics and video. The new products, Windows XP Professional x64 and Windows Server 2003 x64, operate … |
| | I hate it when my computer has a mind of it's own. I like to clean my HD of unwanted files. Unfortunately XP doesn't like that. I deleted a number of files and folders, count to ten and the computer loads them right back on. I've searched the registry and … |
| | I have a friend computer and their kids have put in password in XP. Their mother wants to see their files, but her 13 yrs old son will not give her his pawword. She is register as a administrator. How can I get pass his password? |
| | Reconfigure keyboard so that F11 will Paste as in Copy then Paste. Works over 98 and XP Profesional. Thank you.  |
| | The one you just CLICK on to get the desktop back.. How do I get that back on the bottom., I have the E for explorer, real player, ect but NOT the ICON for Desktop????? |
| | Hi, i bought a new P4 with XP to replace my old PII, Win2000, 64meg ram I would like to possibly sell my PII, but it needs to be cleaned up i.e. preferably HDD wiped and start again with XP. Is it worth it given i have only 64 meg … |
| | when I open windows task manager on windows xp, I am not able to view cpu memory usage and also other buttons on task manager on the top are missing.Also close window button is missing on task manager. please help  |
| | May I ask for anyones assistance please? This started happening a couple of days ago. Start the computer up. Fill in the administrators password. A few seconds later the screen freezes completely refusing to budge to the desktop and therefore my icons. Have just removed Zonealarms and Purge Internet Explorer … |
| | All of my other ones are there., HOW DO I GET THIS TO RE APPEAR? Its Windows XP.. |
| | I thought this might be useful for others encountering a similar problem that I encountered yesterday. A friend called and said their computer wouldn't start (Windows XP & SP2). I went over and it was in a continuous loop. It always went to the optional startup screen. It wouldn't start …  |
| | I'm at college, but at home I am unable to connect to the internet, I had an NTL digital set top box, but they needed to replace it so I am capable of higher speeds, However since then I have been unable to connect to the internet. I phoned NTL … |
| | Greetings I have a celeron 1800hz with 256k of ram running xp with service pack 2 installed. This is a shared computer with two other users (my two sons) as well as myself I have AVG antivirus, zone alarm for firewall and regularly run ad-aware for spy ware etc. All … |
| | it wil be delivered on Monday, I ordered the windows xp 2pk. Does anyone know if I will have to download this or will it already be installed on my mother board. Thanks in advance Buff  |
 | Hey! All right. I have tried sharing a folder over the network to about 38 computers using a windows XP Pro computer. What I found out was that there is a "user limt" to about 10 over the network. Now I have gotten around that by logging of the user … |
| | OK, lets start a thread on your favorite things to include in your Images. Ill start it out with a few of my own. Lets assume its a controlled user enviroment where most things are locked down but not everything as in the desktop wallpaper, screenasaver ect... 1. Delete cookies … |
| | I've been editing large WAV files for a cd I'm remixing. Everytime I save the .wav file after making an adjustment, I lose hard space on my drive. If the .wav file is 85 megs, you would think that 85 megs would just stay after you save over the edited … |
| | [url="http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3499286"]http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3499286[/url] [b][color=blue]Microsoft will Virtualize Linux[/color][/b] [QUOTE] Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company would make serious investments in, and open up, its Virtual Server 2005 product to run on non-Windows machines [/QUOTE] [url="http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,101214,00.html"]http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,101214,00.html[/url] [b][color=blue]Windows Thin Client[/color][/b] [QUOTE] - Microsoft Corp. is working on two thin-client versions of Windows XP to … |
| | nt4.0 administrator here..... When we have visitors from another city (domain) come in we have to always configure a lmhost file or type the IP address in outlook instead of the name of there exchange server. We have the appropriate trusts with all other domains and sometimes their email works … |
 | I everyone stumble across this website/forum..after many hours using mozilla due to 3 facts..and boy if you guy could help me i'd be much obliged. Msn 7.0 and below all have problems: they are as soon as i sign in it closes the program down. but not windows messenger, that … |
| | Hi, is it possible to upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro without loosing settings and having to reinstall applications? Is a complete reinstall of the OS the only answer? |
| | First, I'm using windows xp sp2 and a LAN connection I have this problem with my windows XP firewall.. when i right click on my connection icon in the tray and click on configure internet connection firewall, i get this: "Windows cannot display Internet connection firewall settings because the associated … |
| | Is there any way to use Windows XP and set up a domain over the network. I know there is a way on Windows Server 2003 but we do not have that kind of money! Help! |
| | Hello forum, I am no longer able to boot into Windows XP Home sp1 without the error message "<windows root>\system32\hal.dll, can not find this file, please reinstall it". But whenever I boot into the XP recovery disk and change into the system32 directory and use the copy command - copy … |
| | a friend of mine was given a comp with windows xp on it and then they installed windows xp upgrade. how do I remove the upgrade or do I need to wipe the whole C drive clean as it is taking up a lot of memory and a lot of … |
| | A couple days ago I lost all my programs that are listed on my start menu. I can find them in Explore, but when I bring up Word or Excel ALL of my old documents are gone. I went to Help and Support Center, then to system restore, but the … |
| | Hi, I recentley upgrades to WinXP and Office 2000. Since then certain Graphics programmes such as Publisher and Photoed won't recognise JPEGs. I've tried changing file types etc but nothing works. Any one have any ideas. feel free to email me direct. Cheers Dave <<email deleted>> |
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