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I'm running win xpsp2 and had a problem a while back after downloading some updates from the microsoft site. Problem was every time i used adaware or norton antivirus my computer would crash. I've reinstalled norton and it works ok now but adaware will not. I've also tried uninstalling sp2 …

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I have my desktop icons in the order I want them in but I can't figure out how to lock them in place. I want to set the icons so that if one is moved it snaps back to the place it was moved from immediately. Thanks in advance. BTW …

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Hi, Hope you can help with this one. When I turn on my PC it boots as far as my descktop then freezes at the point where it should load the system tray. I have to reboot three or four times before it does a complete boot up???? My m/b …

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On my other PC, I started it up this morning and it seems like every time a press a character on my keyboard it does some function: Example when I typle the letter [I]l[/I] it logs me off. How do I disable this and where would I go? Thanks

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Ok if you come from the virus and icky forum then you know i am so not computer smart :eek: .. SO ,I have been reading on what to do before the ol' man tosses my computer out on the street... I had so much trouble with the about.blank , …

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My friend lost the show desktop button i the quick launch and cant figure how to get it back (he accidently deleated it) is there a way? He needs an answer real quick if someone knows how thansk in advance!

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when tring to load a program the error message of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. the system file is not sutable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft windows applications. It says on the case it is compattable with Windows XP. I have been tring to load programs like print work shop. i hae also tried …

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Hi all,im having problems getting the pc to start up at all,with xp pro.Cannot even get to the desktop.On the 1st black screen that comes up,as its about to boot i am getting the message;Hardware Monitor found an error,enter Power management for details,and its an error with the following;Chassis fan …

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Ok, I have been working on an old pc for the last 2 weeks straight, I have everything I need accomplished except installing an OS. The PC is a '97 model with a 200MHZ processor. I have an new 80gig Seagate HDD I installed, An original 4gig Maxtor which I …

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can some help me plz to delete a program tried add/and remove programs and i get a error saying ,,Error loading c:\windows\system32\cd_clint.dll!!!!!!!

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When i try to play the game or re-install it, i get a message that states: 16 Bit Windows Subsystem C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS & Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'close' to terminate the application. When i try to put a software game CD in …

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Firefox has an option to create folders in tab; I'm having difficulty in setting that up; I have several IE desktop icons that I'm trying to install in a folder. Can anyone lead me to instructionds? Those given in the Firefox download don't seem to work. many thanks cw

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What should be the ideal Config.sys and Autoexec.bat for windows XP? Mine seems to be corrupted and I wish to rectify

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Ok guys I have a situation that im hoping someone can help me with. I just bought a laptop and want to be able to sync data between my computers. I am willing to take any suggestions on this. Here is how my personal home network is setup. I have …

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Ok ive been having this problem... its verry annoying 1)first of all my taskbar never saves and everytime i turn on my comp on, the search assistant or the adress toolbar comes on. And also everytime i turn my comp on, the My document windows pops up.. 2) My comp …

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Does anyone know how I can fix this problem? Everytime I get an email with a website, I try to open it and the page is blank. Nothing opens. Like if Ebay sends me something and I have to go to the website for verification, it won't open just blank. …

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im getting an error message when i boot up that windows is missing load dll's. when i try to start up in safe mode, it says that the missing files are ntoskrnl.exe hal.dll and dkcom.dll i have another computer that is exactly the same hardware, and has windows set up …

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I have about 30 folders containing digital photographs in my Shared Folders/Shared Picures directory. While most of them are accessible to other users, five of them are not. Note - I am referring to sharing folders on the one computer, not on a network. The MS Help does not give …

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I Purchased A New Toshiba P35 2692 Laptop. I Downloaded The Drivers From A Disc For My Cable Modem Internet Connection,everything Went Very Smooth, Until I Went On Line In To Ebay Websie And Attempted To Put In My Password And Go To "myebay" The Screen Went Blue And A …

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I reformatted my PC and with my new videocard (e-GeForce 6600 GT) and it is doing the same thing it did before. When im playing Half Life 2 or doing anything else for that matter, but mainly HL2, the PC restarts and gives me this error report. C:\DOCUME~1\Morgan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER7b1b.dir00\Mini022505-01.dmp C:\DOCUME~1\Morgan\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER7b1b.dir00\sysdata.xml What …

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A little history.... I had built a computer for the first time about 6 months ago. Last week my daughter dropped the tower on the floor and the motherboard somehow got messed up. I was using an EPOX 8RDA3+. The new motherboard is an ABIT NF7S. When I replaced the …

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Hi all. Im having a realy weird problem, nothing Ive never experienced before. Installing OS's on computers has never realy giving be any big problems, but this one is driving me nuts. I boot up using my WinXP cd. When its done with all the detecting/installing of all those controllers …

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On all software programmes whether trying to print images or documents or anything I get the message: Microsoft runtime error with programme.exe and abnormal program termination which then closes the programme I am working on. Can anyone help please......grateful again to you all Lee

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I have a file on my Windows 2000 server. When I delete it, the system says, "the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." How can I do? Thanks!!!

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I am intending to uninstall ME and install XP. Are there any issues I should consider first please? Thanks for your help Tez

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Hi, can anyone advise me, is it ok to load Office 2003 Pro onto my TC1100 which is installed with Windows XP Tablet Edition? I'm not very clued up, as you can probably gather!

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For some reason, my video files and a lot of my programs(games specifically) have gotten somewhat choppy. What I mean by that is that it will work for maybe 3 seconds and then temorarily freeze for a second, work again for 3, and freeze again for 1. I have no …

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Hello my name is Barrie I have a home computer running windows xp a few days ago I downloaded microsoft antispyware beta and it seems to be working ok but know when I connect to the internet it connects automatically to windows automatic updates and starts to download but I …

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Just reinstalled Xp on my C drive.On startup both Hard drives are found but the drive on Ide 2 does not show up in My Computer or in device manager? The Maxtor 40G drive is quite new and as only been used for backup. Any help Please

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I tried using the windows xp repair and it didn't help. If I choose reinstall a fresh copy of windows xp, what are the ramifications? Does it wipe out my files, my periperal drivers and DSL software? or nothing? thanks

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hi all, ive got another Q for ya all when ever i try to start playing mohaa it gives me an error message saying "please insert ther correct cd rom, click ok then restart the program" and its giving me ths $HiTZ can some 1 please help

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I was told to go and update windows and now there is two operating systems and my computer is not working. It does not recognize my start toolbar or anything else. I cannot get into anything unless it is on my desktop.

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Greetings, I've been dealing with a problem that has irritated me for quite a while... The text in my command prompt (ie when I run a Visual Studio Console App) always appears light green. I would like it to return to the default white text. I found out how to …

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We share a computer here at work, and the last person to use my computer logged into our server using my WinXP computer, and checked the box to save the password. Now when I try to login to our network, it does it automatically. Can you please tell me where …

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I forgot my password and cant get back into my computer!! I have a Windows XP and really need to get into my computer, can someone please help me? ~sarah :!:

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Whenvevr I try to open IE6.0, error message comes out and I should close IE. I checked out internet connection and it is connected. So I tried to use another web browers, such as, netscpe and mozalia. No error message is shown but no contents displayed. Thanks in advance.

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I've been trying to get a triple-boot set up with Windows 98, Windows XP, and SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional. Here is the setup I had BEFORHAND: Hard Drive 1: - Partition 1, FAT32, 80gb, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Hard Drive 2 - Partition 1, NTFS, 80gb, Microsoft Windows XP …

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Hi I am running XP Professional version 2002 :rolleyes: and sometimes, not allways when I select shutdown to turn off the machine I get a small screen that says WINDOwS EXPLORER IS CLOSING, after that comes another screen that says THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT RESPOND and you get the possibility …

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I use msn for my internet provider. I at one time was able to erase the address line by going into control panel and clearing the history. This no longer works!! Im not sure if its MSN or my computer that is the problem. I am unable to get any …

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hello again, i downloaded a recomended program called Zonealarm for extra firewall protection. im on a network at college and every 5 or 7 minutes a get an alert that my college is trying to access my computer. then a few minutes later i get another saying another dorm, clear …

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I have a little TV show. Well, not too little. When we record the show for TV, we alos put the audio on the PC using Real Producer. We use the mic in, 1/8'' jack, and it worked fine with our old computer, a COMPAC 2.4 gig Windows XP. That …

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I have a Canon bjc-1010 that I bought when I had Windows 98. I now have XP and know that it is not compatible. I have downloaded an updated driver through Canon, but still cannot print. Is there something I should have done other than downloading the driver? :sad:

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Hi folks, perhaps some of you may be of help. My son was trying to uninstall a program (game ) from his cpu. He's using windows xp and gets a pop up could not open INSTALL.LOG file. He also has the Adaware free program installed Ive tryied to seach for …

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My son's computer does not have "Sort by Name" when he right clicks the Favorites menu. He has WinXP SP2. In reading some of the other forums, this appears to be a not-uncommon problem, but nobody has offered any solution. I am running the same OS and I do have …

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I have discovered what Gates did (Nov 2004, his fix called SP2) to stop all applications like QBASIC working. What he did is deleted autoexec.nt Replace it and those DOS programs he sabotaged now work fine again, and it is so easy to do: What you put in it hardly …

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All was well until I installed updates. The computer goes on, message: Windows Explorer has encountered a problem & needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Task Manager works & it looks like all my programs still work, including wireless DSL. All I get on the screen is …

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its a lab for school have to install those three in that order 2gb primary partitions everything goes good till we get to the xp then we get this error "C:Windows root>\system32\hal.dll" .there was also another i cant think of at the moment but its been replaced any suggestions? thanx

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Hiya doin' out there. :D I was wondering if there is a difference between the Windows XP distributed in N. America and the one in Europe? Is it just a matter of installing a particular language add-on (European or any other language)?

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:( Windows explorer (xp) error pops ups when trying to open internet explorer, recycle bin, even the control panel. Error report reads AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: helper101.dll ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 000710f1 Only software that I installed personally will open without error. If anyone could help I would GREATLY appreciate …

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