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Is this a good deal for a computer? I might get this computer and do not want to get screwed. Should I get this computer? [url]http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=313803&pfp=BROWSE[/url] | |
Hello, A lengthy opening question with an introduction and thanks in advance (hopefully). I am experiencing some problems with my computer, I have an e-machines 5220, with Windows XP. I am fairly lacking in knowledge with computers though I am willing to understand more. So please be kind! I mainly … | |
Hi folks, I'm running windows XP pro. So the new problem is I cannot shut down the computer without hitting the power switch on the back. Windows seems to log off and gets stuck on the blue screen saying windows is shutting down. Never shuts down. Whats this about. Thanks. … | |
Hi. Just curious on how to change the order that my startup programs. ie. cable connection and important stuff first. I am running XP service pack 2. thx in advance | |
i got xp pro from some one else who got rid of it and wanted to know if there was any big or any difference at all from windows xp home. | |
i am interested in changing to windows xp from current version of windows 2000, will all of my drivers that i am currently using under 2000 be compatible to xp | |
I've heard that XP Pro can be installed on more than one computer and I was wondering if it's true and, if so, how many? I've tried searching the MS website but can't find an answer to this. Thanks. | |
HELP!! I recently bought a used hp pavilion533w at a pawn shop, and it had illegal windows xp installed. I took that off and installed windows 2000 pro. Now it won't let me increse my pixes. I also have no sound...might need a sound card. Any suggestions???? Thanks! | |
hi i'm new!........i have a (nother!) problem with my windows xp when i click the "two computers" (mine is freeserve) icon on the desktop the dialler box does not show! (first problem), so i click on "internet explorer" and get it up that way but then when it connects it … | |
I have Windows Professional--my computer shuts down and restarts quite often, I have taken it to two different computer shops and they cannot find the problem. Sometimes I receive a "Blue Screen" and it says "dumping physical memory", but usually the screen just goes black and the computer restarts itself...I … | |
I was recently forced to reinstall Windows XP. However, after doing so, I noticed all my user settings, including programs and favorite internet websites I had saved were deleted. I noticed that my programs are still listed on my harddrive (c directory), but they are no longer on my desktop … | |
I have Win XP Pro on a new Dell. How do I further partition the 80 gig hard drive? I have a 98SE computer with a 4 gig drive I would like to backup to part of this newer machine's hard drive. Can/should I format a partition in fat32 for … | |
hi.. this time I'm actually writing on the behalf of my boyfriend. each time he turns on his computer, it starts up completely normal, but when the desktop and the icons appear on the screen, he always gets a small window saying "NO ADAPTER FOUND", and then there's the OK … | |
System: Windows XP Pro Ok, this is a very strange problem so I'll try and explain it as best as I can. As soon as I start my computer (even when I'm not connected to the internet), I get a warning that says "Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX … | |
My wife's computer Is Custom built with an Athlon 2800XP processor. Operating system Windows XP Home with Service Pack 1 and all available updates to present (7/27/2004). Recent program installed Norton SystemWorks 2004. When she is typing in Word, Excel, or Outlook Express and when she is playing Free Cell … | |
Until last week I was running Windows 98SE and WinXP Home as a dual boot setup on my Athlon 2200XP machine. Having decided I no longer needed 98, i migrated any useful files to a seperate hard drive. The original Win98 installation was on the C drive, and Win XP … | |
I have what I believe to be a problem.. Each time my computer restarts my disk mirrors have to initialize all over agian I am running windows nt with server and two eighty gig drives ?? Justin | |
my cpu usage jumps from 0 to 100% in the process tab my system idle process jumps from 80 to 99 and after a while of my computer being on it slows down and also my pf usage is at 200+ i have and intel 4 can anybody help with … | |
hey ive had this file dpusy.ini on my desktop for a while now and im wondering what is this and how i can get rid of it if its harmfull | |
i want to know if the 2nd service pack for xp is a lot or at all better than sp1 | |
I have win98 and win2000 proffesional installed on two separate hard drives. The 2000 is installed from win98 on a separate hard disk and partition(NTFS). the problem is that the USB ports dont work in win200. They work in win98. Any sugestions? Thank you in advance. | |
Last week, I dialed-up my sterling dial-up connection, to discover that for some reason, the sasser worm, which I had long ago been infected with and i THOUGHT that I had properly cleaned up, firewall and all, was back. My system was being shut down, with the authority of the … | |
I have windows XP on my computer and every time i load msn 6.2 my os crashes and windows reboots...I don't know whats wrong with it....and its really annoying. any suggestions? - leave a post | |
printer will print all except main message, any help please, prints top,sides, bottom no main message. Thanks, Dean | |
My searches (ie. in google) have started to appear in my windows folder. ie i made a serach in google - "what is tkbell.exe" now theres a file in my windows directory called "b2_t_WHAT+IS+TKBELL%2EEXE77.xml" Whats going on? | |
I tried to install today Windows XP on a computer... the usual stuff: I booted from the Windows XP cd, partitioned the hdd,... blah blah. Everything went fine untill the setup process had to reboot the computer. When it restarted I got this error message "Error loading operating system" (I … | |
I've tried everything. Virus scanning. System restore. But nothing helps. I'm using Windows XP pro. For example, let's say I try to open "Hijackthis". I get an hourglass for a few seconds and then nothing. So then I open up Task Manager and it'll show "Hijackthis" as running or not … | |
This has happened to me the last 3 times I booted up my pc. I get a screen that says Checking a file on System C, then another screen comes up saying "Check Disk Space" If a driver is identified on Stop Message disabledriver or check with manufacturer for driver … | |
[color=black]:rolleyes: I was over at a friend’s house last night. She has XP, emachine and word 2002. Whenever she tries to minimize a window it disappears, all windows. I did this with word, and the only thing I could do was reopen word, however when doing that, word still had … | |
I'm having a problem...I have a cable modem (roadrunner) and running with XP. Occasionally while I'm in IE the error message "USB not recognized" will come up and I'm not able to connect to the internet. When I restart my machine, I can get on fine. Any suggestions??? | |
Need help here to understand why svchost .exe is running twice in the windows task manager. Here's a run down; svchost.exe is running in LOCAL SERVICE and has a mem usage of 4,492k svchost.exe is running in NETWORK SERVICE and has a mem usage of 1,936k I would appreciate your … | |
i just recently bought a new windows xp cd to reinstall windows on my computer and when i did it didnt reinstall it, it just made a whole new one. Does anyone know how to get it off | |
Laptop, pentium III, 256, purchased from a business bankruptcy sale. has both xp professional and home os on it. After running fine for approx 3 months, thanks to the support on this site, It gave me a blue screen stating master_ boot_ volume_ error. Not knowing what to do, I … | |
Hello, I am trying to assist a user. when she double clicks on a certain email it reads: a box comes up with the title bar "LotusNotes" a big yellow triangle with an aclamation mark #0C:04 OK [button] and the email never opens up. her email works fine, she is … | |
Hi, my specs: WinXP sp1. P4 2GHZ 1GB DDR ram Cicero computer (don't know the model #) ATI RADEON 9800 pro 128mb hope that's enough. Here's the problem: I recently upgraded from an 8500 LE to my 9800 pro. I'm not sure if that is the problem or not, because … | |
I'm on a home network with two computers, both running 2kpro. Now, I'm very pleased with the op system. It is solid and almost never crashes. It takes my 233 :cheesy: with 128 megs of "Model A" memory and makes it a much better operating machine than it deserves. My … | |
after login an error message "windows explore has encountered a problem and needs to close" it all started with "98" i deleted some files due to a virus warning, i know it was stupid but done it is, anyway i thought a reinstall would sort it but not having 98 … | |
hello , my step sons computer want take xp on his pc.When i install it when it get to the point where it copy files a message come up the say a error in(netnf3.inf) what that mean?And when it reboots it go through the same screen again instead of startin … | |
All seems fine and i get to "setup copying files" until it says - *file name* wasnt copied correctly, i press retry and it shows this to some other files but retry works. But to some file it shows another message - could not copy and thats the problem. Retry … | |
Hope that I am posting this in the right section & posting this correctly. But I am trying to uninstall AVG & it will not let me, because I am getting these errors: [IMG]http://webpages.charter.net/versatilecreations/images/shell.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://webpages.charter.net/versatilecreations/images/shell2.jpg[/IMG] by the way I am running Windows XP & IE6 .... Thanks in advance for … | |
Hello everyone. I would like to make a batch file that extracts the contents of MANY .zip files (<name>001-146) to a certain folder, without having to manually extract them. My .bat skills are not good enough to do it and it would be a usuful tool that i currently need. … | |
Dear all : I bought a PC with an english XP version , also I managed to get hold of an italian version XP CD , please can anyone shed some light about the reinstall Procedure I am newbbie ... many thanks :lol: | |
I have made endless attempts to install Windows. Problem is CD ROM is not recognised or "not ready to read". Bios are frozen- I cannot change any of the settings/ values. I start with a bootup disk (Win. 95, 98 etc), I get "remove disk & press any key". Could … | |
I went to use this like 3 weeks ago and system restore was turned off..so i turned it back on, with settings at max..now when i go to use it theres no restore points..i dont understand this..any advice? | |
hey all, i need to be able to edit and add file formats on my terminal server and even when i'm logged in as local admin, everything is still grayed out. i got a registry hack for it because i've been told the file format CAN NOT be changed through … | |
Hey my CPU usage jumps and spikes alot to 100% will stay there a bit then come back down to zero. I am using an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ on a ASUS A7N8X board. ANY HELP PLEASE? | |
I recently had some problems with a hard drive and decided to reformat. I did that and reinstalled Win98 and all was ok until the next time I rebooted. Then it would freeze in the boot-up process. I was unable to do anything so I reformatted again and reinstalled Win98 … | |
Hi there.... I've been experiencing an intermittent problem sending emails using Outlook 2002. The error message I receive is: 'Relaying denied'. I'm told this problem might be resolved if I change the settings to 'Pop-before-SMTP' but I can't find this on Outlook 2002 and some articles I've read online even … | |
I currently have 2 partitions: Win XP & Win ME & use Boot Magic for boot up. I was wondering if i could do a clean install of windows 2003 over windows ME, having Win XP & Win2003 as dual boot without any problems, would i have to remove bootmagic … | |
ok i have shareaza and the downloads are going slow i was wondering if there was a way to get more bandwidth to be used by shareaza. i have tried port forwarding gnutella, ed2k, and bit torrent are there any specific ports for shareaza. [url]www.geocities.com/willbill23045[/url] |
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