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| | I got this mother board a few months ago and it's been working pretty well except when I try to install XP or 2000. It freezes about 10 minutes before the installation is suppose to be done. Sometimes it freezes even before that but the majority of the time it's … |
| | Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and would be greatful for assistance on the following problem. I have a pc running xp pro and just recently the graphics on some of the folder icons have changed colour and appearance dramatically. You would compare the change in appearence to … |
| | Used Drive Image on my old WIN 98 computer-worked like a charm. Tried it on New WIN XP computer- no good. Symantec suggested updating to version 7-same problem: It would say the back up was good but verifying said no good. Tried working with Symantec to no avail and then … |
| | Hi, Everytime i try to shutdown my pc, i get a message telling me to end task explorer.exe in windows xp. Anyone know a solution to this? Thanks  |
| | We are trying to load Windows NT on to an IDE hard drive. We formated the HD and the setup says the software loaded to the hard drive and then when we try to boot from the hard drive - it just searches for the boot sector and won't do …  |
| | Hey..whats up..guys...im having a problem installing Windows XP Pro for my cousin..and the problem is ..when i enter setup an error message comes up and tells me that it cant copy the file "ql12160.sys" does anyone know what can i do about this..he currently has Windows 98 SE...i tried to … |
| | I can't remove folders couse it say's that they aren't empty when they are. I've also checked if there are any invisible files and there aren't any either. Could some one pleas help me? |
| | When I boot up the PC the windows explorer screen is always displayed with the System32 directory showing. Any idea what I did to cause this, or how to stop it?? |
| | hey all, i'm looking for tips and procedures on how to run defrags on production servers. all of our servers (only 9) are running win2k server edition, with scsi drives. we also have SQL server and exchange 2000 running. if anyone knows the procedure, whether we need to stop services, … |
| | I only have a dial-up connection so when downloading large files, I leave the computer downloading overnight, thus leaving my phone free during the day. However with my current computer the computer runs for a while and then simply locks up. I come out in the morning and the screen … |
| | I just installed windows 2000 nt professional on an ECS motherboard running an amd 2400. Everything is fine excep i have no sound. I can play music directly from my cd player, but when running sounds from my hard drive, i hear nothing and at times get errors from playes …  |
| | This is actually for my brothers comp and not mine, but he is runnin XP and recently after running spybot, and restarting, he cannot get into any files on his comp with the exception of IE... anything you click on gives an error message that the file does not have … |
| | Hi What is the name of the file that replaced config.sys in win 2000 I would like to edit the boot choices as I have a un finished install of Win 2000 that got there when I was trying to format a disk in my computer by starting the install … |
| | Hi Everyone, I recently bought a new PC since I joined and posted here about another problem which you guys solved and I never forgot this forum as being the best tech support site I had ever visited. I lost the link to you but when I got a forum … |
| | Hi, Here's hoping someone can help. I have a custom built Athlon 1.1 Ghz PC with 264 Meg of RAM running WindowsXP Pro. I've added a few new drives to the extent that I only have 1 power cable left so can only use one CD/DVD Drive. I have two … |
| | Hi all, my computer has begun to act up... it was at first giving me an MFC error whenever i would try to burn/decrypt/encode movies, now it is freezing certain files. It wont let me delete these files, it keeps giving an error this file is in use by another … |
| | I get an application error WINOLDAP caused an illegal instruction fault in WINOLDAP.MOD at 0x00000024 I am also getting this for another game application and also when I tried to install a new anti-virus software - cannot install because of this. I have read through the solution on the MSN … |
| | how can i change the transparency, opacity i think its called, in the windows XP start bar/menu??? cheers in advance |
| | why do i lose my drive in my computer after plugging in a firewire or usb device |
| | Hey guys. I wanted to know how I could enter the CMOS Setup in my computer. It seems very similar to the BIOS. And also, this might sound silly, how do I determine my computer's IP address. I am running Windows 2000 Professional Edition. Gracias.:cheesy: |
 | [color=black]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 the … |
| | I need to unregister a .dll file in the regsitry. I have done the following from advice at another site (Just find your regsvr32.exe file and place a shortcut to it in your Windows SendTo folder. Then copy it and in the Target property of the new shortcut, append a … |
| | Hi All, About 2 months ago i got a new toshiba laptop. Untill recently it has been working great, but recently it has been freezing when i surf the web. It usualy dosent happen when im surfing a single page, but when pop ups start comming up, it will freeze. …  |
| | I am running on Window XP and when I tried to install a program SETUP caused an access violation in SETUP.EXE at 0x00000024. Can anyone who knows please on this. thanks. |
| | I downloaded 2000 PROFESSIONAL into my old computer that had WIN ME - everything went fine but when I went to restart it does not happen; I get to a point, the screen becomes black and it tries to restart itself over and over. Any suggestion :sad: Thanks |
| | my system is hp510n 512 mb ram 40 gb hard drive. i can open ms explorer and nero, mirc fine. but i cannot open my computer or hp pavillion or i.e. my desktop keeps shutting down due to error. i try all three options but they dont restore my active … |
 | Hey all, My school had a social (dance) and my teacher took pictures and put them on a cd-rom in a flip book type thing. She used flip-album. The pictures are encrypted is ther any way to unencrypt them? is there any software? thanks because I really like one of …  |
 | my system is a pentium4.1400.with winxp home a 40gig hd with 37.3 on the main partition and 7 mb on the rest.i just got powerquest driveimage 7.0 and after formating the cd-rw i try to burn the image of my hd to the cd-rw but i get a popup saying … |
 | Long time, no post. Anyways, I have had some luck with updating some of the computers in the school from 98 --> 2K, but lately there has been a MAJOR problem. There are some computers that I run the install, delete the partition that has 98 on it. When I … |
| | Hey guys I am asking this question on behalf of my friend. He has a Windows 2000 OS. So everytime he gets into his computer the screen goes blue and it says "Beginning Physical Memory Dump". Does anyone have an idea what the problem is here??? Thanks. |
| | I recently decided to reinstall windows because i needed a fresh start. When i did do it i did the install that does a fresh install and whipes everything out. The problem is when it finally finished it kept my other account names in the documents and settings folder, Like … |
 | Greetings. Can anyone please guide me on the above mentioned subject? I found the unattended.txt file in the i386 folder in the cd. Do I fill the parameters inside the file and append it back to the cd? Or how do I go about? Thanks. |
| | Hi,my problem is I have a KDS monitor, model # KD-1911. It has been fine for a very long time with no problems at all but lately (I have windows XP) when I shut my computer down, the monitor will not connect to the computer. The monitor says this monitor … |
| | Athlon 2100+ Geforce 4 Graphics card 512MB ram NForce2 Mobo 40 gig HD Windows XP Pro Hi guys, I'm really stuck and hope someone can help me out. Sorry if I put this in the wrong place. Ive' had AOL Broadband for about a year now. Recently (in the last … |
| | Is there any way to make a restore disk for a system I am building a friend? He some what computer smart. But I want to make a disk so if something happens to his system he can just pop in the disk and it will look like it did … |
 | While running through some user accounts in our ADS setup I noticed that one of them is set to "Store password using reversible encryption." This is no good and does not meet the company's security requirements that I work for. My question is if I uncheck this setting will I … |
| | I just purchased a old Goverment Compaq notebook with WIN 2000, and when I power it up I have the user password screen pop up. How can I bypass this because I dont know the password to login. :rolleyes:  |
| | I have recently installed the Sony writer & its software that was included, & have uninstalled all incompatable programs like Nero/Adaptec/Roxio etc. I also have a partitioned system with Xp on 1 & ME on another. I have also formated a new CD-RW blank disc with Sonic DLA (this software … |
| | what is a good website that would tell me what processes i can turn off or which i have to leave on? thank you |
| | Every time i turn on my computer, the owner documents pop up, please help need to get rid of this. |
| | does anyone know if there is a way to notify a user when they are nearing the size limit in outlook 2000? we have notifications through email telling them they've reached the limit and can't send and receive, but i want to be able to notify them when their limit … |
| | I'm running netscape 7.1 on XP. Have not been able to successfully send mail to persons with hotmail addresses for the past 3 days. Preferences are set to enable all cookies. |
| | running dual athlons in win2kpro. Is there a way to set the affinity of a process automatically when it starts? So I don't have to manually do it every time? A certain game has a bug with dual cpu's. And it's hard to manually set the affinity before the game … |
| | OK... new problem. I got the last one fixed. This is weird. When the setup starts, I put in the key code, I let it run and do its thing. When it starts to install things like the Network componets and then a few more things (it stops on the … |
| | Hello, recently my computer has been hanging more often than ever. Also I seem to be having trouble loading certain net pages. When I checked the events log I noticed that my fax service has been activated quite a number of times in the last month. Luckily I don't have … |
| | My comp freezes when I start a game. For instance when I open quake I can choose options and what kind of game I want to play but then when I load it up it usually freezes as soon as it's done loading. I got an 810lr motherboard with pc133 … |
| | Hi, I have XP and everytime i log on under my user name 19 dialog boxes come up saying that they can't find a file in DOcuments and Settings\My user name\MyDocuments\etc. i've had it coming up for about a year and it's driving me crazy!!! :mad: It's obviously something that's …  |
| | I had to download Compaq IJ650 and HP PSC 500 printers to a Presario 5320 again because of an electrical stroke through cabe network. Now neither of the printers is responding to commands. Any ideas? |
| | This is 1 of my members posts! its very strange how his mother is experiencing this, i dont know what to suggest.. i thought maybe a worm virus is to blame! can anyone shed light on this? [quote]My mothers brand new computer has top-of-the-line specs. I'm somewhat of a computer … |
| | Hi all I'm having a big problem with my dell inspiron 8100 laptop. I recently reformated it and reinstalled winxp home. Now when I go online it freezes my whole computer up in about 3-5min. I'm using earthlink dial up, but also freezes using a T1 connection. I have a … |
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