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Heres the problem: I have a laptop with Windows XP Professional on it and everytime I logoff and then login again it won't accecept the login password, it says the password is wrong but I know it isn't wrong. But everytime I restart the laptop computer the login password works. …

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I got the same problem on my very freshly installed Windows 2003. SVCHOST.EXE crashes, whitch results in a reboot. I know I can cancel the shutdown by shutdown /a and I know I can disable the reboting by setting it in the RPC service. The question is not how to …

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My secondary HDD recently failed and I was working inside my system case. Now all is back to normal but I get a "Your system case has been opened - Press F1 to continue" message at boot up. I don’t see any clear CMOS features in my bios. I've tried …

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I have a HP pc program Windows XP and I am trying to visit sites on the net but I cannot get into any secured sites what is going on can anyone tell me.

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Hello, I went to uninstall Panda Antivirus this morning. However, as it was starting to, it was bringing up the install wizard instead of the uninstall wizard. So, I cancelled it and tried again. It said that I needed to restart the computer, because of the bad install/uninstall so it …

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sometimes my screen just fades to black for no apparent reason at all. i could be sitting idol reading a web page or playing game, sometimes it happens when im not even doing anything (IE its just idoling on the desktop) its not a heat issue for i have tested …

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I just got xp and reformated my hard drive and installed as per instructions from my friend. Everything worked right. I shut down the computer for the night and the next morning when I started it and went to the internet as soon as I hit the connect button on …

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[QUOTE=cscgal][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Check for Disk Errors in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]The ScanDisk utility is not available in Windows XP. However, you can use the Error-Checking tool in Windows XP to check the integrity of your hard disk. [/size] [list] [*][size=2]Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the local disk that you want to check.[/size] …

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Hi, I want to be able to set the date and time picker to read the current day that a user is using it. How can I do this. I am using outlook 2000.

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Hey im just woundering how may perple find windows xp pro and home reliable because i have had alot more problems withwindows xp than windows 2000.

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i am Recently having sound problems with my new computer just in the past week or two. im a bit more computer minded then the average Joe. so i've done all the offline tech support options allready. heres my problem when i start up i have sound.. usally for about …

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My CD drives stopped working when I uninstalled Easy CD Creator (error code 19). I found the thread to correct this problem, but I can't quite get all the right steps. I have Windows 2000. My computer won't let me delete the key (security permission). I have found how to …

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Hi, I have recently had to reinstall Windows XP. Since I have done that, I cannot get access to MS Outlook as well as other applications. ALL of my documents, images etc.. do remain on the drive because I didn't format, I chose the option to leave the file system …

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I have been trying to uninstall Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0 for last three days, but get an error that reads [b]"The Log file 'C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements2\Uninst.isu' is not valid or the data has been corrupted. Uninstallation will not continue."[/b] [font=verdana][size=2][color=#000000]Can anyone tell me what went wrong and what I should …

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i have a question EVERYTIME I shut my PC down and restart it EVERYTHING freezes and it wont let me type or anything so then I have to shut it down again and do the retore point on it EVERYTIME... Any ideas?????

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I have seen problems similar to this on many sites, but none of the solutions have helped and none have the exact same symptoms. Immediately after installing "NWLINK IPX/SPX Compatible Transport protocol" my CPU has periodic cpu usage spikes every 2-3 seconds. It remains after rebooting. When I remove the …

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Windows XP Pro repaired with XP home disc 512 MB 2100 DDR RAM Athlon XP 2000+ I have a problem with which either System or services rapidly fluctuates between 0% and 90% of my CPU Usage. It tends to be around 60% most of the time, and the rest of …

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I have no idea what this is but the entire time Im on my computer this little box keeps popping up and says Siae3123 has caused an error in unknown, if you keep having trouble try restarting. That doesnt work. Can someone please tell me what it is and what …

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Heres the problem, I have a computer made from Gateway, when I start it up, it goes to a screen that has the Gateway logo on it, and in the top left corner of there's this long rectangle that has to fill up before the computer beeps to finish starting …

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Where do I find the file on my XP Pro system that logs events such as crashes, etc. Thanks!

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'Ello all, I know this topic has been rehashed countless times but none have satisfied any resolutions. Regardless I am starting another thread in the hopes that we as a community can finally discearn exactly what is happening to us... I am reffering to my fellow "[color=darkred]Random Rebooters[/color]" of course. …

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We have a computer that starts up reaches XP Logon and starts over, sometimes it will just hang for seconds to minutes and then restarts. I have tried replacing the kernal32.dll as suggested from Microsoft. I have not tried a OS repair hope I don't have to. I have 3 …

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[color=black]I have multiple profiles on a wireless tablet running tablet XP. I generate a report through Crystal Enterprise; there is one profile that wants to save the report in Windows Journal instead of sending it to the printer. When I check the task manager, Windows Journal isn't running in the …

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[SIZE=2]undefined[/SIZE][COLOR=Black]undefined[/COLOR] Hi Can anyone please assist in this Drama...? I have a need to use system restore after a bad Install, due to a Trojan attack.I went to the system restore under programs / system tools etc and the sys restore item Come up Blank ...The header is ther IE. …

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pic1 - Im wondering if it's safe to delete those. pic2 - I'm 95% sure those came with a family members digital camera. pic3 - I researched that file some and am pretty sure it's software that came along with winzip or winace. pic4 - I'm unsure if CDDB entrys …

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Does anyone know how to have Outlook or Outlook express import the messages I have received with the use of Mozilla Mail. I am just finding it so much easier to use a good old Microsoft Product (please don't flame me, it is a personal preference). :D Any ideas how …

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Having similar problem and nothing I've done seems to affect it, except when I've run the system in 'safe' mode, it did not do the CPU thing.... Running AMD AthlonXP, 512 MB RAM, 80 Gig harddrive, 56K, Ethernet, blah... blah... blah.... I've tried just about every suggestion in this board …

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Hi guys, I am currently running win xp home on my system and want to install win NT so I can boot to either one at start up. Is this possible to do without formating my H/D? I dont want to lose what is already on the H/D. Any help …

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Hi, I am having a problem with a computer that has Windows 2000 as its installed operating system. I messed around last night with the monitor settings (belive I chose some available option that was "boot") and now everytime you restart it will load to the Windows 2000 startup screen …

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I have a Pentium III, 450Mhz system running Windows 2000 with 256MB of RAM. Anyway, yesterday I ran Windows Update and went to Service Pack 4 as well as several security updates. Everything seemed to go smoothly except after installing the final set of updates and rebooting the computer is …

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This Happend To Me 3 Times....im On The Computer Just Surfing The Net W.e And Then All Of The Suden My Computer Turns Off...Happend To Me 3 Times :eek: Is There A Way I Can Stop That ?

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I am running a Dell 4500S machine with windows XP home installed and I wanted to put linux on my machine. I would prefer to boot linux from my external USB hard drive but I dont know if this is possible. If it isnt possible, then how can I install …

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I'm receiving the following error after trying to start the print spooler on a win2000 pro machine: "The procedure entry point CacheAddName could not be located in the dynamic link library SPOOLSS.DLL" The latest service pack is installed (4 I think). It just started after I installed the service pack …

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When I try to add new folders to the My Music folder, I can't name them-- they are all called "New Folder (X)"-- nor can I rename them. I've gotten around this by making folders on the desktop and pasting them into My Music, but it is a bit of …

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Hi all. My computer can't load explorer any more. I don't think it is caused by the virus. Now when I run WE, nothing happens, under the Windows Task Manager, I can see that everything except the explorer.exe, then I creat new task by selecting explorer.exe. it still doesn't load. …

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anybody know? Sometimes I have to hit ctrl-alt-delete to to get the screen back. Computers been running slow latey anyway. Thanks alot...

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Ok I Installed The New One But I Still Have The Old One ANd I Cant Get Rid Of It...Its Not In Remove Program Or W.e And Every Time I Start My Computer And I See What Processes Are Running And I See the Old Windows Messenger Running... How Can …

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Whenever I click on a folder on windows explorer it opens the search results window. To view the contents of the folder I have to right click and hit explore. I am sure I messed with a setting but I cant find it againg. Can somebody help.[/FONT]

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I have Windows XP Pro OEM on a custom PC. Have installed the PC-Cam 350 software onto My PC and now it does not show me my photos from the camera--- only all blackness. Also the camera does not take live video of me in a test set up. After …

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Hi Canyone tell me if it is possible to password protect folders in WinXP? cheers mike

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Hey all. I just installed 2000 over 98. Install was almost done and it went to a page about passwords. I just skipped over it as I didn't want to use a password to sign on. The install completed and I rebooted. It then went to a 2000 signon page. …

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Right now I am wondering how if you create a bookmark with an ASK field, Word creates a bookmark that doesn't have any included text between its brackets ][ , yet contains text that you can recall with a statement like MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(bookmarkname).Range.Text when i prompt the user to create …

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Lets do this lets see who can keep up a Windows Based server up the longest. I will start with my entry with [url]www.fiberops.net/temp/102Days.jpg[/url] I would love to see us build a soild stable Windows Farm. Hehe will see who the winner is.

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I had a graphic sent to me on a Word document. I can't figure out how to get it off of the document and save it as a jpeg (or any other format). Apparently, the person who sent it only has it in this format (not as a stand alone …

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Hi. I'm not very computer literate, but know the basics. I've just installed windows XP, previously WIn 98, but my sound won't work. It did mention during a scan that my VIA '97 something about sound, wouldn't work. But i've tried to update all that with downloads from the internet, …

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Hello, As you can see by the name....i'm completely new to pc administration. Can you help.....? When I log off 3 programs need to be shut down by the 'end now' button (nscntrl.exe, msdmxm.exe and ctfmon.exe). Can i fix these as i think they are causing the problems i'm experiencing …

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I am using Windows XP on my computer. I have a problem with trying to keep the horn or should I say volume control icon on my taskbar. In order for it to stay, I have to go into the control panel after I turn on the computer. I have …

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HI, I am new to this forum and, though I have checked the FAQ and skimmed the threads, I have not seen this issue before. On WinXP Home SP1, I get a blank error message right after login with no text but the standard MS yellow [img]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/techtalk-images/icons/icon4.gif[/img] symbol and a …

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This site is fantastic! However even though my question has been answered my emails from the thread are still active. Can I erase the thread or should I delete links to this site in my email account?:eek:

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