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| | A water drip sound plays every once and a while while the computer is in use. I do not know where it is coming from, I've checked sound preferences in control panel, as well as internet options (i see no sound prefs there). How do I get rid of it? |
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| | I was wondering, if you download something half way then cancel the download, like on kazaa or something for example, where does that saved half go to? I just randomly thought of this because I was downloading the same song from 3 sources to see which went faster, then I …  |
| | hi all i got svchost.exe error frequently.i am using win2k.so i try to reinstall the OS but in the middle of installation i got the same error and showed it fail to register com comp(Sub-component COM+ raised an exception while processing the OC_COMPLETE_INSTALLATION setup message. ..\ccompluscore.cpp (line 274) Error Code … |
 | is there a program that lets you monitor your cpu usage and memory and motherboard and eny other important processes on your computer.rite now iam using the task manager for the cpu usage but it doesnt have the others i mentioned........ |
| | how do i turn email notifications off on this forum?  |
| | where can i get desktop themes? other than the ones i have default on my system? anyone know? |
 | A friend who has XP home wants W2K Pro installed instead. Is it possible? She has W2K disk only. If it's possible, how does one partition the drive, how large to make the OS partition, etc? She has 40gig HD. Thanx for any help.  |
| | my computer recently had a virus and it said it deleted internet exlporer so i went to the microsoft website to download it. I have windows 2000 so i couldnt download microsoft 6. when i went to download 5.5 it tols me that an internet explorer application was running and …  |
| | My IBM PC kept getting this message on start up gstartup.ink not found then eventually the pc won't start at all. I tried safe boot and scan disks but the PC doesn't turn on it just continues to shut off. What happened?  |
| | I have an IBM ThinkPad T22. It's a PIII 900 with 256 megs of ram running windows 2000 pro. I installed a game called Halo. I try to run it and get 2 errors one saying my 900 mhz processor isn't fast enough (thats not the error that i'm having … |
| | I have two Computers one is having Win2000 and another one is Win98. I would like to access Win2000 System from Win98 System. How it is Possible. Pls give the Solution. |
| | I've been having a problem with the icons in msn messenger. The icons show that everyone in my buddy list is logged on, but they aren't. Also, there is some black shading behind some of the icons. This began happening after I reformated my computer and installed a fresh version … |
| | Hi There, My CPU is hitting 100% every 10 - 20 minutes for 2 - 3 minutes, not too sure what it could be. I got hit by a virus last week and have updated Windows, AV and spyware. Scanned and scanned but still nothing. Run regisrty cleaners / checkers … |
| | I have a situation where I am recieving this error: 'STOP: c0000218 (Registry File Failure) The registry cannot load the hive (file):\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE' when booting a hard drive on one computer, but it works perfectly when the drive is attached to a different computer. I've scanned the forum and found out … |
 | Hi everyone, I have a custom built system with a 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 800 FSB, 512 mb DDR 400 Ram, an Abit Geforce FX 5200 128 Mb DDR and an Abit IC7-G Motherboard installed and Windows XP Professional. My problem is that when the screensaver is on or … |
 | Hi All, Do any of you know how to switch on the 'tracking tab' in the sent items folder of outlook 2002/xp. i have read receipts coming back to me but they are not being passed to the origanal message in the sent items folder, this means that when i … |
| | Would anyone be so kind advising on the rudimentary question on network design. 1) How the Win2k domain controller interfere the VPN network? We have brunches in Europe, and now we plan to singularize the European network via VPN connecion with inexpensive IPSec. (This is not the MPLS-based VPN network.) … |
| | Can anyone give me an idea of what is a good video card to buy that won't lock up my computer? I currently have an nvidia gforce mx420 and I'm begining to feel it is the culprit that is locking up my pc. I'm running winxp pro on an amd … |
| | I was downloading from a friends server and when the file was copying to my folder a virus warning popped up. [url]http://frontiernet.net/~rdjpg/virus.jpg[/url] you can see it there. When I clicked OK it said something about access denied. Then I clicked OK again and it said it had been deleted. The … |
| | Hi ppls, Having recently upgraded 2 of our workstations from Win2k to WinXP we have noticed a rather anoying trait of the WinXP Explorer: The nav tree of folders (Explorer panel displaying folders) flickers/refreshes very frequently with disk activity. The flickering appears to be associated with each file save, copy … |
| | need some help. boss is rushing me to complete a script - i am struggling where do i start? under lot of pressure here. thanks, i feel this must not be that difficult i'm given tab-delimited file w 2 cols: aaa d 014 bbb e015 bbb e 016 ccc e016 … |
| | Well, I'm tired of pulling my hair out! Here it is ...I've performed the recover system to correct some problems, which work out fine..but after that..when I click on the "My Documents" icon I get the following .... "c:\documents and settings\owner\my documents is not accessible...access denied. I've never put any … |
| | you know when u press ctrl+alt+delete on windows XP and it bring up the menu with applications, processes, etc. well i always close all programs running for me and other usernames, but i never touched the ones under SYSTEM. im concerned now tho because some of them look like they … |
| | hi all nice forum he is my problem im running winxp-pro on a network evertime i start my comp it loads up but i cant access anything untill at least a couple of mins then they load up as normal...i did a limination of services by unchecking everything thats in … |
| | I've got this file called Badframes.stt sitting in a folder of mine and I was wondering where it might of come from, and can I delete it? I read that it has something to do with graphics and 3d polygonal junk. It just showed up one day, but I can't … |
| | My friends computer is messed up. Everything is real gigantic... and you cannot open anything.. I thought to change the screen resolution but you can do that cuz you cant find it. whats wrong? |
| | Have recently put in winxp pro - it cannot display html files IN internet explorer it show a blank page at web sights but if I go to veiw source the source for the html is there --- any ideas |
| | when ever i go into my downloads folder my computers hard drive spins up to full speed from just opening the folder even when i havent clicked on anything else in the folder. the computer just sits there using max cpu usage for no reason then the only way to … |
| | Hi Hope someone might have had this problem before. My XP install refused to boot (including safe mode) or repair. I installed a new (additional) hd and reinstalled XP (professional) on that drive. Boot off of new drive Log in as administrator Access old (XP corrupt) drive. No problem I … |
| | [center][i]Running Windows XP Home AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1 gig pos ram but works. MSI Mobo.[/i][/center] [center][i]Maxtor Hard drive X 2, 1 40gig one 20 gig Mouse Keyboard yeah im cool... ATX kase, Koolance, PC2 or what ever... [/i][/center] Hi, I have 2 hard drives, one … |
| | I have an emachine T2080 w/WinXP. When the computer is at my house and when it was at my g/f house it locks up and you have to hit c-a-d and close the task manager and then continue with what you were doing untill it happens again. At my parents …  |
| | Hi there everyone. My name is Scott and I'm a HP Tech support agent. I was browsing the Internet looking for some info to help with a case when I stumbled upon your forums. It would be a pleasure to contribute and help any way I can. I'm not the … |
| | I was installing kazaa 2.6 into my computer when this message appears: Error opening file for writing:C:/ProgramFiles/CommonFiles/Keenware/wupdater.exe I hit retry several times,with no luck,just the same message.So I ignore the file and it completes the installation.Then when I log off windows, I have to re-install kazaa whenever I log back … |
| | My computer freezes up whenever I try to view the contents of any DVD-R disks. They used to work fine a few months ago. Normal DVDs work. I don't know what's changed since then. I did install Alchohol 120% but removed it because I never used it, I don't know … |
| | Can any one help me with this problem when i restart windows xp os switch off the computer goes thro the process but when it gets to the "windows is shutting down"it just stays on that screen and i have to turn the computer off by the switch and then … |
| | I tried to delete a file and when i do it says that i cannot because it is being used by another person or program. How can i get around that? |
| | I just bought a 512 mb pc2100 stick. WHen i installed it, it made my computer SUPER LAGGY and would take literaly 5 minutes to open a folder. I replaced the 512 with my old 256 MB stick and it did nothing. Wut could the problem be and how can … |
| | when my win 2000 boots it goes to the blue screen of death. it says this: "*** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000003,0x00000006,0x0000000,0xBFF72364) DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL *** Address BFF72364 base at BFF6E000, DateStamp 3cb4d2c0 - IdeChnDr.sys if this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears … |
| | Hi all. An easy one hopefully. W2K Pro SP4 850, 20gig HD, 384 RAM. I reformatted about a month ago & things have been sweet. I went to black vipers site & did all the tweaks he recommends. Now I have a problem with the time it takes for the … |
| | how/ can I run windows xp and win98 on the same computer with 2 seprate hardrives? i'm new at this stuff and need it explained in simple terms. thanks for your help  |
| | i have a cd-r disk with one movie file avi.and two norton ghost's 2003.and 2004.and alcohol 120%.when i put the cd-r into the cd rom it spins for about a minute or so and then it stops and does nothing.when i check in my d.drive nothing showes up its like … |
| | Recently I went away from my computer for a couple hours and when I came back there were a bunch of im windows open with comments that suggested I had sent them a hyperlink. Well, I didn't. I'll post the hyperink in this thread if it will help later. I … |
| | i need to know how to disable right click on windows xp, and things like this sort, like not allowing them too, create folders and such. |
| | Or do I need to completely wipe the drive? If so how? I am wondering if upgrading to 2000 will still leave some Me bugs on the drive?  |
| | If one were to install SP3 for Windows NT 4.0, the "Generic/Text Only" printer drivers would then also be installed. |
| | I recently deleted the wupdater.exe file because I was having trouble shutting down. I also ran the ad-aware scan to get rid of unwanted files. I can now shutdown without getting the wupdater.exe "end program now" message, but shutting down now takes forever and to restart even takes longer. Any … |
| | Hi, I turned my computer on yesterday (a SHARP laptop with Win XP on it) and it showed this message: [i][b]Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\System32\Config\System[/b][/i] [i][b]You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom. Select … |
| | I have noticed that when looking at my processes directly after boot, I see NetTsk.exe. I can't seem to get any results when searching Yahoo for this process, however, all of the others return results. I have scanned with Ad Ware, Spybot, Registry Mechanic and various "online" scans. Nothing shows … |
| | i have a virus problem.i have an infected file named windows\system32\cpan.dll and two different anti virus programs have tried to fix it.none were sucessful i have tried to manually delete the file it will not(from windows) it states it is being used nothing is running except windows.how do i get … |
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