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The past several days when I log in, my home page is gone and this Find 4 U is there and it also takes over the favorites and adds five new titles there. I have ad aware and anti virus but would a firewall help. Also does anyone know how …

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I recently upgraded to windows XP and have been informed by HP that because I did not unplug my 1210v all in one printer that the drivers were quarantined and therefore the printer will not work with XP now. I have tried downloading drivers from the web and from the …

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i have an issue with win xp destop...a taskbar of sorts has showed up on the left hand side of my desktop and it has "folder tasks", "other places", and "details", it won't go away and i need someones help with this pls...if anyone has had this or knows why …

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I have ME version of windows and now have the Windows PRO . I do NOT know how to get started??? How do I install the Operating Software with out loosing my Windows ME ??? Some people say to download the Windows PRO but first UNINSTALL ME windows. THE SYSTEM …

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I got this message on my computer that was in a *.txt format on my desktop and I have no idea how it got there. Here is what it says: An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) occurred at PC=0x88D7C29 …

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I have a codirect USB 128MB flashdrive. Windows 2000 recognizes the drive when I connect it as I can read and write to the drive with no problems. The drive is also listed in windows explorer as the "E" drive. My problem is I cannot safely remove this drive. When …

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I just bought a new motherboard and processor, an intel P4 2.4 (500 FSB) and ECS LV4XA2. Problem is after I installed all my hardware and software, my computer starts freezing up. It'll start booting up and after the windows XP intro. goes away, it freezes. I've tried almost everything, …

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I have two servers one running W2KS and the other running W2K advanced server. The W2KS is our main storage server and the W2K Advanced server is a small NAS holding one department's data. On the Main server I want to create a new drive that holds all new job …

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[color=black][size=3]Is there a way to see my cpu usage on windows 2000 like on xp?[/size][/color] [color=black][size=3]I

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my computer restricts how many boxes i can have open at a time. when im on the inernet and open sites after about 7 boxes are open the next one i open is a blank page. after that opens it wont let me open anyhting on my computer. a few …

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to put it simply put, when i hit Ctrl-Alt-del i get the windows task manager. I am using XP pro. some of my friends get the classic win2k options when they use ctrl-alt-del, such as the optino of changing password, lockout, etc. I just need to know how to switch …

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I have win xp, sp1, and a lexmark z65 printer. I have installed all the drivers for the printer. here is the problem that I have I have reformated and reinstalled win xp in the last month or so, before I did my reinstall, I could go to print pictures, …

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Hi guys, Today, starting up computer. Ony error appears when loading windows XP about can't access the disk. I have solved this problems by hitting F8 during boot and start XP from last stable boot. Now XP is working correctly again but each time on booting before starting XP, windows …

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Hey guys, I am having this error - spooling on any printer I print on. I checked the server with all the printers and although it looks ok, I am not sure where to search for the errors. I have about 30 printers and this error is new to me. …

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When I try to access "Add or remove programs" in the control panel I get " Parser Message - creation failed " at Line 42" What does this mean?

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My windows xp wont come on all I get on the screan is Compaq. I have tryed the start up disk but it is not working is there a way to troublshoot and get the windows xp to come up?

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I keepo getting my Xp computer crashing oin me and going to the blue screen. Commonestr error message is aklong the lines of IRQL_ Not_les_than_ equal-To or similar to this and often blames miscellaneuos drivers although removal of these drivers mnakes no difference and scanning of valaidity of drivers shows …

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I using winxp pro .trying to use Easy video splitter,it worked once but,every other try i get this protection error message . "Debugger detected shut it down and restart " Win NT users : please note that having the winice/softice service installed means that you are running a debugger !!

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i tries today to update my windows xp home and it siad that because of my security setting active x is prohibited to run this page, also i got a new hp psc 2110 printer and my xp can not detect it

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I am not sure if motherboard or processor are just going. Computer has been running fine for a year since I built it. Soyo Dragon KT 400, XP 2400 Chip/ 2 Ghz. The problem started about a week ago when I noticed the fan in the power supply went (bearings …

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I just replace my secondary hard drive on my 1700 Mhz computer. I also added another 512 Mb of PC 2100 DDR SDRAM. I have spent the last 2 days trying to get things to work and now XP starts to load and hangs. After checking with the Microsoft Knowledge …

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My computer is windoes xp, the Processor is AMD Athlon 2000+, 40GB Hard-drive, 512 memory, 40xCDRW and a DVD. I only use it for sufing the net and the odd file. do you think I need to update Thank-you Peter.

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I have a Compaq Bundle unit, 5103CL. Came with ME installed, no cd. Got the upgrade to XP cd from MS. Used it. Reformatted the 40 GIG hard drive to acquire the additional space. This eliminated all the FAT32 info....as in everything ME! Now I want to copy everything to …

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Got my husband Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 game, he installed it & then went to hit play & it is gone & the computer freezes up. He did have Command & Conquer Tiberian sun in & played for a long time but now that does the same thing. …

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Need help using win me had virus,cleaned virus now on startup files missing and cannot open programs.Can I restor files by reloading me or can I get files from some where. Need to fix whithout loosing any drivers or data because cannot openj programs to backup data.

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I have xp professional installed on computer (HP). It looks like it is booting a corrupted video dll file or something as the windows xp professional logo comes on during boot, then the screen goes haywire. I can see the desktop load but it is shows about 20 desktops with …

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I am having a frustrating problem. Anytime there is a window open for any program and I try to open a second one, both open windows shut down. So therefore anything I do can only involve one open window. Does any body know what's going on and how I can …

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i bought one new system and tried to load win 2000 and winxp some error is coming and it was saying that it cannot read the files from the cd and will crash. actually for winxp when i start from cd rom it is copying some files and when it …

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Ok, this problem may be somewhat of an odd one, but here goes nothing. A long time ago (maybe during the summer?) I downloaded this program that allows you to change the system icons of any file type. Yes, I know you can do that in Folder Options, and I …

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Hi, If anyone could help me with this, i'd be so grateful! Whenever I try to burn a cd, it never works. It gets almost completely done (around 80-99%) and all of a sudden it says there are problems. I think this is because at about this time, the windows …

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HI, windows xp keeps restarting over and over again. I can not get the code off the blue screen even if i press the space bar to slow it down :( It first happend when I was installing software for pci flashcard. It had been working all year but somehow …

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I recently got a virus and cleaned it up. Some files were deleted. Now windows won't load. I get an error code 35. An application can 't load because it can't find the winsrv file. Please help

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ok every time i do an install or reinstall of windows xp home there is always something wrong with it usually it is the same 3 things but never on the same install. this time it isthe system info util.(msinfo32.exe).and the troubleshoot button in the properties window of any given …

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Hey there, I am back with another mistery. I have a network of over 200 people. We gave them all new machines. However they are force to use word 97 and excel 97. But we are also running Outlook 2003. Problem: Every time we open a program, word, excel, paint, …

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my office shortcut bar not shown often.i installed office xp , i slect complete option, after installing the offce xp. i am trying office short bar in desktop.but i didnt get the office shortcut bar.what is the problem really ,if u have any idea,please tell me

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I have a Dell P4 running XP. I recently picked up a downloader.tooncom virus that is identified as an exploit in Windows Media Player. I have Norton Anti Virus Pro 2004 and Spybot and Pest Patrol, but none of them can remove this virus. Does anyone have any idea how …

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When I boot up my comp everything starts up fine but, especially when I get online on my modem my computer slows down problaby takes 30seconds to a minute to even up a web page window, none the less running a video game or anything else for that matter. my …

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I went on extended vacations and forgot passwords for my user and Administrator. Since, I assembled this computer myself, I wont get help from any vendor. I have some important business related data on this hard disk. Is there anyway, that I can copy data from this computer's hard disk …

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For some reason the left pane in my windows explorer is stuck in Folders view option and i want to set it back to the default view but can't.When i click on Explorer bar and uncheck the folders view it goes back to what i want but as soon as …

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Kay here's the setup: Custom built about 3yrs ago XPpro (all updates and hotfixes installed) A7N8X Deluxe rev1.4 (all bios and chipset drvrs current) AMD 1.4 (never O/C'd) 512MB pc2100DDR 80gb Maxtor (Primary boot, and program files drive) 20gb W.D. (Backups drive, MP3s, photos and what-not's) Plextor 16/10/40 Delta DVDrom …

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I am running Win2000 SP4 on an HP Pavilion system. I have over 300MB of RAM and over 10GB free HD space. I have Norton Anti-Virus 2001 installed and have used live update to get the latest exe and dat file updates. Recently (I cannot recall what preceded this problem) …

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My computer will be perfectly fine and then for about an hour or so it will just start being all wierd. It seems to hold down shift and control, and hold down my mouse with i click. It will stop for a minute or so then just start it up …

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I thought I had read somewhere that there is a correlation to my clcok on my computer losing time and something with XP? Does anyone know if this is true or any ideas why I lose time (except the battery is dying) Thanks

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Hi there, I have worrying problem. Whenever I power on my machine, a light blue screen appears before loading windows. It then requests scan disk within a specified period but also requests that I press any key to load without scan disk. My other machines on the network behaved this …

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Can someone explain the proceedure on how one can reinstall notepad (accessory) back into Windows 2000 Pro enviroment? Would appreciate any assistance. Perry

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HI, ive been lookin at my fiancees computer, shes in some other country so i have to use remote connection to look at her computer. She has installed windows 2000 pro, and the computer can run fine many many hours or it can freeze after 1 minute.....it seems like when …

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ok how do i update ooutlook express 6 with sp2 all i can find is office upsate sp2 but it asks for the cd and i bot this puter and it had microsoft office on it and all the cds i got are restore cds. is there anyway to do …

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i just bought a new computer... i followed the manual and everuthing but my computer won't start... i get the folowing message "Radeon 9200 A165SE P/N133-A16501-3D BIOS" and a never ending beep sound and when i am not getting that message i get "serial_ch0 master : No Device" and "serial_ch1 …

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