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| | Ok so I have an issue thats really starting to get annoying. When I try to open "My Computer" it freezes. Not the whole PC, just "My Computer" If I wait long enough it will eventually start working again. But thats usually takes anywhere from a min to 2 mins. … |
| | With all the coverage of last week's Windows 7 launch, it was easy to overlook news of the forthcoming release of SharePoint Server 2010, the next edition of Redmond's collaboration platform. A public beta is expected next month, which according a speech given by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last week … |
| | Hi guys, I tried to disable autorun for all devices, but it there's no sistem tab group editor. When runing gpedit.msc, group editor opens but in Administrator Templates tab there are only windows components listed. No system, no network or other devices. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, C. |
| | Recently my browser started to repeatedly lose the ability to support multiple tabs. In Internet Explorer 8, I click on the drop-down menu arrow on the right side of the Command Bar's Home button, select Add or Change Home Page from that drop-down menu, and then select "Use the current … |
| | my sister's xp computer has a sd card slot which has worked before. Now whenever an sd card is put into the slot it see it, but then it says there is no driver. When I go check in device manger it says the driver is working correctly. can any … |
| | I tried searching the forum but could'nt find anything on this topic. I just got a new laptop, and the time is in 24 hour format. I cannot seem to find the option to change it to 12 hour. Im using XP (home edition) Thanks |
| | I can't safely remove my External Hard drive: Maxtor OneTouch Mini 4. This has happened a few times, and I used unlocker but i've heard that unlocker now has a secret virus. I also tried downloading it again last week and McAfee said it was a Trojan, and deleted it …  |
| | I'm running Windows XP SP2 on a Sony VAIO 530J that came a pre-installed internal ITU V.90 56k modem.. I looked at it, it plugs into a PCI slot and it's all in there correctly as far as I know, and it had some numbers on it: 4491A-D1156A1A and Model: … |
| | Does anyone know how i could make a bootable backup copy of my winxp?Just copying is easy, but my copies are not bootable, so they just end up in the bin. |
| | Sony Vaio PCV-7762 desktop My computer died. Kept trying to boot kept going in a circle. Tried the System Recovery CD #1 which was shipped with the computer. I got a blue screen with white letters. "This program could not find a CD-ROM drive or a DVD-ROM drive for your … |
| | I like to watch a lot of movies online. Well used to anyways. For some reason when I go online to StageVu or another site, even Youtube, my computer freezes during the movie/video no matter how long it is and becomes unresponsive. If I can get through a whole movie/video … |
| | POSSIBLE windows registry error - urgent attention Hi friends, I dont know why but every now and then i am getting these two error messages... [URL=http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errormessage12py.gif][IMG]http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5908/errormessage12py.th.gif[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img82.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errormessage26fc.gif][IMG]http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1346/errormessage26fc.th.gif[/IMG][/URL] would really appreciate if someone can throw a light about what exactly needs to be done and what exactly is the problem.... anxiously … |
| | It seems that leaving for 5 days for a holiday has taken a toll on my internet accessing capabilities. Before i left everything was fine and dandy on my wireless modem. i come back, kaput. heres the sitch... Main PC (connected to modem) -------> My PC (Wireless reciever to main) …  |
| | Hi all, I have an XP Pro machine that always prompts to restart (after just starting up). It says it is to install new updates, problem being that it just continues to cycle through this, even if I restart as prompted. Windows updates says the machine is up to date. … |
| | When I try to launch microsoft office outlook, I get this message: Error 1317. Setup cannot create the folder C:\documents and settings\All users\application data\microsoft I am somewhat technically challenged. Thanks for your help  |
| | I Can not connect to the internet after installing xp sp3 home edition . I googled the problem one site was really helpful but all i accomplished was that I got rid other LAN error message by repairing the tcip stack. I did the whole bit of running it through … |
| | so I"m at my friends house and her old laptop died and she had to get a new one. the old one used to not be able to open internet explorer (I found closing a suspicious process fixed that problem) but now there are two more problems (one possible extra … |
| | My Computer is running on windows xp sp2. Last night when i open Folder on desktop, explorer.exe restarted and can't open also my computer other applications can open and nothing problems. I have a trouble for that can't open My computer & Folders. Please any others knows solution , help …  |
| | I have a configuration/tweak issue that I don't know how to resolve. for the last week or so, whenever I use right-click on SOME of my desktop icons the context menu that appears seems to be double the normal width, showing the icon on the far left, then a gap, … |
| | Hi Can somebody help me how to create a log-in script to be loaded in the GPO, that will change folder option >Open each folder in teh same window [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,0a,01,f8,75,60,00,00,00 Your reply is highly appreciated |
| | Up until recently Google Earth worked fine. Now I get an error when I try to start the program. "The application failed to initialize properly (oxc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application." I uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. Google earth just will not run any more on this … |
| | The system restore tab is missing under Accessories and System Properties on my computer. My OS is Win XP Pro SP3. Any ideas please? Joe |
| | I have a new SL510 Thinkpad (Windows 7) with 4GB RAM 2.2 GHz Dual Core & it refuses to start up the "Images" DVD after I put the DVD into the Multiburner Drive. The DVD Drive installed the first disk of the program: "Printshop ProPublisher". It just refuses to install … |
| | I have been working on this computer for a few days now and have not figured out the problem. I have done research for the answer online and am now here need expert advise. The original problem was that the onboard video suddenly stopped working. So I placed another pci … |
| | hi guy,ç i have some problem with window xp and msn. i dont know how but the window appering latters are changed like latter N not appera it apper in some diffrente languege like arabic or some thing eles. and the other problem is that my msn not opens every … |
 | hey there. first off, i hope i posted my question in the right forum. second, i thank you in advance for an answer. i have two short batch files: 1. shutdown - s - c "my message" - t 20 i expect this to shut down my computer in twenty … |
| | I sure hope you can help me.I recived a message on my screen that i should run the online crash analysis.I down loaded the users guide and followed it the best i know how i am very computer stupit.I down loaded the program and loaded to disk like i was … |
 | Mark Shuttleworth, founder and financial backer of [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL], urges the Linux Community to "build a better desktop than Apple." Shuttleworth made this statement this week at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention). He added that interoperability with Windows is of very high importance. Sounds easy enough. Let me get right on … |
| | Hello I restored my computer to the factory settings and I am not able to connect to the internet. I also do not have the same display I had before the original disks I have is windows xp service pack 1 need some help thank you. |
| | Hi ALL, my NEC vl260 came with win xp sp2, preinstalled after reformatting due to system crashes, I have installed a copy of win xp sp2, now the two are in conflict i.e. sound card is not recognised, can anyone tell me how to access the preinstalled version ? |
| | I Recently purchased a new computer which is running windows 7, at the same time i upgraded my previous laptop to windows 7 as well. on the same network the upgraded laptop works correctly, however the new computer I purchased has random web pages that are unaccessable. Ive reset and … |
| | I have been trying to reformat my drive on my computer, not a "windows XP reinstallation" but just straight out format the disk. after it gives me the warning of erasing everything on the disk, a window pops up after I click format saying, "windows cannot format this drive. quit … |
| | I have a MX300 mouse on a Boxx Computer running WinXP32 that keeps freezing:confused:, if I just unplug and replug it in it will work again for a few minuter to a few hours! I have reinstalled the driver several times to no avail with the latest driver which used … |
| | I desperately need to install Windows Live Writer. I previously Installed Writer in my xp system. But now, after formatting my XP, I can not Download the Windows Live Installer in my computer. The strange thing is that I can’t not even access any Microsoft.com pages. However, I downloaded Windows … |
| | I have a computer with win xp 32 bit that I have in a network with a computer with a Canon ip4200 printer that is on the windows 7 home 64 bit computer. I can see the shared files on both of the computers, but I can not get the … |
| | Another application may be using it." is triggered when I try to play a sound file (wav) when the speakers are connected to either of the audio sockets in the motherboard of the PC. Device Manager shows NO problematicals in Sound and Audio category, but DOES show two entries for … |
| | I am not sure if i am posting this in the right place but here goes... How do i ghost an image of xp so that i can use it in different system with different kind of hard disk(brand), motherboard, cpu and ram. The program i am familiar with to … |
| | Hi There From time to time my hard disc light will come on for no reason (no programs running ) and computer locks. Can also happen if am using Firefox or Word or similar, even when I have good free memory (say 200mb out of 500mb) (sony Laptop running XP) … |
| | I whitched my sons account to acount administrator so we could load some software. But access was denied and when I tried to change his account back to limited and mine back to administrator I was denied both times. |
| | Mistery Path N:1\ versus Y:\ In one of my pc where I have several units C:, D:, E: F: , Y: , Z: , etc the unit Y: is known inside the options in the windows firewall by N:1\ so in the exceptions figure : N:1\PORTABLES\PortableApp.com Suite\PortableApps\FileZillaPortable\FileZillaPortable.exe N:1\PORTABLES\Navegadores . Internet … |
| | hello i have an HP Proliant ML150 G5 and as a software i have a windows server 2008 STD. i have created the mirror using the disk management console on both of my 500gb Hard disks, the mirrored was created successfully but with a yellow triangle on the mirrored disk … |
| | i have tried all i know how to do! i have a wireless router for my desk top and i have a connection on my laptop but can not get it to browse the internet. what should i do? |
| | hi guys i have istalled window on pc hp compaq D530. i have three partitiones of my HD. so when i try to enter in any partition it give me the msg as like this please select the programme to open the required folder or file. with the list of … |
| | Lately my computer has been getting slower by the day. Attached are images of the 'Processes' tab in the task mgr. Image 1: List of processes sorted by CPU Image 2: List sorted by Memory Usage If you look at image 1, the System Idle Process CPU Usage = 92%. … |
| | I am kind of having some very big problems here. It seems lately that everytime I try and listen to any media in Windows Media Player, it says, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound … |
 | I just reinstalled windows XP, and then installed ubuntu next to it. XP can't find my modem at all (version DSL). I created a new connection with my user name and pass. When it trys to connect to the WAN (PPPOE) it just gives me a connection error. When I … |
 | Hi all I've just had a mammoth "session" getting Windows XP to install onto an HP DV5-1209ax. And it worked! Yeeha! So the reason for this post is to let you know that it is doable, even though MS and HP have made it very hard to do so. If … |
| | :sad: I need some help/// Just purchased a used ibm t22 thinkpad at a business bankruptsy sale. got home, turned it on, and the darn thing keeps asking me for an administrator login and password. is there a work around??? I think it's XP Professional. |
| | Sometimes just putting a backup CD with data on it into the drive crashes Windows. I have no idea whether this is a hardware or a software problem. The machine came with Roxio Easy CD Creator over ten yeaars ago and it still runs if I put in a blank … |
| | I have read the many posts on the site but most assume that you can get past the safe mode screen. I cannot start up in safe mode nor can I used the last known settings. I am running windows XP with SP2 on a Dell Dimension system. What are … |
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