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hey i got a second hand computer with windows xp on it but and no recovery disk :(.....i think there something wrong with the hard drive because everytime i boot it up it come up with error message ..a disk read error occured press ctrl+alt+delete to restart so i thought …

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I'm not sure if this is in the right place. My dad built a computer for me. I have an MSI motherboard and a WinXP Pro OS. I have 3 disk drives. 1 is a floppy, one is a CD-RW (which I have recently discovered, I thought it was just …

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Hi I have a Dell inspiron 1100 which came with a DVD decoder..but when trying to free up some space on my laptop i seem to have deleted or lost the decoder. I can no longer play DVDs, the option is gone from Windows media player and dell media experience... …

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It worked fine today on the mac but in the morning when i restarted the mac the internet just disconnect on the mac and when i looked at my router the ethernet shows only 1 dot which is for the xp desktop when it suppose to show 2 dots for …

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Could someone please refer me to a safe website where I can download a MP4 converter. Thanks

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Hi fellows! I went to use my computer and I got the blue screen right after when it boots up again past the windows xp logo. The error says "page_fault_in_nonpaged_area" with stop 0x00000050 (0xEC6B738D, 0x00000000, 0x8A70408C, 0x00000002) . I didn't install any new hardware or anything. Prior to that I …

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Hi guys!!! just wondering if you could give me websites where i can find simple floor plans for my AutoCAD subject. It would really mean a lot If you could site some. Thanks..

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Can anyone here assist using the xcopy command. I want to use it in a batch file to copy folder1 and all its subfolders and files to C:\folder1 thanks in advance

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Hello all, I've recently run Malwarebytes to get rid of the Antivirus 2010 virus. All seemed well but I wanted to run it again in safe mode to be sure. Upon pressing f8 and choosing 'start in safe mode', the machine would run through the script indicating it was loading …

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I don't know if this is the right forum for this issue, but I will give it a try anyway. We have two computers laptops in our house, one that's pretty new and another one that's a few years old. I few weeks ago, god knows what caused it, the …

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Every time I try and select either my computer, my documents , or control panel from the start menu all of my icons disappear and will eventually reappear but the computer does not open the selected item and will sometimes rearrange all desktop icons??????:evil:

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Hey, Im not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I need some help. I have 14 classes of 40 students each and I need to make a grade book with excel. Here's what I need help with: I'm adding grades to column G, in column …

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Let me explain the topic :) I'm in an A+ class in college, and as a lab assignment, we were tasked with breaking a computer and getting another team to try and fix it. The only requirement, however, is that it cannot be so bad that the only way to …

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when i tried to uninstall ms office 2003 i got error this action is only valid for Products that are currently installed.can anbody tell me why i am getting this error.program still there in the add/remove Programme.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be highly appreciated.

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Trying to assist another who has an XP home machine. Apparently, the recovery disc does not support repair... only reinstall. I would like to assist by using my XP Pro disc using the repair option. Would this work with the different OS versions? Guidance sought

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Hi! Could somebody please help me with this problem: My XP OS System Time keeps showing the word "Batangas" right after the digital system time. What should I do to correct this abnormality?

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My PC has been very slow and glitchy for a while now. I used to play Fallout 3 at 60FPS and all my other games at good framerates. I haven't played Fallout lately cuz it always freezes my PC now and if it works, it'll work for less than 2 …

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I have a 3 desktop computers and I installed a printer on one of them and I share the printer the printer is Epson LQ-300+,but when I browse the printer through the other computer it is asking for the username and password but then again the computer which has installed …

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"Attempt to determine whether user and machine accounts are in the same forest failed (0x6b5)". Does anyone know what this code means? I've searched high and low for the information and everywhere I go, there's never any information out there. Running Windows 2000 server, and this error pops up in …

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hi can anyone please help me i have just formated my pc and reinstalled xp without any form of backup (i know not clever!) now my pc cannot install my Ethernet Controler. i have little knollage about this sort of problem and have know idea how to overcome this. my …

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When I try to open control panel, it does a search for the control panel then I receive the following error message. Windows XP Home edition is OS. explorer.exe-Application error Yhe instruction at "0x05959e56" referenced memory at"0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on Ok to terminate the program …

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Hello folks, I have a Toshiba Equium M50-244 laptop that did work but now doesn't. I press the start button and get the Toshiba press F2 for set up or F12 for boot. Then i get a blank screen! nothing boots up from there on. I can start it in …

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Friend of mine computer with windows xp will not boot. She bought a new comuter is there a way to recover the data from computer that will not boot.

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When I try to open control panel, it does a search for the control panel then I receive the following error message. Windows XP Home edition is OS. explorer.exe-Application error Yhe instruction at "0x05959e56" referenced memory at"0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on Ok to terminate the program …

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My cd rom would not read any cds so I was trying to find a solution to fix it, one I read said to go to start run cmd enter and I did and the screen system32 came up and I typed in WinMSD and retarted the computer now the …

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I'm installing this wireless access point (router Linksys WRT54GS) and everything seems to be working fine, and it connects to the router via wireless network adapter. On the network connections page, it shows that the Computer connection to the router is excellent, But the router connection to the internet is …

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I was thinking about all the amazing things that people go thru to get their pc and laptops fixed so they can run smooth. So I came up with the Idea of something like, maybe it'll be nice if people could post their favorite software that did wonders for them. …

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When I start my computer, it keeps coming to a screen that says "a disk read error occured. press ctr+alt_del to restart". I've tried this but it comes back to the same screen. My HP laptop did not come with windows cd. I have to reinstall OS. How can I …

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Hi Everybody, I have a new query for you and was wondering if anybody has had the same problem and if they ever found a solution. I bought a Kingston 2 Gb Data Traveller to use for my printer files as I do not have a printer. I put it …

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Hello USB problem solvers, I would like to let you know that I have solved my problem regarding my Flash drive, when I plugged it in to the USB port it was recognised by the system but I could not see what folders it had, so I looked everywhere to …

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Hope someone may be able to help... I have always had a problem with the modem connection, if I pull out the lead to the broadband voyager modem, without cancelling the internet connection, the computer tends to freeze. My wife decided she wanted to use her computer and so pulled …

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I am formatting my ibm desk top pentium 4 and when the first phace completes and it restarts the machine starts from the hard disk and tells me to press any to start from disc and when i press it starts the formatting again what can i do

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Hello Friends, I used to use a registry cleaner called RegistrySmart, it seemed to do a good job in cleaning the registry and that was all it did, it was automatic you just pressed scan and that was it until I got an update from them which had a virus …

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Hi, I have a problem with my sound on all programs for video (Youtube, DVD's, etc) Whatever program I use (WMP, real player, Win amp, quick time, etc) I can not get good volume levels. I have updated the drivers (Realtek) I have turned all controlls to max, ensured that …

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Comp: HP Laptop OS: Windows xp Media Center I have the recovery on disk's (So can bring back to factory setting whenever.) There is a 12 Gig partition for recovery on HD, I have 32 gig left of HD space. Should I get rid of the partition and just hope …

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I got a warning alert from my AVG anti virus software the other day. It listed some cookies that were in a directory that doesn't exist on my hard drive. None of the AVG option took care of the warnings and every time I boot my computer I get the …

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Okay, I am running Windows XP, on a Dell Mini Laptop. Thing sucks for hardware, but that's beside the point. Okay, for the past week, I've been having issues with the laptop's memory. If I have a few windows open of any program, then close out, it seems to not …

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Hello Friends, I wonder if anybody has had a bad experience with SFS, I received a file in sfs but cannot open it because I need the SFS program to open it, first of all I downloaded a program from CNET but when I went to install it said there …

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My husband is having trouble with his eMachine desktop. He was on a forum the other day and clicked on a link to another web site. While he was on this other web site, he started getting a bunch of virus warnings from his antivirus software (he's running Avira). After …

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why is it the "edit, help and more" ms dos command wont work??? only the dir,cd,cd/,and changing the drive works........please help guys...tanx,

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Many People always ask questions about iPod/iPhone at answers.yahoo.com. Here I collect some commen FAQ and provide the professional solutions to help the people getting difficulty in handling their iPod/iPhone to solve the questions about iPod/iPhone. It includes four parts: [b]1: How to put DVD on iPod and iPhone (Windows/Mac) …

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I am having a problem opening folders with a double left click. When I do this now it opens my VLC media player and the folder doesn't show. If I right click on the folder, the first 6 items on the drop down menu are: Add to VLC media player's …

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This is a problem with some back-story so let me start there. I recently bought a Dell mini, which has functioned perfectly for what I needed it to do. Problem: I slipped on a patch of ice and dropped aforementioned mini, bouncing on its corners, down a nice long set …

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My Recycle bin keeps on popping up while im using the internet and then becomes a nusence by keep flashing i think it might be a virus or something. Any Help????

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yesterday i was surfing the web when a pop up came up and said downloading something, it had disabled the x in the corner and the task manager. I turned the computer off and it will now not get past the windows xp loading page, it just restarts the computer. …

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Hello everyone, [b]Wondershare Photo Recovery[/b] is being giveaway now on [url]www.giveawayoftheday.com[/url] It is designed for users to get back deleted and lost photos from computer, camera memory card and other devices. The giveaway is for only [b]24 hours on December 29, 2009[/b]. Anyone who needs it shouldn't miss the chance. …

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