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Hey, I was wondering if some one could help me. For about a year now, ever since I upgraded my motherboard and cpu, my motherboard's BIOS detects my DVD-RW drive but if I try to open the drive, nothing happens as if there's no power what so ever, no activity. …

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so i bought a cheapo mp3 player today and it says 4gb, i go to open it in my computer and it says i have to reformat it but my only option is FAT how do i get it to let me use FAT32

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Hello, I was hoping someone might know how to go about clearing out unwanted files, programs, registry entries, temp files, etc every time the computer starts up. At school, there used to be a refresh.ini that ran every time you fired up the computer, and I am hoping to accomplish …

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Hi Guys, I have Administrator rights to a Laptop running XP Home Edition and i need to use Regedit from another account on the same Laptop. How do I give access to use the Regedit to the other account from my Administrator account.... When I run the regedit from the …

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when booting my computer it shows windows xp on screen then goes blank want do nothing want read disk or anything. the screen just has a grey color please help. thanks

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Basicly, I tryed setting up dual monitors on my pc. It was proving unsuccesfull untill I saw a option saying somthing like "force recognise TV" so i pressed (stupidly) and restarted my computor. On my default monitor the start up windows xp icon displays with the loading bar, thats when …

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I'm wanting to do a full system restore of my wife's computer which has Windows 2000 Professional but when I run the first system restore disk, it says I must first delete non-dos partitions. I don't really understand what this means and how to do it and I have no …

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My buddy has an HP pavillion Media Center PC that I am looking at. It started to hang on boot the other day, coincidentally when he bought software for his kids that was a game with a usb controler. It hangs at mup.sys and never loads fully to windows XP …

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Hello to all the great folks at DaniWeb !!!!!!!! I have a strange question and I'm not sure if this situation is common or not. I took a Compaq Presario 5190 computer that had WINDOWS 98 on it, and I put Windows XP Pro on it. I wiped out Windows …

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I purchased a Lenovo T400 windows XP Prof XP - shipped w/ Office 2007 trial but I uninistalled it and installed Office 2003 and now when I launched Office outlook 2003 it rec'd an error unable to open your default email folders. outlook could not start so I went through …

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Hi there to my family at DaniWeb !!!! I have a Compaq Presario 5190, Windows XP Home, SP3. When I try to shut the computer down, it just keeps going and going and going ! When I go to START, hit SHUT DOWN, and then OK, it plays the goodbye …

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im sorry if this is not the appropriate forum for my problem.. when im not playing any games.. i can download just fine.. but once i play some games.. Any games.. sims 2 , tomb raider , spores , resident evil.. my internet suddenly stops.. i know because im downloading …

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Well, I'm an IT professional in my first real IT job. Unfortunatly I've come across this problem that I don't know how to solve. We have a computer where we have all of our shared files located on a seperate drive called the F drive. Which there is 215GB of …

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Im looking to mirror a disk in Server 2008, ive set it up to mirror using the Computer management screen and it all seems alright. Ive tried pulling out the drive with the OS on and it obviously blue screens and you have to select to boot the mirrored operating …

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Hello All! I am having the weirdest problem EVER. The first time i boot my computer every day it freezes. No cntl/alt/dlt, no nothing. just insta freeze. Computer is still running i just cant access it. I am no wiz but I did build this computer a while ago and …

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Hi all, I loged into windows 2003 server with an user name and password.I need to check whether My account is having administrative rights using the command prompt. I tried to install an application in between it through a message as it is not an administrative user. I need to …

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I have Windows XP, Home Edition. I have what I call a weird computer problem. Never ran across this before or ever heard of it. I can highlight stuff I want to copy with the mouse, right click my mouse and choose copy, and then right click to paste wherever …

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i have a winxp system . i am using ftp to get files from unix server ,on other system it is working , but in this system when i am using the command 'ls ' to see the list of files ia m gettimg the following massage "200 port command …

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Hi, I am looking for a software which will restrict internet access (from any browser) to selected sites only (White List). A very secure software which will not have any easy way for users to bypass or add website to the whitelist and surf the web. The main goal is …

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help . please help me? i am having trouble with my laptop. the arrow/cursor has a mind of its own and wants to go to to the start bar at the foot of the page or the X possition at the top right hand side of the page as if …

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- I opened the box and cleaned out the fans and inspected motherboard all is good - I checked ACPI power management and on never - I swaped cable for HArd drive - I tried to boot up with diagnostic start up - I swaped the ram - Installed and …

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I was previously connected to the internet by way of being networked to another computer. When I left the network I could only log on with AOL. I tried with Earthlink but couldn't get a dial tone. The error message said that it could not connect to the remote computer. …

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I have a dell Studio 540 that default came with Vista 64bit but I went back to XP, the Ethernet controller they have for download on their website is for Vista only, is there one for XP? Thanks, Mike.

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I have an XP client PC; IP config is set for DHCP, but DNS is set at Manual, and has a value entered. This value is not correct. All attempts to edit back to DHCP has failed. It just keeps going back to this static entry. I have deleted the …

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I executed my 'cmd.exe' and it comes up but when I try to execute a command it returns "is not recoginized as an internal or exteranal command, operable command or batch file." These were some of the commands I was trying to use: netstat, ping, Help someone please!!

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My Dell 4600 is 5 years old. The first problems were with the CD drives were not working properly and it was recognizing a CD drive that does not exist. It began saying that the PC was unstable with Roxio present. I deleted Roxio and that did not help. Then …

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Sir, I wanted to speedup my PC used "ccleaner" after that my desktop icons are not opening the concerned objects.PL help BALCHENDER

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Hi everyone! This is my first time to this site and loving it already. Ok let's see, I ran one of those driver update programs and the results said I needed to update these drivers: Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB ViewSonic VE155 Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller …

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Hi, Not sure where to post this question. I created a slideshow like I do every year for our halloween party in windows movie maker. I imported the music and sounds I wanted, but there is no sound when I playback the storyboard or timeline. If I click on the …

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i'v been reading over the forum threads and this is almost like hairdrier issue... but from Mal_Patch-3 and Possible_Virut-3 worms... login screen comes up (installed a game with starforce on it, uninstalled game, thats when the worms showed up... stupid russian garbage software) and since i dont have an access …

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Bought my son a Sony Viao laptop for college. Heard that keyboards were the weakest link Got him cordless mouse and keyboard. Both recently stopped working. Mouse still works. XP is password protected at login. Can't figure out how to get him past login to delete keyboard drivers etc. Found …

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Hi, I have been told that I can not copy a IDE drive to a Sata drive using any copy program. Anyone have any experience with this? I have copied many IDE to IDE and SATA to SATA but never IDE to SATA. I could just try, but I thought …

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Could use some help or troubleshooting ideas for a problem with using my computer's USB 2.0 ports. I'm using a few month's old Pentium 4 3.2 GHz machine with WinXP Professional. I had had my previous monitor plugged into the USB port on the computer, as it acted as my …

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Hi folks, Hoping someone out there can help me with a strange problem I have. I am an online gamer who runs the Dungeons and Dragons Online application. For the last few (4-6) weeks, I have been experiencing a pc crash while running the application. The strange thing is if …

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Not sure if this is the right place however, I have a toshiba Satellite laptop that starts up but nothing on screen. I just downloaded Adobe Acrobat software upgrade and it prompts me to reboot I do and now it does not want to work. Like I said it starts …

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Hi guys Don't know if anybody can help? but this has happened 3 times now. Sister in laws pc..... only since she has been going online. restarts pc straight into "windows 32 system file deleted press r when reach first screen to repair from main disc" and you cannot go …

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I did not want to double post, I have posted this same problem on the Web browser forum, but maybe it was the wrong forum, so sorry for double posting. My OS is XP Pro SP3 When I visit some websites with flash displays, I cannot view it, not in …

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Alright I cant figure this one out and need help. I am working on a computer that when you turn on it comes up all you have to choose is safe mode safe mode with networking safe mode command prompt last known good configuration. start windows normally After that anything …

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When I click on a link, like the one when I signed up for this forum does not work. I have to paste the shortcut in the address bar and this is not always available. Clinking the links have worked and now for about a week they do not work …

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Nothing works! Toshiba Tecra M4 new drive, new mother board, machine was working great until there was a major user boo boo! Using recovery disks and F12 I can get to: Toshiba Recovery Utility 1. Restore Original Factory Image (Recommended) Advance User Options Only! 2. Restore partition C: of HDDonly …

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Hello. This is my first post so appologies in advance. Does anyone know what the process zvsarc.exe is I have tried to google it and get no useful results. I noticed one of my XP machines has been contantly downloading and uploading to the internet and have tracked it back …

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hi everyone i have a small problem? my start up is slow when i log onto firefox i have tried the various fixes i know of but it has not helped much i am running xp with 2 gig of ram and 120 gig harddrive but an onboard graphics card. …

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I don't use windows much but I have recently acquired a Fujitsu Series N 5010 and set up a dual boot, Windows 2000 Pro and Ubuntu. I'm trying to find the appropriate driver for the DVD player (it originally came with XP home version) for the 2000 side. I've been …

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Hi, I am facing problem that my system restarts after some time giving msg: "A log off error has been occured" What is the reson behind it and how it can be resolved? please guide Thanks for your consideration. Regards,

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About a week ago I made a thread on this forum regarding some virus stuff. It may ormay not be related. Google suggests that I may have possibly gotten a HaxDoor virus, but if I did I don't really have a way of getting rid of it without being able …

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Thanks again for your suggestions, they work. Someone may have access to a Top Secret hard drive via the web. 1-I would like to erase the "XP Startup" line from a Top Secret hard drive. OK, no problem. 2-Then install a new hard drive and put XP on the new …

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After using my computer for a while (desktop) Explorer starts acting up and sometimes will crash and restart itself. By acting up, what usually happens is that when I open up a Window in Explorer parts of the menu might be missing, or not all of the window is painted, …

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Hi Friends, i need to have a program to find all mp3 files present in a drive(like c or d) in windows. and i have to list those in output. please help me as soon as possible...

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Hi all, I am new and i am seeking some help with server 2003. I want to get my clients behind server 2003 to be able to access the internet coming from my transparent proxy. My server 2003 machine has 2 nics. The first one 172.16.xx.xx is statically assigned by …

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