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I cannot access a shared drive at work on a LAN. I was able to but somehow my setting must have changed (cannot work out what has changed). I try authenticating but do not get to the shared drive. I can SSH to the shared drive and view all the …

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ok the problem started 2 days ago where now when ever i go into a user folder the windows explorer closes itself and will not open agin so I have to work with the task manager and its very anioying..........any help much apreceated

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Hey, I'm mostly a linux user with a cisco background so windows is a mystery to me! A friend brought me a hp pavilion that had a virus that apparently made services such as the recovery manager unavailable to us and he had no recovery disks made. I told him …

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Hi all, Been googling for hours but can't find any answers!! What's the best way specifically for vista, to configure laptop IP address for 2 different networks? I want to easily switch IP address detail when at home or in work. I previously used netsh and scripts to do this …

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Help please... Was on line, suddenly not able to. Displayed limited to no access, then showed packets sent but not received, was just online like 20 minutes ago. Connected thru LAN. tried to power cycle and everything. when i plug into to my xp machine, everything is good. i dont …

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Ok heres the problem, im trying to burn some movies i downloaded onto dvds, but it keeps saying theres no disk in the drive even though ive inserted a DVD+R. I dont know what the problem is, suggestions pleassse???

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Hi there, I have a spanish Data Cd which has macromedia flash player program to run it. Can I change the language to english if i use Ultra ISO to explore the files on it. Thank you in advance, best regards

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Hey guys. I've got a 120 GB HDD w/ 2 equal partitinos. I have XP and all data on the C: drive. D: drive is empty. I want to install Vista on the D: drive in a dual boot scenario. I need to keep XP. I mainly want to just …

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I have a two part question; How would I go about restarting my Master Boot Record if I cannot read the hard disks? Or how could I load the drivers for the hard disk controller, or is that even possible considering that the controller is integrated with the OS? Im …

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In IE6 there was a menu File --> Open. That doesn't exist in IE7, or I can't find it. So I resort to using Windows Explorer and double-click on the *.htm file I want to load. Anyone know how to do it like IE6 ? Or a better way (in …

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Hi all, I am hoping that someone out there has a solution for this... Its driving me nuts. I have been searching the net for weeks trying to come up with a fix, but cant find one. So here it is: When using IE7 (Yeah, I know... I should be …

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hello, i am having a problem with viewing web pages on vista. i am able to use MSN messenger and browse on the crappy browser that is built into BitComet, but IE, Firefox, and Opera all give me a "cannot display page". if i click on 'diagnose connection problems' it …

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It seems I can't escape the problems on my PC these days. I just formatted my C: after it became really messed up with virus after virus. I installed Windows Vista Ultimate on my system and everything is working great apart from one stupid issue: every time I change the …

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Why do some of my icons, in vista, have the security shield on them. They did not have them when I had XP installed. Eg I have a shortcut for nero express on my desktop, but the icon has the security shield on the bottom right corner of it.

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Hi, I have recently tried installing Vista Ultimate 32 bit on my PC. I liked it, but came across a problem where every now and again the PC would just lock up and the only thing I could do was press the reset button. I wondered if it might be …

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Here is a copy of a portion of an email I sent to HP (to save me typing it out) 1 ) Program freeze ups. Where I have to close a program to get another to run. With 2 gigs of ram I shouldn't have to do this. Not multiple …

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I would like to start off with hello everyone.I recently found a Downloader.Tibs warninig from SpyBot and nothing from the McAfee Antivirus I am running presently on my laptop. I hope someone would take the time to scan over my report and give me some input on my log.Thank you …

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hey guys I recently found a small problem with my PC its a Hp Pavilion a1737c with Vista, the problem is I was able to set screen saver themes for it but now in the screen saver setting dialog box it says "this computer's video card (Nvida GeForce6150 Le)can't play …

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Hello everyone, I bought Fujitsu Siemens Laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic installed in it. I have installed every necessary things such as Anti Virus, windows update is done, etc. Either I am doing my work or just on desktop, the laptop gets hang and I am unable to do …

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Hi gang Im using a Internet Explorer on Vista that add-ons disable and Im pulling my hair to enable it. Does anyone know how to enable it for sure ??? I have tried all sorts of ways but no go Thank you Bandit3999

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HI - I have new HP with Vista Home Premium. It worked fine until recently my internet provider was bought out by Comcast. Now I can get on websites but not use many features. For instance I play free poker on espn, but now cannot log on. My wife uses …

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Hello, I managed to wreck Windows Vista accidently in record breaking time, only a few minutes needed: 1. Remove all protocols from "connections". 2. Remove network device. 3. Wait until Vista detects it's a non genuine copy or it's trail has expired. 4. Reboot End result: DEAD VISTA Reason: 1. …

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Ok I am having problems with my zune not connecting to my computer. I go into the device manager and I look at the driver for the zune and it shows a code 10 error. Could anyone give me an idea on how to fix this.

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hi. my skool is one of those tablet pc skools and my friends internet just stopped working at home last nite, but the skool internet works on the fine on that same PC, but at home every other program can run internet except internet xplorer/firefox and he thought it had …

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Hi, I am new here and I admit that I don't know much about computers, but something has shown up in my folders and I have no idea what they are: ntuser.dat LOG1 and ntuser.dat LOG2. Are any of you experts out there familiar with this? If so, please let …

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The title of the thread is my random yet hopefully simple question. I "googled" it but didn't find anything that seemed concrete, and so I'm hoping that someone on here will know. So again the question is, Is Vista based on XML, and if so, would it be correct to …

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Hi All, Whenever someone in my family walks away from using the computer with Windows Vista, I'm always taken to a screen that allows only the last user to log back in, but when someone else wants to log in, they need to hit the "Switch User" button to go …

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hi , i changed my default program for .DLL to notepad by accident. I was wondering if any one knows what the correct default program is for ' .DLL ' or how to restore to 'safe version' ? Btw I'm on Windows vista.

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My cousin is using an Ipod Nano 2nd Gen and is trying to connect it to her new computer that is running Windows Vista Home Basic. The device shows as "uknown device" but does not have the yellow icon on it as usual. I cannot get it to install any …

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[B][/B]I heard that in Sp1, if you run a pirated copy of vista, you can still use your pc, as long as you can put up with a black background and obvious signs saying windows is not genuine. Does that mean i can download a pirated copy of vista ultimate …

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I am using one of the screensavers that comes with Vista (basic home edition, up to date with upgrades), but there are many times when it simply does not kick in. Is that one of the features of Vista?

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i burned a cd through windows media player and the cd is only able to play on my computer, i cant play it in my car, cd player, or my xbox 360... only my computer plays the cd... is there anything im missing or need to know so i can …

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Forgive me if this is the wrong forum. I have two different 'muvee' products installed, both say they need to close whenever i try to preview or 'make muveeo' the video. I have re-installed both twice. They are muvee autoProducer 6.0 (basic came w/ computer) and muveeNow (basic came w/ …

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I Have two windows XP computers 1 is hard wired to the router/modem, the 2nd one is wireless. Have a windows Vista wireless, all three can connect to the internet. I am new to networking and have setup a network and workgroup. The two XP computer have no problem with …

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[B][/B]I have recently downloaded and installed m$ virtual pc, and installed vista premium on it. this means i have 2 vista versions on one pc! but i have a couple of problems. i have no sound, and it can only give vista 8mb of video ram, which makes the virtual …

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Hello, I am having some trouble creating a personal network at home. I don't have internet access (shocking I know) and I am unfortunately not very IT-savvy (my bad). Perhaps someone can help me... I have a macbook with OS X, a laptop with Windows Vista and a lovely pink …

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I'm currently running the Enterprise edition of Vista and just yesterday after I uninstalled nod32 whenever I attempt to reboot the machine or shut it down it successfully ends (from what I can tell) all running processes but does not shutdown (except explorer.exe because my GUI still exists). It just …

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Hey fellas, I got this toshiba satellite laptop running pentium 4--- 2.4--- 512-ram 60 gig hdd running windows vista. The laptop was configured for DSL internet connection. So when I try to connect using my internet connection which is Comcast cable, I can't access the internet. What can I do …

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The uninstall of Office 2007 from a Laptop with Vista, crashed before it was done completely. Trying it again, will not do anything and office 2007 does no longer open. (The person has the Office 2003 CD, but Vista will not accept it. I suspect because of remaining office 2007 …

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I have a machine with Vista HP and Office Pro 2007 installed. Everything seems to be fine except every time I start Excel, Windows Installer kicks in and wants to configure it again. I've uninstalled all I can find that's to do with Office and have done a complete reinstall …

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Is it possible to change the start menu in Vista to the XP standard menu? I know you can change to the classic start menu but I want to change to the XP one. I know the XP start menu is similar to the standard Vista start menu but I …

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You know how large manufacturers like hp and toshiba, as well as others have a fast and simple recovery partition built in, that can reinstall windows and drivers, as well as built in software in 20 minutes or less? How can i do that on a build your own pc, …

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Am I doing something wrong? Neither Mozilla or Internet Explorer is working properly. I am connected to the internet but when I open the window the message that shows up says that Im not connected to the internet. Please don't tell me reformatting is the last hope!

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Recently bought viao desktop all in one. Vista home installed. The keyboard is a viao, and the drivers show microsoft, but all 'working properly'. The keyboard switches on and shows connectivity. BUT none of the keys will type on the screen. Is this because it needs another driver. I have …

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Hello All, I have an hp photosmart m7183c desktop at home (it's my brother's) and it's been running a lot slower than usual and the temps have been high (54C idle as of today) and it's driving me crazy!! Even two system recoveries in a row have not helped!! I …

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I always wanted to to a build your own windows vista pc, but this weird thought came to my head. If macs are so "superior" compared to windows in terms of stability and viruses (which i think is untrue), then why not build your own mac? Only one problem... can …

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my dad just recently put a password on our wireless router. on my laptop i had it always just connect automatically but now that he put the password on it is giving me this message: [I]The settings saved on this computer for the network do not match the requirements of …

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[COLOR="Green"][B][I]My new computer has been supplied with Vista installed. I would like to add windows XP pro and run two OS independently. Can this be done? How? Thanks[/I][/B][/COLOR]

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which of these products is recommended as the best cpu cooler? 1. Thermaltake bigwater 760i 2. ultra chilltec thermo electric cooler

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What motherboard can support the easiest way to over clock your devices like ram, cpu, etc. Please list the motherboards information and specs, and where to get it from. Also, post your opinions and life experiences with over clocking, and tell how it worked out for you. I want to …

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