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I brought new laptop which is Toshiba Satellite A205-S5859. Now operating system is windows vista home edition. I need to install windows xp professional. But problem is xp couldn't find my sata HDDisk. How can i solve that problem. Please help me guys.

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Hello guys, I have my laptop that came with Vista Home premium. Today I tried to install Solaris 10 but it failed. I tried to boot my Vista it failed also. Then I used Gparted to remove Solaris partition by deleting it; That made my laptop unbootable with error "No …

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Hey, Im at my buddies house and his keyboard randomly died.... the keyboard is 8 months old and it is used quite frequently.. I have tried uninstalling the drivers for the keyboard....but still have same problem.... The wierd part is...is that the "sleep" butoon on the keyboard still works.... You …

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Hi. I recently purchased a new laptop with windows vista os. I have not been able to gain internet access through my wireless home network with this new system, with the classic 'local access only' as the network status. My wireless home network was set up with my xp running …

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Hi, I've read a few questions on the forum about Home Premium w/Digital Cable Support. I believe the diff is that HP w/Digital Cable Support allows you to record Cable TV programming and HP doesn't. I'm looking at buying through Dell a XPS 420 and need to know if I've …

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Hi guys, I have a slight problem (well obv or I wouldn't be posting)... The situation is.... I have xp pro on my pc atm, and i want to install my new Vista home premium, thing is I'm not a complete expert with pc's and so formatting is an issue, …

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Hi i am trying to downgrade from Vista to Xp, and when i try to format the hard disk with the xp disk, i get an error stating no hard disk is available.

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Well we bought a new Dell laptop, had the geek squad at Best buy do thier optimization,spyware,anti virus install. But I can't figure out how to start my web cam, get it to hook up to my dial up service. I use MSN dial up, but I don't have a …

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Does anyone know where I can download WMP 11 for Vista for free online? Also, I'd really like to download it to a USB flashdrive so I can take it to my laptop (currently without internet for the time being). I'm not sure how to do that, if it's even …

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Hi, I have an issue with accessing a web service from a client application under Vista (only). In all other OS, it works fine. Let me explain in detail: I have a windows application (client) that's installed on a users machine. It accesses a remote web service for its operations. …

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i downloaded nero 8.0 trial version to my notebook using windows vista.after i burn a dvd i try to play it in my dvd player and it comes on half way through the movie and the main menu is somewhere in the middle of the disc.I thought maybe i downloaded …

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Hi I am new to the forum and have a problem with internet connection. My old router works well with my XP windows system (ie computer spoke to router and in turn it speaks to internet). Could not hook up the new laptop (Windows Vista) so got a new router …

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Hello! im stuck, im on my laptop atm, my computer wont let me access some websites such as hotmail or facebook. i can go on this website on it which was where i set up my account but i had to go on my laptop to get into my hotmail …

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Hey guys, I'm new at here. And I got a problem about my computer. Why that I need on and off the main switch (plug) for few times and my computer only on?

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Hi all, I hope someone can help. I've been all over the net trying to find a fix for this. At random times (usually in the evening to early morning) both my processors (Dell Inspiron E1505 core 2 duo) will max out at 100% usage (noticed with a sidebar gadget). …

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Hi Have Dell Inspiron 1525 with Vista home premium. When I turn laptop on it immediately starts with Start up repair.Then when that is finished I get the blue/green screen with the message :configuring udates stage 1 of 3;.It gets to 2 of 3 then shuts down, restarts and repeats …

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Everytime windows updates tells me to restart,or a newly installed program requires a restart,my hard drive fails to start up..But if I do a manual restart it boots up in seconds..Its only just started happening. The company tech team told me to do a recovery but that hasn't solved it. …

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Can anybody tell me how virtual machine can share video adaptor with the host operating system, The issue is, i just installed windows xp in virtual pc 2007 as a Guest OS to windows vista. now when i start the xp in the virtual pc i can see from the …

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Windows Vista x64 Edition ... Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems failed through Windows Update. Error details: Code 80010108. Downloaded SP1 exe through the Windows website and installation was successful. Can't for the life of me find out what the error code means, and whether it was something …

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I was trying to install Vista onto a spare partition yesterday, and the installer refused to use the partition. I deleted it, formatted it, tried again, no go. Deleted it, made it bigger, repeat, no go. I was using the 3rd partition on the drive (still a primary though) but …

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Hi folks, installing fax windowa Vista I am retired and very much a senior citizen of 77 years and not so well versed in I T technoligy. My Hobbies are Gardening,Walking and play Golf and also enjoy Sea Cruise Vacations Having only recently purchased a Mesh Computer with Windows Vista …

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I cannot get access to My Documents , My Pictures, etc with Vista. This is a brand new laptop. I checked the user rights and I have full rights to files & folders. But get the message "access denied" when I try to open My Local folders. Any ideas? Thanks …

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HI there i have a pc with windows vista business. i've used there the NetTools aparently it came with a virus/rootkit of somekind :( It just stucks the backspace key when i hit some letters. I can write something like asd but if i hit F, P,L and other it …

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I just turned on my computer today. All my videos have gone black and white wether its mp4 format, avi format. I currently use ffdshow but the mp4 runs on quicktime in still black and white. Can anyone help? Thankyou, Regards X

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I am unable to open files from my old Windows home XP since recently purchasing a new computer with Windows Visa! On clicking on a file which I have on my Disc,this notice appears on screen: Microsoft Works 2004 setup There are other users logged on to this computer if …

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Hi I have a problem in as much as I put the PCI ethernet into my mums new PC its running Vista Premium. Trouble is it doesn't have the driver for it??? Yet when in my old PC which was only running XP it worked fine. Is there a site …

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i have a hp pavilion tx1000 laptop and my wifi (WLAN) is not working under device manager my broadband wireless is geting a message saying "wireless broadband networking adapter cant start. (Code 10)" i uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still give me the same message. help me

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Hi, I have got a problem with ppxcs.exe and some other stuff. I read the pages to be read on this site and other sites. Downloaded HiJackThis and my log file is below. I have also removed "Junk Files" with the help of AceUtilities Trial, and I have removed ppxcs.exe, …

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I recently got a virus on my computer that is crippling a bunch of things. I get pop-ups, the wallpaper is changed, and 100% of my CPU is used. A process called ppxcs.exe starts when Windows opens. css.exe is also running. When I end process things go slow but don't …

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When i try to startup Windows it says there is either a software or hardware problem and it gives me two choices; 1: Try system recovery. 2: Normal startup. When i choose normal startup it goes to the loading screen right before where u ussually put in your loggin info. …

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[URL="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com.au/articles/26194-Black-Hat-roundup-Vista-security-defeated-IOS-rootkit-DNS-flaw-worse-than-thought-#Vista"]Vista security rendered 'uselsess'[/URL] By Dennis Fisher [quote]Two security researchers have developed a new technique that essentially bypasses all of the memory protection safeguards in the Windows Vista operating system, an advance that many in the security community say will have far-reaching implications not only for Microsoft, but also on …

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HI there I am wondering of anyone can give me a hand with a network I want to setup in my home. I have two laptops that I want to network wirelessly while sharing one DSL internet connection. Here is my setup: I have one laptop, a Toshiba Satellite 3000, …

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In xp whenever we log in our yahoo messenger we find our profiles in c drive in program yahoo profile. How about in vista how do you find these yahoo profiles who logged in with the computer?

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I know I know... I'm a dummmmmy.. My display has changed so that it looks like it started in help menu (big and fuzzy) and I can't remember for the life of me how to get it back to sharp and crisp. Thanks in advance for helping a moron...haha

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I rebooted my laptop using the disc that came with it. I was getting the BSoD, so I figured I would just reboot it and start over. I'm supposed to have about 220gb of memory, but i says that I only have 38gb free space. There are none of the …

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Hi All, I am new here so please bear with me. I have recently purchased a complete HP workstation with a SATA 500Gig HD containing windows Vista. My intentions was to put my original SATA 160gig HD from my old computer into this and run this HD as the main …

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My dad has a Windows Vista computer and suddenly today the internet didn't work. So we restarted it a few times and it still didn't work. We tried to ping google and it worked and in task manager it said that the wireless internet and hard line were both working. …

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Whenever I follow the link to any given web site from a search engine like Google or yahoo, my computer redirects to random websites. Please help. Hijackthis: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:11:29 AM, on 8/10/2008 Platform: Windows Vista (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16681) …

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My external Western Digital Elements 500GB USB drive occasionally sets itself to "Write Protected" and I can't alter any of the files on the drive until I reboot and the write protection is reset. This usually happens after a day or so, and rebooting is the only way of unlocking …

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Hey guys, I have made the unfortunate mistake of allowing an Active X install which has resulted in some sort of virus being installed on my computer. I have similar symptoms as I've read about online such as: [LIST] [*]no drives listed from My Computer [*]VIRUS ALERT! displayed in bottom …

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it's been a month for those THREE error messages on the startup :( I dunno how it happened, I just unplugged my FD (I haven't explored it yet cause I always scan it first with Norton Internet Security) then when I rebooted my notebook to complete the process of healing, …

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hello everybody, Can anyone please tell how can i make C++ screen full in windows vista. thank you

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i have a hp pavilion tx1000 and when i try to connect it to a wireless connection it doesn't show me any wireless network i tryed diagnose it and it says " Install wireless networking hardware, and verify that the correct drivers are loaded" and under device manager under networking …

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I can see the network printer (it's on an XP machine), even to its attributes but when I try to sign it in, I get a box that says Access Denied. I'm guessing it's a driver problem (i.e., where would the Vista machine get its driver from a printer that …

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I have a Vista desktop wired to a Linksys WRT54G router. I have a XP SP2 laptop connected to it wirelessly and a Linksys Media center wirelessly on my home stereo. Everythng worked great for about a month or two and suddenly the wireless stopped. The Media center gets 0% …

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I'm currently running Win Vista and Outlook 2003 with the latest service packs. I have a 36 Mb .ost file with rich text emails in it. The thing is when I hit either reply or forward buttons I get "Out of memory or systems resources. try closing some windows or …

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I have 1 Used computer and 1 New computer which have same specification. If anyone interested, i would like to sell the Used one with $3000.00 and another one with $4,500.00 Please let me know via email. Payment via Paypal or Cash Cheque only. Contact: [email]letona88@gmail.com[/email] or [email]jeanmfi@gmail.com[/email] Below is …

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