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Hi I switched on my dell computer this morning but the power button stays orange and i cant boot up. The drive is running so are the fans but nothing happens. I dont know if its stuck in sleep mode or hibernation, but i just cant boot up. Anyone any …

Here's my situation... My client has a Vista Home Premium 32-bit set as a remote computer for his client in Texas to store/use the printer off-site. Everything was working fine until one day the HDD crashed. I put a new HDD in and re-installed the OS. Immediately I was told …

I use Google Chrome as my default web browser, but Internet explorer has started opening by itself every 1-5 minutes, and it's always playing audio. Sometimes even after I close it, the audio continues. I ran a hijack this scan, and here is the report. What should I do now? …

title says it all.....help me clear what startup files i need and what i dont!! thanks [ICODE]Yes HKCU:Run Sidebar C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun Yes HKCU:Run ISUSPM Startup C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\UPDATE~1\ISUSPM.exe -startup Yes HKCU:Run Google Update "C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /c Yes HKCU:Run uTorrent "C:\Program Files (x86)\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" No HKCU:Run Jumblo "C:\Program Files (x86)\Jumblo.com\Jumblo\Jumblo.exe" -nosplash -minimized Yes …

Hi, I have dell vostro 1015. Configuration is Intel dual core2 processor 1.8 Ghz, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB hard disk. Is it possible for me to install Windowz 7 64 bit? Will it increase speed of my laptop? The compatiblity test when run says You will need custom install …

In a strange turn of events my browsers (neither IE nor Firefox) cannot connect to the Internet on my laptop. It is a hard wire connection to the router and is able to connect to other computers on my home network and access external servers thru Remote Desktop Connection. Also …

Hi everyone I want to ask you something about my video graphic card or (WHQL Logo's drive) . Last week I played far cry 2 and Devil may Cry 3 , it run very good but after one week when i open these game again i can't not play it …

I am using VS2008, OS win Vista. I need to create a C++ windows form program to add a .swf flash animation to the form. How is this done. Any sample code, or a good tutorial is appreciated.

I am currently running Windows Vista Servicepack1 amd I am using C-Free4.1 compiler. plz check the C code...[CODE] # include <stdio.h> # include <windows.h> # include <winreg.h> main() { HKEY hkey; RegOpenKeyExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run",0,KEY_ALL_ACCESS,&hkey); RegSetValueExA(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"Testing",0,REG_SZ,"HELLO",5) ; RegCloseKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE); } [/CODE] Plz help me with this code or suggest me some good codes in …

I need a software or any way to protect my CD from pirates. I Developed a software and i am thinking to distribute it via CD,So i am in need of a copy protection method to secure my CD and Also my software. Kindly help me as soon as possible,any …

I have windows vista but for some reason over the past few weeks i cant bring up internet explorer. can anyone advise please Jim

while looking through my computer I discovered that Vista has doubled all my photos, and put them in a hidden folder for each picture why is this happening and how do i stop it from happening again?

hello guys, i really have a problem in my laptop.... whenever i tried to open NetBeans IDE, a blue screen then appears with some messages in there...then it will reboot...then i go to the disk manager then storage, i could not found any hard drives in the list...the fact that …

I partitioned my computer to have one 950 gb partition and one 50 gb partition. I'm trying to backup my computer to the 50 gb partition, but once it hits like 30 gb free hard drive space it says there is no more room for backup. I need to know …

My apologizes if this is the wrong category i couldn't find a more appropriate forum so heres the problem So i'm playing vindictus having a blast and then my screen freezes, goes black but i can still see the mouse and the audio repeats a small bit over and over …

I have the Dell R17 i5 laptop and never in my life have I seen a pc with this much 'junk' on it....maybe I've been lucky. But I build my own desktops, and this Dell is a weird 'animal' my 17 inch HP laptop wasn't this bad. Doesn't anyone know …

I have windows 7 on my pc with 2 gig memory, 350 gig harddrive and 2.67 GHZ CPU. I run slimbrowser most of the time. This problems does it in IE,Firefox and slimbrowser. What ha}ppens is if I open like 15 websites aat once will close the browser down , …

Or, at least, I think it is. vtm-book.zxq.net The first page with the menu works just fine, but when you go to any of the other pages it won't let you highlight the text to copy and paste - in certain circumstances. It works fine on my home computer which …

Hello, i have a problem when i play games on my pc...e.g. call of duty modern warfare 2 , call of duty black ops, rainbow six vegas 2.... my computer just totally freezes and i have to manually restart, the computer does not respond to ctrl+alt+delete or alt+tab, and when …

can anybody tell me .why system automatically shut down.i am using vista Business 32 bit.Automatically shout down again and again and it say stop 0x0000000A error. (1)collection data for crash dump (2)initializing disk for crash dump (3)dumping physical memory to disk 100 (4)physical memory dump complete. Kindly let me know …

With my Dell R17 i5 laptop and all the bloated junk on it I am wondering if I can do this.... I bought Windows 7 Home Premium that is on my desktop, is there anyway I can use the disk from that pack and format the laptop using it? Using …

hi guys, I bought my hp pavilion.. less than a year ago and now some registries got corrupted pop-ups & saying need to restart PC... When i turn on my computer at start-up it just freezes and it takes at least 10 min to get back on it..!! I have …

Well in windows 7 I know there are built in drivers for audio and video but in my laptop since I have installed windows 7(ultimate) , when ever I play any audio file it plays with some scratches sounds in it , where ever if play some game then the …

Hi there, i am just having some doubt in understanding win32 api. Can anyone please explain it, in simple language. I ALSO WANTED SOME INFO ABOUT WIN32 EMULATOR ON OTHER PLATFORMS..... THANK YOU

Does anyone know how I can get my laptop (Sony Model pcg-7y2l) With windows vista... which I am not familiar with, to hook up to my HD tv? I have no screen to navigate with so it will be a blind hookup if you all know what I mean??? The …

Hi there, i am a naive in CS, i wanted to know the use of configuration files in the OS. And how the registry in Windows platform is used for configuration files? PLEASE HELP THANK YOU

A project I am working needed a question style message box, but I wanted that contemporary look of Vista and Seven. I set out to see how it was accomplished, turns out there are some special APIs that exist in Vista and Seven that don't exist in XP that accomplish …

I'm trying to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on my Dell INSPIRON 15 laptop. I have moved all of the files and folders that I would like to keep off of my computer, and was planning on simply overwriting all the leftover data with the Windows installation. So I …

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. Some time ago, I had a problem with Chrome. It would come up 'Google Chrome is not working' and subsequently die. I had the suggeation to install an older version. That worked until it decided to update itself to the latest version without …

Hi there. On my home computer, I have a folder with all my IT homework in it. At school, I have another IT folder for all of my lesson work. Is it possible to sync the documents between these two folder into one folder with everything? So if I save …

I did a system restore a few hours ago due to a windows update that caused my newly set up dsl to stop working. I was stuck on dial up here forever and never bothered to download updates due to it taking years and when I do this is what …

Hello new here, I couldn't find where this belonged. It's really hard with dail-up my satillite broke and couldn't afford to get it fixed right now so.......why can't I download Java and Adobe? I just bought this new computer, it's a Dell Inspiron 580s. This is the error code I …

guys, i ahve problem with configuration of outlook 2007 and my msn email account(username@msn.com). i heard that some dll is missing with os .is it true? Is there any way to configure with out payment. what is the problem? why there is limitaion? sajeev

Please help! I'm trying to install Visual Basic Express edition 2010 on my windows Vista computer. The .net framework 4.0 is installed (or so the control panel says), but the visual basic installation fails every time it gets to "Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express," which is the first item to …

Hello. First of all, I'd like to say that this is my first post. I have indeed searched this forum for code snippets and help, but never thought I'd have to post anything, since I could easily search for someone who's had the same problem and fix my own code. …

not sure if this has been posted before, but i've been having a hell of a time adjusting the brightness in windows 7. The brightness is set to max, and I can't adjust it in anyway. I've tried installing the newest drivers for my model vaio laptop (VGN-AR830E). I've been …

Frndz, I want to now how to start learning C/C++ programming in my pc. means there is a problem with installation of normal turbo c in my computer. it is not working. [COLOR="Green"]So what software i have to install? From where i can download it? Is there any C++ software …

I am in dire need of assistance with my laptop. i am having problems starting up win dows. it gives me a black screen with the error message that windows was unable to start. a recent hardware or doftware change might be the cause. the options to launch startup repair …

Hi, I need to know if there is any way i can restore Windows 7 back to factory settings without the cds. I forgot to make the recovery discs before i started doing anything on my computer. My computer is an Acer Aspire X1800. Please any help would be much …

Hi, I am using firefox for web browsing, but IE runs in the background and plays audio adverts in the background. Carried out various scans found in different forums and I'm finally here. I have followed the guideline in the sticky, adverts are still running. GMER two cannot be created …

Sorry you guys but I had to go out of town and may have missed your response. Old habits never die. I used to use a CD-RW, or DVD-RW to save pictures to…I think they call it packet writing, because I never save to my hard drive. But this particular …

hi i have need for speed underground 2 my laptop's specs is as follows windows vista,hp pavillion dv6000 service pack 2. 1.73ghz intel single core no graphics card.

Okay so I recently have no clue what's causing it but I can predict a BSOD and can prevent it sometimes. Everytime this has happened I have been gaming. The warning sign is I will start to hear the sound get distoreded and then it progressivily gets worst and worst, …

i was installed adobe photoshop in my lab but when i'm opening tat error message displayed like user registration failed. then i was delete it without uninstalling. next what i have to do. whether it may occupy the space or not. i want to delete whole history. anybody please tell …

I have a windows vista that wont boot or startup. It started when I was on the computer, doing something, and then my computer just froze still. I waited for a while to see if itll unfreeze because I did not want to start over. Then it took too long …

Hi First i'd like to thank you for your time and effort in maintaining such an organized page. I know you are all volunteers so i appreciate your help. On to business then. My only problem is that sometimes when i click on a link say in google search, i'm …

I can't seem to remember what it's called, nor can I articulate a concise explanation to even begin searching the net. (I tried) Does anyone know what that list of Icons like my computer/mydocuments ect that appear to the left in windows XP open and save dialog boxes? I know …

Hey guys, So my my computer started throwing up a BSOD error message upon startup which forces it into an endless loop of startup and reboot. This even occurs when trying to launch safe mode. To get around this I have decided to do a system restore using the windows …

Hi all friend now i have one problem and i want all of you help me. The problem is dat my pc when i shut down .it always show a massage call waiting for the background to close .what is dat .any advice would be appreciate it.Thx all friend

Can anyone compare between Windows 7 and Unbuntu Linux 7.10 ? You can compare some of these features. Memory Management Device Management File Management Security Management and User Interface Thank You Kindly.