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Hey guys, My sister in law has an old computer(Gateway),and she accepted some kind of virus,because she clicked ok when that fake virus cleaner popped up on her system. So,I tried going into safe mode but it only kept rebooting back to the OES startup.Someone suggested that I change the …

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hello all, does anyone know how to shut off the auto complete (when typing in address bar or google search bar , etc...)in windows XP? any help would be appreciated. thanks!

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Hello CRC's - I've read what they are - but how do you work around them? This is the first time I have seen this error. Here is what happened: I was trying to burn a CD and in the process - the burner or software (ASHAMPOO BURNING STUDIO) got …

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hi, I am experiencing a strange problem , when I trace from Start->Programs->accessories->Entertainment, at the entertainment tag I find that it empty and also I cant find two programs viz. paintbrush and calculator.any help will be appreciated and thanks in advance.

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Windows won't load at all kept going back to OES startup,now the system won't let me go in to safe mode. Changed boot order in BIOS now I can't access anything and the Caps,Number,and Scroll Locks are flashing on the keyboard now. What can I do?Pleas any help is useful …

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ok i turn on my computer and it goes through everything that it normallly does and after it gets to the windows xp screen and shows the bar on the bottom loading it just restarts again and again. does anybody know why this could be happening or has some things …

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Hey, I have been having sometrouble as of late. (about march 8th) I have windows xp. lately when I want to shut down my pc I have to manully shut down my rundll32.exe, why? I have been reading a lot of things on this bridgedll thing and i looked it …

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I've tried the microsoft's way which was [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545[/url] but i was stuck when i got to copy c:\windows\system32\config\system because it said "the system cannot find the file specified" then i tried the fixboot and fixmbr and it still didn't work. Is there any other way besides formatting? -EDIT- Nevermind, I …

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Hi i'm Krit I'm doing senior project about softphone. Main functions are video,audio calling, video, audio conferencing and IM. The server for sip I used Asterisk, XMPP is openfire (IM). Library I used PJSUA to make audio call [COLOR="Red"]but[/COLOR] video calling and conferecing. Please recommend the library that use for …

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EU's computer boots to XP, gets to the desktop, and keyboard and mouse stop functioning. Same story Safe Mode, and Last Known Good. Tried different Keyboard/Mouse. No PS/2 connectors. Found a XP Pro disk - it wouldn't repair (couldn't see) the XP Home install, but I loaded a new windows …

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On my home network I have Windows 7, XP and Vista machines. I have an HP deskjet 970 connected via usb on the XP box that I can see but not connect to from the 7 or vista machines. I am having no problem sharing files between any of the …

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hello all , i am a new who is truying to fix rundll32.exe, I have just downloaded hijackthis and need EXPERTISE info on what to do next I have not backed up anything yet b/c i do not know how to. when i ran hijackthis this is what was found: …

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Hello Daniweb community, Recently I bought a new harddrive. Below is a link to the manufacturer's website and the model: [url]http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...D&locale=en-US[/url] I connected the drive according to the instructions and then booted up my computer. The drive got detected in the BIOS so i booted up Windows. I then went …

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I have been using a program (EPX 5.5) for year which allows uploading of photos to a website (eventpix.com) and I have not been able to access the site lately. I get "no reply from server" notices. Eventpix.com support suggests some setting on my firewall or in Avast is preventing …

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My W7 32 bit installation was misbehaving very badly, so I decided to reinstall. I chose to use the 64 bit install instead. That went easily enough. However, my favourite screensaver stopped working (black mark). Then I installed XP Mode for 64 bit, and installed my 16 bit application (that …

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Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine either on a partition or preferably a USB harddrive? A old friend has some old games he loves and wants the portability of his laptop but still able to play the old games, most of which I suppose are DOS.

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Hi, There seems to be a problem in my display setting ,where in I cannot find the Windows XP theme present there by default.Also my Internet explorer opens a new page in same Window even after selecting new tab option.Any help is appreciated.Thanks in Advance.

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Help!!! My windows is not starting up. A few lines of text appeared, then the screen just went black. I tried F5 after i see the text. I chose safe mode. i get lines of things... then, it just stop/jammed. the last line says multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windowstem32\drivers\isapnp.sys what does that mean?

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Can anyone recommend a good backup software for a PC runnning Windows XP please? Preferably something you have used and found to be effective.

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Hi, I am working on a clients machine, original problem was file ext association. I fixed this with driver updates and also ran a registry fix just in case. The files ext now work fine...but 12 hours later the machine boots to a blank desktop (existing desktop background is there) …

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I have a laptop that has a really, really slow internet. I called my provider Comcast but they said my system is fine and to download Norton Anti-Virus. I am thinking I may have received an Internet Security 2010 virus a few days ago. So I downloaded Avast and Spybot …

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Computer starts up and goes to screen stating windows did not start successfully etc. Tried all modes on screen none work. Can't find Windows XP disk to reload. Any suggestions.

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I have IE6, I'm pretty sure I have the service packs on it and everything, and I'm running Windows XP Home. I sort of noticed this starting a month or so ago, but it's weird, even for .zip and .exe files it won't let me "Save Target As.." anymore. What …

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When I load Visual Basics, which has VB, C++ and so on, I have problems with the internet. Errors come up on web sites and not allow me to use there sites, ie... ebay. I need to know what the heck I can do to stop the errors so I …

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I recently upgraded to XP service pack 3. Now my Plug N Play will not work. When I connect the USB for my Nikon camera, it cannot find the software, likewise for the USB hub. Both of these worked before I upgraded. I have already uninstalled the USB devices, actually …

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Can anybody tell me why windows is not comming.when i start my Notebook and press f8 button for safe Mode,Normal Mode or Any option from list.after some seconds does Not Come Anyting.can anybody tell me .How should i retrieve windows.or any way to copy system files.so that i copy my …

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Ok, I'm at my wit's end. I have to run a version of Windows, specifically something later than 98SE for the software I run and the things I need to do, but with every freakin' version of XP I've tried, I get the following problem. About 2 - 3 days …

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Hi all. Just today I had been on the computer for some hours. I turned it off, and then on again, and got an error saying that the NTLDR is missing. I did my research and apparently I need to restore my XP Home Edition with my Windows XP CD. …

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Hello everybody, For a project my dad has enlisted me in, I am to be able to communicate with a Vitamin Scanner from a computer. To illustrate, he opened 'Hyper Terminal' (should come with most Windows computers). He set up a communication using the program, and told me the baudrate, …

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I have been helping a coworker with a computer that lags sometimes at start-up, using windows xp professional. Checking the computer I found out that there was a missing driver, an ethernet controller driver and there is no way I can get a suitable driver that installs in that system. …

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I would like to set up my Windows XP sp2 system with NO default browser. The objective is to be able to right-click on any link/URL and be given the option to select the browser I would like to open it. Is this possible and if so how?

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I just loaded Coldfusion Builder and Cold Fusion Server 9.0. Haven't touched this since cold Fusion 4.0. Anyone out there could tell me how to populate the Server Settings fields coming from Cold Fusion Builder would be greatly appreciated: like server name, hostname, Webserver port, context root, application server name, …

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hi when is turn on my laptop to goes the the back screen with start normally of safe mode or last time it started up successfully options i have tryed all of these several time put it goes to the windows starting thing and then sends me straight back to …

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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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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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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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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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Hi, I have installed XP Pro onto drive C and intend to use drive D for data. Is there a way to hide drive C from users in order to ensure that anything saved is saved to D. Thanks

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Hallo guysss, One of my users changed the windows login page i mean the (ctl +alt +del) page to hp page,how she did it i don't know. Now it really causing problem loading some pages on the application i manage,please how can i change it back to windows xp log …

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Hi there, Specs: Athlon 2400+, 256DDR, mobo MSI KT4AV, WDC 60gb hard drive I was recently infected by a program that put an icon called sexdial on my desktop. This seemed to cause an advert for a casino to pop up every 20 minutes or so (and still tried, but …

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Thanks for your services. I just got a Blue Screen Of Death on a 1 year old Dell Inspiron 530, running XP, SP2. Never had a problem before. Tonight, my wife started Left 4 Dead 2 and it went to blue screen and rebooted. I saw another thread here very …

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Hey guys I've found this guide pretty good. It's straight from my site [url]www.k2labs.com[/url]. If you've been using Windows XP for a while now and want to try out window 7 or vista, you might have tried dual booting! In that case once you installed windows 7 or vista, you …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Check for Disk Errors in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]The ScanDisk utility is not available in Windows XP. However, you can use the Error-Checking tool in Windows XP to check the integrity of your hard disk. [/size] …

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I stopped a full or clean install of Windows XP on my Windows ME computer once I figured out it would probably want to format my disk and wipe out all the data I have on it. The setup routine would not give me an option to do an update, …

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I have Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, which I run on eMachines version T2875. I also seem to have contracted a virus that uses Microsoft Internet Explorer to send pop-ups whenever I'm using Firefox, which is my main web browser. Yesterday, I noticed the virus for the first time, …

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I recently got myself a few old games that I wanted to play but they don't seem to like XP. I get errors about DOS and such, and I know that XP doesn't support DOS, but is there some sort of "emulator" or something that I can get so I …

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