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HI, I have been wondering how to make a program with the XP style buttons, edit boxes, etc. in it. I have made a GUI, but it's ugly. How can I make the controls look like the ones on say, a windows property sheet or something like that? I have …

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so i recently vacuumed all the dust out of my computer and cleaned a few parts with alcohol and q-tips. well after that a couple days later it shut down automatically and has not been putting video out put to the monitor. i know the monitor works cuz i plugged …

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Dell Latitude D610 P4, 512mb, 30gb HD, XP Pro SP2 Please help. My daughter's laptop caught a virus which avg found. She tried to quarantine it but it kept reappearing. She then tried deleting it, then on startup, a window appeared entitled 'Isass.exe' with the message 'An invalid parameter was …

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Hi! Every time I connetct to the Internet this error comes up "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services" and afer i click the option send/don't send error report everything freezes and I have to restart the computer. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:21:58 PM, on 5/27/2005 Platform: Windows …

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I've been getting a lot of popups and trying to use symantec and spybot to deal with it, but that's not working. Today, when I tried to log in as Administrator to my computer, it did not load the toolbar or any icons, just the desktop background and a cursor …

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I'm not sure if I changed a setting for start up because when I tap/hold F8 to get the safe mode selection screen, I get another black screen that says: "Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Copy Right 1985-1988 All Rights Reserved" "Dell System Dimension 4600i BIOS Version A/O" and some other …

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I've Googled this problem until my fingers were numb, and even went through Ubisoft technical support. They tried to help but couldn't. I recently got nostalgic for old games and bought Ghost Recon (the original game, [I]not[/I] Advanced Warfighter or Advanced Warfighter 2 or even Desert Siege or Island Thunder) …

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the computer thats giving me problems is a bit old. but its still useful its an HP Compaq dc5100 with a Pentium 4 processor. wen i turn it on it tells me sorry for the inconveniance but windows did not start successfully a resent hardware or software might have caused …

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Hello, Recently I have removed a 250GB hard drive from my old Pentium 4 machine to setup a Raid 0 with two other drives. I originally had that 250GB drive as the boot drive which worked with no problems. However, once I removed it and tried to use either my …

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Hey! Been a while, how's everyone doing? I'm fine, despite being unemployed and broke. But hey, down to business. I cracked and started dual-booting because I couldn't play starcraft with my friends while running linux. Ever since I installed everything, using the disk that came with my laptop, the sound …

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I have been searching and searching and can not find anyway of fixing this. I recently got a new (old) computer that my work gave me that was running Windows 2000 NT. I upgraded it too windows XP, but keeped running into a problem with it not liking my CD …

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Windows will not start after installing nVidia 15.17 drivers I am running a q6600 on an EVGA 122-CK-NF68 mobo with OCZ SLI pc2 8500 ram running WINDOWS XP PRO 32-BIT. Powered by an Antec SLI True Power Trio. Everything was fine until I installed the 15.17 nvidia nforce drivers. I …

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As with all the "Windows XP Hangs on Shutdown" I have the same problem but none of the sulution I found helps. I am working on a Acre notebook with XP PRo SP2. The trouble started when we installed SP3. I have tested from safe mode and that works! I …

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I work the phones at an ISP. We’ve been getting lots of calls over the past couple of months or so where people are able to connect, but after 10 – 15 minutes they start getting "Page Cannot Be Displayed" errors when trying to access any web sites. They are …

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i'm running my windows Xp i want to know more about gpedit.msc. what are the things that can we do in the gpedit.msc

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I have a computer that started out with an error stating that the ntfs.sys file was missing or corrupted. I tried the guidelines in the MS Knowledge Base for renaming the file and copying the one from the XP CD. I did that about 5 times, but it did not …

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I have a problem with my internet connections. I have tried all I know but couldn’t solve it. Is there someone kind to give me a tip, plz?[url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=0&forumid=10#[/url] Confused I have Windows XP Professional. I have seven working connections in the Network Connections window. The problem is that I cannot …

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I need some help understanding why I get these stop errors, and what I can do to fix them. I'll start with the first stop error that I'd have at random after closing an MMORPG. [QUOTE]A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to …

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Hi, I'd like to know what makes this. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qict94BWD3o[/url] dont pay attention to the video thats just ann example of what it looks like, help?

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Windows XP SP2 . ALL Desktop Icons and toolbar disappear when using AOL. PS , AOL is still usable after desptop disappears. I have to go to the task manager and restart to get the desktop back. PS, I checked Show desktop icons and it's is checked, help what to …

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hi guys, i just bought an hp windows xp pc for myself and happen to notice some strange behavior. whenever i create a folder, for example a new folder in my documents, the same folder (with folder icon but empty contents) is created inside that folder. when i click on …

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[i] I have Compaq Presario 2100 notebook, 30 GB Harddisk, 512 MB DDR, P4 . I am using windows XP Home (dont know the service pack right now). I was using wireless comcast connection and it worked fine untill last sunday when I left my notebook on standby for 4-5 …

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:eek: My Dad has been working on a program and since he isn't online, he is having me ask you all for HELP !!!!! How do you access the USB printer driver included in Windows and be able to use that information to print application programs using QuickBasic 4.0 ?

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:confused: How can I program my MSDos file so it will print using an USB port instead of the parallel port? I am having to use two printers to print my government documents from HUD. I would like to get rid of my old parallel port printer, but I can't …

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I want to completely erase all data using DBAN. I have a few questions about how I should go about reinstalling Windows afterwards: [B]1. Will Windows installer start as usuall - that is just by insterting the CD?[/B] [B]2. Can BIOS be accessed after the process? [/B] (I'll be using …

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Windows partly hangs on re-boot? After running windows for any length of time, if I am required to re-boot for any reason (software installation, etc) the PC hangs before the “Progress bar” starts to fill across the bottom of the screen. All I get after the initial “post screen” is …

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2nd attempt.... I am new to Daniweb and hope I am posting my question in the appropriate category. I am not an IT engineer, but an aeronautical engineer seeking to upgrade my Windows XP Home Edition to Windows XP Pro so I can load and run CATIA V5 (a 3D …

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Im making a network of 10 computers using an office station device to create a terminal connection type or what others call as "DISKLESS NETWORK" where i have only one computer running on XP and the others are just connecting via office station device.. when i setup the security to …

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Up until now, I've been able to login to update a Web Site I have with [url]ftp://www.sitename.ca[/url] as the address, Now, all I get is [B]"Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the filename correctly or have permission to access this folder"[/B] There were a couple of Automatic …

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im actually not a computer guy but i have a problem i was hoping someone could help me with. my computer is stuck in a reboot loop. i have an intel pentium 4 desktop computer. it is windows xp home edition. the problem happened after i installed the windows service …

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Alright well I just reformated my hardrive and put windows xp professional on it. Previously it had home edition and the sound worked on that. My issue is no matter how many times I try to update the audio codex or drivers for some reason windows will not recognize any …

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I am having a problem keeping items in any shopping carts on any site. I have cookies enabled and have tried clearing the cache and cookies. I can put items in, but they don't stay. Right after I have put something in, at the top it will say 0 items …

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I am thinking of upgrading to the 20" Aluminum 320 GB imac. My son plays some PC games; Orange Box games like Portal, Team Fortress will not play on our old PC. I hope 1 mac could run mostly mac os but when needed also run windows. So should I …

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I keep getting the error message saying Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM I already looked [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread8886.html[/url] and it still didn't fix it heres my info and problem I have Windows XP Home Edition My Computer is an hp pavilion zv6130us -AMD …

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I am in the processing of purchasing either a compaq s6900nx or an hp a530n, both amd 64 bit machines of comparable specs. However, the hp features a nvidia 5200xt while the compaq features just the 5200. I am confused because I know that the xt in the nvidia lineup …

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I have installed Diskeeper 2008 Pro Premier. After installation, I noticed that the default Windows Defrag Program is gone! I even searched C:\Windows\System32\ folder and found that the dfrg.exe program executes Diskeeper 2008. Is this normal? Or is something wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I am unable to use the Internet Explorer 6 Address Bar to perform single word seaches. This started after updating NetZero to version 7.0. It highjacked the address bar and all other search functions initially but by following the instructions on their website to delete NetZero Search Enhancer I was …

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Arrgh - this is driving me nuts !!! I tried everything to no avail. Using Windows XP pro with word 2000 with several computers attached to a router through a small hub on broadband through one phone line with local service provider for emails. Cannot access all web sites in …

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right now i am working on a doom 3 theme for my windows xp. I have a boot screen, logon screen, wallpaper, and cool evel looking icons. But i think it would look a lot better if i change the default taskbar and windows bar from blue to black. Now …

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A friend of mine turned off his PC while the updates for Windows XP Home Edition were being installed on his Compaq minitower. Now he can't reboot. He tells me that he tries both starting normally and in safe mode but cannot do it. I am going to his house …

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Can i do a diskless network via Win XP? what are the software that i will need to have a stable connection?

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be posted here my appologies dramas with my registry or system files ? #1 4 Minutes Ago | Add to justoni's Reputation | Flag Bad Post hi guys i need help, i get an error message when ever i open my documents its says that windows has to cloase because …

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I am running a windows XP machine with a AMD 6400 processor with 2G of RAM. My system has been running slow at startup since the rebuild and since I added the HP 2007 Monitor I have monitor shake at startup and then everything just gets real slow or does …

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I am having trouble with my mic boost. It allows me to select it but it does not stay enabled. Vince

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Hi, I'm using ASUS W5F T2300 1.66GHz. Windows XP Home Edition SP2. Hardisk HTS421280H9AT00 --> 2 Partitions: drive C: and D: I got some registry issue that makes my windows need to be reinstalled. and ufortunately nearly hardisk failure too (I think there are some scratches on the surface) it …

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When I try to burn data to a CD-Recordable drive or CD-Rewritable drive, I see no option to send data to the CD-ROM drive. Even when I try to view the properties of the CD-R drive or CD-RW drive I notice that the [B]Recording [/B]tab is not displayed in the …

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I am in a bind. I was taken to a website a few months ago. Since then, I have cleared my history in Internet Explorer 6. I now realize that I really need to find that website. I have heard that Windows XP stores all this information in a hidden …

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Any suggestions for a video card im runin XP cause all the Neg's about vista, ill prob be runnin DX9 but the one i just bought is only Window vista compatible but i want decent power behind it : )

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