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 | My question is, Do I need to have a paging file, System Managed or custom size, and what are the advantages and dis advantages? I play alot of Quake2 on line, and I am still shooting for speed, does this affect any of this? Tower CASECOOLERMASMaster MotherBoard ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe … |
| | I startd my computer and it reached the point when it started to load windows and it didnt load it.For sveral hours there was windows logo on the screen and the loading bar. So Itried restarding it and still nothing. Idont know what to do  |
| | I have Windows XP and Internet Explorer V6...My cable modem is working fine and i can access the internet on AOL but for some reason when I try to go on any website on my internet explorer...it just says The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for …  |
| | Hi, folks! I'm trying hard to find at Internet a program or some way to output the informations from column details in Windows Explorer to a file (or to clipboard), cause I use different columns beside the normal information like filename, size, date, depending of the content of my folders. … |
| | I have been using Win XP for a couple of months now, having returned to PCs after 4 years of using an Apple Mac! When I click on a folder to open it, it opens in a new window. Any folders in that one also open in a new window. … |
| | Any help out there needed. Heres my problem. While living in a college dorm i was connected to their network. About 10 minutes after connecting to it i started to get these strange blue screen errors that i have never seen before. A computer tech told me that i had … |
| | I configure something wrong in windows XP through gpedit.msc and restart the computer after that 80% of services of windows are stopped I tried manually to start that services but group dependencies services error 1068 comes. Then I saw that RPC service is also stopped then I try to start … |
| | I am running Windows XP and keeping quite current on the updates. I was cleaning up my system and running some spyware tools 0 Spybot, Adaware and had been trying to resolve some network issues. After I had finished I tried to start IE and could not get a window … |
| | i bought a new xp upgrade hoping it wouldnt have as many problems as my other windows xp. the first time i tried to upgrade from 98 to xp (with new copy) it told me there wasnt enough space to back up 98 there was enough to load xp. i … |
| | pls l ve a problem limited connectivity and l ve try the winsock xp fix it and the command netsh winsock reset catalog but no solution yet. pls do help with more possible solution to go about it l really need to connect to the internet,.my syst is a p4 … |
| | Hello, My mother has an Compaq Presario that's a few years old. It's running Windows XP Pro. She called and said that the peripherals started working intermittently (monitor, keyboard, mouse), and now they don't work at all. She says that the PC turns on, but nothing else does. No lights … |
| | [QUOTE=xargon;375103]I had random shut downs and spent two days trying to sort it out. it was only the dicky psu. Get a new one before anything else. Mine only cost £20. Poor psu's cause weird and wonderful effects to a computer. Computers should be sold with a spare! Psu fail … |
 | Hi there, I need your help. My PC was running smoothly. I have removed ALL nVidia drivers (by mistake) using Add/Remove SW service in Control Panel (graphic, chipset, others ...). After that the Windows freezes after booting and Add New HW Wizard is on the screen. Unfortunatelly mouse and keyboard … |
| | Hello, I need help, after dust cleaning my computer with celeron466, 256RAM, it will not boot through post at all, it will power up and just stay there with no screen and nothing. re-sit RAM and try different video card with no luck. Can anyone please help!! It is a … |
| | 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 …  |
| | As the title suggests, XP freezes seemingly randomly. One time it froze a few seconds after logging into my XP account. Other times its frozen with the screen saver up, and most recently it froze while web surfing with firefox. After the latest freeze when I rebooted 3 command prompt … |
| | WINDOWS XP---Please help- I have my log ready when someone is able to help me THANKS!! |
| | eMachine T3418 on board 10/100 ethernet. Went into control panel (win xp home), network connections, properties. Checked the box to: show icon in notification area when connected, and the network connection was lost. Device manager showed yellow exclaimation next to Device Unknown - nVidia network controller. Uninstalled the driver then …  |
| | I recently put together this new computer Specs: AMD Athlon 2000+ XP 512 MB DDR RAM WD 80gb 7200 RPM HDD ATI Radeon 9200 128mb Video card Windows XP Pro SP1 Just the other day, I restarted my computer, and it booted (as normally does) in about 10 seconds. Then, … |
| | Hello Folks, I listed this problem before but was never answered. I have new info though. Ok, building a P4 2.8GHz CPU with a asus board P4S800D, 80gb hd, 512mb RAM, Radeon 9600SE vid card, CDRW dvd lite on, antec case with 350 watt power supply. Ok, When I use … |
| | Hi - I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with Windows XP. Within the last few weeks the computer has started rebooting without warning at random times. I have not been able to find any common link with what I am doing when it reboots. I have updated Windows, I have … |
 | I was testing with belarc Advisor a Windows XP PC. It shows for 25 updates that it cannot verify the update and needs to bee reinstalled. May it be that those updates are false (not by Microsoft)? |
| | I've just reinstall XP sp2 on my laptop, got everything going but now for some reasons I can't access any files in it while I'm on my other cpu. It shows the Laptop on the network but files are restricted. All restrictions are allowed in Security settings too. Another thing …  |
| | I just installed XP pro on a new hd on this system and all went well during the installation. when it reboots to finish install it locks up on the Flag screen after the bar goes once acrocc and starts the second pass. I tried to boot into safe mode …  |
| | Hi guys, I have a Windows XP (with SP2) box running Firefox 0.10 (yesterday nightly build). Using a ADSL connection, Firefox is able to open pages from the web without any problem. But using Internet Explorer, it always get a "cannot open page" error. I've already run ad-ware and spybot … |
 | I have a Windows XP machine with Microsoft Outlook XP on the same LAN as an iMac running Jaguar with Microsoft Entourage X. Samba is currently set up to share files between the two computers with no problem. Is it possible to synchronize my address book, e-mail, and calendar among … |
| | i have a workgroup networking with a 11 computers and one system acting as a server and i want to run a intranet on a workgroup and i using windows xp os in all pcs, so please guide me how to set a intranet on a windows xp based Environment. |
| | hey my windows xp professional wont load!! i have a IBM lenovo laptop i have no Cd with it, was already installed when i bought it!! Ive tried everything possible to fix this problem it was working fine 2days ago no problems, now it starts to load windows and then … |
| | Hello all, This is my first post here, but this seems to be an extremely knowledgable and amiable community with some individuals who are incredibly capable and eager to help and after this, I'll certainly be back. I've been having a recurring problem with my home PC - roughly 20% … |
| | I have been running SPybot and Adaware, but have some spyware that keeps returning. Spybot was unable to remove Clever IE Hooker. Here is my hijack this log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.1 Scan saved at 2:31:26 PM, on 9/24/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 … |
| | Any help here would be fantastic!!! I had to reinstall Windows XP on a new hard drive that I purchased, and unfortunately, I could not sit in front of the computer while it was installing, and when I went back at one point after it was setting up networks, the … |
| | I'm trying to upgrade windows xp sp1 to sp2. During the install process (30 min) it stops, access denied comes up, then upgrade failed and goes through revert. Anyone hear of this and how to get sp2 installed? Windows XP pro / pentium 4 / 512mb / 60gb hd |
| | OK, I've been reading enough of these boards to know your going to ask for the Hijackthis log so here it is. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 11:24:14 PM, on 2/4/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe … |
| | Dear all, I am trying to reset a local admin password on a win xp pro pc using the free Offline NT Password & Registry Editor available at [url]http://home.eunet.no/%7Epnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html[/url]. Lots of people have used it with no problems. When I use it I follow the instruction and blank the admin … |
| | Since you guys really seem to know your way around the computer I thought I'd take a chance and see if anyone has had a similar problem and found a solution to the Microsoft problem that seems to be going around. I know I'm not the only one because I've … |
| | I have reformated my hardrive and installed Windows XP on it. Unfortunatly I still have NO sound on my computer! My onboard audio device ([I]C-Media AC97 Audio Device[/I]) has a yellow exclamation mark next to it in Device Manager. When I look at it's 'Properties' the device status is listed … |
| | Hey every one .. I have a Toshiba - Qosmio Laptop ... it's origin software is windows MCE .. so yesterday after completing updates for windows i restarted my pc .. but it stops in windows loading screen ... i tryed to use ( Last known good status ...) option …  |
| | when trying to upgrade from windows 98 se to xp it tells me there isnt enough room on hard drive. i have an 80 gig drive half full, i tried defragmenting and got the same problem. i dont understand whats wrong, theres almost 40 gigs left on the drive. im … |
| | On this 6/8 months old Tevion Laptop athlon 2g, windows history clears itself automatically about once weekly. I cannot find any way to extend the time before it clears itself, which can be a nuisance. Could anybody help ? Thanks Angoose |
| | I have a question that may be dumb to some, but i will ask anyway, since i don't understand it fully. Can i install an upgrade copy of windows xp on a blank, self built machine, if i borrow a windows 98 disk from my friend as a "verification disk". … |
 | Hey, It's been a while..... Anyways...I just bought a new Hdd, 500gb, and I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro onto it, but I'm getting issues. It says that there is only 131gb on my HDD. Meanwhile in my BIOS it says my hard drive is 500Gb big. I had … |
| | When I hit Ctrl Alt Del keys to view Windows Task Manager it doesn't pop up. I get a message that Task Manager has been turned off by administrator. About 1/2 year ago I got rid of a lot of Trojans on the computer and have not used task manager … |
| | Hi All, i m using windows xp on my desktop. it was working good but i got one flash drive 8 Gb n connected to desktop but after that it started work dead slow on any operation on that computer. i disconnected usb it start working fine. then i tried … |
| | can someone help? first of all. when i got home two days ago. my computer would not shut on or anything. well it would shut on, it just kept showing the options, and not booting up. so my dad re-did the whole computer. we restarted it from scratch with all … |
| | Hey guys I've got a buddy having a problem with windows xp home. Here are his specs intel pentium d 830 3ghz dual core 250gig harddrive - ide wd 4gb ram crucial ballistix 4*1gb sticks nvidia geforce 6800 sound blaster audigy 2 zs sound card The problem he's having is … |
| | It is great that Windows XP comes with a fax utility and I have used it on several occasions. However, now I am on DSL, to fax I have to disconnect the DSL modem, connect the telephone line to the internal modem and when I have finished faxing, reset the …  |
| | Hey, I got a gmail account lately and tried to log in on msn messenger and it doesn't work. Many of my friends did it but it doesn't work with me. Does anyone know what is the problem? thx in advance, Mat Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 MSN messenger …  |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Quickly Lock Your Computer and Use Other Windows Logo Shortcut Keys[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to quickly lock your computer as well as the other Windows logo shortcut keys that you can use. … |
| | I need help! I have a toshiba laptop that when powered on act as if its in sleep mode but will not respond. The power light is on but the screen never comes on. Does anyone know anything about these? |
| | I'm looking to develop a new strategy to provide both an on-site and off-site backup of my computer, which runs Windows XP. The good news is I have shell access to a Solaris machine through my university, and my storage allocation on this server more than sufficient to back up … |
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