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| | I have just recently tossed together another computer with some spare parts, but when I try to Install Win XP on my hard drive it will not format the drive for me to install on, it says my drive is corrupt. So I put the drive in my main computer …  |
| | I can't change my desktop background. when i try to select a group from the list after right clicking on the desktop and clicking 'properties' 'desktop' and in the background area it has 'none' at the top with a circle and line through it beside it. it won't let me … |
| | Hi. I just purchased a used Windows XP Sony Vaio PC. It is a P3 with 256MB RAM, 800MHz. For some reason it boots to the XP login screen and the mouse and keyboard will not work at all. The lights on the keyboard also are never lit. I don't … |
| | Hi.....I have a friends computer that has a problem with the taskbar not being there.....In the taskbar properties the box " hide taskbar" IS NOT checked and the others seam to be fine....But I am unable to make the taskbar reapear..... And help with the solution to this problem would … |
| | :idea: We would enjoy any help anyone can give. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:16:58 PM, on 10/12/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program … |
| | Hi I have a heinz 57 PC AMD Athlon at 1837Mhz, 200MB HD, 512RAM. Windows XP Pro SP2. I have a problem for the last couple of months, Each and every time I try to enter Safe Mode the password is rejected. I have even tried creating a new administrator … |
| | Hello.......I run Win XP. Since recently, I cannot play videos on Quicktime 6.5. I usually get a message to " hit this to activate an Active X." When I hit "ok," it then says I am missing software to run the video. I don't know when things changed, but I … |
| | Its a fairly new sony, it had a problem before, it would restart after about two to three minutes into windows. It eventually fried the mother board. which was replaced with a new one. Now it is having the same problem. But now it restarts after about 30 seconds. it … |
 | I would like to create a button on my desktop/taskbar that can toggle the On Resume Password Protect setting. Does anyone know how to change this setting manually? Through the registry? Through running a program with a parameter? Or where I could find out? Also how can I make an … |
| | Hi I have a small network of 4 computers all having windows xp pro sp2 installed. i have a dsl connection which i share across the network using ICS in xp. the dsl is connected thro a adsl modem to a ethernet card in the server. The setup was working … |
| | I can't seem to go into Windows normally...whenever I turn it on, it goes to the Windows Loading screen, and instead of going to my desktop, the computer restarts! The weird thing is, usually, when my computer restarts, there is a beep, and on the Bios, it shows the information …  |
| | Hi guys and gals! Windows XP Problem.... When I right click on my desktop to go to Dispay Properties or if I try to access it from Control Panel all I can do is select a new theme???? :evil: The other 4 tabs dont even show up?? (Screen Saver, Display … |
 | hi i have a big big problem ok 1. i have installed my server called ICESERVER WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2003 R2 STANDARD EDITION .I HAVE CONFIGURED ACTIVE DIRECTORY SUCESSFULLY I CAN GET INTERNET ON THE SERVER. 2. I AHVE 20 XP PRO SP2 WORKSTATION TO JOIN THE DOMAIN THE DOMAIN … |
| | This is a new problem......... I can't find any solution anywhere. I'm looking for a solution for my boss at work. What I know is that he has a Netcom 311 gigabit card and he tries to transfer large data files between two of his computers using LAN. When he …  |
| | hey can somebody plese help me my problem is that i need to install windows xp on me other computer i lost my recovery and i only have a windows xp disc that i bought from a store. i formatted my hardrive and copied all of my files but when … |
| | hi ive just gotten this new hijack called home search assistant. I heard that its the son of the cool web search hijack. anyway its destroying my computer. i cant do aim or most of my other programes. any help would be VERY helpful . here is my hijack this … |
| | [B][I]how can i recover deleted emails off line on my computer?[/I][/B] |
| | Not sure if I should be posting in this forum or the Internet Explorer forum, but here's the problem. I have XP Pro and have two seperate sides set up....one for my wife and one for me. I.E. works fine on my side, but when I switch to hers, I.E. …  |
| | I have had 2 instances of Movieland files on my computer. Based on help data available I have removed all of the files that the data suggests. When going through the registry keys I found two files that I am unsure of. They are HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\TRIALEND.TRIALEND AND HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\TRIALEND.TRIALEND.1 None of the …  |
| | Hi - I hope this is in the right forum. About a week ago I installed XP Pro on top of the home edition. I got lots of hardware conflicts and other problems, so I installed the home edition again. (I know this was idiotic...:sad:...but its done now! Since then … |
| | Ever since installing internet security 2006 my computer has revolted against me. More recently I brought my comouter to my country house and attempted to Dial up via Earthlink. Internet was fine but I could not send /recive messages via Outlook. Brought my Laptop home and tested my dial up … |
| | [FONT=Arial Black]undefined[/[COLOR=Sienna]undefined[/COLOR]FONT][SIZE=7]undefined[/SIZE Need info on a HP computer. It has windows Xp. Want to put second hard drive from another computer on it This drive has windows 98 se on it. How would this work. Dummy here as I have not done any changes in a while  |
| | Hello, In Despirate Need Of Help I Have A Laptop (acer) When I Turn My Computer On It Goes Through The Processes(you See The Windoes Logo And The Bar) Then A Very Quick Flash Frame Of A Blue Screen Pops Up And Then The Computer Restarts Itself, It Brings Me …  |
| | I have windows xp service pack 2, a clean install with a modified uxtheme.dll to allow for custom visual styles. This was working fine, but after installing a few things (nvidia drivers and utilities for video card, windows .net framework 1.1 when I already had 2.0 installed (side note - … |
| | Hello all! I'm new to these forums, so give me a chance. You should post a sticky to tells ppl all the information they need to provide in order to get an appropriate response. I'm running svp2 and I can't get my computer to reboot. When I try, it stops … |
| | I have a new pc with XP Pro - I transferred my old Hard drive into new pc as a slave drive. When I try and access my old files on the slave drive in Documents and settings I get Access Denied. Is this something to do with the way … |
| | Hello, I've been trying to get around this one for a couple of weeks now and am reaching the limit of my patience, I have a Dell Inspiron 1000 which came factory shipped with XP Home SP2, I put a fresh HD in it and went to install XP, halfway … |
| | I currently have a Windows 98se operating system on a 6 gig hard [c] driven in my laptop. I am thinking of installing Windows XP Professional on an external [E] drive and using that to operate my computer. Can I do that and are there any problems associated with having … |
| | I havent been on this computer in a couple weeks, turn it on today and i noticed it took a while to start or booot, and soo i checked my run / misconfig and this " power reg scheduler" is on ...wtf i know i didnt install this and is … |
| | I need help installing Windows XP Professional on a computer because every time I go to install it, it says that I have no hard drives installed. So could someone help me! Need many solutions! |
| | anyone can help me why everytime i install softwares on my computer it shuts down around after 7-10 seconds.. is it on my os? pls help.. [IMG]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/dani-images/misc/tech_talk/progress.gif[/IMG] |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I first start my Windows XP, and then turn on my HP monitor. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The monitor light is green, but soon turns orange to signal a standby mode. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The computer itself appears to be running constantly because the orange light is being constantly lit. [/COLOR] … |
| | Hello, I am new to this forum. I just aquired a Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop from a friend. It's a Pentium III, 500MHZ, with 128 Megs of RAM and a 12 Gig Hard Drive. It's in very nice condition and running Windows 2000 when I received it. Loaded with all … |
| | I am required to use windows firewall in order to connect to the internet through my school's network, but when I try to turn it on the application screen for it is all greyed out. I have tried accessing services.msc to restart it but from there it seems to be … |
| | hi i can no longer open email links in outlook express - i have unchecked the box in tools/security - block images and this still hasnt worked - i have windows xp IE. can anyone help? |
| | I have individually checked each RAM chip I have and each slot on my mobo. I have 4 1GB Ram chips that work together in all combinations up to 3GB but when I use all4 it is only giving me 3.25GB. My mobo is capable of 8GB whit 4 slots … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I first start my Windows XP, and then turn on my HP monitor. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The monitor light is green, but soon turns orange to signal a standby mode. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The computer itself appears to be running constantly because the orange light is being constantly lit. [/COLOR] … |
| | Hi I have got a seagate 80gb hard drive but because i have such an old bios my computer could only see it as 33gb. I recived the computer from my uncle he set it up with the a dynamic drive overlay by using the seagate disc wizard. when i … |
| | This is my first post here and all of you people seem very knowledgeable, so here it goes.. I was surfing the web, then suddenly my computer shuts completly off, like someone cut the power. I restarted my computer and windows began to load. I got all the way to … |
| | I need help, lol. I have the 64 bit, and having serious issues with it. I got a new barebone kit, it came with the 64 bit in it, well I tried to load windows 2000, it doesn't work. I found out that you can only use windows xp pro …  |
| | Hi, I recently installed a piece of software on my laptop. Following this I restarted the computer, and now it take ages to restart, switch off and turn on. Generally the computer is running extremely slowly. Moreover, the computer now has an appearance more like windows 95/98 rather than XP, … |
| | ive celron 1.2ghz, mercury mb,128mb ram,40 gb hdd, lg monitor... the problem is, my system is working properly with windows 98/me but when i tried to install higher versions like windows xp/nt/2000 etc... its giving problem... ie... after successfully installing the operating system...it giving windows logo... after that it is … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]My Computer Won't Shut Down Itself After Installing XP [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]There are a number of users who have been complaining that their PC will no longer automatically power down/shut off without pressing the power off button … |
| | Where on here can I establish a Password so that ONLY 1 user ME can use the systerm, where on here can you do this? |
| | I am really in a sort of hell here. I cannot get my 3 month old Toshiba notebook to shutdown/restart normally, and I have lost almost all functionality. It hung up on the process DLACTRLW.EXE which has to do with writing to the optical drive. I cannot get this "process" …  |
| | okay, i have a copy of windows xp and a hard drive with windows already on it but because windows craps out after a while (and its being crap right now) i need to reinstall it. The last time i loaded it on it was easy, this time i cant … |
| | Hi Gang, I have a laptop with Windows XP ntfs. With Partition Magic I want to make a separate partition then ghost the primary partition onto it and set it to dual boot. Should this work OK? Many thanks, Mikeybear. PS respect to cscgal and thanks to Happygeek for previous … |
| | For some reason, RUNDLL32.EXE keeps monopolizing my CPU usage. When I boot up, RUNDLL32.EXE behaves well and only consumes a modest amount of CPU usage. At some (seemingly random) point, though, it decides it wants to monopolize my CPU usage. (When I pull up 'Processes' in the Windows Task Manager, … |
 | Hi there,new here so please bear with me,I have a problem in that after replacing a faulty cd rom windows will not boot up,what I get on booting is a message saying one of your drives needs checking for consistency,I let it check and the message comes back no errors … |
| | Here are a couple of guides designed to address the task of wiping the system clean and performing a fresh install of Windows XP. It's something we all face from time to time, and it can be a daunting task. There are plenty of guides already available, but often they … |
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