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| | I have he same problem I have the system 32 folder come up as well as the dwn and done boxes. However I do not have the program hijackthis. In the start up list of things in system configuration on my Windows XP computer it says the following things: Realplay …  |
 | I’m trying to reformat a PC using the Windows XP CD-ROM. The computer I am doing it on displays a message "cannot boot from CD: Code 5". Does anyone know what this means? And how can it be fixed? Before you ask, Yes the PC is configured to boot from … |
| | Hi, I keep getting an error message when I start my computer, it says that I am missing a file named bridge.dll which I deleted after Ad-aware 6 said it couldn't quarantine and remove it. It had also been on my Add/Remove Programs list, where I couldn't remove it. I …  |
 | Windows XP Pro. Right-click on desktop and hit Properties won't bring up display properties (to adjust resolution for example). Tried that in control panel to bring up display stil doesn't do it. I click it and nothing happens. I have checked over and over again there's no graphic card problem … |
| | hello friends, I have a huge problem.Three days later it is my exams and my computer has stopped working.It say \windows\system32\config\system is corrupt and I should insert the OS cd to repair it.But when I try using the CD,it does not recognize the CD even though I have already changed …  |
 | When I GO TO my computer and double -click on the C: drive it opens up search instead of opening the C: drive. When I right-click on the C: it shows search first and open second. How do I fix this so when I double -click it opens the C: … |
| | My computer (DELL Dimension 4700, with Windows XP Professional OS (SP2 included)) suddenly cannot be started due to "missing or corrupted" HAL.DLL file. All restart commands, taken from the CONSOLE RECOVERY CD, do NOT appear to work, e.g.: [B]bootcfg /list[/B] states that there are no entries in the current file …  |
| | I was not able to log into my username on my computer. I added another user to my computer and set the account up as limited. However several days later, I was unable to go into my own account under my name. I did a system restore to redo windows … |
| | Re: Pop-up "Windows Security Center" --------------------------------------------------------------------------Have been getting a Windows Pop Up With Windows Security Center on the title area. Since then have been having troubles with IE v.6 I have updated Ad-aware, Spybot, HiJack This, AVG, Norton AntiVirus and Spyware Blaster and ran scans on all, all find something … |
| | I was in the process of installing Windows Professional XP on my computer. I stepped away for a minute and when I came back my computer had restarted. It restarted in safe mode and the message that pops up is: [B]Windows XP Setup cannot run under Safemood. Setup will restart …  |
| | hi im new here and heard that this site can help you on your computer/laptop problems!! at the moment i have a normal destop computer and a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L7300 laptop/notebook. i am currently having problems with it!! argh! :sad: when i turn on the laptop it displays the …  |
| | i was round my friends last night surfing the net, when we decided to print something. Unfortunately he had not installed his printer again since re-installing XP pro a month ago. we tried to install it from the disc provided and a message came up telling us that it could … |
| | Hi: I'm working on a Dell Inspiron 500m Laptop running Windows XP. The machine suddenly crashed (I was programming but nothing related to the OS) and now it won't reboot. It runs through the Dell bios startup and then goes to a black screen. I've attempted to boot from the … |
| | I have recently started having problems were I suddenly am presented with a blue screen your computer has encountered an error and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage ... It usually says something to the effect of uninstall new software or hardware, I have not installed any new …  |
| | I have Windows xp pro and 98 installed on one hard drive and linux on another drive. My windows 98 works fine but xp does not boot.Screen just blanks out after the Windows xp screen showing the blue moving bar. [B] But xp loads in safe mode[/B].Similarly linux also blanks … |
 | Hi there im looking for some help with my firewall, something seems to be turning of my firewall or stopping the service, it seems to happen at regular times so i'm hoping it wont be too dificult to trace for someone with the right knowhow im using windows xp pro … |
| | A while back I tried to install Windows XP on my computer. I was not able to because Windows 98 was already installed. Since then I changed my mind and continued using Windows 98. Now, because I started the install of XP I have this error message whenever the computer … |
| | Hi, When I run an application written using VB6 and MS Access 2000 in Windows XP and Windows 2003 server,the system will prompt illegal operation (sslstbar.ocx, ssdw3a.ocx and ssdw3b.ocx) and the program will hang. Hope anyone can guide me to resolve this problem soonest possible. Your help are really appreciated. … |
| | Hello all, I've been trying to figure this one out for a while to no avail. I have disabled the "Auto-restart." I've also tried to recreate the problem, to see if it was a specific program or driver, but that also has lead to nothing. It happens are various times, … |
| | Im not sure if this an office problem but I am having some trouble with my quotation marks. When I use the this symbol " it doesnt appear until the next character is typed. As I said above I am not sure if this is an office thing but just … |
 | For someone who has used windows all their life moving to linux is not going to be a simple task. Somethings to consider are what apps that you use in windows that you would like to bring with you over to linux. Most common windows apps like word have wines … |
| | Actually, I have two problems. The title pretty much explains the first one. I installed scanner software from the disc itself instead of using the new hardware wizard (Windows xp home edition, if it matters) on my new HP. Now every time I start the computer, I get the 'found … |
| | xp profesional keeps looging me out cannot get into desktop or anything |
| | who here knows how to transfer metadata info using adobe bridge or any other application that you know of. I mainly need this for images but for any file would be nice as well. |
| | Please help me fix this darn computer... here is a post of the hijack log... The computer was taken over by a 16 yo... and is badly infected with spyware, junkware,kids ware and any other type of ware that a teenager can find on the net.... PLEASE HELP ME>> Logfile … |
| | everytime I write the word virus ie close itself the only way I can look into google virus search is in safe mode. so I cant install any anti-virus... I haven't found the problem yet I used the last version of ad-aware with the updates I also used the last … |
| | I downloaded service pack2 from microsoft.com. after restarting the system a blue screen appeared with a Stop: 0x00000071. I read and did what it said on the screen and that didn't work. I also tried going to the BIOS screen that didn't work. Then a black screen appeared I tried … |
| | my computer was working fine until a week ago when it froze. we had to turn it off and now wont start... it begins to load then tells me there was a problem and it needs to start again it gives my the option of starting normally again.. with the …  |
| | In the attached link there is a performance comparison between 32bit and their parallel 64bit softwares for different CPUs(under Windows XP 64bit). As we can see passing to 64bit brings to an improvement up to more than 100% !!! [url]http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1959&page=24[/url] |
| | Computer working ok however wishing to re instal xp .get so far then error message saying windows does not detect hard drive any help thanks |
| | [FONT=Arial]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=2]undefined[/SIZE][COLOR=Black]undefined[/COLOR] I am using Windows XP Home with service pack 2. when I reboot my computer the hard drive keeps running, and running, and running. when I open the task manager by right clicking on the task bar or doing control/alt/delete it shows the file helpctr.exe many, many times. Then … |
| | i have a hard drive that was in another computer and i put it in a case to use as an external hard drive. my windows me will only recognize it in the device panel and not in my computer. i know the hard drive is good because i formatted … |
| | Can anyone tell me how to make a boot floppy disk for windows XP. I looked for it on the web, but the things that people had I don't, idk y. Thanks |
| | Hello, you guys might remember me from about 2 years ago when I had a homebuilt 450 MHz machine with Windows 2000 pro. After you guys helped me get that machine squeaky clean, we got new computers. HP Pavilion a600n with AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processor to be exact. Besides … |
| | [size=3][font=Times New Roman]For the past couple of years my computer has been randomly freezing up on me. I know freezing something that happens to everybody’s computer every now and then, but lately my computer will freeze up on me at least 2 or 3 times a day. Also, it does … |
| | I have successfuly installed Apache 2.0.52 on my Windows XP system. I have also tried to install PHP 5.0.3. I have placed the Php.ini file in C:/windows and the php5ts.dll file to C:/windows/system32. I have also added these lines to the httpd.conf file LoadModule php5_module c:/php5/php5apache2.dll AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml … |
| | I ran the following program to retrieve entries from the windows registry on Windows XP: [code] import win32api, win32con aReg = win32api.RegConnectRegistry(None, win32con.HKEY_CURRENT_USER) aKey = win32api.RegOpenKeyEx(aReg, r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup") for i in range(100): Name, [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1249756&page=1#"]Data[/URL], Type = win32api.RegEnumValue(aKey, i) print "Index=(", i,") Name=[", Name,"] Data=[",Data,"] Type=[",Type,"]" win32api.RegCloseKey(aKey) [/code] Program output: [quote] … |
| | Hello, This is the first time i post here, but i have to say this is a good site which taught me a few things even though my knowledge in computers is very primitive. You're probably fedup with this title already but i just cant fix the problem. I'm using … |
| | Hi I have read through a number of forums with this same issue, but I haven't been able to find anything relavant to my current situation. I read up on how spyware/virus can attack certain key windows processes that cause windows to crash. I have checked all posted issues and … |
| | Well, just last night, I bought a game for the PC that is capable of online gaming. Being my ignorant self, I didn't look at the system requirements for the game. I barely passed the requirements, the only flaw was my graphics card. When I tried to play the online … |
 | I am having issues tryin to boot my puter OS is Windows XP Professional. I had issues and found out it was a faulty mouse afer spendin $100.00's on new parts. I am gunna build another puter with the extra stuff lol. Anyways I cannot seem to boot this thing … |
| | Hello all, this morning I ran into a problem with my OS, when my little sister tried to get on she found a blue screen with an error message saying a file was missing, without memorizing the filename she rebooted the computer. Now whenever the computer is booted it goes … |
 | I have been doing Tech Support for several years now and I can usually solve most OS or Internet related problems, but there is 1 problem I have found no solution for as yet. When a PC can connect to the ISP through a Dial-UP modem and stay connected, but … |
| | HI, I am noticing that it is taking way longer for my system to reboot these days. I looked around on google to see if there were any solutions for this problem. I did find some information, but I'm hesitent (intimidated) to try them. Is there an easy/simple way to … |
| | I was playing a DVD on my Dell ze5400 Pavillion laptop computer the other day. It runs on Windows XP. The dvd froze. There was nothing I could do except cut the power. Now when I boot my laptop it gets to the blue Windows XP screen but doesn't go … |
| | I am planning to have Linux as my main operating system. However, I have following concerns 1) Do all the programs I use in windows can be use in the Linux? 2) Do the Linux offer better the internet connection than window in term of stability and speed? Anyone can … |
| | Hi, hoping someone here can shed some light on a problem that has baffled me for weeks, and those who i work with in Tech Support. yes yes, its our job and we can't work it out, i know, its lame. Anyway, when i am downloading torrents, using any client, …  |
| | Hello: I am hoping someone has gone through this before and would have some tips... I have a Compaq Presario S4010CL (2.4 Intel Celeron, 40G harddrive and 1GB of RAM) with Windows XP Home Edition. I had a Geforce FX5200 before taking it out during troubleshooting. A while back, the … |
| | Hi Y'all!! I have a new HP computer. I installed windows XP and Office 2000 and connected it to my LAN. It's boot up time is too much extending to about 30 minutes. Kindly assist on how to go about reducing this boot up time. :idea: |
| | Hi I'm having similar problems as some other posts, but i'm starting a new thread bec no one seems to mention the solution to the problem. I've got a PC, windows XP, and I use earthlink dial-up or else I use the wireless connection at school. Regardless of what mode … |
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