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How to secure a computer network?

Greetings everyone, I've been away from this forum for a long time, must be more than 10 years since my last post. That's how long I've been pretty much trouble free, as far as the Internet and data safety was concerned. Back then I was experimenting all too often with …

I would like to ask for help on this problem that I've tried to troubleshoot, but have had no success at. The print spooler on a windows XP Home Edition SP3 machine is refusing to start. Previous to this problem, 5 or 6 printers had been configured and working for …

I am trying a long distance help session with a friend who lost the file edit etc line in Outlook Express and now Windows Live has same problem. Any suggestions? IE 8, Win XP Home. Thanks

Hello all, I have a weird problem. I have created an application in VB.NET 2010 on my PC which runs Windows XP Home Edition SP3. Upon testing my application, I found out that my app does not run on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Just to help, I was searching …

Burned DVD will NOT play. Err. Msg: "Disc Error", Please eject the disc. Playback feature may not be available on this Disc. PLATFORM: Win7 Pro, XP Three different players external to any server connection give the same basic message. All are less than a year old. Commercial discs play fine. …

Sir, Is there a way to install 64bit printer driver on a 32bit based Windows XP of hp laserjet 1010 ?

Hi. I have a c# project created in Visual Studio 2010. The project runs successfully on Windows XP 32bit but I get an error when building on Windows 7 64bit. The error is as follows: Could not load referenced assembly "C:\WINDOWS\system32\stdole.dll". Caught a FileNotFoundException saying "Could not load file or …

I am trying to help a customer restore their connectivity to their server. earlier this week, a power outage wiped out thier servers' internet connection and the connection to 2 computers, I'll call them 1 and 2. We advised them to replace the wireless usb adapter they were using to …

I have tried many options outlook provided, but it still doesn't work. the error box heep prompting up asking me to verify the pop server, my account, and password, after I confirm it, it come up again. when I cancel it, then the dialing prcoess ended with error sugestion.---that the …

I have a guest entry form that takes a persons name and email. this writes the contents to a txt file. I then want to take the text file and format it so that it is an array. I use an explode function, but my code is coming up empty. …

Windows XP - Computer 1 & 2 - IBM Netvista ThinkCentre's P4; 2.8 GHz Problem: Computer 1 (Windows XP Home) copied photo's from 2gb SD card using Lexmark Pro200 printer with SD card reader to Easygo 4 GB flash drive (verified that the photo's were there.) Computer 2 (Windows XP …

(This has been discussed numerous times already, so much so that I've gotten lost wading through the existing threads.) Summary: - In a home Workgroup network of mostly XP computers and one Vista, the goal is that every computer be able to see the entire contents of the other computers …

Running Win XP Home, SP-3 and, without any warning, suddenly got "The file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options panel" error message with almost everything I try to light up from Desktop or the start tower. Not …

Hi all, I have a problem with a computer, it has a pirated version of windows installed but apparently the D: drive is intact with Compaq's recovery stuff. But I have tried many things already and nothing gets me to the recovery partition as I want to restore it and …

I am having windows xp with 2gb ram and 250gb hard disk. every time i run my computer ,after working for 0.30-1hr ,the blue screen appears.it also happens if i open multiple apps at a time on my pc. here is the link with the ss of the blue screen …

I'm unable to get any new USB devices to work with my Fujitsu laptop. Devices that I've been using for a while (such as keyboard, mouse, printer, ext. hard drive) still work. Whenever I try to connect any new device (mouse, USB stick, ext. hard drive) it immediately recognises what …

Hello, recently I had a bit of bother with a [URL="http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/nch.com.au/comment-30961538"]software[/URL] with practically destroyed my registry. After resetting my registry to zero (using the repair files) I started reinstalling my software. Owning an iPhone I am obliged to install iTunes (as I don't want to jailbreak my phone). Using the …

Could any one help solve this problem i m connecting to PTCL DSL from my laptop and its working properly without any configuration but when i am insrting the same line into my PC (windows XP) cann't connecting to internet

Follow these steps to get you name TIMED---------------><br> 1. Goto [u]start[/u] 2. Goto <u>control panel</u><br> 3. In control panel goto <u>Regional and language options</u><br> 4. Under the regional options tab press <u>customize button</u><br> 5. Now under the time tab Add your name with <u>AM</u> and <u>PM</u> preceeded by a hyphen …

Hi, I have a network with 3 Xp machines. PC1, PC2 and PC3. Copying and pasting a 600MB file from PC2 to PC3 takes 5 minutes but copying the same file from PC1 to either of the other PCs takes 75+- minutes and vice versa. Anyone know what could cause …

This is out of curiosity... Computer OS - Windows XP Pro SP3 I have a computer that will not run the Printer Wizard right. I have tried many different things to it except one that has come to mind. I need to know where in the System files is the …

OK so I am not getting any sound on my computer right now - it is a Dell Latitude D630 and running XP service pack 3 (I believe). Point is, right now my computer does not recognize that I have any sound devices whatsoever. I had been messing with asio4all …

Hello altogether, I am supposed to work through a project written in C++ and QT for Windows platforms. Now I am not an expert in window-related stuff. I installed MinGW 3.4.5 and QTSDK on Win XP SP3. I am using the tool "qmake" to create a makefile with all dependecies …

Hi Everyone, What is the difference between a software getting installed on win xp and win 7? Is there any difference and if there are how can you check the differences?

Hi guys, What i need is a way to [B]check the available USB ports in windows[/B] using python. The purpose: I'm trying to run on startUp a script that wait to plug in my Token, and after that the script will log me in automatically into the system that I'm …

Hello, This all started yesterday when I tried opening Photoshop CS4, which I've been running for years. First it began to load OK but very quickly sent my display into 640x480 which nothing except a reboot seemed to fix. I tried again, and exactly the same problem occured - no …

[CODE][Boot Loader] Timeout=5 Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT [Operating Systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Setup"[/CODE] This is my current boot.ini and it has some history. Once I was trying to re-install xp from desktop (while desktop is open) by clicking and running the cd. It performed necessary steps …

Today as most of new windows are coming from Microsoft (Vista, Seven, etc) and Xp is going to be expire (in 2014). The main cause of ending of XP is "Low Security". Following are some Tricks to raise a little more security on your XP. [QUOTE]1. Immediately create a System …

In windows XP most of viruses spread through Autorun (Autorun.inf) Function in windows. It is better to Disable Autoruns in Xp. I am not sure about windows Vista but In WindowsSeven and above this feature is already blocked so you dont need to do anything. Ok Here are the Two …