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| | So, I have a new computer and old back-up files that I desperately need a document from...problem: the old back was done on Nero Burning, and my new computer does not have the program, and I do not have the program, and all the documents/files on the back up disc … |
 | Ok, this is going to be dead in the water, but I have a tascam PCI 822 audio card running XP. tascam no longer supports this card, but they released a driver hack to get it to work with XP. I had it working at one time, then my PC … |
| | my vista system USB ports recognize everything except the mouse. The device driver says successfully downloaded however, mouse still does not work. (4 different new mouse). Please help |
 | Hi, I have a samll problem on my computer. I have using Windows XP professional service pack 3. I recently added 500GB SATA harddisk to my computer. Now my computer has two hard disks, 80GB PATA harddisk and 500BG SATA harddisk. After i added this new SATA harddisk. When i … |
| | Why is it that 7 has a problem with ie8? keeps stopping. and older drivers do not work. thinking of going back to xp pro.. |
| | Hi. C drive's about 20 gigs and I couldn't manage to have disk space more than a gig. Turned system restore, hibernation off and cleared all the temp files using disk cleaner and other softwares. Very few softwares have been installed. There's a lot of space in other drives. So, … |
| | I've just upgraded to Windows 7 (Ultimate 32 bit) from XP Home SP3, and I've found that my nice clock screen saver doesn't work at all. I've tried a variety of other clock screen savers and none of them do either. I've downloaded other screen savers and they behave correctly. … |
| | Hi All, Not been here for a while so not too sure if this is in the right place or not? I am having a nightmare of an issue and I cant work out where the problem lies, I have a specific piece of bespoke software that calculates some technical … |
| | HI, i got infected last week. i cleaned it with avast, malwarebyte, hitman pro and spyware doctor. IE works now (firefox not affected) but i think theres still some malware, cos every time i switch on the computer and do a scan with hitman pro, it shows its behaving like …  |
| | Hi, I have been referred here by a good friend of mine. I hope you can help I have an annoying problem with my browser (Chrome, Firefox, Explorer) redirecting to random sites and more often than not to a blank page. but Yesterday I started having problems with my wireless … |
| | Hello to all, Yesterday, I booted up my machine, it checked the memory, detected the Hardrives and then shut itself down. It always shuts down at the same point in the boot sequence. I am running a Pentium D something with Windows XP. I had the machine upgraded about 4 …  |
| | when I try installing or playing warcraft 2 an error message pops up saying "C:\Users\Daniel\DOWNLO~1\WARCRA~2\WARCR… This system does not support fullscreen mode. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.." what can I do to fix this? I try pressing ignore but the same message comes up. im Running Windows Vista home …  |
| | I have a friend use Window Xp and he backup all his files due to virus? But after the backup he noticed all his picture files are in *.nco extension. Does anyone know how to convert them all back to *.jpg formates Thanks |
| | As the title states, I recently got a virus and it has blocked my access to tne internet. I finally tried to fix it by updating my antivirus software and realized I couldn't upgrade without an internet connect. Anyone have any helpful hints? |
| | I am running Xp Prof SP3 with Office 2003 on an HP laptop nx8220. After screensaver(any version) kicks in, it soon starts moving in a slow jerking motion accross the screen and then sometimes freezes. It is then difficult to get it to come out of screensaver back to desktop … |
| | I have an HP Laptop with Windows Vista. I have had problems with spyware and viruses and such and now the thing runs slowly in whatever i am doing. How do i restore to original factory settings? I understand there may be "better" solutions, but i really don't mind restoring … |
| | -Anytime i do a search in a search engine, i click on a link and it redirects me to an advertisment. Im not clicking on a advertisment. -also i see this exclamation point on a yellow shield down in my taskbar near the clock. when i put my mouse over … |
| | Originally I had my laptop set up to automatically log on to the router. After we moved,we lost our security key, but our laptops still connected. Recently, my sister got a laptop and cant use it here until we get the security key. So I went and got my default …  |
| | in the folder option when i click in show all files and apply it again it shows that it is again check on do not show hidden files.. |
| | I'm running XP with service pack 3 and IE8. IE would open multiple time with ads from various sources. For 2 days I ran all the good stuff and was convinced I had a rootkit. I ran all the programs from safe mode with no results. At one point Abode … |
| | Firstly, sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I wasn't sure where to post this. In any case, I'm running Windows Vista, and recently all the videos I'm playing on my computer have become very laggy (regardless of which media player I use). I believe this may be a … |
 | The PC has a Gigabyte GAMA-790X-DS4 mobo and an AMD 8650 Triple core processor with 4 GB of RAM. I am using a PC Power and Cooling 750 watt PSU , 2 Raptors running RAID 0 with 2 Seagate 1TB Harddrives. I have a Samsung SuperWriter DVD, LG Blu-ray Disc … |
| | What exactly happens when we click refresh or (F5) in windows? |
| | XP not being very nice when trying to install on SATA Can hear windows start up (bing) but then goes to black screen, no lockup Any ideas as to what could be causing this?  |
| | Anybody out there know of a matx motherboard for windows server 2008. Recently purchased an Asus P5E-VM only to be informed by Asus they do not support any windows servers. Intel site claims none of their mainstream motherboards support windows server 2003, no mention of server 2008. |
| | windows shut down in the installing windows phase of setup |
| | I searched the previous posts and found a similiar instance under "Windows NT /2000/XP" where a guy had no safe mode and continious boot loop. Unfortunately that case went unresolved since he was working with boot leg software. It seems I have encountered this same problem, less my software is …  |
| | Everytime i tried to install my nancy drew game, the installshield wizard keeps showing up and i can't play my game. Is there something i can do or change so i can play my games? |
| | hi everyone, I find when I have several tabs open, my computer gets deadly slow response, slow mouse movements, etc..&..can someone tell me ...wat should i do for this..?? |
| | I am practicing Win32 API again, and for some reason, I am getting an error. [code] #include <windows.h> #include <windowsx.h> #define WSIZE = 400 #define HSIZE = 400 LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { WNDCLASSEX … |
| | I have an extremely strange network issue occurring when my computer returns from sleep mode. Every day I leave for work, I lock my station and walk out the door. When I return the next morning, I find my computer has gone into sleep mode (which is fine to save …  |
| | Hi, I was wondering whether in Vista, whether there is a feature to clean up the unused icons on desktop which is present in XP. If anyone knows please let me know. Thank you. |
| | Hi, I am new-one in this forum.I am making a program for that purpose i want to know some information about windows please help me by providing this information. My question is 1)I want to know the technical name of utility that run on boot time before login in xp. … |
| | hey friends i m having win xp -prof with sp 2 insatalled on the comp. and today is last day for activation of windows is tere any tool aor proccess that can increse the time of activation. or it wont ask for the activation any more. thanks |
| | I tried doing the steps regarded in the read me thread by PhilliePhan, but was unable to get to the pages. I get pages taking a long time to load or they won't load at all. I can connect to my games, and ventrilo. Firefox and Internet Explorer both won't … |
 | Hi All, Can anyone please help me. I am trying to connect to a Pervasive SQL v9 database using a PHP script. I have been trying for hours to make a connection but all my browsers keep loading with no response from the server. The PHP code is as follows: … |
| | Having a problem connecting via dsn on windows 2003 x64. Keep getting : ADODB.Connection error '800a0ea9' Provider is not specified and there is no designated default provider. Code works fine on regular server 2003 |
| | My microsoft windows XP start button and tabs are square how do I fix it? I am slightly computer knowledgeable but I can't figure this out! |
| | I want to resurrect my old eMachines - the hard drive was bad so I dropped in a "new" one. I can boot from the restore CD to a DOS prompt. Ran FDISK on the 8 gig drive, then performed a format of the drive. No messages about bad sectors. … |
| | My 7 year old Intel 32 bit motherboard passed away. I'l like to replace it with a 64 bit motherboard, processor and memory and still run my Xp Pro hard drive and DXD/CD. Here's the big question: will Xp boot up on the 64 bit hardware? I'm assuming I'll have … |
 | i have a compaq presario v3019 and it wont turn on, it will stay like for hours then later when i push the power button again, the screen is still black but the power button is on, the wireless light is on, all the lights are on, I can even … |
| | So i'm trying to set up a network but my computer doesn't have the driver for the ethernet controller and was wondering how or where I would be able to find the driver to install. LIke I said its on Windows XP using a dell 2350. |
| | i have an application that won't even start up because of a kernel32.dll error. is this the type of file i can move to a different location, download a later copy of, put the later copy of in my system32 file and then reboot and it won't screw up my … |
| | Help! When I right click my screen to change the properties for screen saver or I go to my start, click on control panel and try to get into anything on the panel it says this: "Windows can not find 'C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe'. You may have typed the name incorrectly n the … |
| | Hi - I'm trying to format and reinstall Windows XP on a Dell 4300 for a friend. When I booted the computer up - A trial version of Windows XP Pro SP2 disk was in the drive and in the middle of set up. Problem is - I don't have … |
| | Well, the back up is there on my external hard drive - check. My wife, the IT professional, wants to stay clear of any computer issues at home - cant blame her, really - so, she wants to "see" the files in the back up - now, that'd be nice. … |
| | We have a six year old Sony Vaio running Windows XP Media Center. The computer is dog slow. Id figure a virus, but if there is one, Norton 360, Malwarebytes, and another program cant find it. Bottom line, my wife wants it rebuilt. So, before I do so, and risk … |
| | I guess i have some type of virus, malware, adware or whatever the hell its called. I get this yellow shield with an exclamtion point in my taskbar, near the clock. when i put my mouse over it, it says downloading updates 0%. it comes and goes. also anytime i … |
| | my programs run in task manager but never actually show the application on the monitor, can you please help? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:26:06 PM, on 8/21/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe … |
| | What is catroot and why is it in the recycle bin? |
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