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| | Hello there, Since a few days I have this Windows message error I'm not able to get rid of that says: (it's not IExplorer!!! but Exploring you know the tree structure where you can see all your folders) Explorer "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut …  |
 | i have service pack 1a on a disk i would like to know if i can install it and make it work instead of taking 4 houres downloading the update with a dialup connection.eny help would be appreciated.... |
| | i just download AIM 5.5 which i can not stand. ive been trying to get back to AIM 5.2 but when i go to sites to download it it redirects me to the new version. does anyone know how i can get back to version 5.2? |
 | I feel it is a security issue although could not find the culprit in the 5 minutes I had to do so. Any ideas?? This is a fresh install of XP with all updates including SP1. Microsoft Virtual Machine not installed!! |
| | my friend re-installed xp, now she has 2 how do i get rid of one of them guys and girls? thanks for any help |
| | I recently noticed that with a few programs (particle illusion, alam dv) when i hit the save/load button the entire program will close down. I contacted the support for particle illusion, and he tried to help but he said it sounded like a windows problem (especially since its happening now … |
| | [font=Verdana, Arial][size=2]I just got this drive and hooked it up and it burns ok but slowly. When I check the nero drive info. it tells me thats its a CLV drive instead of a CAV drive. Because of this it runs at ~20x all over. Now sure this is OK …  |
| | How do I [u][b]STOP [/b][/u]"system 32" folder from popping up when I open my Computer I have 3 separate Accounts on my computer and it only POPS up in 2 my Account whenever I open it. Everytime I have 2 CLOSE it!!!!!!!!!!  |
| | for the past week when my computers been starting open a box called system32 opens and its lkie a program folder almost. how do i get it to not open up during startup? |
| | Hey, i was wondering if someone could tell me if there is a way for me to see all of the internet sites that have ever been visited using my computer. Thanks. I have windows xp. |
| | I have a dell P4 1.6ghz computer. The computer is very slow and runs like crap. I want to know how I can just erase everything including windows and start over with a new install of windows xp. Is this possible?? |
| | I have installed windows xp pro on a HP pavilion 4535 the program went on fine. The only thing I can't get going is the modem. Everytime I restart the computer it wants to load the PCI Simple communication controller. I have tried to find it on the HP disks … |
| | Please help. I get these errors everytime I restart the computer. |
| | [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Throughout the day, I am constantly opening and closing programs (just like everyone else). Is there a good program that details the programs that are loaded into my PC  |
| | Can someone please help me with how I can locate the graphic files that are on my hard drive? I am using a Dell 8300 with Windows XP Home Edition.:cry: :sad: :rolleyes: |
| | Hi all. For those who do not know, Windows does not defrag the swap file when you run the defragmenter. [URL=http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml]PageDerag[/URL] defrags the page file (registry included) which speeds up load times etc. PS. Mods, please let me know if this sort of stuff is not acceptable practice here. |
| | Hi all, I need some help with my IE. I have windows XP and when i click on my IE it takes me to some other search engine that i dont want. I tried going to options changing the homepage address but when i open IE a couple of times, … |
| | Hey ppl. Try this tip I found off of a website. It makes Internet & Windows Explorer incredibly fast. Windows Explorer opens up almost instantly now!!! Here it is: Here's a great tip to speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines. Its actually a fix to a … |
 | I have a modem on an e-Machine that will not stay open. It will open the port, hear the dial tone and then just click off before it can dial the number. The OS is ME Also, I just recently did an update with the drivers from the Microsoft website. … |
| | window 98sec freeze up on about anything i do on my web server,media player takes about 2 min and its froze up haft to restart.all the time.search the net it will freeze up to but not as bad have a S2390B Trinity KT-A MOTHER BOARD 1.2 G PROSESSOR 15gb hard …  |
| | Windows XP refuses to load. I turn the computer on, and it works completely fine until just after the welcome screen when the desktop should be loading up. Instead, I get a black screen with nothing but the cursor in the center. I can move it around just fine, but … |
| | been getting problems when installing various (random) peripherals. I've had the problem occur when installing a new sound card, my web cam in a usb port and my camcorder in a firewire port... other bits and bobs as well... basically, when I install it, everythings fine... it all works until … |
| | since the IE6 browser was hijacked and subsequently cleared up by means Hijackthis , I have noticed that dialogue boxes , check boxes and radio buttons work very slowly ; this message had to be typed in a text editor because it would have taken a while to do it … |
| | I'm running Windows XP on an Athlon 64. When I try to create a system restore point through the Help and Support Center, the System Restore wizard freezes. This also affects some downloads from windowsupdate.com which create a restore point before they are applied. All other applications on the machine … |
| | [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman]Hello, im working on a computer for someone at school and this problem is driving me nuts. The computer is used for a movie editing class and was built last year by students (but never had this problem until a few months ago).[/font][/size][/b] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman]Problems:[/font][/size][/b] [list] [*][font=Times … |
| | hi there, i would like 2 know if u can solve this... when i start my laptop up its fine but when my desktop shows it take five minuets before it finishes loading/doing its thing. why? p.s. i have win 98 on my downstares computer and that load the destop … |
| | hi there folks...my XP hangs on the last "welcome" screen (just prior to showing the desktop) for over 1 minute ....i was bombarded by addware recently but i thought i had cleaned it all out.....and i also have configured a selective start-up (only the necesseties) in "msconfig" any ideas please? |
| | I have win/98 system and as I go online and try to get into my mail or into explorer etc the pages cannot be opened as it cannot find server. When I go to close the program a message appears stating that "WUPDATER" is not responding.I have to shut down … |
| | Hi all, This is probably just me being dozy, but hopefully someone can help. I've had loads of problems with my copy of Windows XP Pro (eg the system crashing when I try to access the properties of my LAN!), mostly involving it crashing, so I've decided to try and … |
| | i have restall the window today, but after the installation complete..it appear a msg " and force my computer auto shut down in 50 second everytime i start my comp...is it the cd key problem??? someone please help me~ |
| | I have IIS running on my MS windows 2000 professional, but it seems I have been unable to configure my web server to be able to run ASP correctly. Please kindly give me a step by step guide to be able to do this well. Thanks. Austin Okonji.  |
| | My computer wasnt shut down right. it was turned off right from the button and didnt get to close anything down. now when i try to delet the history of the computer the sites wont go away. i know that when the computer is shut down wrong the sites get … |
 | can anyone shed any light on this everytime i start up messenger i get a firewall warning udp packet from remote computer 64.4.12.201:7001 is trying to access your computer i blocked this and ticked always block this and this happens everytime i start messenger i have scannned for viruses using … |
| | Can someone give me instructions to get the FASTEST BOOT TIME POSSIBLE? :) |
| | it seems to be the activation issue. winXP loads up and after a minute it starts a cont down to shut down. |
| | Ok, I was on a page I probably shouldn't have been on and I clicked on a link to download. The download started and I realized it wasn't what I thought it was and cancelled the download almost immediately. Then things got weird: on the bottom right of my display … |
| | Ok please excuse my idiocy but, If I want to create an array of random sayings of mine, and then everyday call a new one randomly to be placed on my desktop how would I go about it? I am running windows XP  |
| | About a week ago, through no intentional action on my part, my system decided to start up directly in MS Access. I have searched through msconfig and find no entry re: Access, only two "MS Office". If anybody has any ideas as to how to stop this, please send me … |
| | I have recently had a reconfiguration on my computer that makes it impossible for me to visit popular websites including yahoo.com, microsoft.com etc.... I have no clue how to undo this. For instance when I type in [url]www.yahoo.com[/url] i am redirected to [url]www.www.yahoo.com.org/[/url] and i type [url]www.microsoft.com[/url] i am redirected … |
| | Hello all When I go to the USERS portion of CONTROL PANEL, there is no option for ADVANCED to enable or disable CTRL+ALT+DELETE function at logon. I am running XP PRO with SP1. ANy help would be appreciated thank you in advance |
| | I bought my computer just for Everquest but find myself frequently fustrated with it even trying to run StarCraft. Graphics card : e-GeForce FX 5200 Mother Board : ASUS (A7N8X Deluxe) Processor : AMD 2500+ (2.88) Modem : PCI V.92 Internal 512 DDR (2 x 128 K-byte) OS : Windows … |
| | hey all, my dad has a Dell Dimension 8200 computer and he runs Windows XP pro. he's had it for almost a year and up until recently it was working just fine. Almost a month ago, he tried opening his picture file and he got this error message: "[color=red]The instruction … |
| | is there a way to log ip addresses coming in to a pc running win2k? |
| | Steam :sad: Please give me some advice. I downloaded hijackthis and the log is pasted below: [font=Courier New]Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7[/font] [font=Courier New]Scan saved at 1:28:00 PM, on 2/2/2004[/font] [font=Courier New]Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)[/font] [font=Courier New]MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)[/font] [font=Courier New]Running processes:[/font] [font=Courier New]C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe[/font] [font=Courier New]C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe[/font] [font=Courier New]C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe[/font] … |
| | grr I have three PC's each with a WD Cavier WD1200. I just installed win2k on one last friday and over the weekend it crashed and it says invalide boot sector insert bootable media. I checked the post screen and it doesn't find the harddrive. so than I tried to … |
 | Hello Techies this is my first post on this forum, i have a weird problem. I am using Win 98 SE and Office 2000. Now the problem is i cannot print mails from the sent items folder. I can print from any other folder in Outlook except from sent items. … |
| | We have a ton of users on our network with laptops who use offline folders. Our issue revolves around sync'ing these folders and/or trying to remove them. For example, we had a server go down and I rebuilt it. Afterwards, everyone was complaining of sync problems because I had changed … |
| | I installed windows xp onto a second hard drive that I had, but i removed it. When I start my computer, it would ask which windows to start. Even though i removed the hard drive with the other windows installed, the option to start the other windows appears. How would … |
| | I also have the commonname problem. From what I hear it's big and hard to get rid of. After downloading hijackthis and doing the scan, how are you supposed to know what to delete and what to keep. An "about blank" screen always pops up on my computer also. Here … |
| | Hey all, Unfortunatly its my first post, so that means I have a problem. I just built this new system. Details: Mobo: Gigabyte GA-8KNXP CPU: 2.8 HT P4 800FSB Hard Drive: Western Digital SATA 36GB Raptor 10K Video: 9800 Pro OS: Windows XP Pro CD: LiteOn CD-RW/DVD+RW Well ever since … |
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