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| | Help! My hp dv6428 was running yesterday morning, but then it suddenly froze when I was not using it. I performed a hard reset, but the machine will not boot up. The power turns on, and I hear the disk spin for about 2 seconds, but then nothing else happens. …  |
| | My computer gets bogged down almost instantly on the net now. Can't load antivirus sites and thanks to the virus I can't even get to [url]http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe[/url] for the program, it times out. If I try to go through a proxy it doesn't allow me to download it (the software encrypts …  |
 | Hi: I am new to this. I have windows XP. I download a file and it will not open. When I double click on it, nothing happens. I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. |
| | hi I would like to know if my compu is infected, my dvd writer does not read any movies or cds it sees them as blank, i noticed it happened after i try to use total video converter portable, it also happened on another computer but i was able to … |
| | I have an .exe that I want people to be able to download and run on Vista. It needs to run as admin. I have a web page with a 'Download' button. Assume I am logged in as an admin. I click the 'Download' button and IE8 asks whether to … |
| | A gateway computer P4 1.3 ghz, 400mb ram, windows xp pro sp2. A wd1600BB hard drive that has been working fine for over a year. Turned it on today and had a message saying: drive read error, press ctrl + alt + del to reboot. Downloaded and booted from floppy, … |
| | would like to see, disassembly and reassembly instructions for replacing the motherboard in a toshiba a215 s5822 laptop |
| | Hi friends, I have installed ubuntu 9.04 in that i have install DRBL package installtion is done correctly but when i run LANG=C sudo /opt/drbl/sbin/drblsrv -i it gives *****************************************************. Hint! When a "yes or no" option is available, the default value is uppercase. E.g. (y/N) the default is "N", so … |
| | In 1987, Thomas Knoll developed a pixel imaging program called Display. It was a simple program to showcase grayscale images on a black-and-white monitor. However, after collaborating with his brother John Knoll, the two began adding features that made it possible to process digital image files. The program eventually caught … |
 | 40 million people were without power in the eastern United States, more than 60 million cellphones were out of service, and Wall Street was closed for a week due to a terrorist cyberattack against the United States. No, it didn't really happen. But it could. Coverage of a simulated cyber … |
| | Hi, I purchased two Acer 1410's. One is working fine but the other has developed a startup/boot issue and I know fear it is dead.. Worked fine for 4 days and then all of a sudden we go to turn it on and get a blank screen. iv taken out … |
| | Hello all, my computer has been freezing badly for a few weeks already. The freeze is random from bootup to windows inside. However, my computer has gotten worse but im fixing it now(long story ill skip ) , now problem is it is very annoying it frequentsly freeze up at …  |
| | i have a dell workstation and it will not recognize hard drive,i tried 3 and it did pick up 1. i want to have a backup hard drive just in case 1 crashes.i jumped them all the same way.dont know very much about computers.any help would be appreciated.thank you |
| | i'm planning on building a new computer shortly and was looking at different processors. At first i was thinking about the amd athlon 64 x2, but a friend of mine said that the i should go with the core 2 duo. which is better and why? i'm not sure which … |
| | I have a zune and an iriver clix mp3 players. When I plug the zune in, it is detected by windows which attempts to install device driver software (and always fails) but it is not detected by the actual zune software itself. Also, it does not show up in "Computer" … |
| | I would like to format or fdisk windows7 is there any way i could do it as i like to get back to window vista 64 bit Thank you |
| | I use outlook for emailing and have just purchased a new computer, with windows 7 and Office 2010 beta version. How do I transfer my email address book details from my old computer please. I am new to the forum world, how do I access answers to others questions? I … |
| | I have a problem with my gateway Laptop M1625 and all of a sudden it stopped working. When I boot, the HDD indicator show and the CD-Rom light shows but there is a black screen. I opened it up and realized that there's a chip under the processor fan which … |
| | First allow me to explain, I was simply in the process of cleaning out my old PC. I was using a can of compressed air to blow out the accumulation of dust from within. Once done, I made sure all plugs were snuggly in place, and closed up my PC. …  |
| | Hi i am also using the same netgear router WGR614 v9 I am using bsnl broadband connection. Recently i bought the router ..I could sucessfully enter the installation assistance,followed each and every step as prescribed. When the assistance asked to restart both router and adsl modem i done. The next … |
| | Please excuse my naiveté: exactly what types of websites am I supposed to steer clear of to avoid contracting malware infections?  |
| | Hey everyone, i'm new here so sorry if this is posted in the wrong place.. However I seem to have got my computer in a bit of trouble and would really appreciate any help you guys can offer. Basically a couple of days ago my computer started saying that I …  |
| | Hello, I just started with Maude (.maude), and I'm currently using gedit as the preferred editor. I do however have some questions I'm sure some here could answer for me. How do I get it highlighted in gedit? I cant seem to find a way to highlight Maude... - or, …  |
| | Bjorn Olstad, a Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and the CTO of FAST, has revealed that beyond 2010 there will be no more Microsoft FAST enterprise search products which support Linux and UNIX search cores. In an official Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog posting, [URL="http://blogs.msdn.com/enterprisesearch/archive/2010/02/04/innovation-on-linux-and-unix.aspx"]Olstad states[/URL] that although when Microsoft acquired FAST two … |
| | getiin bugged by this new disease thats hit my browsers.....some pages like wiki.com and dailymail.co.uk open in a low resolution, sub-standard, low quality format....most of the others open the way they normally do....to give you a clear picture below are these apalling images.....pls help!!!!! Here's how the daily mail and … |
| | Hiya! New guy here. My problem didn't seem to exactly coincide with the common ones listed here, so I'm hoping y'all can help. My WinXPPro SP3 system gets to the Windows logo screen and then reboots itself...in an endless loop. The system was purchased 15 months ago...a MusicXPC (music production … |
| | EU's computer boots to XP, gets to the desktop, and keyboard and mouse stop functioning. Same story Safe Mode, and Last Known Good. Tried different Keyboard/Mouse. No PS/2 connectors. Found a XP Pro disk - it wouldn't repair (couldn't see) the XP Home install, but I loaded a new windows … |
| | first off id like to say ive tried 4 other so called "tech forums" and none of them had replied back to me so im hoping someone here can help me out. basically this is the problem: -when i use my browsers explorer 8 and firefox i am getting repeatedly … |
| | Hi Folks: I'm new to this site, and am having a problem with some software backup program called Retrospect. Evidently, I did something wrong when I first tried a backup, and it seems that I can't get rid of that backup and try again. Anyone have a suggestion for me? …  |
| | hey i am having the same problem with my p.c. non of my internet browsers are loading the pages (they just load forever) but if i click on hot mail sign in like it loads that but nothing else, and msn just tells me that there is something wrong with … |
| | Very simple question - can a Ubuntu 9.10 distro format a hard drive in ntfs format? |
| | Hi everyone..! I got this laptop hard disk from my friends laptop, put it in an enclosure and connect it to my PC via USB but it is not showing on My Computer. It is shown on Device Manager as a disk drive "Toshiba MK2018GAP USB Device" but not on … |
| | need free antivirus software for s60 5th edition mobile. please tell any one which is best ? and the URL... |
| | Hi! everyone, I have Dell optiplex 330 Pentium 4 that will not power on and I need you peoples' help to diagnose the problem. The issue is that, when I power on the PC, the power light starts to blink and that is all, nothing on the screen, no POST …  |
| | Hello my name is Patrick and I have searched the web for two weeks on how to fix my laptop before college i have a gateway laptop and I am using netgear WPN111. originally i started the computer one day and it would connect to AIM and other chat programs … |
 | Well I never would have imagined that this was that hard to find. But does anyone know how you would make a USB keyboard work on an old computer that only has ps/2 keyboard and mouse ports? I got the mouse to work with a USB to PS/2 converter that … |
| | Hi guys, I've been trying to connect my Hp laptop to the wireless internet but it won't. It's on DHCP but it can't receive the default gateway. Plus it's getting a Public ip address and it's saying Access only Local. I've tried everything but nothing!! Laptop running Vista, and all … |
 | [attach=right]13654[/attach]What's small and pink, incorporates a Linux kernel and an embedded ARM compatible processor, and let's you set up your own personal cloud? The answer is the latest [URL="http://www.pogoplug.com"]Pogoplug[/URL] device from Cloud Engines Inc. Combine this insanely easy to set up bit of kit with a free iPhone app and … |
| | laptop restarts every 2-3 seconds.I try replace ram , procesor, harddisc.. Please help |
 | I have a question, couple of years ago, I had a system failure and windows tech support help me fix it but had me do a lot of registry entries in windows recovery console. What ended up for the fix was he had me actually put the boot files on … |
| | I have an MP3 PLAYER, when I plug it in the port, the computer does not recognize it...IT does recognize my printer.. I do not have a CD or disk for the device.. THE same thing happens with my phone for pictures... Any idea on how to resolve? |
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| | We had a power outage here and when it was restored; my wife’s computer (Dell Dimension 3000) was not finding the hard drive. She went into setup and it showed no primary drive. I had two spare hard drives which we tried. It didn’t find one of them but, it … |
 | Hi, I would Like to access the Linux desktop from windows PC. I don't want to use SSH console for I need immediately (Have no time for learning for now). TRied VNC, but I cannot access it from Windows. I'm stucked! I can Access my windows machine from Linux with … |
| | First off hello to everyone! I can't wait to get some friendly help as I have been racking my brain to figure this one out. Out of the blue, one day I tried to copy and paste something with ctrl+c and ctrl+v and nothing happened. I have since then figured …  |
| | I get the box send as is, send as unicode, ect when I SEND..It appears when I copy and past into the body of an e mail...I dont know if this may have to do with encoding ect.. Is there any way anyone can give me exact outlook settings..At one … |
 | The [URL="http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/286723-bringing-the-magic-to-linux-with-meego-"]announcement[/URL] from The [URL="http://www.linuxfoundation.org"]Linux Foundation[/URL]'s Jim Zemlin: [QUOTE]MeeGo combines Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo projects at the Linux Foundation to create one open source uber-platform for the next generation of computing devices: tablets, pocketable computers, netbooks, automotive IVI and more. Why should you pay attention to this announcement? With … |
 | A couple of weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of seeing [URL="http://stevegarfield.com"]Steve Garfield[/URL] speak at [URL="http://podcamp.pbworks.com/PodCampWesternMass"]Pod Camp Western Mass[/URL]. Garfield is the author of [URL="http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-to-buy-get-seen.html"]Get Seen[/URL], a practical book on the ins and outs of web video production. He has been working with video on the web since well … |
| | i have a problem with my helo/ehlo records on my dedicated machine. i have multiple IPs, and a domain hosted on a non-primary machine is having the helo/ehlo issues. I'm running apache, centos, bind, cpanel11 with WHM11. For these examples, maindomain.com (xx.xxx.xxx.142) is the main domain on the machine, and … |
 | after shutdown when I start it again then the pc not start. when I press the power button nothing occurred. I check the power button and the connection. all ok. I disconnect the cable of power button and start it manually by connect the pin but nothing happened. what I … |
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