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| | Hello All Im Running A Pentium 3 1gb Ibm Tower Everytime I Go On The Internet It Freezes When I Open Some Programs It Freezes Ive Tried Getting Rid Of Spyware Ive Tried Reformatting The Computer I Cant Figure It Out And Im About To Give Up Someone Pleasssse Help … |
| | Hi I need some help with my IE, not sure if this is the right place. Seems like when ever I am going to a site a extra window opens (minimized and will not allow me to maximize it, I have to use Task Manager to Maximize it but its … |
| | Hey, I just got a new laptop and formatted my computer. I'm running windows xp home, 60 gig hdd, 512 mb ddr ram, 1.8 gig amd cpu. My explorer.exe is slow at times and then it would just freeze and restart. It happens when I try to do a bunch … |
| | My computer starts fine but once you get to the welcome screen and type in password it shows desktop for a few seconds then logs off and shows register screen again. This problem only started a few days ago. |
 | I have an extra monitor for my system but only 1 gfx. I cba to go and buy a gfx card really so is it possible to run a dual monitor system on 1 card? |
 | Does anyone know if Windows Longhorn will be able to read FAT16 partitions like Windows XP, or is it too early to tell?  |
| | I'm working on my cousin's computer which is a Compaq Presario 5150 running Windows 98. I have no idea what they've been downloading or what they did before the problems started. When double-clicked, Internet Explorer does not launch. I believe this is a spyware/virus problem. I've ran Ad-Aware several times …  |
 | HI, I have a friend who is having a problem with his computer. It's a Compaq Presario 5340. Got about 340 something mb. Used to have about 7 gb now exchanged it for 160 gb but can only use about 30 gb. 400 mhz. After installing Win Xp, he noticed …  |
| | ok i just moved and got my DSL set up here but i am having a major problem that i or my DSL provider can not figure out..ok its windows XP if you go in to control panel network connections there is lan and high speed connection under that has … |
| | Whenever i hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE my task manager pops up, then befor i can do anything it crashes and i have no clue why. Microsoft.com wasn't anyhelp, and my help topics on my computer didn't eather :mad: What to do?? :?: |
| | HP Officejet R 80 printer/fax/scanner worked just fine until I upgraded to XP SP2. Printer works, but scanner does not...saw some info indicating that the drivers were not SP2 compatible. Searched quite a bit and cannot locate SP2 drivers for scanner. Anyone? Thanks, Carrie |
| | I have a G4 dual 500's. I don't have a clue how to setup the network to see my linksys router. I figured the X OS was smart enough to connect to to the internet, and my network. It says my eithernet card is connected. Help a rookie. Please. |
| | Ok, I've had it, SP2 causes more problems than it fixes. Although, im not [i]quite[/i] sure how to uninstall it. My guess is I just go to add/remove progs and select Servie Pack 2 yada yada but i have a terrible vision of it uninstalling more than just SP2... |
| | I have been looking for a new LCD monitor for my sony. I can seem to find lots of other sony LCD monitors but not for the grs-700. Please help me find a replacement for my notebook. Thank you. |
| | Please help! I've run into problems recently, with unwanted popups and being diverted to some page called coolsearch. I tried using Adaware and Spybot, but the problems still there. So, I tried Hijack this, but unfortunately, I'm not good enough with computers to decifer it. Any help would be most … |
| | I have re-installed Win 2000 Pro on my daughters PC after she loaded something onto the system by accident. 2000 kept asking fot a Paperport 8 disc even though this program was removed. We removed all Paperport files and documents and re-loaded again. Now when re booting the PC comes … |
| | Hey guys, everytime that the monitor goes off or the screensaver goes off, xp hangs. if the monitor is off, it will turn on and bring up the desktop and i can move the mouse, but i cant click anything and CTRL+ALT+DEL doesn't work. i have to turn it off … |
| | I think its because i deleted my adaware and spyware since someone told me it records everything i do and reports it to someone or something... but i posted a thread a while ago... called "search not working right" i re-followed all the directions, and downloaded everything again... and here … |
| | Well I have looked through the boards and have seen similar problems, but most of the "fixes" have linked to the Service Pack 2 for XP. So that won't work for me since I am running Windows 98. When I am surfing the internet, and I click a link that … |
| | Hi! This is my latest hijackThis log. Please tell me what I should do. Many thanks George Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 13.32.08, on 06/11/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe … |
 | my friend has a really crappy computer that he has messed up even more so yesterday i said i would help him reinstall everything. The problem was he didn't have the discs all he had was this crappy hp tools program that does a system recovery. I did that and … |
 | Disk Cleanup has a lot of options when its opened from the command prompt Click start --> Run and type in cmd type in chkdsk.exe plus one of the following switches. In the command prompt you will type in something like chkdsk.exe /X to run the desired operation. /C Will … |
| | XP automatically searches your network for any network shares (Printers and Files). While it's looking for this information you're sitting there waiting for your stuff to be displayed. If you'd like to speed this up then here's your instructions. Open My Computer Click Tools --> Folder Options Select the View … |
| | hi, can anybody help meup with this problem? i'm using windows XP sp1 and sometimes when i switch on my laptop and login into window XP, it's seems like the svchost.exe (system) is running at 99 when i press alt+ctrl+del. it seems like no sound coming from my computer and … |
| | Sometimes when i open internet explorer it opens 63 times and i cant stop it. If i do manage to close some of them it still wont stop until it opens 63 times. Also i have noticed that even when i do close all of them my CPU usage in … |
| | I have a big problem. I'm trying to connect to the internet by using ethernet instead of USB. I got all the drivers for my ethernet card and everything is looking great. But then I get this crap about having limited to no connectivity. I try to repair this by … |
| | When I'm in linux(mandrake 9) I cannot use the touchpad on my laptop but I can use the mouse. Anyone know how to make it to were I can configure it for my touchpad? |
| | Did a clean install yesterday of XP as computer kept freezing. After the install my slave drive (F:) is not showing. Instead it is showing on my computer as removable disk. How do I get it back as my slave hard drive? |
| | Hi, my computer wont start up. It just sits at a black screen and says- /etc/master.passwd: No such file or directory -sh -2.05b# what do i do? Please help me, im really freaking out cuz the warranty just expired 2 weeks ago Thanks in advance. |
| | Hi Can someone please help me with this HiJack This log. I'm sure there are some things on there that shouldn't be but I haven't got a clue which ones they are. Logfile of HijackThis v1.98.2 Scan saved at 11:08:24, on 04/11/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet … |
| | No matter what website I go to, I get a 'cannot find server'/'page cannot be displayed' error. Also, every time I try to go to a page, it says "Connecting to site 127.0.0.1" in the status bar. Right now I have to use Mozilla. (Sorry to Mozilla fans, but I … |
| | There is this HDD that was working fine and one time it frooze and shut itself off and upon restarting it showed that there is no fixed disk present. I did start the computer with a start up disk and then the startup disk showed that there is no fixed …  |
| | wassup. I wanna buy and xbox but the thing thats holding me back is xbox 2. I dont wanna buy xbox to find out that the new one just came out. IS it worth it to buy an xbox now or is xbox 2 gnnna be out soon?Thanks Hardware and Software home-theater  |
| | Ah. I reformatted my hard drive and now whenever i start my computer in normal mode the monitor display is 100% blurry lines and fuzz. I'm typing this in safe mode. PLZ help me. I am running Windows XP if that helps |
| | Hi, this is my first post, so bear with me. I found others with a similar problem to mine, and decided to post here. I am unable to use Internet Explorer. Every time I try the same message appears: "Cannot find server or DNS Error." After reading other posts I … |
| | Hi i got a problem can anyone help me plz? But i'm just gonna link you to another forum so you read what i typed there but answer here. i got all my computer info ther too. I am Monkey at this forum. [url]http://www.vibecomputers.com/forum/viewtopic.cfm?tid=12750[/url] |
| | Hi All I burn a lot of DVD’s on my PC. At the monment I have a 1 burner. I am planning on installing 3 burners altogether. So that I can burn disks at the same time. Please could you tell me if this is possible. The spec of my … |
| | a few days ago i was running my computer perfectly fine.. after a few days i started noticing these lines (short horizontal lines ..multi colored-ish).. soon the problem grew worse and my whole desktop would be filled with these lines and i wouldn't be able to access any part of … |
| | [COLOR=Magenta]undefined[/COLOR] I could not enter hotmail to see my e-mails, after I type my user and password it shift me to a blank page with nothing on it. On the other hand I can easilly access to mesenger and to yahoo mail. I really nee a hint to solve this. … |
| | [color=blue]:eek: The field will REALLY become interesting when Google and AOL put together THEIR browsers[/color] [color=blue]Also, Can comparisons be made to Linux and Microsoft ?[/color] [url="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/65292/internet-explorer-loses-browser-market-share-to-young-pretender.html"][u][color=#003366]http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/65292/internet-explorer-loses-browser-market-share-to-young-pretender.html[/color][/u][/url] [url="http://news.com.com/Study+FireFox+still+gaining+on+Internet+Explorer/2100-1032_3-5435176.html"][u][color=#003366]http://news.com.com/Study+FireFox+still+gaining+on+Internet+Explorer/2100-1032_3-5435176.html[/color][/u][/url] [url="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1706694,00.asp"][u][color=#003366]http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1706694,00.asp[/color][/u][/url] [QUOTE] Firefox wasn't alone in making inroads against IE. Taken together, browsers from Mozilla and America Online Inc.'s Netscape Communications subsidiary accounted … |
 | for the past few months my computer has been restarting whenever i open certain pages and do certain things on the net. some days my computer works absolutely fine with no restarts. most of the time the restarts happen when i try and play a game on yahoo and other … |
| | Hi I got a new pc recently, and i have turned my old one into an experiment, trying to mod it the best i can ect. I want to try out linux on it but have a few questions first, [list=1] [*]Can i change back to windows xp easily without … |
| | Good morning, I recently received and installed the service pack 2 on my XP OS. The system slowed dramatically; to almost a crawl. When I discovered that I couldn't install anything else after that, I had to resolve myself to uninstalling it. Whenever an additional application attempted to load, it …  |
 | To all those who have G5s, check out the removable side panel from your tower. The inside of it has strips of tape on 3 of the sides. Thinking this was just packing tape, I removed it. However, I was since told that it was special static tape. Does anyone … |
| | I have win XP Pro. When I wish to shutdown the computer it gives me a window that says trying to shutdown rundll32 however after it tries that I get another message saying that it cannot shutdown the file because it is not responding. Kindly let me know how I … |
| | Has anyone found a way to read Jaz discs into a Mac iBook (mine being G3 White, two USB ports). That is by using the SCSI-USB adapter cable to get into the iBook. The Jaz drive and the adapter cable are both said to be for iMacs and Power Macs...and … |
| | ANTEC ALUMINUM SERIES SUPER LAN BOY MINI TOWER CASE with Clear Side Acrylic Window and FREE Case Carrying Strap -RETAIL $79.50 CD drive Optorite Black IDE/ATAPI 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive, Model CW5201, Retail $21.99 Hard Drive Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, MODEL 6Y080M0, OEM Drive Only $69.00 Memory (System Memory) … |
| | Sorry, this is a repeat post, I didn't get any responses so I thought I'd try again:-|. I keep getting a pop up that says: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Buffer overrun detected Program C:/Program Files/Yahoo/browser/ybrowser .exe A buffer overun has been detected which has corrupted the programs internal state. … |
| | I had three computers (two with WinXP, one with Win NT) connected via a Linksys router. Each connected to the internet, no problems whatsoever. The Win NT computer is my employer's computer. They had to upgrade to Win XP and have sent me a new computer with XP and I … |
| | Been pullin hair for over a week and am now almost bald so I decided to subscribe to daniweb forums.... hello all ! Please help me of you could: [b]My Problem:[/b] Ever since I had this system 2 weeks ago, I have been dealing with 1 very annoying problem, my … |
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