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| | Hello My first post here. My problem is with the Explorer window in Windows 98SE on an new, custom 1800 Celeron system with dual hard drives and 512 RAM. It's a problem I've not seen before on three of my own systems and two of my wife all running the … |
| | Hello there, the other day I downloaded a program, it had two smaller programs and i double clicked one called load_me.exe and it loaded like 50 or 60 of them into the processes tab and so I immediatly restarted the computer. When my computer started back up, the 60 or … |
| | I have peer-to-peer network. One of the computers is running WinXP, the other one Red Hat 9. I've been trying to setup Samba to bee able to see linux from my windows machine. I can see windows from linux machine, but not the other way around. Any suggestions are welcome. … |
| | I can't seem to send or recieve files and don't know how to configure the router to serve files  |
| | Hi I have been trying to get my Dell inspiron 2500 to show something anything on the lcd but to no avail...it works with an external monitor. I have tried to reset the flex cable but nothing... When I start it up the screen is jetblack! then it flcks to …  |
| | Hi I just tried to load win XP home edition. doing a new install from scratch. the install started out fine, after the format was done it started to load. I walked away for a minute and when I came back there was a light blue screen (not the blue … |
| | Original problem started w/error mess saying files required to run have been removed/replaced-tried doing system restore to previous date-same error message-put Win XP Home Ed cd in (inc sv pk 1) like it said to- froze in the middle of setup.Fatal error pdt catalog -signature invalid-prevents setup from continuing. Called … |
| | OS: win2k Connection: dialup As window boots "preparing network connections" takes a long time and when it finishs everything is fine EXCEPT for the internet... it dials... it verifies u/p.... But then it TOTALLY freezes when it says registering on network and takes like 10min to do its job... found …  |
| | The loading bar is not showing, I have IE 6.0. Any help would be appreciated. thanks |
| | Recently i have had problems with my pc freezing up during usage and or restarting itself. I heard it could be because of the dust build up and i cleaned my pc to find out that did not slove the problem. Well then i read i could have a problem …  |
| | I was always told that when u press ctrl alt delete, it should tell u that u are running programs. I was also told that at start up u should ony be running Systray and Explorer, now i am only running Systray, how can i run Explorer again???? |
| | Hi, I was given a computer to fix and have been searching various forums on the solution, well the problem is that aparently the user clicked on a popup for a free trial on anti-virus software, after the download it scanned his HD and found a virus and told him … |
| | I am having an interesting problem with IE 60 sp1 and Google. When I send a search with Google tool bar the Google results will come up for about 5 seconds and then IE shuts down. I don't remember exactly when this started but it seems after getting the last … |
| | All the time if I am replacing a CD by another one or if I take it out of a CD-Rom-drive while the windows explorer is opened Windows XP Pro hangs or seems to be working. It happens also from time to time if I try to close the windows …  |
| | My apologies for the length but am unsure of specific diagnostic data needed for trouble shooting responses. From perusing the threads, there are a lot of competent people who are really sharp in these matters. If additional info/diagnostics are needed, let me know. I've researched a lot of Liteon/Microsoft/Intel et … |
| | Has anyone seen the IBM commercial titiled, "The Future is Open"? When the commercial first started, I was thinking that it was cool. As I realized what the commercial was about, I felt a little offended :!:. I emplore all of you go and watch the commercial. Link: [url="http://www-306.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/ondemand/tvspot.html"]http://www-306.ibm.com/e-business/doc/content/ondemand/tvspot.html[/url] Scroll … |
 | Hello all. Im trying to write a batch file that will install a few (3) Applications/patches at once. I want the installs to be quiet or unattended, but I cant get it to work for adobe. W2K SP4 works fine and a custom app we use (Impact) also is fine. … |
 | Hi there, I have been running SuSE 9 Professional since it came in retail in the store on my wife's desktop system and we love it. As desktop distribution it works great. Everything is easy to install and works perfectly. Unfortunatly we keep running into this problem with the font. …  |
| | Hi, What is the best site to get a basic knowledge of troubleshooting common Linux problems. And the best site for learning fundamentals of Linux? I'm not into programming but wanting to learn a new OS. Thanks Joe |
| | Hi, I have a Windows box connected to a Linux box and they both share the Internet. H can I get my Linux box to see my Windows files and how do I configure my printer on the Linux box? Thanks |
| | Setup: RedHat 9 running Samba, Windows XP Professional connecting successfully to the RH box. I can map a drive from Windows to RH, but cant print to the RH box. Here's my smb.conf file: *** [root@home salvatore]# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf ; /etc/smb.conf ; ; Make sure and restart the server after … |
 | I have an HP photosmart 320 every time I take a picture or I should most everytime I take a picture it comes back with these circle like things aka orbs. I had done some reasearch and its either one of two things its either my house has ghosts (which … |
| | Ok, internet connections have a possible tweak to make them faster, or program to make them faster. Is there anything to tweak a graphics card? and if there is, where can I get it? |
| | hehehe....Um...well you see, I was messing around with two machines, a Windows XP pro, and a Win2k pro, and I sort of got confused. Well to make a long story short, I sort of renamed one of the user accounts...Now it's, of course, not logging in correctly. It's logging in … |
 | Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more … |
| | Hi, I have Emac and iMovie's included. I managed to edit my video in the iMovie but I need to transfer it into mpeg format which could be read by VCD players in Malaysia. It's important.... does anyone know how 2 do it? The quicktime version is too bad, it's … |
| | Is novell downloadable like linux or unix is like if I went to novell.com can you download it or do you have to buy it in the store like windows? thank you for your help |
 | hi all i read your advise on these pages and you guys are doing a great service glad to see theres still decent peeps out there. Enough with the creeping.LOL Anyway i came across this site as im having probs with ie6 being hijacked im using the usual precautions spybot,zonealarm … |
| | XP Pro SP1 had been running fine with just the Administrator account, and one other account with administrator priviliges. When I added a new user with the wizard, limited account, XP makes it to desktop with that account and then reboots. The same happens with the guest account. Previous accounts … |
| | Greetings, I have a computer problem. The problem started a couple of months ago when I went to log on to Google. Instead of going to that page, it redirected me to a different page that appeared to be Google but every site was a different porn or gambling listing. … |
| | OK ... system specs... Running Windows XP Home AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1 gig pos ram but works. Asus A7V266-E Mobo. Mouse Keyboard yeah im cool... ATX kase, Koolance, PC2 or what ever ... 430 watt Enermax PWR Supply, not that any of this matters... Some … |
| | When I tried to install panther on to my lap top. It failed. After disk 2 it said insallation complete and to restart. I did but I keep getting a notice to resart and I do not get to the desktop. I tried starting from the first install disk and … |
| | Hi, I want to install a 40GB hardisk on a Celeron 300 running Win 98SE. When I run scandisk on this system, the HDD is show bad sectors after a certain point. However when I check the same HDD on a Celeron 1.7 GHz system, the scandisk is coming out … |
| | Greetings, I recently installed the Windows XP update on to my computer and have had no problems up to now. I had to re-install Norton Antivirus and after I installed the program I ran the live update. Everything was working fine until I rebooted the machine. Now EVERYTHING from the … |
| | Hey guys new to the site so go easy on me.... My brother is a retard. I went to the bathroom and he changed my account from admin to normal and changed my password. Is there a wa to get n without deleting my stuff or reinstalling xp/ |
| | OK some weird things happened while on MSN messenger today I posted them on the IE forum but here it is: "start the application sharing feature so I could see her desktop. The app share thing took forever to start working and we were never able to connect. THEN all … |
| | When trying to load Word, a command prompt dialog box pops up for a few seconds before disappearing. Nothing else happens. The same problem occurs with most other utilities - it won't even run something simple like a ping command. The OS is Windows XP Home (no SP installed), and … |
| | This site is currently being run off of a (slow) dedicated server. A Pentium III 450 Mhz machine with 128 mb of ram. It has been for all of ONE DAY. I thought this would be enough for only these forums, but apparently not. All 128 megs of ram are … |
| | Hi there, a generally question: What does these errors in a bluescreen means (Win XP): - IRCQL_less_or_more (or something like this) and - "this file could caused an error : VGA.... please restart...please update drivers...." the second error appeared after the setup was finished, and with every restart first "Setup … |
| | Greetings, Whenever I attempt to save Jpegs from the web onto my hard drive it use to save them as Jpegs but all of a sudden it will only save them as .bmp files. Unfortunately when I attempt to open them, they cannot be viewed, as all of my Graphic … |
| | Hello, I have a computer that came with windows Me installed on it. I have had nothing but problems with it. Can I downgrade to window 98SE or do I need to upgrade to Windows XP. I have some win98SE licenses but don't currently have a windows xp license that … |
| | I saw previous messages and i dont think that solved my problem.Internet explorer runs ok at main window but when i click to a link which opens new window or any other window these dont load and when i press stop at new window it shows at adress bar this … |
| | I was just moving some stuff around on my Windows XP machine. So that I wouldn't run out of room moving between partitions, I moved a bunch of stuff to a Samba share on my Linux machine (via My Network Places in WinXP). I had thought I had moved the … |
| | I have 19 gigs used on a 20 gig hard drive. I can only find about 11 gigs being used. Could it be the millenium files from installing xp (choosing to keep them for a system restore back to ME)? If possible, where are they? I want to delete them. … |
 | I'm using winxp on c drive(6gb) and want to install linux redhat on d drive (14gb).I have got 512ddr ram,pent-4 processor and gigabyte motherboard,built-in soundcard and riva tnt 32mb agp card.I only want to install linux on d drive ( the second partition) and multi-boot with xp.Someone plz help me … |
| | I have had two emails in the past two days one from a friend of mine and another from a site I have never even heard of saying that I or my computer sent tha an infected email. My friend simply stated tha I had sent him an i-worm and … |
| | Hi, not sure if anyone can help but I've encountered 2 problems using messenger. No problems on my side of things but 2 out of the 3 people I've tried connecting to with my webcam only get a black screen whereas it appears to be working on my end. NOTE: … |
| | I have a PC running WIN98/SE and each time I click on the Internet Explorer icon nothing happens. My instant messaging works just fine, just not Internet Explorer. This is machine is the client in a wireless network and the other machine has no problem. I use a cable modem … |
| | Hi, I am using SSH secure client to log into a linux system. When I run emacs in the SSH, all the commands such as C-Spac, M-< etc etc etc does not work. I know it has something to do with key binding and such, but how do you exactly … |
| | This has been happening a lot lately and I don't know what to do. I'm on the net, and I'm working or doing my stuff, and then if i leave for lets say 20-30 seconds, I come back and I click on a link, it says cannot find server. My … |
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