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There is a strange problem with this DELL XPS system. It starts normally till the log-in screen. I enter the ID and password, which is accepted and then windows startup sound , followed by windows log-off sound heard. It again logs off, and shows the login screen again. Same process …

Firstly I do not know whether this is the proper place to post this thread so sorry if it should be placed somewhere else. My work Computer has a very interesting problem. I am not able to connect to microsoft site for any updates or software downloads.All of my collegues …

Hi, Could anyone tell me that, what is the problem? I have new laptop hp compaq 6720s with intel centrino core 2 duo 2.10 GHz, 3GB RAM, 3MB L2 Cache, and windows xp sp3. It is just from one month later I buy it. I don't know what happened to …

Hi there! Using Toshiba Laptop 1 gig Ram 3 partitions on hard drive installed: XP Pro SP3 SuperAntiVirus Norton's System works 6 combo fix, Hijack this, recently: Combo fix installed as part of its procedure Windows restore point program; this is different i think from the restore point you will …

Hey guys! recently my laptop started playing up on me, everytime i turned the stupid thing on it would get stuck on the blue start up window and wouldnt load anything! wouldnt load in safe mode or anything. So I stuck my restore disks in and tried restoring it, then …

Hi this is my first ever post so forgive any problems and feel free to inform me because whatever it is I proably do not know. The Problem My family just got a brand new windows vista computer from best buy. We got a hp m8100n computer AMD Athlon 64x2 …

Hi, I set up an intranet in my house with IIS (mainly for fun but to host drivers and software to reinstall etc..) Now the only way i can access it is by typing 192.168.0.195 I tried to create a forward lookup zone etc but it doesn't work.. maybe you …

I hope this is not a duplicate post. I just posted but when I hit enter, it said I wasn't signed on...I thought I was. I am working on my Grandaughter's Sony Vaio running some version of Windows XP...it is about 3 years old and she has auto updates on …

I have an old computer which I use for a dedicated function that still uses Windows 95. It's run for years doing its specialized DOS stuff and I have no reason to bear the expense of an upgrade. Recently my floppy drive failed and I can no longer transfer things …

First off. If this is in the wrong section, please move. -- Alright well this started happening very recently. I can log on my computer, type in my password to my account etc. And when I get to my desktop, about 15 seconds later my mouse just freezes. And nothing …

I read recently that Windows 7 when it arrives will have to be a clean install. Frankly running a small home network and the idea of a complete clean install of both software and data doe s not impress me. Having run the virtual machine and quite like WIN7 has …

Help!!! My Desktop Wont Appear because it is blocked by some kind of program or image that called form 1 or zapusk.exe ... i can't do anything to that image even i press task manager and alt F4. Help Me PLsssss.... P.S. Sorry For my Bad English

there is a blue shadow underneath my icons on my desktop. i looked at the visual styles but couldn't find anything how do i get rid of it. here is a pic [img]http://img150.exs.cx/img150/3243/screen8eo1.png[/img]

After a clean install of Windows XP (SP3), I reinstalled my copy of Office 2002, and despite everything I could think of it could read my email but it wouldn't send anything. It complained about the email address, which seems spurious. This is from Sky ISP (a Google derivative) pop …

Hey i recently got a LCD HD TV that conencts directly to PC i -stupidly- unplugged my vga cable while monitor and pc were on and plugged it in. It started off that my pc had a very strong blue tint, but playing with settings/wiggling cable has got it back …

Hello, all. The company that hosts my web site does no filtering of spam or viruses whatsoever. Whatever is sent to me, I get. They have indicated that most of their clients are companies that deal with those matters at [I]their[/I] end. Previously, this was not a problem, because I …

My computer is not working. Last night before i went to bed i played WoW, i turned my computer off normaly, via start. I woke up this morning and my computer was on, there was no lights to the keyboard, no lights to the mouse, and i dont even know …

Running Windows XP Media Edition 2002 SP3 on a Toshiba Laptop. After installing Intellipoint Software, I lost use of my Touchpad & Built-In Keyboard. I'm using USB Mouse & Keyboard fine, so I'm not worried about that right now as I've been working on it for months, but I was …

I have a DELL 24 inch high resolution monitor. After 2 months, a problem occurred where the display is larger than the screen, ie too wide. The problem sometimes is alleviated by altering display settings to 1920 X 1440 then restarting (from 1920 X 1200) but now this does not …

HI, I'm posting this tread here because I haven't found any thread dedicated to win svr 2008 (and ws2008 is more like vista than ws2003 :) Does Any one know how to make windows server 2008 sp1 to work with Iomega REV drive 120GB (SATA)?? Because iomega's drivers are not …

I am running a network at my home of 4 computers. The other 2 days ago I noticed that I cannot connect to the internet from the laptop that is connected to the network. I can still access the shared files and folders on the network, but I cannot access …

I have been supporting a doctor with his old Dell Inspiron 600m laptop. He installed, unfortunately the new "TweeterDeck ", I need to check the spelling, any way, shortly after doing so he got two unidentified Trojans, Mcafee Stinger used to clean them off. No name given in the log, …

ever since my cmos battery died and I replaced it my pc will not boot up right. I get 2 different errors one is "overclocking field enter setup to re-configure system" and the other is no drive attached to fast track controller the BIOS not installed and also that the …

My Favorites Folder is empty. When I try to add something to my favorites folder I get a pop up that say Favorites refers to a location that is unavailabe. The information might have been moved to a different location. I am not so concerned that I cannot find the …

Hello all, I'd need some tips on how to unformat a hard drive. Presently, it is used as a slave drive--there is no partition with an operating system, and is currently formatted for Windows. All data has been moved or deleted and now I would like to "wipe it clean" …

I got the situation which exactly same with the post below. My question is, is the license of SBS2003 totally failed.? ======================== Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] wrote: > Hi Tim, > > You can't demote SBS 2003 and then think it is a W2k3 server as it isn't. > You won't …

it all started like this, the dvd drivers went missing/ the cpu message was is not installed. so he went into microsoft and downloaded 1. but when he tried to restart it it wouldnt start, we took harddrive test and it stopped in the middle, and trien to boot the …

hi, i try to install win xp sp2 . i have P4M800PRO-G7 and sata hard disk ... my hard disk is not recognize and the installation failed . when can i find a driver for my hard disk.

How can you tell what CODECS are what, in the video CODECS area of the Sound and Audio Devices ? Since I'm only see odd file names with DLL extensions.

I have a problem here. Can anyone help me out.? I cannot surf to the internet in our internet shop but i can play Online Games in my PC. I can only surf to internet every morning for at least 1h+... and Every night starting 9:30~~... I already tried different …

I have a laptop running win xp which refuses to bring up any web pages via internet explorer, or firefox. It says it has connected a strong wireless connection and has no problem connecting. I just cannot get a web page. There is another laptop and desktop in the house …

MS-6728 100. I went to the official site it doesn't seem to be there.

I can't seem to access a certain site. [B]Every and any other site I try to visit works just fine.[/B] The website I can't access is called 'rescreatu.com'. Every time I try to visit it, it takes forever to load and then it says: Internet explorer cannot display the page. …

I just had a new DVD drive installed on my laptop because it wasn't recognizing DVDs/CDs. It worked for a while, but now it's suddenly stopped working again--it just makes a weird clicking/whirring noise, and can't seem to locate anything I insert. I'm not completely computer illiterate, and I know …

were can i download c-media ac97 audio device from ive tried everythin and nothin seems to be workin i havent got the disk eithier ive tried the normal windows xp disk wont work. ive not long just reformatted my comp n reinstalled everythin n ive tried most of the links …

Hi Guys, My XP Pro system has 2 IDE (400gb OS Loaded & 80gb) and 2 Sata drives (2x500gb). Up until yesterday evening the system functioned properly, however when I tried to shut down, the system stalled doing nothing so I closed down using the power switch. I then tried …

First time posting here,just venting and wondering if anyone has a better solution than reformatting fully drive. I was looking for a great software that can prompt a password for folders then I stumbled on Folder Lock (v 6.1.6). They had great layout and won several awards. Upon further research, …

how do i change some filtered websites to unfiltered access?

Hi I have win XP sp2 and i want install Windows server 2008 ? I know that i can't upgrade . Is any short way install server 2008 ? I will format disk and install like a regular windows(I never before faced with Windows server 2008) . Can i do …

I am working on somone's Toshiba laptop that originally came with vista. If I try to reformat and do a clean install of vista, it always errors out. I know it isn't the disk because I've used it on many other computers. It's the Vista all-in-one install disk. But i …

I have found that on computers running vista the iTunes Cover Flow has a very slow FPS. My friend's computer is running windows vista home premium and specs follows: 2.4GHz Intel Core2 Duo 2GB DDR2 Ram 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS And the Cover Flow is embarrassingly slow. My case …

I just wanted to share some knowledge with you all as it took me a bit of time to uncover on the web and is quite astounding. I was getting invalid boot.ini messages on my PC and after restoring and rebooting several times, it kept disappearing. Suspected Virus, Trojan or …

Hi Guys, My windows XP Pro system has 2 IDE (400gb OS Loaded & 80gb) and 2 Sata drives (2x500gb). Up until yesterday evening the system functioned properly, however when I tried to shut down, the system stalled doing nothing so I closed down using the power switch. I tried …

All I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server which is also my Terminal Server that will not allow me to install any apps. I had a issue with one of my apps and had to remove and now after rebooting it will not let me install this application back . …

Hi guys. I have set up a vpn server (PPTP), but i need to make it available the users who are connecting to it can access the internet. I am not much in vpn technologies, after setting up the simple vpn server under windows several users tried to connect to …

Hi, I am trying to recover the data from my address book (Microsoft Outlook). The data is on a hard drive from an old computer (Dell Inspiron 4000 with Windows 2000 Pro) that would not boot up because of an explorer.exe problem. However I can access these files using the …

When I start a You Tube or any Video clip I get Video and NO AUDIO. The Volume is up to the top and no sound. But. ITunes works perfectly, so there is sound.

Hi- Please excuse some of my lacking expertise here. My daughter got a new laptop roughly 2 months ago, an HP. It has Vista as its OS. It has had absolutely no problems. We went on vacation a week ago, and she shut the computer down while we were away. …

Hi There, I've been trying to trouble shoot a problem on my mom's computer. Her start menu is missing. However, when I logged onto my account on her computer, I could just barely see the menu on the bottom of my screen and was able to fix it by making …

I lost my icon in the system tray and have the box checked. It does nothing. Is there a section in the registry to fix this?