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Windows Media player 11 will play some audio and video fine, but then I try to play *.asx or *.wvx, I get the video but no audio. I have reinstalled codecs, WMP 11, drivers, and tried many other things, but nothing fixes this. Can someone please offer me some sugestions? …

I try to play DVDs on my Windows Media Player 11 and I cannot get a sound. The picture is fine. Where can I get a free codec (and it should be free as the software is not doing what it says it should do) in order to get sound?

ok the problem started 2 days ago where now when ever i go into a user folder the windows explorer closes itself and will not open agin so I have to work with the task manager and its very anioying..........any help much apreceated

Hey, I'm mostly a linux user with a cisco background so windows is a mystery to me! A friend brought me a hp pavilion that had a virus that apparently made services such as the recovery manager unavailable to us and he had no recovery disks made. I told him …

Using IE7, wont let me into internet options, and options in control panel has a different tab, wont let me in their either. My computer is slow and was told to delete temp files. Please help Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 21:19:19, on 08/03/2008 Platform: Windows …

Hi all, Been googling for hours but can't find any answers!! What's the best way specifically for vista, to configure laptop IP address for 2 different networks? I want to easily switch IP address detail when at home or in work. I previously used netsh and scripts to do this …

Help please... Was on line, suddenly not able to. Displayed limited to no access, then showed packets sent but not received, was just online like 20 minutes ago. Connected thru LAN. tried to power cycle and everything. when i plug into to my xp machine, everything is good. i dont …

Ok heres the problem, im trying to burn some movies i downloaded onto dvds, but it keeps saying theres no disk in the drive even though ive inserted a DVD+R. I dont know what the problem is, suggestions pleassse???

Hi I installed a fresh windows xp professional sp2 , i had a little surfing on the internet . So ,when ever i restart my computer i had a 1 minuter freeze on startup . Thank you for your effort of reading .

I have a problem that I've determined from reading some previous threads, is a virus. I have thousands of POS Temp Files on my C drive that I cannot delete and my C drive has a red X on it. I downloaded the Hijackthis software and ran a scan. The …

I recently aquired an old compaq that still had a windows 2000 license. It didn't come with an OS so I want to put windows on it. Is there anywhere I cant get the ISO? like Micorsoft's website? Thanks in advance.

Ive have been having some problems with my computer -once in a while the bottom bar with go to the original grey and i will lose all sound -when i am typing sometimes the letters wont appear and they will start to show up somewhere else (even while writing this …

I am running Windows XP and keeping quite current on the updates. I was cleaning up my system and running some spyware tools 0 Spybot, Adaware and had been trying to resolve some network issues. After I had finished I tried to start IE and could not get a window …

Hey guys. I've got a 120 GB HDD w/ 2 equal partitinos. I have XP and all data on the C: drive. D: drive is empty. I want to install Vista on the D: drive in a dual boot scenario. I need to keep XP. I mainly want to just …

I have to turn my labtop in to be fixed (that's another story) and the guy who's doing it is a friend of my family. Anyway, there are some websites I've been to that I'd rather he not find about, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I deleted the …

Hi I want Download from rapidshare site but I can,t That site messege me "USE JAVA SCRIPT" Please help me for download it .

In IE6 there was a menu File --> Open. That doesn't exist in IE7, or I can't find it. So I resort to using Windows Explorer and double-click on the *.htm file I want to load. Anyone know how to do it like IE6 ? Or a better way (in …

Nearly everything is displaying in italics - have tried going to 'tools-internet options-fonts' but cannot change the fonts to non-italic there. If I copy to Word, the text is non-italic. Can anybody help please. It's nice to start with but is getting tedious now!

At time of starting my system error showing : windows/inf/others.exe

:eek: HELLO HELP NEEDED I having trouble connecting to AOL on Windows XP- please can you help When I click on the AOL icon I get the following message box "AOL will now install the files required for you to install these files. You may be asked to restart your …

I have an Acer Ferrari 3400 laptop that I have had for a few years now. Just recently the CD/DVD drive has disappeared from my My Computer path, and the computer won't register that I inserted a CD or DVD. I've checked the drivers already through the Device Manager, and …

i bought a new xp upgrade hoping it wouldnt have as many problems as my other windows xp. the first time i tried to upgrade from 98 to xp (with new copy) it told me there wasnt enough space to back up 98 there was enough to load xp. i …

hello, i am having a problem with viewing web pages on vista. i am able to use MSN messenger and browse on the crappy browser that is built into BitComet, but IE, Firefox, and Opera all give me a "cannot display page". if i click on 'diagnose connection problems' it …

Hi everyone, I've got a little, annoying problem that I'm stuck on. When exploring, and attempting to open folders with a double click, the search menu pops up. i don't want to search the folder, i want to open it. it lets me open if i right click and select …

hi..just want to ask guys if anybody can help me...I use XP as my OS. but there seems to be a problem when I open the command line.Everytime I open it Windows shuts down and I have to restart my PC all over again. It displays a error but I …

Help! I have been trying to set up a Raid on my system. I am using Nvidia software. When I set the array up the system shows it as healthy but I am not given the option to make the Raid bootable. In the boot status column it shows N/A. …

I am sorry to post twice, but I don't think I did the best thing in posting earlier today as a reply to another problem. Here it is again, slightly revised. ________________________________________ I am using windows XP Pro on a Dell Inspiron 5150. I [I]seem [/I]to be an administrator: I …

I've read quite a few of the posts on this forum and others about similar problems but i can still not fix this annoying prob! It only started a few weeks ago I think, but can't think what changes I made, if any! :confused: I click on a link and …

Hi, I'm running on a T3958 Emachines and my burner is DVD+/-WR 16x Double layer Multiformat DVDRW 8.5 GB Max My Driver is H:_NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG 2.98 Any help would be greatly appreciated =] -Mark

Hi, I've recently tried to alter my start-up programs using msconfig. When I select the items that I want to remove from the start-up and click apply or OK it says that an "Access Denied Error" was returned and that I may need to log on as the administrator, as …

I got a new mp3 player for my birthday (Philips GoGear 8GB SA6185). I installed the software like it told me to do, then plugged in my shiny new toy. Instantly, my computer shut itself down...well, my monitor told me that there was no signal, the fans stopped running, but …

Hello everybody. First off, apologies if this thread is in the wrong section of the forums. Well, as my thread title already states, the problem that I am currently having is that my computer freezes randomly. Admittedly, most of the time my computer freezes are when I’m either playing a …

Hi I'm receiving this error in my Exchange 2007 Server every hour: Error updating public folder with free/busy information on virtual machine ICOMAIL. The error number is 0x80070005. I used Err.exe program to see what is that, and the outcome is: # for hex 0x80070005 / decimal -2147024891 : COR_E_UNAUTHORIZEDACCESS …

Hello.. I really didn't know where to post this, so i figured this would be as good a spot as any.. Well, I come to you guys needing help.. I am pretty much computer illiterate.. So i will ask you guys to give me a step by step analysis on …

I want to connect my two pcs. One is using winsows 2000 pro and the other is using xp pro.Is it hard Im not tech savy. Can anyone help me and give me a step by step procedure?

Hello all, I am replaceing the software and misc hardware on my main household computer.(long story) Should I stick with office pro 2003 or is it worth upgradeing to 2007. Have read some questionable reviews/comments about 07. We use it for basic household stuff, nothing really demanding. Any thoughts would …

I"m new here and i think that only a message can "talk" about me. The title of my message represents my own license for basic non input but output decisions or d... I"m interested in networked computers because of operating systems. Actually i wanna know the best solution for disabling …

Guys I am puzzled. My PCs (all of them) start off with normal flow when I watch a video using IE brouser. Then after a few days it begins to break up ...buffering..then breaks up again ..buffering!! I can no longer watch a video clip continuesly for more than a …

any ideas... totally uptodate good working XP pro on a large computer with no frills except dual boot to Kubuntu. On updating via the redmond genuine etc etc SP3 installed and then completely crashed the machine and would not start beyond the blue screen of no not death stat up …

i am having issues with logging on to the internet with either mozilla firefox or internet explorer. i can access my e-mail and my msn account but i can't do internet. it has been this way for two days now. i have shut off my computer, disconnected my hardline cord …

I have been working on an Outlook Problem that Microsoft was unable to help with and was hoping someone here could. Messages get stuck in the outbox, which I know is nothing new. The messages actually does send, outlook just doesn't move it to sent items, an error message pops …

Hi, I have recently tried installing Vista Ultimate 32 bit on my PC. I liked it, but came across a problem where every now and again the PC would just lock up and the only thing I could do was press the reset button. I wondered if it might be …

Hi there.....my Adobe Photoshop program keeps blinking on and off....what could be the problem? thanks

I would like to start off with hello everyone.I recently found a Downloader.Tibs warninig from SpyBot and nothing from the McAfee Antivirus I am running presently on my laptop. I hope someone would take the time to scan over my report and give me some input on my log.Thank you …

My friend is having a problem with her computer where, when it starts, it will load up until the Windows XP loading screen, then restart and will keep looping over and over again. I've had this problem before, but it was due to one of my harddrives crapping out. Her …

It won't go away please someone help me. I'm a desperate 14 yr old kid that tried to download a game online and then IT showed up. I've run multiple scans with Spysweeper and Quarintined it and deleted it several times but it keeps coming back. I've done already what …

Hi, I am running windows 2000 server and windows 2000 professional on client end. I want to configure Remote desktop between server and its client. Can anyone guide me? I had made remote desktop in windows 2003 server and winXP. Now i m trying to do in Windows 2000 but, …

I hope this is the right place to post this thread. I just got a used Sony DVD player for my computer and it seems to read CD-ROMs fine but yesterday I tried to put a DVD in it and XP pops up a message asking me what I want …

hey guys I recently found a small problem with my PC its a Hp Pavilion a1737c with Vista, the problem is I was able to set screen saver themes for it but now in the screen saver setting dialog box it says "this computer's video card (Nvida GeForce6150 Le)can't play …

Hello everyone, I bought Fujitsu Siemens Laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic installed in it. I have installed every necessary things such as Anti Virus, windows update is done, etc. Either I am doing my work or just on desktop, the laptop gets hang and I am unable to do …