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Hey Guys, I have been using Cisco VPN for work related reason. Up til now I was using it with no problem. The problem now is I cant get connected and was told to uninstall it and reinstall it. Now, here's the real problem, It wont let me uninstall it. …

Now, I seem to have this issue with most of the more expensive games I get, like BF2 and Vampire the Masquerade, Bloodlines. The issue works like this: I start my PC. I run the game. I play. After a few hours I quit and eat or something. Then, when …

I have a Kingston 256 MB flash drive. I have not used in for months. Today I went to use it and could not separate it. I checked and it's in the unlocked position. I pulled until my eyes popped but to no avail. Other than whacking it with a …

i recieved a message saying low virtual memory, and my computer began to run slow. how would i go about correct this problem? im using windows xp thank you.

I got my oem xp home and have a question on istallation. Two discs came with it and one says for system builder use only in preinstallation of windows xp. Nor for distribution to end users. It says windows xp oem preinstallation kit. The other is the normal looking but …

I encountered a laserjet 6l that is printing the paper completely black .I exchanged tthe catriadge with a working one and the problem still exists.Earlier it showed that it had an error like the printer door was open although everything looked fine and I had to open the screws to …

i have reinstalled win98 sec but i dont have display drivers, & sound drivers for my pc

I wanted to have Windows XP prompt me for CTRL+ALT+DEL on startup but after viewing this site ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308226&sd=tech[/url]) I couldn't find an Advanced Tab. Why does my PC not have the Advanced Tab?

Whenever I put a blank disk in my CD-RW Windows XP Home starts an unwanted program. It used to be ACDSEE, but after i uninstalled it and installed Paint Shop Pro 10, it changed to PSP10. Audio CD's, Video CD's, work without problems. Changing the properties of the drive via …

Hi there, I have Windows 98SE and had to reformat last week. Everything went fine except my 'E' drive will not open. I have gone in to 'My Computer' and it does not even show up there. Can anyone help me to get it back. I would be greatly appreciated. …

Hello, After booting a computer on office network, it goes to the desktop background (moon) that comes bundled with Windows software, rest of screen however shows nothing, no taskbar, no icons on screen, just the background. Through the taskmanager you can launch new tasks, but never get any icons or …

I am having trouble with my mouse. At times it is not functioning and it requires that I unplug and replug it again. Sometimes this works the first time and at other times I have to remove, juggle etc before it is functioning again. I have a Dell Dimension 4400 …

Hi, This is my first post in this forum. Hope someone can give a hand. I'm not a techie, don't play one on tv, but can follow simple instructions... ;) I'm having a strange difficulty with IE on my XP system. It closes within a milisecond of loading. Now, I …

hi I have not been able to download MP3's. Whenever i click on a link that says "download song", instead of a dialog box opening asking me what i wud like to do with the file i.e Open, save or cancel, it directly launches windows media player and the song …

desperately hoping someone can help me! I am on a small wireless network with a Linksys Router. I have windows xp pro. Saturday night, all is well. Sunday morning, can't get online. Network works fine, other computer on same network works fine. I run a virus scan and note multiple …

Hi all. Of late, my PC has been simply shutting down at some point after its normal launch into screensaver mode. I'm confronted with a blank screen and have to reboot to revive. Files in the ensuing error report are: C:\DOCUME~1\GORDON~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WERebfd.dir00\Mini 092605-01dmp and ......\WERebfd.dir00\sysdata.xml I'll happily post the Error Signature …

when i right click a file and go next to send to ...it seems like the send to documents..desktop has dissapeared and only thing lest is floppy disk and cd-rw drive??? whats wrong

my computer recently crashed so i was using a windows xp pro disk i borrowed from a friend to reformat my computer. However, while windows was installing, during the part where it copies the files, many of the files were unable to be copied. i was able to chose from …

I bought a new hard drive, and i was trying to install WIndows XP pro, and when it finishes formatting the patition, it starts to copy files to the hard drive, and like when is like 43%, it says it cant copy a hid.dll file, etc... and i dont know …

WIN $ 50 - CHALLENGE TO TECHIES Respected computer techies and dear friends, I am confronted with a baffling problem and it appears that only a computer guru can solve it with his knowledge, expereience and skills. Here goes the problem: I have one SATA seagate HDD 160 GB having …

Hi there, We are installing Windows XP on a brand new SATA RAID system with the HDs being 200 GB & windows is having problems in the final stage of install. We get the blue screen of death. It says there is something wrong w/ the HDs. HELP! LOL Thanks …

I have bought XP Professional and when I try and upgrade my Home Edition PC it says that the version is newer than the one I am trying to install. I have uninstalled all the hotfixes and patched that I can but there are still 5 or 6 left which …

OK, so I'm just about ready to tackle the dreaded reinstall of the O/S on my chronically disfunctional P3 650 that currently has Win98se installed. I've been reassured by good folks like you that this is the way to go. I have a Microsoft version of Win98se and I also …

Hello and greetings I have a computer using XP as the operating system and with SP 2 installed. I recently had a bad virus infection that thanks to the help from this website was able to remove and I am very grateful as the commercial virus removal programs couldnt help …

Hi all, I am a computer enthusiast and I assemble my own PCs. I wanted to know how to brand the PC with custom System Manufacturer and System Model settings. I am aware of the OEMINFO.ini file but that only changes information in the Computer properties page when you right-click …

The issue is occuring on my other house computer which runs on windows 2000. When i tried to start the computer up it would open to the windows page, however i could not click on any desktop item. I also could not open the start menu. When i did ctrl-alt-delete …

I'm running Windows XP Whenever I boot or restart my computer I get the following message: nwiz.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Error Signature: AppName: nwiz.exe AppVer: 6.13.10.3190 ModName: nview.dll ModVer: 6.13.10.3190 Offset: 00002429 Files included in this error report: C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\1e58_appcompat.txt …

I've got Windows Xp which i recently reinstalled. For about the first week the drives were reading now when i put in any DVD/CD i get an error saying: [U]the disk is not formatted or it is corrupted and windows cant read them.[/U] when all the disks i put in …

ARRRGH! I am so frustrated. I am assuming my problem is with Internet Explorer, even tho all other sites are working. My problem is that whenever my mum or sister try to log in to their accounts (one is @hotmail.com, the other is @msn.com) they get one of the following …

My computer crashed with the message: Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE I tried the "last known configuration" by pressing F8--to no avail. So, I tried this in the recovery console: md tmp copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak …

bought a new PC with WinXP, have another hard drive with Win98 I installed in this box on a seperate hard drive, Is there any way I can put both drives in ths tower and make it a dual boot system? I would prefer to keep both operating systems on …

I need a program that i can put songs from a music cd onto, and then burn those songs onto a cd, i need to make a copy cuz its getting scratched, i cant use media player, or real player, are there any others out there?

Could someone please tell me how to delete this folder? The folder is on the desktop and when I try to delete it, it always give me the error message, "Cannot delete CA8V1BIM.: cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name." This message …

After reformatting I have re-installed Microsoft 2000 Premium. I was asked for my CD No which I entered when installing both discs and as far as I knew the installation went ok. I can access all Programmes, Power Point, Excel etc but when I open up Microsoft Word to type …

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New computer...need info from old computer. Old computer isn't connected to internet, and I cannot even get the mouse and keyboard to work. Can I go directly from one modem to another to get the info? Do I need an adapter?Card? Professional help??? If anyone can walk me through this... …

Hi, I'm not increadibly computer savvy, but I've thrown together a couple Windows machines before and never had this happen. In short, I installed a new HD. Installed Windows XP Home, and the DSL software. Got on the internet with no problems and started installing all the XP updates that …

Hi Hopefully someone can help - I am trying to insert a Real Player video clip into a Powerpoint presentation. I understand that I need to convert the file before I can do this. I have downloaded several free converters, but am still struggling with this.. :sad: Can anyone help …

Ok i'm running windows xp, and when i try to the task manager it immiedently closes, the application freezes when i try to open add/remove programs, and autorun for cds doesn't work, and moreover the applications freeze when i try to open internet links from windows not within the web …

I have a problem starting Windows own Help and Support. When I go to the start menu and choose Help and Support I get an error message saying that the application can not open because a system service is not running. When I try to activate the help and support …

Hey I am new to the forum and ya all seem pretty helpful. My computer keeps freezing for no reason when I play FFXI I got an NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 updated with the newest drivers. Running Windows XP with Service pack 2, DirectX 9 is installed and have 30 …

I have two hard drives: 80 GB with Windows XP installed and 20GB. I took off my 80 GB hard drive and let only 20GB plugged in(I didn't want to mess with my Windows XP system). I then repartitioned the 20GB hard drive and installed Windows 2003 server on it. …

I'm about ready to reinstall Win98se. I've saved most everything I can think of but I'm not sure how to preserve my e-mail stuff. I use Outlook Express 6. I've copied the wab.exe file from the Outlook Express folder in Program Files. Will that work for the Address Book? I …

Don't know if this is the right place to post - please move if not. I just bought a laptop and wanted to transfer all my files from my old desktop (windows 95 version). The laptop does not have a floppy and to be honest I don't want to use …

Well, after two unslept nights, I am finally here, finally turning to someone else so maybe I feel less stupid on finding this pc's problem. Machine Config: COMPAQ 5WV296 5000 Series (I know it is old, guys...) - AMD Athlon 1Ghz - 768Mb RAM - 30Gb HD - Dvd-ROM - …

Hi All. I was wondering if someone could help me.I added 2 Gigs of Ram to my system. Which should have brought me up to 4 Gigs. However when I run dxdiag or Belarc it tells me all 4 sockets are present 1024 x 4 but the total only comes …

Hello!! I have a Dell Latitude notebook which i purchased 2 years ago. It is 256 MB ram. 800 Mhz , Win 2000 pro. I was wondering what can be done to make it work to its max potential speed ? obviously i can upgrade it but it will be …

[font=Century Gothic][b]Seven Tips To Keep Your Pc Running At Peak Performance.[/b] By Dave Fraser [/font][url="http://www.pcsandthings.com/"][font=Century Gothic]http://www.pcsandthings.com/[/font][/url] [font=Century Gothic](c) Copyright 2004 [/font] [font=Century Gothic]Did you know that very soon after you start using your computer it begins to slow down and loses that responsive, "fresh out of the box" sort of …

my operating system is windows xp professional version 2002, it is custom built, last few programs installed are virtual dj. my problem started about a couple weeks ago i wanted to burn a cd and then i realize that i could the program nero did not recognize the cd that …

*You can probably find different methods of doing this somewhere online, but this is the way that has always worked for me* *NOTE: This hack might not work 100% all the time, i'm not exactly sure why, but I know that after you re-start having installed a program that puts …