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Hi all. I have long been a fan of AVG free but recently it has been causing headaches. 3 times now my windows 7 ultimate 64bit laptop has been unable to start up correctly. I have had to boot it into safe mode and uninstall AVG free in order to …

I recently bought a second-hand Vaio VGN-TX5XN laptop from which the original hard drive had been removed. I have several other identical models which have served me well and whose components I have freely swapped around. On first acquiring the latest TX5XN, I put in a hard drive from another …

Hello Is it possible to add several exes, like firefox, opera, nero etc in a single setup program, which when run will allow me to choose the different software available in it to install (without going on the web to download the files for each installation - offline installation)?

March 26. My thanks in advance for your help. I searched Explorer problems postings; my problem seems to be unaddressed (I'm a dummy; I could be wrong). After a notification of a 3-item infection, I ran an AVG whole-computer scan and clean-up. The infections were eliminated, but some sort of …

Hello...I am having serious issues with my computer..I have been up here before and JHolland helped me clean my computer, I was having spyware issues...well I have kept my computer clean from all viruses using the knowledge that I gained from JHolland..but now I am having an entirely different issue. …

Help I had new updates from AVG & Windows for which I left my computer running over night thinking when updated it would switch itself off - it didn't I now have 63 updates installed and computer keeps telling me that updates cannot be completed without rebooting - this I've …

So I have a question. Recently while I was in Europe I purchased a Torax AMD 4200 computer bundle complete with an LCD monitor equipped with XP Professional edition… I bought it due to the fact that I was going to be there for a very long time, that taking …

Tomorrow I have to recover some information for someone on a non-working computer running windows 7. I can't get to safe mode, get it to boot normally or do a working startup repair, but I can get to the command prompt using a program I have. How would I use …

I keep on getting an error message " the internet has stopped working, a problem has caused the program to start properly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available" but when I right click on the internet Icon on the taskbar and click on …

I'm looking for a lightweight audio/video converter that can at least handle an .avi to .iso conversion. I'd like a stand-alone product that doesn't require a full installation (preferable but not a requirement). Anyone have any suggestions? I don't need a feature-rich app just something to handle the above stated …

Help Me! I have Tuneup Utilities and I accidentally pressed a button in the Process Manager to replace Windows Task Manager. Now, when I type taskmgr on the run dialog box, the Tuneup Process Manager appears. When I press control+alt+del and choose start task manager, still the Tuneup Process Manager …

Not sure what to do.

My Toshiba laptop has developed a habit of giving me the blue screen with the 'ati2dvag driver is in an infinite loop' error message when I start it up first time. I turn it off,restart it and its fine. I thought it would be as easy as just downloading a …

I've been stuck with finding the right graphic driver for mb MSI PM8M-V N1996 VT8237R 2.4GHz... Recently I have formatted my HDD for Window error but forgot to copy any necessary driver for new XP installation. After I successfully installed XP SP2 on my desktop computer, I realized it could …

Hello I tried running services.msc from Run and I ended with the window opened, but not displaying any service, with a popup error: One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either: 1) Your current scurity settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page or 2) You have …

I have been reading for the last month to try to solve my issues with my new hard drive. I liked the challenge for awhile but I just plain sick of it now so I am asking for your help. The multiple topics I have read and tried are close …

Hi i am having some trouble with my dell desktop running Windows XP Professional. When i boot up and try to run any system applications i get a application not found error. If i go to run and try cmd, i get a message that ask which application i want …

Hi all I'd like to enable authentication on one of my websites under IIS 7.5. There is some authentication levels, Anonymous authentication, basic, digest and Windows. All of them requires Windows user to login. I need/miss/or-what-ever-it-is something like htaccess. It doesn't requires Windows authentication, I just can write username and …

Recently my system has crashed.After re-installing it(windows xp) I found the volume control icon missing from the task bar.To restore it I opened control panel->sound and audio devices and clicked on the option "Place volume icon in the task bar". It gives an error message "windows cannot display the volume …

I have a BYO computer and it has been running great with windows vista ultimate x64. It has a Phenom II x4 945 processor and 8 gigs of ram and Radeon HD 4850 1GB DDR3. I'm trying to update to windows 7 ultimate x64 and it installs correctly until I …

Hello everybody! I have a Dell vostro 1520 (OS: Win 7) with no internal mic, and used a headset. I used VoIP and even speech recognition on my system. But all of a sudden the microphone doesn't work. The mic is recognized but when I tested it with sound recorder …

Running Windows 7 on an HP p6644n desktop. Whenever I re-boot, I get the following error message: [I][B]Please set registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft/.NETFramework\InstallRoot to point to the .NETFramework install location[/B][/I] This is affecting my printer connection as well as other operations. When I troubleshoot the problem, I get a message saying …

i recently instaled windows 7 but it frequently restarts and sometimes de screen flickers. before i had windows xp and it didn't have any problems. also windows doesn't see one of my partitions. i have 2 hdd split in 5 partitions. it also gave me a blue screen once and …

i have DirectX 9.0C installed in my comp but still i get a prompt that i need to install DirctX 9.0C when i try playing NFS MostWanted can anyone help me please

First of all, hi. I am using Windows XP. I have a problem whereby I am unable to open Local Disk(C: ) and (D: ) from My Computer. I managed to open my documents and other files/folders except that I can't access my local disks. Everytime i try double clicking …

Hi I have two laptops one that I just got fixed... the other one was given to me to try to fix... I unfortantly don't have a internet box for more then one computer so I unplug the internet the proper way. Well the laptop keeps saying ( Limited or …

Alright, I concede that I need some expert help with this one. I've spent hours on Google just to find suggestions that don't work or make the problem worse. Here's the scoop. I filmed a movie for a drama class I was teaching, and then used the Windows movie maker …

Hi, I'm trying to make a pong game on Xcode 3.2 with SDL but nothing displays, just a black window. Codes: [CODE]#include "includes.h" #include "constants.h" #include "functions.h" int pscore=0,cscore=0,ppaddle=185,cpaddle=185,ballSpeed = 0,cpuPadSpd = 0,frame = 0; SDL_Surface *screen=NULL,*secondary=NULL,*playerscore=NULL,*cpuscore=NULL,*cpuwin=NULL,*playerwin=NULL; bool gameEnded = false,selectedDiff=false; TTF_Font *font,*humungo; SDL_Event e; //PongBall ball; void cleanup() { …

I have a Hp pavillion dv 2000. My harddrive crashed recently and i purchased a new one and installed it. I put in my windows vista cd, and it comes up fine. The installation starts up fine and around 50 percent in.. this happens to the computer- [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/1zeuzjb.jpg[/IMG] Please help …

I backed up a Vista 32 bit system to 2 USB flash drives using "Windows Easy Transfer" After I had performed the backup, I re-installed Windows and installed all of the updates. Now I want to recover my user data. When I plug in Flash Drive #1 I get a …

Hello to all! First post...stand back give the newbie a little room. No telling what might happen..... OK here goes.... I own have a small home network and have recently developed a small problem to go with it. I cannot access my Hotmail or Yahoo email on any of my …

Dear friends. I have a Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Y run a system check up on my computer every day, but today as I open the command windows it said that was disable by the administrator. I'm the administrator so, how can I re-enable the command window the way it …

When I load frontpage 2003 it goes through an installation process then brings up the error: "a required installation file F2561406.CAB could not be found" I keep reading similar problems with resolution being select the location on the CD.. but I have lost the CD Is there anything else I …

I'm having a problem with my Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop. There are a number of issues, but I think that they are all related. Here’s what happens: 1) When I press the power button, the power LED and Hardrive LEDs come on, but the screen comes up as black. Once …

Hi - quick question, if I have Windows XP 32bit running on a computer can you upgrade to Windows 7 64bit Ultimate just by buying the Upgrade package from a site? Or do you need, say a basic version of Windows 7 before you upgrade?

Friends, Do you heard are there any Windows transparent theam for free? I want to make my Win Xp as a transparent. So it want to include transparent all windows backgrounds,notepad,wordpad,etc..... In other word want to make everything transparent without Icons & letters... Can you help me to make my …

About a month ago I bought a brand new HP Pavilion DV7. Everything was working great until this week. It started slowing down, freezing for a couple of seconds, being slow when starting and as I was browsing the web today, Windows suddenly shut down to a point where a …

I have windows 7 installed in my laptop.Can I install Linux as well keeping windows 7 as it is?If yes how to do it?And once I installed it, will I be able to set separate security settings to the two?

I want to ask how to convert from FAT32 to NTFS in Windows without losing data on the conversion? And i have read a few article about conversion and it should do in Command Prompt with code[CODE] CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS[/CODE] But i'm not sure if i do that my data …

hi i have an acer travelmate 2303wnlci.my system crashed and the only disc i had was win xp so i installed but downgraded.ive managed to find all my drivers except for bluetooth which is not listed for my laptop on acer support.i keep being prompted to install as its found …

hi i want to block some sites so that my younger siblings can't access them , how to do that?

Hello Ive been tryna do this for couple of months but didnt get any good results so i decided to ask you guys. I have a 12 yrs old girl with her own laptop in her own room. Since I got the pc for her, she started acting strange, so …

I am running Excel 2007 on Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit. I was sent a spreadsheet which uses the earlier Excel format (97 to 2003). I can open and edit it fine, but when I save I get a message saying that I am using features which are not compatible …

Hello, I need to bypass the administrator password on a Vista PC: disable it/reset it. Additional problems: This must be done in the same session, as the machines have Deep Freeze. This also means I can't boot other OS. What could work is booting off a cd/dvd/usb, getting the password …

Hi all. My son flashed my extra wireless router (WRT54G v8) so I could use it wirelessly in other rooms, like a repeter I guess, but I'm basicaly just using it as a wireless adapter. It's been conected to my HTPC for a while working great. Suddenly it won't connect …

I've downloaded PhotoScape and I want to know how to put the head of one picture onto the body of another picture. They just tell you how to combine a bunch of pics into one (which I still can't seem to do, but that's another post). Does anyone out there …

Forgot PC Password, Windows 7 password, E-mail Password, More of password! It's quite possible for people to forget a password, as they have so much work to do every day. Now, Windows 7 is a popular and new thing for every people, How do you recover Windows 7 password is …

Windows XP reboots after the final phase (the graphical phase) of Setup, and now I see a split-second BSOD. I cannot read it properly, but I can just make out these: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (driver issue?) 0x00000050 Please help as I need to get this virtual machine working. **EDIT, just managed to …

I'm having a problem with the backup for Windows 7. I get an error message "The backup application could not start due to an internal error. Class not registered (0x80040154)" I recently installed Windows 7 on a new hard drive, I'm backing up to a new external hard drive.(both 1TB) …

I became acquainted with cyberspace about 1 year ago (yes, for the first time) and I may be using the term "intermediate" a little losely but that's my story and ... I've broused and broused for free (I'm cheap) tutorials on how to use windows and the internet and there's …