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Got my free copy of win7 the other day ,got it for hosting a win7 launch party [url]http://www.houseparty.com/windows7usa[/url]. Problem is im istalling just for now on my old P4 2.8 1 gig ram runs really nice, it took only 28 min to install from start to finish .on a new …

I too have (different) unwanted sounds on my PC. They come only when I am connected to the internet, e.g. laughter, phone ring, scream etc. Windows XP and Norton firewalls are swtched ON and I am virus free. I can find no sound files that I cannot account for. I …

Hi friens, I am working on disklless booting, i have 3 PC, 1 with windows server 2003 with all role installed, 2nd with RHEL-5, 3rd PC does not have any HDD,CD,FDD only have 256 RAM & LAN card, now i have to boot that diskless PC with server 2003 through …

Is there a universal pass word or way to get on to a computer that has XP . Person is gone and no way to get password.

I currently have purchased Ghost 14 and it works great. I have a version of Ghost 7.5 dated for the fall of 2003. It works fine for Win98 and Win95. I have a 50 pin scuzzy that has NT and really need to ghost this drive. Does anyone know what …

Ok, I have a weird problem, I have an Acer Aspire X3200- Phenom X4 9100e 1.8 GHz 3 gig ram with a 320GB sata hard drive The hard drive was completely empty, so I tried installing XP professional 64 bit, right before I was able to do any "choices" a …

Hi, Everybody,I am a new member of daniweb. Now i am in great trouble.Is there nybody to help me? I have windows xp professional installed on my computer, I have only one partition that is "C:".I have no floppy drive. I have a bootable windows xp-sp2 cd, but each time …

I just clean my Window XP from virus threat but now I couldn't access my C: and D: drives like before. Even my pen drive also affected. Instead of double clicking the drives icon I have to right my mouse and choose open or explore to access it. It is …

hi friends to work with some software i download a notepad file from russian websites but when i want to open it and read i see illegible content like the below image [ATTACH]12188[/ATTACH] how can i convert these text to russian language like this "Русски гражданский шрифт" what should i …

I have a program that is not in add/remove programs that is in control panel called "Paperport One Touch". It was a scanner and I do not use it anymore, but I can not delete the program. Any clues?

can somebody please tell me why I cannot see my slave hard drive? The hard drive is present in my computer management, I can see it there, but I cannot access the drive because there is no drive letter assigned to it. It was working fine before I reinstalled windows …

Earlier this year I created 2 subfolders in the Inbox of Outlook 2007. One is titled Hotmail and the other is titled Yahoo. when I click on either one it opens up the login page of that free webmail provider without having to open my web-browser in another window. Please …

hi guys, how to setup a webmail using my own internet domain name? like [url]http://mydomain.com/webmail[/url] pls. help...any ideas is greatly appreciated... thank you :(

I read about this on the Speed Up Windows thread. I downloaded from Major Geeks and followed the instructions. These included a long wait after rebooting. It seemed to take a very long time and didn't appear to be going anywhere. I deleted the program. I'm willing to give it …

Hi! I've been having this problem lately. My time is set an hour behind. Like right now it says it's 12:52PM when it actuality it is 1:52PM. I have changed it an hour forward before but it just reverts back to an hour behind. Can I get any help? It …

Microsoft will not boot, Safe Mode does not work either. Below are the error messages that I get. Please I'm not a technical computer person, so a detailed set of step-by-step instructions of how to fix this, is greatly appreciated. I run AVG software nightly around midnight, but the computer …

I've been working with this computer for about two months due to a sudden shutdown issue. It has been cleaned (of dust and malicious software). I've tested the PSU and run several scans (Norton, AVG, Spybot SD, Malwarebytes, CC Cleaner, Regcure, Advanced System Care 3, and a few others that …

[B][I][/I][/B]hi!!!i helped my friend reinstall an old fujitsu laptop,it has win 2000 and changed it to xp pro,problem is the screen is to small,i used to have this problem on other laptop but it has the screen resolution changer in its bios,now im lost with this one,its not in the …

Computer freezes/crashes when running games. Hello. I am currently having a little technical issue with my computer when I run games. My computer specs are attached or you can go to [URL]http://220.245.216.180/computer.html[/URL] to see. It is a bit different with different games. Soldier Front: Can do 1/2 a game up …

Hey there I have a Toshiba M305 s49052 and I want to change the OS to XP due to a virus. This virus is blocking my net access. The problem that I am having is that when I run the Windows xp OS disc, I get a stop error after …

I received a computer from an acquaintance-I do not have the XP password nor do I want it. I am trying to clean the Harddrive with Wipedrive to start anew. The computer will not boot from the CD Drive even though the Bios says it is the first boot. Any …

First off I am not certified in anything and totally a hack. But I can read. I have no formal training in MS products. I have evaluation editions of SQL SERVER 2008 and Window 7 . I have successfully networked a DC on one server, to an SQL SERVER 2008 …

G'day all - W2K SP4 Rollup1. Oops. I was adjusting a user's registry from the Administrator's account, and forgot to Unload the hive before exiting Regedt32. Now I have "user" and "user.COMPUTER", with nearly identical hives. The problem is that Users and Passwords, and Computer Management>Local Users and Groups>Users can …

I'm looking for a little help understanding why a computer will hang up for a while and not respond when attempting to complete certain tasks, or even randomly. I'm not necessarily looking for information thats specific to my exact situation, but rather general information that will help me understand what …

Hello all, I bought a Samsung NP-NC10 Notebook. It had XP installed. I replace it with Vista Ultimate, only to crash it as the Notebook won’t accept Vista (presumably because the version I installed is 64-bit?). So, I reinstalled XP and system drivers from the Reload discs. NoteBook now functioning …

I've been working on a laptop and I can't seem to find out why there are temp files constantly and rapidly building up in my temp folders. I ran MalwareBytes which discovered and removed viruses and I also ran AVG Free Antivirus and nothing new came up. I also ran …

I have a gaming computer that just died due to the CPU failing. It had a secondary 500GB HDD that I used to store software on. I am using my backup PC right now, but I'm wondering if I can simply move the 500GB HDD over to this one and …

Hello all, I am looking for a Fax Software, nothing big, easy to use just fax out and in, I do not need any extra feature that a lot of fax software has. before i had winfax pro is an old software from symantec they do not sell it anymore, …

Hiya Im new to all this fixing computers stuff, I do the websites at work normally but blagged this extra job fixing the damn things.. everythings been fine so far. I do a bit of lurking here and bang problem sorted.. not this time I have a dell (details to …

I have searched through and read several sites in vain while trying to correct a recent problem: I downloaded AIM for chats and despite the fact that I unchecked the "Make AIM my default search engine" in the installation, AIM still went ahead and took over my searches. Even after …

I have an emachine that will not boot to windows because it is froze on the BIOS page. It will not respond to the rebootable disc. It doesn't respond to control + alt + del. It doesn't respond to F8 or F2. It doesn't respond to the esc key or …

I want to just ask and see if anyone has any interesting / unique thoughts on this "event" I am having. In one of my yahoo webmail accounts I (fairly frequently) am receiving an email that has [No Subject] in the subject line and has "undisclosed-recipients" in the "to" address …

I've done some research on this and I haven't found any really good suggestions. Here's the summary: [LIST]HP dv9000 laptop with Vista (updated regularly). [/LIST] [LIST]No recent changes - was working fine[/LIST] [LIST]Put it into hibernate mode[/LIST] [LIST]Tried to restart it the next morning and it woudn't start. All the …

I have not set up a server for a long time so I am rusty big time. I just setup a new Server 2003 and I am trying to join the domain from a client pc and it cant find the domain. I can ping the client from the server …

I bet nobody will be able to help, guaranteed. Here is my situation:, My wife has an averatec 4100 series laptop(discontinued)but it's running fine, no troubles what so ever, fast and efficient. Updated all the driver thru manufacturers(cause Averatec inc. are not given support what so ever, but The Laptop …

Well hopefully someone can help me find a way around this... Recently my old desktop's power supply failed and I felt that was a good reason to get an entirely new desktop. I ordered the pieces and assembled them and my new computer is now running Vista. I'm adjusting to …

please help i cant figure it out my Motion Computing LE1600 decided to start hanging on me whenever it started up yesterday and i tried to fix this problem by rolling back with the a system restore that didnt work so i decided to insert the disk that came with …

Hey, i have firefox 3.5.2 and when i go to some websites like facebook or histats they think im french and they change the text to french is there some setting i can change so it knows im english note its not ip dependent because it happens from multiple ips …

I can't seem to open any games on Pogo anymore. I get an error message that iexplore.exe is not functioning. I've read several of the threads on this "iexplore.exe" problems and have run my Malware scans that come up empty. Also ran Avast! and found nothing. What am I doing …

I've got a server running 2000 Server which is just about out of space on drive C. It has two logical NTFS drives, C and D on one physical HD. C started out several years ago with 4GB. Over time it has filled up. I've done the following, which has …

As the title says, I cant login to my msn (code 80072efd), I cant access to download.live.com website, I cannot update from windows update(80072efd). It started to happen today when I open my computer. Restored back to yesterday but It didnt worked :( Also I cant access to some of …

Hi, I have XP machines on a network and for no apparent reason all the screens go white. It lasts approximately 30 sec before it returns. Ran a virus scan on them but found none. Any ideas please?

I just found an old computer in my closet and i need help uninstalling Windows ME so i can instal linux

I have installed a 40 gig hard drive as a supplement to my origonal 60 gig drive. Running xp os. I was able to partition and format the 40 gig drive ok, but am unable to send any data to it. I left-click on a file and my choices on …

hi,a friend of mine emailed me asking why after years of using messenger it suddenly forgot her sign in details which are always checked to "remember me". i have tried everything to solve the problem,even got in contact with Microsoft(waste of time that was)but failed,thanks in advance for any help.its …

Hi friends i have a bigggg problem. Yesterday me and my friend worked with vb and JAVA to test how to handle windows main controls and registry edit . But today when i tried to Shut Down my pc it is not working.[ The restart button is working. ] Thats …

I listen to a lot of music samples on Amazon.com and it always works ... until today. When clickin on ' listen to samples " it trys to load the samples for a long time then prompts me that I need to upgrade my Flash Player to version 8 or …

Hi i am running Windows Vista Home Premium on my HP laptop, and i noticed that i have two program file folder one normal one and one with (x86) after it. I have a theory that it might be because i have a 64 bit processor but i am not …

Hi guys, I need to reformat my PC (IBM y.2004). On C: drive there's 33,19 GB NTFS of System files and 4,07 GB fat32 of virual memory on drive D:. I can not access bios menu to change startup from CD. I've tried F1, F10, F12, del, esc, ins, both …

Hi, can any one help me?? I have a HP Touchscreen PC and my screen keeps switching off but the PC itself is still running, do you think my fan could need replacing or have i got a desktop hijacker hiding somewhere...