mjdodd

Ihave only done a small amount of coding but often had trouble with deletions. Usually I find that any files (.dll,.xml etc) can be deleted using the following routine! First disable the recovery routine (for going back in time) then restart the machine. then go into DOS (yes I know …

I agree with Rik if that is the case, however I have had trouble with western digital trying to record very large files (on some wd disks) the os is in hardware and only allows a certain size of files. It may be worth trying to burn onto your internal …

It can also be a stuck key on the keyboard. When the POST tests are done it tests keyboard and if a key is making constant contact it will produce the continuous tone. M

agree with rik, but if you are up to it you could remove the keyboard and get to the motherboard and check around the power supply area as some laptops have protection fuses there and if blown give the symptoms you have. M

It may depend on the partion manager that you are using! Without in any way undermining anything that has been said above I tend not to use Microsoft partion manager as I find there are better ones either free or commercial that allow easy partioning, changing primary sizes etc. M …

I had similiar problems with a dell and solved them by using the IP address of the printer (rather than its name) to talk direct to a ethernet hub and then via wireless. M

you may find that the boot (grub) if you are duel booting has been damaged. It may be a linux forum question but if it boots ubuntu and not windows then it is likely you need to modify grub. regretably I can only suggest a reinstall of ubuntu but other …

you could change the timing of the repeat keys press or else remap the actual key (or if you are using a software like word then make a null macro); You could also remap the second key to do nothing. look up the accessibility area! M

just to add I have used the microsoft essentials 64bit ever since win 7 arrived and it has done the business. Trade press say it is OK and as ISPs now do a lot of anti virus automatic the danger from viruses is less than it used to be. don't …

If solved elsewhere do ignore this... however I have in the past had troubles with windvd as it seemed to me to be flakey and a bit like vista not the best version in town. This is not an advert but I solved all those problems similiar to yours by …

certainly check out the guarantee, but you might also as it is newish try a factory reset. on many portables there is a small hole somewhere , where you can insert a paperclip end pressing a microswitch which restores it to factory settings. M

All versions of wondows use a file to find things on the disk this is called the MBR file. If you install linux it uses a similiar but very different file called grub to do the same job. MBR windows can only see windows. Grub can see any operating system. …

there are a number of 'soak' type memory testing programs and it might be worth trying one of these... memtest used to be one but I expect google might find one. They do a continuous testing by read write ops and can show up dead or dying memory. M

I started with DOS ,and now on WIN 7 . ME was a stop gap upgrade from WIN 98 to give MS time to release XP. personally I would avoid ME it was a bit flaky. M

in a sense neither the, parent is actually the whole address to C:REPORT and the grandparent is C: you jump back or forwards (parent, Child) by one item usually before or after a / M

It is not unknown for routers to freeze, or even to overheat. They freeze because software calls are conflicting, they overheat because lack of ventilation. They also do not like power surges or mini power cuts. Any of the above can give the symptoms you have. M

I agree with Rik, but a last ditch thought is to try to boot from a cd such as linux or a partition commander type of cd and then see if you can access the had disk. It may be that this can show you if there are defective sectors …

this may seem a silly question but are they both in the same workgroup? Win 7 uses homegroup and xp uses workgroup. It does help to have them both in the same workgroup! M

If you are starting to use a CD / DVD with a linux distro (distribution Oerating system) on it then it should format hte disk automatically. (Using EXT 2 or EXT 3 format. If it does not do this either the computer bios is not set up to bootDC as …

and perhaps finally (!) microsoft knowledge base gives a lot of advice and help on going from Vista to win 7, the 64 bit is faster and just as stable and can access huge amounts of memory! It also defaults to 32 bit if unable to run 64 bit but …

you say the printer is networked, in my experience is is better to have a dedicated network printer server... ie one computer exclusively as a printer server and thus you can set it for serving as appropriate. M

this is meant to be helpful! There are a lot of laptops that use a function key to turn the wireless on or off on that laptop. Are you sure yours is turned on? If so and it still cant detect your signal, and the other laptop can then it …

we have same problem France to UK etc. Some satellites may pick up the signal but that depends on position. The other solution that does work from friends in South Africa (and the only one they can use!) is to use a proxy server. (Google to get a choice) and …

1: It could be a virus 2: The tones that are played when an event happens are controlled (and this can be changed in the control panel) so that normally shut down plays the shut down tone, but it is very easy to change so that for example the shut …

[url]http://remove-malware.com/antimalware/anti-malware-howto/how-to-remove-a-patching-virus-w32virut-w32sality/[/url] if it not too late have a look at this video! M

you may have to find a convertor, I can only say that in some programs especially music one etc the fonts are in a different format and not ttf. hence they show but are not available for windows to use as a ttf type font. M

try removing all formatting and then highlight the paragraph and then reset the line spacing. I do not know exactly why but this usually works to get it back to some normality M

your problem as above lies with the MBR (master boot record) basically that type of boot record (on the primary hard disk which may be either of your HDs but not both!) can only handle one drive to be the boot drive. You need to use a different type of …

worth trying a new or updated driver. Worth checking the disks are OK on another machine. Worth ensuring that you have not had a cd RW disk in the drive before the CD R as it may be remembering that type of disk and then finds it can't write to …

Whilst not always jumping too fast onto beta versions of software I am confused as to which backup files you need. If you have sp1(beta) installed the full release version of last week should instal without difficulty. (you may be able to uninstall the beta and then install the full …

agree with Rik, but in general on any computer a fault like this is either: 1. hardware overheating (fans, processor, motherboard, psu etc) 2. Some program or virus that is deliberately turning off part or all of the machine. To test for N° 1 put machine in cold place (freezer …

boot manager HAS to start before loading a windows operating system. If you upgraded from Vista (or other OS) there is a chance that part of vista is still on your hard disk and the boot manager is responding to that. (There may also be a left over line in …

there can be a lot of reasons for not starting. Power supply as above HD failure MBR file corrupt Virus corrupt files on HD non detection of HD (motherboard fault, hd fault, virus..) Video failure (either connections as above, card failure on motherboard or card) do you get any bleeps …

Agree with Zelkea but some of the things that will happen to the machine on restarting will depend on the age of the machine and also on the modernity of the biuos. If it is an old machine it may not detect some things and you will have to do …

It could also be hard disk failure to boot. (have you tried any other boot type cd disk M

another way but more tiresome but can be efective is to get a program (there are a lot of free ones or a linux disk) that can boot from CD and then look directly at the hard drive. If you do this you may see in the index entries that …

There are a number of processes that can cause high % that are in fact normzal processes. eg if your disk has not been defragmented the saving nd loading of files willl using the normal process cause the processor count to go high. There are also background normal processes that …

it may be worth running a disk analyser program like checkdisk to see if the integrity of the disk/s is OK. M

I have to agree with PP above but that maynot solve all the problems. There is a files called the hosts file inside the windows or windows system directory. In this file there are a number of entries that relate to websites that the browser is able or forbidden to …

There are a number of clean up programs and using one like asc (advanced system care) will help to remove some junk! I also dislike outlook express. It was when I last used it a bit flakey and have long since l moved to both thunderbird and other email clients. …

If you have not yet removed it and it still comes back, turn off the restore before you use the tool to remove it, then remove. Then shut down restart and reset the restore. Sometimes virus/malware hides in the restore cabinets and will come back unless the restore is turned …

When you restart the computer does it beep (I think three times) if so then this indicates that the start up tests cannot find a video card / driver and cant show anything. However if you add a PCI type video card it should automatically insstall the driver and be …

could be a few trhings! overheating in portables is or can be a problem. Does the vent feel as though the exiting air is warm? (if so how much a little warmth OK a lot not good). Try putting it in a cooler place and ensure all vents are free …

I think this is a programming question! and perhaps should be in that forum. However there are certainly two ways 1. Would be to use DOS yes the old fashioned commands and put them in the batch file. 2: Use a programming language such as Visual basic or Visual C++ …

other solution is to temporarily remove the hard disk and put it into the second machine and then ask outlook to import. Equally though the exporting to an external drive or memstick shoudl work as Outlook is OK on importing. M

It is possible that some automativc update has changed something. Can you do a restore and go back a week. If not then it may be a hard ware problem as it doe snot appear to be reading the hib file properly on the hard disk

It sounds to me rather like the printer driver that is installed, but is not the one you are trying to install. If you have a printer connected and then turn on the computer it may well actually install a mictrosoft generic printer driver (unless the canon one is already …

and if that does not work check that you have got all the precautions turned off. often email programs have their own anti harm type filters, or you may have something like microsoft seciurity or anti virus system security all of which can prevent a file coming into the machine. …

assuming you are using windows, this, type of error is often from a corrupted MBR record on the hard disk. as you have not got a repair disk etc if you get to safe mode you may be able to go to the repair console and fix mbr from there. …

this is a long route but might work! you could install 'wine' (windows emulator) into linux and then try itunes in 'wine', you may have to install a version of windows as well! M