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Hi all. I have XP pro on VMware virtual machine. The problem is that everything is too small- all fonts, icons etc.. especially when I'm browsing the web. I've tried to fix that via control panel/display settings, but with no success. And on my IE 7 there is an option …

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now i may be kind of a newbie with comps but i do know some things im just completely flabergasted by my current issue, which is i have normal and good color in most aspects of my computer the parts that are not right are anything that is played by …

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I got a few new/old computers from work, NetVista 8303-21U's (Windows XP SP3, 2.0MHz 1g RAM) however I'm ready to just overclock them all to death... I've had some issue in the past few days but solved them, but my most recent is a Kodak 5100 EZ share printer that …

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This is an odd thing that I have never seen before. When I restart this computer everything boots up just fine. Same thing when I hit the reset button on the front of the box. [B]BUT[/B], when I shut down the computer entirely and press the power button to start …

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Hello Friends, I have faced a prob recently. I returned home from coll and found the system here crapped with viruses....so i ran a avast boot scan and asked it to delete all files....then onward i am missing regsvr.exe, the error message pops up each time i log on.....but from …

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Ok whenever i burn a disk it used to take like 3:20... not it takes like 7:30 and whenever i installed CS4 it took 28 hours... could it be a problem with the hard drive? NEED HELP!!!!!!!!

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Hello, Recently I have been having problems with a dell inspiron 6000 laptop booting past the welcome screen. It won't. I have performed a fixboot and chkdsk through the recovery console of the xp disk. It has service pack 2 installed. It also will not continue into safe mode because …

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Dell Inspirion 6000 Laptop - Windows XP. The Laptop has had a working wireless with the same router, with the same WEP key, for a good long time without any changes. At some unknown date it stop working. It connects the the router, gets an IP address from the Router. …

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My computer will not boot. I run Windows XP SP1. Over several weeks it just keep shutting down when my son was using it. It eventually just stopped booting. When I tried to restore to a previous restore point, all of them had the same problem. I get a message: …

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McAfee picks up this PUP - GTDownDE_87.ocx Should i remove it, i have no idea what it is ? Thanks Dave

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Automatic updates won't come up on the taskbar. Windows update won't load. I went to stop the automatic updates under services. *not Disable* it says that it reached and error I'm guessing I accidentally went to this site called av5scan.com that was disguised as another. it just kept prompting me …

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Hi We have got a single instance of SQL Server 2005. The latest service pack 3 has been installed today. Since installing SQL Server two months ago we are finding that SQL Server times out if you try to delete records from any table that has more than 600,000 records. …

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Hi friends this is Anuj.currently i m working for run a website and i have purchased domain and i want to configure it at my own place.i m using windows server 2003.i have two static ip from ISP.currently i have install DNS service using a private ip address and now …

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Hi guys heres a goodie for you. Client aksed me to remove XP Antivirus 2008, the fraudulent download. Ran my Malwarebytes and Spybot and all was cleared, hooray we say. Before the notebook was given to me the client installed Kaspersky to clear the issue, which obviously did not work. …

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My CD and DVD drives have been missing from My Computer and I'm running WinXP Home Edition. I've gone into the registry, deleted the upper and lower filters, ran various spyware programs. Now I attempted to do a Win XP Repair, went thru all the steps, but when it gets …

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Ive got this program sitting in my C:/ drive and it won't go away. Live OneCare has blocked it from the internet but i just want to get rid of it to keep a clean system. Can anyone help me?

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Hi, Recently, my NTFS file system became corrupt but fortunately I was able to fix this. However, I now do not have several functions that I did have before, like the taskbar, copy, cut, paste, move, or even system restore. I am planning on resetting the pc to its factory …

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Hi I am running win2K on a Dell optiplex gX400. I started getting the wont power off after shutdown but re-boots itself. I reset the bios settings to trap any errors and now on shut down I get the blue screen of death as shown below. Any help or advice …

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I have heard so many horror stories about this new Anti Virus 2009 Virus. I popped up on my screen next thing i know it is scanning my pc. So i just pulled the plug and wiped the hard drive and put g os back on it agin. Anybody else …

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did a reinstal about a week ago and all fine running well, did a windows update tonight and asked me to reboot, which I did the sony logo came up but did not go any further I tried f8 getting into safe mode but wouldnt go, tried putting windows disc …

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Hello all, I have a driver problem, i reinstalled XP on my laptop. It's a Dell Latitude D505. Now, i need the LAN and WLAN drivers. I have downloaded the files off the dell site, but no luck. Can you guys help me??? I have no internet access on the …

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Instead of writing a image to my USB drive [G:\], I selected my C:\ where XP was installed, immediately I realized and stopped the process. But the XP stopped booting, so I reinstalled XP on the 2nd partition [which was my D: before] If you look at the attached image, …

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I bought a new system and it has no OS on it. So I put in my CD and all it gives is Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and press Enter and it doesnt work I've also set CD ROM Boot as first priority. What am I doing wrong?

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My laptop has Windows XP on it, and when I turned it on last time I had the infamous BSoD. It said something like "critical system error" or something along those lines. I turned it off, then back on and hit F5 then F8. and tried startup in every mode …

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hey guys i got a quick question, i downloaded a avi file and when i play it it plays for like 10 seconds then starts skipping. when i pause it it clears up for about 4 more seconds then starts doin it again. what should i do to fix it. …

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I face problems with my usb ports and unfortunately, I can't use them. This time, I really have to make use of my webcam but I can't since none of them work. Either I have to buy a new laptop or try to find a webcam that works without usb. …

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Hi all, Please guide me how can I solve this newly appeared thret on my PC. It seems that the subject matter has infected my computer but I can not detect it and remove. Some malfunctionalities occur while working; such as: Disabling some features of WINXP like: system restore, system …

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hi geeks, In my pc i installed xp pro and internet connection is fine. Now i am studying microsoft certification. To do practise i installed server 2003 enterprise os. But in that i can't connect to the internet. In xp pro i given dynamic ip and internet is working good. …

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My Dell Dimension 2350 has a mystifying problem of shutting down its the hard drive and not rebooting. After troubleshooting for several hours last night, it "miraculously" came back to life on its own and ran fine (all programs o.k., screensaver activated o.k. w/quick resume). Then sometime this afternoon it …

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