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| | HI all, I have a homegrown system that has been running flawlessly since built in Nov 07. Recently Ihave been working on a stuttering prob in Portal (game). I also updated my BIOS which seemed to run successfully. Now I am getting a BSOD on boot in XP: STOP: 0x0000007E …  |
| | Hi,i have a problem with my ram,i bought it wen it was 256mb and it reduced to 254, then worse still it has reduced to 192mb,so i dont know exactly what is the problem with it? please help if you have any idea.TIA |
| | Is it possible to replace a motherboard and CPU without losing data? I have Win Xp Pro installed on one of the two hard drives, the other is also defectie. I would like to transfer this hard drive, cd and dvd writers into a new box or if at all … |
 | Why are the icons in My computer all nearly alike now? All of them (except the folders) now look like little blue pieces of paper with a very tiny little picture of the icon that used to be there inside. I can't visually tell them apart now. This makes it … |
| | Hi to all and firstly thankyou for reading my thread! Ok here is my problem when i load up my PC i log in enter password etc... and it take a long time to load everything up also explorer doesnt load too i have to CTRL+ALT+DEL then end explorer.exe and …  |
| | HI, I recently purchased a dell tower from State surplus because my computers MB and PS blew up. I installed my recovery disk onto the new tower and installed an audio card, ethernet card and the old hard drive. The system is working well. However, I cannot access my Documents/default. … |
| | I have problem to loggin on windows xp prof. where my user name and password is correct. Is there any kinds of virus which makes this type of problem |
 | The problem is that after I use 'fast user switch' -> I see the login screen with all the 'normal' user accounts listed but if I would like to use 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' to login to other (unlisted) accounts like 'Administrator' it doesn't work - 'Ctrl+Alt+Del' does nothing. The same thing when … |
| | Ok, trying to do a favor for a family member by installing a MAXTOR ATA133 Controller card into their computer. After I "thought" I loaded the drivers I put the Primary HD (which contains the OS, Win XP Pro) on to the controller card. After a reboot it detected the … |
| | hey guys, i've recently reformatted my harddrive so obviously i had to reinstall windows, all is fine until i am asked for the product key, i enter my key found on the sticker (i've reformatted the HDD twice with this key with no trouble...) and it says its not valid.....what … |
| | Hi I have installed Windows XP operating system. I have installed directX latest version and K-Lite Mega Codec 3.85 latest version. But all format movie files(avi,vob,mpeg,wmv,........) are playing in black and white mode and no colour is being displayed. But audio and video are functioning properly. I have insatlled nVidea … |
| | Hi all, So my very first post on here a while back, was me asking for help to solve an issue where my pc died, ending up regularly hanging with a black screen. The problem later progressed to booting up at the login screen, but no further, the desktop kicking … |
| | Hey everyone ! I can not start the win XP sp2 firewall. when i try to enable it i get the following messege: "windows firewall setting cannot be displayed because the associated service is not running. do you want to start the windows firewall/internet connection sharing (ics) service?" when i … |
| | It would appear that I am dealing with a computer that is working contrary to the widely accepted notion that wired connections are more reliable than wireless ones. The computer is normally connects to the network wireless using a Belkin Adapter. No problems there. However I needed to hardwire it … |
| | I am using a Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 machine. One of the executables (*.exe) in my program does not appear to register properly during the install (it is unable to load when called). I have tried /unregserver then /regserver.. Any ideas? Thanks. |
 | I am using an XP IBM laptop with a port replicator, and frequently use it to extend my screen to a external monitor, and I find it tedious to activate the monitor every time. Also, my second monitor is on the [I]left[/I] of the laptop, so that complicates it even … |
| | So... I got a new computer and decided to try and upgrade the old one. I went out and bought a DDR2 card. Come to find out, the slot was actually for a regular DDR card. Somehow it fit into my RAM slot, but when i hit the power, it … |
| | so yeah.. before i reformatted the comp, it was restarting a certain time even if i wasnt using it or not.. and/or freezing up. idk what to do. and tbh, the CD that i used to reformat my comp is a burnt one.. so it's not genuine.. i was just … |
| | I have looked at this hading in the forum but have not seen a similar case. I have a home network and the second computer is always hard to start I usually have to go through the Safe Mode and Resrart to get it going. But now there is a … |
 | (Sorry thread title should read BUG not BUT lol )Hi all, I am not sure if this is the right forum for this (so please move if not) but I was tinkering with a Toshiba notebook earlier that has a power up (user) password. Without this password it is not … |
| | Hey everyone. I am trying to install the Norton Anti-virus on my Mom's computer. When I do it, it says "The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode, or if the Windows Installer is not correctly installed." How do …  |
| | My system is running on Windows XP SP2, my problem is when i double click the hard disk icon in My Computer to browse the different folders in my hard disk i am redirected to "Open With" and below are the list of application software installed on the system. |
| | Hello: I have been using upgrades since NT3.51 and have been on Win2K for years. For some reason I never thought the SP4 was a "must have"; and didn't bother with it until I've begun running into "....must have SP4 installed to ...". I downloaded the SP4 executable and have … |
| | I have three harddrives (one has the OS on it and two data) and one dvd drive. With two busses whats the best way to configure the drives? Thank you. |
| | hi, I was wondering what im doing wrong, I want to make a folder on a portable hdd private (western Digital model WD1600D036) I have reformatted it to NTSF. But the tick box is still greyed out, Any ideas?? |
| | hey, im new to the forum and lookin for some help, sure hope i got the right forum too... ok. so my computer, it sucked....the only good part about it was the fact that i had 1.5gb memory and a 180gb harddrive. so i decided to get a new motherboard … |
| | It only appears when you hover the mouse over the menu. How the hell is the fix? Please help. XP loaded. KS |
 | Hello all. I have a big question regarding windows xp pro. I have a very old copy of windows xp pro upgrade thant doesn't even have sp1 on the disc :( that used to be installed on a pc i had. that pc was thrown away about 3 years ago, … |
| | Ok I know its weird.. but can someone tell me if its possible to downgrade Windows XP (which can be bought off the shelf) to Windows NT? I have heard so many things, and its getting confusing. Could someone help to clarify. 1. Its impossible to downgrade XP to NT … |
| | Every time I log in to my account "vs49688", I have none of my files or settings. I checked in the Documents and Settings Folder and there is a "vs49688.001" as well as a "vs49688 " folder in there. I can access the vs49688.001 folder, but I can't get in … |
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