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Im super noob at this stuff but id just like to know whats the simplest way to create a program or file which when i execute will run 2 different programs. Say i want to run winamp and firefox, i just want a program that when i execute will run …

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right, ive gone through lots of little problems trying to set up remote desktop web connection. finally managed to get it set up, or at least i thought so! logging on to my computer using the xp built in remote desktop connection proram from another pc on my network works …

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Hey, computer keeps restarting. It gets as far as when it says. "WINDOWS NOW STARTING UP" then it just restarts and repeats itself over and over. I have windows 2000. What is my problem. Thanks George Wilder Jr.

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Does anybody know how to disable the sound that is heard when one adjusts the system volume? By this, I mean the icon of a speaker that is found in the System tray at the right hand end of the taskbar. Every time I turn the volume up or down …

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ok, i recently formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windowsXP. but now i have the "safely remove hardware" icon in the system tray, and when i click on it, it gives me the option to remove C drive, which obviously cant be done. and i just cant seem to get …

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My Windows XP SP2 is stuck in Safe Mode. I would like to get it out without doing a "Repair" from the CD, if it will do that. I have checked the boot.ini and it appears to be consistant with some I have looked at online. It appears I may …

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hello my problem is that when i turn on my computer it turns off by itself. To go into detail When i turn on my computer the loading page comes up then before the welcome screen. That is when the computer turns off. Just before the welcome page comes up. …

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My pc shut down yesterday, my brother put in a new system restore check point which hasn't done any good and now I can't get any previous check points to restore my pc the way it was. Lost all my photos music etcs can any one help me please Lel …

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do i need a firewall software when i already have a router (which acts itself as a a firewall)?

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Hi: First let me just say thank you to anyone who is willing to offer help. I haven't worked on computers in quite a while and I am very rusty. My new boss would like for me to change his computer network so that there is only one My Documents …

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My hard drive crashed and I recently replaced the hard drive to a Maxtor 500 Gb. I installed Windows XP Pro and everything went fine after I installed the SATA drive specific to my Intel Motherboard. Windows XP Pro boots up and brings me to the desk top. My problem …

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my 80 GB hardisk is partitioned as follows into four: C,D,E,F,G.. Cis the primary partition however my operating system is in the drive E. i want to format drive C but when i go to my computer, right click on the C drive and select format.. it says either some …

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I have been receiving the same error: Generic Host Process for Win 32 Services Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close: over and over. It interferes with my ability to run slideshow, download pictures, open up my computer, etc. It has really slowed down my computer. The details are: szAppName …

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i reinstalled windows xp home on a computer i have and put in a win xp key code now i need a password to get passed the user id: Administrator then the password and i have no idea what it is can anyone help me?

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I have a stupid question. I have Outlook on my PC (Windows 2003). I have an email account that I set up just fine - it's been working for months. I tried to set up an email account for a coworker using the very same isp information etc... on his …

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help, no matter how many times i change my date and time in my computer it always go back to MARCH 2002, and I don't know why... my computer tells me that my date and time is incorrect..so I adjust it but it still manages to go back to march …

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hi recently my PC has been running very slowly. this happened before but i put some more RAM in and my PC started working fine. Now i can't put more RAM in as i have the maximum amount my PC can handle. i have defragmented my PC, run disk cleanup, …

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When I got to change my desktop with a pic I do it then click on apply but it wont change so from what i have read on forums I must have some sort of virus I just dont know type and what it is called I have done a …

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Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I just upgraded my Windows 2000 to Windows XP. The whole process went smoothly and after it finalized the installation the computer rebooted. However, now Windows won't boot up at all. I've tried to boot it up in safe mode, but the …

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hi, i'm having a problem. any time i try to open a folder (e.g. "my pictures" or any folders inside of it, or "my music", etc) the search function pops up. i don't know what's wrong? it's not a virus or anything, i've already virus scanned.. can anyone help me …

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I bought a computer from a company going out of business. It came as-is without any discs or manuals. So like an idiot I took it. I turned it on and found that it was on some kind of network and a username and password is needed to start windows. …

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Hello everyone I hope I can get some help with this. My computer is a Dell and I am running Windows XP home edition. I used to have sound and now I don't at all. When I go into the device manager and the Audio tab, I go to change …

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Hi, my cousin is having some problems with his computer. Basicly things are not working for 1 reason which i dont know what it is. He cant log into MSN 80072efd Key Ports , Adware wont Update its definitions, Limewire wont boot up (because of loopback connection ro firewall) & …

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hello everyone, im basically trying to set up a remote desktop web connection and as the title says i cant install Internet Information Services. when i go to add remove windows components and select it, after starting it says it cant copy staxmem.dll. can anyone help me sort this out …

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Hi I thought I'd clean up my boss's Win 2k puter because it was slowing down so much, so I thought since I knew all the users on our network, and he had heaps more than that. So I deleted a whole load of them. And now his puter doesn' …

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HELLO, THNX FOR YOUR READING MY THINGY WHEN I TRY TO PLAY GAMES ON MY COMPUTER, IT WILL EITHER FREEZE OR IT WILL EXIT THE GAME WITHOUT PROMPTING ME OR ANYTHING, IT WILL JUST EXIT OUT AND SOMTIMES NOTHING WILL WORK AFTER UNTIL I REBOOT! IF YOU HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS …

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Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can offer me. I have a Dell 8400 Dimension Desktop and every time I boot it, a screen pops up and asks whether I want to start the computer normally, Safe Mode, last good configuration, etc. …

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Hi recently I have noticed that IE is not working ( comes up with page cannot be displayed message). I've deleted temporary files and this still hasnt fixed it. Firefox works fine though but i need IE for access to some webpages. Im on XP SP2. Please help!

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Here is the problem - all of a sudden when I try to play a video in either real palyer or windows media player the video plays without sound. I an not entirely sure exactly when things went wrong, but it was in the last 2-3 days. (possibly after an …

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