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i turn on my computer and the desktop(icons) are there and then are not.this goes on until i turn off computer. when i go to check processes etc.. i notice that it is explorer.exe that come and goes. happened yesterday then was fine. today i started computer and was ok. …

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Hi! everybody, I have a laptop (Win. XP professional) and have faced with a problem. In turn off menu the stand by option is not active (in gray) while the Turn off and Restart options work OK. please help me to fix this problem. THANKS :) Abolmaali

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these two entries are alongside my normal hijackthis logfile: O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'SYSTEM') O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [DWQueuedReporting] "C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\dwtrig20.exe" -t (User 'Default user') hijackthis.de said they were Microsoft Application Error reporting. (Which i''m guessing would be from some random errors a while ago.) Does that mean they …

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When I attempt to install Windows 2000 Professional via Caldera DR-DOS, I get the same error to the one found within this link: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228218[/url] The cause apparently is due to my not having any defined partitions. After some poking around, I found this site: [url]http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/serveroptions/us/download/23839.html[/url] As far I know, this …

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XP...suddenly Windows Installer isn't working...tried installing 3.1, and all indicates that it installed, but still isn't working. Do I need to install 3.0 first. Is there an "uninstall" for Windows Installer that i need to run? What are the steps for me to get this darned thing fixed????

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I have been having network problems. I checked my event viewer and it shows me alot of errors in system log. this is a windows 2000 pro sp4 system. I have a list of commands that have errors, here they are. the at9.job command failed to start due to the …

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Hi all, I'm sure you have an easy fix for this. When I start up my computer, which uses Windows XP Home, it goes through the normal routine, then after the Welcome screen it just goes blank (actually it's blue), and my desktop does not appear. Only after I hit …

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I wrote a windows service in .NET 2.0, but when I try to uninstall it, I get an exception. The full text for the message from my event viewer is this. [quote] The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local …

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Hi, My WinXP Dell D610 laptop lost all installed printers. When tried to "Add Printer" by double clicking "Add Printer" icon, nothing happens (task does not start, curser doesn't change). Print Spooler was already started, so I stopped it and restarted it, no change In the "Printers and Faxes" folders, …

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I tried using msconfig, regseeker, regcleaner, and the startup control panel - and in each of these, when I delete or disable the startup registry entry, something is immediately rewriting it in! So it appears as a second entry, under "run" instead of "run/disabled" Here's my HijackThis logfile: any suggestions? …

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HP computer Win XPSP2 Normally, when I go to Start -->My Computer and under "Files Stored on this Computer" Normally I see: - Documents - John's Docuemnts - Jane's Documents [B]NOW ALL I SEE IS:[/B] - Documents - Jane's Documents Any ideas of how to get back "John's Documents" ??? …

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Hello all, There are some empty folders in the Registry that won't delete and I don't know how to get around it? I tried starting the computer in safe mode but it still won't delete?? It's a HP machine with XPSP2. Any thoughts??? Thanks!!

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some kid keeps hacking all my friends windows live messenger accounts and saying stuff like im g*y to other people i was thinking if i could view his webcam without his permission i could see who it was. is that possible? or another way to find out would be appreciated.

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hi all,,dont wat happned my computer got so slow and my pc stucking eveytime so i format the pc and something virus came in ma pc and all drive name changed and cant opening and when i click the any drive> mesge came> open with>i tried many times to fix …

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my old VAIO SR7K was having a problem with the ALPS trackpad. i'm pretty sure i need a new ribbon cable connection the palm rest to the motherboard. however, i reinstalled the original ALPS driver from the SONY website and my computer crashed. now i get a blue screen STOP …

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Hello, I'm fairly new to computers and i think i might have a virus, well actually i am pretty sure i do. I can't seem to open properties when i right click and i cant open my control panel, 2 error messages pop up, the same one. When i tried …

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I just bought the MP4 from China, the user guide stated to format it with FAT. I'm using Windows XP. I tried to right click the USB drive of MP4 then clicked "Format". The dialog box popped up and it has only the FAT32 for formatting the MP4. How can …

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I need to delete my cookies and temp files, but when I went to tools internet options, it clicks off, so I cant go there please help me. Thank you.

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im new to forums and asking for help. but heres my problem. after putting my computer successfully in standby, when it returns from standby, the pc starts up (hear the fans start running) but the monitor wont return from standby (orange light stays on) its happened after installing a new …

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I have an AMD XP processor and would like to know if I move the hard disk to AMD Athlon 64 motherboad will it recognise the new motherboard and run?

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i hav this error when trying to reinstall norton internet security i went to the website and found the solution but i dont know if this regedit n stuff will harm my PC can u plz chek it out [url]http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/0/b5bc48477b8d15c3652572d000684016?OpenDocument&seg=hm&lg=en&ct=aa[/url]

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i would like to know if windows xp can work with windowss CE over a TCP network. if i have a client server program and i put the client portion on the windows XP or 2000 or vista machine and i put the server portion on the CE machine then …

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I, too, was getting the same error that i couldn't flush the dns, but after reading the entire thread, I was able to solve the problem. However, I still cannot connect to the net, even though i have been able to repair my LAN. does anyone have other suggestions besides …

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Has anybody good ideas how to burn few files to cd/dvd to back up stuff, and this would be done just by clicking one shortcut in the desktop. To make things little more complicated this should be done with software provided by installation on XP pro. So no new third …

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I want to be able to start yahoo messenger, but after say one hour of use, that it will automatically shut down and not be able to open it for 24 hours, is there a program or a regestry setting which can achieve this?

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Hi, I have two startup problems with my computer which happened recently after i did some cleaning out of my computer. I doubt they are related though, since they didn't happen at exactly the same time. Firstly, whenever I start Windows, I get a "Windows cannot find file \VCI_Task.exe" error. …

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My PC runs on Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2). For some time I had an intermittent problem when starting the PC as it would not recognise the keyboard. I contacted the maker and was advised to update the BIOS and given the short cut to find the update. I …

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Hello. I hope someone can help me with the following problem. When I restart Windows XP Home, I get a black screen with the following error message. Userinit.exe Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005) I click OK and after a while a blue screen appears with this …

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Recently upped my memory from 256 to 760 MB. Surfing from page to page still takes longer than the old dial-up days. For example, from the time I signed onto my home page until I got to this thread was nearly ten minutes. I've checked my task manager, and it …

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Hai, need help, My laptop after full format and reinstall xp not successfully. the blue screen error message and reboot again thank you

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