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Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of software that can play RENTAL DVDs because the ones I have (RealPlayer and VLC Media Player) aren't doing it. They playe non-rental (bought) DVDs fine though. And whilst I'm at it, my WMP doesn't play any DVDs …

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Hi, Few days back I had been infected with a Virus [COLOR=red]w32.Fujacks.K[/COLOR]...Thereafter it has changed my FolderOptions->Show All files options. Even if I change it from Do not show hidden files to Show all files and click apply the System is stubborn to revert it back. Could anybody help me …

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When I tried to start up my laptop, it showed a message saying <windows root>/system32/hal.dll I searched around the web and saw that people with dell laptops aren't using the windows xp disc to fix the problem. I have the windows xp disc and want to know if it's possible …

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people i am having the weirdest case ever the computer that i am using currently when i open a document word or excel or any sort of ms office it seems to crash down after the product splash screen??!!!:S

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Can it be possible to install IIS on win 2000 wid out CD? if so thn kindly reply. Regards,

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[B][/B] I spent most of last Sunday recovering from a bad deed of my own making. Attempting to download a video clip, I was told that WMP could not handle the type of file, and asked me if I wanted to download a Codec. Regrettably I allowed the download, and …

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Hey guys, I was recently running a program on my pc when it suddenly crashed. When I started my pc back up an error msg popped up saying that it could not detect the hard drive. When i restrted my pc again it still wont go to windows. It gets …

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I've got a windows xp home edition laptop and i went to install a game yesterday but quickly realized my windows wasn't seeing the cdrom. First, I restarted hoping to fix it, nothing. Then I did some research and found a thread on daniweb from 2004 and tried all their …

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I have 2 clients that are reporting a strange issue. 1 is running outlook the other outlook express. Within the last 24 hours both systems have starting prompting for them to log into the Microsoft Network when they do a send and receive, if they click cancel they get and …

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Hi There All Im having a problem connecting to the internet on my other computer through IE..my weather bug has no problem accessing the internet but when i click on a add thats on the weather bug that wont access the internet..Also i cannot access internet options from control panel..the …

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I finaly got all my programs back on my computer and then I download IE 7 and the explorer icon at the top of the start menu, up with outlook express, has no icon. I have tried uninstalling and then reinstalling but that didnt help. I would like this to …

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im running xp not sp2 and i have wmp 10 recently when i play video in wmp10 there is a stuck black pixel in the upper left part of the screen i have a tv as a second screen and it does not show up on it only my monitor …

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I borrowed a friends office xp cd to load it on my computer. I need to reformat my hard drive to get rid of a partition but dont want to lose office xp. How can I back this up. I have everything else I need saved or backed up on …

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I am thinking about password protecting my laptop. A few questions. I am the administrator of my laptop. How do I set up the password. And after I set it up can I remove it so I don't need to type in a password at all. How would I do …

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Hi there. I am new to this community. I am just wondering if there is any way at all to disable the force shut down feature (you know, when you press on the power button for 5 secs+ the computer will shut down by itself without closing any active programs). …

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I just build a PC, with spec: asus p4s8x-x motherboard, Celeron 2.4GHz, 512 MB, GForce 5200, 80GB HD, DVD and CD-RW. The problem was, after loading Windows the second time, it takes almost two minutes to load Windows, and the sound is bad; it sounds like have a lot of …

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Hi guys! ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!! need some help, i need to clear the history from internet explorer on my work pc; it's windows xp pro sp2 - but locked down. i've found the entrys i need to get rid of (facebook & daniweb etc lol) but the delete button has no effect …

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Hello, Seems a few problems have cropped up. I will list the symptoms below. I feel they are related, since they have all started concurrently. SYMPTOMS: * In Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs will start to load, then gray-out after several seconds. No error ever pops up. Only by killing the …

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Im trying to slipstream the SP2 with XP Pro and I need to enter some commands into the command line. I know how to get there but my default directory is my "mydocuments". I need to be strictly in the c:\ drive. I tried typing in the "C" prompt but …

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If I go to desktop properties or through control panel and click on desktop the browse button is grayed out and if I try to pick from the left hand box nothing happens. Also if I go to themes my desktop only changes to solid color. Ive tried changing the …

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Hey guys! I have a problem which I dismissed initially but now has built up and is ddrivin me crazy!!!! Whenever I play an online game or watch an online video e.g. in YouTube or wateva every so often the picture will freeze while the sound is continuing to function …

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my computer and monitor keep shutting down and restarting on their own, even if i am on the internet or not! I used to have dsl, but i am on dial up now(netzero premium) and it never did it then. I am running windows 2000 professional. Can somebody help me …

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First off I apologize if I posted this in the wrong place. I'm trying to find a way to run a downloaded game twice on the same computer at the same time. When I try to run the game for the 2nd time it detects it's self and says it's …

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right boys and girls, could do with some help ASAP here working on a PC and when i come to defreg the HDD through windows defragger it stops and comes up with this error 'the scan has been cancelled because an error occured on file: c:\windows\systems32\temppf.sys' does anyone have a …

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Hi, I have a personal PC at home running Windows XP, 3.06 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 with 200 GB hard drive space and 512 MB RAM. I bought this a year ago from PC world. I have noticed that my PC took about 3 mins to start so I decided …

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I am getting a blue screen on my computer that says if this persists contact distributor and ask them for some files that may be missing. I'm thinking about reformatting my computer to solve this; but before I do I was wondering if anyone else had a quicker solution.

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Hello, I am unable to open my cmd.exe; it simply closes itself after no more then a second with no error message or anything. I have tried several solutions posted around other forums but to no avail. I have tried: - Virus removal (no viruses found) - System restore (didn't …

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ok, i've had it with this cloak and dagger stuff i have a hp pavilion xt928 with win xp on it i even wasted more money ordering the recovery disks i would like to go back to old win98se os and still be able to use the hardware on this …

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Hi there, I'm using linux for several years and i would like learn windows to get some new experineces in IT and ... get better salary :-) 1) I'm little afraid of it, because i have no idea how i can do something like package managment (easy install and automatic …

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