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Hello When I try to open up a *.wmv file i get the following error. Error:[B] Windows Media Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.[/B] I have tried codecs which usually help to fix this type of problem. I have also tried …

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i want to design a program that can be used on any machine to ping their gateway. basically, what i was thinking i could do is create a batch file that first ran ipconfig. then it would run the ping command. to get the gateway, i was thinking using some …

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Hello everyone. My son sent me hardware several yrs ago and I assembled a tower, 17"monitor and printer. I am a retired Mechanical & Civil Engineer in SW FL. I have been using win98SE for some time. Son sent me a Win2kPro CD for my B/D, and I have been …

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i can delete some random pictures, and about 1% of files, but 99% of things on my computer just cant be deleted, it says they cant be read from the source file or something like that, what could it be :sad:

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right click, choose open with, the program i need isn't listed so i browse find the program in program files and open..............but it isn't part of the open list? This works fine on other pc's in office, what the _____ is going on. Anybody with any experince with something like …

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Hi all, I want to know whether i can open excel file using dos command.If so can u give please give me the command and how to do that

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When RJ45 is connected appropriate Lan LED illuminates but when I disable the Lan card on the connected computer the Lan LED remains illuminated Why? Thank yyou in advance for any help ceiber27

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I purchased a PC that originally had Windows Me on it. I later installed th XP Home Upgrade Edition. I plan on installing a new hard drive and doing a fresh install of XP Home Edition. Since this is only the Upgrade version, does this mean that I will have …

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Problem : My computer restarts every time its turned on right after the windows xp screen is finished. (the black screen with the little bar at the bottom) It's been like this for like 4 months and its just really startin to make me mad. I'm not a big computer …

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I have on my computer ad-aware SE Personal, but I can not now get the updates is there a Problem with Lavasoft? Thank-you

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[COLOR=#0000ff]I worked for a company in my past that provided how-to support through a company outside of Philadelphia for generic applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint...You name it, they supported it! The company was called PC Helps. They work with alot of the Fortune 500 and were excellent! Check out their …

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Hello, wondering if i can get some advice on this problem. Basically when i connect anything through the USB port and try to install it through the Found New Hardware Wizard, at the end it'll tell me "There was a problem installing this hardware *Name of device* An error occured …

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well im having a problem changing my login screen i go to start-->control panel-->UserAccounts-->Useraccounts-->Change the way users log in and out and when i click on "Change the way users log in and out" what is where i get the problem" [URL="http://imageshack.us"][IMG]http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6818/loginerrorxq6.png[/IMG][/URL] Thats the problem i get when i click …

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Hey guys -- someone help please!!! I have been unable to open internet explorer. I did an upgrade to ie7 -- nightmare-- and have since removed it and reverted back to 6. I cannot open internet explorer from anywhere on the computer. I am running xp. It popped open on …

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hi although outlook appears to be working normally none of the emails get through because they seem to get stuck at the scanning stage... i use norton 2006 and have had no problems until recently which seem to coincide with downloading IE7 the scanning mail icon stays on the task …

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I own a copy of DVDXCopy that I bought several years ago. REcently I had to re-install a new Windows Key Code for my XP software, and now when I try to use DVDXCopy, it wants me to reistall the software. And it is asking for the user name and …

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First this is not a vista issue it's part of media player 11. I'm running xp2 and I have tried everything to remove this from starting up randomly. I disabled in file sharing in media player but it continues to comes up. ANyone found a way to disable this or …

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I was just wondering if I could get some help with this: [CODE]Critically evaluate the effect of changes to Windows Xp's parameters and variables on its performance[/CODE] Before you say anything, bare in mind please that I'm not asking for an answer, I am simply wondering if anyone could explain …

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I recently replaced the operating system in my laptop from XP Home edition that came pre-installed in the machine to Windows XP Professional. Now my DVD drive (NEC DVD+-RW ND-6500A) cannot recognise DVDs. It can only see CDs. The problem is that when I installed XP Professional, Sonic RecordNow that …

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My windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt. I was downloading a Windows Media update to my Dell PC, and while the install program was updating the restore info, I got blue-screened, and it did a system dump, apparently filling up the entire 80 Gb disk. I have tried booting from the …

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I administer a ~20 user network. How much will roaming profiles slow down the network, and would it be benificial at all to implement them?

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Hi, We have a peer-to-peer network (Workgroup model). The number of computers in our network has increased from 7 to 21. So, for easy and faster access I created 4 workgoups on basis of the departments, and put 5-6 machines in each of them. Now, not all the workgroups are …

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Hi everyone! My father just called me at work and says that whenever he tries to boot his computer running XP home, he gets the message that the config.sys file is either missing or corrupted. I have searched around, and all of the options I find to repair this require …

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Ive had a problem with my cd drives for a while now, but i never used them so didnt see the urgency in solving the issue. I just got a DVD burner for christmas, installed it and want to use it! I installed Easy CD Creator 4 back in july …

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Hello, I'm having some big time issues with my two hard drives and the way Windows sees them. I’ll be talking about 2 SATA drives that I have (please see the image), Disk 0 (D: ) and Disk 1 (C: ). The NEW drive is Disk 0 (D: ), which …

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Well i'm new on here. Well i have a Sony Vaio PCG-FRV laptop. I bought it used from my uncle for a good price. Well i'm runnin' Window XP Pro on the laptop, the major programmings i have installed on the laptop is PhotoShop CS2, Microsoft Office, Bernina Embroidary software …

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I must really be a novice, I couldn't even find where to start a NEW thread! Here's my issue, lately when Iam typing an e-mail, Googling, or typing in a web address the letters just fail to appear, Once I look up I have to type the rest of the …

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Hi, I have 2 PCs each running Windows XP SP2 on Celeron 2.0 GHz with 512 MB Ram. The Win XP installation on the first hardisk has become currupt and the system freezes midway during the booting process. I wanted to perform an upgrade installation to fix the problem. I …

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Hi, My company has a server running exchange server 2003. Is there a way I can make the server share our contacts without having to allow it to control our POP3 email? Thanks

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Hi, everyone Help wanted in solving an issue concerning the start-up in Windows Xp. Everytime it appears a message that says: "error 0x0014574c problem with memory 0x00000000" Any suggestion/recommendation will be greatly appreciated.

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