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Hi I have several pcs that when they boot up they hang on the applying settings screen, these are windows 2000 boxes with no hardware changes. The only thing we changed was the dns but it's only a few pcs that are booting up in 20 minutes. The pcs log …

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On startup I get the message that I cannot Load C:/winnt/system/dpvdlg.dll (I believe). (Not my computer, another work computer.) And that Access was denied. Does anyone have any information about what this file is or what it is used for if anything? Thanks

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I posted this somewhere else also but... I could really use some help. I lost power with the computer on last night. When I tried to restart it after it came up with a screen that has the lines that the puter wasn't shut down before & gives me options …

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Ok in the EULA it says the licence is like permission to use the software, It does not mean that you own it. I have a copy of XP home upgrade and a laptop which once had windows 98 (now no cd) - but the certificate of authenticity and serial …

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I noticed something yesterday while researching the latest MoviePass variant on one of my customer's computers. It seems that MoviePass, the makers of the MediaPipe software, have changed their terms of service. They used to require a phone call to their toll-free number to cancel your software subscription, but now …

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I have XP and this problem exists on only one user. The others are normal. The wallpaper is the standard blue and when I select any other wallpaper, nothing happens. Text and icon size and other prefs have been altered and also cannot be changed. Also I am unable to …

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I am seeing a message "error loading OS" on booting up,then PC stalls.Then I insert windows XP cd to boot up . Can anybody help me through the steps to resolve this error so as i do not need to use a CD.

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heres a couple of freeware thats good. [url]www.firewallleaktester.com/wwdc.htm[/url] - [url]www.theorica.net/codecs.htm[/url]. make sure you read the help txt file if your not sure on what your doing

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hi my sister was on my pc and for some reason she restored the system to some previous date. when she restart the pc. it give her some type of message. so i tried to repair my xp using xp cd. but i forget the administrator password. so i installed …

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I've gotten excellent help before, so I'm back for more! I was being stupid last night and I accidently clicked when Windows was logging off (it was at the stage where everything was off the screen except my desptop background). It froze right then and there (is that normal?) so …

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hi all, can anyone help me on how can i clean my computer from trojan virus?i've scan the computer then just 14 from 28 virus deleted.how about another 14?what can i do with that?fyi, i am using AVG.Please hekp.TQ in advance

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Well, just last night, I bought a game for the PC that is capable of online gaming. Being my ignorant self, I didn't look at the system requirements for the game. I barely passed the requirements, the only flaw was my graphics card. When I tried to play the online …

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I have been a visitor here for a while and impressed with your assistance to everyone and the wealth of info here. I am sorry that I am now needing assistance myself. I hope someone can find the time to help me. I am need of assistance on a blue …

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Hi! This is my first posting here. Too bad it had to be a negative tone to it: I WANT TO KILL MY LAPTOP!!! Sorry... Now that I got it out... Here's the problem in detail. And this had to happen right before I was going to back everything up …

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When i boot up my computer it goes through the whole startup system etc.. and then when it gets to the login in screen it crashes it says this [B]STOP: 0x00000051 (0x00000001, 0xE29830008, 0x004F4000, 0x000001D6)[/B] I dont know what it means but its very annoying and wont let me use …

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Hello All, I am new to this forum - found it by Googling for help with several errors I've been experiencing. Here's the scoop: My PC is several years old and was running WinXP Pro with SP2 applied. Everything was fine, until it started crashing intermittently. I had added several …

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I need a REALLY reliable software that can shutdown xp systems automatically everyday at a certain time. I prefer to use MS utilities but can't find one. I dont want the BIOS to crash the system and do all kinds of damage to the platform. It needs to be as …

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so i installed a SP1 pack of windows xp on my computer, it worked fine at a resolution of 1280x1024, and then i installed my drivers for my Radeon 9250 and now the biggest i can make the resolution without making the desktop area too big is 1024x768, when i …

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please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry: I m having a problem in ma computer. i cannot open any folders including my document, my computer, control panel. is there any know how to treat this problem??????? if yes email me [email]shb234@hotmail.co.uk[/email] waiting for reply...................

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Whenever i tried to open Internet Explorer it directs me to my Desktop Folder instead of opening IE browser is this a virus? any ideas? thanks

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Hey guys, I'm caleb, and I'm in a bind. I'm the itt for an engineering company with roughly 25 computers on the network. I'm currently in transition from peer to peer going to server/client. My problem is weird. I've researched Google for probably 90 minutes and nothing has worked. We …

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[COLOR=#555555][COLOR=#555555]Hi there,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I have a virus that is playing with my exe files and, I also think, is responsible for the loosing of my connection with my wireless network. My wireless anthena is working fine, it recognises the access point in the other room, but my wireless network …

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Hello all, this morning I ran into a problem with my OS, when my little sister tried to get on she found a blue screen with an error message saying a file was missing, without memorizing the filename she rebooted the computer. Now whenever the computer is booted it goes …

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Okay, so here's my data: szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2180 szModName : ntdll.dll szModVer : 5.1.2600.2180 offset : 00011f52 C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2f6a.dir00\svchost.exe.mdmp C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER2f6a.dir00\appcompat.txt I've cleaned these above temp folders on various occasions, and done every bit of cleaning that's possible, and even tried a system restore, but it won't work. At …

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The computer detects the DVD rom and reads the installation disk (I assume it reads it because the disk spins) The problem is the installation will not autoplay. The only thing I have thought of is to take out the hard drive of my old computer and install it on …

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ordered and Received delivery of brand new PC from one of the UK s big companies even before they despatched it the Advanced System Error Log has message "The machine wide default Launch and activation security descriptor is invalid.The requested action was therefore not performed. This security permission can be …

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On Network Connections iam unable to double click on the 1394 connection & the local area connection & cant view status on either of them. I can go into properties & even select the repair option. Im on Windows XP Sp2. The problem occured after using some internet explorer remover …

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question: How do I create a folder permissions so that only I can access it and no one else can (and yes this is using ntfs). background: I currently have every member who is not me all lumped into a group and then I have that group denied access to …

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I got a new computer from Ibuypower. Everything was fine but the Sound. I tried to instal lthe Sound driver disc that came with the package, but everytime I install it to rocess of 80%, it stops and the window crashes or freezes. The sound driver is Realtek AC audio …

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in my msn messenger, my contacts display pictures will not show..they have all enabled them to show but they still wont show..they work perfectly for them, but not for me..any advice?? my version is msn messenger 7.5

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