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Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related). It includes all of the Critical Updates that have been issued since Windows XP was released, which should simplify new installations as well as reinstallations. This thread will help you decide if …

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having a strang problem with my windows xp home .a lot of my programs seme like they are taking a longer time to close and also,when i download something it seems to take forever to reach 100% gets hung up at 99%.anyone ever here of anything like that? would sure …

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Hi there, I need some help on my Windows Media Player 10 . While everything else works the 2 function that i use most are not functioning. A . Search for Media Files and B. there is no Library .... Anybody knows what i must do now? thx :cry:

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I am running windows xp and under "user accounts" I am listed as an administrator but when I try to install yahoo messenger 5.0 (old version) it says " You do not have access to make the required system configuration modifications. Please rerun this program from an adminstrators account." A …

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Can somebody point me in the right direction? I can't instal any programs on my Sony Vaio- when I try, I get a prompt that says "Starting Install Wizard" that just hangs and doesn't do anything. I tried installing the new install wizard, but it hangs when it tries to …

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Hi, I had an old keyboard, and I fequently used Print Screen for many things, so I know how to use it. The problem is I got a new keyboard .. and the Print Screen button doesn work.. I know its no the "key" because I can print from it …

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Ok well I have this problem see, my computer crashed a while back, and to gain access I put my harddrives on another computer, but the computer changed all the file names in order to avoid confusion between the same name files. One of which was My Documents folder which …

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Right I have this problem bought a packard bell and everything was fine untill about three months ago when the hard drive decided to pack up. So I rang up support and got a new hard drive and now its all working fine apart from the fact it dosn't post …

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ok..when i put my muse over a icon the writing comes out big and bold!! im sure its not supposed to be like that..have a look ur self anyone know how i can change it back to the original please!

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My speakers stopped working all of a sudden! When I open up "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the Control Panel, it says "No Audio Devices" under the "Audio" tab. My speakers are conected properly! Can someone please help me? I deeply appreciate it!

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I have Windows XP Home Edition and I /think/ I have all the SP updates. When I login, my computer brings up my desktop background, but the taskbar is not visible. Explorer.exe is running, although sometimes it simply shuts down. I can open all of my programs from my Task …

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ok i wanted to change my os from firefox to opera so i started to download the opera setup file names " ow32enen852.exe " i downloaded it twice the frist time i canceled the download the the second time i tryed to download it it finished but some error occoured …

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OK so i got everything all set on my computer or so i thought and a lot of the stuff that was origionally on my computer isn't anymore. All the stuff that Dell had on my computer isn't on there anymore does anyone know why this is?

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Hi all, I'm new to this and just wanted to know what is wrong with my computer or the Internet Explorer of mine. It has been happening for awhile now and everytime I use Auctiva.com and try to add a picture onto my listing for ebay, a window pops up …

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i had some major problems with my lap top so i decided to reformat my hard drive but every time i try to do so an error comes up, anyone know why or what i can do?

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Hi, I installed Windows 2003, standard edition. I have a DSL connection, which is shared on my Windows 2003 through ICS. When i try to connect to a FTP Site, e.g. ftp.microsoft.com, it wouldn't let me. I have the windows firewall disabled. I transfered the DSL to a Windows XP …

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The message ''An Internal Application Error has occurred'' appears when i try to start windows media player 10, also it seems to have slowed down recently, any ideas? i have done defrags, virus checks and spyware checks! Dougie

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I installed a second hard-drive mainly for games and photos. The default drive c:\ has the windows and programs folder and the page file I do a lot of photo editing and play a lot of games I have 768 ram and I usually need around 2048 GB page file …

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I have windows xp home on my pc and on hubbies laptop. Before we made the switch I could get into all sites. Now can't get into hotmail.com or aafes.com and a few others. I have a Linksys wireless broadband router going to the laptop and I'm going crazy with …

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Thanks for looking first off... Here's the deal, I have a computer that was made for me about 2 years ago and it is well equipped. Lots of ddr sdram and even more memory and an athlon processor. I also have up to date Norton Internet Security and have never …

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I've got a 3 month old laptop that just decided to slow down...5 minutes to boot up, sticky mouse movements, stuttering sound. I've always used and antivirus. I've run all the usual spyware checkers and found nothing. Process Explorer shows most of my processor use at idle (or doing little) …

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Hi everyone. :) Im having problems with paypopups no matter how many scans I do :cry: It is driving me crazy :mad: Does anyone know how I can get rid of these as I have scanned with Trend and AVG and done spyware scans with Spybot, Adaware and Windows Defender …

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Hello, I Can't get windows xp home to install on my new build. I have a p4 3.0, 1 gb ram, seagate 160 sata hd. Windows copies all the files restarts and boots up then says about 39 mins til complete then stops fatal error. The error report says error …

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How to cancel/replace the Stand By button at the Turn off computer menu in win xp sp2 ?. I wrote in the Power options properties : Never to System standby and also tried to enable hibernation, but there is no change. my motherboard(if necessary):Gigabyte K8nsc-939. Thanks in advance

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Any advice on how to pick up and process a generated audio level utilising pc (Windows 2000) built-in soundcard (SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio) itself ??????

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Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system WinXP. On 5th Feb 2006, I had installed 2 softwares from the internet. Softwares are Burn4free SetupanyDVD5847 That time it went fine. When i used my laptop on 7th Feb 2006, i was not able to …

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hi everyone..i have one question that i need answered..i have one web page that i cannot log on to..when i go to my favorites and hit tom enter site is says page not found now the problem is the other day i used the site with no problem,i never shut …

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im running a windows xp home, i had a ge-force 4 mx420 video card and i shut down one day and the next day it my comp started to beep and i researched and it said my video card is bad, i looked at it and the chips seem fine., …

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Hi there. My kids computer has windows xp which was preinstalled so i do not have xp disc only a restore cd which i installed this morning. Prior to this as soon as machine turned on,, it crashed. Now after restore it starts to boot up and then freezes. I …

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I accidently disabled the wrong video driver on my northgate computer. Now i can't see anything when i boot it up. Any ideas on how i can get it to boot in safe mode or anything so i can enable the driver??

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