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I dont have the Windows XP Service Pack 2 installed on my computer yet. I was going to install it today, but before I did, they recommended that I backup my system before I do so... My question is, how do I backup my system and protect all my files …

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my hubby was playing an online game and out of no where he got a blue screen and then the pc rebooted. it started up again in safe mode fine but now it just keeps blue screening and shutting off, does this sound like a virus or something? :?:

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Hi people :) 1st a confession , I don't know anythin bout PC's at programmin level :rolleyes: 2nd , I need help :o I installed a program called "threadmaster" , this controls CPU % level per application , I thought it sounded cool till I realised I cudn change the …

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My brothers' pc has worked fine for a year or so,but just recently he has had boot problems, so while i look into it i thought i'd post on here to see what you guys think in case i get stuck.If i find the problem in the mean time i'll …

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I have a problem that seems to be common, but apparently the solutions vary depending on the exact error report. Trouble is, I get "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" every time I close an IE window. Here's the exact error report: AppName: iexplore.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 …

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I installed a new hard disk in my notebook as my older one got a failure.There is windows xp professional in the new one.The dilemma is that it is taking too much time to get started,almost 15 minutes.And also,after getting started,my notebook is working very slowly.Task manager is showing 100% …

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When i go into my computer it used 2 have 4 folders now it only has 3 the shared and 2 other users one is missing but it is still on the c drive what do i need 2 do

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Hi all, My client is running a Win 2003 SP1 Server with many users accessing it through Terminal Services. Every night I have some scripts to run that only run correctly if all users are logged off from Terminal Services. I am wondering if it is possible to script the …

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Whenever I open my IO.SYS file, I cant read it. It's a bunch of symbols. I was thinking that I dont have a particular font installed from adobe but I cant figure it out. Any suggestions? :(

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I have a dual boot system. I have 2 IDE Hard Drives and can go into the BIOS and choose to boot to a Windows XP Installation on the C Drive (40 GB Seagate) , and a Windows XP Installation on the D Drive (120 GB Maxtor). I normally boot …

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Ever since I changed from dial up to broadband a few days ago MSN messenger 7.5 will not sign in. Oddly Windows messenger will sign me in. Does anyone know why this is and what I can do about it? Cheers Kris

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Hi, I recently had my hard drive replaced on my gateway desktop computer, and now instead of being drive C: it is now the I: drive. I was just curious if it possible to rename the I drive back to C, it is the only hard drive and partition on …

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hey i just got a new-old computer (new to me) and i did a system restore. well now i am having problems with dl'ing stuff on my computer. When Winamp loads up, I get a "the ordinal 422 could not be located in the dynamic link library PX.dll" message, but …

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Hello I have a couple year old "Adobe Premiere 6.0" video editing software that I want to download on my computer, I have Win XP and when I install the cd and click download I get this error message. "16 bit windows subsystem - C:\windows\systems\autoexec.nt. The system file is not …

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Well I have a little problem.I tried to disable password on an acount on another computer in order to connect through LAN because its user didn't remember it(it was on auto logging mode so never used it).Windows switced on guest mode (why?) and in order to access administrator account we …

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Hi all... I have a problem here... I have 2 Compaq PentiumIII (model ia P450). I have image CD's created using norton Ghost and I am supposed to format the computer using those images. The problem is after I finished running the images I restart the computer and it starts …

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As the title says, I can't seem to find the 'folder options' in File - Tools on my Windows Explorer anymore. I'm not sure when exactly it started and what caused it to disappear. Also since I had that problem, I realised that an additional 'Data.exe' file appears in my …

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out of the blue i lost 20 - 30 % of icons like .doc ,.ppt all micrsosoft office and some other programs. Is there a way to like get them back or something :cry:

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Everytime I try to purchase something off the internet, after clicking the submit button or what have you, the screen goes blank, says done at the bottom, and has the word 'error' in the address bar. This happens whenever I try. I'm using windows XP, IE, and I don't have …

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Everytime I click Start---Turn Off My Computer---Shut Down, it doesn't shutdown right away..... the End Now prompt comes up and trys to End explorer.exe and it can't,so I click END NOW and my computer shuts down after that, Why does this come up everytime! It's pissing me off! I ran …

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[COLOR=Orange]help.. im new to this site. In order to sign into my msn i first have to change my password. I change my password and then sign in, im on for like 5 mins and it says ive signed onto another computer. I know what your all thinking " well …

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I am struggling to uninstall some programs on my computer. I recently did a system restore on my computer, due to a fault on my system. I uninstalled some programs from my computer before my computer went funny. I then went ahead with the restore which made my p.c fine …

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Recently I shut off my computer without letting it shutudown. I know you shouldn't do it but when I have in the past nothing bad has happened. This time I did it but while a program was still running. Now my computer wont start up! I can get to the …

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Hey everyone . . Who knows what th CVm.exe file is? isn't it a Windows System file? I seem to be missing this file in my System32 folder. I get a "CVm.exe Application Failed" at bootoff. I see this file in my registry . . and when i attempt to …

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After being hit with a nasty virus that I cant figure out how to get rid of I have decided to just wipe the computer and start over and I was just wondering if I can get step by step instructions on how to do this. Im running Windows XP …

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Ok, im in need of some help...i am trying to find if Windows XP Pro stores the history of everything you do. i am in a predicament where i need to show someone the history of a particular folder, what i want to do is show them all the times …

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I have had my computer up and running for 6 months now...So I installed a new game and it crashes a few times and then one time it crashes I can't get it to turn on correctly. When I hit the power button it turns on the fans go and …

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i accidentally reformatted my computer i know, that sounds really stupid and yes it probably is.. basically i was having problems with it today, it kept blue screening when i turned it on (suspected virus) and safe mode didn't work either... windows just wouldn't load so i dug up …

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i have a cable intenet connection but any time i go to download anything it has a 30-40kbs download time. what can i do to fix this? :?:

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my pc configuration intel 865gbf motherboard,p4 processor with ht technology,512mb transcend ram i have windows xp professional my pc hangs and givesw a blue screen showing stop:0x0000007A(0XE17D8424,0XC0000098,0XBF8F9C8,0XICDE3860) win32k.sys-address BF8F92C8 base at BF800000,datestamp 3b7de3698 please help me out

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