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Hey guys. I've recently seem to have deactivated my main partition. I was messing around with my partitions and propably deactived it. Now if i start up my computer it just stops me dead. At first it told me: reboot and select proper boot device Or insert Boot Media in …

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Hi, Im having a big prob on my cpu, yesterday i was downloading some files, and WAM my cpu restarts then before the windows XP pro loading page, an error pops up, it says :Disk Read Error Occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart? Tryed that but it keeps popping up, so …

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When I try to open IE I double click it and it does nothing. My opera works fine. Anyone know why this would happen. If I do a system restore to 5 days ago it will open but when it takes the microsoft updates it wont open anymore. Any ideas?

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Okay, I have a serious problem here that is really plaguing me, as I am trying to make a video which requires the ability to drag-and-drop files - problem is - [B]I can't![/B] I am running Windows XP Professional SP2. I have tried downloading a few .reg registry edits. One …

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Hello there! I´m not exactly shure if I´m right on this page cause I´m not a Computer prof. but I´ve got a serious problem wich I can´t solve, so I hope you can maybe help me (also my english isn´t the best and I have to translate into English but …

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Whenever I try to open my Control Panel (in XP) it says explorer has encountered an error and it won't open. It looks like explorer then does a quick reboot. I looked at the error report, and it says: AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: shell32.dll ModVer: 6.0.2900.2180 Offset: 00022aa0 Any …

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Im not sure if I am under the right Thread! Im new so please excuse if i have some probs that are already on here. :o My computer is a complete disaster. I have did a complete system recovery on it. That didnt work. I could of done it wrong. …

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Is it possible to reformat a hard drive and install Windows XP using a windows startup disk (floppy)? And if so, how? Note: I cannot get the PC to boot from CD and thats why I was wondering if this is possible. Ive been trying to reforamt a troublesome PC …

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Outlook Express wont send/receive messages sometimes. When i send a message window comes up and says 'Some errors occurred while processing the requested tasks. please review the list of errors below for more details' Then it says 'Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server …

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bought a new 7800gs...tried it in my pc and could not get it to work..was told it was faulty..so i sent it back. When i recieve the new one i was getting the same problem. Bios and POST will show..but when it comes time to load the windows screen, the …

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Hello everyone. My name is Anthony and I have a Sony VAIO, with Windows XP Home Edition. This morning I woke up and my computer had froze-up/was unresponsive. I had a peer-to-peer running and the numbers (speed I was receiving the files) was changing but I couldn't do anything. I …

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I have got windows XP and got microsoft antispyware beta 1, I would like to update to defender beta 2 but I am not sure how to do it can you talk me through it Thank-you Peter

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What program/utility/etc to use to AUTOMATICALY recognize what file types are files rescued and saved as CHK files? --------------------------------------------- I'm looking for a solution that offers automatical recognition of "what's actually there". (My hard-drive crashed and there are four folders with CHK files (there's 10000 files in each* (FILE0000.CHK - …

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I know this is in the wrong section but if anyone could help me, I'd be sooooooo greatful. Anytime I go to a website that has the words "Spyware" on it, my browser shuts down. I can't even open the page in a seperate window. I tried to go to …

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I have a pair of 160gig sata drives one was going bad so I tried to clone it to the new drive. It has a dual boot 98 and XP. The old drive is gone and the new system works but the drive letters are wrong when running XP. In …

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I know this is a program that has got into my computer, and I cant find out how to delete the pop-up about that Microsoft tells me that it is something wrong with my Windows 2000. Please help me asap. :cry: I would be very happy :p Grete

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Dear colleage, In one of the Laptops in my office, It is found a problem. The modem couldn't be functional. So I can't use a dial up connection from this Laptop I've tried to install the drive from its own CD. It gives me the message "Can't continue Hardware update …

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I too have the same prob as benyam dessu had. My prob is different as in that i have 2 xp home systems and now only 1 H.D. If i follow gemini4's fix through the system Startup way how do i know which one to delete as they both are …

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Hi, I'm putting together a new machine for my office work. I chose a 160GB HD and Win2000. When I go to install Windows it only sees 131070GB on the drive and only lets me partition 131062GB and reserves another 8 for partition info. I know drive capacities are rounded …

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Hey, I hope someone can help me cos otherwise my next step is formatting my hard drive :cry: Right, my problem is: when i start up windows it comes up to the screen where my windows hard drive gets checked for errors and after the drive has been checked there …

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Hi everyone, I just replaced mobo and cpu in my girlfriends dead computer. It has xp office on hard drive. When I powered up it runs bios and then beeps and stops asking if I want to start windows norm, safe mode, safe mode with prompts and network. No matter …

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I'm just wondering if there is such software for people to run full screen games (ones that can't be changed with the "-window" or "-w") in window mode, specifically Red Alert 2 :cheesy:

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Greetings, I have an old PIII/550 that my kids use. It's overdue for a cleanup due to all their junk. I'm not having boot difficulties, just really need to speed things up with a fresh install of XP Pro. It's been a long time, however, and I guess I didn't …

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A father forgot his administrator passord and needs to download security updates. Windows XP Home Edition. Any suggestions?

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Dear colleage, One of my Pcs is Booted Dualiy (Dual Boot), But know I want to remove one and have single Boot. How could I remove one with out formating the drive that contains it's files. Best regards, ben.

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Hi guys n gals, I get a microsoft internet explorer pop up saying 'Out of line memory at line 94' regularly when i open up my browser, any one of you experienced people know how to get rid? :mrgreen: Cheers Dougie

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recently, i unable to play my game in full screen mode. i remember that it works well before. i dont know whats happen...it is my register in regedit.exe has been change?? anyone know how to solve it?

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Hi. I'm running an Athlon 2400+ with 512 DDR ram with Windows XP Pro. However, I've noticed that whenever I begin to burn a CD, or simulate a burning, my CPU usage shoots up to 100%. As you can imagine, my computer becomes pretty much unusable when this happens so …

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I am an admitted Rookie. I install :eek: ed Radeon x 700 pro on my Vaio Desktop.The reason for the upgrade was to take advantage of the component video out when I use the Cloning feature. I like to watch recorded Media Player stuff on my Big Screen (which of …

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We just put together a computer for a friend of ours. Everything worked fine when we gave it to her, and she checked it out again at her parents. But when she started it back at school it went through the check disk for errors then the monitor shut off. …

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