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I just set up a new PC and have dual monitors using extended desktop. Works really well, but one strange thing is happening that I was hoping someone here might be able to explain. When I move the cursor from one monitor to the next, the cursor shifts up or …

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At my boot screen i am always prompted to choose the operating system. I use only windows xp home edition and it's listed twice. is there anyway to skip this prompt and go straight to the booting of xp?

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For some reason when I try to install most software, I click on the setup.exe file and then nothing happens. I tried to fix the problem by installing hte most recent version of windows installer, but no luck. All I see is a little tab on the bottom of my …

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my computer has been acting funky. then 1 day when it asked for the password and username it wouldn't let me try anything in. so i rebooted the PC by cutting the power off... then it wouldn't boot into windows..just sat there, "trying" to boot in there but couldn't.. so …

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Im having a problems with XP i installed it on two different HDD already and they are both using up 100% of the cpu... also one of them is new out of the box. Cant seem to figure out what the problem is.... I have also reconnected all the wires …

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Hi guys, According to [URL=http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/TECHSUPP/MIPROD.NSF/0/9d37e38edafa743f8525708b00555906?OpenDocument]Here[/URL] I am told to update the ISScript engine on your computer by downloading the latest one from [URL=http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108158]Here[/URL] However, I can't even install this MSI because the error message speaks : The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. This can occur if you are …

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[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275546/en-us[/url] describes my dilemma. The problem is that according to this solution I need the Client for Microsoft Networks :cry: I do not have it installed. I am running XP. What do you recommend?

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Sometimes under no apparent reasoning certain processes will use 100% of the processor, causing it to become really hot and slowing down the overall performance of the computer. So far I have had trouble with these processes: trillian.exe, wmplayer.exe, eplorer.exe I have searched for viruses and spyware with no results. …

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How do I find it. I can't remember where I saw it but they said it came directly from ms and it is just like the xp pro themes so there is no add on like some other 3rd party stuff. Anyone know where I need to look in [url="http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic43764.html#"]microsoft[/url]? …

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I have tried looking everywhere to figure out how to reinstall the .cda audio codec and cannot find it anywhere. Because it's gone Windows Media Player doesn't even include it in the list of playable/updateable file formats. Does ANYONE know where I may obtain this file/codec/driver? and reinstall it on …

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Hello everyone, and thank you for considering this topic. I think I may just have screwed up my friend's machine. I was trying to fix some problems with drivers, and used system restore, to restore all of the origional OS, and drivers. Now the computer says on a black screen …

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i would like to either disable or reduce sensitivity of the touch pad as it causes serious upset when typing: cursor jumps at the slightest touch of thumb to another place, or wipes out loads of work. help!

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I am receiving an error message that displays USRprbda.exe DLL Initialization Failed and then the PC displays the blue screen that says IRQ is not less or equal. I thought it was the video card so I replaced it with a new one. Has anyone seen this before?

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Hi Guys, I am running a virgin installation of XP with SP2 with an Athlon 750 & 512Mb RAM. Everything has been running fine after my installation a couple of weeks ago, until today. Upon reboot I am seeing "a disk read error has occurred, press ctrl-alt-del". This is an …

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Every time I try and install windows xp, it freezes during the installation. I've formatted the hard drive over 10 times now and I've tried to use both FAT32 and NTSF file systems, and neither one gives me any results. The problem occurs after the computer restarts when it finished …

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Hello. Following one of your tread, I try to reformat my Pc. But it don't let mi change the "boot order". I have the feeling that I have put a pasword but whitout intention, so now I can't change anything on the Bios. Problem is that I did a instalation …

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I am having a bit of regret contacting Microsoft on their Piracy email address about copies of Windows XP I bought off eBay... Mainly my XP Pro that was sold w/o the product key and was initially an OEM OS. My inquery to Microsoft was to ask whether it was …

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Hey...im not really sure when this happend but its been this way for a very long time now and its P1ssing me off..anyways i am using windows xp home edition and when i click the user accounts it clicks and looks like its going to come up but nothing ever …

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i have no idea whats going on...i've un/reinstalled wmp w/ no luck. it use to just play what i had on the hard drive, but thats over now too. also it used to just play music and not video sound. what to do??? please help

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ok so i had to reformat my windows a couple of days ago because svchost.exe got infecte and there was really no way out of it i couldnt really get onto any programs for a significant enough ammount of time. But now i have all my songs on my itunes …

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I have Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 and I've used it for a few months now without any problems. Today i tried to burn a cd and a program error box popped up. It said, "CREAT50.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart …

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ok,i was just about to upgrade my system installing a new graphics card and mobo. before upgrading i uninstalled my old graphics and motherboard drivers, then upon restart to complete uninstallation i get the blue screen with error stop: 0x0000007b (0xBACC3528, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) the only thing i have tried …

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Hi, My computer has been infected with a bullseye network, cashback, and navisearch program and it recently had this nasty coulomb dialer on the computer. I tried every method to get rid of these junk, but it keeps on coming back. Does anybody know how to remove them? Thanks in …

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HELP! I have been trying to fix this issue for 3 days now. I have read about every post I can find on DaniWeb that deals with my problem but none of the fixes have worked. I am by no means an expert. My problem is that I can not …

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Trying to get my home network running, i ran Network id wizard. After restarting and not being able to login i realized it disconnected me from my previous domain, and now it wont accept the user password. Anyway you can change the domain during login or any other tip to …

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Hello everyone, Live Update 2005 crashed my computer. I installed the update and it took forever (I just renewed). Then it needed to restart and I did that and it seemed like everything was working okay. Then, turned the computer off for the night, turned it back on and it …

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Hi guys, I have a hijackthis log and I was wondering what I should delete to help my computer stop running at 100% Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:57:29 PM, on 2/1/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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Hello,something weird happened a few minutes back.I think I turned on my pc accidentally by pressing something on the keyboard.Is this possible or it was a random event?I tried pressing a power button on my keyboard but it works only for shutdown.Any ideas? :?:

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So I'm trying to set up the printing permissions on my dorm printer. I want it shared, but I want to be able to restrict who can print. So the obvoius thing to do would be to right click the printer and go to Properties and, as the msft website …

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