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 | ok i have VMware 4.5.2 build 8848, and i wanted to setup linux, but it didnt work.. To test it out i then tried xp first and that didne work neither. They noth give me this error, " "Unable to open kernel device "\\.\vmx86": The system cannot find the file … |
| | At first I thought this was only happening in Windows Media Player, but it turns out that it happens in other programs, too, such as Winamp. Music will play at first, and then it will stop playing... when I change a song, or stop and then start again... it does …  |
| | Hi......both my CD drives dont work. I have a cd rom drive (D) and a cd rw drive (E). Neither of them read any type of disc, whether it be data, music, photos etc, and i have tried these disc in another pc and they work fine. I am using … |
| | Running XP on an Intel D875PBZ mobo with 1 SATA HDD and 2 IDE HDD's. SATA is primary drive, other 2 drives are used just for storage. The LED light for the HDD is constantly on; I've ran disk check, disk defragmenter, and scanned for viruses and ad-aware. I've read … |
| | I'm getting a "Failed to initialize remote infrared device" error when XP boots. I have no infrared devices associated with this system. Any ideas? thank you in advance. |
| | :?: What effect, if any, will I notice in my system by installing Standard PC HAL & NOT installing the ACPI HAL? Also, will I lose any of the programs & files currently on my hard drive? Thanks! Tom |
| | hello all, first post, be kind plz :eek: anywho, ive got this machine i built myself, running Windows XP SP2 all availible updates installed. Everytime I go to run a full screen game, (ie final fantasy XI or RollerCoaster Tycoon III) the machine will shut off and restart... but this … |
| | My computer has been effected with many Trojans and it changed the display properties when i want to change the background of desktop. After it's been efftected it also changed the background of desktop by itself. How can i change it back to normal settings? |
| | I have a HSP56MR modem which has ceased working since I installed W2000. I have downloaded the suggested driver from th makers web site to no avail. I have emaild them with no response. Can anybody help. OR I have a second HDD. Can anybody tell me how to put …  |
| | I have a windows 2003 Domain with more than 200 clients. I have a registry key that can display computer Name with "My Computer" Icon on desktop.e.g. (My Computer TESTPC1). It is working properly is applied manually. Can anyone please help me in deploying this registry key in the domain … |
| | It's embarassing to ask this, as I do helpdesk work for a living, but hey... if I can't ask here, where can I? I recently upgraded my system at home to a Pentium 4 (3 ghz) with an Intel Motherboard (915). After doing so, I wiped my hard drive and … |
 | Can anyone please tell me how to run scandisk to check for corruptions on my hard drive? cheers |
| | After ditching Gentoo on my dual booted Windows/Gentoo box, I forgot that Windows was, in fact, NOT first in the partition list. It's 180 or some odd MB away from the beginning. This must have caused this error. I tried many times to go into the recovery console, but it … |
| | Hi, Ok, I've got two problems, which I've been scratching my head over for days and drawn a total blank. I have just finished building a PC for a friend. It's just got Windows XP SP2 on it at the moment, along with the necessary drivers for the hardware and … |
| | I.E 6.0 not see my web pages. Netscape does, but does not display images. If I use a different computer, all works fine. Re-installed I.E. and windows XP. No help Run repair programs such as pc Mighty Mac & others. No help. I have tried other things but no help. … |
| | Hi, I'm new here, but have grown up with computers all my life. I upgraded to a pentium 4 about 2 years back, and now it has decided to randomly freeze up. Sometimes its when I'm just surfing the web or even if its just sitting there and I'm not …  |
| | [B][COLOR=Red]I got a new burner & i installed the neroplayer with it ...everything was working fine before & after i installed it...but i didn't like the fact that the nero player took over all my media files & i couldn't import them into certain programs...So what i did was uninstalled … |
| | I'm trying to sign on to my company's VPN from my home machine and having some trouble. I'm using Win2K so the VPN capability is built in. I've added the connection in Dialup Connections but when I try to connect, it instantly comes back with the error: "The connection failed … |
| | My computer has just started crashing on start up. Yesterday it worked on the 2nd attempt, today the 3rd. It hasn't done this before and i've had my computer for 2 and a half years now. Any tips? I thought if I repaired Windows then it would work, but I … |
| | Yesterday When I Turned My Lptop On The Back Screen Light Was Of Dimmed Tried All My Best But To Know Avail. Forced To Use Study Lamp To Illuminate My Screen Whilst Typing My Project. It's Microsoft Xp Laptop..what To Do Now? |
| | Hi, I run Diskkeeper regulary to keep my drives nicely ordered, it often say my MFT usage is up to 80% and i should enlarge my MFT size. But iI have done this before a few times Should i keep doing this or not? Also when I go to the … |
| | I'm trying to search inside a folder for files containing a certain phrase and delete them. The only way I can think of is to use Windows to search the folder. I tried google desktop search but it does not let you select all of the files. I'm pretty sure … |
| | to enhance the data safety and speed etc of my computer i have built about 8 partitons/logical drives on my 160GB hdd. now, the questions. you cannot move the My Documents folder from the boot partition { if you think u have, then u have only created a shortcut}. you … |
| | [[COLOR=Navy]B]Before we begin, it is important to note that I'm a bit of a rookie in this area and that the past month of trying to problem solve this has exhausted what little patience I have with computers. I will take any and all suggestions to solve the problem below. … |
| | hello all, i'm tryin to reinstall windows on a computer that had alot of virus on it. i went to the bios and changed to boot from cdrom first and put the xp pro cd in and rebooted everything came up but whe it got to(hit any key to start … |
| | When in add/ remove programms (Win xp)when trying to select " add/remove windows components" the following error shows up: setup library msrocm.dll could not be loaded or function key ocEntry could not be found. contact your system administrator. The specific error code is 0x7e. can anyone suggest a way to … |
| | Summary: My Win2K desktop machine boots fine, however, when it finishes booting, I am left with virtually all the file, installed application and system application program assocations gone! Even the Start>Run command prompt asks me to 'open with'. :sad: The "open with" dialog box only shows the following: - Internet … |
| | Alright, this problem first started happening maybe a month ago. I started to notice little glitches on the desktop wallpaper. Then maybe a couple weeks ago it got to the point where windows would not even start up. Whenever I had pressed the button on the pc for bootup, it … |
| | Microsoft XP closers down automaticly sometimes when trying to acsess the net. Message about win 32? Also internet browser refusing to work. All after uninstalling XP servive pack 2 any one help? |
| | I just got a new laptop. It has dual Intel Pentium P4 2.8G processors installed. I'm running Windows XP Professional. My question is, does XP really use two processors? How? At what point are both processors being used? Under heavy load? At all times? Is there a way to assign … |
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