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Hi, I've suddenly experienced a problem with my window's CD writer. The process starts normally and then when the writing begins i get an error message saying that the writing could not be completed when writing a data CD. The problem also occurs when writing a music CD. This is …

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I was told that if I was on line a lot, that I should defragment my hard drive frequently. I have four questions: 1) How does the HD become fragmented? 2) I'm on line every day for atleast an hour, how often should I defragment my computer? 3) Is it …

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I can go online but I cannot connect to any webpages or instant messengers or anything. I use Winxp and i even reformatted my computer to slove the issuse but that did not work. I found a topic on a site that relates to my problem, but it only has …

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Hi! I was wondering if there's a way to view the IP address of a certain site through Command Prompt. Even better, maybe there's a way to access it through a c++ or java program! thanx.

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As in title, I need to know how to to avoid the logon screen on Windows XP prof SP2 since I am the only user!

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My computer - Windows XP Pro - Athlon 64 3400 - 1GB RAM - Maxtor Serial ATA 80GB - Radeon 9800 The last time i remember using my computer i shut it down properly and all was working well. When i came to turn my computer on again it reached …

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Hi, I use my laptop to connect to different LANs. So, I always need to change the LAN settings. Can anyone tell me how can I create several LAN connections so that I can simply enable/disable them. This is very easy in WinNT. But now I have Windows 2000 Professaional. …

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Ok this morning my computer was working fine. I decided to install new drivers for my graphics card, so I do. Then I restart and I get all these wierd lines appearing all over my screen randomly. [url]http://img2.imagebarrel.com/img/05/143/19/mess1.JPG[/url] I think to myself "those drivers must have duffed it up". So …

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Whenever I scroll - whether it's in I.E. or just the regular Windows folders - it goes very slow. This is a sudden and recent problem. I've updated all my programs to the latest versions and have run full AntiVirus scans with Norton AntiVirus (also optimised the disk with SystemWorks) …

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When I run Bittorrent it causes my router to temporarily crash. It will come back on with no problems but my internet phases in and out when I start downloading. I have a Dlink Router and use Bitcomet to download. It was working before and then just...stopped. Any help would …

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Hi, I'm a newbie, can anyone tell me how to change the annoying OE envelope? You know the one I mean- the one that sits in the tray when you get new mail!! It's driving me bonkers. Anyone help please??

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I triple-boot Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, and SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional. For those that don't know, Linux has special user permissions. There is only one user with access to the entire harddrive, called "root", and this user has an encrypted password. …

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Whenever i go to run and type cmd and press enter and the thing opens but i get message... C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com the NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0dbe IP:0104 OP:ff fd 1f 58 5d choose 'close' to terminate the application can u help me plz?

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Well a friend of mine have suffered this problem, first she can't receive files (.jpg) in MSN7.0, upgrading to the latest versión she finally could receive the files, but... she still can't open them, windows was blocking the acces to the files, and there was nothing in the Incoming files …

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Im currently running WinXP Home on my laptop. I wanna make a boot/restore cd for those "just in case" moments. my laptop is running almost perfectly and has the programs i use. Is there a way i can create a restore cd so that if something should go wrong.....i can …

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[B]Hi there, Just a quicky.....I am trying to do a fresh install of WinXp Corp. The disc is at auto run and when i insert the disc in my comp, it starts straight away. But, when i try to install from a complete reboot the disc is by-passed. I have …

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Currently having a problem on one of 4 PCs connected to the internet via a BB router. When IE is started it randomly comes up with "the page cannot be displayed" with "cannot find server or DNS error". the page can be displayed by refreshing but the number of refreshes …

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On one of my PC's with NIS, I have begun to get a pop-up message requesting that I activate the product. Attempts to do such have failed, and the product was activated upon installing 6 mos. ago or so anyway. Other machines that I have that are runing the same …

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need help .IE wont open any url but mozilla will this happened after i tried to reinstall IE6. so cant open my hotmail mail or get my home page

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Hey everyone, I am a noobie to DanWeb my appologies if I chose the wrong forum. Anyways, on with my question. About 2 weeks ago my home computer was acting a little funny. Started slowing down, and oddly enough it was making my text on the screen go fuzzy and …

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When I restart my computer it begins to reboot, I see the windows logo and then the screen goes blank. The disc drives won't open and it won't respond, but the computer is on. I tried to start it in safe mode or go back to the last working time, …

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hey guys you have to help me , this is very important. I dont know how suddenly my "folder options" tab inside the "tools" dropdown is gone missing.Not just "folder options" but all the standard options of "Tools" are missing, instead i see options like "Map N/w drive...", "Disconnect n/w …

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I wanna buy a new computer to do some video editing and playing some sweet games but I dont know if I should get a computer for today or plan for the future. Would WinXP 64Bbit and 64bit software be on the market in the next little while or what? …

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I have an XP Home OS with MS Outlook Express 6. I am able to add background sound to my e-mail by going to New Message/Background/Sound. Those receiving it will receive that message with background sound. However, when they send me an e-mail with background sound, that background sound is …

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hi everyone,i need help,since i bought my laptop(which has a built in dvd player)it always plays crap, voice is muffled and picture plays slow,i get no joy from makers i moved from uk to oz so cant send it back,it is an i-buddie a907 256mb 1 gig(533 mhz)40 gb i …

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Hello First timer here, I am having problems installing windows xp professional and was hoping that you guys could help. My problem is that I use a win98 boot disk to start the computer with the windows xp disk in the drive... I then get to a command prompt just …

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My disk space gradually fills up during an online session. After a restart everything is back to normal. My hard disk is partitioned into two NTFS drives, C: (10GB) holds Windows and all other software, D: (30GB) holds data files. Once I've started an internet connection the C: drive gradually …

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I am having serious problems with the sound on my laptop. After listening to no more than 5 minutes of music or watching a video, my sound wil stop working. It simply cuts out and every once in a while I hear a fuzzy distorted sound. Once my sound goes …

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Start up Item Tea Timer, what is this ? Should there be a checkmark for it & what is it used for> :p

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Hello here, Recently I have been having trouble uninstalling programs from the Add/Remove Programs list, with a window popping up saying "Windows Installer is not installed properly". Why is this happening, and how would I fix this?

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