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| | I cannot remove a network printer port on windows XP. I am logged in as an administrator, I have tried right clicking on any space on printer properties -> server properties -> ports tab and then try and delete a port but it will not let me. Sometime this works … |
| | XP Home SP3 When a browser or other program needs CPU, the 99 goes down to accommodate, then goes right back up to 99. It shows 220K of memory constantly; that never changes. System is running slow because of the excess CPU usage. Have run scans, disabled everything I could …  |
| | So here's the deal. I was an idiot and clicked on a file to download from an unknown host and let it extract. I didn't do anything so I restarted the computer and after that could not boot into windows at all. I would be able to get to the … |
| | Hi everyone, I am new here and am in need of help. I have a laptop vostro 1500 and have windows xp. I was on the computer one night, then I turned it on on the morning to find a nightmare. after I turned it on, it asked for my … |
| | I recently purchased a Gateway labtop off ebay and that person said he wipped the harddrive clean so I tried to load my Windows Genuine Advantage kit for Windows XP professional on to the labtop it will load up to the point which it will say coping files then will … |
| | Can someone assist me with this ...I get quite a bit of Hung Applications ...I get the frozen hour glass and then have to wait and close programs manually. In addition when I start up and click on the explorer icon..the machine brings up several tabs? Another mini issue ..Vertual …  |
| | I hear it running and i see it in the HARDWARE DEVICE section on the Control Panel but it seems not to reconize it |
| | I get this error when trying to re-format my Maxtor external HDD. What can I do about it? |
| | Working with a netbook with 1Gh Processor and 1 Gb memory Only some supportive software such as adobe reader, flash AVG anti virus, malware, etc. The hard drive is 60% free and regularly maintained with diskclean and defrag. Exploit software used is" - Windows Defender - Malware Bytes - AVG … |
| | first off id like to say ive tried 4 other so called "tech forums" and none of them had replied back to me so im hoping someone here can help me out. basically this is the problem: -when i use my browsers explorer 8 and firefox i am getting repeatedly … |
| | xp won't recognize the raid drives on my dell precision 390 and won't install. options?  |
| | How to close dialog box if it does not has OK and CANCEL |
| | for the past week, my mouse would periodically go crazy all the sudden. IN particular it would seem to be highlighting everything, opening, closing stuff, I was unable to defeat it in anyway, other than by turning computer off. ONce back on, the mouse would be fine. I use a … |
| | When i press the @ sign i get " and when i press " i get @ also other keys on my keyboard are mixed up.:sad: I have installed xp pro several times recently and the first time i did i got the on-screen keyboard up to try and change … |
| | What the heck?... My system was working fine then it just stiffed up on me. I had to unplug it to shut down...nothing worked. I did a surface scan of the HD and it came out fine but now when I boot up...the XP logo doesn't show then this error … |
| | Working with a netbook with 1Gh Processor and 1 Gb memory Only some supportive software such as adobe reader, flash AVG anti virus, malware, etc. The hard drive is 60% free and regularly maintained with diskclean and defrag I find the drive light is on or rapidly flashing much more … |
| | I have a HP photosmart c6180 all-in-one printer. My OS is Windows XP Pro sp2. I am having trouble getting the ink level to display. Each time I try I get the following message..."The computer is unable to establish two-way communication with the device." I use AVG firewall. Any suggestions? |
| | i have a custom built running windows xp, it has a asus p4p800 motherboard with a nvidia geforce 5700 video driver. this machine is a dino but very reliable. when i finished running windows updates i rebooted and the monitor now goes to sleep after the xp screen. tried to … |
| | Sorry in advance for the lengthy first post. The faults I'll describe are not due to hardware or malware of any kind. They are entirely self-inflicted. My PC is running WinXP, SP3. I have two HDD, both with multiple partitions. The C:\ SYSTEM disk is copied bit-for-bit to a backup … |
| | Hi, I have a hijack situation. When I click on some links, the website is hijacked to another site. I have run AdAware and Malwarebytes but nothing works. Any help is appreciated. Here is my hijack log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:09:32 PM, on 9/28/2010 … |
| | I recently moved MS Office 2003 from an old computer to a new one. Now when opening an Excel spreadsheet located on a server the font is wrong. The font is TW condensed 8, but it displays and prints in a larger font. TW condensed does not show up in … |
| | Hi, I'd be really pleased if someone could give me guidance on this problem. I'm trying to connect a Dell Inspiron laptop to my friends NTL/Virgin cable modem. I took it to my local computer shop, who supplied and installed a Pluscom 10/100 PCMCIA adaptor card, plugged in their ethernet … |
| | HELP!!! I can't get XP to start on my PC!!! This is what I keep getting: When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options … |
| | HELP ME! I'm a college student and use my computer ALL of the time. All of a sudden this thing called Relevant Knowledge started popping up on my computer. I wanted to get rid of it, so I stupidly clicked the button that said stop receiving these messages or something … |
| | Newbie here- couldn't read any replies on archived thread about this. Desktop crashed on boot with no warning, showing Windows unable to load due to this missing or corrupt file. System was well maintained, clean: Dell Dimension 4400 Pen 4 1600 megahertz Installed RAM: 512MB HD: 40GB 77% free Windows … |
| | Is There Any Way To Partition A Pen Drive?? Which Software Is Suitable??? |
| | Cn anybody help me here? When i tried opening an application i've just installed in my laptop computer, it displays an error message and it says: // Your computer's effect property "SHOW WINDOW CONTENTS WHILE DRAGGING" is unchecked. This property should be checked to use eyepilot(the exe file). On windows … |
| | I had to uninstall MSN connection center because when I updated my modem driver it would find my modem. Now every time I Disconnect from the internet and then connect again the MSN connection center is back. I went to the control panel >> Add or Remove programs >> MSN … |
| | I am trying to open up the Security Center in my Control Panel but when I click on it nothing happens. I had a virus but thought I had cleaned everything off the machine... can anyone offer any suggestions. I have Microsoft Security Essentials running and it does not detect … |
| | My pc will not startup and run normally. I receive a message on power up "that windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt <windows root>/system 32 hal.dll please re-install a copy of the above file". I made an ms-dos startup disk from another PC. I … |
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