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Hi Im new here and I have a problem. Last week my old hard drive sorta crashed on me. So now I have a new hard drive. But all my files are on my old hard drive and I want to transfer them so I have my old hard drive …

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I have a DSL 504G (4 port switch and router/ADSL Modem) connected to 2 PCs at home. they both run winxp sp2, and accessing the internet is fine on both. just about everything is possible, EXCEPT playing 2 games which i enjoy very much: warcraft 3 and starcraft. everything else …

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My son some how activated a passowrd on our home computer. We had no way to log on and were forced to reinstall windows. After formatting the drive, and attempting to reinstaller windows xp i recieve the a pop that states i need a file "D:\I386\asms" It also states this …

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Hi, I have been getting this msg on boot up of my pc. I have XP Pro. It does take a while (2 minutes or so but does boot up). I had run Spybot S&D, AdWare and I do use Zone Alarm. I ran Panda and McAfee online virus checks …

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When I get a program that is expose to open with cmd it will come up then disappear before I have a change to do anything.

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I am planning on setting up a ftp server for personal use on a second computer that has Win XP on it. What is the best and most secure way of setting up a FTP server? Like i siad before it is just for personal use. No more than 1 …

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When I start my firefox it lags like hell for about 5 minutes during which I can't do anyting. After that 5 minutes i can browse the page and use the browser then after loading a new page it lags again. I tried uninstall firefox and reinstalling and now I …

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Disable/enable property for LAN connection, in Network and Dial-up Connections, for limited account is gray (dim). How do I enable it for limited account? TY

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Please help! Have recently installed windows XP on a 4 your old Packard Bell imedia PC. (upgrade on Windows me) the mouse and Keyboard are connected via usb ports and in the main don't work so can not access pc at all!

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Hey everyone this is my first post and unfortunatly its about me needing help. I am currently running Windows XP home edition version 2002 service pack 1, with intel pentium 4 cpu at 1.6GHz and 512 MB of ram. After installing a new driver for my keyboard the system would …

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I am trying to install diskeeper 9. I receive a message from the program which says that "system services could not start, check to see you have privileges to start system services" I am logged on my computer as an administrator. Does anyone know how to check to see if …

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Ok, so I reinstalled last night using the Compaq QuickRestore CD that came with the machine (my computer was barely usable last night). For some reason, it seems to have just installed a bare-bones Wndows XP, instead of loading it with all the Compaq bundled software. This is fine, and …

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Usually I use my 56k internal modem to connect to the internet, then I went on vacation, where I used bothmy Ethernet connection for Cable, and my PCMCIA for a wireless connection I get back home, and now my COM ports are gone, and I can't connect through my 56k. …

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We have a network at work and there is a rather diverse assortment of windows versions (i think we even have 3.1 somewhere) windows 95, 98, 2000 can be used to ftp and other OTHER internet usage (not just http) the XP, 2003 machines cant seem to connect (no ftp …

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I've been having some internet connectivity problems lately, and I believe it's due to some nasty spyware. I've already gone through all the steps to correct this (checking my DSL speed, anti-spyware scans, anti-virus scans, doing it all in safe mode, even reset my winsock.dll, etc.) but I'm still having …

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When I try to search my computer for files, it gives me an error. It has since I bought this computer a month or so ago. Any ideas? I do not have a Windows XP disk.

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I created shortcuts to the desktop for my optical drives D:cd-rw and E:dvd-rw , when i click on either of these shortcuts i get a message that says"The item D:/ E: that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved , so this short cut will no longer work …

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I own a Compaq Presario 7594 that I have had for ~5 years without having any major issues. I went away on vacation a couple of weeks ago (& I did remember to turn off the computer & shut down the power strip), but when I came back from vacation, …

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Just wondering if anyone else is having issues with SMTP after windows update applied hotfixes last night? If so, and you have fixed it, could you tell me which hotfix caused the issue?

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Hello :) I am new here, and i hope i did post this in the correct section of the forum. I have a strange little problem which bugs me since about three months, persistant and a little annoying. My problem is, i can't log into my hotmail account! It comes …

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my computer is pantium 4 3Gg 512mb memory is this enough to make my home vidio or something wrong in my cpu.. my copied vidio or home dvd is viewed like sloow motion is any body hellllllllp please thank u :?:

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Hi i have windows xp pro and when i go onto enable hibernation i get a nice little message saying "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" i tried to run it in safemode except hybernation is not enabled so it is not …

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I am running a reletively new toshiba sm30-106 laptop with win XP proff, i have recently encountered problems with my windvd package that i have been using since i got the laptop 7 months ago. when i try to open the program it just freezes up and completely slows down …

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Well I got a laptop, one of thoses old 366mhz for travel only, and I got this problem which is quite annoying after about 5-10 mins the screen turns black, and it doesnt seem to be the screen saver since its at 60min(60minutes needs to be past for the screensaver …

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Hello and good health to you A cry for help from a old fossil new to dvd burning. I have just purchased a dvd-rw for my dell 4800. I have also purchased some phillips 4.7GB dvd-rw discs. I am trying to burn a film on to one using nero but …

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I recently started using Windows Messenger and enjoyed the real time voice/sound communication feature through microphone.Is there any way to do the same thing through LAN?I mean do I need special software or not?And if yes where can I find it?

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Having problems getting my CD Drive to refresh. When I change CD's it won't recognize the new CD. Keeps bringing up the CD, that I just took out. Any ideas?

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I am having a problem trying to defragrament my disk. I run ChkDsk and the new Scandisk, Windows XP has a new program to replace Scan disk, but when I try to defrag it is back to square 1. So how can I trick Xp to run after I have …

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I have recently formatted my hard drive and re-installed windows XP home edition because i felt that i had slowed my notebook down with too many programs. However it seems that it has been slower since i did this! Whenever i drag a window round the desktop or scroll down …

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hi i just recently bought a new motherboard and and took all the components from my old motherboard and put them in place on the new ne. ok so thats all working great i start the pc up sort out all the bios settings. this is all still ok. my …

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