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I have a Pentium III, 450Mhz system running Windows 2000 with 256MB of RAM. Anyway, yesterday I ran Windows Update and went to Service Pack 4 as well as several security updates. Everything seemed to go smoothly except after installing the final set of updates and rebooting the computer is …

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This Happend To Me 3 Times....im On The Computer Just Surfing The Net W.e And Then All Of The Suden My Computer Turns Off...Happend To Me 3 Times :eek: Is There A Way I Can Stop That ?

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I am running a Dell 4500S machine with windows XP home installed and I wanted to put linux on my machine. I would prefer to boot linux from my external USB hard drive but I dont know if this is possible. If it isnt possible, then how can I install …

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I'm receiving the following error after trying to start the print spooler on a win2000 pro machine: "The procedure entry point CacheAddName could not be located in the dynamic link library SPOOLSS.DLL" The latest service pack is installed (4 I think). It just started after I installed the service pack …

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When I try to add new folders to the My Music folder, I can't name them-- they are all called "New Folder (X)"-- nor can I rename them. I've gotten around this by making folders on the desktop and pasting them into My Music, but it is a bit of …

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Hi all. My computer can't load explorer any more. I don't think it is caused by the virus. Now when I run WE, nothing happens, under the Windows Task Manager, I can see that everything except the explorer.exe, then I creat new task by selecting explorer.exe. it still doesn't load. …

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anybody know? Sometimes I have to hit ctrl-alt-delete to to get the screen back. Computers been running slow latey anyway. Thanks alot...

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Ok I Installed The New One But I Still Have The Old One ANd I Cant Get Rid Of It...Its Not In Remove Program Or W.e And Every Time I Start My Computer And I See What Processes Are Running And I See the Old Windows Messenger Running... How Can …

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]Whenever I click on a folder on windows explorer it opens the search results window. To view the contents of the folder I have to right click and hit explore. I am sure I messed with a setting but I cant find it againg. Can somebody help.[/FONT]

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I have Windows XP Pro OEM on a custom PC. Have installed the PC-Cam 350 software onto My PC and now it does not show me my photos from the camera--- only all blackness. Also the camera does not take live video of me in a test set up. After …

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Hi Canyone tell me if it is possible to password protect folders in WinXP? cheers mike

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Hey all. I just installed 2000 over 98. Install was almost done and it went to a page about passwords. I just skipped over it as I didn't want to use a password to sign on. The install completed and I rebooted. It then went to a 2000 signon page. …

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Right now I am wondering how if you create a bookmark with an ASK field, Word creates a bookmark that doesn't have any included text between its brackets ][ , yet contains text that you can recall with a statement like MsgBox ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(bookmarkname).Range.Text when i prompt the user to create …

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Lets do this lets see who can keep up a Windows Based server up the longest. I will start with my entry with [url]www.fiberops.net/temp/102Days.jpg[/url] I would love to see us build a soild stable Windows Farm. Hehe will see who the winner is.

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I had a graphic sent to me on a Word document. I can't figure out how to get it off of the document and save it as a jpeg (or any other format). Apparently, the person who sent it only has it in this format (not as a stand alone …

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Hi. I'm not very computer literate, but know the basics. I've just installed windows XP, previously WIn 98, but my sound won't work. It did mention during a scan that my VIA '97 something about sound, wouldn't work. But i've tried to update all that with downloads from the internet, …

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Hello, As you can see by the name....i'm completely new to pc administration. Can you help.....? When I log off 3 programs need to be shut down by the 'end now' button (nscntrl.exe, msdmxm.exe and ctfmon.exe). Can i fix these as i think they are causing the problems i'm experiencing …

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I am using Windows XP on my computer. I have a problem with trying to keep the horn or should I say volume control icon on my taskbar. In order for it to stay, I have to go into the control panel after I turn on the computer. I have …

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HI, I am new to this forum and, though I have checked the FAQ and skimmed the threads, I have not seen this issue before. On WinXP Home SP1, I get a blank error message right after login with no text but the standard MS yellow [img]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/techtalk-images/icons/icon4.gif[/img] symbol and a …

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This site is fantastic! However even though my question has been answered my emails from the thread are still active. Can I erase the thread or should I delete links to this site in my email account?:eek:

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I teach people to use their computers ... Today , while online - The computer popped up a message NT Autorization something , Status Code 1073741819 Shut down . He has a E-Machine with Win XP . I tried everything , even tried to go back to a earlier time …

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ODBC has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Get error when trying to connect to odbc with Oracle 9i client driver under windows 2000 and XP. Has anyone seen this problem before?

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Hey everyone... I had just rebooted by system and i got this process1_initialization_failed error. so i try to boot up in all of the safe modes and i can't. none of the troubleshooting has helped, so i was wondering what a guy can do to fix this and noe lose …

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Computer is slow to start up. I am running XP and all of the sudden when I first start it up it has the welcome screen for like 40 seconds before I get to my desktop. I ran AD-Aware and it dont haelp..Also ran AVG and Reg vac and cant …

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I've just bought a new laptop where i have been using the wireless network to connect onto the internet. I have networked an old laptop and an old computer to a DSL Gateway. Both laptops have network cards and the computer is connected directly to the DSL. Recently when both …

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My computer is windows xp, and on the quick launch toolbar on my wife side thr show-desktop icon has disappeared. Please can you tell me how to retrieve it. Thank-you.

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hey ya, if anyone can help me out with this question, I much a appreciate it! :cheesy: ok I got through the first 3 steps of Windows XP installation. The problem I am having is the computer stops with exactly 13 minutes left of installation and doesnt finish installing. well …

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Hiya! When I manually activate the "Stand By" on my PC, it goes to the stand by page, displays the Windows XP logo and the subject message and then hangs. The mouse still moves, but is of no use. The alt-ctl-del combination does no good (apparently the keyboard is locked?) …

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[b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]Hi all,[/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]I'm new to the board & I'm hoping someone can help me.[/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]Questions...[/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff][/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]First...[/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff][/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]I'm running Win 2000 Prof.[/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff][/color][/size][/font][/b] [b][font=Arrus BT][size=4][color=#0000ff]When I install the new MB, do I have to erase the HD & reinstall Win or …

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i just installed a 120 gig hardrive and i never have formated a hd before and need help iam using xp pro my main harddrive is a 40 gig and the 120 as my storage hd.every thing is already setup.i just need help to format the 120 hd.iam using partition …

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