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I just put a new hard drive in my 2400. However, powered on or off, my monitor power button glows amber whenh plugged into the tower. Monitor is eMachines 21" flat screen. Tried reseating memory. Still amber. Any ideas? eMachines docs say amber means system is in sleep mode??

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Hello. Having an issue with my computer hanging up and rebooting on startup. Ive noticed when its cold it will do this. When warmed up seems to act normal. If I unplug it and restart it will usually fire up with the usual "computer has been shut down suddenly.."goes through …

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Hi there, I installed Linux mint14 with Windows XP as dual boot. But after installing i realized that i did not gave any swap space to linux. So i deleted linux and entered Recovery Console with XP's bootCD. After entering Recovery Console, i typed "fixmbr" and restarted pc. Then i …

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Today i started to install internet explorer 8 so i did, my computer restarted and my profile disapered!?!?!?!?! It isnt deleted because when i go onto "User profiles" theres my profile and the other one i made ages ago, so i can only access the one i made ages ago, …

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Don't know if this should be under this section or virus section but here goes... Ever since a few days ago, my PC won't shut down, restart, log off, etc. No matter if I shut down from Start menu or from Task Manager, it doesn't do anything. I have to …

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At a client with 100+ workstations, all running a simple logon script, two workstations are experiencing a strange problem. For testing and as an example, a simplified logon script is used: net use T: \\server\public set > C:\Temp\LoginEnv.txt This works on all but the two workstations, mapping the drive and …

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Hi,Can i ask about on my desktop.why is that when i am going to switch on my desktop computer it will always says system date not set,Press F2 to set up,Press F2 for default set up etc...I tried to change the system date in the bios to change it to …

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I cannot click on most links the regular way since my kids played games on my computer. I can right click and hit open. When I click on most links, nothing but a muted beep sound happens. I went to TOOL: Internet Options: Advanced: Restore Advanced Settings, didn't work. Windows …

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I cant refresh in my desktop, I cant see any shortcut icon, No option comes if right clicked, I dont see any Start Option, even no task bar, Its totally nothing I cant see anything in my desktop, except my wallpaper, I dont know whats going on.. Please Help.. I …

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so I was having problems running anything on windows media player, .wmv, dvds, music, anything. the error said that it was because of faulty or missing sound drivers. I attempted to fix the promblem but ended up deleting Conexant HD Audio which I am assuming was my sound drivers because …

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have a new wireless keyboard and it's working fine apart from the " and @ characters which are in the wrong places. Have been into language and regional settings, deleted the USA option but still no joy. Any ideas? I'm using Windows XP Thanks

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I have a trouble with Windows 2000. While troubleshooting some VPN connection problems, I uninstalled two hidden network devices: WAN Miniport (PPTP) and WAN Miniport (L2TP). Now I'm not able to get them back. Without those devices, my existing VPN connections don't work ("A device type was specified that does …

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helle everyone, I have a big problem. I was reinstalling windows xp professional on my sisters pc and it rebooted and it give me a BSOD Unmountable boot volume. I have tried everything. I tested the HDD and its in perfect condition. no bad sectors or problems. I get this …

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Have a huge problem with my internet browser, it keeps on giving me an Error 105. Have tried everything even contacted my service provider. They reckon I have to format my computer as the problem seems to be the computer. Please help.

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i have a problem with my pc i installed operating system windows xp but it restarts itself during the period when it is supposed to display the word "windows" on screen to begin installing for 39 minutes

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Computer won't boot, when I turn it on. The LED light does come on, and the fan and the power source fan does turn... but no processor fan. I am assuming power... But are there any ideas out there. Thanks

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We had a customer bring in a PC infected with a rootkit, MBR virus, and a myriad of malware. After cleaning the drive, we found the data was totally inaccessible. Windows XP and Windows 7 both reported the drive type as RAW (drive was originally NTFS-Windows XP Home). Using a …

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Hello, I have an external hard drive as a back up to my computer. When I plug it in it appears for about 10 minutes and I can access it and then it disappears and it will not show back up. Any help would be appreciated! joe

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Hi i want to add remove windows component then i have this setup was unable to open file wbemoc.inf please any help i want to run this to setup my smtp

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I currently have a problem where DVD's will not output any audio to the front speakers of my 5.1 surround sound unless something else is also sending audio there. For example, I watch a scene with lots of dialogue but I only have the background audio. If I open up …

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Hi I've tried putting a fresh install of xp onto a compaq presario C701EA laptop that originally came with vista pre-installed. Just as it asks me to choose settings to set up I have no keyboard or mouse on the laptop and I obviously can't go any further than that …

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Hi, I have a Sony VAIO laptop with a 1.13G P3 processor, 30G hard drive, 256 SD ram, Windows XP, over a year old. My problem is that when I start up the computer, it will load up as normal to the startup/desktop screen. Once it reaches the desktop, the …

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I have 3 monitors attached to my video card, but only two show up and are mirrored not extended, When I go into the display settings their is no identify option and it only shows one monitor as being connected. Any ideas where to begin?

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Hello. Right now, I use a hub to provide internet to the two computers at my house. Reason why I chose this route was I have heard that some people have connection issues with wireless routers. But not trying to argue this point. What I am here to ask is: …

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on my computer when i turn it on nothing happen but there a blinking nosie when it goes on and smells like burn

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Dear, I have hidden my folder in an external hard drive by using Wondershare SafeLock software but now I have forgotten my password and can not enter the software to unhide my folder and get access to it. Is there any way to unhide this folder using other softwares or …

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. Question: . Can XP support 64 bit multi-core processors? If so, Which versions? . What is the max RAM memory XP can make use of? . Is there RAM-Disk software redily available For XP? For Win-7? Any Freeware? .

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i've tried to right click it and hit eject but it won't budge. i'm going to try to restart it and see if it helps. if not what should i do? dell dimension 2400 windows xp how can i fix this drive? i stuck a paperclip to get it to …

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Hi I am trying to delete a folder but I get the error message: "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk." I also cannot move, copy or cut & paste it. I can, in the same location, create a folder with exactly the same name (strange!) …

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My computer crashed and when I restarted it all my files were gone. So I'm not doumb, I did a system restore to earlier that morning and **most** of my stuff was there. There were a few files missing off the desktop, the same with all my Hard Drives. I …

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