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I read a post similar to my issue, but my situation's a bit different. See, my computer starts and then stops. I press the power button, the fan starts, the lights flicker and then nothing. I literally have to press the power button 15 to 25 times to finally get …

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I've been trying to get it to work but it just won't. For some reason everytime I run a program it freezes up my command prompt and I have to close it forcefully. Does anyone know a fix to this? One reason why I absolutely have to use this compiler …

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I am running Windows XP SP2. My computer boots up perfectly until it gets to the desktop. Only the wallpaper is showing. No Icons or task bar. Pressing the windows key does nothing. I can't right click on the desktop either. However task manager works fine, and I can run …

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Just thought Id start a thread for firewall software as that is such important to people using the web. Im currently using commodo and its version 3 before that I was using PC TOOLS then before that Zone Alarm. I upgraded to more full featured firewall programs with more security …

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my computer will be doing fine then just randomly freeze up ive ran kaspersky several times and cant find any viruses so i dont thing thats the problem i think it might just be reg files or something like that but im running out of ideas and its hard for …

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My friend has an HP Pavillion and recently the computer stopped booting to windows. When you turn it on it just shows a screen with a flashing command prompt-style cursor. I was able to get into the system set-up and re-arranged the boot order and therefore could boot a Windows …

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Hi I am having trouble installing Windows XP on a new hard drive while connected to a computer i have and was wondering if there were a way to install it using a usb storage adapter for an IDE hard drive? The computer is a dell optiplex sx260 (workstation computer) …

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Hello, I am system administration newbie. I am responsible for installing and configuring Windows XP on 14 computers that need to be 100% identical. What I want to do is install XP and configure it based on what I need (usernames and passwords, no firewall, no windows search, set the …

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I have recently installed Windows XP Professional on my Thinkpad 600x. Everything in the installation went fine, I've installed a small amount of software (Firefox, Photoshop, a couple of audio players, Avast antivirus), and I have dutifully installed all of the updates, including Service Pack 2. Unfortunately, the machine has …

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Hello, When i use windows explorer, when i try and "right click" or cntrl-C to copy windows hangs up and it says "not responding" in the top left corner. Then it crashes and restarts. I tried reloading XP from the hard disk (never had a copy of XP on CD) …

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On my DC SERVER it runs Windows Server 2008 and i have computer with Windows XP Pro and Windows Vista, The Vista computer Get all the setting from the server but the XP computer do not. Can someone help please thanks sam

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I am trying to run a licensed version of AutoCad 2007 from a Windows XP formatted hard drive. I have it in a hard drive enclosure and connected it to my Windows Vista Basic Laptop. I cannot get it to run and the compatibility wizard hasnt worked. HELP!

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Hi. I currently own a panasonic toughbook laptop. It originally had windows xp pro on it, but i decided to cut back and install windows xp. Upon doing that i had to download all new drivers and all that fun stuff. but i came up short handed. My laptop had …

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I am looking for a good Microsoft Office/Offices. I just had my computer upgraded, but they didn't leave any of my offices. I have Microsoft Windows XP with the 3 pack. I have a CD but it is only for a trial. Since I had a developers data was craming …

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So far I have written a program that draws text to the screen and I am able to change the font type but I am unable to change the font size. Here are the 3 main parts of my code that I think you need to see. Font structure: [CODE]typedef …

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I have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S169. The computer will not pick up any wireless connection, even though the wireless light on the front of the laptop is turned on. It will also not work when plugged directly into the modem. Under network connections, it does not find any wireless networks …

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Greetings to everyone: For some reason I read the bad/nasties forced you to move, so new ones whom wanted to introduce themselves could not accomplish that. I was told to introduce myself here. I posted an earlier thread about an office. I already know about open office.org, here's the problem. …

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Hi everyone, I am playing around with Ubuntu that I put on an older PC. I was wondering if it is possible to bring up the Ubuntu desktop on my other computer that runs Windows XP via some kind of remote desktop application. Thank you for any help in advance. …

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Hello All, I am in a bit of a computer crisis right now... I am quite knowledgeable when it comes to fixing computers however I am currently having a hard disk issue that I've never experienced before. I was reformatting my Uncle's Computer (XP Pro, P4, 2.4Ghz, 2.5Gb Ram, 80Gb …

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Hello, I was trying to help my friend fix her pc, I'm usually fairly decent on working on them,but this has me stumped. Her son is trying to load his club penguin, and on IE 8, after he logs in and selects an area to play, it crashes and reloads …

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bought a used dell, (xp) want to clean it and reuse it, but it has a winXP logon, anyway to reset for myself?? thanx

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I'm stuck in situation. I was trying to transfer files & settings from my wifes old computer that has xp to her win 7 laptop. I think she put the cord in too early or something because the computer froze. Now all it does it gives me the screen with …

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How do I uninstall windows xp and install windows 98SE? I know,why would I want to do that? Well, its on an HP Pavilion Intel celeron 366MHZ 48mb sdram. I know,it can't be done. O yes it can, because I did it with some help from someone else. So now …

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dear sir , RUN command is not working on my computer . i am using windows xp. can anybody please help?

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For some time now I find that Windows XP Professional will not drill down through more than one folder unless I return and then try again. Very tedious. I suspect that this might be as a result of one of the updates from MS. What might be the problem/solution? SNIP

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I just reinstalled windows XP Home on my old laptop, and for some reason I can't access the internet-through LAN or wireless. Before I reinstalled the OS I could access the internet just fine, so is there maybe some driver I'm missing?

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I just don't know what happened? My Pc was running fine, then all of a sudden my soundcard started playing up, it wouldn't play anything but distorted sounds. I turned my Pc Off, and all that happens now is the windows XP screen starts to load and I see the …

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Ive had this problem for a while now, sometimes when i turn or restart windows will crash when loading up. Then i will have to reboot it, and it comes up saying windows didnt start succesfully. If i try to restart windows it just crashes again...so ive ended up in …

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Hello Friends, I am an absolutely beginner in the world of computer programming. I started my voyage in this world yesterday by starting learning Python. I am reading an e-book on python [URL="http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/"]here[/URL]. That book has been written with examples from Linux platform. So, I felt this problem while going …

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Hi there everyone. I'm new to Python, and i'm programming a game application, using pyOpenGL. The thing is, the program crashes and exits when i push a key (but i don't want (at least for now) help for that), but i wish i could see the error that appears on …

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