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i have come across a problem every time i turn my computer on it goes to the windows screen with the rolling bar and the rolling bar starts to break up and become distorted then once windows loads the screen is unreadable as if it is in a very low …

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I'm trying to access a USB serial port, using a CLI PHP script in an XP machine. I thought I'd got it sussed using fopen, however I have since discovered that the script on works if I have previously run Hyperteminal to connect to the com port. I've even tried …

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Hello, everyone! This is my first post. It appears that my issue is unique from any problem I have read. My other computer is a Dell Inspiron laptop with 1.0 GHz running XP, and it will not properly boot. All it will do after POST and the "Starting Windows" spash …

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I had one windows xp system on my pc and something wiped my dlls and i installed second windows xp on same drive. Now computer when booting always aks which system to use. Does somebody knows how to fix that problem whit system choosing while booting and boot without chossing …

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I have a problem on monitor crash each time I starting to play FM 2010, and the problems report: BCCode: 10000050 BCP1: E2600004 BCP2: 00000001 BCP3:F7078D2E BCP4: 00000001 OSVer5_1_2600 SP2_0 Product 256_1. How to solve this problem ? Thanks.

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I've searched the internet and have seen my problem all over, but can't find a definite solution for it. Recently, I removed some spyware (which I'm pretty sure is what caused this.) When I rebooted, an administrator account had been made (I didn't have a login account before). When I …

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My QBASIC programs do not run under Windows XP. Specifically, LPRINT does nothing. I have spent a lot of time & effort over the past 15 years programming in QBASIC with lots of useful and profitable programs. I really do not want to start over with Visual Basic unless there …

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Hi ok so I'm getting the Blue Screen message *** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xc0000005, 0xF77CA3C0, 0xF7C6A528, 0XF7C6A224) *** atapi.sys - Address F77CA3CO base at F77B4000, DateStamp 41107b4d so i tried to run in Safe Mode but went back to the blue screen. so I ran the XP Boot Disk, and had …

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Ok so i recently reformatted my comp. and installed sims 2 double deluxe and then my gf installed some photo software and last night i let her log in just fine but now everytime I click my username it freezes and wont let me type in my password? Whats going …

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My child has been up to no good on my computer. I found one site he forgot to delete. I want to see what else is in my computer. I know there is a deleted history and maybe even a visited page record.But in my ignorance I can't seem to …

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Hi everyone, I am trying to fix a pc for a friend. He has a HP Pavillion with a SATA HD (1) and SATA Lightscribe DVD Writer (2). System is set to Boot from DVD first then HD. The HD is the Primary Master and the DVD is the Primary …

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Hello everybody. I wanted to ask what does exactly Win7 do with their so called xp mode. As i have seen from various clips, this "mode" is actually just a virtual machine that runs win XP. Am i right? If the answer is yes then how come not all processor …

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Recently I have been having a slow XP startup that after many sleepless nights I have narrowed down to Kaspersky Internet Security 2010. I believe I have a solution that you may try if you are having the same problem. Just disable it from running at system startup. Settings/Protection in …

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I've been getting update errors now for a while and i can't seem to fix it with my copy of the software. Every time I go to the page to scan for updates, I click on it and it comes back with this message: Windows Update has encountered an error …

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I have a machine with XP Pro SP3, on an Asus P5L...something board and an Intel E5200 dual core CPU. The BIOS shows both cores, and windows shows both cores in device manager, but not in Task Manager. See screenshot: [url]http://edgebox.ca/singlecore.PNG[/url] From what I've googled, it seems to be a …

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Almost every time I shut off my computer, I get a message saying the application failed to initialize because Windows was shutting down. This seems to be shellmon.exec from Aol 9.1 program files. I have closed Aol and gone off line, waited for a minute or more, and then tried …

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Hi All the coders out there. I need a suggestion. I have windows xp installed on my computer and i need to develop application for windows vista. I would prefer to use .net framework 2.0 and visual studio 2005. Instead of .net framework 3.5 and visual studio 2008. Well, selection …

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I'm having problems Networking Windows7 and Windows XP in the meantime until I upgrade the Windows XP computer to Windows7, which is I have the network running perfectly under Windows 7 but it won't see the Windows XP box. I've done some searching and reading and went into the advanced …

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I brought a new Philips 20" LCD Monitor. When I plugged in the monitor, the screen resolution was 1024X768. After I installed the nvidia card 7100GS driver, the resolution became 640X480. I am not able to increase it to any higher resolution. Every thing in the computer appears really big! …

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I have an XP Windows pc that won't boot past the windows logo screen. It also says no hard drive installed when I try a windows recovery. Is this a sign of a dying hard drive? How can I fix/repair this and how can I copy the programme files to …

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A couple of nights ago I opened a video file with winamp, which told me that I needed to download a codec to watch said file. So I downloaded the codec and clicked Run (not Save) and suddenly my comp BSOD's on me and shuts down. I dunno if this …

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My monitor is displaying everything in IE in very LARGE font, I have tried changing screen resolution, updating display and video drivers,and just unplugging etc and nothing works

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can anybody tell me.How should i do password protection to the folder in windows xp.Kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.

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hey people i have a small problem with my xp.. now this has always been a smallish problem with it but now its getting way worse. the system is just randomly shutting off... like if i leave it on for a night it usually will be restarted when i wake …

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I am using a windows xp pro as my operating system. I want to upgrade it to windows vista. I heard that you can upgrade xp to vista without re moving your files using the upgrade copy for vista. May someone help me how to do it. Thank you for …

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I'm having trouble getting the computer to shut off completely. I log off and then hit shut computer off and get the screen that says i can safely shut down computer instead of it shutting down by itself. I can't even get it to shut off by pushing the shut …

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The title pretty much explains it. Windows XP wont boot to the desktop. When I turn the computer on, it gets to the loading XP screen then a blue screen appears briefly then it reboots. I entered the boot menu and checked boot orders, made sure all HDDs were connected, …

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On windows XP (compiling with visual studio 2008) my calls to open thread result in the following error code: OpenThread() failed: 5 I cant figure out the problem, nor what error code 5 is? Any help is appreciated :) EDIT: Then if i change my OpenThread call to: OpenThread(THREAD_SET_INFORMATION, FALSE, …

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Hi there, Well my computers broken. i have Windows xp. So i start it up and everything looks normal, it goes onto the windows loading screen and the loading bar moves as normal but then gets a bit jerky near the end and then after that, it just goes to …

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