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| | I have Windows XP Pro on my home computer, with Office 2003. Recently, the spell check on Word stopped working and the error message [B]"Cannot find proofreading tools for English(US). If you have the proofreading tools, try installing or reinstalling them..." [/B]was displayed. I tried to see if spell check … |
| | hi i installed and unistalled Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 Refresh for causing errors but then when unistalled it and it started to download again through windows update. How do i stop that and i do i remove it from windows update ? thx |
| | I reformatted my laptop yesterday. Automatic updates are enabled, and supposed to check for updates every 3:00 am. But it hasn't download any until now. But when I try the manual update through Microsoft's web site, all updates were downloaded and installed successfully. May I ask why is my automatic … |
| | Ho to hide files and folders in Windows XP? (I mean not “hidden” attribute). I want no-one to see them no way.  |
| | I recently followed a guide to incorporate Service Pack 1 into my Windows XP Professional installation disc, a process the guide refered to as "Slipstreaming". After doing this I wondered wether or not I could do the same thing with other programs, such as my Anti-virus and Firewall software. I've … |
| | Hi, I have a 80 gig harddrive that was partitioned into three 3. The OS was giving me problems and I decided to delete it. This is what I did. I loaded a bootdisk, then I fdisk. I deleted all the partitions. I formatted c: Then I try to go …  |
| | Ok check this out I've installed Windows XP on a new hard drive, now each time the computer starts there is no "Welcome" screen instead i get this box with my username and password it gets so annoying. It appears as if its a Windows 98SE username & password box. … |
| | Hello i am using a public computer (im just starting out with c++) so i dont have the code on me but i have figured out how to create a text file. what i want to know is when i create it, it places it in the direcotry that my … |
| | I have looked it up and it says that when you want a clean install of Windows XP, you go into the os disk and press repair or install. i went into the os disk and it says that i can install it but when i press it, it says …  |
| | Hi, I have faced this problem many many times and have never found a conclusive solution. I do not know, but perhaps there is probably no solution at all to this problem. Anyway I am posting this problem in the hope that I am wrong. The problem is about Windows …  |
| | I have problem to loggin on windows xp prof. where my user name and password is correct. Is there any kinds of virus which makes this type of problem |
| | hey guys, i've recently reformatted my harddrive so obviously i had to reinstall windows, all is fine until i am asked for the product key, i enter my key found on the sticker (i've reformatted the HDD twice with this key with no trouble...) and it says its not valid.....what … |
| | Hi I have installed Windows XP operating system. I have installed directX latest version and K-Lite Mega Codec 3.85 latest version. But all format movie files(avi,vob,mpeg,wmv,........) are playing in black and white mode and no colour is being displayed. But audio and video are functioning properly. I have insatlled nVidea … |
| | i have my windows xp firewall turned on but whenever i turn my computer on it alway give me a warning message saying "your computer might be at risk" and it keep telling me to turn on the firewall but its already on so why i m getting this message. … |
| | If I want to move Windows XP to my new PC but it is preinstalled is it possible to borrow a WinXP disc and use my current Product Key sticker on my HP machine? Would this work? Thanks |
| | Help. I am at wits end with my system. I have Windows XP Home edition on a Dell computer. I have been attempting to download a pogo game online to play and continuously have been getting an error message that I have a issue with JAVA not being loaded. I … |
| | I came to this website as a last resort. I am desperate and in urgent need of some advice - non-superficial advice. Just to set my status: I am a very experienced XP user and have been using it for the past 5 or 6 years. I am in no … |
 | My question is, Do I need to have a paging file, System Managed or custom size, and what are the advantages and dis advantages? I play alot of Quake2 on line, and I am still shooting for speed, does this affect any of this? Tower CASECOOLERMASMaster MotherBoard ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe … |
| | I startd my computer and it reached the point when it started to load windows and it didnt load it.For sveral hours there was windows logo on the screen and the loading bar. So Itried restarding it and still nothing. Idont know what to do |
| | I configure something wrong in windows XP through gpedit.msc and restart the computer after that 80% of services of windows are stopped I tried manually to start that services but group dependencies services error 1068 comes. Then I saw that RPC service is also stopped then I try to start … |
| | i bought a new xp upgrade hoping it wouldnt have as many problems as my other windows xp. the first time i tried to upgrade from 98 to xp (with new copy) it told me there wasnt enough space to back up 98 there was enough to load xp. i … |
| | pls l ve a problem limited connectivity and l ve try the winsock xp fix it and the command netsh winsock reset catalog but no solution yet. pls do help with more possible solution to go about it l really need to connect to the internet,.my syst is a p4 … |
| | Hello, My mother has an Compaq Presario that's a few years old. It's running Windows XP Pro. She called and said that the peripherals started working intermittently (monitor, keyboard, mouse), and now they don't work at all. She says that the PC turns on, but nothing else does. No lights … |
| | [QUOTE=xargon;375103]I had random shut downs and spent two days trying to sort it out. it was only the dicky psu. Get a new one before anything else. Mine only cost £20. Poor psu's cause weird and wonderful effects to a computer. Computers should be sold with a spare! Psu fail … |
 | Hi there, I need your help. My PC was running smoothly. I have removed ALL nVidia drivers (by mistake) using Add/Remove SW service in Control Panel (graphic, chipset, others ...). After that the Windows freezes after booting and Add New HW Wizard is on the screen. Unfortunatelly mouse and keyboard … |
| | Hello, I need help, after dust cleaning my computer with celeron466, 256RAM, it will not boot through post at all, it will power up and just stay there with no screen and nothing. re-sit RAM and try different video card with no luck. Can anyone please help!! It is a … |
| | I Have two windows XP computers 1 is hard wired to the router/modem, the 2nd one is wireless. Have a windows Vista wireless, all three can connect to the internet. I am new to networking and have setup a network and workgroup. The two XP computer have no problem with …  |
| | As the title suggests, XP freezes seemingly randomly. One time it froze a few seconds after logging into my XP account. Other times its frozen with the screen saver up, and most recently it froze while web surfing with firefox. After the latest freeze when I rebooted 3 command prompt … |
| | eMachine T3418 on board 10/100 ethernet. Went into control panel (win xp home), network connections, properties. Checked the box to: show icon in notification area when connected, and the network connection was lost. Device manager showed yellow exclaimation next to Device Unknown - nVidia network controller. Uninstalled the driver then … |
| | I recently put together this new computer Specs: AMD Athlon 2000+ XP 512 MB DDR RAM WD 80gb 7200 RPM HDD ATI Radeon 9200 128mb Video card Windows XP Pro SP1 Just the other day, I restarted my computer, and it booted (as normally does) in about 10 seconds. Then, … |
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