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Hello.......I run Win XP. Since recently, I cannot play videos on Quicktime 6.5. I usually get a message to " hit this to activate an Active X." When I hit "ok," it then says I am missing software to run the video. I don't know when things changed, but I …

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I would like to create a button on my desktop/taskbar that can toggle the On Resume Password Protect setting. Does anyone know how to change this setting manually? Through the registry? Through running a program with a parameter? Or where I could find out? Also how can I make an …

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I can't seem to go into Windows normally...whenever I turn it on, it goes to the Windows Loading screen, and instead of going to my desktop, the computer restarts! The weird thing is, usually, when my computer restarts, there is a beep, and on the Bios, it shows the information …

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This is a new problem......... I can't find any solution anywhere. I'm looking for a solution for my boss at work. What I know is that he has a Netcom 311 gigabit card and he tries to transfer large data files between two of his computers using LAN. When he …

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hey can somebody plese help me my problem is that i need to install windows xp on me other computer i lost my recovery and i only have a windows xp disc that i bought from a store. i formatted my hardrive and copied all of my files but when …

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Not sure if I should be posting in this forum or the Internet Explorer forum, but here's the problem. I have XP Pro and have two seperate sides set up....one for my wife and one for me. I.E. works fine on my side, but when I switch to hers, I.E. …

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I have had 2 instances of Movieland files on my computer. Based on help data available I have removed all of the files that the data suggests. When going through the registry keys I found two files that I am unsure of. They are HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\TRIALEND.TRIALEND AND HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\TRIALEND.TRIALEND.1 None of the …

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Hi - I hope this is in the right forum. About a week ago I installed XP Pro on top of the home edition. I got lots of hardware conflicts and other problems, so I installed the home edition again. (I know this was idiotic...:sad:...but its done now! Since then …

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Ever since installing internet security 2006 my computer has revolted against me. More recently I brought my comouter to my country house and attempted to Dial up via Earthlink. Internet was fine but I could not send /recive messages via Outlook. Brought my Laptop home and tested my dial up …

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Hello, In Despirate Need Of Help I Have A Laptop (acer) When I Turn My Computer On It Goes Through The Processes(you See The Windoes Logo And The Bar) Then A Very Quick Flash Frame Of A Blue Screen Pops Up And Then The Computer Restarts Itself, It Brings Me …

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Hello all! I'm new to these forums, so give me a chance. You should post a sticky to tells ppl all the information they need to provide in order to get an appropriate response. I'm running svp2 and I can't get my computer to reboot. When I try, it stops …

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I have a new pc with XP Pro - I transferred my old Hard drive into new pc as a slave drive. When I try and access my old files on the slave drive in Documents and settings I get Access Denied. Is this something to do with the way …

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Hello, I've been trying to get around this one for a couple of weeks now and am reaching the limit of my patience, I have a Dell Inspiron 1000 which came factory shipped with XP Home SP2, I put a fresh HD in it and went to install XP, halfway …

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I need help installing Windows XP Professional on a computer because every time I go to install it, it says that I have no hard drives installed. So could someone help me! Need many solutions!

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[COLOR=#000000]I first start my Windows XP, and then turn on my HP monitor. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The monitor light is green, but soon turns orange to signal a standby mode. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The computer itself appears to be running constantly because the orange light is being constantly lit. [/COLOR] …

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Hello, I am new to this forum. I just aquired a Toshiba Tecra 8100 laptop from a friend. It's a Pentium III, 500MHZ, with 128 Megs of RAM and a 12 Gig Hard Drive. It's in very nice condition and running Windows 2000 when I received it. Loaded with all …

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I am required to use windows firewall in order to connect to the internet through my school's network, but when I try to turn it on the application screen for it is all greyed out. I have tried accessing services.msc to restart it but from there it seems to be …

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I have individually checked each RAM chip I have and each slot on my mobo. I have 4 1GB Ram chips that work together in all combinations up to 3GB but when I use all4 it is only giving me 3.25GB. My mobo is capable of 8GB whit 4 slots …

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[COLOR=#000000]I first start my Windows XP, and then turn on my HP monitor. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The monitor light is green, but soon turns orange to signal a standby mode. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The computer itself appears to be running constantly because the orange light is being constantly lit. [/COLOR] …

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Hi I have got a seagate 80gb hard drive but because i have such an old bios my computer could only see it as 33gb. I recived the computer from my uncle he set it up with the a dynamic drive overlay by using the seagate disc wizard. when i …

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This is my first post here and all of you people seem very knowledgeable, so here it goes.. I was surfing the web, then suddenly my computer shuts completly off, like someone cut the power. I restarted my computer and windows began to load. I got all the way to …

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I need help, lol. I have the 64 bit, and having serious issues with it. I got a new barebone kit, it came with the 64 bit in it, well I tried to load windows 2000, it doesn't work. I found out that you can only use windows xp pro …

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Hi, I recently installed a piece of software on my laptop. Following this I restarted the computer, and now it take ages to restart, switch off and turn on. Generally the computer is running extremely slowly. Moreover, the computer now has an appearance more like windows 95/98 rather than XP, …

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ive celron 1.2ghz, mercury mb,128mb ram,40 gb hdd, lg monitor... the problem is, my system is working properly with windows 98/me but when i tried to install higher versions like windows xp/nt/2000 etc... its giving problem... ie... after successfully installing the operating system...it giving windows logo... after that it is …

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Where on here can I establish a Password so that ONLY 1 user ME can use the systerm, where on here can you do this?

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I am really in a sort of hell here. I cannot get my 3 month old Toshiba notebook to shutdown/restart normally, and I have lost almost all functionality. It hung up on the process DLACTRLW.EXE which has to do with writing to the optical drive. I cannot get this "process" …

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okay, i have a copy of windows xp and a hard drive with windows already on it but because windows craps out after a while (and its being crap right now) i need to reinstall it. The last time i loaded it on it was easy, this time i cant …

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Hi Gang, I have a laptop with Windows XP ntfs. With Partition Magic I want to make a separate partition then ghost the primary partition onto it and set it to dual boot. Should this work OK? Many thanks, Mikeybear. PS respect to cscgal and thanks to Happygeek for previous …

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Hi there,new here so please bear with me,I have a problem in that after replacing a faulty cd rom windows will not boot up,what I get on booting is a message saying one of your drives needs checking for consistency,I let it check and the message comes back no errors …

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