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hello friends, I have a huge problem.Three days later it is my exams and my computer has stopped working.It say \windows\system32\config\system is corrupt and I should insert the OS cd to repair it.But when I try using the CD,it does not recognize the CD even though I have already changed …

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My computer (DELL Dimension 4700, with Windows XP Professional OS (SP2 included)) suddenly cannot be started due to "missing or corrupted" HAL.DLL file. All restart commands, taken from the CONSOLE RECOVERY CD, do NOT appear to work, e.g.: [B]bootcfg /list[/B] states that there are no entries in the current file …

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I was not able to log into my username on my computer. I added another user to my computer and set the account up as limited. However several days later, I was unable to go into my own account under my name. I did a system restore to redo windows …

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hi im new here and heard that this site can help you on your computer/laptop problems!! at the moment i have a normal destop computer and a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L7300 laptop/notebook. i am currently having problems with it!! argh! :sad: when i turn on the laptop it displays the …

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Hi: I'm working on a Dell Inspiron 500m Laptop running Windows XP. The machine suddenly crashed (I was programming but nothing related to the OS) and now it won't reboot. It runs through the Dell bios startup and then goes to a black screen. I've attempted to boot from the …

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I have recently started having problems were I suddenly am presented with a blue screen your computer has encountered an error and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage ... It usually says something to the effect of uninstall new software or hardware, I have not installed any new …

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I have Windows xp pro and 98 installed on one hard drive and linux on another drive. My windows 98 works fine but xp does not boot.Screen just blanks out after the Windows xp screen showing the blue moving bar. [B] But xp loads in safe mode[/B].Similarly linux also blanks …

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Hi, When I run an application written using VB6 and MS Access 2000 in Windows XP and Windows 2003 server,the system will prompt illegal operation (sslstbar.ocx, ssdw3a.ocx and ssdw3b.ocx) and the program will hang. Hope anyone can guide me to resolve this problem soonest possible. Your help are really appreciated. …

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Hello all, I've been trying to figure this one out for a while to no avail. I have disabled the "Auto-restart." I've also tried to recreate the problem, to see if it was a specific program or driver, but that also has lead to nothing. It happens are various times, …

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Actually, I have two problems. The title pretty much explains the first one. I installed scanner software from the disc itself instead of using the new hardware wizard (Windows xp home edition, if it matters) on my new HP. Now every time I start the computer, I get the 'found …

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who here knows how to transfer metadata info using adobe bridge or any other application that you know of. I mainly need this for images but for any file would be nice as well.

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I downloaded service pack2 from microsoft.com. after restarting the system a blue screen appeared with a Stop: 0x00000071. I read and did what it said on the screen and that didn't work. I also tried going to the BIOS screen that didn't work. Then a black screen appeared I tried …

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my computer was working fine until a week ago when it froze. we had to turn it off and now wont start... it begins to load then tells me there was a problem and it needs to start again it gives my the option of starting normally again.. with the …

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In the attached link there is a performance comparison between 32bit and their parallel 64bit softwares for different CPUs(under Windows XP 64bit). As we can see passing to 64bit brings to an improvement up to more than 100% !!! [url]http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1959&page=24[/url]

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Computer working ok however wishing to re instal xp .get so far then error message saying windows does not detect hard drive any help thanks

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Can anyone tell me how to make a boot floppy disk for windows XP. I looked for it on the web, but the things that people had I don't, idk y. Thanks

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Hello, you guys might remember me from about 2 years ago when I had a homebuilt 450 MHz machine with Windows 2000 pro. After you guys helped me get that machine squeaky clean, we got new computers. HP Pavilion a600n with AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processor to be exact. Besides …

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I ran the following program to retrieve entries from the windows registry on Windows XP: [code] import win32api, win32con aReg = win32api.RegConnectRegistry(None, win32con.HKEY_CURRENT_USER) aKey = win32api.RegOpenKeyEx(aReg, r"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup") for i in range(100): Name, [URL="http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1249756&page=1#"]Data[/URL], Type = win32api.RegEnumValue(aKey, i) print "Index=(", i,") Name=[", Name,"] Data=[",Data,"] Type=[",Type,"]" win32api.RegCloseKey(aKey) [/code] Program output: [quote] …

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Hi I have read through a number of forums with this same issue, but I haven't been able to find anything relavant to my current situation. I read up on how spyware/virus can attack certain key windows processes that cause windows to crash. I have checked all posted issues and …

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Well, just last night, I bought a game for the PC that is capable of online gaming. Being my ignorant self, I didn't look at the system requirements for the game. I barely passed the requirements, the only flaw was my graphics card. When I tried to play the online …

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I am having issues tryin to boot my puter OS is Windows XP Professional. I had issues and found out it was a faulty mouse afer spendin $100.00's on new parts. I am gunna build another puter with the extra stuff lol. Anyways I cannot seem to boot this thing …

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Hello all, this morning I ran into a problem with my OS, when my little sister tried to get on she found a blue screen with an error message saying a file was missing, without memorizing the filename she rebooted the computer. Now whenever the computer is booted it goes …

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HI, I am noticing that it is taking way longer for my system to reboot these days. I looked around on google to see if there were any solutions for this problem. I did find some information, but I'm hesitent (intimidated) to try them. Is there an easy/simple way to …

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I am planning to have Linux as my main operating system. However, I have following concerns 1) Do all the programs I use in windows can be use in the Linux? 2) Do the Linux offer better the internet connection than window in term of stability and speed? Anyone can …

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Hello: I am hoping someone has gone through this before and would have some tips... I have a Compaq Presario S4010CL (2.4 Intel Celeron, 40G harddrive and 1GB of RAM) with Windows XP Home Edition. I had a Geforce FX5200 before taking it out during troubleshooting. A while back, the …

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Hi Y'all!! I have a new HP computer. I installed windows XP and Office 2000 and connected it to my LAN. It's boot up time is too much extending to about 30 minutes. Kindly assist on how to go about reducing this boot up time. :idea:

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I have Linux on my computer as well, but this concerns both versions of Windows I have. They both share the first of my two hard disks, with the first partition being a 10gb FAT32 (with Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition). The second parition is roughly 70gb NTFS, and contains …

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Hi! to everybody.I try to setup win -xp .The setup screen appears and starts to install win-xp.It formats my hard drive,partitions it and copies the files.After that ,it starts to boot automatically.But now, the setup screen appears again and starts to install,format,partition and copy file.This process loops several time.During the …

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hello every one glad to be here so i can learn from you'll because i'm new to computing so thanks to everyone for there help

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