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| | Hi, this is probably a pretty dummy question but I thought I'd ask before trying, here it goes ... I have a compaq presario 2100 which (obviously) came with a couple of CDs for installing Windows XP. Now I would like to install Windows XP on a different machine, can …  |
| | i cant start windows up normally, when selecting start windows normally my pc reboots can't get into safe mode, when selecting safe mode my pc reboots i would like to reinstall windows without losing files, how can i do this??? |
| | So i decided to reformat my computer the other day and everything went better than expected but i ran into a few problems that I could use some help on. [LIST] [*]Asked to choose Operating System at startup(both are the same, only one does not work) [*]Plug and Play is …  |
| | My computer froze yesterday and i restarted it and it took me to the screen where it gives you the option to start normally, start in safe mode, start in safe mode with networking i have tried to start it in all of them when i select one of the … |
| | I noticed about a week ago that, even though I was connected to the internet and Firefox was working fine that the wireless connection icon at the bottom right was displaying as dissconnected. trying to open the networking and sharing centre results in a window opening but then freezing and … |
| | Ok... This started a week ago and now I'm getting annoyed by it. As usual, it was a normal day and I turn on the computer. It shows the Gateway screen, loads through that and onto the Windows XP loading screen. The cursor goes into the middle and then stops, … |
| | Ok heres the problem I can mapp the network drive i need to I can even get the properties The User Names and passwords to log into windows and the drive are the same And here is the funny part It never even gives me a user pass dialog box … |
| | When i try to boot my computer it runs through the boot process then stops and a dialog box pops up that says lsass.exe the operation did not execute. This happens when i try to start windows normally and also in safe mode. The computer will not go beyond the … |
| | Hello all, I am trying to figure out a particular pop-under I have been getting recently, but have not been able to find anything via search to answer the question. Unfortunatley the computer in question is set so that new programs cannot be installed so I cannot run the utility …  |
| | Is there a way to create and print a report of installed software on a PC? If so could you tell me how or give me a reference to somewhere I can find out how to do this? Thank you for any help |
| | I bought a Q6600 quad processor with Windows XP Pro 64, principally to handle a calculation that takes 50 hours on my other system (Intel T7200 2GHz Core 2 Duo). The software concerfned makes use of multiple processors. The following highlights are reported here: 1/ I would have expected the … |
| | I upgraded to Windows XP and now there is no CD-ROM drive in my computer-- how do I get it to work? Thanks, michelle |
| | hi there friends, just recently (last month or so) my mouse has been acting up on me....earlier tonight...and several other occasions... i was browsing forums and BAM my mouse pointer goes haywire without my moving it...it opens up the start menu, task manager, everything...it's crazy...i dont' know what it is...i'm … |
| | I searched for previous info on re-installing SiS_Lib.dll. The answers were less than encouraging. As I tried to do as was said to fix the drivers. Everyone wants money to do that. Is there not some way I can do it without paying. In plain english please. Thanks |
| | Yesterday I did a windows update which installed/activated Windows XP SP2 security center. The first time, the internet connection said it would be limited because my IP address was no longer recognized. I rebooted, and now I can no longer connect at all. (error 769; destination unreachable) I tried adding … |
| | I have noticed for a few months now that I keep getting asked to come install some type of peripheral onto an laptop. This includes USB driven: keyboards, mouse, drives (flash and external), etc. I have tried using installing them under: the user (run as), and logged in as admin. … |
| | My father wanted to move from 2000 to XP, but insisted on using an upgrade instead of a clean install. Apparently, during setup he received the following msg: SXS.DLL: syntax error in manifest or policy file "c:\I386\asms\1000\msft\windows\gdiplus\gdiplus.man" on line 4 Then "Installation Failed d:\i386asms Cannot Find File Specified" He tried … |
| | everytime i go to sign into msn messenger after about 5 seconds it comes up with an error message saying i have encountered a problem ...anyone no how i can fix this...details below.. i have uninstalled and reinstalled it and still have the problem Error goes like this: AppName: msnmsgr.exe … |
| | My virus checker is finding two instances of this virsus attached to iexplore.exe but can't do anything about it. Spybot is having no luck and i can't see anything obvious in my hijackthis logfile. Any help would be greatly appreciated. [QUOTE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:26:42, on 15/08/2007 … |
| | Look! I need my updates! Why is this happening! |
| | Several times a day, and with greater fequency now, my computer freezes on me. The mouse clicker stops in the middle of the screen and does not move. Nothing moves. I press the number lock key to see if the keyboard is responsive. Nothing. I do the old control alt … |
| | I'm using IE 6.0 on Windows XP service pack 1. The problem is, a few days ago, most of the IE links are not working for me. For example, I can't access Wikipedia, I can't login into my Photobucket account, and some other random links just don't work. When I … |
| | For about a week, my home page continually changes to fuzzypc.com. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot and AVG. Each time I run any of them, they find numerous new "threats", usually heal/clean or put into vault, etc. I have been running AVG every few hours and it still picks up … |
| | hi, i have recently purchased and assemblied a diy computer. The problem is that it won't boot. the hard disk i am using is the same one i am using now, so i know it works, problem with hard drive controllers? the problem is i know next to nothing about … |
| | I reinstalled windows onto my C drive which is fine. However when THAT screen popped up for me to select which drive and to where and if I want to delete etc.....well previously I had the C drive partitioned so (in my eyes I had a C/D drive) then I … |
| | Hey guys, I'm new here. A few weeks ago I purchased a video card from ebay...nVidia Geforce FX5500 AGP/8x. Installing the card into my system was tough but I got through to making it work. I got to install the driver with the cd it came with, and I even … |
| | I get this error when i start up my computer(its in voice) and a lil thingy pops up saying CPU over temp press F1 to contuine. Any thoughts |
| | Hi, i went out and bought CoD4 and Diablo2 for PC. I put my Diablo2 CD in and installed it and tryed the game out worked fine. A few hours later i went to insert my CoD4 CD into my computer and it doesn't read that any disk is in …  |
| | Hi all, new user, Im wodering if anyone has yet come up with the definitive answer to the issue "Power saving enable yet? I have seen a couple of threads regarding it, but nothing works? anyone assist? regards Keith |
| | Hello i just registered in this forum. I cannot see any icons on desktop or task bar on logging on my computer each time. I found that explorer is no running so i try to run it with task manager. However it seems that explorer is bocked by sth and … |
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