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I/O Device Error During UnInstall
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I am trying to UnInstall Quickbooks from my laptop and I keep getting an error that says: "An installation support file could not be installed. The request could not be performed because of an I/O...

High CPU utilization (DPCs) at system startup and resume from sleep
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I recently picked up a new Dual-Core system (P4D running at 2.8 Ghz, intel 945GTP motherboard, XP Pro 32-bit SP2) but have noticed really sluggish performance at system boot-time if the system has...

photogallery
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 1 Comments

At boot up the computer trys to install PhotoGallery and asked for a CD to be inserted. It hangs up until I delete the dialog box. I don't know where I got this. Maybe from pictures from...

Erasing search traces
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I use ie6 and altavista.com to search. When I type something in the altavista search box it automatically makes a history of that word. So next time I type like M, I get the privous word I had typed...

problems with mouse??
Posted on November 5th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi to all. I've got a problem when I restart my computer. First, when it shows the option to check the disk for errors it is automatically cancelled. Then when my desktop arrives and I click once on...

Files not accessable after cut and paste.
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have hard this problem for several months but have lived with it but now I have an important excel file that I cannot access. Whenever I move (via cut/paste) a file from one place (desktop) to a...

Why can't I access my Outlook, Word, Frontpage etc anymore?
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 2 Comments

What have I done? Please, please help!!! I can't open Outlook, Frontpage, Excel and Microsoft word any more. It tells me to insert cd/rom to setup. I have been using them. I don't have the cd because...

Win 32 is not a Valid Application
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have found one post regarding this subject with an utterly usless answer. Starting about 7-10 days ago, many execuatble installation files give me the following error message when I try to run...

films, games problem
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi can anyone help everytime i play a movie or a game the picture sticks every few minutes or so i have installed the lastest driver and had a look thriugh my setting but i cant fix it can anyone...

Shortcut Icons - XP Pro
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 2 Comments

A friend has Windows XP Pro. On his desktop the shortcut icons don't have the arrow symbols that mine have on XP Home. Is this a feature of XP Pro or is there a setting he can alter,...

How do I------- XP Home
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 6 Comments

Hello, I purchased a Freecom USB external hard drive to be used simply as a back up. All I wish to do is make copies of all the programes that are on my PC hard drive. I thought it was a simple case...

USB2 problems between card reader and PDA
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 5 Comments

(Third posting, still no responses...) WinXP Pro SP2, most MS updates. AthlonXP 2800+/1GB RAM, Asus mainboard. I have four USB2 ports on the back of my computer. Plugged into them I have a USB1.1...

Disconnecting from internet every 20 minutes.
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I use a dial up to connect to compuserve. Every 20 minutes or so I am discoonnected with a message that says no activity, connect again. How can I increase this time significantly to avoid...

Keyboard Problem After boot - very weird
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi , My problem is : Ps/2 keyboards works fine in bios , but after booting in XP pro ( sp2 ) it's stop working. Even the numlock led goes off. Nothing , except the " shutdown " button. For...

Default order, save dialogue box
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 5 Comments

The problem only affects the box that shows all the drives on my PC. By default, they are sorted by type rather than by name. That gives the order F:, E:, D:... i.e. the order is Z>A. I want A.Z. I...

Sound Card
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have been through absolutely every troubleshooting page I can find about this and I am now being told that there is no sound card installed. Why is that? - I've had sound up until Wednesday of...

Hibernate, XP-PRO, Dell Dimension XPS GEN 3
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi, I am runing XP PRO on my Dell XPS machine. each time i send the machine in to Hibernate mode it goes all the way down and the start right again. any ideas why wouldn't the machine stay down? what...

new graphics card
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Hello, I recently purchased a new computer: Dell Dimension E510 19-inch Flatscreen Monitor Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Dell Dimension DM051 Pentium 4 CPU 3.00 GHz

Re: Setting up Win XP Home Edit with multi user accounts
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have the same issue as Nascent......I copied all the MS Office icons into the "All Users Group" and they do now end up appearing in each users work space.....However when trying to launch them from...

error in extractiong support files in windows XP
Posted on November 4th, 2005 | 0 Comments

i already reinstalled the windows XP but if i will install other programs it says that error in extracting support files. e.g. the application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006), request...