The partition boot record is actually part of the active partition itself. Therefore, any recommendation or hint that the master boot record may be at fault is not valid. The master boot record...

gladeangel wrote: It is most likely "dxdiag.exe" not "didiaq.exe", and it is a Trojan. See this link for a complete...

i right click on my desktop ... then i go Properties ... there is Themes / Screen Saver / Appearnce / setting / there use to be ( wallpaper) and i cant figure how to get it back on their.... i...

When i choose help and support I get the message Windows cannot help and support because a system service is not running. When I cheacked the service status Start button I got "Error 1083: The...

I've has KB94360 installed and I've got no problems with that update. I did not have KB941202 and KB933729. It is possible that the updates KB941202 and KB933729 is causing the problems. You can try...

i have installed ie7 twice now and each time I do Windows Movie Maker crashes...if i uninstall ie7 and go back to ie6 movie maker works running winxp sp2 thx.............char

I am having problems with my norton antivirus. when i run it it get stuck on c/windows/system32/dxdiaq.exe

I am looking for peer feedback from actual use on Core2 duo E6550 and Intel DG31PR board which has a spec of max 8GB RAM I am looking at a new Intel core 2 duo system with the above...

reformatting and starting over..... jim "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message news:AK60j.1776$497.1331@bignews2.bellsouth.net...

I keep getting this damned message about a new PC that I added to my local LAN in the same workgroup. I shared its C drive (as I need to poke at it from time to time) but I cannot bring up its...

Try adding a NoSaveSettings DWORD value to this Registry key, and set it to 0: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Reboot. See here for...

Try adding a NoSaveSettings DWORD value to this Registry key, and set it to 0: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Reboot. See here for...

it seems my modem cannot detect a dial tone to connect to internet. i have done everything to assure modem is connected to computer. had diagnostic done and was successful. phone line does work since...

Hi folks, my PC occasionally starts up without me switching it on! - even though I've closed it right down. The time interval varies; once it was next morning, once it was about 2 hours later etc. ...

"Layne Joline" <LayneJoline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D7C855DA-4A2E-40CA-B69D-FB845A8207A9@microsoft.com... If you aren't seeing the Setup screen, you most likely haven't gone...

Ok, so a few weeks ago I got the dreaded blue "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" screen. I have been all over the Microsoft site and can't fix it. I don't have the original XP CD but got one from a friend. ...

I was upgrading the Realtek HD audio drivers on my computer, and accidentally installed the wrong driver software. The installation failed. The next time I rebooted my computer, the boot froze on...

I fixed this. It was very simple. I went to msconfig.Boot.ini and clicked on "Check All Boot Paths". I then got a message that said that one boot path did not appear to be valid. After deleting the...

When I create a remote assistance file, "Invitation.msincident", my computer is not including the IP address within this file. Therefore, when the helper runs the file, it can't find my computer on...

I'm suddenly getting a lot of blue screen stops! Mostly: PFN_LIST_CORRUPT IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and on rare occasion: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT I've checked everything including memory, harddisk, drivers,...