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Help with slow running and problematic computer
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 6 Comments

My husband and I have different user profiles on our computer. Mine runs with no problems and his runs very slow. I've done multiple virus/spyware scans as well as defrags and disk cleanups and...

Flash Memory disk problem
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a pendrive of 128 Mbytes which my XP can't read. I check with some other PC's and it works fine. Has anyone any advise? Thanks Ziko

Error message ialmkchw.sys
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Windows XP Home Ed. Since loading a DVD game, on booting up the message is:"The file ialmkchw.sys on Intel Corp Installation disk #1 is required" Also the display is stuck in 8 bit mode. Searches on...

renamed RtlGina.dll and won't start
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 8 Comments

nMy laptop logon screen had changed this morning. The fast user switching was gone. I tried to reset it in User Accounts, but got a msg about some program interfering and RtlGina.dll needed to...

Nothing happens when I click ENTER in the Setup Process
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I get all the way to the Setup and when asked to press ENTER to finish nothing happens. I have even tried the other two choices and nothing. (I have installed a new drive, making it the'c' dirve....

windows search does not show up and media player does not apply skins
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 9 Comments

I am using Win XP Home (SP2 and all latest updates applied). Since a few weeks when i use search only the companion shows up and the other forms (to specify the file etc) do not show up at all, it is...

PhotoGallery installation
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Hi Every time I start up my computer windows installer begins trying to install 'PhotoGallery.msi'. It then asks me to put in a disk to complete installation. I have no disk and have not tried to...

"click" (on/off?) noise from RAID drive, PC freezes for 10-20 seconds then ok?...see URL inside
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Nforce 2 board, "click" (on/off?) noise from RAID drive, PC freezes for 10-20 seconds then ok? I found basically the exact same problem on a web site, getting the exact same error message in event...

resizing partitions
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 14 Comments

'C' is almost full. 'D' and 'E' have loads of free space. Is there an easy way to resize C? Tia RoS

Lock up while connected online (part 2)
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

-- Thanks, Mark

Acer Aspire w/ SP2 not recognizing Apple Studio Display (please he
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I just purchased a used 17" Apple Studio Display CRT. It was purchased from someone using it with his new-ish Dell laptop. (http://everymac.com/monitors/apple/s...isplay_17.html) It works fine with...

Bypassing admin password
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a preschool and 2 hp vectras were donated to us. My problem is that a am trying to install dsl software on the computer and it says I dont have admin privledges......any suggestions??? Thanks

Slow update of Durration and Dimension tabs for video files !!!
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Just started having the problem. Its so bad that it slows the pc down SO much i cant even use ituntill they Durration and Dimensions are updated for every video file in the dirrectory. This is mucho...

How do I know?
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments

How can I know if i am logged on as administrator? I have XP pro and i tried hitting control alt delete twice at the welcome screen and nothing happened except for the task manager popping up when...

Blank page(s)
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hello Why is it when i search for certain sites on the web it shows a blank screen and the staus at the bottom says done, sky sports, yellow pages, Taylor Root are 3 examples but there are a few...

system restore privileges
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i deleted all the user accounts except one (one with barely any privileges) and i was intending to create a new one, but i accidently rebooted my computer and now i wish to restore my computer to...

Administrator vs limited accounts
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Using XP Pro (SP2) and IE 6, I have the administrator account and my wife has a limited account. She is trying to access some web sites that need Macromedia Flash Player 8. I have no problem seeing...

USB Not Working Only in XP?
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 0 Comments

My laptop is having some USB issues at the current moment. The USB mouse works fine during boot before the XP loading screen comes up (e.g. if I interrupt the boot to do diagnostics in a...

What device?
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I get this error in the event viewer system log: Description: The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort1, did not respond within the timeout period. How do I find out what device that is?

How can I convince "the powers that be?"
Posted on May 4th, 2006 | 19 Comments

How can I convince "the powers that be?" To be honest I knew that this GWA Validation will bite this company in the "back side" sooner if not later. The following is a situation that I have. I am...