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login password won't let me on my computer
Posted on February 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i just made a password on my computer last night so my roommate won't use it and now it's saying i have an invalid password. does anyone know how to restart the password so i can get back on my...

have 2 os installed want to uninstall one.
Posted on February 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

how do I uninstall 1 OS without having to wipe the drive clean.gonna sell the system and need to remove my win xp and leave the win 2000 that came with it. thanks Jim --

InstallShield Wizard problems
Posted on February 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

OK bear with me , I have no idea whats going on. I think I have a problem with my InstallShield Wizard. I can't intall some things like adobe and and java. It gets to preparing to install and then...

Windows Explorer Crashing
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I'm experiencing ongoing crashes when i try and open windows explorer. Below is the event report, can someone please help me with resolving this problem. Thanks Event Type: Error Event...

Viewing images with Photoshop as my default
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:43:27 -0800, sdebicki wrote in message <news:9EEE732D-0D79-4DA3-AECE-73996186DC74@microsoft.com>: Go to 'My Computer'. Select Tools > Folder Options > File types, and...

e-mailing photos
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 4 Comments

i am having a problem with tring to e-mail photos.example, i go to start.then my pictures....i choose the photo...then i try to e-mail....then wizard internet pops up.. can you or someone please...

Update Failure--XP
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Ran it today as new updates just came out. There were 5, but one of them keeps failing: KB913446. This is failing on my desktop and my laptop. Suggestions (I ran my AVG anti-virus and it says no...

Windows Vista
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Anybody know how to remove Windows Vista from a partition on a four partition second drive? Trying to format the drive does not work and just trying to delete any files fails too There is no...

computer shuts off unexpectedly
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments

I have a problem with my computer were it shuts off unexpectedly. For example, when I try to run a virus scan with Norton my computer will shut off about 2 minutes in. It also does it when I do...

Slow computer
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I have turned off the visual stuff, defragged, cleaned out the temp files, got as much as possible out my start-up and my computer still is slow and freezes up. I need more ram but in the meantime...

Impossible to read message at startup
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

The normal Welcome screen appears. Trying to log in gives some sort of Error-message which I can read, but don't understand. All the text is somthing like Wingdings. Trying to start in a simpel mode...

Offline Files turns itself OFF.. tried everything HELP please!
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I have two laptops running XP Pro under a Windows 2003 Active Directory structure. One laptop's Offline Files works great.... the other USED to work great, don't know what happened. If I checkmark...

Toolbar Info
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:38:27 -0800, michaelb wrote in message <news:DE5228CB-AAF8-43C2-889E-CC8FBF7A0FB9@microsoft.com>: Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Uncheck 'Reuse windows for...

Computer freezes
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

When I go to shut down the computer everything freezes, How can I fix this??

system info tool reports double amount of RAM installed
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

xp home edition - system information tool reporting double the amount of physical ram that is installed, can anyone explain?.... is this maybe a motherboard quirk or some other such thing? (Soyo...

Please help me! Bluescreen of death
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I'm reposting this message because I just noticed I originally posted it in the Windows Media Center section and that's not the help section nor do I have that version of windows. I have a brand...

"open containing folder" does not work
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 4 Comments

The "open containing folder" in Windows XP Pro opens a new search folder. How can I correct this?

Software does not recognise camera, cant find driver to un/re-install
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Bought a Canon camera which came with lots of useful software and instructions that said "DO NOT ATTACH CAMERA TO COMPUTER UNTIL AFTER S/WARE HAS BEEN LOADED". Unfortunately, as I needed photos on...

I really need help!!
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 5 Comments

I am just after buying a USB key. its called a USB 2.0 Flashdrive - Plug & Play. the problem is is that when i go to try and save anything to my USB key it keeps going Files Protected - what do i...

Keyboard language settings - can't log on
Posted on February 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I changed the keyboard language on my computer from English to French for some reason (I wanted to put the system in French, but now I can't use my computer!) I can't log on now, and I can't log on...