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Yahoo Messenger and wmp.dll having a problem
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hello all, I hope I am in the right group here. I'm not a noob, but I have been having a problem with Yahoo Launchast. It crashes randomly, which also crashes my Yahoo Messenger. It happens on my...

New Hard Drive
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I installed a new (2nd) HD on my computer and I need to know how I can format it so that it will be seen by windows. -- Jim Corderman

spyware detected, deleted, and now whole computer is messed up
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 2 Comments

yesterday my computer screen went blue and said that spyware has infected my computer. I downloaded the sbc/yahoo spyware protector and Zone Alarm firewall. Now, everything is slow, my computer...

error 997
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Could not start the Windows Installer service on Local Computer. error 997: overlapped I/O operation is in progress. Can anyone help ?

windows xp double installation
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Just came from my father, who bought a Samsung laptop some months ago. After initial problems, he brought it back to retailer and they fixed it, but now I found out, that they reinstalled windows...

Error: "Not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 4 Comments

allation diskette." Two desktop icons that use the same DLL report the same error message. This is the DLL file C:\Windows\System32\MSCVIRT.dll. I assume the error message refers to the Windows...

Windows crash during programs
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

This has happened on a couple different programs. The screen goes black and I get a weird sound from the speakers. The system doesn't take input. The only I have found out of it is to reset the...

usb ports crapped out!
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I plugged in a cheap usb optical mouse to my tablet pc and it acted strange and then my laptop shut down by itself. after re-booting and throwing away the piece of crap mouse, my usb ports don't work...

Antivirus blocking internet access
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I was running Kaspersky antivirus on an educational user license which expired when my course ended, I uninstalled it as I didn't want to afford to pay for the full version at that point and...

error code 1713, what is it?
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Media centre 2005/xp pro 2gb ddram 300gb hdd nvidia geoforce 6800 No adaware/malware/viruses/trojans etc etc sfc /scannow all files correct and in place

Is it safe to delete these folders?
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 2 Comments

(Running Windows XP Pro, SP2 and all the trimmings) I have a number of folders in my Windows directory starting with "$", (including $hf_mig$, $MSI3..., and $NtUninstall...) as well as a...

Folders View on desktop won't go away
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

for whatever reason & how I do not know BUT, I can NOT make it go away BUT, now when you are looking at the desktop - there is a folders view option pane visible just like in your folders BUT, I did...

icon display
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 2 Comments

how and what do you set to hide the email icon when Outlook is minimized? I want it to hide on the bottom of the task bar. I have the icon but how do I make it so the program is showing...

Boot Issues with Windows
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 5 Comments

Ok, so I just purchased a new computer, and I am having trouble with booting into windows. Basically, I cannot boot into Normal Windows mode, unless under certain conditions. When I first start up...

Wan issue
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 12 Comments

We have an 8 node Lan (Linksys router) at work that uplinks to a Wan Cable router (not a cable modem) provided by our cable ISP. We used to have a cable modem for our Wan, of which then we utilized...

How do I fix this?
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Using UPHclean to unload the profile files. But how do I determine what process/program is doing the deed, and how do I stop it so I do not need to use UPHClean? I found many forum messages similar...

Intel chipset driver help
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I have a Dell dimension 2400. Do I have to go into the bios to disable the onboard video graphics controller. I have an nvidia Geforce 5200 installed and I dont know if these 2 will conflict. Can you...

Cd-Rom error.
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

When I go to the device mangaer, my cd-rom is shown, but with a yellow exclamation point. I bought a new cd-rom drive, and changed new cables, but the same problem still happens. I have done almost...

Windows XP Tries to Load But
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 0 Comments

TTX Netbook Model 9000 Model 9000 - Pentium III; 600MHz mobile Processor(MMC2); 256 SDRAM(2 128MB DIMM) with a 12 GB Hard Drive When I try to power up the computer it starts to go through the...

DVD device corrupted
Posted on December 29th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Have a brand new Dell B 120 one week old. Loaded game Fable and now the DVD plays for a few seconds and then goes to blue screen and tells us device corrupted and mm_pool error. Went to device...