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plug ins for video
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

i use windows xp media and mozilla firefox. when i try to view virtual tours on web sites and some other video sites i am asked to install plugins - when i do i am told there are no plug ins...

Disappearing hard drive
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have an HP machine in which I installed 2 internal hard drives for increased storage capacity. They have both been installed and working well for many months. Today, one of the drives has become...

Background file transfer for network shares?
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi! I have a problem: - I am using a VPN connection via WAN (PPTP) - I am using microsoft office word (different versions) - When files are saved, word hangs, because the data has to...

Bios does not see disk
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi. I have a Western Digital 40 gb HD full of info in it. After a Motherboard crash and replacement, bios doesn´t see the disk (actually it freezes during recognition). I moved it to another...

Applications Refusing to Load - Problems Ensue!
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

One of our PCs has recently stopped being used. The reason for this was initially because it refused to load any program that involved the Internet. We basically assumed this was to do with a LAN...

Disk Cleanup wont open at all
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I have read just about everything posted on web and I can't find out how to fix the problem. I cannot get disk cleanup to open at all. I have tried every way possible to open thinking maybe I had a...

security alert
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

On some web sites I get a security alert. "the security certificate has expired or is not yet valid". How do I stop this alert?

question
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I keep getting a dialog box that says Program:...iles\cox\applications\app\CurtainsSysSvcNt.exe File: d:\commdev\grisc\filterdllolder\g...\grintercept.cpp Line: 896 Expression:...

Start button slow to appear at start up
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Windows XP with latest updates on a Dell Optiplex... This is a recent problem - it use to work fine. When I turn the computer on or restart, it takes a very long time (10 seconds or more) for the...

Folders open to search
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have XP home and all of my secondary folders open to the search window. I open them by right mouse then open.

windows explorer fails to respond - XP
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I'm in my documents and click on a folder. Then I try to move it to another folder, the small window comes up. I click on MyMusic and it fails to respond. The little time icon comes up but it never...

FUNCTION KEYS
Posted on April 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

MY FUNCTION KEYS WERE WORKING YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY THEY'RE NOT. I ESPECIALLY CARE ABOUT THE Fn VOLUME CONTROL......ANY IDEAS?

Delete Item in MSCONFIG startup
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

In MSCONFIG (system configuration utility) Startup tab, there are items listed from a Roxio product that I have uninstalled. They are unchecked, but still listed. I have gone to the path listed in...

P*rn link
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments

While using a p2p program, a file I downloaded was disguised as a program, but turned out to be a link to a porn site. There is now a link on my start menu which just says “PORN” with an arrow....

Quick Launch Bar Disappearing
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Windows XP Professional (SP2) IBM Laptop T-40 series. Why does the Quick Launch bar disappear every so often? I have checked out the registry "fix" that is on Google; not the answer. One time that I...

synchronizing offline files, RAID 1, failed hard drive
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I have a residential (non-domain) client who has a desktop computer with RAID 1 (two hard drives, mirrored). He also has a laptop, which he has set to synchronize files with his desktop. Both...

Slow performance of Office 2003
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments

We're running a SBS 2003 network with Xp workstations. The server and workstations are all new so they "fast". Printing in word or excel was quite fast for a period of time but now things have...

Windows movie maker
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 0 Comments

When I open Windows movie maker it is giving an error message saying that " unspecified error". How I can uninstall the movie maker and reinstall it. It would be a great help if any body give suggest...

System Restore Fails
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have tried about 10 different system restore points (Windows XP, latest updates), and everyone says: Your computer cannot be restored to... (date and time) No changes have been made.. Why am I...

Startup Resources
Posted on April 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments

When I had XP Home Edition, I could go to Help and Support to look at and modify the programs which load at startup. Now I have XP Media Edition and that does not appear to be an option. Is there a...