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i'm running windows xp pro on 2 drives, couple months back i had problems with the install on my c drive and kept puttin off fixing it, well tonite was the nite, i have windows XP pro also installed on my f drive and it was getting full so i decided it was time to format the c drive and copy the...

i have a problem with unlocking the toolbars in my browser, there is no unlock or customize option listed when i press view. the toolbars r listed but shaded like they would be if the toolbars were locked, however the option to unlock the toolbars seems to have disappeared, i have tried...

Recently my computer crashed and i have narrowed the culprit down to a certain file that is corrupted the file is C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM I tried to use the repair console to replace the file using the copy command with no luck, it would appear this file itself cannot be found on the...

can someone tell me if there is a program i can buy to make backup copies of my dvd's without a dvd burner? I have heard such a thing exists and am interested in trying to make backup copies of my dvd's, its hard to keep them without scratches with little kids around

is there any reason an asus a7v266-e motherboard would not allow me to install windows XP?

i am suddenly getting a DCOM error that is crashing my system, it started suddenly and has been getting more frequent i have attached an image of the error message here, the error itself when it happens appears and disappears so quickly i just got the error from event viewer. this error happens...

I have grey shadows appearing on my screen on any line that has text on it. I have a Nvidia TNT video card on a compaq system. I changed the monitor from a compaq to a NEC mutisync xv15 thinking the monitor was the problem. However there are still the same amount of shadows there. I tried the...

i was trying to help a friend sort out a problem she is having with her computer after installing a game. evrytime she boots the computer she is getting the message "your system has recovered from a serious error" even after uninstalling the game this is happening. the computer is an HP pavilion...

i recently formatted my winXP pro partition and reinstalled to clear up some trouble spots in it. i also have winME and mandrake installed on the system but after reloading winXP system commander will not boot mandrake and wont even find winME. i have tried reinstalling system commander with no...

i have a cybermail AV PCI video capture card but no software for it i am trying to find drivers for WinXP to make the card work here's the specs on it Rockwell Bt878/879KHF Chipset. * Full Motion Video Capture. * DirectX support. * Sizable capture up to 640x480 resolution. * Supports 16, 24...

recently a friend of mine bought a new case for his computer and moved evrything into the new case... when he booted up neither the cpu fan nor the case fan would work.... he still has power to the cd rom, the disk drive and the hdd but even switching back to the old power supply neither fan...

the last time i rebooted my machine windows started as if it had just been installed.....by that i mean the welcome to XP tour came up and most of my shortcuts and files saved to desktop had disappeared..... i did a restore and evrything came back as normal but leaving me to wonder how this...

I have been wanting to try linux for some time now and recently tried to install an older version of red hat. Apparently parts of my system werent compatible as after installation i cuddnt get a window to fit my screen.....evrything was way to big and i cuddnt get to the bottom of a page. I am...

i am running winXP without SP1 and have norton internet security 2002 installed along with norton antivirus updated on 9/11/02.... something keeps shutting down my firewall and has apparently messed with my boot record, the antivirus scan is also running extremely slow.. what has happened to my...

I tried with partition magic to change file structures on 2 patitions on seperate hard drives with no o/s on either from ntfs to fat32, partition magic would not convert this way and i was wondering if anyone knows another program that will convert file structures from NTFS to FAT32. I have...