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Hi All, I have a problem that internet explorer home page was disabled by a virus site. Even though I tried in i.e from tools menu -->internet options -->home page -- address is set by a virus. so when am using explorer that web page is automatically opening.

hai! everybody When naming a folder by pressing "Alt + 0160" gives a blank space, How is this possible and what it means? Is it legal in windows or an error?

Hi all I have installed windows vista and i want to make my window styles like this ... http://www.futura-sciences.com/img/windows_vista_aero_3D.jpg

hi can any one help me if i ping from my server to local lan it's pinging but if i use to access one drive from server is not possible

Print jobs are not deleting from print queue after completion. This problem is on a peer-to-peer network of four computers and one printer. Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 is the operating system. The print jobs, which display in the queue as "Printed", can be manually removed. Is there a configuration setting that dictates whether or not...

Hi there, I'm having a problem getting games like Rome Total War installed onto my system, I've tried it with both HDDs, and it does exactly the same, it says it's installing, asks for the disks, etc, and when it gets to "Publishing Product Information", it stays there for about three minutes, and then the installer just closes down as if it's...

Res sir, I have install xpsp2 in my mechine recently i do not open "help and support center" No any given massege.plz help me what i do.

hello techies.. we have one ibm thinkpad t21 laptop, if i boot, i will get window screen and in between that it will shows some blue screen and then restarts in that blue screen it shows related to irq, i removed and replaced rams also, and also i tried the same hardisk in other thinkpad t20, it's not at all booting , can any...

Hi. Looking for any help I can find! I have a brand new server running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with SP1 . I just installed the first program on the server of SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition. In the system event viewer log I have the following errors: Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC could not be found and Last...

hello friends, can i format my mp3 stick? will it affect my firmware?..once i format and reload songs, will there be any problem? thanks in advance RSR

Hey everyone, I just bought a new Windows Vista (Home Premium) computer. My old computer, a Windows XP Professional, had all of my old documents, spreadsheets, etc. I was planing on using the Easy Transfer on my new machine, and using an Ethernet cable to transfer the files. When I launched the Windows Vista Easy Transfer, I went through the...

I have been looking for a driver for an old Epson ActionLaser 1500 that would work with Vista. The driver came with XP. I spoke to an "old PC guy" who told me to try the HP LaserJet III driver in Vista. It seems to work. The Printer Test page came out fine.

hello sir, i have a problem in my pc, that it can't complete booting process, it scan disk and start booting again. now i wanna install my system again. but the problem is i am completely enable to enter in CMOS settings. my pc already has a first boot as floppy drive and second is hard drive. can please any one tell me how to install window XP...

Problem:- Creating Windows ShutDown, Restart, LogOff, Run Dialog, Help etc Command Icons On Windows XP SP-2 Desktop.

I am trying to get Command Prompt to open with notepad due to i have neither "search" or "run" its not in the start menu and iv gone through the whole C: Drive looking for it, can anyone give me a helping hand here? Thank you. DCorp.

Is it safe to delete all those $NtUninstallKB929338$ directories on XP Pro SP2?

I have actually asked a pretty similar question here in the past, without a great deal of success. But I've decided to try a different tack. So, what are the ways in which a network admin could remove the Favorites menu from Windows Explorer (presumably by use of a group policy), and how can I overcome it and put my favorites menu back where it...

If I disconnect from the internet, all applications open immediately but if I'm connected to the internet, then it takes about 7 seconds to open any application. I have tried all of the basics (defrag, plenty of RAM, internet optimized, etc...) Also, there's a strange twist. If I open a new IE window within 2 seconds after the last one opened, the...

Here is my challenge . I have a new syatem That when I save a Adobe Illustrator file to my desktop it is ok but when I try to move or delete the file I get a error key that is open ??? I never had the problem when I had XP. When I save as a EPS file no problem and I know not to save in the future as a AI file but to clen up the old files ??

All videos play slow and skip on my pc Ok My Pc is pretty new and whenever i play itunes music or videos on my pc or on youtube.com my pc slows down quite abit and the videos skip threw jittery n jerky and i miss all the video it stops plays agen like 3seconds later can anyone help

How to create a partition in Windows XP

hi basicly when i right click a folder and press send to send to zip options isnt there doesnt anyone no hw i can sort this http://i19.tinypic.com/4paknsp.jpg

Hi, Along time ago I changed my motherboard and tried to keep the same hard drive and i was running xp and when i started the computer up after finishing putting in a new motherboard and hooking it all up i got this message ( A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent and damage to your computer ) these are the...

Hi, I have an issue where users require local administrator access on the pc to be able to run a particular program. However I do not want these users to have local admin access on their pc's. I know the particular folders on the C:\ drive that they need local admin access to to be able to run the program. Is it possible to allow the users to...

Greetings, I'm using WindowsXP Pro v5.1and am writing a BAT file to loop through a list of files (contained in a .txt file) and pass them (actually variables derived from them) to another program (ERDAS Imagine). What appears to be happening is that the FOR loop isn't utilizing the variables until the 2nd iteration after the variable is set. ...