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How do I open old DBX files in Windows 7

I had just buy a HP Laptop. Shopkeeper told me that this laptop already installed with windows 7 and once you open the laptop then there is option to create a setup file for windows for reinstallation if needed. In simple words he told me that laptop already contain windows and there is no CD availble to install window Now, I had started my...

Hi I am trying to connect a VB6 exe which used rdo on windows 7 but I am getting the following message: Invalid procedure call or argument I added msrdo20.dll and it worked for me on one pc but it is giving problems on another machine even after registering msrdo20.dll. please provide some help.

I have a single user who is logged in with a domain account on a domain that I don't maintain. On that domain they are able to see all local resources but not on my domain. I have made sure on my domain controller that the users account is part of the domain admin group, have forced a policy update to all of the machines in my domain and even...

am suffering with a peculiar problem, i have UBUNTU and WINDOWS installed in my harddisk, internet in ubuntu just seems to work fine, but when it comes to windows internet is not working, and a peculiar thing i have observed is, that the LED for LAN on the modem is also not glowing. At first i thought it might be the ETHERNET drivers problem...

I had to restore my XP system to a previous date and now I cannot locate my data files on my externel drive in Excel and Word. The folders I ceated still exist but the data files are not in the foldrs. When I right click the folder and look in properties it does indicate there are files in that folder. Are the data files lost forever or can they...

Help me please. My PC is connected to a Olivetti printer through COMM1 port and I installed driver for the printer, but after do this, i can not program to open comm port in C#. The Error display: The given port name does not start with COM/com or does not resolve to a valid serial port (I use device manager to uninstall driver and can open...

Hi, I have automated an IE process using excel and it works perfectly. To help speed up a process that can take up to 8 hours daily, I would like to turn off the multimedia options in IE, but do not want to manually turn them off and on before and after the program runs. How can I uncheck the "Show pictures" box in the advanced tab of the...

Hi there, I have exported a link to my desktop of one of our databases that is stored in a server. This link does not seem to be working. To open that database, I have to open the Access database program first, locate the file then open it from there. Is there a way I can fix this? I have other database links on my desktop and they all work,...

Powerpoint presentations that I create and save since upgrading to Windows 7 do not run properly on computer with Windows XP. What can be done about this? Did not have this problem before upgrading from Windows Vista.

Is it possible to change the CTRL-ALT-DEL screen without changing the Login screen in Windows 7? Or better yet - can they have different screens? Thanks, -J

Hello, I'm replacing my normal windows shell, but it won't let me alt+tab in it for some reason. To get around this, I have a .bat that runs at startup that enables Windows Keys: REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoWinKeys /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f REG add...

I'm using Outlook on Office 2010 have been receiving e-mails and sending ok, but today can only receive. Get message server error:- 550 relaying denied. Any ideas please?

I have the below script working fine downloading the directory it CD's into but I'm confused how to go about CDing into a directory and all files and sub-directories down to 'n' amount will be downloaded holding the full directory structure, any ideas? OPEN 127.0.0.1 user pass CD temp binary mget "*.*" QUIT

I've just been looking around for ages to figure this out, but couldn't find the answer... so felt compelled to write about it. I have several Windows 7 machines, all able to remote desktop to each other no problems. I added two Windows XP machines to the network, and could not remote desktop to them. Went through all the troubleshooting,...

I have a hardware key (dongle) that's needed to launch and use an earlier version of Quark. I often need to go back to that earlier version to work on some legacy files. I've upgraded to Windows 7 and can install Quark in the Virtual XP Mode, but the dongle is connected to a parallel port, which XP Mode apparenlty doesn't recognize. Does anyone...

Unable to load DLL 'fbapnp.dll': The specified procedure could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007F) Stack trace: at Microsoft.Setup.WindowsEmbedded.PnPAction.NativeMethods.FBAInstallPnpDevices() at Microsoft.Setup.WindowsEmbedded.PnPAction.RunPnPDetection() at Microsoft.Setup.WindowsEmbedded.PnPAction.DoAction() I...

I mistakenly deleted the csrss.exe in the Task Manager thinking it was a trojan. I'm running XP.

Hello, Is there any proper way to figure out whether user is active or not on computer? I am sure it has Screen saver does it Yahoo Messenger does it What can be the proper way? Other than Hooking. (I guess Hooking can be a way to figure out user activity.)

I am trying to get into Safe mode to restore my computer. But F8 will not let me into the menu process. My safe restore wont let me restore through it. I turned off Norton, my anti-virus software,but it will not let me do anything. You got any tips and ideas for me.

I have a XP PC that is attempting to join a small work domain controlled by a SBS2008 server. This machine was connecting to the network/internet before today but this morning the user informed me that it was no longer. All other machines on the network are connecting fine. It is normally configured to automatically obtain an ip address, but on...

When I get into the options using F8 at startup, there is no option for command prompt, only safe mode with command prompt. When I select that option, it doesn't seem any different than the other safe mode options. The only difference is that before it boots up it asks me what operating system I want to use. I don't want windows running, i want...

I posted this question in the JavaScript area as well: Cumulative Security Update KB2482017 was installed on our network in December. Our client workstations run Vista and IE7. Since then an 8 year old legacy web-site is affected. This classic ASP application uses JavaScript to render events on a Gantt-like calendar and to apply Parent-Child...

My computer keeps crashing and a blue screen appears saying something like physical memory dump. I know this is because of a program that i installed. I want to uninstall this program through command prompt. My operating system is Windows 7 64-bit.

I am not able to get driver for my plustek scanner (OPTIC PRO UT12) for windows 7. And the company has stopped the service for providing drivers for this model i.e. OPTIC PRO UT12 The scanner is well working upto windows xp.... Any way to get it work in windows 7