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Out of nowhere, my PC running Windows 7 suddenly stopped recognizing any of the 4 HDD's in my enclosure. Restarted both but still nothiong. None of the 4 drives show up in Disk Management. I'm at a loss> Need some help. Thanks!

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I am trying to delete xampp from my computer and reinstall it but the problem is that it keeps saying that the folder for xampp is open somewhere else? How do i delete it properly?

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change the Logon Window and the Shutdown Preferences in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][color=#000000][font=Arial]Setup configures Windows XP to use the friendly Welcome logon screen and the shutdown buttons, if your computer is installed as a home computer …

hello friend.... i got problem here, im trying to reformat my hp 4-1035TU ultrabook, but it didnt show any partition for my computer and its ask for driver. someone know how to solve this issue??

Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows a good place to download free web writing software. Chris

My task bar in XP changed color to a pale green and the font size changed (I am paritally color blind, so color is a guess to a degree) from the normal blue. When that happens, the wireless internet won't work either. I have run all the programs that you …

after a failed windows 8.1 update, computer will not boot.it saysautomatic repair then it stop and give the options to restore or cancel and restore does nothing, just the windows logo for hours and during this time it just keeps getting hotter and hotter.

Hello everyone. I just have a simple question with command prompt in Windows 7. Is there any command that copies the text from a file onto the clipboard so I can paste it somewhere? All I want to do is start the batch file and press Control-V. Solutions?

hi what if explorer.exe does not work

Ι have many text files with total space 4 GB. In Russian, Greek and English languages. Is there a way - program - software to find the most common - frequent words in these files? I want it to produce a list ordered from most to least used words. I …

The other day I decided to re-install KOTOR 2, I have all original disks, and have played it a long time ago, but with the recent install it would not run, so i found a patch required to install it and now for 2 days it has ran without any …

I bought a steelseries keyboard and I can't find a matching keymap. The key to the left of 1 contans a tilde and a hash. I've tried UK, US and US International but none of them work. Is there anything I can type into to tell me my layout?

Hi I need help... Dump file attached.

Hello, am currently facing issues with Windows 7 SP1 Pro, whereby if I do a right click, I can the Restrictions dialog appearing. The message is in the link below. I already have my user as an administrator on the system. Anyone can help me troubleshoot this problem? [Click Here](https://www.dropbox.com/s/yje5cf8xwqwvznh/2013-12-20%2010_07_10-Clipboard.png)

Hi my name is Amber and I am new to this site....I have a major question, my boyfriend and I have had alot of past trouble with PORN :twisted: And I dont know what to do, i dont want to take away his internet entirely so we agreed on a …

Hi guys, im using windows 7 , and my pc5750 modem not detected . Its not even detected on device manager . Ive tried to connect to the other pc and install the driver , but still it didnt work . The light indicator when connect the modem , is …

Hi all, I am looking for a number counter that increases by 1 every second and goes to around 10 million. I would also like to be able to manually start the counter from a specific number e.g. 233523. Can anyone please help, thanks.

Hello，everybody，i want to konw who is the better，nod32 or avira? Whose heuristic is the better? Thank you.

i cannot install microsoft .net framework on my laptop. please help :) this is on the log file: OS Version = 6.1.7600, Platform 2 OS Description = Windows 7 - x86 CommandLine = C:\cd9eff67eee9832dce41e970dae2\\Setup.exe /x86 /x64 TimeZone = Pacific Standard Time Initial LCID = 1033 Using Simultaneous Download and Install …

Hello, can anyone suggest a WONDERFULL Exchange Recovery tool, I've tried Ex-merge from Microsoft Exchange, but I am not get satisfaction with this tool and it not properly recovered my EDB file data into PST. Any third party tool helps me to get back my lost EDB file data in …

@echo off REM This batch file will play with shift command :loop echo %1 shift if %2 == GOTO end goto loop :end exit 0 When I inputted C:\Users\~\Desktop> Shift.bat 1 2 3 I got this 1 2 end was unexpected at this time. Why do I keep getting "end …

Hi, I have a PC running Windows 8. Every time it boots up it tries to 'Scan and repair disk errors on C:' but never gets above 0% - i.e. it hangs at the very start of the process. The 'circle' icon rotates so it is not that the whole …

I couldn't help to notice that there are more and more people who started to dive into windows 8. I wonder how it works for them. Recently I am thinking to get a windows 8 OS PC as well, but since my hard-drive's memory allocation issue (I don't know exactly …

Hi - Some time ago I upgraded the old box (Alzheimers in the hardware) and jumped to W7HPx64. The new box has an i5-2400 CPU, FWIW. My problem is that it came with VisualC++ 2005 and 2008, but nothing later. VC++ 2008 has two x64 files and one x86 file. …

The ip address of our sharepoint 2010 database server has changed, so how do we edit the new IP so that it points to new ip?

Microsoft knows it has to do something in order to claw back some kind of market position, not now but five years into the future. The culture of computing is changing amongst the young and hip consumer, and it's moving away from the Microsoft Windows-centric vision of the past. While …

Hi All, Two questions really: 1. Is Windows 2003 still supported? (With all the fuss about XP support ending, I'm not sure if I missed it) 2. We have an old Windows 2003 Small Business Server as our domain controller, Exchange server and file server which is coming to the …

Windows 7 system has a default administrator account that is created during the installation of Windows 7 or setup already for you on a OEM (ex: Dell) computer. By default, the built-in administrator account is named Administrator, and is disabled. Log as that account you will have complete access to …

Greetings. So I'm having a problem accessing HTTPS sites and can't seem to figure out why. The problem occurs in IE, Firefox and Netscape so at least it's consistant ;). But not that all SSL options are filled in in IE, FireFox etc, such as SSL 2.0, 3.0 etc. What …

I need to disable cd-rom and usb drive access for certain users, via a batch file or something similar so that it can be scripted/automated. Any suggestions on how to do this?

I've been following another thread, which was marked solved for this problem, but the solution described was not explained well enough for me to understand and implement it. Basically when you double click on a jpg file on the desktop the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will open briefly and …

I'm in a class and we discussed what set /p does, but I wasn't paying close attention, I was wondering if anyone could explain to me what set /p does and an example of how I can use it in a batch file for dos

Hi, I have a an "inland PCI Express Expansion Card 2-Port USB 3.0" installed onto my motherboard. I reformatted and have a fresh copy of Windows 7 on it. I also have Ubuntu on my other partition. Devices attached to the usb 3 ports were all working before the reformat, …

Hello, I would need some help/hints/tips for installing MSSQL server 2008 on a Windows Server 2003. Details: I want to work with virtual machines. My computer is an old one, not able to virtualize x64 machines. That's why I use Win server 2003 32 bit with MSSQL server 2008 R2. …

Not sure if this is where I post this or whether I am supposed to post this at all but, here goes..... When I try to use MediaFace and insert a picture in the "New Picture Field has error pop up that says "Picture Error (Lead-9) Jpg is not a …

Whenever I open my laptop, a Windows 7 HP Mini, all I see is my desktop background with no icons, task bar, or anything. When I right click, nothing happens. The only time I see something is when I "Alt+Space", which is useless. I can't even press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. When I …

I have an old pc. It's an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ running Windows XP. I want to try and run Windows 7 32 bit on it. I don't want to lose all the data on my 250gb XP hard drive, so I was thinking of getting a 500 gb …

Hi Guys, I want to start some trainings on windows server, and wondering to know what kind of networking prior background knowledge do i need to have to start with Windows Server.

i want to upgrade MS Office 2000 to 2010, i m using Windows 8. is it any method available which help me to upgrade all files into upgraded version??

I have purchased a new laptop (Toshiba) with Windows vista home basic. But the pc is shutting down unexpectedly. whenever i am putting a cd or dvd in the dvd drive the computer is shutting down. Pl suggest me the remedy. Thnaks in advance Regards, Ravi

Hi, I am trying to run the a scheduler that executes a batch file.In this batch file I am trying to run synctoy application and the application runs successfully. The scheduler runs successfully. I want to add a script in batch file that exit the command prompt once synctoy synchronization …