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I backed up a Vista 32 bit system to 2 USB flash drives using "Windows Easy Transfer" After I had performed the backup, I re-installed Windows and installed all of the updates. Now I want to recover my user data. When I plug in Flash Drive #1 I get a …

Hello Am thinking of buying an ATI HD 5670 card, but I know ATI is used for AMD PCs, while mine is an Intel one. Buying and using an ATI card on Intel will cause an issue? Also I currently have a 7600GS of NVidia, and needs only to be …

I want to ask how to convert from FAT32 to NTFS in Windows without losing data on the conversion? And i have read a few article about conversion and it should do in Command Prompt with code[CODE] CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS[/CODE] But i'm not sure if i do that my data …

why is that my T3104 emachines desktop only recognizes IDE drives connected to the IDE2 chennel on the motherboard. Currently there is a 100g hard drive, and a dvdrw drive connected and I cant add anything else. Tech support is no help

hi i want to block some sites so that my younger siblings can't access them , how to do that?

Hi guys, var/www/ is set automatically set as web root when I install ubuntu. I want to assign permissions to folders of a website if I want host one and the folders inside. Please help me to assign correct and safe permissions to folders below. Also if you think the …

I have a 4-yr-old Sony Vaio laptop with a Blu-Ray player/CD burner combo. It stopped playing a few months ago and my laptop is out of warranty. Besides, the dealer where I purchased it is 90-minute drive one way (I'll never do that again!) I'm running Windows Vista. The device …

The right click on my laptop has stopped working properly. You can drag and highlight things with it but no normal right click functionality. This occurs with the touch pad and when a USB mouse is plugged in also. No problem when in administrator account. All settings are default nothing …

Hi all. My son flashed my extra wireless router (WRT54G v8) so I could use it wirelessly in other rooms, like a repeter I guess, but I'm basicaly just using it as a wireless adapter. It's been conected to my HTPC for a while working great. Suddenly it won't connect …

I've downloaded PhotoScape and I want to know how to put the head of one picture onto the body of another picture. They just tell you how to combine a bunch of pics into one (which I still can't seem to do, but that's another post). Does anyone out there …

Windows XP reboots after the final phase (the graphical phase) of Setup, and now I see a split-second BSOD. I cannot read it properly, but I can just make out these: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (driver issue?) 0x00000050 Please help as I need to get this virtual machine working. **EDIT, just managed to …

I became acquainted with cyberspace about 1 year ago (yes, for the first time) and I may be using the term "intermediate" a little losely but that's my story and ... I've broused and broused for free (I'm cheap) tutorials on how to use windows and the internet and there's …

I have a large folder of word 2003 files (200+). I need a way to make sure that every file ends with the exact same characters. Some of these files already end with this characters so I cannot duplicate the ending. What I need is that every file, after it's …

hey guys.. i have a Dual core althon 2.2ghz abit motherboard 2gig ddr2 800 1tb 250gigs 160 gigs graphics cards 1 DVD Writer and ps 400w 2 fans when i turn my pc it boots but when the log in screen of windows comes it shuts down by itself.. i …

i cann't enter into d system.recently i reinstalled it.if i go in safemode iam gettin so many line like tis only the file name .sys changes. multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\windows\system32\drivers\mup.sys wat is tis line meant for? how to solve tis?

One of my systems here in the house is playing up. It has run like it is for a couple of years, I've not added anything new, hardware or software. It has an MSI mobo with a Core 2 processor, 2GB RAM. a regular hard drive - usual stuff, running …

Hi, I'm a newbie for configuring a server. The server is RAID5. My problem is I can't find the "RAID" option at the BIOS menu.

So I am wondering if it is possible to use 1 Solid State Drive for just the Windows Operating System and another 7200 RPM hard drive for programs like Microsoft Office, Steam, or even Firefox. Basically any application and document. Like make the 7200RPM hard drive the "Program Files" while …

Hello Everyone! I have a Windows ME disk (I think it is the upgrade disk) at home. How would I install it? Do I need Windows 98 SE or can I do a boot install like XP? Thanks! javanoob101

Hi! An email was opened. At that time, I guess a Trojan was downloaded. My Avast antivirus went nuts; I couldn't open the task manager or other system programs; I couldn't system restore; i couldn't even shut the computer down. I had to do a manual shutdown (held the power …

Hi at startup, the message no disk comes up for the DVD cdrom.and then the drive does not work with any disc I put in. the system says that the dDrive is working could anybody help please Thanks

I am adding a secondary hard drive to my dell tower. I am wanting to duel boot Windows XP and Slackware Linux. I currently have only Windows XP on my computer, but I am not sure what formating it has on it. My question is: what format should I use …

Hello Is it possible to lock a RDP session in Windows XP, so that if for example I connected to a LAN pc using a particular username, no other user can either log in while that session is in use, and also not able to disconnect the session until I …

Does anybody know if the new release of IE 9 is compatible with the [URL="http://www.microsoftelearning.com"]E-Learning site[/URL]? I used the beta release of IE and I could not access any of my courses on E-Learning. I'm currently using Firefox because I had to revert to Internet Explorer 8 just to get …

If I open any webpage in IE it will only open in half size I have toclick the button to open it to full page

running vista with all service packs installed,my problem is when I start the pc from cold will not boot up,if i press the restart button it will boot no problem and works fine any help please

Hello, i downloaded aglets 2.5 from this site : [url]http://fluca1978.blogspot.com/2010/07/aglets-25.html[/url] please read the first comment by [U]nader 74[/U] : [CODE]Hi, I'm student. I have use Aglets2.0.2. But, when I used Aglets 2.5-alpha, I can not install the ant and I use Java_Home = C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_21 ant I have this error :[/CODE] …

Hi All, I have an office desktop using xp. Recently I bought a laptop running Windows 7. I set the laptop up for the wireless router ... no problem there, the internet is visible, but I can't see my xp machine, which is connected to the router by network cable. …

I am running Windows 7. After 60 seconds, when I search using Windows Explorer search box, I get the following message: "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information." To correct …

can anyone help me please? On start up, my comp. screen goes black with message CD-ROM BOOT PRIORITY..NO MEDIUM REBBOT AND SELECT PROPER BOOT DEVICE OR INSERT BOOT MEDIA IN SELECTED BOOT DEVICE AND PRESS A KEY. I have recently had a new hard drive fitted, and had windows 7 …

Hi Every One. Most of my ordinary mail is arriving with one or more vertical lines down the left hand side of the page. Is there any way to prevent this happening.

Hey guys, My AV has located a rootkit MBR:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 I have already tried a solution that I found in this forum but it has not worked. basically I have run bootkit_remover.rar and run it. It returned the following: -- [COLOR="Red"]Bootkit Remover (c) 2009 eSage Lab [url]www.esagelab.com[/url] Program version: 1.2.0.0 OS …

I'm designing my own custom case that will have all air inside the case being filtered. Does anyone know where to get a high powered fan that generates as little noise and static charge in the air as possible? After completion I'll share all specifications and pictures with whoever is …

Currently i am using Norton 2006 updated to the 2007 version. As of the moment, i have the option to renew my subscription for £33. After looking at PC worlds 2007 Norton Antivirus, it costs £19.99. Significantly cheaper. Now i know that AVG is supposedly very good, so my question …

does anyone have explanation for intel core 2 duo full architecture?

hi,i have a pc that uses windows 2007 and there is the files that copied themselves into other documents so when i amtrying to delete them even the original one got deleted.please help

I'm running Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.6 and some how or other I seem to have downloaded "CleanMyMac" inadvertently. Can anyone tell me how to remove this program, in detail, please.

hi. i have 500gb HDD, first i install window 7(64-bit) then after fedora14 on separate partition using Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop cd. so when my laptop is booting it shows a boot screen with two option, fedora OS(as default) and win7 as other.After 3 second, Fedora is automatically starting. I just want to …

I'm running short of USB ports and could change my keyboard to connect via PS2. 1) Do I have to reboot to use the PS2 connection? 2) Would there be any disadvantage in using a USB flex hub?

A friend brought me a laptop with an unknown history. Its Intel Celeron Vista Basic... beyond that I dont know what's in the machine. When I try to turn it on it goes from the TOSHIBA screen where I can boot to an error message relating to winload.exe status 0xc00000e9 …

hi, My application is running well with windows xp but when i install it to win 7 basic home it doesn'nt execute at all. It stops when it reach the form that has flash player. I have instal flash player version 10 but it happens the same. I have problem …

Hello, I have HP Inkjet D2660 and I installed HP software to my computer. I notice that after the installation. My computer became slow. Before, I can open files in just a second. But now it opens 3-4seconds. Is there another way to solve my problem? I don't need the …

I build and fix laptops. But I got my first mac laptop. It is a Powerbook G4, it has an easy fix but I was wondering if I can put a drive like that into it. Is this possible? Or would there be complications like driver issues, or should I …

i bought a new Western Digital 3TB HDD, i format with the WD format software that came with the drive. now it only shows 750GB. I have used the westerd Digital smartware and still only a 750GB, i have used windows disk manager. there are no other partition, or non …

I have a pc running on Windows 7 Ultimate (always updated) and has AVG Free 2011 Anti-virus. I use utility softwares like Tune Up utilities and ASC Pro. The problem is that it has been a long time since the softwares such as the [LIST] [*]opera [*]internet explorer [*]malwarebytes antimalware …

hi .. So I have this problem on my laptop . I had to reformat the Hd and so I set up the internet wireless as before but now it won't let me connect.even with the lan cable it's the same. I get the signal ok and it tells me …

hii... error: "NOT ENOUGH FREE SPACE" message although drive is fully empty win7 is already installed on my C: drive, and i am trying to install fedora 14 on drive G:(NTFS,85 gb-fully empty),but it display the error message that "not enough space". why it happen?? how can resolve it?. i …

Hello, I am trying to learn real-time programming in Java RTS. I was wondering if it was possible to install Solaris 10 in my Windows 7 laptop, such that I can dual boot both of these operating systems. If it is possble, could you recommend setup instructions? Thank you.

Hi: I am working on a clients PC and when I raise the memory from 512 MB to 1.5GB the whole system crashes. The RAM on the system is DDR PC2700 and on the other side it says 64X64 PC3200 DDR. The additional RAM I tried to put in is …

OK... Been on this about 10 hours now. I ran BitDefender and to make a long story short. I have lost explorer.exe I only have taskmanager to run things. I cannot find the files I need to find to reboot without cd because they are hidden and I have no …