Threads Replies Last Post 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>   need copying help pls We are unable to copy from word to a cd/ r in our d drive. Keep getting errors whihc state ntoify adminstrator or make sure disc isnt copy protected. We are using new discs but unable to copy and we have to so we can take it elsewhere to print. Not sure what is going on as we could before and we dont change any of the settings but we are ahving problems now. Thansk in advance for you... 5 10.07.2007 13:36:05 Adobe Flash player fails to load When I try to access the internet i get a mesage back from the website saying ' this site needs Flash player 8 or newer version Javascript enabled'. I have downloaded Flash player 9 but I still get this message - do I need to tinker with Internet Explorer 7 Advanced Settings under Internet Options ... 4 10.07.2007 10:16:38 persistent memory key autoplay problems windows xp pro sp2 In a previous post, I reported how "autoplay" for a memory key did not work. Going to explorer/properties/autoplay and either changing the setting or selecting default did not fix the problem. However, uninstalling the driver in device manager and the reinstalling it by inserting the memory key did fix the problem, the only catch being that after re-booting, autoplay ... 10 10.07.2007 08:20:33 send something from pc to a mobile phone how do u send something from your pc 2 a mobile phone.............. 2 10.07.2007 06:22:00 cable modem resets itself I am having a problem with my cable modem resetting itself for some reason while I am on the web...I can browse the web like normal, but out of the blue the cable light goes off, flashes, and then works like normal..I get a server not found when browsing when that happens. I did an ipconfig and it shows up my normal ip address..I assume then that it has something to do with my PC somehow...an... 30 10.07.2007 04:19:18 Forgot Admin Password Hello, My name is Eden Richardson and I am the only administrator for our newly installed Windows XP Home Edition. About two months ago, I forgot the password for my admin account and I am totally locked out of my own account. I was the only admin on the computer so now nobody has admin privileges. We can't install any programs, edit system time and date or view certain internet page... 10 10.07.2007 01:45:41 Safe Mode I am unable to get into safe mode. I am using Windows XP. I reboot the machine and bring up safe mode by pressing F8 steady. The screen will come up on the display but I am unable to select anything. The screen is locked. This happened once before and I removed the mouse from the USB socket and added a plug to the mouse and up it came and worked fine. This time no go. Any help would be ap... 7 09.07.2007 22:55:11 Internet Explorer 7 installation problems I have two computers on which I updated to IE7.0.5730.11. On one it works fine. On the other, it looks completely different, mouse commands don't work, tabbed browsing doesn't work, web sites don't load properly and I can't manuever around them when they do open, internet options changes don't take, and probably many other problems I haven't figured out yet. I thought I would uninstall i... 3 09.07.2007 21:36:24 can't connect via usb to mp3 player and external hard drives Hi, whenever I connect new hardware to the pc (xp pro sp2) the hardware wizard appears and fails to find a driver when I select the automatic search. But, usually if I can find the inf file on the cd then I can force that file to be used by the wizard by specifying that location. Now I've got a new mp3 player and an external hard disk and neither can be installed automatically by the h... 2 09.07.2007 20:08:02 need copying help pls We are unable to copy from word to our d drive. Keep getting an error msg stating contact administrator or check if the disc is copy protected. These are new discs. We are the only one using the computer and dont understand why we can copy to some discs but not others. BY the way; MS makes it very diffcult to get help and that is a royal pain in the rear!!! -- jm fay... 3 09.07.2007 17:21:52 pc freezes Seems lately, that my pc freezes on occasion, sometimes upon boot, not a lot, but ocne in a while. Also a few mins ago I was waking up my pc from sleep mode, I have XP, and the monitor was flickering and I had to reboot to get it to stop. That hasn't happened before...there are times when I am browsing the web or whatever and the PC locks up. not sure why this is. I do have new memory I put i... 4 09.07.2007 11:58:32 Reformatting I am running XP home edition and accidentally reformatted my "D" drive which has all the recovery info. Is there anyway I can get this info back? Thanks ... 6 09.07.2007 10:57:20 screen black-out after "logout" from "Guest" account P'se advise how to re-activate the screen after logout from "guest" account. I had another user login (with some active application running) which I wanted to switch to. It went to a black screen ( I guess - no signal from the display card") and I didn't know how to activate it again. I need to hit the "reset" button of the CPU to re-boot the system from scratch in order to re-use it ag... 1 09.07.2007 02:58:47 Hard drives & XP I have what may be a simple question - or maybe complex. I have 2 network drives on my nework - and a small HD in the desktop. Can I install programs (that I don't use often - and an load slowly) on a network drive - would it be better to use a USB2 drive (don't have but can get one). Any ideas? Any suggestions. Thanks ... 3 09.07.2007 02:29:58 Setting sounds for WindowsXP I'm having a problem with getting WindowsXP to play a certain wav file. When I goto "sounds and audio devices" and bring up the "properties" box then goto "sounds" I try to get "start Windows" to play a wav file with the opening theme from "Star Trek Next Generation" It loads and plays when I test it with the "play" button, but when I shut down windows and re-open it, the wav only plays for... 1 08.07.2007 23:40:41 copy a whole web page Hi There, is there anyway to copy the whole window including the hidden part of the widnow, if want to save any page from web as image, i've to scroll down until i get the whole page. I do it couple of times depends the page size. any tool available to take a copy of whold page Thanks ... 5 08.07.2007 22:43:39 How to determine what retail version of windows is installed? Before you all type Click Start | Run | type "Winver" Or right click My Computer then Properties read this first! I need to know which program will tell me what retail version is installed: ie XP Home OEM, XP Home Retail, XP Home Corporate etc Thanks! ... 8 08.07.2007 16:46:12 browser hangs periodically. Hi, I am having Gateway computer with Windows XP OS. I will mostly use mozilla browser,but this is occuring even for Internet explorer. Actually whenever I use the browser after I use for 5 seconds it hangs for 3 secs and then comes alive. This happens every few seconds periodically. So I went into the task manager and saw what is process that is causing this. I noticed that,when ever brow... 7 08.07.2007 14:32:39 Reinstall Windows XP Hello, I've got a Notebook with pre-installed Windows XP Pro. My HDD crashed and I had to replace it by a new one. Now my problem is that I do not have an installation CD! How can I reinstall the OS? Is it possible to install the XP using another CD and entering my own product key written on the Microsoft label? I also have the original Windows driver recovery CD of the Notebook. I also... 2 08.07.2007 13:29:29 Prob trying to shrink & e-mail pics I am following the procedure to use XP to shrink and e-mail pictures and have encountered a step which is not addressed in the prodecure. After I indicate to make all pictures smaller I get an unexpected window requesting me to "Choose Profile". This appears to be from MS-Outlook which I do not use (I use OE6) and did not install (I only installed and use Word and Excel from MS-Office97)... 2 08.07.2007 13:24:34 SP1 for XP HOME I have a Gateway computer that came with XP Home installed. I recently had to reformat my computer. I would like to install Defender, but to do so I need to install SP2 and to install SP2, I must first install SP1 and to install SP1, it appears that I first must create a bootable disks. At least this is my interpretation of the various Microsoft download pages I've read. Am I i... 5 08.07.2007 12:50:58 Clean Registry How do I clean my windows XP registry Arnie... 23 08.07.2007 11:55:22 windows shortcuts not working ie, control c (copy) Hi I use windows xp and outlook 2003 mainly. all my shortcuts have gone, so i can not copy (control C) paste (control V) etc etc. I had installed firefox recently, and then removed it , if this would have had anything to do with it. cheers tim ... 3 08.07.2007 03:26:58 Validating Windows I cannot validate my version of Windows XP. The ActiveX window does not open. The diagnostic tests do not resolve this. I have tried many things. I do have the orginal disk that came with my laptop. But will I lose everything if I reinstall it?... 4 07.07.2007 21:38:03 Desktop Emergency Everytime i start my computer my desktop says ACTIVE DESKTOP RECOVERY and wont let me put a background on my display...and sometime my computer will freeze and stop working...wats wrong with my windows xp? plz help... 4 07.07.2007 20:30:58 35 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>