Threads Replies Last Post 17 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17   Flash memory drive not found in My Computer A new problem I cannot solve. My 1 Gb flash memory drive that I use to back up my .doc and .xls files failed to show up in My Computer recently as drive G:\. It usually use to come up as that. A lot of searching has found that it is now in Control Panel, Portable media devices as drive G:\. It also appears in notification area "Safely Remove Hardware" as drive G:\, but not in My Co... 4 02.07.2007 17:03:37 duplicate files I am using Windows XP Pro at this time and did a c/cleaner search which found quite a few duplicate files,and would like to know how to remove the duplicates without causing any problems.I am not a comp. whiz so any help in novice terms would be appreciated.Thanks -- survivor... 2 02.07.2007 14:50:18 Strange boot message - no drives After a period of two weeks, while I was trying to get a response from Asus about an apparently dead mobo, and not using main 'puter, I boot satisfactorily, having found the prob, and find message at end of boot sequence "not found any disks - please wait". Bios does show all "disks" (drives) and boot up to windows proceeds normally. How to persuade bios to be content and silent about d... 8 02.07.2007 06:40:24 Lost OE files and folders All my former above info disappeared, just vanished. I manually scan evr'y day and install all new downloads too. Nothing found, no virus in the quarant's to delete. I followed this fellow's method from another forum: You probably still own the data. You are simply set to use a new set of *.DBX files. (Called 'using a new Identity'. Take a look at the File menu in OE and you will see a... 4 01.07.2007 00:24:00 Sending email from Word 2007 I have a new computer with Word 2007 I now am unable to send emails having typed them in Word 2007 (easier when creating tables etc.). I had no problems with Word 2000 but this icon for emailing is pale and doesn't respond to clicking and "Help" doesn't help. I've the mortifying feeling I have overlooked something but would be grateful for advice. Thanks.... 4 30.06.2007 23:06:02 DHCP Client Hi, Folks: My Event Viewer has been flooded with the following messages every 60 seconds or so for the last few days: Event Type: Warning Event Source: Dhcp Event Category: None Event ID: 1003 Date: 6/30/2007 Time: 8:56:37 AM User: N/A Computer: ABEESGRAM-1XMYB Description: Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Netwo... 2 30.06.2007 19:58:01 What is a tape controler and why is it not allowing me to install It seems more than my Old DvD driver was broken.. my new one doesn't want to instal.. I try using the automatic install feature but It dosn't work. Manual wont fuction becuase it asks my to contact hard support.. but Microsoft doesn't have any support fuctions for private. I go into manual configure and when I select search for installed compont not listed It gives an error about unable ... 2 30.06.2007 17:05:30 Windows Installer I have a problem I need some help with. When my computer boots, everything is normal until the desktop appears. The first display window that appears is: Window Installer - Preparing to install. Next is Scan - Please wait while Windows configures scan. The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM on another removable disk that is not available. Insert scan disk and click OK. ... 2 30.06.2007 08:40:50 Hmmm-need links help I had to reformat my hard drive and my links were showing up on the upper taskbar and I clicked them and saw what I wanted. This morning, they are all showing on upper taskbar and showing separately - I want them back to the right side and hidden... How do I correct this? Thanks! ... 6 30.06.2007 04:09:27 Strange screen rotate problem Hi Sorry for posting to so many NGs. This is just so strange that I don't know what to do and am looking for any help I can get. A client has reported a strange problem. According to her, she leaned on her Dell win xp desktop keyboard by mistake and some keys were pressed which caused the screen image to rotate 90 degrees. She does not know which keys were pressed. To compens... 8 29.06.2007 21:17:23 How to install Windows XP Home Ed on new drive Okay, I read the other message about the hard drive failing, and that's my story too. But now I have another question. My computer is about 10 years old and boots from a restore floppy disk that doesn't seem to work. I can't get it to recognize my cdrom drive (I had to install a new one several years ago). How do I create a startup disk that will recognize by cd or dvd drive and can... 8 29.06.2007 20:08:56 restoring my system w/a backup disk I'm running windows xp pro, and i dont have a floppy installed. Somehowmy system keeps breaking down and i get a window when i start up stating folling file is missing or currupt windows\system 32\config\system. the person that sold me the tower installs the set=up cd, but i dont get internet explorer, besides he charges me everytime he does it and its happening often. Can somebody tel... 5 29.06.2007 17:20:02 watching quicktime videos Often, but not always, when I watch video made with Quicktime, the screen is half green and really pixilated. I got the suggestion to download an "upgrade for video cards," but I don't know where to find an upgrade that would help with this problem.... 3 29.06.2007 03:36:42 startup I would like my XP(Home Ed, Serv P 2) go to my page rather than the main page where I must select my account name vs. others that are also installed by my choice.\ tks all bw ... 7 29.06.2007 01:01:59 Windows Mail Having set up- our computer with two user names, if one user accesses e-mail, the other user cannot later sign on and see the Received e-mail. How can I make the Inbox, etc. accessible to both users?... 4 29.06.2007 00:17:01 chkdsk f/.----------what is that ?kd ... 3 28.06.2007 19:37:46 WINXP Pro Upgrade Upgraded from Home to Pro and I have lost my internet connection. Every time I try to activate the Pro or connect to the NET I get the following message: "The requested lookup key was not found in any active activation context". Have checked my internet settings and they appear to be as they were. Any help/advise would be appreciated. Thanks... 8 28.06.2007 14:42:01 startup hi help please whenever i start my computer my icons come up and my theme, then after about 2mins my computer comes up,and it takes a while before i can shut it down to begin work.i am running xp home with sp2.when i do shut it down all the icons flash then come back on again. any ideas. ... 5 28.06.2007 11:40:40 C Drive Icon I have lost the Icon for my C Drive, I can still see the drive and everything works ok but the yellow folder icon will not show. I have 3 drives, C, D & E, D & E are the same as they always have been but C is now just a basic standard icon. Any ideas how to change back to the usual XP Drive Icon? Thanks Keith ... 7 28.06.2007 03:24:01 Start-up Problem For several weeks now I have been having my email and other programs freeze when I start them up then window says to end task and an error report appears. I have sent a lot of the reports in but have not found out where or who to contact about the problem. Of course, I am able to restart my email in safe mode but the problem is very frustrating because I do not know what to look for t... 6 28.06.2007 02:54:01 What is wuauclt.exe? Does anyone know this application? Bec. it's keep on coming back when I tend to end its process on the task manager. I googled it and it says, in other case it's kind of virus or something! How I make sure that this is not a virus?... 2 27.06.2007 19:33:31 Pop-ups I just recently started using XP. At various times, Microsoft pop-ups (if I'm using the proper term) show up at the bottom of the screen. They frequently cover up information that I need. Although I can delete the pop-up, after a while it becomes very irritating to go through multiple mouse clicks just to get around MS advertising. Is there any way to stop this problem? Tha... 4 27.06.2007 01:16:53 Hackers warrning www.dedibox.fr been used by hackers to send spam and crack websites be aware of this ISP is used by hackers worldwide.... 4 26.06.2007 23:38:24 My Documents folder limitations Hi, I seem to remember seeing somewhere that there was a limitation on the number of subfolders permitted in the "My Documents" folder; or was it the number of files in the "My Documents" folder? I'd appreciate someone straightening me out on this. Thanks. Andy I. ... 9 26.06.2007 06:42:21 Getting files from Remote computer any help? Thanks in advance... 5 26.06.2007 05:32:59 17 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17