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Hi, I'm running in safe mode because my xp pro won't boot up. It gets the the XP splash screen with the status bar then after about 15 seconds goes to a graying blank screen with only a mouse pointer. Sometimes the pointer moves and sometimes it freezes after movng it for a few seconds. I was...

Hi, I'm trying to get on an old HP Pavillion 8650C working. (1999 !) When I had the computer plugged in, depressing the power switch did nothing so I did a continuity check of the switch circuit after removing the plug from the pins on the board. The user said the computer just stopped turning...

Hi all, I'm new to loading XP onto a computer. (Hey, I didn't get a VCR until 1992 ! ) I just did a full installion of a licensed copy of XP, and I created and partitioned a C: and a D: drive. I didn't see anything about setting a primary drive or as the active drive, (like on a W98 using...

A friends parents computer has a reoccuring problem. It's a compaq presario, not sure of the model, about a 1.8 processor with W2K. He can't click on any desktop icons and ctrl+alt+delete doesn't bring up task manager. It brings up an error box that says "task manager has been diabled by...

A friend has a 17" Sony trinitron crt monitor with a bad plug, (many missing pins-broken off). How involved is it to replace the whole wire (of course using all the "opening a CRT monitor" precautions and discharging etc). Is there soldering involved ? I know these monitors are only worth about...

I was just reading about the real POSTCARD bot virus, (not the hoax sector 0 version) and I wanted to know if there is any antivirus that will detect any nefarious intentioned servers in real time and warn you or not let you connect to them. http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp...

Hi, I have a Gateway computer and the keyboard does't work in Windows. It works in bios setup. I can't open Outlook Express to do a backup per MS instructions using the message store routine because the user has a password and I can't get into OE. I can drag and drop folders onto a external...

I am trying to slave an ata Maxtor40 gb hd into a new HP Vista computer with a SATA hd, but it always trys to boot to the ATA Maxtox, no matter which jumper setting I try. Does anyone have any ideas other than it being a faulty hard drive ? There's no settings in the Bios setup other than the...

I need some expert advice. I was asked to fix a not input problem or no delete problem in MS word and it turned out to be that the normal keyboard keys do not work. It has a ps/2 connection. I tried another ps/2 keyboard and got the same results. The special keys work for predetermined shortcuts...

Hi all, I tried to find the answer to this on MS help but haven't found the answer yet. Maybe someone is familiar with this. This is completely intermittent and I can't determine any pattern of when it happens. Sometimes when I close a single tab, they all close and I get the "send ms an...

Hi all, XP pro sp2 + all updates I've been using Adaware, Spybot, and Trend Micro online, am behind a 11b d link router. I was wondering if I can get some advice on if it's OK to run Adaware and Spybot at the same time, since they seem to work differently. I did it a few times and they...

Hi, I was always told (maybe in error) to never disconnect a vga monitor plug from the motherboard onboard video or from a graphic card unless the power was off. A few days ago I was shocked to see a computer tech with his own business (alot of it), unplug a monitor while the computer was...

Hi, I keep the immuniztion files updated in Spybot and I don't see any settings to shut "it" off so I was wondering it it is a program running that is immunizing my computer, or if it's something like adding protection host files entries. Reason I'm asking is because don't see it running...

Hi, I'm putting a system together for a friend and wanted to get some advice on LCD monitors. I'm looking at one that just has an analog input (15 pin), Dell E196FP 19" LCD Monitor. $159 seems to be a pretty good price. The graphics card in the tower will most likely have both types of...

I can't figure out why I can't get past 16 color or basic 480 resolution on an AMD K6-2/350 computer running W98SE. The card it came with was a SIS 6326 AGP v1.25. All I could find on the SIS site was v1.21 as far as doing an update. I ran its setup from the D drive and it didn't fix the...

I bought an older computer 6 months ago and the person is now out of state and I don't remember him giving me a password when I bought it, or I forgot where it was written down. It's a dell optiplex PIII gx110. Immediately on power on, I get a dos type screen asking for a password, right...

Hi, I can't get a friends laptop to connect to my d link wireless router. All the settings seem to be the same as our laptop, another Dell with XP Pro and a PC-Card. His laptop (XP Home) finds my network, aquires the address and says connected, firewalled in network connections as well as...

Cheers mates ! I'd like to get some opinions on behavior of a Dell L783r PIII/766MHZ, W98SE, Modem, AOL, W98SE. Communication with the owner is limited because of a language issue, but "it doesn't work" was the message and I walked over to his flat to do a quick diagnostic. For starters, it...

Is the MS Anti-spyware beta program considered a firewall ? Should the XP firewall be turned on when it is running ? Does it prevent trojans and worms and viruses or just malware type of infections? Thanks for any comments or explanations.

No matter how I initiate opening 'My Computer', I get the searching flashlight for about a minute before the drives appear. When I open Device Manager, the window never fills in the hardware list. The title bar and the menu bar appear and are active, but no contents. I waited over 5 minutes to...