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I changed some icons on my desktop YESTERDAY and when I started the computer today some of them were gone, changed to a "missing icon" icon, if you know what I mean. Why are some gone and some stayed with what I changed to? Depends on what you changed them to...
For EXAMPLE if they were on another drive and or a USB drive and it's no longer plugged in it will show the default ugleeeee icon if it cannot find it.The icons are on the main hard drive. I downloaded some icons off the web and made some of my own and put them in a folder in my "Libraies, Pictures" folder. Most of them won't stay put. Mainly just the ones that are in here C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll will stay. I tried to put more icons in this folder but can't seem to be able to. Is there a way to put more icons there or a better place to store them? Patio certainly knows more, but if you try to add folder icons on windows you tend to run into issues... I have no REAL knowledge of this as I STOPPED the FIRST time I tried.

Hi, I had a trouble with a CD. The CD is recently sent by gaming store, and the inne rformat is a cab file of 600 MB. My OS is WINDOWS 7 . I am not KNOWING how to PLAY the game, to extract it , into my system . Can anyone help about it.My guess would be you need an authentic WIN7 install DVD...Win7 doesn't use .cab files that i know of...

Or if it's the game you are referring to it would be HELPFUL if we knew what game you are having issues with...a cab file is a "cabinet" file (think of a filing cabinet) that stores files. There has to be an install.exe or setup.exe file on the cd to install that cd into Windows.

Ok... demons seem to be exorcised form my computer now (Thanks guys!)... and I'm wanting to go to "7"..... my question is, I know know that 64 bit accesses more "RAM" etc.. are there any pitfalls to be considered??? I have 4 GB installed, and found out 32 bit doesn't see it all....Quote from: Hankster58 on February 02, 2010, 05:12:54 PM

Ok... demons seem to be exorcised form my computer now (Thanks guys!)... and I'm wanting to go to "7"..... my question is, I know know that 64 bit accesses more "RAM" etc.. are there any pitfalls to be considered??? I have 4 GB installed, and found out 32 bit doesn't see it all....

From what I hear it's not a bad idea until the industry gets more up to speed on 64 bit compatibility.

What you hear is not reliable.

Perhaps my information is a bit old now, but a year or two ago there were reports of several 32 bit apps that were broken on a 64 bit OS.

That is the fault of the creators of the 32-bit applications.

And they should be properly ostracized.

Drivers are what the User should concern themselves with...not apps

getting blue screened cant run safe or normal mode tech info stop: 0xoooooo7e cant seem to get windows STARTED even with vista recovery diskWhat led up to this (new HW, sw, error, driver UPDATES)?

Generally the first step for this error is to UPDATE all drivers (VIDEO, audio, NIC, etc) and check for a bios flash.Hi Alan
reset bios to default and it is still doig the same vista recovery wont work just ran chkdsk in cmd saying no errors do not know what else to try would just reload but i forgot to put all chrismas vids and pics on to disk!Quote from: Allan on February 27, 2010, 12:12:33 PM

What led up to this (new hw, sw, error, driver updates)?

Generally the first step for this error is to update all drivers (video, audio, NIC, etc) and check for a bios flash.

I am trying to help a friend with his computer. Problem is he has a laptop that is set up in arabic, that is the filenames, the settings OPTIONS and everything appears in arabic. It is not just the keyboard input, which is set up to use different languages through the REGIONAL and language settings in the control PANEL. I DONT understand arabic, so is there a way to make the computer start displaying everything in english so that I can see what going on, and then have a way to set it back to being arabic?Check my reply to your question at Bleeping.

I have a one-month old Systemax PC (Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz, 3 GB Mem, 320 GB hard Drive, etc.) supplied with "Windows 7 PRO 64-Bit/Downgrade to XP Pro 32-Bit".

In actuality this means XP Pro is running in the PC and 7 Pro is on a software disc.

I take it that this was done because 7 is "not quite ready for prime time", and one should wait for the majority of bugs to be vetted before switching to the new 7?

Please give me your "take" on when (if, why, or why not) to switch.Some MAKERS have done this for a number of reasons. "Not ready"would not be the RIGHT answer. Microsoft sent the final version of Windows 7 before it was released in the retail chins. Or that is what we were told.

A more likely reason is the makes did not have a suitable 64 bit driver(s) ready for the system while it was being packaged.

i was messing around on my laptop trying to see the type of things that were on the it. when i came upon default programs i PRESSED something and i don't REMEMBER what it was originally. everytime i try to open something it pops up and asks me what to open it in even to DOWNLOAD. so how do i get it to all go away and get back to it's ORIGINAL defaultOnly .exe files? Which OS?Quote from: Allan on February 27, 2010, 07:57:59 AM

Which OS?

running win vista got MESSAGE hp update clent not working .. help is this badDisable HP updates from startups.Broni Thank you for your REPLAY I am trying to FINE out why this is doing this I will disable it

thank you once again..
bigbusterDownload Autoruns for Windows: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
No installation required.
Simply unzip Autoruns.zip file, and double click on autoruns.exe file to run the program.
Go File>SAVE, and save it as AutoRuns.txt file to know location.
You must select Text from drop-down menu as a file type:



Attach the file to your next reply.
Broni got your e mail thanks I will do this later the download let you know how it works...

bigbusterOK...

hi
i have purchase IBM lenovo with windows 7 but i would like to chance for win xp because very easy to use win xp can u tell me how to downgrade win7 to xp . if i install win xp it's booting then blue screen appearing we can not go second step . what is the reason ( i cant install win xp through cd ) i want to use win 7 license for xp it is possible .i heard through internet we can (first of all we have to install win 7 after that we have to inform to micro soft and we have to connect internet and for downgrade.
any body guide me how to do plsHere are links to prior posts.
downgrade windows 7

The general procedure is to first backup everything. MAKE copies of critical drivers. Format he drive using XP CD. Install XP on about 40% to 60% of the drive space. Then install Windows 7 AFTERS wards.
If that does not answer your question, PLEAS come back.I'm still on XP, but if I got a new computer with 7 on I would stay with 7. I haven't upgraded because of how much time and effort it TAKES to go from a PC with XP and lot of stuff to upgrade to 7 (maybe I'm just LAZY).

I would spend a few weeks getting to know 7 before I did anything drastic. We are all going to be on 7 eventually.

we bought a NEW LAPTOP and it came with a windows 7 os disk, we're currently running vista on our old laptop...we're wondering if we can use the disk to install windows 7 on that ONE as well?No. The LICENSE is for one os on one system only.

I have no clue why this happened.. Its a fairly new computer. I think it may be a overheating ISSUE, but the fans are working properly. There is no dust in the computer, but i took out the fans and cleaned behind them anyway..

I did a Core temperature check and it reads 106 degrees F, which i understand it high, but that temperature never changes.. I opened the side and BLASTED it with a fan, but the temp REMAINED at 106, which has me confused..

When i turn it on after having it sit for a while it will remain on for 10 minutes or so, but IMMEDIATELY after trying to restart once it turns off it only stays on for a minute or so..

I still think its a heating issue, but why isnt the temperature changing from 106 even if i have a fan right on it?

Please help.Where are the Temps listed ? ?
DLoad and install SpeedFan and we'll go from there...

I always check for available ROM chips before ANY flash...period.Quote from: jkolak on February 07, 2010, 08:26:51 AM

I had thought that keeping the hardware firmware up-to-date was a important as keeping the OS, drivers, and software versions up-to-date.

Depends what you mean by "up to date". A Windows software driver update is often a good idea because code may be rewritten to be more efficient or to eliminate bugs but updating the BIOS firmware is something that may never need to be done during the lifetime of the hardware. One may find that a motherboard BIOS may need updating to cater for (say) a cpu model that was not released at the time the BIOS was written, but in general performing updates on a BIOS that is working fine, just for the sake of having the latest version number flash by at boot time, is not considered particularly wise, unless you have a backup chip around.

Mostly you want to update "just in case" there are bug fixes that you don't know about.

Thanks for your post. I know it took you some time and effort to dig up the clips you quoted.

Do you have the Windows 7 RC on your PC?
Starting on MARCH 1, 2010 your PC will begin shutting down every two hours. Your work will not be saved during the shutdown.

Yeah, the FREE ride is coming to an end. I received an email from newegg.com offering a 10% discount on any purchase up to $200 up through Feb. 28. I think I'll USE the it to buy Win 7, an OEM version. Still debating which version to get; will probably be either Home Premium or PROFESSIONAL.

I have been following this error on another THREAD. There have been a couple of resources there that have helped I guess and I'll refer to them:

Check for the service for Windows Firewall Service if it is started or not.

1. Click on Start

2. In the start Search box type Services

3. Right Click on - RUN AS ADMIN

Check if the below mentioned services has the mentioned status and start up type.

windows firewall Started Automatic\Manual.

base filtering ENGINE Started Automatic\Manual.

windows firewall autorization driver Started Automatic\Manual.

Also check the dependency services that are required for Windows Firewall Service to run.

To check that double click on the service and click on the dependency tab.

Under base filtering engine it shows automatic and it is not started. Under its dependencies there are two dependencies one being: DCOM Server Process Launcher when I go and find that service it is SET to automatic and it is started. The other being RPC Endpoint Mapper it also is set to automatic and it is started as well. When I try to start the Base Filtering Engine service it gives me this error "Windows could not start the Base Filtering Engine service on Local Computer Error 5: Access is denied." Though I'm running the Services program as Administrator.

I'm having the same problem.

Look and see if this file is missing from your machine -c:\windows\system32\drivers\mdsdrv.sys

That is the firewall authorization driver that is mentioned in the dependencies for the windows firewall. For some reason, my driver is missing. I haven't removed any system files.. and this is the first time I've seen that behavior.


I have GONE to the mentioned location and I'm missing this file as well. The only fix that the other people have reported as a might work possibility is to do a clean install. I really don't WANT to go through that again! Any help is greatly appreciated!

will windows 7 let me piggy back a harddrive with xp so i can burn programs from the xp harddrive It's not quite clear what you MEAN by piggy back...
If you mean can you install the XP HDD to a Win7 desktop machine as a slave drive to retrieve info from it the answer WOULD be Yes.

However Programs cannot simply be copied/moved to another drive and expected to work so i predict failure...
Programs need to be re-installed...this is by design...ok when hard hard drives had master/slave JUMPERS you could put two drives in and make the one you wanted to pull files from as slave and remove them EITHER to MOVE from disk to disk or to burn to disk but with sata drives i just bont know???With a SATA drive put the 1 you want slave on a SATA connecter higher than #2.
You still are NOT going to be able to copy Programs and make them work...

Hi guys and gals-
I've got another test for you. You solved my first try so fast I figured I'd try you again.........

My friend says that every now and then she'll be browsing and come upon a site or a window of a site when she'll see a "like a circle circleling around and the window won't load no matter how long she waits."

I don't know very much about her setup other than I know she has XP and IE.

Many thanks in advance
Dave in Wisconsin
This can be anything from a SLOW connection on her end and/or on the websites end...
Ask her if it happens on the same site all the time or just random.
If random it's probably her connection.She has Road RUNNER so I doubt it's a slow connection. She won't be home until LATE tomorrow so I can'tt ask her any questions right now.

Thanks for the try Patio. I'll get more info as soon as I can. No problem Dave...keep us posted.
PS ROADRUNNER doesn't neccessarily mean a great connection...have her run some speed tests...

Send Her Here...Also...

Close IE.
Go Start>All PROGRAMS>Accessories>System Tools, and click on Internet Explorer (no add-ons). Same thing?

Thanks in advance. My son has an INSPIRON mini-10v with Windows 7 starter installed. There are 2 accounts set up. Unfortunately, both are as standard users. I'm trying to make some changes, but I get a user account box saying"Type administrator password and click'Yes' ". We have tried EVERY password we KNOW, to no avail. Since it's fairly new, I was just going to do a re-install. How do you do that with no cd slot, and without the security CLEARANCE to download and install anything?As you have tried every password you can think of, have you tried just pressing the enter button when it asks you for a password and see what happens.http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS304US305&q=forgot+administrator+passwordI have tried hitting enter, but to no avail. I can download programs but I cannot install them without administrator privileges. I assume almost every program will require admin privilege.... Okay, now I don't understand what you're doing. Are you getting into the user account? If so, is it an admin account? And if it is, when do you get that message?I have two users listed when I turn on the netbook. Both are listed as "standard users" when I look at the account info. My original project was to remove McAfee and install AVG. I can download, but I am prompted to"Enter an administrator password and click 'yes", before installing the program. No matter what I have typed as password so far, the 'yes' button does not come to the foreground (remains 'unclickable'). Dell suggests SENDING it in to be repaired or buying an external optical drive to reinstall Windows 7 starter.=]Enable Admin Account in Win7Thanks!! I'll give that a shot and post the results!!!

My grandson loaded a pirated copy of windows 7 on his computer. I know that to remove it I must reinstall Vista. I have purchased a legal copy of windows 7 so can I just reibstall that or must I do Vista first. He has been grounded from his pc for 2 weeks.If you want to uninstall the old version just boot to the new Windows disc and choose the option to format before installing. No need to install Vista.Agreed.
Make sure to have all your drivers lined up ahead of time...
Best of Luck and we'll be here if you run into any issues...THANKS, I APPRECIATE THE HELP.Sure thing.2 weeks is not LONG enough.... Quote from: patio on February 07, 2010, 07:11:11 AM

2 weeks is not long enough....

2 weeks is not long enough....

I USE my personal computer at work. The system administrator has SET up the computer to acces th company's t1 connection. When I access the INTERNET a request to log on keeps poping up. The address is 192.168.245.161. How can I eliminate this annoying pop up?Looks like your machine is set to contact another machine on the Co's NETWORK...
The IP dude should be ABLE to figure out what address that is...

I have a Fujitsu Siemens Laptop and before 2 months installed Windows 7 Ultimate but few DAYS ago couldnt start it normally. Tried to repair with Installation disc but it didnt work and then i tried to reinstall it but when I clicked Upgrate I got this MESSAGE :
"The COMPUTER started using Windows installation disc. Remove the installation disc and restart your (co) so that windows starts normally. Then INSERT the installation disc and restart upgrate. "
But I didnt get this message first time of installing windows 7 .

- I did a repair of a system and got a message : Windows can not repair this PC automatically.

Problem signature : StartupRepairOnline
Problem signature1: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem signature2: 6.1.7600.16385
Problem signature3: unknown
Problem signature4: -1
Problem signature5: AutoFailover
Problem signature6: 4
Problem signature7: CorruptRegistry
OS Version : 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID : 1033


Can anyone help me please.
CheersThat's because you cannot choose Upgrade when you boot from the DVD. Upgrade is only available if Windows is running and you put the DVD in to run the installation program.

Your Startup Repair report is telling you Windows cannot run because the registry is corrupt.

You may try to run a chkdsk from the DVD repair COMMAND option.You are better off with a clean install anyways...
This is recommended on every Win7 Forum i belong to...

I'm running WINDOWS 7 and I regularly switch my PC to duel monitor, the second monitor being my SAMSUNG Series 6 LED TV via HDMI. Could I possibly put together a shortcut on my desktop to switch to setting where my PC monitor stays as it is and the second monitor is activated for a media playing software to be dragging from PC monitor to LED TV to watch a blu-ray film?

Any help much APPRECIATED thanks Josh

I like to use Google to do my searches... But a lot of TIMES.. I'll start typing in the Google BOX.. LOOK up, and "Bing" decided halfway thru to "grab" it and I have to dump "bing" and the retype the item in Google...... is there any way to get RID of 'Bing"? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1047161,00.aspThanks! Sure.

I turn on my computer and Firefox and the internet runs. If I run an online game it'll run. My internet works fine and as should be. But usually within 10-15 MINUTES, generally after I don't move pages for a SHORT period of TIME or if I go into a game my Firefox stops connecting to pages.

Now my internet is still running; don't get me wrong, I can still connect to a torrent device and download at full speed. The network connection shows up good (two screens and globe). I can still go into a game and play online.

So essentially, it's working not working. But it's only not working for specific things and it's all browser related.

That being said, it specifically shuts off browsing, and yes I have tried using IE (even steams in-site browser doesn't work).

So is there any idea of what could be going on here? Or how I may fix it..this sounds exactly like the problem i had. Mine was caused by a key-logger/virus. (aion2010.dll). CHECK your system32 folder and your temp folder, see if that file is there. Might not be the same problem, but like i said sounds very similar.Maybe your having problems with your security SETTINGS, Make sure things like Window Defender AVG etc... is on. It happened to me it turns out that i just needed to put AVG on Or if not that, check your Proxy settings and FirewallBoot into Safe Mode with Networking / update your antivirus/antispyware software and run them both in SM. Post the results.

Alan <><

I am a new WINDOWS 7 user. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit installed, and I was wondering if it were possible to seperate the preview of all open tabs in Internet Explorer.

What I mean by that is this: Currently, if you have 2 Internet Explorers running (2 processes, NOT 2 tabs open) you can see both Internet Explorer's running on the taskbar (unless you have it your options set to combine them).

But, if you hover over either one of those tabs, you get a preview of ALL open tabs, in BOTH internet explorer processes. What I am trying to ACCOMPLISH - if its even possible - is to only see previews of tabs open in the FIRST internet explorer when you hover over the first internet explorer on the taskbar.

Likewise for the second, so that when you hover over either of them, you only see tabs that are open in THAT internet explorer.

Thanks for reading; any (intelligent) answers would be appreciated.
The TABS are there so you don't NEED to have two (processes) open. I'm not sure why you want to run IE open in two processes when the software can split the tabs and make it manageable.
If you try to run two Processes say in your email, the client will shut down the one that was used first.. it's like trying to log into your email with two separate FF browsers.. the one that was open will send a message saying the newer one is there hence closing down your original request.
Not entirely sure what you want... What I want I have already posted about. What you are questioning is why I would use 2 internet explorer Windows instead of simply opening up more tabs.

The answer is simple. I am an avid multitasker, but I also like to KEEP things organized.
So, instead of opening 10 tabs on 2 subjects in one internet explorer window, I open 1 internet explorer window for each subject, that way the tabs stay seperate.

What I want to achieve is only getting a preview of the tabs open in the internet explorer window I am hovering over, not all the tabs in every internet explorer window combined.

As the title says I got many.. MANY random bluescreens and help would be greatly appreciated. Most of them pop up after booting up my computer, sometimes they pop up after 5 minutes sometimes after 20 minutes if I'm watching videos on youtube or anything like that. I get them always after booting up and most of the time more than one. Today I got 3 bluescreen, sometimes it also happens that after I reboot the screen stays black but the computer is on. I can't think of anything that may have caused this problem.(after some bluescreens I'm able to do things on my computer)

I started writing them on a piece of paper and this is what I got:
0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x82C3499C, 0xA378D9D1, 0x00000000)

MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
0x0000001A (0x00041287, 0x00054141, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

BAD_POOL_HEADER

0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x82AFE382, 0x98F13C18, 0x00000000)

0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x82C3499C, 0xA378D9D1, 0x00000000)

0,0000007F (0x0000000D, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x82C118A8, 0x8D389944, 0x00000000)

0x00000001A (0x00005003, 0xC08020000, 0x00003A8F, 0x03A9150E)
I will try to update this if you want me to.

Some information about my computer (HP-Pavilion):
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.1.7600 Build 7600 (illegal version )
AMD PHENOM(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor 2.20GHz
3.00 GB RAM
32-bit Operating System
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
I have no idea what else you need to know, please ask me and I will search for it.

Please help me with this because having to reboot 3 times before I'm able to do stuff on my computer is VERY annoying also I don't know if I posted this in the right section if not tell me.

Thank you very much, Vincent



Multiple and varied blue screen errors often point to a bad mobo. You can run diagnostics on all of your hardware for starters, but I've seen this a few times and each time the motherboard needed to be replaced.Just to add to Allan's post above another reason i have seen this condition is with a FLAKEY PSU as WELL...

To test this borrow a known good 1 of the same or greater wattage and swap it in there...
You will know soon enough if this is the cause.To add to Allan's (bad motherboard) and Patio's (bad power supply) suggestions, RAM can also be a factor as well.

Start with that. Download MEMTEST86+ (http://www.memtest.org/). Burn the resulting ISO to a CD, boot your computer from said CD, and let it run. If there's any red on the bottom of the screen, then there's bad RAM involved. If not after a pass or two, then follow Patio's instructions. If it's still flaking out after a known good (and sufficient) power supply is used, then go with Allan's suggestion and get your motherboard replaced. Will try this, thanks for your help guys

I have a Windows vista HP Pavillion Slimline comp. and I just PUT in a c.d and nothing pops up on my monitor ..its HAPPENED LOTS now for all c.ds!! I don`t know too much about computers..help!!No need to Double Post.
Topic Closed.

Please SEE your other 1 for replies.

Quote from: HELPHELP on February 24, 2010, 11:21:13 AM

I see. there is only one problem in that link you posted. It says go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and find UpperFilters, but that folder doesn't contain that. The key TWO down does.

I fixed it. It had it in there to look for LowerFilter if it did not contain UpperFilter.

Yahoo! MY CD DRIVE! Thanks BC_Programmer! And I think I don't have to *censored* patio when he comes. It looked like he was fixing some other poor dudes problem.

I'm liking W7 more and more all the time. I have 4 gigs of RAM running now. My Internet connection is a lot faster. The whole computer is a lot faster. I can access the XP partition and the old hard drive with XP on it from within 7. So I can transfer all the old files easily. I am having some issues with older software but most of it's going OK, the stuff that isn't it's time to upgrade. I've just changed recently, too, and I'm getting to like it myself. Especially the taskbar switching makes things so convenient.It's been a long DAY, 12 hours, of updating software, downloading files, trying this and deleting that. It's been well worth it. It's only been two days using W7 and when I got to my other machine with XP and it looks old. Now would be a good time to create an image backup of your drive and burn it to DVD's...Quote from: patio on February 23, 2010, 07:22:36 AM

Now would be a good time to create an image backup of your drive and burn it to DVD's...

Gimme a Break! WinXP, Vista, Win7 all support NTFS volumes of 2TB.

Also, Geek's advice is another consideration if the motherboard (or IDE controller) is extremely old and doesn't support bigLBA. If the motherboard is old, then it doesn't matter what OS you're running--you'll still be limited to 137 GB.

It was determined it's a socket 939 MBoard...

Sop then, we will now assume from now on there will never ever again be a sloppy mob design by a lazy group of bogus engineers.

CPU Support: Supports AMD Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 X2/Athlon 64/Sempron Processor, socket 939
Bus Speed: HT 2GHz AMD® Athlon™64 With HyperTransport Technology up to 2G
Expansion SLOTS: 4 x PCI, 2 x PCI-E 1x, 1 x PCI-E x 16
Max Memory 4 x DDR SDRAM DIMMs
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 (NF4-A9 A)

During a recent reboot, my PC failed to respond. I receive the blue HP screen with the four function key options at the bottom. But then the screen goes black and a small underscore blinking "curser" appears in the upper left corner. Nothing else happens. Any ideas ?

(....why do these things ALWAYS happen just before tax time???)

GregoryWhat happened just before the problem appeared (new hw, sw, error, virus, etc)? What OS?Absolutely nothing. The computer was working fine until this morning when this incident occurred. Using Vista.Try booting to the Vista CD and selecting Startup Repair (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/startup-repair)I don't have an actual CD as the computer CAME pre-loaded with VISTA. Will one of the function keys that interrupt the Start up process (blue screen) help?I have no idea - I've never used an HP so I don't know what they do.QUOTE from: GregoryR on February 09, 2010, 07:45:30 AM

I don't have an actual CD as the computer came pre-loaded with VISTA. Will one of the function keys that interrupt the Start up process (blue screen) help?

THANKS! Will the factory reset erase all of my files? (Quote

Which shouldn't be a big deal since I have everything backed up

to Carbonite....right? I HOPE SO!)

Which shouldn't be a big deal since I have everything backed up

Why Can't I install windows LIVE messenger it KEEPS saying i FAILED = I seem to REMEMBER I had the same problem with Calculus 1021) the OS must be original
2)check the time and date

the same problem happened with me

It turned back on. I was busy yesterday.It HAS to be something in bios.What? It's quite annoying.AH! I could just turn it off, then UNPLUG it! does that hurt computers?Nope. That's always an option. But as you SAY, don't pull the plug until the system is indeed OFF. One other option - USE a power strip (as I do on all systems). I have a power strip/serge protector, but it controls stuff I can't turn off.You could always get ANOTHER power strip. Doesn't have to be an expensive one.Unplugging is much easier. OkayI can sleep in peace! thanks for the help though. Yep, for what it was worth. Sorry we couldn't do more for you.

If so, do you need to run it in XP mode or normal? I would like any info you can GIVE especially about 64 bit machines using 32 bit DLL's.

Thanks for any help you can give, I'm still using my trusty XP.

TedQuote

Does VB 6 still work on Windows 7?

hey EVERYONE,

i've been having a problem with my newly built computer freezing on me. it could happen at any time, but it usually happens when i'm playing a game in windowed mode and trying to multi-task by opening up firefox or MSN chat. it also happens occasionally when i'm just browsing youtube. when it freezes, the screen will always go BLACK and/or it will have colored lines that look like | | | | | all over the screen. i checked my cpu and gpu temperature which both seem to be fine. while playing games, both stay under 50. i don't believe it's a virus because i had this issue about the 2nd DAY after building the computer, although it seems like it's been freezing more often now.


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specs: ASUS m4a79xtd evo motherboard, AMD phenom II x4 955 processor, ATI radeon hd 5700 series, corsair xms3 ddr3 4g, WINDOWS 7 64bit

please let me know if there is any other information anyone would like me to post. any help would be much appreciated.


This sounds like an issue with the graphics card or it's drivers. try updating and/or rolling back the drivers and if that fails you may need to replace the card.

Does ANYONE know how to work the color BOXES that MOVE PICTURES back and FORTH in vox.com blogs?
Thanks
Duke

Hello all,

I'm having a hard time trying to set up two monitors in vista ultimate. I have an ASUS en6200tc nvidia video card which is dual head. One port is a dvi-d dual link and the other is a VGA. Both monitors I have are crt, so I bought a dvi-d to vga adapter.

I go through the whole process. I shutdown the pc, I hook up both monitors, once I reboot I go into display settings, I then click on box 2 and check "extend the desktop on this monitor" and the second monitor won't work.

I tried just USING one crt with the adapter in the dvi-d port and the monitor wouldn't work when I rebooted. So then I thought it was a problem with the adapter. But when I set up both again and then went into the nvidia control panel both monitors were detected but the second still wouldn't work.

If ANYONE COULD help me sort this out it would be greatly appreciated.

Btw, I tested the second monitor on it's own and is working fine.

Hi Folks, I'm just wandering if anybody could help me out in SETTING up a system to increase the DOWNLOAD speed of Vuze bit torrent. Help is much appreciated. thanks.You have to MAKE sure the proper PORTS in your router are forwarded. Most torrent clients use port 6881 or similar.

This has happened once before and was SOLVED by simply re-inserting the battery, but this time I've been at it for 4 or 5 days and still nothing. Windows has not STARTED on my Dell Inspiron 1750 since New Year's Eve, I've tried everything, let the battery run out to fully charge it again, run in safe mode (that won't even start), system restore, diagnostics tests, everything.

The little microsoft bar along the bottom loads up but there's no sound, then when it should change to the Log On screen, I get a black screen with my cursor just sitting in the very middle. It moves, but nothing else works, nothing on the keyboard, no sound or anything.

I am so angry with this just now, it's doing my head in! I've done everything that Dell recommends and I do NOT want to have to restore to factory settings. I've only owned this laptop since October, it is far too early for this type of problem surely.


Any help or advice is appreciated, thank you very much Can you boot to safe mode? Have you tried booting to the OS cd and using the repair options?Can't boot to safe mode, have tried to do so countless amounts of times, still nowhere.
I've tried startup repair a few times on pressing F8, and it hasn't recognised there's even a problem.
I'll try using the CD but I doubt it'll go too well as the screen is completely blank and it doesn't respond to CDs anywayQuote from: lalalaura on January 05, 2010, 06:24:15 AM

Can't boot to safe mode, have tried to do so countless amounts of times, still nowhere.
I've tried startup repair a few times on pressing F8, and it hasn't recognised there's even a problem.

I don't know what you mean "it hasn't recognized there's a problem". Do you get to the advanced boot menu when you press F8??

I'll try using the CD but I doubt it'll go too well as the screen is completely blank and it doesn't respond to CDs anyway

Again I don't know what you mean "it doesn't respond to cd's". Just boot to the OS CD and CHOOSE the repair options.

• Get a USB external enclosure for your HD
• Remove the laptop hard drive and install in the new USB external enclosure
• Copy the "Users" (Vista and Win7) folder to another system to a unique folder, e.g. MyBackup\Dell1750\Users - this will help ensure you know what the heck you just copied. This will capture ALL of your data, photos, etc as well as all of your application data unless it is stored in the C:\Program Files folder
• If you want to be double save also copy the Program Files folder to the backup system. The only thing this will do for you is (1) provide a copy of any data an applicatin "may" have stored here, today this is rare but it does happen (2) you can look at the folder list in windows explorer and get an idea of the applications you have installed. You can get this list from other areas as well.
• It would also be a good idea to get a copy of SpinRite from www.spinrite.com
• Reinstall your HD in the original system
• Run SpinRite (this boots from a CD) at leve2 2 (couple of hours), make sure there are no areas mark as "requires additional analysis" (this may mean you have a bad unrepairable hard drive
• Run SpinRite at leve 4 - this could take a LONG - LONG time if it finds errors it will attempt to repair. No damage will be done to the data. If it succeeds in repairing you drive you may be good to go at this point.
• If SpinRite produces a RED screen at level 4 - you have a HD that cannot be repaired and you need to purchase a new drive
• Let's say you have to purchase a new drive, after it arrives, install it into our laptop
• Make sure you have the latest BIOS from Dell for your laptop - not super critical but highly suggested.
• Now you have other options (1) Install using your Dell recovery CD set, assuming you have them (2) boot using your OS CD and install (I highly suggest installing Windows 7 if possible, it is sooooooo much better than Vista and XP
• Install your antivirus application
• Download the updates for your antivirus and run a scan
• Download the updates for windows
• Get ALL the drives and updates for your system from Dell and install
• Install all of your applications
• Connect the USB drive and copy your data to the new build
• Get a DISK imaging application (I use Acronis True Image), make a backup of your entire HD and setup a schedule that will make daily or weekly incremental updates
• I also use SyncBackPro (see www.2brightsparks.com) as one of my backup utilities and to sync "My Documents" between multiple systems
• Use and enjoy your system[/li}
  

lalalaura - unless somebody has a better suggestion it sounds like you need to start all over and perform a rebuild. Following is what I'd suggest if you go this route.

• Get a USB external enclosure for your HD
• Remove the laptop hard drive and install in the new USB external enclosure
• Copy the "Users" (Vista and Win7) folder to another system to a unique folder, e.g. MyBackup\Dell1750\Users - this will help ensure you know what the heck you just copied. This will capture ALL of your data, photos, etc as well as all of your application data unless it is stored in the C:\Program Files folder
• If you want to be double save also copy the Program Files folder to the backup system. The only thing this will do for you is (1) provide a copy of any data an applicatin "may" have stored here, today this is rare but it does happen (2) you can look at the folder list in windows explorer and get an idea of the applications you have installed. You can get this list from other areas as well.
• It would also be a good idea to get a copy of SpinRite from www.spinrite.com
• Reinstall your HD in the original system
• Run SpinRite (this boots from a CD) at leve2 2 (couple of hours), make sure there are no areas mark as "requires additional analysis" (this may mean you have a bad unrepairable hard drive
• Run SpinRite at leve 4 - this could take a LONG - LONG time if it finds errors it will attempt to repair. No damage will be done to the data. If it succeeds in repairing you drive you may be good to go at this point.
• If SpinRite produces a RED screen at level 4 - you have a HD that cannot be repaired and you need to purchase a new drive
• Let's say you have to purchase a new drive, after it arrives, install it into our laptop
• Make sure you have the latest BIOS from Dell for your laptop - not super critical but highly suggested.
• Now you have other options (1) Install using your Dell recovery CD set, assuming you have them (2) boot using your OS CD and install (I highly suggest installing Windows 7 if possible, it is sooooooo much better than Vista and XP
• Install your antivirus application
• Download the updates for your antivirus and run a scan
• Download the updates for windows
• Get ALL the drives and updates for your system from Dell and install
• Install all of your applications
• Connect the USB drive and copy your data to the new build
• Get a disk imaging application (I use Acronis True Image), make a backup of your entire HD and setup a schedule that will make daily or weekly incremental updates
• I also use SyncBackPro (see www.2brightsparks.com) as one of my backup utilities and to sync "My Documents" between multiple systems
• Use and enjoy your system[/li}
  

why did you post this www.spinright.com in like four different threads.... just because you think that this is the end all be all for programs doesn't mean that it is the solution to all of the computer problems that arise

Some Windows 7 users have REPORTED that their PCs started to freeze or randomly display the infamous 'Blue screen of death' after applying a January update Microsoft billed as a stability and reliability fix.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3212223 Oh dear, not more of the same....

Just when we thought MS was getting their ACT together!

I just did an in-place upgrade of Vista to 7. The network adapter driver was working fine in Vista, AND it was working fine in the initial operation of 7.

But that wasn't good enough. Windows update wanted to deploy an optional update of the driver, which I accepted, and then the network adapter stopped working!

So now it's OFFLINE, and I get to go to the joy of downloading the Win7 driver from the VIA website on another computer.

Ha! It won't install!

Finally after fighting with this for awhile, I manually delete the driver in Explorer and reinstall from my download.

Finally all good and running and deselect the Optional Update from Windows Update. Not taking a chance on that again...

I could go on with separate issues I had in installing 2 of the in-place upgrades, but that's 'nuff said for now!!! 1) I did an in place upgrade of Vista Ultimate to 7 Ultimate several months ago and have had zero problems
2) NEVER accept or use drivers from Windows Update
3) After installing an OS and seeing that it is running as expected, the FIRST thing you should do is create a "core" disk image to which you can RETURN if needed.

Vista & Windows 7 users - have a few minutes to kill? Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Documents & Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data

Now Open the next \Application Data folder. Do it again. And again. Let me know when you've reached the last one

Hello guys (again)

I am not SURE What this means properly, even when i do a search, but just been trying to download MalwareBytes for the past hour and keep getting this.



A few suggestions i seen is to try again later, THOUGH some suggest doing a system restore.
What on earth is it,

Windows 7 home premium 64 bitIt has something to do with a root file being deleted. ShelExecuteEx is a root file. My sister had to reload her computer when it did that. You might want to weight and see if anybody can tell you else wise. If not well... BOOM. I'd back-up first.Quote from: HELPHELP on February 22, 2010, 12:52:47 PM

It has something to do with a root file being deleted. ShelExecuteEx is a root file. My sister had to reload her computer when it did that. You might want to weight and see if anybody can tell you else wise. If not well... BOOM. I'd back-up first.

ShelExecuteEx is a root file.

Yes, sorry. But it is a root process that is needed for your computer to work properly.

Ok. you beat me. The important thing is carlrowley1 got his CPU working.

Hee hee. It had a problem though.

The Central processing Unit? There was nothing wrong with it at all

Hey, great discussion there, thanks for the added information about ShellExecuteEX BC_Programmer.
I just looked it up myself.

ShellExecuteEX (Function) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762154(VS.85).aspx

Computer WORKED fine, I shut it down. Turned it back on and when I did it stayed on for a minute and then SHUTDOWN. It now just goes on and on at about minute INTERVALS. It won't boot up and F8 key brings nothing.How far does it get in the boot process? Could be a FAILING (or failed) power supply.

I send a DOCUMENT to save in the task bar then I bring up another document and the 2nd document takes and uses the one in the task bar...Now i lost the first document and all I have is the second one...
group similar task bar buttons and it didn't work...Any suggestions?
Thanks
DukeWhat?Quote

I send a document to save in the task bar ...

I send a document to save in the task bar then I bring up another document and the 2nd document takes and uses the one in the taskbar

You are using IE8 and tabbed browsing.

Why don't we just wait for the OP to post back and explain what he or she means?

Many readers with the same problem benefit from the answers we provide.

My PC has began turning off during the boot process. It gets so far and shuts down. Then when you reboot it just about turns itself off before even getting started. If you wait for half an hour and turn BACK on it gets going but then shuts down again during boot. I have checked FANS and are working ok. I tried getting into "safe mode" after waiting a while but it tried to go into safe mode but then it shut down again.
Help ??Are you using a video card or onboard video? What is the make/model of the computer?



First GUESS is a bad power supply.Quote from: Allan on February 24, 2010, 05:26:30 AM

First guess is a bad power supply.

Are you using a video card or onboard video? What is the make/model of the computer?

I am NEW at computers and may have downloaded some crap on my laptop (it is an Acer and I am working with Vista) PLEASE SOS. Whenever I TURN my laptop on, the Windows Error Recovery pops up ; I launch the start up repair as recommended and it states "windows cannot repair COMPUTER automatically", how can this issue be resolved???

I have two laptop COMPUTERS with Vista . Both have a default mini scroll bar that often appears beside the cursor. I cannot find how to turn the thing off! Any ideas? You will have to let us KNOW what a 'mini scroll bar' is. Not sure what you mean in any way.. can you take a screen shot so we can see what your SEEING?It appears when you "Drag" across one of the EDGES of the touchpad on some laptops. I think it's a hardware thing, since I cannot find the option to turn it off on mine.If you find this ANNOYING, one option is to disable the touchpad and use a mouse with your laptop.

Hello, I want to change some of the icons on my new W7 desktop, but not the default ones. When I try to change an ICON it only shows a COUPLE choices. I don't know where to BROWSE to to get a large selection. Thanks for the help.%SYSTEM root%\system32\imageres.dll.....

My ACER Aspire 1500 laptop can start to the Acer screen but then beeps twice, continues to a screen where my options are F1 or F2 for SETUP. I don't know anything about F2. So I pick F1 and it takes me to a screen where my options are to launch the repair tools or something, or start windows normally. Both times it will FREEZE when it says Microsoft Corporation and it has that LITTLE loading bar. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I don't know what to do, I've done everything! Go to the website of your bios provider and check the beep codes for two beeps.I did that already and it just means an error has occured.
The site doesn't give me any detail on how to fix it.And no specific error is mentioned? If that's the case, you should download and run hardware diagnostic utilities. I'd start with memtest and go from there.

How do I REMOVE this SPYWARE? I can't FIND it folders.http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-vista-guardian.html

Does ANYONE know of software that allows this? Just curious.That's a good question...

What COMES to my mind when I read your post is the movie "Weird Science"

The two guys are sitting in the ROOM creating that AI women.. And when they HIT keys it makes a cool computer-type sound http://www.fileguru.com/downloads/associate_sounds_to_keyboard_keys