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    - usb external h.d. I shut down my computer. When I turn it back on the next time it did not recognize my usb drive. I went to device manager and opened the usb port that the drive is assigned to. It say there was a code 10 device will not start. I'm using windows xp home. Can anyone help? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227805
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    - error messages I went to itunes and got this message. registry setting used by itunes drivers for importing and burning cds and dvds are missing. I haven't any other cd burning software, and when I tried to install the latest version of itunes I got this error message: error 1327 invalid drive :F/. What is this and how do I fix it? I'm a novice, so I need step by step instructions. Thanks! Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227803
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    - Microsoft Money 2005 I've been using this program for years and all of a sudden every time I try to enter something new, it locks up and seems to be "processing" forever until I need to hit control, alt, delete to CLOSE the program. Any suggestions? Has anyone else started having problems with this program lately? Thanks -- all suggestions welcome as I do not wish to purchase an Upgrade. -- ~Rose~ Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227802
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    - How can I delete "undelete" items? How can I delete "undelete" items? Using Windows XP.SP 2. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227801
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    - All Windows Popup menus gone Windows XP Home Edition SP2: I have a client whose Windows popup routine(s) are presumably curropted. The main toolbar of every component of MS Office 2003 and the Start -> "All Programs" folder displays only show the popup shadow. That is, one sees the right-side and bottom edges of the popup frame sized for the toolbar item detected, but otherwise the popup is empty. I've never seen this before. Any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks, Bill Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227785
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    - 16 bit windows subsystem error in XP Hi, When I login to WindowsXP/SP2 as a normal user I get the following message: 16 bit windows subsystem C:\DOCUME~1\Bob\LOCALS~1\Temp\. A temporary file needed for the initialization could not be created or could not be written to. Make sure that the directory path exists, (it does) and disk space is available (it is). Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Close Ignore Regardless of the choice I make, everything is fine after that. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this? It doesn't happen with admin accounts. Thanks. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227783
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    - Removing item in Task Bar Can you advise me how to dispose of an icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the Task Bar? In an effort to do this, I removed the shortcut of the program from my screen, but an icon still persists in appearing at start-up in the Task Bar. I didn't want to eliminate the program to achieve the above. I have a Dell 4100 Desktop computer with Windows XP - Home Edition operating system - Service Pack 2. I have been given two options by other people and would ask you which is correct: 1. Download and install CCleaner and use it to remove item, leaving the System Configuration Utility window in Normal Startup mode. 2. Remove item from Startup list in System Configuration Utility window, re-start computer and check "Don't show this again" in notice about "Selective Startup". Your co-operation and advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Stewart Fluney -- Stewart Fluney Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227781
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    - Slow performance question My IT challenged friend has the same brand computer as mine, but newer and with higher GHz speed, same RAM memory. She doesn't do much with her computer except for e mail, while I have tons of application programs, files etc. on mine, but her machine is so much slower than mine. Everything she does is slower from boot up, to just getting the start menu to open. I have gone through all the steps to speed up her machine, disk clean up, defrag, etc. but nothing seems to help. The only thing I can think of, is that she is running Norton Antivirus and I am running Windows Live One Care and maybe the Norton settings are set to scan more deeply than they need to for normal operations? Also, she keeps getting pop up messages in the lower right hand corner telling her that something is trying to attack her computer, but nothing shows up in scans. Any ideas anyone?? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227773
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    - Task Manager/Processes (for Dummies) I don't have a problem at this time, but would like to better understand the task manager:- On the "Processes" tab of the Task Manager, there is a column headed "CPU", then a column headed "Mem Usage" and last of all, all column headed "GDI Ob". 1. What is "GDI Ob"? 2. I assume the "CPU" figure indicates the amount of cpu usage being used by that particular process, at that exact moment. Therefore, if it shows "0" CPU usage but shows a figure under "Mem Usage" does it mean the process is not running at that exact time, but if it was running, that figure would be the amount of memory required to run it? 3. Why would the same process be listed multiple times with different "Mem Use" numbers? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227771
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    - ctrl alt delete when i hold down ctrl alt delete a box comes up & says the task mananger has been disabled by theadministrator how do i get it back ? -- pops Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227770
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    - Hybernate My dell laptop does not have the option in control panel/power options to go to stand by or to hibernate. I went to Add/Remove, Windows Components, and made sure that admin tools and maintenace (I think that was the name of it) was installed, which it wasn't so I installed it and thought, great, now I should have it. But it is still not there. The only way I can power down the computer is to turn it off and then do a cold boot when I want to use it again. Because it has an over-heating problem (typical of my particular model dell laptop ;-( , I feel that I have got to turn it off to cool down or else the drives keep spinning and the heat builds up. It has already fried one memory chip, which I did have diagnosed and replaced by a Dell store in my area, so I feel safe that he knew of what he speaks. That is in fact how I found out that overheating is a problem with this model laptop. Does anyone know how I can get the power options I need to handle sleep mode and hibernation? Thanks so much for the info Joanne Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227767
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    - Space after restart Hi, I have a insteresting problem on my laptop having XP. If I restart/shutdown once, its shows me around 3GB less space in C drive (4 GB). If I restart/shutdown again, it shows me 3GB plus space (4GB+3GB). So if I restart/shutdown twice in one go it shows me actual space (7GB). Basically what I noticed that on first restart , page file size gets increased by 3GB -- Thanks Manoj Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227759
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    - installtion is very slow on Xp Hi, I have a problem on my dell laptop where installation of application (Setup) specially with application created on .net are very slow. Could you please suggest sometyhing. -- Thanks Manoj Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227757
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    - Boot up Problem I am using a system with Core 2 Duo Processor E 6300, 160 GB Hard Disc, 1 GB DDR2 memory, Windows XP professional and Kaspersky Internet Security 7. I keep my OS upto date with auto updates. Still for the past one week I experience so difficulty. Whenever my system is boot up I see the following message on the screen "Windows cannot find "_________" (in the underlined space five small squares are given with in quotes). Make sure you type the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file click start button and then click Search." If I click Ok the following second message appears " Could not load or run "________ "(five smal squares within quotes) specified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry." If I click OK the above said first message against appears. If I click OK again the above said second message appears. On clicking OK it disappears and the system works. But I cannot restore my system to any previous restore point. The system says that such restoration could not be done. No changes made to your computer. What is the solution for this?. Can any one help me to troubleshoot this problem without reinstalling my OS. -- S.M.Habeeb Mohamed Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227749
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    - XP Memory issue Hi, I have just bought a new PC running XP and have an issue with memory, I have 4gb or RAM but when I look at the windows system screen it only displays 2.98gb. Are there any settings I need to change? I understand there are issues with 32 it XP running RAM but my old PC had 4gb and displayed 3.5gb. Is there any way I can force xp to see the extra RAM? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227748
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    - mmc.exe using 100% CPU I'm running XP pro on a windows server 2003 network and sometimes when I close down a remote desktop session my computer slows down incredibly. I check my processes and see that mmc.exe is taking up all my CPU. Whats worse is that I cant end the process!!!!! Any ideas on what could cause this?? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227747
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    - registry error alerts can someone please help me. I keep getting pop ups that say: Messenger Service STOP! WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. Windows has found 55 critical system errors. to fix the errors please do the following: 1. download registy update from: www.regfixit.com 2. install registry update 3. run registry update 4 reboot your computer. FAILURE TO ACT NOW MAY LEAD TO SYSTEM FAILURE! Then another one pops up saying registry is corrupted go to regfixing.net Then aother pops up registry error go to www.helpfixpc.com. I am getting frustrated I was downloading microsoft updates and there were like 20 of them that popped up. Can someone please help? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227744
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    - Unmountable_boot_volume when installing windows xp I have a machine with AMD K7 1500+ CPU 512 MB RAM and a western digital HD of 40 GB on a PCchips 825 motherboard (2003). When I try to reinstall Windows XP on this machine I get a bluescreen stating "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" and the machine stops. The message pops up before I even reach the point where I can run the recovery console. The strange thing is that I succeeded in installing Ubuntu linux on the same harddisk, which I tried to eliminate a defective controller/ harddisk. I also tried another hd with the same result. I'm thinking of buying a thirdparty hd controller, but if it would be possible to prevent the cost I would appreciate the help. Does anyone have a clue what I could do to solve the problem? Thx In advance. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227743
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    - Computer won't boot My computer won't boot at all. I get the message "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM Can anyone help? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227739
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    - Control Panel In Win XP Home SP2, different Control Panel items open in different ways. Accessiobility Options opens on top of Control Panel. Administrative Tools replaces Control Panel. Folder Options opens behind Control Panel. Fonts replaces Contol Panel. Is this normal performance, or is it my computer? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227738
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    - For Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Ken, Thank you for your reply to my page file size and location query. I found your information very helpful, especially the link to the excellent Alex Nichol article on virtual memory. It is very comprehensive and answered all my questions about page filing. :-) Jim Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227737
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    - Disk Cleanup residual My disk Cleanup reports this file; index.dat at this location; C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Windows explorer does not find the file at the above location. Folder Temporary Internet files does not exist. How do I remove the incorrect report from disk cleanup? Thanks Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227736
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    - Performance Options Does anyone find it helpful to change the Visual Effects from "Let Windows choose what's best for my computer" TO "Adjust for best performance" to boost PC performance in Windows XP Pro? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227731
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    - Frozen start bar!! Hi I 'm experiencing frozen start bar a lot even though I can Alt+Tab between applications and use the applications.Start menu suddenly pops -up after couple of minutes after i tried to access it.Please someone tell me what might be going on? I have tried this on clean workstation and with new profile.This still happens. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227729
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    - Windows Update Slows Down Operation The ScanningProcess associated with Windows Update is a heavy resources consumer and slows down my computer significantly. The same during installation of updates. I have two questions in regard: 1. How do I reduce its resource consumption so it doesn't affect Windows operation as much? 2. It used to install updates during Windows Shutdown, but it doesn't do that anymore. How do I set it to do most of the work during shutdown? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227725
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    - Help!!! about tcp performance Hi, I have set all the registry, and can see the big window size in packets when file trans.But the speed seemed no change.When I copy file from remote server(4M Line),it still costed many more time than in vista. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\TCPWindowSize HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interface\InterfaceGUID\TCPWindowSize Did it not implement said in the doc http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc162519.aspx WHY??? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227722
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    - Page File Size & Location The Question: What size should I make for my page file, and where should the page file be located? The Details: I am installing a new 100GB, 7200RPM Hitachi hard drive in a Toshiba laptop. I'll be using the Toshiba Recovery DVD, and then installing all the Microsoft updates using a high-speed broadband connection. The computer has 2GB of SDRAM already installed and tested satisfactory. I have also updated the BIOS to the most recent available from the Toshiba web site. The Background: From various web sites, it seems my page file should be 1.5 to 3.0 times the total amount of RAM. 1.5 plus 3.0 equals 4.5 and 4.5 times 20000 (MB of RAM) equals 90000MB, or 9GB for the page file. Can anyone confirm this? Also, the laptop only has room for one hard drive. It seems smart to put the page file on another partition, but is this safe to do, or will doing that slow down the computer? If I do put the page file on a separate partition, can partitions 9GB in size be created? (I'm probably going to be using FDISK.) Thanks! Jim Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227721
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    - "History" not working When I open Favorites and click on "history" no history shows. When I click on the option button beside history ("sort by date"/ "today"/ etc) all that shows is "search history" and when I click on that it just disappears. I'm wondering if I've done something unknowingly...and can I reverse it? Help! Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227720
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    - when deleting a large FILE I get a messege, "The FOLDER is... When I'm deleting something that's too large for the recycle bin, I get the message asking to confirm to permanently delete it instead of sending it to the recycle bin, the curious thing is though, that even if it's a file I'm deleting the message always reads, "The folder '...' is too big for the recycle bin....", It doesn't really matter but I was wondering if this is normal or not? Thanks in advance. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227718
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    - Computer extremely slow I am working on my sisters computer for her and it is running extremely slow. It takes 5+ minutes to open anything on the computer, whether it be the start button, internet explorer, or any other program. I have ran the scan disk, defragmenter, anti-virus, and emptied all the history, temp files, cookies, etc. What could be the problem and how can i fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227706
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    - start-up on start up i get a message saying cmos checksum bad. what is this and what can be done to solve it. Thanks lee Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227697
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    - Can not receive mail I can send mail but can receive in Outlook Express it has an unknown error 0x80004005 mail: moesparky@yahoo.com cell: 618-407-097 microsoft windows xp Mwdia center edition Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227693
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    - Memory DDR PC2 5200 vs 5300 ? Is there a noticeable difference between PC2 5200 and 5300? I have now both installed, 1 MB each of DDR PC2 5300 and 2X 512MB of DDR PC 5200. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227674
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    - Hiding Taskbar what are the registry entries for hiding Taskbar not for Auto Hide Taskbar in Windows XP Professional Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227671
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    - IS 47 C too hot for GEForce 8500GT? Is 47C or 116 Fahrenheit too hot for the above card? Should I buy another fan? The AMD Athlon 64X2 4200+ runs at 40 - 43 Celsius, the Samsung Hard disk at 33 Celsius. All on a HP. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227668
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    - HP 9130 OJ Printer causes slow access to 'My Computer' There is a delay in opening 'My Computer' (and save as 'browser' - I don't know the name for these interactive windows). It is a t60 laptop running xp+sp2. It happens after installing an HP OfficeJet 9130. I have unistalled and installed in several different ways (options), but the trouble persists. I just re-confirmed that the problem is caused by the presence of the 9130 by unistalling it again, and checking. I have read several suggestions about why slow access to My Computer occurs. I don't have any drives connected. The 9130 is the only real printer I have attached. (Adobe PDF and MS Office Doc. Writer are listed as well.) I use the scanner on this computer. The WIA service is 'automatic', but was not running when I checked once when the 'My Computer' issue existed. BTW: I have a second t60/xp+sp2 computer that is set up to use the same printer/scanner. No hang-up on that machine. I hope you can help! Regards, Tim Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227666
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    - Transfer settings after rejoining computer to domain We replaced our domain controller and need to rejoin workstations to the domain. When doing so, the previous local user profile is not accessed, as joining the domain creates a new profile under documents & settings. Is there a way I can retrieve and make active the original local user profile files and settings? Thanks, Barry Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227664
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    - optimum partion size Hi Dear I have a question about Windows XP (SP1 or SP2): What is optimum partition size for drive c in windows (particularly in Large Hard disk ex.160 GB) I believe that because of using virtual memory (paging) in drive c, we can configure it to large size (for example 20 Gb in 160 GB total) but my friend thinks that if we configure Drive c to large size it will be slowly and system performance will be down (because of search & fragment) and he believes that we should use smallest size for partition of drive c (for example 4GB). If possible, describe that is right or no. Thanks a lot Best regards Reza Beglari Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227655
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    - Screen Freezes CPU Overheating? Im struggling to determine a problem of mine. Recently I recieved fatal CPU temprature message in my BIOS when my system was starting thought nothing of it switched my machine off and came back to find i working alright. However a few weeks down the line now I am finding m system is freezing or so it seems. My screen will freeze the curren picture, sound will stop. Therefor I can still see the state of th crash. However outbound MSN connections remain intact and my CD driv still opens and closes. To this I think it could be an overheatin problem. Checking my cpu temp running P4 Intel 3.21Ghz im on 57*C and usin 0.07% CPU usage. My case is open, well venitlated and I have vacumen my case clean, removed my heatsink and and dust. Could it simply be a problem of a lack of thermal paste, OR could it b a graphics card problem. I cannot determine! Any help is apriciated! Thanks, Jami -- rootj4m13 Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227651
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    - XP Pro with 4GHz DDR3 fails to boot at Mup.sys XP runs fine with 2 Gig of DDR3 mem installed. MoBo is DX38BT, cpu is Cr2D E8400 3GHz. When i add 2nd set of CD3X1024-1800C7D mem sticks for a total of 4 gig system bios sees it, but XP hangs on boot up at: "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows\system32\drivers\Mup.sys" boot up hangs at this line and will not proceed. Boot up into Safe Mode will work but system will hang if trying to boot up normal at that line listed above. Any suggestions or answers as to why system will not boot to normal mode with the 4 gig of DDR3 mem installed. Take the two sticks out leaving 2 gig of exact same ram and system boots fine with out any problems. -- Frank Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227648
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    - XP slow to boot First time post.... On occasion my computer is slow to boot Win XP at 1 to 5 min. and when this happens the computer does not recognize my DVD-RW (not listed as an avalible drive in My Computer) Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227639
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    - defragmenting I've tried to defragment my c:/ drive but it stops at 50% and says that some files could not be defragmented but the box that is supposed to describe the files is blank! I can't even begin to figure this out. Help. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227638
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    - Windows XP Pro My Computer issue Hi, I have recently had my computer "fixed" by the company that built it. Since I got it back I find that My Computer takes an age to load. Nothing else seems to be affected - even Windows Explorer loads immediately, but each time I try to open My Computer it hangs. I am sure that it is looking for something that it expects to find but can't. Can anyone tell me how to sort the problem out? Even knowing how to find what it might be that My Computer is searching for would help. -- Richard Australia Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227637
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    - automatic download failes automatica download for cumulative security updates for IE7 fails and has been doing so for some time. how do I get around it. It continually shows as an update that is required when i do an express search of microsoft for updates. it continually fails to download. what do i need to do? I have alread turned off the other security just to obtain this one and that does work. pls help. -- gmp Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227633
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    - Drive Order Windows XP Pro Service PK 2 I Don't know hoe this happen but my drive order changed to My Desktop 31/2 Floppy (B:) DVD-RAM Drive (D:) Removable Disk (E:) Removable Disk (f:) Removable Disk (G:) Removable Disk (H:) D on "Hughserver" (J:) F on "Hughserver" (k:) G on "Hughserver" (L:) Control panel My Sharing Folders Windows (C:) How do I get C: back to the top of the list. When I open Winzip or other programs the correct path is no longer there and I Have to type it in manually or sometimes save to desk top then go into exeplorer and manually move the file. this is time consuming not to mention a real pain. Please Help. View doesn't change the order on the left only the right. On the right it dosn't show my C: drive at all. Thanks again for your time -- Hugh McCann -- Hugh McCann Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227622
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    - Drive Order I Don't know hoe this happen but my drive order changed to My Desktop 31/2 Floppy (B:) DVD-RAM Drive (D:) Removable Disk (E:) Removable Disk (f:) Removable Disk (G:) Removable Disk (H:) D on "Hughserver" (J:) F on "Hughserver" (k:) G on "Hughserver" (L:) Control panel My Sharing Folders Windows (C:) How do I get C: back to the top of the list. When I open Winzip or other programs the correct path is no longer there and I Have to type it in manually or sometimes save to desk top then go into exeplorer and manually move the file. this is time consuming not to mention a real pain. Please Help. -- Hugh McCann Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227616
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    - Formating drives Hi, my pc has become unreasonably slow in recent weeks, i keep it in good shape (defrag, chkdsk, registry cleaners). My conclusion is that i want to format and start fresh, c drive is full of unnecessary crap, My issue is...... As i didnt get any boot disk with this laptop(bought in Thailand) i am unsure as to how to create one...... Any help?? thanks In Wanting -- wanting Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227614
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    - Registry maintenance programs. I see them everywhere, and my gut feel is that some/most/all of them are dangerous at best. Would anybody care to recommend a reliable version if, in fact, these things are really necessary? Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227604
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    - Computer diagnostics other than PCPitstop? I am looking for an online free computer diagnostics that works with AMD hardware and windows XP. I am familiar with PCPitstop but I think it is not up to date since it tests the Video card only in 2 D mode. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227598
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    - Error #3041 generated by DAO.Workspace After reinstalling XP MCE with Rollup 2 from the manufacturer's CD, I installed their Driver's and Utilities CD. It installed fine, and I installed drivers. When I later went back to access the CD again, I received this error: "Error #3041 was generated by DAO.Workspace. Cannot open a database created with a previous version of your application. Please reinstall this application from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel." So I uninstalled the CD from the Add/Remove programs list, rebooted and tried to reinstall the CD, but I received the same error. Can you help me clear up this problem so I can access the drivers. Thank you. Tag: Screen fault Tag: 227597

I am not very technical and currently from startup my computor screen has a
series of lines filling the screen. Ocaisionally the colour changes from
normal to a greenish, then after a while it reverts to normal. Any ideas
please.

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Re: Screen fault by Leonard

Leonard
Mon Apr 14 06:22:29 PDT 2008

If removing and reinstalling the video driver does not fix the problem
then one (or more) of your video card, monitor cable or monitor needs to
be replaced.

---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

JohnH wrote:
> I am not very technical and currently from startup my computor screen has a
> series of lines filling the screen. Ocaisionally the colour changes from
> normal to a greenish, then after a while it reverts to normal. Any ideas
> please.

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