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I let a friend use my DELL INSPIRON 1545 laptop to take care of a business project. She kept it an extra week. Now, she cannot recall the PASSWORD she put on it. The laptop was a gift. DELL is giving me the round-around since it was a gift. I cannot get pass the ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD to access...

Hi, I bought a custom built pc 2 years ago, and about a year ago my cpu started overheating (running at 53c idle) i used speedfan and checked in bios (in bios it would lower by a couple of degrees), so I asked a friend to replace the stock cooler (I'm too nervous to handle anything near cpu), it...

Hello, I would like running DOS program full screen mode on win 7 but I can"t. Can you help me?

Do you think this is a safe temp for a i7 920 at stock speeds? Thanks

Archived from groups: alt.games.champ-man (More info?) You guys thought about setting up an AGCM league? I would love to play. I would get stuffed. It would be fun though, right? -- AGHL Newsgroup, IRC FAQ & other: aghl-stuff.tk Homepage: stri.tk "You are a clever imitation of life... Can...

I have a Netgear WG311 G PCI 54 Mbps Wireless-G PCI Adapter. I tried to install it but for some reasons Windows 7 won't recognize it. What should I do to troubleshoot? Is this card even compatible with Windows 7?

I cannot seem to delete a folder structure that suddenly appeared on my HDD that is about 30 folders all with the same name all within each other. All empty (in fact the entire array of folders shows zero bytes in properties), but yet there are some folders in the bottom few folders. I cannot...

I'll try and give all the info I can. I have a Toshiba Satellite L655-S5146. About 2 months ago it started getting bad lag spikes, the resource monitor said it was svchost. now it freezes when several things are done; any scan of any kind (sfc/scannow gets to 58%, malwarebytes gets to around...

I PURCHASED A GIGAFAST EE410-R ROTUER BECAUSE MY LYNKSYS WENT OUT. ANY WAY I WAS ON NEWEGG.COM AND I SAW THIS ROUTER FOR ABOUT $20. AND IT HAS A 3 YEAR WARRANTY. SO I SAID WHAT THE HELL. I GOT IT HOME AND I JUST PLUGED IT IN AND BAMM I WAS ONLINE. I CALLED TECH SUPPORT (IT'S IN THE US AND I DID...

My newly built PC won't boot after installing the graphics card (GTX 660). Once I remove the graphics card everything works fine. I'm using a 475 watt PSU so it should be able to power the card, What should i do now?

Hello, i need a product key for microsoft word 2010 please

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) i'll have items that pop up on the system tray after my PC reboots. I can get rid of them by going to properties, custimize, then select 'always hide' to get rid of them. But, it will reset itself or something because...

Up for sale is a alienware m17x r3 about a year old Asking $1500 OBO I currently do not know what I want for this system. Only looking for offers at this moment. I do not need the money badly so I will not sell this for less then what it is worth. The going rate for these on ebay in bad...

how to change boot order in bios on an acer computer when computer won't boot.

i really want a mobo with good intergraded sound. i actually have my tv hooked up to this pc through an optical cable and is really nice. looking for something liek that in this new build! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131857 thinking of this one because it looks like...

I Built my computer recently on christmas day. I got all the drivers and my motherboard came with sound drivers however I got the Realtek Drivers for my board since they were not on the disc (Or for some reason did not get installed) But anyways the drivers are all working fine i've had no...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware (More info?) Hello, My dad wants to set up a wireless network in his home for filesharing between his desktop and laptop machines. He does not have high-speed Internet. Can I set up a wireless network for him? The routers I...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize (More info?) How do you change the default file associations. Meaning when a new user logs into the machine, I want them to have the associations I set, not the MS ones. Changing them as administrator only seems to affect...

Hello, I have a friend who is running Windows XP home who swears that there is a logout script running. He disables the guest account on the computer, but when he logs out and logs in again the guest account is enabled and visible again. He sees a line about logout scripts on the monitor as...

dvd on my windows 7 wont read?

Hello, Here is my PC specs: CPU: AMD 965 BE MOBO: ASUS M4A89GTD RAM: GSKILL RIPJAWS X, 8GB @ DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) GPU: Galaxy GTS450 1GB Cooling: Corsair liquid coolor for cpu, 6 fans (2 outlet, 4 inlet) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit FSX: SP2 ADDONS: REX, GEX, Several Payware Airplanes. High...

Hello, i have a xp pro system that will not detect printers attached to a usb port. No usb ports show up in printers and faxes. etc. I believe its a registry issue, installed sp3 but no help there. Anybody got any clues?

I am trying to watch a dvd movie and get this error message: "Windows Media Player cannot find a compatible DVD decoder on this machine" I have run windows updates (both Microsoft and Win Media Player) with no luck. Don't know what else to do. Anyone have any tips? Thanks very much!

I am running a pioneer 925k receiver from my pc to a 5.1 speaker setup. I ran the setup process where it tests the speakers and the subwoofer makes the appropriate noises but when I try to play sound from wmp or winamp, I can't get the sub to work. I am running sound with optical from the...

I have a few questions regarding my future purchase of a laptop. 1.) When is the release date for the 8800 for the laptop, also is it even coming out for the laptop? 2.) Is it worth waiting for a dx10 capable card if I do not want to be upgrading this computer anytime soon? 3.) I was looking at...

can't print from my network printer laserjet P2035n,help out

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) Hi - I am trying to set up remote and I have a netgear router. I have set up VPN in the router - however - I am still having problems and not getting much further than this. Can anyone help me (a computer novice)...

I am trying to recover my windows 7 from the recovery discks but is stopped at 29 percent and i got this message> cycling redundancy check. Whats that?

whenever i tried to get on mIRC, it gives me an autokill, saying that my computer doesn't have identd installed. My question is: what is identd? how do i know if my computer has identd installed? and why do i need identd to get on mIRC? Thank you so much

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?) When I try to clean out files manually by running %temp%, as I'm selecting the files to delete, they start making copies of themselves, and I have more to delete as I go on. Selecting "edit -all" to erase them all...

Hello, I'd like to make a usb flash drive appear as a DVD drive so that I can use it to create Win 7 recovery 'disk'. Thanks in advance. Gavin

Hello, I have a lynksys wireless router and I cannot remember what the passord is for other peripherals to connect...HELP!!!

Dear community, I was wondering how well my computer will be able to handle Blizzard's upcoming game Diablo 3. When I played WoW in the past, my computer ran it very smoothly with no problems at all. I've had this computer since December 2007. My System Specifications Operating System...

My asus u6v webcam is upside down when you are taking shots.

Archived from groups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (More info?) I was looking at buying nintendo famicom with the disk system, but it is the PAL version from Hong Kong. I was wondering if there is some way to use this on a NTSC tv. It doesn't have composite outputs but there is someone...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) What is this file and is it needed in windows XP. I have heard that when it is corrupt it can spread havoc in your system. Would appreciate any help. Thanks, Tom D.

I'm upgrading my Athlon XP1700+ because its to hot and the cooling solution for it is to noisy! So plz tell me which one of the Athlon XP CPU's is the coolest of them?

which i could use

Hello, I would like to create a limited account in XP that just has access to pdf files that I load on the desktop. no other files,programs or Internet should be able to be opened. Is this possible. so just want a desktop with bunch of PDF files and nothing more

Hello, while using ready boost should I keep my USB drives connected all the time? Even when I’m not playing game or just downloading stuff from internet?