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I have gig's of .jpg photos and want to burn them to DVDs and was wondering --- at some later date, will I be able to copy them from DVD back to my Hard-Drive? View the thread

I have a desktop with Windows XP Professional and would like to change it to Windows 7, which I have on my Laptop. I don't know much about Desktop computers and Laptops so please explain a little more rhan just the basics if it is possible. The friend? who helped me until about 6 month ago seems not to want to contact me anymore He tried several times t connect desktop and laptop but never managed to finish the connection. …

It seemed to have started with the "Windows activation technologies" popups about a month ago. Several times a day it will tell me that my version of Windows is not genuine. I did upgrade to Windows 7 64-bit a year ago but haven't had any trouble since then. I went through the online steps to resolve it through the popup. It would download something but right at the end of the download it would say that it couldn't complete and that would be the end of it... But the popups continue. I also noticed that I am asked to confirm that I want to run certain programs, allow programs to make changes, because they are apparently from unknown publishers. This includes c…

is it worthwhile for the average home user to use the xp management console View this thread

Hello, I am using Win XP Pro and the Movie Maker that came with it. I have installed a Firewire card in my PC tower and, using an iLink cable, I have managed to create and edit a video in WMV format. However, I cannot watch this on my DVD Player because it only 'sees' MP3 files, so I need to convert my WMV movie to an MP3 movie (not only audio). Is there any free software out there that will convert the whole movie (1.4Gb in size). Many thanks Bluenose View this thread

I would like to wipe my hard drive and then reload Windows vista business 32bit from my original cd/dvd's, What is the best way to do this and what should i save before i undertake such an action. I have been having a series of problems with my computer and the last correction process was the Iolo sytem mechanic (which should come with warnings) which has managed to destroy my windows installer. should i save programs separate from files etc. View this thread

My sister received the below email and clearly it is fraud to get people's private information such as date of birth, passwords, etc. Windows Live Team Alert Confirmation This message is from our data base center to all free Hot mail account owners. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center. We are deleting all unused accounts to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing, you will have to update it below so we will know that it's a presently used account. To do this, You have to click on your reply button to reply back to this message and then you fill the information below. * User name : .…

My Lenovo X220 on Windows 7 won't connect my HP Colour Laserjey 3800n - does anyone know where I can download a printer driver for this printer online? View the thread

I had an windows on drive C.Now I have a windows seven on drive D.I wanted to delete all files and folders in drive C or format it , but windows seven didn't let me to do so.So i booted an Ubuntu 9.10 from a DVD and deleted everything in drive C.After that , I see that error in start up whenever i try to boot my windows seven.After some googling , I found out that I have deleted boot loader.Then I booted windows seven DVD and opened its CMD.I have tried this command I found on the net but it doesn't seem to work: "bootsect /nt60 D: /mbr /force" Please help me to restore it! View the thread

Suppose a software has been marked as not supported for Windows7 then does this also mean that this software is not compatible on Windows7? View the thread

I tried to re-install my windows 7 OS to the manufacturers factory defaults without re-formatting the HD and in the process the power went out :( Now it's saying to restart the installation after the computer restarts but I can't seem to find it to restart it it just tries to setup what initially was installed! Now I'm in desperate need of fixing this so I can do my job, ouch! View the thread

Hi Can i create partition in my laptop by recovery CD .if at the time of creating recovery CD there in no Partition in the laptop but now i want the partion. if yes please gide me how can i do. Regards\ View the thread

If i take remote connection on my server from my client PC. But they are access RDP desktop data's using this option Local drive connected. How can i predict this one. View this thread

Hey Guys, We just implemented Citrix Published Desktop in our environment and due to the nature of the load balancing of the server, the Outlook profile is set to Online Mode. Now, there are few users who was previously using the search capability of the 2010 using the Cache Mode and whenever their results are shown, the keyword will be highlighted. How can I achieved this using Outlook 2010 Online Mode? View this thread

Hi, I need to deploy proofing tools remotely. How could I do this in simple way. Could I take MSI packages from "ProofKit.WWProof.en" and deploy to computers? thank you, n View this thread

hi, My dell laptop (Inspiron N1050) met with an unknown error while I have been working with word. It stopped working immediately and switched off. When I switched on again I got the message under the title Windows error recovery " Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause". I also tried the available option ' Launch start up repair' and starts windows normally' but both failed to work. I had a call with dell support and they asked me to do some tests with the system. finally they told me they don't see a problem with the hard disk. While the system starts it shows a spark of blue screen appears. Anyway I could recover …

I have an Acer laptop running Windows 7. When I power up I get a window with F2 to enter setup or F12 to change boot device. Neither responds and the window closes in a few seconds, then cycles through to start-up again with that same window. Any suggestions? View the thread

I had to reformat the main drive and now 2 windows 7 machines show as vista machines. Is that going to make a difference on anything? Everything seems to be backing up fine. Reason I'm asking is if I had to re install an OS is this going to be a problem? thanks again, Marion View this thread

I finally got my PC to play music and I went into a music room. They can hear the music but it is too low. How do I get the volumn higher >? View this thread

I'm running a Dell Studio 1555 with Windows Vista. Its been going fine for the time that I've had it until yesterday, when randomly I got a BSoD stating PROCESS HAS LOCKED PAGES and now everytime I log in it would happen after several minutes. I realize that usually this error has something to do with video card drivers and things like that, but I have ruled that out because my computer works fine if I press the F2 button to switch my wireless network card that is integrated into the laptop, and if I switch it back on, several minutes later my laptop would crash. Does anyone know what I could do to fix this problem? View this thread

I would love to reinstal my avast sucurity system on my computer but i doesn't whant to do anything ! I seriously doesn't know what to do ! View this thread

I am trying to install WHS 2011 on an old Hp Pavillion a410n It has intel celeron 2.8GHZ 2GB RAM 120 GB HDD I have installed Windows 8 CP and UBUNTU When I try to install/run setup for WHS 2011, I receive the error Current system is incompatible. How can I do a clean install? Thank you. View this thread

I have my screensaver set up as normal, but is not activating after the 5 mins. I have set --Why? View the thread

Hello ya'll, Lookin' for the geek's forum, because I sure haven't figured this part out. So here's the situation: I tried to install DirectX 9.0c two times from two separate download locations and files. Both installations failed with the error message of, "The software you are installing has not passed windows logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. This sofware will not be installed. Contact your system Administrator." Just because, I installed it three more times. But with the same disappointing results. What is a system administrator, and how do I contact them? What do they do? And will this help to solve the problem? Setup: "A…

windows 7 renamed drive C: to drive D: on a single hdd machine how do I change it back? View the thread