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My Dell Optiplex 745 is one of the workstations using a coupleof network printers. We had to switch the printers to a different network server when the old server died. The Dell Optiplex connects to the network but asks for a printer driver to be installed. I have the disk but still unable to install Brother HL 5250DN and HP Laserjet 3055 printer drivers. Error is XCopyFile failed. Both Brother and Dell technicians have checked their end and said hardware is fine and that it is in fact the operating system software that is bad....I use XP Professional.....What is the problem and how do I fix it? Continue reading...

Hi , I have lenovo T400 Laptop & it has win Xp sp2 & it is under domain , before two days when i was working with it,it suddenly restarted & after restarting my all desktop file was not showing even my desktop wallpaper also automatically changed to lenovo default wallpaper then i Moved my one important folder on my new desktop but after again system restarting all my files were showing but the folder which i had copied was not showing. It was Very important folder for me .I tried to search that folder & i changed hidden file option also but still i am not able to see my folder anywhere in the system.I have only c drive in it ,which is around 142 GB .Whe…

I install the windows xp sp3 update and reboot the computer and then then the same update appears again. If I check under windows update is shows green for all of the updates. I have also tried all of the Microsoft support tools such as Windows Update software ( Fix it ) to solve the problem. When I run it, it indicates the problems have been repaired. When I reboot the same update is shown in the bottom right hand corner of the screen in yellow. Any solutions, would be appreciated. Continue reading...

Please send me the Vista Ultimate Product key, To mail ID : Continue reading...

· SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario: • You create more than 99 volumes on one or more dynamic disks on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. • The size of one of the volumes is larger than 2 terabytes. • You bring all dynamic disks online, take all dynamic disks offline, or restart the computer. In this scenario, you cannot access the volumes. In the Disk Management snap-in of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) window, all the dynamic disks are marked as "Invalid." Additionally, if you try to make these disks active, you receive the following error message: "The operation is not allowed on the…

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I purchased Window Vista 2 years ago. Recently, my computer have an automated update for the Vista. After reboot, the window asked me to type the Product Key. After I entered it, it said the product key is in use !!! My Vista CD is only use in my computer and no other people or computer share it. Also, no one have seen my product key before. What happen ? Does my product key got stolen or hacked ?? Quite frustrated to have the Microsoft product, even though I paid for it ! The worse thing is, I cannot find any Microsoft Support phone number Continue reading...

dvd driver doesnt read anymore why is that, code 39 pops up Continue reading...

I need an app that will search for a text in different files including pdf and when file is opened will spot the text in the file for my window mobile 6.1 on my samsung omnia i910 thanks Continue reading...

I have tried to download my pictures from my phone to my computer via usb port, my phone does not show up on my computer, how can I resolve this issue. THANKS Donna Continue reading...

i cannot get my htc ozone to connect.it used to but stopped connecting.i have tried evrything possible including ROM update.still no success.please what can i do? Continue reading...

I am using Samsung GT-B6520 (Windows 6.5). In my cell when I receive a massage it automatically saved on phone memory. I could not copy or move these massage from phone to emory card. Can any one help me ? Continue reading...

Hlw sir, I am a regular windows live and windows mobile user from Bangladesh.But I have lost it last month.last time I was using *** Email address is removed for privacy *** in my phone from my mob no +88-01722282232 and +88-01673111373.I even don't know the imei code of my cell phone.It was the memory of my little bro who was died in 23 dec 2010.I hope you'll understand how I am mentally shocked after losing this phone.Please help me if you can.Can you help me to find it?please help me.please. Continue reading...

I installed windows 7 and every time I try to access any email or go onto a site that has to link with somethign else such as chats get internet cannot display webpage Continue reading...

I use VMWare Workstation to maintain our Windows 7 images and I always get the 'Windows 7 is not Genuine' messages because I do not use a MAK key. We use a KMS server for our licensing and I did not want to use the MAK, am I missing any updates by not not activating Windows? I use it to maintain software updates on our base image and to apply the Microsoft updates so I wanted to make sure that I am not missing updates on our base images. Thanks, Dennis Continue reading...

Having problems with skype. Skype sings in and in less than a minute there is a notification that there is a problem with windows and the program will be terminated. I did uninstall skype and reinstalled it again, checked for any updates for windows. how can I resolve the problem? thank you! Continue reading...

Windows 7 - one user, no password, no domain. I don't want to to ever see the welcome screen. I'd like to turn on my computer, then go make coffee and come back to window fully loaded. Instead I come back to the welcome screen and have to sit and watch windows load every morning... NOT cool. Thanks all. St Petersburg Web Design | Florida Fishing | Florida Search Continue reading...

I bought a new sony laptop, with win 7 HP (64bit). It has 500Gb HDD. I want to shrink drive c, but there is a problem. Because I want to partition drive c with 100GB, but it tells minimum capacity of it should be 235 GB. I haven't install anyprogram on it. Also I prefer to solve this problem with disk management in windows. I'm sure laptop isn't infected with viruses or malwares and without any defect. I examine it with diskpart, but it is same as disk management. please help me. Continue reading...

Created a slide and inserted an audio file, FILE1.wav into it. Plays fine. Copied this slide to another presentations. Plays FILE1.wav correctly. Select the audio icon, press delete or click cut (no difference.) Insert a new audio file into same slide, FILE2.wav CLick the audio incon to play it. It plays FILE1.wav Repeated the delete, add FILE2. Plays FILE1. CLosed/reopened the file, added a new slide, inserted FILE2. Plays FILE1. Deleted audio icon. Inserted a new audio file MUSIC1.wav. This plays correctly. Apparently, PPT can't tell the difference between FILE1.wav and FILE2.wav Yes, I am I absolutely sure that FILE1.wav and FILE2.wav are DIFFERENT. Wh…

I have backup the data before I reinstalled, then replaced the data in the C:\Users\robert.wu\Documents\OneNote Notebooks with my backup data, but it didn't work, am I right? any expert can help me? Continue reading...

We were using Outlook 2003 and a script to push down the signatures. We were also using group policy to populate the default signature so that the user does not have to select the signature. Now that we have gone to Outlook 2010 the signature come down but the users have to go in and select the signature manually. Is there a script that will push down these setting or a registry key that can be pushed down. I looked at the new outlk14.adm and that setting is no longer there. Any help would be appreciated. Also can they be disabled so that the signature can't be changed? Steve Continue reading...

Purchased office 10 on line no key given so how do I begin using Continue reading...

Hi folks, I have been attempting to install Office 2010 Pro Plus (from Office 365) via a GPO Shutdown Script. I have been having multiple issues in the process with pieces not working as advertised. My script and my config.xml are provided below, as are my MSP file settings. Here are the issues that I have been having: Anything that I add in the OCT as an additional installation, does not install. I have tried intalling Lync via the .exe with the /Install /Silent switches. I have also tried installing Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant via the .msi. I have tried them with both options - before and after the Office product is installed. It seems that if …

Over many months, I have stayed with IE 8 because when I install IE 9 I keep getting an error that my display AMD driver has failed, then the screen goes blank for a couple of seconds and then it comes back recovered. This keeps happening when in any web site and it's quite annoying. When I uninstall IE9 and go back to IE8 everything is fine. So why does IE 9 keep crashing my AMD driver? Card is an ATI Radeon HD 5450 I have a Windows 7 Professional version 64 bit system I have updated the AMD driver, even uninstalled and reinstalled the driver to no avail. I have tried to roll back the driver and the option is grayed out so I really don't have that option to try. I…

I can't seem to fix my Internet Explorer 9 from restarting everytime I click on a link. If I downgrade to IE8, it works fine...but I want all my computers running 9...my laptops support 9 fine with Windows 7 HE. Any suggestions? I've also tried to use Windows FixIt...doesn't work. Thanks Continue reading...