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Hi i need help please. I am trying to rescue my neighbours pc but am running out of ideas on how to solve it. This is the problem:- The pc has 5 user accounts in XP Home editon. But when you get to the welcome screen, the right hand side, where the names and pictures of the users are, is blank. only one account is acessable by pressing Ctrl,alt,delete twice. When you eventually get to the desktop, everything appears to work fine except when you go into Control Panel and click on User Accounts you receive the error message "The current user account is not recognised. Restart the computer and then go into user accounts". I have tried this also in safe mode with the sam…

Hi Everyone My problem is as follows: 1. I have Fast User Switching (FUS) turned on. 2. I am logged on as user A. Someone else is logged on as B. 3. I click Start, Logoff, Switch User (or perhaps just use the Windows key + L) (or CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then click Switch User on the Shut Down menu in Task Manager). 4. I get to the Welcome screen that shows the list of users known to the OS. 5. I click on the icon for a different user, (say) user C. 6. Instead of logging on to user C's desktop, I stay at the Welcome screen. This happens if there are two users logged onto the machine. You can switch between A and B, but any other user can'…

Folks, Each time, when I turn on my computer (with win xp home edition) in boot-up process, in memory count section, it keeps counting memory (looping). I have to click "Esc" key on keyboard to cancel looping and continue boot-up process. Please let me know how I can get ride of this looping? :confused: Thanks

I think i posted this in the wrong section, sorry guys. I need some serious help !! I have two servers, how can i use both of them to run a single installment of 3dstudio max and other applications while SHARING there processing power? I think its called cluster processing.

I am experiencing a dmboot failure which does not match the circumstances described in the MS article on Event ID: 3, "Failed to start on ..." I am running on Win 2000 Pro. I have 3 hard disks, C:, D:, and G:, all SCSI. C: is my system/boot disk and is FAT32, basic. D: is NTFS, dynamic. G: is NTFS, basic. The event log entry says Event ID: 3 dmboot: failed to start volume Volume1 (D: ) Disk manager, however, shows two separate entries for the drive, a normal, healthy entry for Disk 1: dynamic, online, healthy, 16.94 GB, D:; and a 2nd, Missing, dynamic, offline, failed, 16.94 GB, (and no drive letter). Most of my apps are on D: and all seem to work OK. Be…

I use Outlook 2003 at work which I can manage pretty well with but on my laptop has Outlook 2002 and within it I am pretty much lost. I managed to create and import a few .pst files from work onto my laptop. The problem is that each import created new entries for all appointments and contacts. I do not see an option during import to replace entries with imported information. Now I have a bunch of redundant entries in Contacts and the Calendar in the Outlook 2002 on my laptop. The .pst I create from work is complete and up to date, so what I would like to do is delete all entries on the laptop but I don't see how to do that in Outlook 2002. Any suggestions? T…

When I go Start> Settings> Control Panel I get this message "There was a problem sending the command to the program" Another words the control panel dont start. Now if I nav through Windows Explorer to the Control Panel, it will start that way. Has anyone seen this problem?? If so, how can I fix it??

Hi, i'm currently using Windows XP Home Edition. recently when i start up my computer, I am gettng error messages. i have an example below windows cannot find "[][][][][]". make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. to search for a file, click the start button, and then click search. i had to use brackets in the descpription, but the error message actually contains boxes. i don't understand what the boxes are. also there is a similar message after i cancel this one and it contains two boxes. i have to cancel each message 4 times. i'm stumped. any help woul dbe much appreciated.

i just did a system recovery on my hp pavilion a305w. i have my cable modem hooked up and i can surf the net and view most sights but i can't get my windows update to work nor can i sign into my messenger services or limewire file sharing program and i seem to have problems with yahoo services sometimes but winmx connects fine. i've tried to use the troubleshooting techniques but nothing. i'd appreciate any helpful info. thanks, mike

Hello. I have a new Dell P4 (3.0 ghz, 1 gig ram, (2) 160 SATA hds, ATI X600 Pro video card w/256MB Ram, Canopus ADVC 300 converter, M-Audio Firewire 410 1394 audio I/O, Intel MB) Doing A/V production with Sony Vegas (video) & Cubase SX (audio), I noticed some timing skips and noticed that the CPU would intermittenly spike to 100%. I tried playing a MIDI file with no plugins added with the same result. This would also happen from Vegas's timeline. Prior to purchasing the P4 all my work was done on a PIII 800 w/ 512 ram. This system runs like a charm still, but the ram is maxxed out, thus the new PC purchase. I started looking on the Net and found some info about…

I am having trouble adding/deleting stuff in my Coolmon display and would like to know if there is any other program out there like it that I can try to see if it's easier to work with? Thanks.

Hi, would like to check if there is anyway to find out whether any of the OS is sensitive/dependent on DSR from the registry? Thanks.

Had a corrupted profile, so made a new user id (different name) and followed microsofts instructions to transfer emails and addresses to new profile. Made sure it showed local rather than "temp" user. After transferring everything deleted old profile. When the system rebooted all information was not saved and the profile shows as if it were a newly created one. How can I make sure all my information ...emails, favourites etc are saved when the system reboots and all information doesn't disappear. Thanks for the help...

My sons PC has started showing this error whenever he tries to install a game. The CD runs for so long and then comes up with this error. I have changed the HD, memory, CD Drive, cables and still the problem persists. The games install on other machines ok. Could it be a problem with the motherboard? (the only thin I haven't changed) It is an Asus A7N8X-E

I am having trouble learning about certain aspects of pc math like "Hexadecimals, Binary numbers" e.t.c, can anyone recommend any math course/tutorial which covers this that's simple and easy to understand please? Thanks.

I installed XP Home on my laptop and duly activated it within a couple of days after checking that all the drivers etc were working ok. The past few days I have started receiving the warning notice that XP needs to be activated. The first day, I ignored this, but the past few days with the countdown continuing I decided it would be best to reactivate. I select the activate now option, and am taken to a page where I get the message "this software is already activated". I then tried a manual activation and again got the same message. The question is, in four days time is my software going to cease working, what can I do.

I have this problem where I was not able to send or receive using Microsoft Fax (for WinXP and 2000). I'm using a GPRS modem which I have got working for other fax softwares like Symantec and MightyFax. I was able to establish a connection but was not able to send or receive. I can hear the ringing sound from the remote fax machine I was dialing but no fax was received there. Error message is "An error occurred while sending/receiving fax". For Win2000, I was only able to send but even then, the fax was not clear. Help appreciated. Thanks.

I recently had a virus and spam problems with my computer. Brought it in to get removed and when I brought it home, my wireless keyboard worked but not my wireless mouse. I have tried removing the hardware and then reinstalling it but still it doesn't work. I have checked the battery charge and that is fine. Thanks. Jodi

I have no sound from my PC, when I go to control panel sound and run test it says ' windows cannot execute dpvsetup.exe, use add remove control panel to to install. devises says 'multimedia audi controller' has ! in yellow. then it says The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28). Tried to install some drivers but can't can anybody help me. Stephen.kempson@ntlworld.com

Good Morning! Everytime I start my computer I get a run time error its on c:\windows\explorer.exe tells me the aplication has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Asks me to contact the aplication support team for more info. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!!! Sira

Help, just installed a new harddrive on my dell after my old drive crashed, I installed XP, everything was working great until the ati radeon 7500 all-in-wonder was installed, now my towers light never comes out of the amber color to green and it simply won't boot, nadda. What should I try at this point beings it isn't allowing my to do anything, the system stays in standby yet my cd rom drive trays works, seems weird.................. any help would be greatly appreciated :) Thanx

When i copied folders from one harddisk to another harddisk, oulook express not showing all folder but folders are there. how can we are able to show all folders thanks

Hello Everyone, I have an old P166 Gataway that I left in the basement for about 10 month after I bought a new PC. Last week, I hooked up it again hoping to find an old file I had. It did not start and asked for the start up disk. When I start it with the Win 98 start up disk, I got a error message saying that the hard drive is not partitioned (no FAT32). I was able to run SCANDISK.exe for drive C from the MS-DOs prompt and it said no errow was detected. Could any one help me as what to do next so I could recover some of the files I had in the old machine? Thanks

im really curious to see what you guys think, maybe you could settle a big argument in my household. With an internet cable modem connection that is a shared bandwith, how much does this shared bandwith affect internet gaming such as online poker? does opening a browser for normal internet activities(not downloading huge files) while playing online increase your chances of having your game bogged down? With a shared bandwith is it safe to say that in order for my connection to slow down to the point where gaming connections are affected everyone in my neighborhood would have to be online downloading huge files? any opinions are appreciated thanks!

Downloaded SpyBot....started having immediate problems, constant error messages. Have now deleted SpyBot, downloaded Spy Sweeper instead. IExplore message still occurring: "this program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact the program vendor." Details: IExplore caused an invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll @ 1097: bff87f00. Can anyone help me? I would greatly appreciate it. I have Windows 98. This is my first time on this site.