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I hope someone can help me here as I am at a loss to what the problem is. My dad is running windows xp pro with media center. Over the last couple of days, it has been freezing up. The mouse still moves, but the animation (on the cursor) freezes, and the only way to get it woking again is to...

Hope someone can help me fix this annoying problem. At random times my computer freezes, requiring me to press the reboot problem. Looking in the event viewer, I have the following error: The COM+ Event System detected a bad return code during its internal processing. HRESULT was C0000005...

I am presuming this is a hardware error, but beyond that I have no idea. When playing games this happens randomly. Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal stop: 0x000000D1 (0x61D000B2, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF921F317) USBPORT.SYS address: F921F317 base at F9219000 Anyone know what the problem...

I know it is possible to share internet, printers, etc, but is there a way to utilize the graphics card on the main pc? i.e. main pc has 128mb card, remote pc has 32mb card. Using remote desktop to connect from remote pc to main pc and then remote pc uses the hardware of the main pc

This isn't a serious problem, but a little bit annoying. I am using windows xp pro +sp2. Google is set up as my default search engine. When searching via google(for lotus, example) , it shows the results almost immediately, but if I do a search using the address bar, it tries to load...

Can anyone tell me how to fix this colour problem I have when viewing avi/mpg or dvd's? Tried using different players, but still have same graphical problem.

How will I know if all my current software/games will work on Linux? Is there a website wiht a list of what will not work on Linux Many thanks for your info

When i boot my computer up, everytime it gets to the desktop it pops up an error window, saying along the lines of....Isasss.exe has encounted a problem and will be closed. What is this file for? Done a search and some people claim it is a virus, while others say it isn't Any help would...

I have 2*256 mb 184-pin DIMM DDR PC2100. Looking to upgrade, but I have seen some memory that says 266mhz. How do I know if this will work in my pc?

If a game has online multiplayer capabilities, but no option for IP address, is there a way to play it via IP address? Reason I ask is I have a few friends who on Saturday evening usually have an online game via Ip address, and I have just got Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth, that...

I didnt know where to post this,so I thought i would try here. I have my pc networked to a second pc, via network cards, on broadband. Randomly, my computer will lost internet access (web pages will not load), msn messenger will not connect, and forte agent will not connect, but ms outlook...

I have just downloaded something off the net that looks similar to a bin and cue file, but they are called mdi and mdf. What are these? Are they for a PC or MAC? How do I burn them to a disc (Nero doesnt recognise the format) Many thanks for your help

I have a webcam that appears fine in device manager, but does not show up in My Computer. I know it works, as I have tested it on Windows messenger and Yahoo. I want to use it, to take some photos in my room, but as it is not listed under My Computer, i cannot do this. Any help would be...

On the start menu, you have 'my pictures','my music' & 'my documents'. Is it possible to include 'My Videos' (created when you first run Windows Movie Maker)? Many thanks

I have the following McAfee programs: SpamKiller v5 Personal Firewall Plus v 5 VirusScan v8 They are currently installed on C drive. I want to move them to D drive, wihtout uninstalling (doesnt work anyway, keeps installing by default to c drive) How do I do this? Many thanks for...

I am looking to get broadband in the UK. If I get broadband, can I plug a 56k modem into the telephone socket and get broadband and dial-up on different ISP's.? The reason I ask is my brother has an old machine (486), cannot upgrade it as no spare slots, and he cannot afford a new computer. I...

On the welcome screen after entering my password, text appears telling me what it is doing. i.e. play login sound, execute ....... How do I hide this information? Many thanks for your help

I am looking for a world clock that will show more than one timezone at a time, that does not take up to much room. And I would like it to look something similar to rainlendar Does anyone know of any software out there like this? Many thanks

I have an intel CS331 webcam, windows xp pro, and latest version of yahoo. When i run yahoo and start up webcam, it will run for about 5-10 seconds, then the image will freeze for about 5 minutes, then unfreeze and run fine, until i shut it down and start it up again. Any suggestions...

I have office xp installed, and have had to manually install the service pack. All the office programs says that the service pack is installed, but when i go onto the office update site, it tells me it is not installed. I have tried un-installing office and re-installing along with service...