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    Print dialog problem

    I need some assistance in fixing a problem with the print dialog box. From any application on my wife's PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) when we try to print using ctrl-P and bring up the print dialog, the list of printers automatically scrolls to the last printer in the list. If you click the...
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    Problem with BSOD "Page fault in non-paged area".

    My wife's computer started acting up today and I'm looking for some advice. I built us two very similar machines and mine isn't having any issues. We both have the same motherboard, graphics card, memory, etc. The only differences are the sound cards and the size of the hard drives. Today...
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    Looking for assistance with a weird problem

    I am trying to resolve a weird problem on my parents' PC. I gave them an older desktop PC this summer running XP Pro SP3 with the latest updates applied around July 5th. The PC has a Asus MB and one of the 1st-gen dual-core Pentiums (a 32 bit model). They discovered a problem, after a few...
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    Problem with an Access database in Windows 7

    I recently upgraded from Windows XP (32-bit) to Windows 7 (64-bit) and am having problem with an Access database. I use a shareware program called SlowGold (to slow down musical passages without changing the pitch). SlowGold stores info in an Access database. When you install Slowgold, it...
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    Rewriteble CD's & DVD's

    I just upgraded my system from XP to Windows 7 64-bit and am looking for info about the feature in 7 that allows CD and DVD R/W discs to be treated like a USB flash drive. I am able to drag and drop files and directories from Windows Explorer onto the DVD burner drive and this works just fine...
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    LCD problem on a Dell M1330

    My daughters M1330 laptop is having a problem with the LCD display. The picture is clear for about 5 minutes or so and then it starts displaying vertical lines (various colors) where you can no longer see the desktop. When the vertical lines appear, there is a black band about 1.5 inches wide...
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    Page fault in non-pageable area

    I need help in recovering my system. Last week it started crashing occasionally, mostly when I was trying to write to a DVD/RW using Nero's InCD. A few times I was surfing the net when it happened. The BSOD appears only long enough for me to read something like "page fault in non-pageable...
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    Need help in making a movie

    I am looking to make a DVD movie out of clips taken with my digital camera. The clips are of my grandson from a few hours after his birth to the present. I have Nero 8 and Windows Movie Maker but can't get either program to do what I want. Thus, the purpose of this thread. I would like to...
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    Fixed Problem accessing certain forum posts

    I just tried to access the forum post "China convicts 11 on software piracy" by clicking on the link on the main page and get the following: SysProg, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient...
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    Looking for info on SupremeFX II audio card

    I'm looking to purchase an Asus P5E motherboard and have a question about the SupremeFX II audio card that ships with it. Is it possible to connect the front panel audio jacks to the SupremeFX II or the P5E? I have an Antec Nine Hundred case. I downloaded the manual for the P5E and couldn't...
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    Need advice on a new system

    I have decided to build a new machine and immediately thought about getting advice from the OSNN members.:) The new machine is for my wife who is a gamer - though not to the level of most gamers (Sims2 & World of Warcraft). I have decided to not be cutting edge on much of anything other than...
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    Launching programs causes Windows Installer to launch as well

    I just finished upgrading to the latest release of SlowGold. I uninstalled the old version using Add Remove Programs, then deleted the SlowGold2002 folder from My Programs, and installed the new version. Now when I launch SlowGold, Windows Installer launches for Roxio, and other programs...
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    Slowwww performance from SATA drive

    I hope this is the correct Forum for this thread. :nervous: I built a new PC for my wife back in September, 2005, and the time it takes to boot up is driving me nuts. It takes it over 2 and a half minutes to complete booting XP after pressing the power switch. The system specs are...
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    Norton Internet Security problems

    I am looking to see if anyone besides myself has a new problem with Norton Internet Security. I have a broadband connection and am online daily with my desktop machine. On Saturday, April 9th, I was on and said ok to the LiveUpdate prompt. The update advised that I reboot to get all of the...
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    Can't access workgroup after latest patches

    Yesterday, I allowed Windows Update to install the latest 10 patches issued by Microsoft on my wife's and my computer. I am running a wireless network (Linksys WRT54G and Linksys WMP54G adapters) which has been working for over a year now. She tried to access the shared folders on my...
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    How do you uninstall a printer driver (Lexmark)?

    I have what appears to be a corrupt printer driver installed on an XP Home system. How can I uninstall it short of reformatting the drive and starting over? My daughter has a Lexmark Z705 Inkjet attached to a new eMachine (I know - first mistake ;) ) that is running XP Home. When I...
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    Dial-Up Problem with Extra!

    I rebuilt my system this past weekend in order to eliminate Windows ME (dual-boot configuration) and the partition it was on. I've reinstalled all of the software that was running under XP and have encountered a problem. I also implemented NTFS while I was at it. I have an ISP account that...
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    What to do if you forget the XP logon password?

    :confused: I hope this question hasn't been addressed already as I searched the forums and didn't find anything about it. A friend phoned me last night because XP Pro was prompting him to change his password at boot-up time. The problem is that he doesn't remember the password he put in...
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    Web site email

    FYI - A couple of days ago I used the "Contact Us" link to send an email to the XP_erience webmaster and I am getting this back from my companies email server: Your message has been delayed and is still awaiting delivery to the following recipient(s): webmaster@www.xp-erience.org Message...
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