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Hello,

I have a friend who is having a very strange problem where when connected from my house dial dial-up internet to her ISP, she can send/RECEIVE e-mail fine through the online hotmail website interface.

When she gets home and connects her telephone line into the computer and connects to the ISP, she gets connected and cant send or receive e-mail through her hotmail account and instead gets this strange error code of ox80004004

From both my house and hers, the connection is to the same ISP and same dial-up ISP phone number, with no changes.

I am totally stumped on this one, since I cant imagine what could be causing this problem, yet something is causing it

She can navigate to other websites etc with no problems, its just Hotmail for some reason. I have had her bring her system over numerous times to troubleshoot and she even spent $200 at a local computer shop to have them look it over and have her buy and install Norton Internet SECURITY. After the $200 she still has the same problem. Where it works from my home and not hers for just this one web application interface to Hotmail.

Figured I would post the message her first to see if anyone ELSE has had a similar problem with dial-up. Also going to contact Hotmail since they should be able to tell me what the error code of ox80004004 means hopefully.

Thanks,

DaveQuote

error code of ox80004004

please HELP with this question above. I have a compaq presario 5184,AMD-K6 3D PROCESSOR,380MHz,188mb ram.windows xp PROFESSIONAL version 2002. I bought this COMPUTER from a friend{it is not REGISTERED to me}

Is there any WAY to HIDE any Data in a CD or DVD ? The Data should not be shown in My Computer.Welcome ABOARD

If it's CD RW, or DVD RW, yes.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/freehidefolder.html

Hi everyone, I'm using a ADOBE Reader 7.0, and i frequently receive PDF file, of which some need editing, i would like to find ou is there any way to convert PDF files to Word DOCUMENT? If so what can i use and how do i go about?

i would relay appreciate if there is a solution for this, for it will make my work allot easier.1. Purchase adobe ACROBAT
2. use a freeware utility like http://www.pdf995.com/

D.
When you open the file in adobe acrobat go to file save as text then save the file where you want. The file will be in .txt. Right click the txt file and click properties. Choose what program you want the file to open up to then edit the file.Quote from: hardradio on November 20, 2007, 11:45:28 AM

1. Purchase adobe acrobat
2. use a freeware utility like http://www.pdf995.com/

If columized you must mark 1 colum at a time and right click copy.

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, I wasn't sure where to put it.

I am looking for a software package that will scan a folder and email the contents to 1 or more people based on some kind of TOKEN or "kicker" file?

Anyone come across SOMETHING like that I WOULD APPRECIATE a recomendation.

Ken

I've been having some trouble with a video game on my computer so I went to reinstall it but I can't seem to uninstall the game in the usual way. I go to Add or Remove Programs and when I hit the Change/Remove button it says that the game cannot be uninstalled until the expansion packs have been uninstalled, however all the expansion pack are uninstalled. When I put the CD in nothing HAPPENS and it refuses to work saying that the files have been moved or corrupted. Is there an alternate way to uninstall or remove this game? My OS is Windows XP and the offending game is The Sims 2. Also, I don't know if it matters but when I was done uninstalling the expansion packs the files were still on my computer and I had to delete them. I also tried system restore but that didn't help.

Thanks to anyone who can help in advance.Welcome aboard

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I don't know if it matters but when I was done uninstalling the expansion packs the files were still on my computer and I had to delete them.

Try to install game one more time, like nothing happened, THEN uninstall expansion pack, first (don't delete any files yourself), and the game, next.

Also what do you mean by "try to install game one more time"? Part of my problem is that I can't do that.

Start installing your game like it doesn't exist on your computer.

and click The Sims 2 icon in the E

I have a Toshiba Satilite LAPTOP and whenever I go to watch music videos from yahoo or anything like that. I cant get sound. But yet if I PUT in a movie or something then i do have sound. And when I play my music from Media Player i have sound. I looked in my device manager and everything is working properly.

Any ideas?

thnxWhat Windows version? What browser? Did you try another browser?Media Center Edition. I use IE7. It worked up until about a month AGO. I cant get sound with any browser or media player on videos. On my music files ...i can though. OddWindows XP, maybe?
Are you current with Windows updates?XP, yes. and yes. I have the latest updates. Maybe I dont have up to date shockwave player or something.The best way to eliminate some options, is to install Firefox, and see if same thing happens.I do have Firefox. But the not all of the problems lie within Internet Browsers. I cannot get my videos to play sound with Windows Media Player or WinDVD unless its running off of a DVD or USB or something. Oh, so if you have video downloaded to your HD, it won't play sound, right?

Try downloading these CODECS:
http://www.free-codecs.com/XP_Codec_Pack_download.htm

Hi All,
I have started to do a reboot with the 3 home made master discs.
Disc 1 has loaded ok.
Disc 2 has stopped near the finish and states;
Device error code: 7696
DOS error code : 11
Read fault.

Disc 2 has been scratched on the TOP taken some of the silver coating off, possibly this is the cause.
Can I download a master disc from the PB website
.For free
.On to a pc that is not the one I am trying to boot
. or another SITE

:Or just some info would be helpful.

Cheers
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Can I download a master disc from the PB website
.For free

.On to a pc that is not the one I am trying to boot

. or another site

Device error code: 7696
DOS error code : 11
Read fault.

Disc 2 has been scratched on the top taken some of the silver coating off, possibly this is the cause.

Is there any easy way to convert mp4 EXTENSION files to mp3 to use in a specific program. mp4 is a video file, mp3 is a SOUND file, so there is nothing to convert.The problem is i use to play the mp3 file on a specific program and now that program doesnt play these file because they somehow changed to mp4I'm not sure, if I understand...
You had a file: xxxx.mp3, and next time, you LOOK at that file it READS: xxxx.mp4?I accidently used a program that changed the file extension Can you accidently use the program to change them back or does it not include this feature ?What program?I need a free program that will convert a lot of files back from mp4 to mp3Quote

Can you accidently use the program

mp4 is a video file, mp3 is a sound file, so there is nothing to convert.

protect music converter but it is to slow while converting it has limitations

having TROUBLE installing directx_nov2007_redist.exe

[11/07/07 21:17:59] module: dsetup32(Oct 22 2007), file: setup.cpp, line: 6142, function: CSetup::DoPostCopy

Installation of 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DirectX\DX6.tmp\dxntunp.inf - [WINXP_MIGRATION]' failed

any ideas??

System:
Micrsoft Windows XP Professional
version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600

Computer:
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz

Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.27GBBefore you try to resolve anything, go ahead, and install SP2.ok im a little more up to date i just installed this version of windows i was on Ubuntu but i came back to windblowz for my gaming needs. Still having same prob?
Uninstall DirectX, using this:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/DirectX-Eradicator.shtml
and then, install the newest version.ok thanks for your HELP i removed Directx but im still having problems
From DXError.log:
i have redownloaded TWICE from two sources both directx_nov2007_redist.exe
i havent validated this version of windows it is installed from a copy i did pay for tho that is why im using the redist

--------------------
[11/08/07 12:34:25] module: dxupdate(Oct 22 2007), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 2046, function: ExecuteInf

Failed API:SetupInstallFromInfSection()
Error:(5) - Access is denied.



Unable to install C:\WINDOWS\System32\DirectX\DX213.tmp\d3dx9_25_x86.inf:[x86_Install]. The file may be damaged.

--------------------
[11/08/07 12:34:25] module: dxupdate(Oct 22 2007), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 5847, function: DirectXUpdateInstallPlugIn

ExecuteInf() failed.

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[11/08/07 12:34:25] module: dsetup32(Oct 22 2007), file: dxupdate.cpp, line: 280, function: CSetup::InstallPlugIn

DirectXUpdateInstallPlugIn() failed.

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[11/08/07 12:34:25] module: dsetup32(Oct 22 2007), file: setup.cpp, line: 1701, function: CSetup::SetupForDirectX

InstallPlugIn() failed.


also for some reason system32 was read only and hidden kinda "cloaked" but i found a work around http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256614/en-us but it didnt help with the directx probQuote

i havent validated this version of windows

Ok here is the DEAL! My wife had outlook working and then she deleted a program that she need for work. I reinstalled it with a newer version of office. The program worked and so did outlook. The next day she rebooted and outlook doesn't work anymore?? I went back to a restore point I set up ealier and no hope. So is there anyone that can help me.

Also when we try and open outlook she gets Microsoft EXCHANGE unavailable
I set up the account with exchange server and the right name but NO luck what so ever. toao starting multiple topics on the same issue in different Boards is just confusing MATTERS and doesn't result in FASTER solutions...

This isn't the first TIME.

Hello, I'm helping my mom reinstall Windows (XP SP2) so I backed up her Outlook 2003 stuff by using the export wizard to backup everything to a .pst file. Trouble is, when I import it, almost everything shows up, but not all. Specifically, some e-mail addresses in the CONTACTS are missing, along with some CATEGORIES she had assigned. Any IDEAS what could be WRONG?

Hi everyone. First, my english is not so good.
Before two days i set password on my windows, but i forget it. And now i can't log on in to windows. What can i do? PLEASE HELP ME. try this, reboot your PC and as SOON as it starts to reboot start pressing F12 you should come to a screen that gives you mulitpe otipns on how to start up. Go ahead and start up in safe mode, it might take awhile to come up becasue it has to go thru its process. When it finally comes up you should have two OPTIONS to login with
1.ADMIN
2.your user name
click on the admin name and it should let you right in.
now to fix your password got to -> start>CONTROL panel>users accounts>click on your name and reset your password.

When done kust reboot normally and try to login.Restart your computer and KEEP tapping F8.
Choose Safe Mode.

Logon with the inbuilt administrator account.
Click on Start, Run and type in control userpasswords2
Choose your user account.
Click on Reset Password...
Type in your NEW password.

Dell Dimension 8400 Pentium 4 3 Gig HZ,
76.1 Gig HD (18.8 Gig Free Space); 1.5 Gig RAM
XP Pro Ver 2002 SP2
Office 2002 for Students and Teachers will current updates.

My outlook stopped functioning. It attempted to OPEN and then showed the message that “it was closed improperly and that the Personal Folder was being checked” (a CHECKING process with progress bar stared and completed) then the archive file was checked. It then opened briefly and then closed.
Repeated attempts were the same. Many re-boots didn’t help and then I also tried starting in Safe Mode. Also, did not help. I ran the MS Office FIX and repair, on Excel, because I couldn’t open Outlook to run it on it, hoping it would correct any office file error. It completed successfully, however, w/o fixing the problem.

Your advice would very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Ray
Welcome ABOARD
Totally uninstall M$ Office.
After that, make sure, you delete Micro$OFT Office folder from C:\Program Files.
Reinstall Office.

Running Windows Vista:

Recently, ITUNES stopped playing my library. When I click to PLAY, it literally does nothing. INITIALLY believing that the problem lied within the itunes program, I followed all of the suggested directions provided by Apple on the support website, including several updates, plug-in alterations, and re-installations. Of course, this still did not solve my problem. A similar error occurred when I tried listening to my music through windows media PLAYER. This time a message popped up that read:

"Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct."

Both of these programs worked perfectly before, and I feel that these problems are related.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have some advanced knowledge of computers, and this makes this even more frustrating for me. Have you recently installed AIM6?
http://help.lockergnome.com/vista/Windows-Media-Player-Access-File-ftopict59882.html

is there any software that will ALLOW me to burn a dvd movie disk with more then 120 MIN of video that will play in a STANDARD dvd player?
I have several videos that together are less then 4.3 gig but are over 8 eight hours, is there any way to do this?
thanksWelcome aboard
BETTER burning softwares will ask you for next DVD, when you run out of space on the first one.
I know, Roxio does. Many people use CDBurnerXP, but I don't know, if it has that option, so you may want to wait for someone else to TELL you.DVD Shrink ? ?

After installing my copy of Office 2003(Student & Teacher Edition) on a second COMPUTER I get a window with the message:

"WINWORD EXE - APPLICATION ERROR
The application failed to initialze properly(0xc0150002). Click on OK to terminate the application."

I've tried uninstalling, then reinstalling, but continue getting this same error message. It seems like Office is installing OK, just won't open. Hints?
tnx,
fcrUninstall Office.
After you're done, make sure you delete Microsoft Office folder from C:\Program Files.
Reinstall.
Make sure, you apply all Office updates.Broni to the RESCUE again! THANKS, I'll give this a try.
tnx,
fcr

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Nighttrain Entertainment
http://forrestrosaire.com
Bring me good news Did a full uninstall, including any traces in the program files, reinstalled and got the same error message. Not sure why, so I installed an old ver. of MSworks and it did ok. I needed a word processor on this other PC and I guess MSworks will have to be it, for now.
tnx again,
Forrest

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Nighttrain Entertainment
http://forrestrosaire.comYou can also try OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org). It's free, and it does exactly what M$ Office does. Any M$ documents will open in OpenOffice.From Microsoft: You receive a "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)" error message when you start an Office 2003 program on a Windows XP Professional-based computer. Apparently, this article was WRITTEN before SP2 for Win XP was released, since it advises reinstalling Windows XP SP1a. That would make me wonder whether you substitute SP2 for SP1a; in other words, reinstall SP2.

Are you running Win XP with SP2 now?

Another word processor option, if you can't get Office working, is AbiWord. It will read Word documents. After the MSOffice 2003 install I was running SP2 with XP, then I downloaded SP3, still got the same error msg. Thanks for the tips re. word processors, OpenOffice looks pretty good.
tnx,
Forrest
I use Open Office, as well, and I'm happy with it.

I have searched the web, and tried many different TV tuning utils on this old TV tuner card i have, but i have yet to find one that works with it.

I do not know anything about the card other than the fact that it is some Conexant card with the BT848 (brooktree) chipset, and some phillips tuner with a cable in/out, and a composite/s-video in, the composite and s-video work, so i know that either the tuner its self is bad, or the software i am using is not compatible, i tested the composite and S-video with this cheap durabrand dvd player that was laying in the living room, and, to prevent someone ASKING what i am SURE would've been the first question, yes, the cable is connected to the cable in jack, and it is functional, cable signal is crystal clear with two TV's. i have tried several, one being ChrisTV, i do not REMEMBER the half dozen others i have tested, but, post any you can find that may work with the BT848 chipset and that can actually tune channels rather than just view the static of channel 1.

EDIT: the tuner is from '96, if it helps, i pulled it out of an old gateway, i think it was a P5-266 or something, i know it was PX-266, X being the unknown number.How about this source? Did you try them? See WDM Video Capture Driver for Bt848 / Bt849 / Bt878 & Bt879 Chipsets.

BTW, Dead_Reckon, your avatar is a whopping 80 times larger file than necessary. Let's do the world a favor and tame that 198309 BYTES monster. Here's an optimized edition (attached), weighing in at 2,451 bytes; please use it.

[getting disk space - attachment deleted by admin]Nicely Done...as usual Soybean !Quote from: soybean on November 10, 2007, 09:06:23 AM

How about this source? Did you try them? See WDM Video Capture Driver for Bt848 / Bt849 / Bt878 & Bt879 Chipsets.

BTW, Dead_Reckon, your avatar is a whopping 80 times larger file than necessary. Let's do the world a favor and tame that 198309 bytes monster. Here's an optimized edition (attached), weighing in at 2,451 bytes; please use it.

My four year old somehow made the frame around my MS Paint window disappear (Including the tools buttons and sliders) and I can't FIGURE out how to bring it back. Anyone have any ideas?Try this. Go to Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, and click on the button on the left side of the panel, titled Add/Remove Windows Components. Select Accessories and Utilities, and click on Details (button). Select Accessories and click on Details. Uncheck Paint and click OK. Close these panels, going back to Control Panel. Then, reverse the procedure, adding Paint back to your system.

Did that work?Quote from: bioed on November 03, 2007, 09:09:45 PM

My four year old somehow made the frame around my MS Paint window disappear (Including the tools buttons and sliders) and I can't figure out how to bring it back. Anyone have any ideas?

... an idea that was related, but not exactly suggested came to my husband.

The window reappeared as it should have been.

Thanks for taking the time to help!!

PFS First Choice was a very popular DOS based program back in the 80's and 90's. I still use it. It is much like Microsoft OFFICE in that it has separate 'modules' for word processing, databases, spreadsheets. I know many people are still using it and I also know many people have run into a BRICK wall when trying to use it with XP. I have the solution.

While First Choice will run just fine under Windows 98, when you try to install it in XP it will install and run, but it will be in a small window that cannot be maximized. I have heard that some USERS of early vcersions of XP could not get it to run at all.

I discovered that you can make th program expand to full screen mode by simply hitting "ALT" and "ENTER" key simultaneously.

If there seems to be a problem getting it to run at all, I would suggest RUNNING the Windows XP "Compatibility Wizard" and it should run just fine.You sure are having ALOT of fun with the Compatibility Wizard...

Someone still using PFS First Choice!! MS-Dos did not die it just came back from holiday

I just upgraded to Windows XP from 98SE and found that my favorite graphics program, Corel Print House (and Photohouse) would not run properly under XP.
During installation, I GOT an error message saying to contact Corel to OBTAIN new drivers.

I called Corel and the idiots refused at first to even ADMIT that they had ever sold
the program. I finally got hold of a supervisor in "support" (HA !) to admit that while, yes, they did MAKE the program they were no longer supporting it in ANY way shape or form. Thanks Corel! (Guess what the chances of my ever buying ANY Corel program now are?)

Well, I did a LITTLE experimenting and found that by running the Windows XP "Compatibility Wizard", I could get that program up and running just fine !!!

Hope this helps someone who likes the program as much as I do.Glad you got it running...and SHAME on Corel.Nice job

Hi, I would like to know if VirtualDub can convert .mkv files to .AVI files, if not, can someone suggest to me a converter that can?, Thanks in advance =)HTTP://sourceforge.net/projects/alltoavi/

???PATIO, there weren't any BIOS changes, the FIGURE has always been set to 16MB. I experimentally changed it after all else had failed.

try to send DOCUMENT from MICROSOFT word and an error MESSAGE comes up says the host could not me found helpWelcome aboard
What WINDOWS version, what Office version?
EXACT error message, please.

Tiger direct has windows xp pro-oem w/sp2 for sale for something like $139.00 . It sounds like a good deal but what does the oem stand for and why no upgrades from MSOEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer.

That simply means that it is the version sold to equitment manufacturers like Dell, HP, ETC.

So OEM is usually the "preinstalled" version of windows that you get when you buy a new computer with OS already included.

And the thing about OEMs, the last time I CHECKED, was that it comes with no technical support from microsoft and OEM's might be less expensive than RETAIL because OEM's might not be PACKAGED with the same stuff that retails COME with, like the pretty boxes and things like that.

However, if you get OEM windows xp and retail windows xp, you will see absolutely no difference in the main product. So windows is still windows guaranteed.Thanks for explaining this to me .Your Welcome.

But if you are wondering, you can still get all the updates that microsoft gives you from the windows update. That has nothing to do with OEM.

Something strange has happened to my Outlook Express program - after a few YEARS of normal operation it now has a strange way of showing messages and I can't return it to default.

When I click on a message to view its contents, the new wondow showing the contents is only small (about 1/4 the size of a normal one) and can't really be read sensibly, so the first thing I ALWAYS have to do is maximise it to read.

I suspect someone has accidentally pressed some secret key combination (CTRL/SHIFT/something) that has changed its default setup, and it's REALLY IRRITATING.

I'm using Outlook Express 6.00 on a Windows XP Home system. Any suggestions for a solution would be appreciated.
Try this.
Hover your mouse over new message window border/corner, until it changes to double arrow. Click, hold, and DRAG borders to the size, you like.
Hold CTRL key, and close that window. Reopen. Is it in right size now?
Ultimately, right click on OE icon, go Properties>Shortcut tab
At Shortcut key choose "Maximized" from drop-down menu.Thank you VERY much. That worked fine and things are back to normal!!
You're welcome
Which way did you go?

I'm downloading torrents and converting to DVD via "Nero 7"

"Xvid" converts fine but ....
On "X264" downloads when i go to convert, i get the following,

"Program:C\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Nero Vision\ NeroVision.exe"

followed by........

"This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way"

I've contacted Nero and their advice was to remove Nero 7 from the computer and reinstall, which was done a number of times with no success

any HELP would be very much appriciated, its getting very frustrating as most of the good stuff seems to be in the X264 format Welcome aboard

What is the original movie file extension?Quote from: Broni

What is the original movie file extension?

It must be some fake file.
File extension (.xxx) can be only THREE letters, or less.
I'd just get rid of it.

when the file extension is "Xvid" it works fine

I'm running the latest version for the Windows XP SP2 version of Thunderbird. I also have the latest updates for the extensions mentioned.

I've been running TB with three email addresses for a while now. All of a sudden, however, I am having difficulty with my Hotmail email:





In spite of my attempts, I cannot GET mail to SEND or receive through Hotmail. All my settings are where they should be; I didn't touch them. I've looked online, and I've tried setting Hotmail to WebDav, and both the old and new Hotmail Live settings. Nothing is changing it. I can access Hotmail through a browser, but it's impossible to do anything with TB.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Have you installed the Hotmail extension for Webmail?Yes, I have, and it's fully up to date.Hmmm, that's strange. I can't receive e-mail either.Right. As I said, though, my other Email addresses work just fine. If we exclude Hotmail being down, which happens, then you have to double check your Hotmail Server Settings.
I had similar problems with Gmail, and what worked for me was this:
- INCOMING mail port: 995, security set to SSL
- outgoing mail port: 587, security set to TLSThat doesn't solve it, I'm afraid.



I've reset the ports to 110 and 25, and security at None. It may be that the server is having trouble, but I don't think that's the case, because I can access my email with the browser; it's just TB giving me trouble.I don't think, web based email will work in Thunderbird with security set to NONE.Quote

I've reset the ports to 110 and 25

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I've reset the ports to 110 and 25

I'm pretty sure, port 110 won't work.

I'm running the latest version for the Windows XP SP2 version of Thunderbird. I also have the latest updates for the extensions mentioned.

I've been running TB with three email addresses for a while now. All of a sudden, however, I am having difficulty with my Hotmail email:
...
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

I have just assembled a new PC and just started with the Windows XP install, but I noticed as my clean machine is booting up, it does the typical scrolling the pauses with the following message: "PRESS F1 to continue or DEL to enter SETUP". I want my machine to boot all the way to WINDOWS. What did i do wrong in CMOS? Anyone got a fix for me?

Thanks,

Howard

[emailprotected]

EMail addy removed to prevent SpamFirst, never post your email address in a public forum unless you enjoy spam.

If you press F1, does the COMPUTER then successfully bootup?GENERALLY, you can just go into and out of the BIOS and default settings will work. If they don't, adjust them to suit your NEEDS and then you'll be able to boot from the CD (remember to make the CD your first boot device). This happens with some new PC's on the first time you boot them.

-Stephen

I have been searching all over the internet for a PDF PREVIEWER that works with XP and Outlook 2007. I KNOW ONE exists for Vista and Outlook 2007. COULD someone point me in the right direction?

ThanksFoxit

Select the Free one...best out there.

I system restored my laptop to original settings yesterday and tried to download some of the applications I was using before such as winrar, windows media player, itunes and other bits and BOBS. I am usin firefox and when they download they come up in the download box but only as a white window with the blue bar across the top not the icon which I am downloading (which used to happen).

Once they download I try to run them to install the program and have received a number of error messages including ''incorrect parameter'' ''only part of the readprocessmemory...'' and ''the application is not win32''

What is missing which allows the installation to take place or how can I fix this?

Many thanks in advance

2020Much more info on the machine, OS and what happened that REQUIRED a restore and someone will be along shortly...OS NameMicrosoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS ManufacturerMicrosoft Corporation
System Name
System ManufacturerNEC Computers International
System ModelEASYNOTE PB20Q00201
System TypeX86-based PC
Processorx86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1395 Mhz
BIOS Version/DatePhoenix Technologies LTD 3A18, 22/10/2004
SMBIOS Version2.31
Windows DirectoryC:\WINDOWS
System DirectoryC:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device\Device\HarddiskVolume2
LocaleUnited Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction LayerVersion = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name
Time ZoneGMT STANDARD Time
Total Physical Memory512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory86.38 MB
Total Virtual Memory2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory1.96 GB
Page File Space843.82 MB
Page FileC:\pagefile.sys


Packard Bell A7145 Notebook

Basically ran out of memory, was full of music, games and general RUBBISH I didn't use any more. Sound had disappeared and was running slowly so decided to start again.Did you do a System Restore to an earlier date or an OEM restore with the laptop CD ? ?
How much free space is on that hard drive ? ?No cd just a complete system restore from the laptop, and not to a prior date. I have 23.5GB of free space before it was down to 2GB that is why I decided restore to factory settings without saving any data.Letting a HDD get below 10% free space will always cause problems because it struggles so hard to find data and drives actually use certain empty space to keep things running...

Are you saying you restored from a partition on the laptop ? ?
I'm confused so bear with me...

The messages you are getting sound like driver issues combined with operating system woes as well.

Not to be a pain but let us know exactly how you performed the restore and double check in the meantime if you have a CD that would have come with the laptop that's labelled Driver CD...

Actually list all the CD's you have from the laptop and what they are labelled as.I received no CD's with the laptop, when I started the laptop I F11ed and completed a full system restore, as windows and the hardware such as cd writer, DVD player and such are all pre-installed on the laptop.

Basically I have returned the computer to its original state from a built in restore not a cd although I guess this would do the same job.

I'm just not sure why the error messages pop up whenever I download authentic software from the internet to install on my laptop as I did before with no problems, I guess it could be something to do with the installer or a drive as after searching some error messages they seem to come up normally when trying to install from a CD although I am not doing this.Gotcha...and thanx for clairifying that...
Travel Here and run this utility and see if things improve.
If not let us know ...there are a few other things we can try.

anyone can send me a free manual for this mother board.. please send me or give me any link for it..


ASUS CUSC S370 TULATIN TRIOPTIX TERMINATOR MB R1.05

that is the model of the req. motherboard.. i need the manual of it.. please if anyone KNOW where i can find the free manual for this .. RPLY me.. thnxThere are a few different models in the terminator series that all use that board. Go to here:
http://www.asus.com/search.aspx?searchitem=1&searchkey=TERMINATOR

And click dowload on the one that is yours. Then you can expand what categories you wish to have a look at and read the instructions for. You could always just use Google to find the exact same thing in FUTURE

-StephenYou might try here .......

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
Use the search box ............ put in S370 click search and there it is .


dl65 That works too Funny, the search for it works there, however, on the rest of the site, I tried each of those keywords individually and none of them worked except for TERMINATOR. Ah WELL.

-Stephenthnx guys i will try if i can find the

CUCS rev.1.05 model of that board.. my instructor told our us to bring the manual of that kind of board ..

cant find the CUSC.. but i can find only CUSCL2-C

is it the same? he req.. a CUSC rv. 1.05

help me pls All the MOTHERBOARDS in the terminator series are the one that you wanted. And if your instructor wants you to bring yours to class, he should have given you one already shouldn't he? Have you lost yours or something? But yeah, the ones I gave you the link to should be your board, and I'm assuming dl65's would be as well.

I WANT VM software I want a new convertible...
And a 4 MONTH Vacation in Rio...QEMU Manager:
http://www.davereyn.co.uk/download.htm

Its FREE


-StephenAnd Virtual PC is free as well.It's used to make virtual PC's....

-STEPHEN

When a buddy of mine plays call of DUTY 4 he GETS into the game and it freezes his whole system Note: He can get on and play for 3 mins then the game freezes ...... the only thing he can do is restart punkbuster is fully updated , and he has all drivers installed for his hardware ...... we also cant get into to any servers without getting a message about the server timeing out we have to connect 20 to 30 times before the server will let us in ......

Any help please.....Before getting any further ...

please list computer specs. (i.e., windows type, amount of memory, graphics card used, etc)If i thought the issue was hardware i would of STATED it .....


Thanks anyway...

Quote from: TonyRichens on NOVEMBER 14, 2007, 12:54:02 PM

If i thought the issue was hardware i would of stated it .....


Thanks anyway...

Quote from: TonyRichens on November 14, 2007, 12:54:02 PM

If i thought the issue was hardware i would of stated it .....


Thanks anyway...

You do realise that if you want help, it pays to treat people nicely? A list of hardware really is required before we go any further, or a list of running software. But it could quite easily be some form of hardware issue that you don't know about. Considered that?

-Stephen

I recently purchased a Packard Bell Laptop which came with Norton Antivirus. I have found in the past that I hate Norton as everything seems to go so slowly. I then purchased MCAFEE and my problem is that I am worried about deleting Norton as it WARNS me it might make other programmes not work. Should I ignore this message and delete it ANYWAY and then use the McAfee. Sorry to sound so dumb but a bit of a techno-phobe ! Welcome aboard

In my opinion, both Norton, and McAfee are CRAPPY programs, but, if you decided to go with McAfee...
1. Create Restore POINT (what Windows version, btw?)
2. Use Norton Removal Tool: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
3. Install McAfee.Thank you so much for all your help. Alot faster now ! You're welcome What anti virus do you recomend?Free AVG is definitely the best one:
http://free.grisoft.com/

I have two problems concerning MS Paint.

The FIRST concerns auto-resizing when pasting. In older versions of Paint (2000 at least), whenever I pasted something from my clipboard that was larger than the current image's dimensions, I would get a prompt asking to ENLARGE the image to FIT the pasted object. This was useful when printscreening in ORDER to capture a small area (especially with two monitors). In Vista's Paint, however, the image is automatically resized and I have to tediously shrink down the image again.

The second problem is the text. In the 2000 Paint, the letters of all fonts would be monochrome, allowing easy recolouring and filling. On Vista, the letters have a grey/blended outline.

So my question is:

a) Is there a way to change either of these settings?

and b) If not, how would I go about getting an older version of MS Paint? Is it available online for free?I don't know whether you could INSTALL an older version of Paint, but I doubt it. You might try this alternative: Paint.net

How do I back up files from old computer (windows 98se) on a usb drive to tranfer to new computer (xp)?
Every time I PLUG in the usb drive in old computer, it WANTS to find a driver for it (ONLINE etc) but cannot!
Please help.Triple Post.
Topic Closed.
Please SEE your other POSTS for replies.

in my OFFICE morthan 10 computer it WORKS through server but one printer pluged on CLIENT side other computer shaired throuht this computerbecouse it has no NIC card . they use passwered to login in side server . but to protect protect pinstall and unistallation by USER i gave admin password then next day when they want to print impossibe so when i check it pringer not ready it says oppening . so when i logof the computer it will be ready then it start print what is the problem allways logoff when i want to print is there any option to avoid the problem plz tell me
i apriceat your help thanks.Your post is extremely hard to understand. That is probably why no one, including me, can reply.

Alan <><

Hi can anyone help with everest I've had problems fitting a gfx card and was ASKED what my motherboard name is, i downloaded everest but it gives a lot of INFO on computer but says my motherboard is unknown ?? is there another free prog out there that will help me out? Try Belarc Advisor. Did that do it?Looks like this is it: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k8-series/k8t890/Yes, you got the wrong card. I hope you haven't damaged the card and/or your PCI Express slot while TRYING to FIT the card. You're welcome. COME back anytime.

Hi I'm having trouble with my 'Volume Control' - I still have the icon in the bottom right corner of the task bar and it says its open in the normal taskbar but when i click it, it doesnt open properly. Same if i go through, Start > Access. > Ent. > Vol Control.




cheersDoes your system use onboard audio or an add-on sound card? Open Device Manager and expand the SECTION of Sound, video and game controllers. What's the exact title of your PCI Audio Device? If you double-click on it, does the Properties panel say it's working properly?I think it's onboard audio as it's a laptop.

The sound still works, but i can only adjust the volume up or down with my laptop controls. RATHER than all the other bits.

Nothing showing up on device manager.Quote from: Jimmy_el_Shoe on November 16, 2007, 10:40:09 AM

Nothing showing up on device manager.

It's not in the taskbar,

Please, please someone help me!

On Tuesday, 11/13/07, I was deeply engrossed in a paper I was editing—everything was going well and I was really appreciating Word 2007—when all of a sudden my system started shutting down. Long story short: apparently MS Automatic Update decided to reboot my computer. If there was any warning beforehand, I didn’t see it—like I said, I was deeply engrossed in this paper I had been working on for two hours.

When my system came back up, the paper I was working on wouldn’t reopen, nor would the automatically saved copy. I got “file corrupted-cannot open” error messages on both until I gave up and deleted both of them thinking I would get another copy from the email I had originally received it in and start over. Didn’t work. When I attempted to open ATTACHED file (in email) Word would open a blank page. Tried this several times with the same result. Never was able to re-access that paper.
But then, things got worse:

1. I lost the ability to highlight text or to have any other interaction within a document other than typing letters or deleting by backspacing in a new document. If I open a previous document, I cannot access it at all. I cannot move the cursor or really do anything else. The mouse (either the cordless or the touchpad) has no effect within a document, although it works normally within the ribbons and menus. After running diagnostics and repair and multiple reboots, I am now able to use these functions within a document in safe MODE.

2.Whenever I attempt to exit from Word, in whichever method, I get the message “Microsoft Office Word has stopped working, Microsoft is searching for a solution to the problem” followed by “Microsoft Office Word is restarting.” After it restarts and I try to re-exit it goes to “Microsoft Office Word has stopped working, a problem caused the program to stop working CORRECTLY. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available” and it offers a “Close Program” button that works. Not a problem in safe mode.

3.In the course of trying to troubleshoot problem number 2, I was directed to go to Word Options, which I did and discovered that I could not access the options with either my mouse or keyboard. I could not highlight to click on them. In the safe mode, I was able to highlight some of them (Customize, Add-ins and Resources) with the arrow keys, but not the rest.

I sure hope someone can help me. I have spent many hours over the past two days trying to help myself and have not been successful.

I have opted out of Automatic Update. From now on Windows will have to ask me before downloading or installing updates. Too late to save myself this hassle though

HP Pavilion dv9000t laptop
Intel Core 2 CPU 2.00 Ghz
RAM: 2046
200 Gig HD
Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit
(I have the Windows Vista CD that came with the computer. Windows was preinstalled.)
MS Office Home and Student 2007 (Trial version was preinstalled. I have the CD that I bought separately and used the key from)
Norton Internet Security 2007
SnagIt
IE 7
Logitech SetPoint for cordless mouse

Thanks
Microsoft update always create a system restore point before installing updates. So try using system restore with the system restore point that says "Install Windows Update" or something similar.

See if that fixes your problem. And I would NOT install every single update microsoft provides, as some may be updates for software you don't use. But I would install all the important updates.elxr06,

Thanks for your reply. I did try restoring to pre-update restore points. No change. But please keep thinking and thank you, again.

PerelandraUpdate:

Day 3:

I checked this site and another I posted on to see if anyone had an answer for me. Nothing helpful. One person had a shared experience. Another person made a suggestion (appreciated) that I had already tried.

Feeling somewhat despairing, I opened Word for the gazillionth time since this all started and Lo…I felt like the shoemaker the MORNING after the elves made all the shoes! The cursor worked, I was able to type a word and highlight it, I went to Word Options and was able to access all the options, I was able to open the corrupted and deleted paper I had been working on, on Terrible Tuesday, which I hadn’t seen since my computer shut down under my hands that day, (Of course, the paper was due on Tuesday so I don’t need this copy anymore. Thanks, Microsoft.) and Word shuts down perfectly, without a hitch. As a matter of fact, the program feels faster and more solid than before The Great Terrible Tuesday Disaster.

My Reliability and Performance Monitor lists a huge number of downloads and updates for both Tues. 11/13 and Wed. 11/14. It also notes that WINWORD.EXE “stopped working” on both days.
I should also mention that during the course of all this, my sound button developed a red X and told me that no sound device was attached. Apparently a driver download failed. I had to go to the Device Manager and roll back the driver. That didn’t affect the Word problems, though.

Thanks to anyone who read my previous post and considered my problem.

I really have no idea how the program repaired itself. I have turned off Automatic Updates and set it so that it has to ask me before downloading or installing updates. The program was still in the condition described in my first post when I put the computer to sleep last night.

I can only say that I’m very grateful that I put off messing with the registry until today.

Thanks, again all.
Well, if you do have microsoft 2007 installation disks, you can try reinstalling microsoft 2007.

I've developed a very useful habit over the years. When in a document, every few minutes...I'm talking every few minutes, like within 3 or less I do the Crtl + S keyboard command. That way if your computer restarts, locks up, whatever, you have everything saved up to the last 3 minutes of work. Saves a AWFUL lot of headache.

Alan <>< Same here, Alan. I usually click on the Save button instead of using Crtl + S, but it's the same thing. Yep, it sure saves a lot of headaches. To soybean and ale52--

Of course I was saving.

I realize my posts were long, but it would be a good idea to read them before commenting, or if that is too tedious, find a shorter one to comment on.

Again, saving was not the problem. Both my saved and the auto-saved documents were corrupted...until they weren't--which was the most interesting part.

Same to you, elxr06. Although I appreciated your attempts to help--you should read first, THEN
comment. You suggested I re-install after I had posted to say that ALL OF THE PROBLEMS SPONTANEOUSLY REPAIRED THEMSELVES.

Well, if you were saving, I don't see that stated in your original post, which I did read. When you said, "I was deeply engrossed in this paper I had been working on for two hours", that seems to indicate you had worked for two hours without saving. I see no comments in your posts to indicate you were saving on a frequent basis.I'm sure that tone of suggestions in your last Post will win lots of people over to helping.

Please except my most abject apologies. I had not realized that my frustration was so out of line.

Thank you all for all your help.

Has anyone had any luck with INSTALLING Bitware on WXP - I have TRIED several times and got what SEEMS to be a clean instal but the printer driver does not show up on the printers PANEL?

In Add Remove Programs I have among others:

Adobe Flash Player 9 ACTIVE X
Adobe Atmosphere Player for Acrobat and Adobe Reader
Adobe Flash Player 9 Active X
Adobe Reader 7.0

Do i need all of these? Is one FIGHTING the other? What do you recommend? The issue that I always seem to have is that I have something running in the background. I hve had your HELP and my computer was quiet for about a week. After that week I think one of the Active x programs loaded with a game and I'm not sure how I should take care of it without messing things up. - You need Adobe Flash Player. I don't know why you have TWO instances of it, so I'd uninstall BOTH, and install fresh version: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

- Most likely, you don't need Adobe Atmosphere Player:
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Adobe Atmosphere Player, an embedded plug-in for web browsers and documents, gives users the ability to view 3-D environments created in Adobe Atmosphere.

Adobe Atmosphere (abbreviated Atmo) is a 3D computer graphics creation product originally developed by Attitude Software. In November 1999, Adobe Systems purchased the technology. Adobe released its last version of Atmosphere, version 1.0 build 216, in February 2004, then discontinued the software in December 2004. The product spent the majority of its lifetime in beta testing.

Due to recent enhancements to the Adobe Flash Player installers, you can now remove the player only by using the Adobe Flash Player uninstaller.

limewire is on cbmatts sh%@ list!!

Stay away!

Well, I guess thats it then.....
I tried a functioning keyboard and that doesnt work either, I guess the ports are screwed or something else?
Not sure what else I can do.....Quote from: Broni on November 16, 2007, 05:07:28 PM

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Tried that, its just then says it cant find a mouse connected to the PORT....

You said, you have two USB ports in the back. Tried both of them?

You borrowed PS/2 (rounded) keyboard, or USB one?

Hello

I have a big problem with my recently purchased refurbished Sony video camera (dv cassette). I discovered that I'm not able to save the movie on a single DVD so, based on certain advices, I tried to CONVERT it with a so-called video converting software - AVS video converter. The problem is that each time I start the conversion after a short time my COMPUTER blocks completely the only solution to bring it back to life is to disconnect it and then RECONNECT it to power SOURCE. Not even the reset button works. Seems to be a weird problem and maybe it’s a VIRUS but my avg free edition does not detect anything. I uninstalled and then reinstalled AVS video converter for many times but the same behavior happens.
Please help me with an advice on this problem and if it is the case how to detect and eradicate the virus.I assume, you save your camcorder movie to your computer, right. In what format is it saved?
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I discovered that I'm not able to save the movie on a single DVD

Yesterday, when I opened up WordPerfect 11, the cursor was and is about 1" TALL, the header space is about 4" tall leaving about 1 1/2" for my main DOCUMENT area. Meanwhile the font SIZE shown above is only 12.

If I open a document written previously, it opens at the 1" size so I can get only a part of it on the screen. I tried copying and PASTING into a file under AOL, and the font is normal. I tried to copy and RESET the font size but going down to 6 makes it what I'd guess to be a font size of 18.

Thinking it was a problem with WordPerfect, I un-installed it then reinstalled WordPerfect but nothing improved. Somewhere there's a glitch but I have no idea how to find it nor how to fix it. I hope someone has the answer.

Thanks.

Cheryl