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The future of PCQandA [View all]
Hi all, As you might have noticed, PCQandA has been very quiet recently. When we first launched in October 2002, we had close to 11,000 posts in th
jasonlevineSep-14-23 10:04 PM
by ablib
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Need help with windows 98 PLEASE =( [View all]
Ok here is my problem, i have windows 98, it goto start my pc, and it goes thru the logo screen, the screen where it tells you what all u have on it a
-Mitch-Oct-28-03 08:05 AM
by basa48
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Oct 28th 2003
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NTLDR missing [View all]
hi, I really need some help. My husband just put together a pc. He says, while loading XP a ntldr missing appeared. and was not able to redo the XP lo
0324May-07-03 05:29 PM
by Sonny
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                          Yuppers
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Installing another HDD [View all]
I have a PIII motherboard with a 550mhz cpu, the pc has a 8gb seagate hard drive, i tried to install another hard drive (20gb matrox), i had everythin
08341697Sep-26-02 07:49 PM
by ChrisP
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JAVA Help [View all]
I am trying to figure out whhat is wrong with my java settings. I have tried everything. I d'loaded Microsoft Virtual Machine and another java applica
1234Oct-14-03 11:32 PM
by Shelly
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RE: JAVA Help
Oct 14th 2003
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Help [View all]
I recently had to do a system recovery on my computer. It seems that all of the programs that I had loaded no longer work. The programs are there, b
123markMar-19-04 08:39 PM
by Superman
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x.p. install starts if I do a search [View all]
Each time I try to do a search under start/search/files & folders x.p. professional install starts up and tries to re-install itself If I click cancel
1934kongMay-20-03 10:22 PM
by Shelly
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RE: x.p. install starts if I do a search
May 20th 2003
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PC keeps Crashing on Start-up [View all]
Hi, I am using a Compaq presario 5002US model and it keeps crashing now on start up. been doing this now for last few weeks and keeps getting worse
1960104569092Oct-17-03 02:49 AM
by therube
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Gateway 300se no picture on Monitor [View all]
I have a gateway 300 with onboard video sound network adaper etc. the problem that i am gettingwhen i power up my pc the monitor light is blinky orang
196934May-13-04 02:06 PM
by Shelly
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5 sec. boot up, then almost shut down HELP! [View all]
I've got an Athlon 1200 and when i came home tonight, my comptuer will boot up for about 5 seconds, then all the fans will shut down, but the power li
1997EclipseRSApr-28-02 11:13 PM
by 1997EclipseRS
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Something in my juno e-mail has gone crazy [View all]
:'( Hello folks, I have this problem with my e-mail in Juno thats about to drive me up a wall, and was hoping that someone could shed some light on my
1charlie55Oct-14-02 01:13 PM
by 1charlie55
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Doesn't make much sense... [View all]
Good day to all. I hope that someone can help with this, because it raises more questions than I have answers for. The problem is that lately, my comp
1charlie55Oct-24-02 01:50 AM
by Bill S.
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How can I get XP to see these programs?? [View all]
Having ridden to the rescue and saved everything on my friend's laptop's dying harddrive, I now need to get his new laptop's install of XP pro to see
1DCAceSep-13-04 03:18 AM
by 1DCAce
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XP Pro machine not acting as before. [View all]
I have a HomeBuilt using an Abit AN7 with Athlon XP 2500 & 1 gig PC3200 mem. OS is XP Pro I upgraded from XP Home. My system will not go to sleep as i
1djarcher1Jul-03-04 03:06 PM
by Darren
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ADSL Router to Wireless router [View all]
Hi everybody -- I got rid of my alcatel speedtouch USB ADSL modem and replaced it with a SAR 703 ADSL router http://www.solwise.c o.uk Works fine and
1kyleSep-07-02 08:30 AM
by Ttech
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avatar test - please do not reply [View all]
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1kyleSep-07-02 02:10 AM
by 1kyle
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boot cd [View all]
windows 2000 in my ibm laptop, all of sudden, is missing some file and couldn't boot. i'm planning to install back win98. the laptop doesn't have th
1lDec-18-01 03:29 AM
by buckfan1
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unable to scan disk in win2000 [View all]
how do you scan disk in win2000. i don't see the options anywhere. when looked under system tool, i see disk clean up and disk defrag, but no scan d
1lJan-18-02 10:01 AM
by Grogan
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homepage address [View all]
recently, for some reason, my homepage address keep changing to this website. i went to internet options and change my homepage back, but after i turn
1lJan-29-02 10:18 PM
by Shelly
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broken link [View all]
sometimes i get emails (hotmail) that would display a link through a pictures or words. when i clicked on it, sometimes it wouldn't display the websi
1lFeb-01-02 11:26 PM
by phon
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RE: broken link
Feb 01st 2002
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burn in XP [View all]
do i need somekind of patch inorder to burn in WinXP and viewed in older os dos mode? i burned something in XP, but was unable to view it in dos mode
1lFeb-19-02 03:43 AM
by 1l
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Feb 16th 2002
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modem prob [View all]
for some reason, i can't load any webpage even though i can see the connection in the systray. when clicked on, it display the connection at 52k but
1lMar-14-02 08:40 PM
by yomama1953
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not a computer question [View all]
i tried to look for a medical forum on the net, but it is so hard to find one. i hate to ask this question here for the obvious reason. my question
1lFeb-21-04 12:30 AM
by Owbist
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dbahn gave the best advice..
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Did PCQ&A just suffer a time warp?
Feb 20th 2004
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low on virtual memory [View all]
recently after leaving my laptop on for a while i get this message: "Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your vir
1lApr-25-02 08:06 AM
by Maggie
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installing harddrive [View all]
I just bought a new hard drive for my computer. I was wondering if I should take any precaution when installing it in my computer. Can I just instal
1lSep-05-02 03:55 AM
by Sonny
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RE: installing harddrive
Sep 05th 2002
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installing cdr drive [View all]
are there any precautions to install a cdr drive? i see that there is a HOW TO on installing a new hardrive. I couldn't find any on how to install c
1lSep-13-02 09:20 PM
by Sonny
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Sep 13th 2002
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dual boot with linux [View all]
i am thinking of dual boot WindowsXP or 2000 with Linux(red hat). I know that you have to make a different partition to dual boot. Which operating s
1lOct-01-02 06:05 AM
by Horatio
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computer specs [View all]
how do i find out what the spec of my computer is. see, i bought a Presario 1200 series compaq laptop about 2 years ago. i was wondering how i can f
1lOct-11-02 01:23 PM
by triplea
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Oct 11th 2002
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deleting extended partition [View all]
when i first installed redhat linux 7.3, i also installed the grub boot loader so that it will be able to boot to linux os. now i don't want linux an
1lOct-17-02 11:59 PM
by Grogan
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RE: deleting extended partition
Oct 17th 2002
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Oct 17th 2002
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win2000 will not boot [View all]
i can't get win2000 cd to self boot when restart computer. it worked before, but not anymore. it can't even self boot in regular window(popping the w
1lOct-23-02 11:45 AM
by smellystudent
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Oct 23rd 2002
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