Archive for the ‘Q_and_A’ category
Administrator Password Issue – Can’t skip XP login screen
Name: Tom Brown I followed the procedure to skip the XP login page on my PC at home. Except when I selelcted Administrator as the default user I entered a password. Now my system boots to the login screen, defaults to administrator, including the default password and stops. It tells me to check user ID [...]
Video Cable – Computer only beeping when turned on
Name: richard why i just hear a lot of beeps when i open my desktop computer? all connections is properly connecte, but then i observed that it has no display except the “VIDEO CABLE IS NOT CONNECTED”.But its already connected, I look at the connection at the pins of the cable it happens that it [...]
Where is the Start button in HijackThis?
Name: Trent Hi,when i go to highjack this,i can’t for the life of me find the start button?can you help There is no “Start” button in HijackThis. Click on Do a System Scan Only and it’ll scan your registry. It’s then up to you to check what needs to be removed and then click Fix [...]
CD Deletions – Cannot delete files already burnt to CD
Name: Edwardo On my cd window I can see I have 6 files on the cd. When I try to delete one I get ” you can not delete this file as it is a read only file -you can only replace it with another file” How can I delete this file? Unless it’s a [...]
keyboard/mouse?out?
Name: Debbie All of a sudden yesterday my computer on restart can’t see the keyboard or mouse? I unpluged them and repluged them in again but no luck. So I can’t access anything on this computer. It is a Dell 3000 desktop with WinXP service pack 2, been working fine for a couple years, I [...]
No Power In Computer – After Storm
Name: stephanie We had a storm last night, and the circuit blew where the computer is at, and now it won’t turn on. Everything else that is plugged into that outlet works except the computer. If the power is damaged in the computer, is that at all repairable, thank you Man, there’s a rash of [...]
Exeption! – Halo crashes after 30 seconds of play
Name: Darmin Hadzic I play Halo:combat evolved on my pc. I have more than twice the requirements needed to play this game. However, recently, i have not been able to get the game to run for more than 30 seconds, due to a window that says Exeption! and its contents saying gathering exeption data. this [...]
Can’t bring up the task manager
Name: Oliver When I do CTRL+ALT+DEL it does not bring up the task manager. I get the error that the function has been disabled by the administrator. But this is my computer, and only myself and a couple other people use it. How can I fix this? This should just be a matter of fixing [...]