Archive for June, 2008

Computers don’t appear in Vista’s network map

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Windows Vista, networking | No Comments »

When I look at my network in Windows Vista I see the Vista computers and my router but none of my Windows XP computers.  Vista's network mapping function relies on a ... Read more..

Permissions error when using a network

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP, networking | No Comments »

I'm trying to share files between Windows XP machines. When I try to access anything on the computers I get an error saying "You may not have permission to use ... Read more..

Windows Vista on a new laptop

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Buying a computer, Windows Vista | 1 Comment »

I am looking to buy a new laptop. It will be used for powerful programs like achicad, film editing, musical applications etc. I've already found a suitable model with enough ... Read more..

Will my CPU fit in an older motherboard.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Hardware | 3 Comments »

I have a AMD 4200+ dual core CPU will it go in to a socket 939 board. The board in question is a gigabyte GA-K8N pro sli so is this ... Read more..

Should I turn off my computers?

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Hardware | No Comments »

I have two computers. One with XP the other Vista Home Prem. Is it better to turn these computers off when not using them; use sleep mode, or leave on? From ... Read more..

RAPI.dll was not found error

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Windows Vista, Windows XP, software | No Comments »

I have a new HP tablet/notebook running Windows Vista Home Premium. When I start it up I get the error message "Wmdsync.exe - unable to locate component. This application failed ... Read more..

wksvcsc.exe wants to install

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in A/V, security | No Comments »

I am wondering about a program that keeps wanting to download to my computer. It is called wksvcsc.exe. That's a baddie and it indicates you have a Trojan horse on your ... Read more..

Guard.dll detected on computer

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in software | No Comments »

I have Vista Ultimate with AVG8. Last time I ran HijackThis it identified 020-AppInit.DLLs:avgrsstx.dll C:\Windows\system32\guard32 .dll C:\Windows\system32\cssdll32.dll. Some forums say it is dangerous and should be removed and others say it ... Read more..

Burning DVDs to hard drives

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in DVD, software | No Comments »

I do a lot of travelling and I would like to take my own movies with me.  So I recently bought an ASUS EeePC (XP version) and a very thin ... Read more..

SSID has stopped working

Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in wireless | No Comments »

I am using a D-Link G604T for wireless broadband. I set a password on WPA (on the desktop hard wired to the router), but after a short time it ... Read more..

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