Hi all, A virus delete one entry in HOSTS file and now I can't connet to internet. I modified HOSTS file to restore entry "127.0.0.1 localhost", however I can't save it even though I run notepad as administrator. Any ideas?? My computer runs windows vista home premiun SP1. TIA

Hi all, A virus delete one entry in HOSTS file and now I can't connet to internet. I modified HOSTS file to restore entry "127.0.0.1 localhost", however I can't save it even though I run notepad as administrator. Any ideas?? My computer runs windows vista home premiun SP1. TIA

Says D:\ doesn't have enough room for backup. How do I increase I have over 40 gigs free. Thanks Bev

My screen has been flickering ever since I installed Vista in Feb 07. Have searched for solutions to no avail. The flickering used to temporarily stop when computer went into sleep mode. It now flickers all the time. Anyone have ideas on how to fix this?

Hi Everyone, Ive been using me HP 60 laptop for over a year with very little problems. However when i came to use the window switcher i was expecting the usual Flip 3D, what i got was a recangular box with the window icons that i was using. ive been looking across various websites and everything mentioned so far has failed. i was wondering if any of you would be able to help? Thanks

I hava a copy of the DVD drive icon on my desktop. Even though I have used other DVD's, the Icon for a DVD I used several weeks ago is still there. The same is true for the My Computer (Computer) view. How can I fix this?

I hava a copy of the DVD drive icon on my desktop. Even though I have used other DVD's, the Icon for a DVD I used several weeks ago is still there. The same is true for the My Computer (Computer) view. How can I fix this?

The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't figure out how to fix the damage. If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is an exe file so I can't run it. I've tried tricks like running it from...

The aftermath of a trojan attack (Vista Guardian) has resulted in the file association of exe files being lost and hence an inability to run exe files. I am quite convinced that the trojan is now dead, but I can't figure out how to fix the damage. If I could get into the registry I could fix it, but of course regedit is an exe file so I can't run it. I've tried tricks like running it from...

For some reason, I'm getting three error messages that the MSVCR71.dll file was not found. So the DVDAgent.exe and CLMSSvc.exe and one other appl fail to start. What to do? Could my AVG software have deleted it? Please help, Lynette

A Windows Seven system, with PAE enable, can manage up to 8 GB Ram? Thanks in advance. Luis

Not sure where to post this so here goes: Can anyone comment on whether they think an Avast's AV scanner is any good. I just got finished fixing a friends 2 month old Vista laptop that wouldn't start up. I managed to boot it into `the last known good configuration' then ran CCleaner, MBAM, SAS and Spybot. WU's were downlevel. Just seems like with Avast running on this machine things got...

It seems for maybe the past couple of weeks it seems that sometimes the screen saver doesn't kick in. When the time for it to kick in comes the monitor just goes right to sleep. The odd thing is after I go and check the power settings, which all look fine, it works as it should. I have tried different screen savers as well as changes the timers. I don't know if this is from 1 of the last batch...

It seems for maybe the past couple of weeks it seems that sometimes the screen saver doesn't kick in. When the time for it to kick in comes the monitor just goes right to sleep. The odd thing is after I go and check the power settings, which all look fine, it works as it should. I have tried different screen savers as well as changes the timers. I don't know if this is from 1 of the last batch...

Hi-- After some major problems with my system, I had to perform a complete reinstall of Vista. The folks from Dell talked me through it. But now, in my My Computer window, where it used to show my 2 hard drives plus the Recovery Drive, it no longer shows the Recovery Drive. I was relatively sure that space was partitioned off of my C drive, but it's not showing up. there's a possibility that a...

Whenever I start up my computer, all I see is my background. No icons, no start bar, nothing. If I press ctrl+alt+delete, all I see is a black screen (pressing escape goes back to my background.) I literally JUST installed mass effect 2 and tried to restart to fix another problem with the game not starting when this problem appeared. Any quick help would be appreciated. -- docwalrus

When I turn on my computer I keep getting the following error: Run DLL error loading c:\program-1\mywebs-1\bar\1.bin\m3plugin.dll. I run antivirus everyday - I was told I had to go to the microsoft web site to fix a few problems I did that now I get this error everytime I turn on my computer. -- dawn8148

Installed Vista Ultimate 32bit on new WD 200GB hard drive. I'm running: - Supermicro MB - P4 3.2Ghz - 3GB RAM - Radeon X600 Graphics - RealTec AC97 Audio - Logitech Wireless KB & Optical Mouse

Not sure where to post this so here goes: Can anyone comment on whether they think an Avast's AV scanner is any good. I just got finished fixing a friends 2 month old Vista laptop that wouldn't start up. I managed to boot it into `the last known good configuration' then ran CCleaner, MBAM, SAS and Spybot. WU's were downlevel. Just seems like with Avast running on this machine things got...

Hi, im having an issue here. one day my explorer.exe stopped working and would not load. Even task manger wont launch. When I go to Windows\exeplorer.exe and launch it manualy it starts but crashes immedialty. Even after reboot it crashes upon startup. Ive checked the regedit and the shell area says explorer.exe like it should. I dont know whats going on but its fustrating so far im able to use...