I'm writing this on behalf of a friend. She has a pc that works on the OS XP Home. She used it on Saturday to fill in an application on line. She tried to go on line again yesterday and it wouldn't connect to the internet. A dialogue box appeared stating: Buffer Overrun: a buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the programs internal state. The program cannot safely continue.
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My computer is running slow and I keep getting a low space msg. I don't know what programs to delete safely.
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They do show up in device manager and disc management and can be opened there.Also the may or may not show up in my program "USB Safely Remove"
I am on a cable modem running W2K pro sp2 on a Dell 4400. My cable modem checks out OK as well as my ethernet card. There are no viruses or spyware in the computer as I checked that today. I've been thru level 2 tech support with my ISP and they are saying that the problem lies within the computer. When I open my browser I get the error msg page cannot be displayed and I cannot access any web page
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View 8 Replies View RelatedUpstairs, I have a desktop and a laptop. They are connected to my wife's computer, downstairs, via wireless. Both my wife's downstairs computer and my laptop, upstairs, will connect to the internet just fine, but the desktop will not, even though it shows that there is a strong signal being received. I am running Windows XP Pro, version 2002, with SP2. The computer has an AMD Athlon chip. It used to be a Tiny computer, but after having a major meltdown, about two years ago, I took it to a repair shop, and they installed an ASRock I/O K7S41/K7S41GX motherboard, as well as a new power supply, so I don't really know what to call my computer, now. I guess it's just sort of a mongrel, Heinz 57 Variety.
I have tried using System Restore, but it won't allow me to restore to a former point, no matter how far back in time I go. I started it up in safe mode, then ran AVG, but no viruses were found. When I go to Control Panel, then "Network Connections," it shows that the wireless network is up and running. Even so, I tried repairing the network, by right-clicking on "Repair," but got the following message: "Windows could not finish repairing the problem, because the following action could not be completed: Failed to query TCP/IP settings of the connection. Cannot proceed. For assistance, contact the person who manages your network." Unfortunately, that person is me, who is totally clueless
I formatted my pc, and when I go to My Network Places->Add a network place or set up a home or small ofice network, nothing happens and I cannot connect to the internet.I dont see the internet icon on my tool bar
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celeron 2.4ghz 224mb ram conexant soft 56k internal modem trying to connect to the 'net via tesco isp, device manager shows modem connected to com 3, only com3 dosen't show in the ports section of device manager. the problem is the modem tries to dial but then a box pops up with cant detect dial tone( phone line working correctly) the computer says the port is already in use(?). the modem fitted is the second one i've tried, with no success.
I'm dealing with the following issue:
- I can ping www.google.co.uk and recieve return with no packet loss
- I can use msn messenger
- I can ping my router and othr networked computers
- I cannot connect to web pages via IE7
- I cannot update AVG free - "connection to update server failed"
- The computer has been rebooted numerous times
- The internet is known to be working because I'm posting from it.
The computer runs Windows XP SP2 is connected by ethernet to the router. The windows firewall has been disabled.
Hello I have a problem with my computer. A couple months ago I fried my motherborad and took it to COMpusa to be replaced and when I got it back only Internet Explorer, Trillian and AIM work. None of my multiplayer games will connect nor will Firefox or mozilla. I am running with an 1.6g AMG, ATI Radeon x800 pro graphics card, 2 hard drives... one sata and one IDE. no idea what the mobo is is and I also have a gig of ram.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedIt shows the available "unsecured" wireless connection but I am not connecting to it. I have tried the repair connection option but didnt do any good. Everthing was working properly until last week. I tried to roll back my computer settings but am unable to do this.
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