Ok my sister just brought her HP Pavilion N5490 notebook home for me to look at becuase she says it wasn't working...so i turn on the notebook and then it goes to a black screen and says operating system not found. I have no idea what to do so if anyone can help me get it up and running again...

Recently we discussed this subject and I neglected to ask the question, how this situation occurred in the first place. I had assumed it was brought on by microsoft's critical update but that wasn't the case. What was it then that caused this to happen? I was fine before that and am so again after...

navapw32 has caused an error in unknown, then navapw32 has caused an error in kernel32.dll. get these dialog boxes @ startup. any suggestions?? thanx.

have old compaq laptop intel pentium ll but 166 processor32mb ram has only cd drive not floppy, dad installed win me ran out of room for program i guess it starts as far as windows start with moving line but never starts how to f-disc or remove os and replace with more comparable os (3.1?) 95?...

I was trying to remove a program using the Add/remove programs in the control panel. Only a very few of the programs on my computer are contained in the remove panel. I must have at least 40 programs installed on my computer, but only 7 of them are now showing up in the control panel remove...

I keep getting error messages which say, for example, PCCIOMON has caused an error in kernel32.dll" what is this and how do I stop it

How can I find the "System Checkpoints" screen that the system automatically creates every 10 hours that Windows is operating or every 24 hrs? When I tried to restore my computer to an earlier time using Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore I got a screen showing a MAY calendar...

Sometimes, more and more frequently, when I go to shut my PC down I get a message saying that a program is not responding. and gives the options of wait, end now, cancel. Normally I wouldn't really give it a second thought, but in these cases it doesn't tell me which program is causing problems. ...

Can anyone help me. When I do a system restore I lose my Norton Anti Virus protection. I have one heck of a job re initiating Norton. I know I can uninstall and re install Norton, but there must be an easier way. HELP

This appears when i try to open some windows or post an account for emal,,etc.Iam computer illiterate,appreciate you're input!

I NEED HELP! WHEN I TRY TO DO ANY TASK IN WORKS, OR WORD, EVERYTHING FREEZES. EVEN WHEN I TRY TO OPEN A DOCUMENT, OR FROM FROM A FLOPPY DISK. I RECENTLY, GOT A MESSAGE, WHEN TRYING TO OPEN A FLOPPY DISK, THE SYSTEM IS DANGEROUSLY LOW IN RESOURCES WHAT DO I DO TO CORRECT THIS? EVERYTHING ELSE, ON...

How do I repair or replace corrupted files

I was trying to remove a program using the Add/remove programs in the control panel. Only a very few of the programs on my computer are contained in the remove panel. I must have at least 40 programs installed on my computer, but only 7 of them are now showing up in the control panel remove...

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Hi Please see below the copy of my email to Seagate and their reply for background to my problem. Today a large new folder (with many large files and sub folders) has just appeared on my new D: drive. Properties reports it as 83 GIG in size. My computer still sees most of the drive as free, so...

I am having a problem with Schedule X. I am running Windows ME. The version that is currently loaded on my PC is 7.5 for Windows 95. Each time I try to use it I get an error message saying this is an older version and it doesn't work. Is there a later version of Schedule X, and if so how can I get...

i keep getting this message and when i close it it does not go away, and eventually the computer freezes "Wtoolsa has caused an error in KERNELL32.DLL Wtoolsa will now close" What can i do to rectify the problem

Starting last night, as I boot up the computer, certain files that are listed in Msconfig Startup hang and refuse to load and I have to CTL ALT DEL and end task to get the process to continue. These usually include systray, statemgr and vsmon. I have scanned the disk, run spybot and adaware, I...

When i turn on my computer, 2 error messages appear & my desktop is missing most of the icons. The error messages read: validation failed forC:\Windows\System\VSINIT.dll and validation failed for C:\Windows\System\Zonelabs\VSMON.exe when i click on the "start" button, nothing happens & there is no...

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