installation problems

Updated 2-1-09 Here is the situation: I go to a website that has contact information. I click on the "e-mail me name" and instead of there e-mail address poping up I get the following error message: Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed."...

i was trying the new AVG internet security 8 that suppose it support windows 7 and after installing it , i found it not user friendly at all cuz it was so hard to find how to unblock programs that was auto blocked , and cuz it blocked the windwos update , every time i try to uninstall it i get...

I can not get the Sierra 597 working on Windows 7 as the driver for the modem fails to load during the USB file installation phase. I tried using the 3G watcher download method from the Sierra 881 thread and it also fails to see the 597 modem as being installed on the computer. Has anyone...

Okay, read through many dual boot threads here but none seem to be quite like my problem. My system drive failed in a media center PC I have built. I used my XP MCE 2005 install CD to create a new system drive, on a 1TB disc which had formerly been reserved for movies only. There was still...

ok i installed 7 as a dual boot with xp and i have some questions 1st is how do i get my gadgets to start with windows ? 2nd where are gadget settings ? when i search in start menu and click on anything to do with sidebar or gadgets nothing opens. 3rd i have had to go into task manager several...

hi everyone. i got the windows 7 build 7000 from microsoft and i activated it and everything is just OK except 3 things.. 1- the fantastic start logo that appears before the welcome screen suddenly dissapeard.. so what i get now is the boot screen with the moving little bar and then the welcome...

Introduction I recently installed Windows 7 and have encountered some significant installation problems that I can't seem to resolve. Installation Issues The first sign of trouble was how long the installation took. Most people report that the process takes roughly 20 minutes, but for me, it...

Hi there, does anyone know about my problem? Sometimes, I get a black desktop and superbar when i start my computer. No desktop icons, no pinned apps on the superbar. all that i see is the start orb. Sometimes its okay and sometimes its not. I dont know if it is a Driver problem. I am using the...

I have both a Sata (Seagate 500mB) and ATA Samsung installed in my computer. Vista installed on the Sata without problem and sees my ATA which I use mostly for backups. When I ran the install for Win 7 I installed on the ATA, install did not see the Sata. Now up and running I still cannot see...

Hi, am having problems with loading drivers onto my computer. It's for a printer I had on a different computer using XP (HP Photosmart 1215). I've found that another type of printer driver is compatible (7200), and it's vista, but it won't let me download and install. Once downloaded I try to...

You can see rig specs below. I am using a legal copy of Vista Ultimate 32 bit SP1. I wiped a new drive then installed said OS. Before upgrading to SP1, I could not update at all. I was receiving some strange error that nobody and I mean nobody had a solution for, not even the wonderful people at...

ok i have an asus p4p800s-x motherboard. i updated the bios bought 2 1gb sticks of ram. my cpu is a p4 2.8ghz dual core processor with hyper threading got a new video card an ati saphire x1650 pro agp 512mb video card cause i thought upgrading my pc from 512mb of ram and a 128mb ati radeon 9200...

Hi, when i try and listen to a web radio or watch a video i cant becuase instead of the bar where you press pause and play isn't there it is just a white square with a red cross in it. Further research i found that it is a windows media player problem as every windows that required it said it...

I installed Skype the other day for a class I'm taking, and now my laptop isnt running right. While I work, I like to open new internet explorer windows instead of using tabs... and sometimes if I'm busy, I can get as many as 18-20 different instances of the browser running. This has never been...

I had two operating systems on my drive in separate partitions, and I tried to install third one, win98. Installation wasn't successful and I formated partition with unfinished win98 installation. However, it somehow screwed up my boot files, and though it was gone, I still was getting win98...