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Got a frustrating if not slightly interesting problem: on XP SP3 with .NET 4.0 Full, Panda installed and ran fine for a bit. I then opened the game "Sid Meier's Civilization IV", and it ran some kind of initialization procedure involving python and xml things. After closing it, I found that...

I was recently given an old machine that I hope to use to run some very old software. The machine was running Windows XP which was the original OS when the machine was new. For privacy reasons, the original owner wanted to remove the hard drive before giving me the machine. That was fine with...

I have a Toshiba satellite that originally came with XP. I updated it to windows 10 using usb, however it wasn’t functioning correctly so I found a XP iso online and started to install that back onto the laptop using USB. It is halfway through an install and it tells me there are missing files...

I'm stuck on installation process and I'm trying to activate windows in many ways but none of them work. Any suggestions?

I have Windows XP Professional SP3 (x86) installed on Dell Optiplex 980 Minitower. This machine is equipped with Intel Core i5 660 3.33Ghz Processor and 4GB DDR3 Memory 1333MHz running in dual symmetric mode. OS is installed on 1TB HDD Seagate Firecuda 7200 RPM on SATA0. Another 500GB Seagate...

I have been given an e-machine with Windows XP. When I boot it up, it attempts to connect to the internet, and asks for details of my email account. But I cannot actually get into file explorer to see what files and applications are on the hard disk. How do I sort this please? Neville

My aunt passed recently and my gma ended up with her Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop which currently has Windows XP on it. I am wondering if it's possible for me (someone who knows basic stuff about laptops) to upgrade to a newer version myself and is it really free (from what I hear). I also heard...

I am reinstalling Windows XP Home Edition on an IBM NetVista a22p. Does the product activation still work?

I need these for some academic purpose. Is there a way I can get these for free?

I recently tried to use an old pc and tried to get on it but when i boot it up i get this message "how to fix loading pbr for descriptor 2...done" After the boot proccess

It is a Windows XP Dell dimension 8100 Its stuck on the loading screen, and I can only run in safe mode, can I get some help. I'm also not sure how to fix the audio because that's not working either, I'm trying to use headphones and speakers with no avail. I'm not sure if this is because I'm...

I have a friend using outlook express and windows XP. I know it is I old, but he cannot afford to replace it, so trying to help him out. It has worked fine for many years but now when reading or sending emails he gets this error:- Your server has Unexpectedly terminated the connection, possible...

I just recently did a reinstall windows XP, I would love to install a better browser but unfortunately Internet explorer won’t let me open any webpages. I’m connected to wireless Internet and am able to use the search bar to search for things via Bing but I cannot open any of the links, the...

Hello fellow techies, Today I would like to know if this motherboard is good for old games, ASUS P5E Deluxe Link: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5E_Deluxe/ And also another note: I will be getting this motherboard and a GPU (i don't remeber what it was) for free from a friend as he did not...

I have been having some problems with my multimedia audio controller driver. It has been inactive and has a exclamation mark over it on the computer management window, however I can update it but it's missing the rtkvac.sys file from it's realtek ac97 driver that it requires, and if I try and...

I recently bought an old game from Amazon called Athens 2004. It was designed to suit a Windows XP PC, however, the game runs fine up until the point where my race loading screen appears, there are animations in the background so I know it's not completely frozen although it might as well be. I...

I deleted unnecessary programs from my windows xp computer and accidentally deleted usb and audio drivers what should i do?

I restored my computer and then cracked some boosting application and i did something i deleted trash trought that app and now I got new problem that i had once and idk how to fix that (i restored my pc again first time) but now i want to know how to do it by another, more usefull way. So, the...

Hello all, I have a good old DELL OTIPLEX GX260 with Windows NT and XP (two OS systems on a partitioned hard drive) and a Windows 10 PC which has three hard drives, 1, a 1TB main, 2, a 1TB backup and a 80GIG on the side. The old Windows Xp has 80GIG on it's drive and doesn't have enough...

I downloaded a few ISOs from archive.org to install on my XP VMWare virtual machine because I really wanted to listen to the MIDIs on VGMusic that were made for XG actually in XG. You have heard about the elephant in the room, didn't you? (Sorry if the images are messed up, but they...