When I log in as root and start x the watch-like timer doesn't go away and nothing appears in the task/control bar. The k menu works ok though. Is this normal? And if not how do I fix it? (Everything works fine on my user account though).

I've been looking at Slackware as my first distribution. I've read the instructions on their site carefully, and I'm pretty sure I can do it if there aren't any major surprises. However, are there any major surprises that aren't mentioned? Is this a good choice or am I starting...

I am using windows vista on my PC and i have installed adobe acrobat professional in it. Today when i was trying to convert to adobe PDF within Microsoft Publisher 2007 and i found the following error. It says “Adobe PDF Printer is not bound to Adobe PDF Port....

My Microsoft Office Word crashed and the error reported that the information or the document I am working might be lost, Microsoft Office Word can try to recover it for me. 

And I check the option Recover my work and restart Microsoft Office Word giving the assurance that...

I have my PC installed with latest Photoshop version. My PC has been re-installed with Windows XP because it was crashed. All other applications are working absolutely fine except Adobe Photoshop. When I launch Photoshop I get this error "Memory could not be allocated for the activation process. Please...

I have created a portable Microsoft Office Word under the VMWare application running Windows XP.

When I tried using the created Microsoft Office Word application portable, I have encountered this problem when running in Windows 7.

The portable application works in Vista and XP.

I need the portable application in Windows 7,...

I have a Samsung cd rom drive. I used to play cd’s on that drive but starting last week up to present, it won’t play any cd. Worst, there’s a loud noise on my drive. Sometimes it ejects on his own.

I can see the cd is still turning when...

I downloaded a high definition of movie on the net. After the download, I try to view the movie but it crashesand restarts my PC. When I turn it on I came up with this error:

A disk read error occurred

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

How will I fix...

Hi. My pc is running windows vista ultimate edition. Before, I can still open and use Microsoft office with ease. But after my kids playing their favorite game I cannot open Microsoft word, excel, PowerPoint and some programs on my pc because of this runtime error.

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I have a USB modem locked to Globe Broadband Internet service provider. It is a post paid plan with a speed of up to 2mbps. The problem is not the speed but the reconnection issue. Most of the time logging to my ISP I cannot connect to the server...