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Forum: Windows Vista Jul 25th, 2008
Replies: 2
Views: 616
Posted By Omni
Re: Sony Notebook Recovery Parition

Anyone?
Forum: Windows Vista Jul 21st, 2008
Replies: 2
Views: 616
Posted By Omni
Sony Notebook Recovery Parition

Hi

I’ve recently come into possession of a Sony Vaio VGN-N230E notebook computer (http://esupport.sony.com/CA/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNN230E&LOC=3) and I’m having problems restoring it to...
Forum: Techies' Lounge Nov 5th, 2007
Replies: 3
Views: 310
Posted By Omni
Information Technology as a Career

How rewarding would career in information technology be if you enjoy fiddling around with computer software and hardware, troubleshooting and fixing them? Any good and bad experiences anybody from...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 27th, 2007
Replies: 5
Views: 562
Posted By Omni
Re: German Desktop Comp Workability in Canada

I have no idea how to work with the screen considering it dosent have a power box I can take out and replace as far as I know.
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 27th, 2007
Replies: 5
Views: 562
Posted By Omni
Re: German Desktop Comp Workability in Canada

Thanks for the reassuring comments.

I think the best bet is just replacing the PSU. A voltage transformer just leaves open to many undesirable possibilities and safely speaking, Id rather just...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 27th, 2007
Replies: 8
Views: 616
Posted By Omni
Re: Did a repair on a VERY infected computer and now i can't activate..

Wow, thats one hell of an infected system.

As a person interested in becoming a technician, does this kind of sever case happen often?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 27th, 2007
Replies: 5
Views: 562
Posted By Omni
German Desktop Comp Workability in Canada

So I have a question. Recently while I was in Europe I purchased a Torax AMD 4200 computer bundle complete with an LCD monitor equipped with XP Professional edition… I bought it due to the fact...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 25th, 2007
Replies: 7
Views: 6,837
Posted By Omni
Re: the file asms missing from SP2 CD

I checked the CD and its there, so what could it be? A faulty CD ROM drive? Or should I just get the techs to make me a new one?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Oct 25th, 2007
Replies: 7
Views: 6,837
Posted By Omni
the file asms missing from SP2 CD

I recently came back from a Europe trip for five months,
and when I arrived home I took my computer system from out of the garage
from which it was stored and tried booting it back up.

For some...
Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Dec 26th, 2006
Replies: 1
Views: 1,825
Posted By Omni
Upgrade older Laptop with Graphics card

My older brother recently inherited an older sony laptop P3 http://altura.speedera.net/ccimg.catalogcity.com/210000/213200/213210/Products/6191580.jpg

Its in good running order and operates using...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 3rd, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Nah I dont live in Fort McMurray any longer. I moved to Calgary.

And I've seen reasonably good models for under 500 dollars at Futureshop, Bestbuy, and Sector Computers. I just wasnt interested in...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 3rd, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Well I decided to cave and bring it into my local computer repair shop. They are going to do a hardware scan using some software I'm sure was mentioned earlier that I couldnt seem to find on a search...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 2nd, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Where can I get that software?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 2nd, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

How much does a new mother board going to range to cost me?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 1st, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Anyone?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 1st, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Ok I didn’t do exactly what you said, but I did the next best thing. I took the 512DDR chip from my computers board and punched it into the module slot on the Cicero board and was left with the...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 30th, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

No but I'll give it a whirl and report my results in a few minutes
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 30th, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

I went out to a local computer retailer and bought a used RAM 256 chip and attempted the reinstallation progress with the same results. This time the error message said...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 30th, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

I did just that. Things seemed to run smoother, and longer. In fact I even got to an installation progress screen; however the blue screen of death reared its ugly head again with the same error...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 30th, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Re: Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Bad everything eh? I’m just curious as to how hardware like that even gets to be like… you know… bad? Overuse? Someone tinkering inside of the unit and jolting static electricity everywhere? In...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Nov 29th, 2006
Replies: 24
Views: 6,757
Posted By Omni
Blue Screen of death every time I try to reinstall Windows XP

Ok heres my problem, and I intend to explain it in great detail so you can presume that this problem is a lengthy one. I hope someone has the courage to read through all of it and help me out. I'd...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Sep 27th, 2006
Replies: 2
Views: 880
Posted By Omni
New installation of XP on a new harddrive error using CD on startup

Hi

I’m currently attempting to fix an older Cicero model I’ve had since my mother fried the hard drive a few year ago. It’s an AMD Athlon XP 2200 I believe (although I may be wrong)

Anyways...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Dec 28th, 2005
Replies: 3
Views: 2,793
Posted By Omni
Re: Please Help... this is driving me mad: "Your Computer is Infected!"

Ya I'm having the exact same problem since my brother went on my computer, and I'm positive this isnt legitmate software even though its allegedly coming straight from microsoft.

How do I get rid of...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Oct 28th, 2005
Replies: 1
Views: 791
Posted By Omni
Re: Spybot problem?

No one? Am I missing some hot topic about this problem or is it just me?
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Oct 27th, 2005
Replies: 1
Views: 791
Posted By Omni
Spybot problem?

Is it just me or is there a problem with the spybot software?

Not so long ago when I tried to update the definitions it gave me an error message "!!!bad checksum!"

I was having other problems with...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Aug 28th, 2005
Replies: 10
Views: 31,024
Posted By Omni
Re: LimeWire

My regedit does not stay open when I run it from the msconfig screen. It gives me a dos window and then closes immediately.
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Aug 27th, 2005
Replies: 10
Views: 31,024
Posted By Omni
LimeWire

Recently I uninstalled Lime wire file sharing software after discovering what it really was! Unfortunately it has permanently disabled my task manager from being opened.

What exactly can I do to...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jan 19th, 2005
Replies: 10
Views: 3,867
Posted By Omni
Solution Re: OS Reformat, a good idea?

I have the kind of XP OS that dosent come with recovery discs, you had to make them when you first get your computer, which I did to avoid any problems later on by not having them.

Whats the odds...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jan 18th, 2005
Replies: 10
Views: 3,867
Posted By Omni
Re: OS Reformat, a good idea?

Product key? Hmm did that come with my Compaq plastic satchel of goodies and manuals?
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jan 18th, 2005
Replies: 10
Views: 3,867
Posted By Omni
Help OS Reformat, a good idea?

If say, you suspect you have some viral files that replaced some important window system files lurking about your computer… and regardless of what you try, you cant seem to locate them, let alone...
Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 18th, 2005
Replies: 3
Views: 4,274
Posted By Omni
Re: ATI Catalyst Update

That stuff dosent overwrite??

That seems a bit silly, wouldnt uninstalling my old driver disable the card all together? I wouldnt be able to see anything on my screen
Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 16th, 2005
Replies: 3
Views: 4,274
Posted By Omni
ATI Catalyst Update

Has anybody else encountered the same problem I did when they updated their Radieon 9200 graphics card and recieved the Catalyst Display popup features?

I updated recently from the Windows update...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Nov 1st, 2004
Replies: 2
Views: 5,771
Posted By Omni
Re: Huge PF consumption, and hidden spyware files from my reputable scanners?

Thanks, was that the only spyware related component you found? If so thats a relief and it shows that I have at least been doing something right.

Any ideas on why my PF usage is so high?
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Oct 27th, 2004
Replies: 2
Views: 5,771
Posted By Omni
Huge PF consumption, and hidden spyware files from my reputable scanners?

Hi, I’m thinking I’m having some Major problems with my systems tower but I’ll just start with the problems I diagnosed from the beginning

Incredibly high PF usage: Initially this wasn’t a...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Sep 5th, 2004
Replies: 7
Views: 3,197
Posted By Omni
Re: Startup Viruses masquerading as critical boot files

Ok well It turns out I cant find spoolsrv.exe in my windows folder (And I cant find a winnt folder) and the smss.exe does not show up in my msconfig startup. So does this mean that I dont have these...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Sep 4th, 2004
Replies: 7
Views: 3,197
Posted By Omni
Re: Startup Viruses masquerading as critical boot files

k well assuming they "werent" running processes, how would I go about deleting them?

Its not like they give away there directory location, and they DO masquerade as an integral system file. So I...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Sep 4th, 2004
Replies: 7
Views: 3,197
Posted By Omni
Re: Startup Viruses masquerading as critical boot files

You mean run norton anti-virus scan on safe mode or end processes during safe mode :?:
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Sep 3rd, 2004
Replies: 7
Views: 3,197
Posted By Omni
Help Startup Viruses masquerading as critical boot files

(I really need to stop harassing you guys with my computer problems on this forum :-|)

I just discovered I have the following two variant viruses floating about in my startup module (Probably allot...
Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Sep 3rd, 2004
Replies: 11
Views: 4,934
Posted By Omni
Re: Hard disk problems -Fragmentation-

I just discovered I have the following to variant viruses floating about in my startup module

"smss.exe: Added as a result of the FLOOD.F VIRUS! Note - this is not the legitimate Smss.exe system...
Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Sep 3rd, 2004
Replies: 7
Views: 4,005
Posted By Omni
Re: Spyware Software

:sad: Sorry Its just been almost around a week and I was wondering if the post went inactive or not. :o
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