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Canadian and proud to be so. Can't get enough of technology- an expensive interest.

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Troubleshooting and fixing computers, building computers, taking computers apart, etc.
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Desktop: My proud creation OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64/Windows XP Professional x32 Motherboard: Asus…
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Hey guys, Just a thought. Not that I myself do this: Many people these days still use old versions of Norton, McAfee, and other such antivirus programs. Most of them are from 2002-2006. My question is, do these companies stop supporting their older virus programs at the end of a …

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Hi my sony vaio notebook will not boot it starts up then goes to a window saying windows did not start successfully and gives me options to start in safe mode etc.. but when you click on any of the options the screen goes blank then says something about physical …

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Hi Friends, I am vikas from india , i have just now joined the community and i am very happy to find all technical gurus in the community , i am pursuing engneering in electronics and communication (4 year cource). i have some problem and i hope here i will …

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Hi I have a LG HL-DT-ST DVD Ram GSA-H22l ATA and a HpDVD840e USB External drive which both used to work on my Vista Ultimate. Last week the side bar clock changed its time differant than the on on the bottom right of the sgreen at the same time possible …

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I have a bunch of CD-R's that were created on a MAC. All my Windows XP computers can read them with no problem. They just ahve data files, pictures, and programms. No music or movies. When I put them into my new Vista laptop, they just show up as blank …

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I got the same virus on one of the workstations. I did the antivirus thing got rid of what I thought was all but now the only problem is right after you log in (I tried safe mode too) it logs you off. tried doing a windows repair but no …

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Please help! A trojan has hijacked my machine. I have run symantec; malwarebytes; spy bot S&D and have found nothing. however, my machine is running slow, stalling and symante won't enable auto protect. Here is my hiJack this log. Any help is greatly appreciated.....:-s Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 …

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I currently have two hard disks in my computer: c: - running vista operating system no problems - Primary master - (80gb) d: - completely empty - Secondary Slave - (200gb) And obviously a dvd drive (Secondary master). My aim is to put XP onto d: as it is blank. …

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Hi i am trying to downgrade from Vista to Xp, and when i try to format the hard disk with the xp disk, i get an error stating no hard disk is available.

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ok let me list the sh!t these ****ing viruses/trojans are giving me: - can't change my desktop, it's changed to a screen saying "OMG YOU HAVE A VIRUS" pop up. -can't search on google, redirect to go.google.com -can't open email, redirrects to hotmail.msn.com -can't open links to some sites -can't …

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I have 2 computers and both had working CD/DVD burners, but now they are not working (when click on My Computer, they're not there). I've uninstalled and tried reinstalling, but get error message: driver either corrupted or missing, code 39. I ran various spyware/malware programs...they still don't work. I removed …

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I have recently installed a new hard drive. I have Windows Vista Home Premium [COLOR="Red"]UPGRADE[/COLOR]. The install went fairly well, as I did have Vista on the previous drive that died, with one exception. If I try to open desktop from the desk icon, I get an error message that …

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Hey guys! I have an old Win 2k machine here that I want to use as my bench machine more or less dedicated to scanning peoples' computers for malware and viruses. Its used, though, and being disposed of by a client of mine- so now its mine. I've cleaned it …

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Last night I downloaded a skin for my Windows XP to look like it was running Vista. It worked perfectly fine last night. I restarted it today to find that the skin no longer was working, so I tried reinstalling it. It requested that it needed to replace a file …

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Hey guys! Its been a while. But I'm back! I have an old Linksys WRT54GS laying around in my garage, where I just finished setting up my workshop. I have a CAT6 cable hanging down from the cieling, but I have a couple computers down here, not to mention clients' …

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Ok this is a first, i have Mcafee Enterprise edition with the firewall and Antispyware installed on the PC = XP Corp SP2, 250 Sata=(Bootable drive) HDD, 320G IDE, 2G RAM. my sun had a freind laptop connected to my Router (wired) i decide to share some files with him …

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What are the most annoying things people around you do? One of my pet peeves: Some "know it all" old timer treats you like a little kid, just because you are young and he/she is not too bright.

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I'm having trouble while on the internet on my computer. After about a half hour to an hour of being on the internet, my task bar changes gray...to the old Windows, or Windows 98, and my internet disconnects. When I double click on the little internet icon at the right …

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Hi I know you guys are really good at helping people get rid of viruses through an easy step by step process. In fact this inst the first time i have had to ask you guys for help. I have a really annoying viruses right now it is a red …

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Hey guys, Thanks for all your help on my last issue with my own laptop. Now I am helping my friend with an old junker he has that has been running slowly and strangely. It has Norton 2004 and Adaware installed. Neither have been updated for over a year, but …

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Last week I installed the software Antiporn! While i was installing, i didn't get any installation process and i thougt there appeared some erro or sth and I throwed the installation file in the trash! Afterwards I noticed that it has cearly been installed but not in the c:\program~ directory …

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First of all I wanted to ask, to make the most of the Quad-Core technology should I be running 64-bit Vista or 64-bit XP??? (mostly used for gaming, hardcore). Second, I am currently installing 32-bit XP as I do not have the 64-bit at the moment, and after XP installs, …

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hi i have a new vista cd and i installed it on my desktop every thing when fine and i put in the key for activation but each time it try to activate ti will come up with this error code 0 x 8007232B saying DNS SERVER NOT FOUND WHAT …

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Please i need help. I was on internet when suddenly a bleu screen appeared saying that microsoft close my laptop for preventing the data to be lost. And one paragraph after, it said : if this screen appears again please install or déinstall software or harware. And this was writen …

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Hello all. I have a Gateway GT5032 Desktop PC running Vista Ultimate. I recently installed a program called Paragon Partition Manager. After setting it to format one of my partitions it asked me to reboot; which I did. The Partition Manger screen came up and it began to do its …

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hello, My question is ~Is window vista is good version of its family? As in my opinion its a very bad version of its family,as to install u need a good graphics card and lots of harddisk, lots of ram and i think that it doesn't support to MS DOS …

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Hi, I have a problem where on initially it appeared that I had no start menu / desktop on Windows XP SP2. Whilst looking which at a number of threads , and performing some invistagation they eventually appeared after 5/10 mins. The system has symantec AV and is free. New …

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Our local library recently purchased five Gateway Profile 6 computers, all running Vista Business. Besides all the other glitches that came along with Vista, none of them will run Windows Update. They simply show an error # 0x80073712. In addition, when I go into Windows Features, the dialog box is …

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Downgrading a preinstalled vista pc to xp is the worst thing you could ever do to a pc! A vista preinstalled pc includes all the drivers to run vista smoothly. If you downgrade, the brand's special features, quick launch buttons, and webcam/microphone won't work. Sound, video, networking, and bios will …

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