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[URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/poll/index.cfm?action=showresults&pid=3228421"]A new poll into Operating System popularity by a British computer magazine[/URL] has revealed that an incredible 37 percent of respondents are still using Windows XP. That's more than Windows 7 which managed to woo 30 percent of the folk taking part, and Vista could only garner a pretty poor …

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The hdd died. Afterwards on start up the computer asks to insert a boot disk etc. Per the Geek Squad the hdd is OOC. I installed a new hdd, found a Vista installation disk and used it to verify operability of the computer itself and things seem OK. I want …

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I don't know where it came from but just about every page I open results in the pop up "Do you want to install and run "Adobe Flash Player" signed on 6/11/2007 . . . No I don't know want to run it but I also don't know where the …

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I have done all in the "Read me first before posting a request". Unfortunately the virus blocks Internet access except the redirect to it's site so I can not post results. Nothing was found with any of the virus programs. Of the three attempts of the GMER sweep the computer …

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When the source for a forum is copied and modified to create a new forum how do I recreate the asp referenced in the original forum's code? In this instance the asp is for the "register" and "password" tables. I don't want the new forum to interfer in anyway with …

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We have Webtop documentum on our network. As a non adminstrator how can I stop the "Webtop timeout" from occuring. The timeout occurs due to inactivity. I don't know the Webtop version. An IT person stated increasing the timeout (integer) can cause system problems. True? I get the feeling she …

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I see someone asked about getting rid of this IE nuisance three months ago but I didn't see an answer. I know I can switch to Firefox or another browser but that won't teach me how to eliminate this problem. Hijack This returns the following results: Logfile of Trend Micro …

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In the morning upon waking the computer from standby I often see the message that this program has encountered a problem and needs to close. The time of the error's occurrence is generally in the early a.m. Closing the program doesn't seem to cause any problem with the machine's operation. …

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I have found with Explorer (Version 6.0) open and I open Word (2000) often times Explorer will freeze with the Message Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close . . . If Word is first opened then opening Explorer can cause Word to stop responding with a …

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The old Seagate drive became unstable and finally crashed. UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME was its dying gasp. That drive was diagnosed as "bad" and was replace with a Western Digital. I did not copy recent needed data such as documents, pictures and such before the crash. Classic mistake I know. I hooked up …

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The following virus popped up : [B]MSplg7.dll[/B]. Norton identifies it as a Trojan. It is preventing Explorer from opening. Mozilla works just fine. I do not know what other probems it may be causing. The annoying part is that the virus has parked itself in the system32 folder. Therefore Norton …

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I have read the posts regarding hotmail but none of the fixes worked. I get a messages stating "Sorry, the page you requested was not found" I tried the following fixes: [B]1. The date on your computer needs to be set properly -- double click the clock verify that the …

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