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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 that I was going to be there for a very long time, that taking …

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Hi all, I think I've got a rootkit infection. What I can see on my pc is that Ads windows are started by Internet Explorer and Firefox. Moreover there are programs that do not start and I must retry more times to start them. It happens with firefox, Internet explorer, …

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I downloaded Mac OS X again because Safari disappeared. When I finished downloading it, all my files and photos have gone and my mac has no memory! Is there any possible way of getting all my files back?? Please help me I need some of these files desperately!!! Thank you

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HELP. I have been unable to download software updates for a year. Recently I took advice on line and entered a string of code in my Terminal. Now my disk utility does not work. And I am still unable to download software updates. I have OS 10.5 running on an …

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can someone give me a brief introductory or background about apples' snow leopard os for mac..? or just give me a link besides wikipedia.... thanks.... please tell me what makes this os 10.6 better than its predecessor and what makes it kind of unique among other os.... is there also …

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Tomorrow I have to recover some information for someone on a non-working computer running windows 7. I can't get to safe mode, get it to boot normally or do a working startup repair, but I can get to the command prompt using a program I have. How would I use …

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Ive had my pc now for a couple of years but over the past 6 months or so its started running quite slow. Eg. say if i alt-tab out of a game to the desktop it will take maybe 60 secs to perform this task. where as before it would …

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Hi, I ran across something I've not seen before, and that is an older thinkpad that was manufactured for business travelers, running XP, that has a fingerprint scanner built into it. While the scanner itself is turned off (the owner is afraid of using it; he works with metal and …

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Hello friends, can you suggest me the better site for hardware and networking apart from this where we can talk too. I know this site is cool but also want to refer to more sites to acquire knowledge in wider perspectives!

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I keep on getting an error message " the internet has stopped working, a problem has caused the program to start properly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available" but when I right click on the internet Icon on the taskbar and click on …

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I'm looking for a lightweight audio/video converter that can at least handle an .avi to .iso conversion. I'd like a stand-alone product that doesn't require a full installation (preferable but not a requirement). Anyone have any suggestions? I don't need a feature-rich app just something to handle the above stated …

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Hi all, I have a cisco router 881, this is the platform and version C880DATA-UNIVERSALK9-M, Version 15.0(1)M4. My problem is that anytime the WAN interface on this router goes down, either due to a power failure or the cable that connect to the interface is disconnected, you have to manually …

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Hi A few days ago AVG found win32 heur and claimed to have cleaned it. However, since then the computer has been really slow, and has been having trouble loading Windows on start up (the computer would load the bios and then the screen goes blank), so I am not …

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There's a thread here called "Hands-on with the world's first portable USB3 SSD Flash drive". It says this product costs $229. I heard on the radio that there are now SD cards that are like $25 for 4 Gig. Are these basically the same thing, except that they're internal, rather …

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[B]Hi Friends My problem is that I have two routers.I am trying to mention every thing here so that you people can understand my problem and help me out with it. Router1 is a DSL router provided by our ISP its a ZTE ZXDSL 831CII connected directly to internet. Router2 …

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Hi there, I am thinking about buying a new laptop and I was wondering whether anybody has any suggestions. Basically I do a bit of programming (learnimg C++ at the moment, so nothing advanced just console programs) and I am now getting into building websites so I always end up …

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Help Me! I have Tuneup Utilities and I accidentally pressed a button in the Process Manager to replace Windows Task Manager. Now, when I type taskmgr on the run dialog box, the Tuneup Process Manager appears. When I press control+alt+del and choose start task manager, still the Tuneup Process Manager …

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Hi there, I have a problem with system font Dreamweaver has the picture shows.. [IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6939/problemafontsistema.jpg[/IMG] Anyone could solve this problem? Thanks in advance

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I have been fighting with my server for days. I am trying to get postfix configured. I have it currently so that it can send mail, but receiving mail is a different story. This is my main.cf file: [ICODE] # Please be sure to read the /usr/share/doc/postfix/README.MDK file # to …

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My Toshiba laptop has developed a habit of giving me the blue screen with the 'ati2dvag driver is in an infinite loop' error message when I start it up first time. I turn it off,restart it and its fine. I thought it would be as easy as just downloading a …

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Yer, I have a Dell GX 150 (BIOS ver: A01). Of recent, the PC always have problems booting up, it's like for some reason can't seem to recognise the Drives (harddrives, CDroms) connected to it. And since it can't recognise them, it definately can't boot. I have tried reseting the …

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[B]Hello, I'm very new to this whole buying components and created your own gaming PC. I've managed to come up with a list of components and am looking for advice on what to buy. [/B] [COLOR="Red"]Here's what I've got: - Coolermaster Elite 334 Case - Corsair 4GB(2x2GB) RAM - BeQuiet! …

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Hi Guys, I recently had my macbook taken in for service to due to memory problems or something like that. They upgraded my system to OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard [I]from[/I] 10.5 Leopard. I had backed up all my stuff including Iphoto and my Itunes library. When I got my macbook …

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Is there a way to save a word such as your email address and store it under a function key so that you can simply hit function and a designated key so the word appears? That way you don't have to type it every time. Thanks!

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I've been stuck with finding the right graphic driver for mb MSI PM8M-V N1996 VT8237R 2.4GHz... Recently I have formatted my HDD for Window error but forgot to copy any necessary driver for new XP installation. After I successfully installed XP SP2 on my desktop computer, I realized it could …

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Hello I tried running services.msc from Run and I ended with the window opened, but not displaying any service, with a popup error: One or more ActiveX controls could not be displayed because either: 1) Your current scurity settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page or 2) You have …

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I have been reading for the last month to try to solve my issues with my new hard drive. I liked the challenge for awhile but I just plain sick of it now so I am asking for your help. The multiple topics I have read and tried are close …

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Hi i am having some trouble with my dell desktop running Windows XP Professional. When i boot up and try to run any system applications i get a application not found error. If i go to run and try cmd, i get a message that ask which application i want …

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Help! My wife's laptop hasn't been working right for a few days now. She turns it on, it sounds normal at first, she gets the screen displaying the Dell logo...sometimes it says "Resuming Windows" and there's the Windows logo. Then she gets what sounds like a small chirp from inside …

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The Maine State Bureau of Consumer Credit Protection reported today that it has received a query from an unnamed out-of-state finance company about placing Global Positioning System units into vehicles it finances or that its customers used as collateral, according to an [URL="http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Statewide/GPS-data-intruding-on-privacy,151289"]article [/URL]in the [I]Bangor Daily News[/I]. Such GPSes …

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Hi all. I had a comp. savvy person flash my extra wireless router (WRT54G v8) with DD-WRT I think so I could use it in other rooms, like a bridge I guess, but I'm basically just using it instead of a wireless adapter. It's been cable connected to my HTPC …

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My Linksys router has been flashed with DD-WRT and been using as a wireless bridge. Suddenly I can't get internet anymore so I'm trying to access the settings, but I can't get past the username & passord. Someone else flashed it for me and must have entered new ones. I …

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Hey, Can anyone tell me what are the different types shells and kernels present in both windows OS and linux....... :confused:

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Hi all I'd like to enable authentication on one of my websites under IIS 7.5. There is some authentication levels, Anonymous authentication, basic, digest and Windows. All of them requires Windows user to login. I need/miss/or-what-ever-it-is something like htaccess. It doesn't requires Windows authentication, I just can write username and …

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So I have an Xbox 360 and it is NOT hacked in any way. I am a gamer but I do mostly PC gaming therefore I do not my Xbox for gaming much, at least not online. My xbox is used primarily as a Media Center extender and I love …

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Recently my system has crashed.After re-installing it(windows xp) I found the volume control icon missing from the task bar.To restore it I opened control panel->sound and audio devices and clicked on the option "Place volume icon in the task bar". It gives an error message "windows cannot display the volume …

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I have a BYO computer and it has been running great with windows vista ultimate x64. It has a Phenom II x4 945 processor and 8 gigs of ram and Radeon HD 4850 1GB DDR3. I'm trying to update to windows 7 ultimate x64 and it installs correctly until I …

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Hello everybody! I have a Dell vostro 1520 (OS: Win 7) with no internal mic, and used a headset. I used VoIP and even speech recognition on my system. But all of a sudden the microphone doesn't work. The mic is recognized but when I tested it with sound recorder …

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Running Windows 7 on an HP p6644n desktop. Whenever I re-boot, I get the following error message: [I][B]Please set registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft/.NETFramework\InstallRoot to point to the .NETFramework install location[/B][/I] This is affecting my printer connection as well as other operations. When I troubleshoot the problem, I get a message saying …

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i recently instaled windows 7 but it frequently restarts and sometimes de screen flickers. before i had windows xp and it didn't have any problems. also windows doesn't see one of my partitions. i have 2 hdd split in 5 partitions. it also gave me a blue screen once and …

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i have DirectX 9.0C installed in my comp but still i get a prompt that i need to install DirctX 9.0C when i try playing NFS MostWanted can anyone help me please

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First of all, hi. I am using Windows XP. I have a problem whereby I am unable to open Local Disk(C: ) and (D: ) from My Computer. I managed to open my documents and other files/folders except that I can't access my local disks. Everytime i try double clicking …

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Hi I have two laptops one that I just got fixed... the other one was given to me to try to fix... I unfortantly don't have a internet box for more then one computer so I unplug the internet the proper way. Well the laptop keeps saying ( Limited or …

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Alright, I concede that I need some expert help with this one. I've spent hours on Google just to find suggestions that don't work or make the problem worse. Here's the scoop. I filmed a movie for a drama class I was teaching, and then used the Windows movie maker …

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I have a laptop--Gateway P-6860fx. The operating system is Windows Vista. I was using my computer. It froze. I hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE. This message came on-- Logon process has failed to create the security options dialog Failure-Security Options I clicked OK. The screen became blank. The computer was unresponsive. I unplugged …

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Hi, I'm trying to make a pong game on Xcode 3.2 with SDL but nothing displays, just a black window. Codes: [CODE]#include "includes.h" #include "constants.h" #include "functions.h" int pscore=0,cscore=0,ppaddle=185,cpaddle=185,ballSpeed = 0,cpuPadSpd = 0,frame = 0; SDL_Surface *screen=NULL,*secondary=NULL,*playerscore=NULL,*cpuscore=NULL,*cpuwin=NULL,*playerwin=NULL; bool gameEnded = false,selectedDiff=false; TTF_Font *font,*humungo; SDL_Event e; //PongBall ball; void cleanup() { …

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I have a Hp pavillion dv 2000. My harddrive crashed recently and i purchased a new one and installed it. I put in my windows vista cd, and it comes up fine. The installation starts up fine and around 50 percent in.. this happens to the computer- [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/1zeuzjb.jpg[/IMG] Please help …

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Hi guys Everytime i use sudo in the terminal i get "sudo: unable to resolve host legacy" I had a look at /etc/hosts file, all i have is this 127.0.0.1 localhost # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 …

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