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I think similar threads have been posted about this virus. It disables your sound, flashes 98 theme then back to XP, sometimes it stays on 98. I've also discovered that it disables all processes that run C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs. It doesn't seem to activate immediately in fact it activates randomly, …

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hi .. So I have this problem on my laptop . I had to reformat the Hd and so I set up the internet wireless as before but now it won't let me connect.even with the lan cable it's the same. I get the signal ok and it tells me …

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My subscription to Norton was up so I looked on this to see what would be good for free. Now the following is not unethical but it is still funny how there is a price for the rich and a price for the poor. I went to Avast and it …

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I have a Medion MD5000 computer that I removed the CPU (I've done this 100's of times and never had a problem) well i do now. I replaced the CPU and my computer turns on the HDD, CD/DVD, Video Card all have power, but the monitor, mouse, keyboard and anyother …

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Hello, Earlier today my laptop was taken out by a virus, possibly a parasite. There had been a few errors thoughout the day, my laptop is well maintained but I didnt think anything of the messages and I am usually capable of fixing a problem. The browser crashed, and I …

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hii... error: "NOT ENOUGH FREE SPACE" message although drive is fully empty win7 is already installed on my C: drive, and i am trying to install fedora 14 on drive G:(NTFS,85 gb-fully empty),but it display the error message that "not enough space". why it happen?? how can resolve it?. i …

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I have an HP dv6837cl laptop. The original hard drive is a Samsung HM250JI which crashed and needs to be replaced. This hard drive is now more difficult to find and I've seen instances of others on the web who have also encountered issues with this HD so I'm even …

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The cost of an Xbox 360 is dropping like a brick, which is just as well considering [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21179/532/"]so many things can go wrong[/URL] with the Microsoft games console. In fact the whole Red Rings of Death thing has led to some frustrated users [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21290/532/"]taking Microsoft to court[/URL]. Jesse Maiman, a …

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Hello, I am trying to learn real-time programming in Java RTS. I was wondering if it was possible to install Solaris 10 in my Windows 7 laptop, such that I can dual boot both of these operating systems. If it is possble, could you recommend setup instructions? Thank you.

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Okay, I to be honest I really don't know much about computer's just from watching others. So I need some answers to my problem, First of all I had Norton to keep my computer safe well, when I bought the computer I did know what it takes to actually keep …

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Hello all. I am receiving Bluescreens when I boot my PC up, randomly one of the 3 above. This is not every time I boot the system, but at least 70% of the time. This started when I installed a new graphics card into the PC (ATI HD5770), so my …

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Ok... so we have comcast, i know it sucks, and weve had modem problems in the past. it shuts down randomly and has to be replaced ever yr or so. so instead of replacing this modem with a new comcast modem we bought our own, that has great reviews. 4star …

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While logged into my sbs 2008 using the domain administrator account I keep getting this error when changing folder security to folders and children. [CODE]error applying security An error occurred while applying security information to: c:\folder\file.doc access denied[/CODE] All of the files and subfolders in this folder have full permissions …

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Hi guys, I need some advice please. My gf wants to buy and install WIndows7 on her machine (a Dell studio 1535). Now, it has windows vista on it, so I was wondering whether there could be any issue with replacing it with WIndows7. Unfortunately it is not my own …

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Hi all, I had may HP laptop for about a year now when my display started showing vertical coloured lines and finally went blank. I took it to HP and they changed the display. It worked fine for about 2 months and now after about 10 minutes on the screen …

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Hello, I have a media center desktop PC for like 4 years, and yesterday a blue screen came up a few times about a hardware and software problem. Then today it does the something. I was going to look around the computer when it was on. and was looking for …

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every time i try to connect to the internet it says i have to update the xbox and when i say yes to it this comes up.Status Code 3080-0000-0080-0700-8007-2741. can somebody tell me whats going wrong????????:?:

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hey experts please suggest me that windows xp how to install with a usb or Flash Drive. how to write windows xp sp2 .iso file on USB or Flash Drive.

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Hey all, I work at a small (~120 students/semester) study abroad program and I'm looking to revise my setup of a networked printer. As it stands, we have a very mixed environment (every version and SP of Windows from XP to 7 and Mac OS X 10.4 and up) and …

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I've been trying to download the SP1 for Windows 7 and I keep getting a startup error message (0xc000007b). I can't seem to finda fix. Can someone help me out here?

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hi guys, any tricks that you know how to hide a mapped network drive on windows 7. i keep trawling the web, suggestion is only NoNetConnecDisconnect via registry editing. But it doesn't seem to work. any tricks, or methods that you know thatcan hide a mapped network drive.. Please share …

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When I switch on my pc, my fan on my cpu seems to be switching on then after three seconds swithes off.When I try to turn on my pc after that, nothing happens.After I unplug the power cable from my psu and plug it back in and turn it on, …

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hieee to all .... i got stuck with this problem ..... recently i took broadband cable connection (without ip addres / obtain automatically} can we connect single internet to 2-3 pcs without using switch or router or hub in simple words how can i create LAN for 2-3 pcs using …

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Hi, In my pc the local area connection status show the activity of sent OK but the receive activity is nil. What's the problem & how can i solve it? plz help me............

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Hey guys, I just reinstalled Windows on my machine, and the sound is SUPER quiet (barely audible). Here is what I have: [LIST] [*]Speakers (that work and use external power) [*]Asus P5S800-VM mobo (yes the AC'97 is enabled in BIOS) [*]Up-to-date drivers (freshly installed; I tried reinstalling no change) [*]All …

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hi guys, i am looking at purchasing this ssl for my cpanel dedicated box: [url]http://www.positivessl.com/ssl-certificate-products/addsupport/ssl-positive_wildcard.html?ap=ce048[/url] i have asked the salesman if 1 static ip address for the box will cover all sub domains on the one domain ssl and he has confirmed yes however my hosting provider support engineers said …

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Hi: I am working on a clients PC and when I raise the memory from 512 MB to 1.5GB the whole system crashes. The RAM on the system is DDR PC2700 and on the other side it says 64X64 PC3200 DDR. The additional RAM I tried to put in is …

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i have indows XP. the drive in my laptop is fragmented in 4 parts. i want to reformat the windows as my computer is working slower and also the screen has gone out black. no wall paper works there. i have saved all my data in other drives ...not in …

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Im trying to install Windows XP Pro onto my old laptop which is currently running Linux Mint. Shortly after i insert the CD it tell me that: "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer." I did't replace the HDD or move it; I didn't do …

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Hi, My desktop is running XP Pro SP3 and has McAfee A/V protection installed: [Security Center 9.15, Virus Scan 13.15, Personal Firewall 10.15. Anti Spamware 10.15] CPU Intel x86 PC with 4Gb main memory running on 945HCM-S mother board BIOS American Megatrends P1.00 08/19/2008 Data Execution Prevention is active [essential …

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My Presario R3000 laptop recently got a virus and i would like to restore the system back to factory settings. I have already backed up the files i want to keep and have been trying to work out how to do this all evening and night without success. Can anybody …

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OK... Been on this about 10 hours now. I ran BitDefender and to make a long story short. I have lost explorer.exe I only have taskmanager to run things. I cannot find the files I need to find to reboot without cd because they are hidden and I have no …

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Hi friends ! I an using ADSl Broadband connection. This is a limited connection and I cannot download for all the time. I want to put auto download during night 2:00AM to morning 8:00AM since that the free time(during which any download will not be acounted in the limited download …

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I'm having a biiig problem with Windows XP crashing at startup. It happened after my dad was working on replacing the inverter on my laptop since the screen has given me no end of troubles. The computer displays the Windows XP splash screen (the one with the little animated progress …

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Hi, I was surfing the web looking at what technology is around then I found the below link and quotes the following: [QUOTE]how fast do you need it? because the magny-cours amd 12 cores come out early next year, and with an 8 socket motherboard you'd have 96 cores, whereas …

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Does anyone know around how fast an SSD is? I mean is it comparable to 10K HDD? Is a 15K HDD faster then an SSD (especialy 6gb/s)? This is just a random post, just curious because of the high prices.

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Hi, wondering if anyone can help. My work laptop has recently stopped picking up my home wireless signal. When I go to Site Monitor in the Dell wirelass utility and scan for networks its picks up others in the block but not mine. My home laptops picks it up fine. …

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I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …

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I can not see the screen on this computer. I bought it used yesterday hoping to just turn it into a small home server this week but without it working I am no where. When powering I do NOT here any post beeps, and I even took out the ram …

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So i set up a L2TP/ipsec VPN server on my mac running 10.6.x. I can connect to the VPN from my LAN, but not from outside of it. This is from my HTC evo. I set up a VPN server using a virtual machine of 10.6.x Server, with the same …

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Gateway Laptop M675 doesn't boot. the light at on button comes on I can hear the fan and the hard drive. screen just black.

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Hi I have an apple powerbook G4 1.67GHz 15" Screen etc.... (a1138). I bought it and am working on it (fix computers here and there) I had to replace the bottom case because it had a few large dents (one was by the charging port so I had to buy …

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Hi I have an apple powerbook G4 1.67GHz 15" Screen etc.... (a1138). I bought it and am working on it (fix computers here and there) I had to replace the bottom case because it had a few large dents (one was by the charging port so I had to buy …

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I have a duel 1 ghz G4, and am running os 10.3.2. When i put my computer to sleep after extended uptime (usually 4 hours +) the sysem crashes after bringin it out of sleep. I have gathered that it might be a power management problem. WHat can i do …

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I have received a comprehensive report from above, and I would like to have it interpreted by some generous soul! Not sure how to forward the information, but would appreciate any help that is available. Thanks.

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Hi guys looking for a lil bit of help ... A friend of mine is living in Canada and wants to watch live rugby/hurling from Ireland(where i am)the online rte Iplayer wont let him view from outside Ireland. i have no problems with him connecting through my broadband and as …

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Hi All Please i need help with a simple network software, i will prefer if its built original cos most of the ones out there dont do exactly what i want, i need a network software that can do the following 1. add systems through wireless tech. thereby creating a …

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Hi Folks, I've added two pictures of my set-up. It's a XPS 8000 with a BLU-LED LCD Samsung BX2450 Monitor. The only problem with the PC is the low powered power-supply and cheap graphics card. To be precise, 350W PSU and a weak 512MB ATI HD 4350 Graphics Card. Do …

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