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When I switch my computer on, it immediately starts beeping and the screen remains blank. The beep is one long beep (maybe 4 secs), and loops over and over. I scoured various forums and whatnot, and the only thing I came up with is that it may be a memory …

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I was wondering if there's a way that I can recover data from a storage drive that crashed. The only problem is that when I insert my old HDD the PC freezes at startup right by the beginning of the POST (in fact it shows the model of my Asus …

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Hello, I'm fairly new to computers and i think i might have a virus, well actually i am pretty sure i do. I can't seem to open properties when i right click and i cant open my control panel, 2 error messages pop up, the same one. When i tried …

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her pc has been acting real bad. i had her buy the norton antivirus. it has helped but, it keeps blocking attacks. i wonder if its too late.

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Hi! please help!! someone recently removed the hard disks from the server as they were doing some preventive maintain. Now, the server is not booting. the model is a dell poweredge 2850.

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i JUST REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP ON A DELL DIMENSION 4700 AND HAVE NOY BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY SOUND.

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Someone gave me a computer and asked me to look at it, they told me they couldn't load Windows. I have the computer, and this is what it's doing: -HP splash screen comes up -The very next screen is the screen for Windows Safe Mode (with the only options being …

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I normally backup to a memory stick but from time to time I backup onto my hard drive. Recently I have got a message that the 'Backup disk is out of space' ie the C drive. As I have over 50% free it seems an unlikely message. No problem with …

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Hi, I'm confused as to what DDR RAM I can upgrade with. [URL="http://i55.tinypic.com/mlidn4.png"]MotherBoard[/URL] [URL="http://i55.tinypic.com/jkwug7.png"]Memory Controller[/URL] [URL="http://i51.tinypic.com/25qu8up.png"]Currently installed RAM Modules[/URL] The motherboard specifications indicate 400 DDR... but my motherboard seems to be 3.3V indicating it's made for SD RAM, and it seems to currently have SD RAM installed. I am pretty …

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I've started a [URL="http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20110127025920867&board_id=1&model=P5N7A-VM&page=1&SLanguage=en-us"]thread[/URL] on the Asus forums, but thought that maybe this community could be helpful as well. First, my machine: ------------------ [INDENT][B]Motherboard:[/B] Asus P5N7A-VM [B]BIOS version:[/B] 0519 4/29/2010 [B]CPU:[/B] Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W [B]Memory installed:[/B] 4096 MB [B]Memory type:[/B] OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 …

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Hello everyone, i don't know what happened to my windows. Having message "registry disabled" accessing regedit. Need help. Regards,

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Hi, I have a 32-bit operating system of Vista Home Premium, with 3 GB of RAM, and a processor running at 2 GHz. I have passed the system requirements from Windows Upgrade Advisor. I want to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, but I'm having a difficult time deciding which OS …

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Hi, This has been bugging me for a few days now, I keep getting an error in the cmd promt window. when I open the command promt (OS=vista) I get C:\Users\Name> ,everything I type after this I recieve the following error [B]'****' is not recognized as an external or internal …

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Hello all. Well.. Where to begin? just over a month ago a rougue anti-malware program named antimalware doctor began appearing on my computer. This troubled me for quite some time, and i tried many different things to get rid of it. However in the end i did a sytem restore …

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I recently received a used Toshiba Tecra 9000 from my brother. It has several problems, but I'm only bothered by one. I"ll list all the problems though. 1(the one that bothers me). I've been using Ubuntu Live to test/operate the computer, but recently (last two days) it has started freezing …

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This morning, my computer was running the internet fine. However, my three year old stuck her finger on the power button (it is now taped over...) and turned it off while I was still working. When I powered it back up, the wireless router connected and provided wireless internet to …

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I bought a new hard drive from newegg and it arrived today. My boyfriends the computer guy, and he installed it for me. However, after we turned it back on it is telling us it "is not accessible access is denied." I googled it, and I tried both going to …

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hi all hope someone can help. my girlfriend has a toshiba satellite pro the other day she desided to tell me her avg ran out and was not protected so i installed a new 2011 avg unfortunatly she got a virus called windows scan i tried everything poss to get …

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Hey Windows fans, would you like to take Linux for a spin to see what everyone's buzzing about? It's easy to do in just five easy steps. You can test Linux for yourself without having to setup multibooting, worry about partitioning or installing over your current Windows system. That's right, …

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Hi Laptop caught a virus the other day so I have spent all day running virus scans but am now at a complete loss to why I still can't connect to the internet. I have tried pinging yahoo.com to test with no packets lost etc so there is an internet …

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Hi Folks My computer keeps popping up random warning about microsoft office outlook "MAPI32.DLL is corrupt," and randomly opening up an unknown file in Windows media player. This happens whether or not I am running explorer, firefox, or neither. Kaspersky cannot detect any issues, even after I upgraded to the …

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Hi I am writing this for my little sister who needs a bit of help with her external hard drive. The other day she took out dad's external disk from her old computer and put in her own external to copy over some images, but on her external she could …

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I am going to be burning DVD's that contain education modules for teachers. The file folders have to be in a specific order, and I can't arrange them as I need them to be seen. Every time I arrange them by topic, the move to another arrangement such as by …

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I have a Hp Pavilion running windows ME. The Cd rom is only recognizing certain cd's. I can put certain cdrw's with files on them in the drive and it will read them fine. But I can put other (same brand and type) cdrw's in there and it will tell …

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HI I googled "ram forum" and here i am :) Im just looking to upgrade an old computer for my niece. It only has 128 mb of ram! The comp has two slots and im thinking to upgrade to 512 mb(the max it will hold) Im a bit at aa …

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I am trying to get cygwin and nachos working on my computer which runs vista for my operating systems class. The site I am following to try and get it to run is "http://www.mcs.utulsa.edu/~papama/cs3053/nachos_in_windows.htm" I have cygwin installed in what i think is my home directory named USer. Then I …

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So, I am thinking of buying [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220834&nm_mc=AFC-Bleeping&cm_mmc=AFC-Bleeping-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220834&nm_mc=AFC-Bleeping&cm_mmc=AFC-Bleeping-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA[/URL] and can't find any video or written reviews by cNET or any other companies. It looks like a very good computer, but I am looking for some opinions of this computer, or ASUS in general. Are they reliable, is the customer service good, …

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Please see log below and let me know what I can "fix" - it seems like there's way too much stuff out there. PLEASE let me know as I'm a novice and afraid to remove the wrong thing and make matters worse. THANKS!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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I have just downloaded and installed Fedora 13. I need to connect to this system through a telnet and/or ssh session. However, I do not have any idea what needs to be done to accomplish that. Anyone out there who can help?

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Hi I am having one HP desktop (config.- core2duo, 2 GB RAM, 16GB HDD) . windows server 2003 was running on this PC for last 3 years. One day suddenly hard disk crashed & i bought new hard disk of 160 GB. Now I started fresh installation, created partition c …

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hello i have this Hp Pavillion machine, its is somewhat new and when i was working on it one day, it froze, and when i try to turn it on it just beeps , a long beep for like 10 seconds, and another long after that and it goes like …

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Hi, One of my users computers, a laptop running windows XP, began acting up over the weekend. The system will boot into safe mode only. It will not boot into safe mode with command prompt, last known good config, etc. Whenever i boot into safe mode it gives obvious windows …

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I am running ubuntu and mistakenly deleted /usr/bin/ld. Now I can't compile anything. Any help would be appreciated.

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I have a problem with my pc .. My pc start and completely on .. After comletely on. They doesnt work just hange.... Ram and power supply working properly....

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Hi, I'm having trouble getting rid of my USB to serial driver so that I can install a new one. I have deleted the device in device manager so that it shows up as the generic Usb to serial device. But when I am in the update device driver and …

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I have a bat script that if i run it on cmd it is working fine. However, if I right click and run as admin it broke. Has anyone seen this behavior?

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hi everyone , I'm new to linux and I've just downloaded ubuntu , i tried to setup a network connection but i couldn't in windows it's much easier .I want to set a network connection on windows i use broadband connection that requires a user name and password using dsl …

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My friend has two HP desktop computers running Windows XP (SP3) in his living room and entertains many, many guests daily. Guests who do not usually carry laptop/netbook with them are allowed access to these computers and their internet connections without much supervision. Most of said users are very respectful …

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I have recently bought a second hand Dell Latitude D610 laptop but the previous owner does not know the BIOS security password, so I cannot go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence or activate the new wireless card I have bought for it. I have tried various methods, …

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Hi, Actually i want to start a major project for my GRADUATION ,so i want to write a lot of code to make a new platform or distro using existing linux kernel. Can anyone help me ? I mean any one who able to tell me from where i start …

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Hi, I have got a hp pavilion dv5000, when I turn on it the screen goes blank. Power led glows, I hear for a few time the fan, disk led flashes intermittently and also I feel that the DVD player tries to load. If I try to click on caps …

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I just bought a new netgear wndr3700 router and am trying to get my g.f's laptop up on it. I can set the wireless pc card to full wpa2 protection but it can't seem to connect. It sees the router but the connection fails. I tried setting it up with …

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Hi everybody, I need your help, please. about two years ago I was able to make my home network work with no problems, 2 or 3 computers were able to connect to internet through a router at the same time with no problems at all. For the last two months, …

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I have spent days reading different threads and trying lots of stuff, but nothing has helped my problem. My setup is a home network with one desktop PC wired to an ActionTec router-modem on ATT DSL and 2 PC laptops on wireless. Everything works on the two laptops, but I …

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Ok I just bought a new Nvidia GT 240 made by PNY, and I can't get it to display anything on my screen with hdmi or dvi. I get no signal with it at all. The fan runs on the graphics card when I turn my computer on and I …

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I have recently started learning Linux 5.0 EE and i am trying to copy the contents to the CD but i am unable to do that.Iam using "mount -t " command.so can anyone suggest me how to use this command or is there any other command to do the same

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Hi folks, First time user of the forum, desparately needing help with an infection/virus/malware on my PC running XP. My antivirus has started going bonkers popping up with messages similar to "A threat has been detected and has now been fixed. Click here for further details". My AV software is …

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Hello, I just assembled a new computer about a month ago and now I'm dealing with a small problem. a plug in called 'Click Potato lite' installed itself on my computer(or else it did when I installed xvid codecs perhaps). I ran Mbam and my normal anti virus(avast), mbam found …

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If I've already got Postini what value add would installing GroupShield for Exchange provide??? More specifically internal emails within the co. (10K employees) are not scanned but all nodes on the network should have McAfee VSE On-Access Scanning enabled and current (about 95% compliant). So if a threat attempted to …

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