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I can make a program fire up at start up by dragging it to the start-menu->programs->startup-folder. This program needs one of the windows services to be able to function correctly. Occasionally, at boot, this program experiences a problem that is somewhat specific to that required service (which is set to …

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Hi, I have noticed that since applying KB2419632 on patch Tuesday (only this and MRT were applied) that I have recurring identical event id 577 security audit failures which seem to occur just prior to hibernating. Looking at the Microsoft knowledge base here ([url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831905[/url]) I see reference to a pre-XP …

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Ok My problem, My 3yr old X205 Toshiba with Phonix bios is asking for a bios password.My account is admin & never has had a bios password set. Press on switch,bios splash screen comes up then goes to password request.This is not a windows pass request but a bios pass …

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Hey guys i really need your help. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 4937G model. It came with Windows vista. However i recently upgraded it to Windows 7 and there was some slight problem eg unable to read from pen drive but able to read EHDD. So i decided to …

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[ATTACH=right]14395[/ATTACH]Microsoft [URL="http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/04/13/microsoft-kin-one-and-kin-two-specs-and-perspective/"]released a couple of phones[/URL] on Monday, Kin 1 and Kin 2, supposedly aimed at teens. Kin 1 is shaped like a hockey puck. Kin 2 looks more like a conventional smart phone (but it's not). The only thing these phones appear to have going for them is a …

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I just bought a Maxtor Maxline III 250 GB SATA-II 300 HD to put in my Sapphire PURE Crossfire motherboard, and even though BIOS detects it, the operating system when I try to install Windows, does not. Now I've tried several things: Frist I ran Maxtor's diagnostics program powerMax, which …

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hey, im interested in developing my own isp... just need details regarding how to aquire a data pipe, and the basic hardware/software required to set up a pilot system for a wireless internet service. The initial setup would be to just test the markets reply to this type of isp …

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HELP!!! Because of the work, my system must be modified frequently. I don't know when it will get a crash. Do daily Backup to system state is emergent to me!!! Is there some free backup software? I also will consider cheap ones, if it really works well. Any suggestion????

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I am using a sony VAIO laptop [model#PCG-7M1L] and there is a Hacktool.Rootkit virus that is bothering me. Can anyone help me out? Here is my last HijackThis logfile. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:19:47 PM, on 5/31/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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My friends computer is all f***** up and definitely needs reformatting (trust me) except, he doesn't have the quick restore disks. Is there any other way to reformat his computer? He has the windows XP disk

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Does anyone have the XP fix for theme park ? if you could maybe email it to me ? i cant find a working site with it anywhere ..

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I have a 17" BENQ monitor that is slow to start after being shut off for a couple of hours. The monitor LED blinks but the monitor takes about 5 minutes to light up. However, if the PC is started up after being shutdown for a short period of time …

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compaq presario SR2010NX when power button is pressed reads cd drive hard drive powers on does no boot no pass beep no video. fans run and thats it. has anyone else had problem like this. also swapped out cables and hard drive w/ known working still nothing. wonder if reseting …

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Hello, For the last couple months I've been having an issue where once in a while I'll be browsing, and when I click on a link, a second instance of Firefox will open up to an ad site. Then just yesterday I noticed another issue where clicking a google result …

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dear all what is bank or memory bank? what is its function? anyone can give me suggestion or some tutoial, anyhow i didn't find in goole so far. thanks a lot zhiyuan

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See title and screenshot. This photo came off an XP computer, was burned to a disk, and I'm attempting to copy it to a Windows 7 computer. I'm logged into an accout with Admin access. It transferred no problem onto an XP computer and transferred no problem from the CD …

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Hello all, I have a strange situation going on: First, I cannot reboot the computer. Once rebooted the computer signs off and never comes on. Second, if I unplug the computer or turn it off, when I start it up, the monitor does not come on - I have to …

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Hi everyone!)) I'm pressing key down , but symbol appears only once! Guys, please tell me - where's the problem ? Big thanks in advance))

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:( Can someone please help me? Last night my computer shut down for no apparent reason and when i started it up again it said that had recovered from a serious error. I have a feeling i may have some nasties on board! My computer restarted and took me to …

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Hello Everyone, First and foremost, I have looked all over the internet and various forums looking for people that have had a similar problem to mine but I have found very few of those posts helpful so now I am making my own post. Before I get to the problem …

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Hi all, My computer seems to have a problem with its peripherals (no display on the monitor, no red light on the mouse and lights on the keyboard won't light up). The computer does power up (blue led lights, fans, motherboard lights) and I can open and close the DVD …

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Hi I am running windows 7 and I can not clean my flash player's saved data. Flash Player doesn’t only save data in your browser’s cache but it also saves some information on your hard drive. You should also delete this information on a regular basis to ensure that you …

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Hello guys i have a problem well i was having some weird artifacts on the screen (red dots all over) and my gpu temp was like 95c(Idle), well the thing is i opened the video card trying to clean it remove some dust. After i did that i reasembled the …

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I would like to know if there is some way to search through all the folders on a drive to find out how my disk space is being used. I want to search my files to see what can be deleted for space or at lease to see where it …

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Today I configure My Ms Outlook 2007 . but when I downloaded the email from Pop3 Server To my Ms Outlook 2007 . I Did not get my all email from Gmail .i have only get One week email Only .But I want to download my All Email from Gmail …

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Hey guys. I recently bought an HP 620 notebook and i decided to partition it. I managed to partition it into 3 drives with the 4th being the recovery. However, i have not been able boot it as it can not load windows directly. When i start it it loads …

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Hi all, thought I'd ask for a little help for a change. I have a tablet PC at work with a corrupted Windows XP tablet install on it. I have tried everything I can think of to recover it but nothing does the job. I have decided to reinstall it …

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I'm having this problem I'm sure many people have had before me, but i haven't been able to get rid of it. Not sure if this is the same thing, but my computer also gets the error "the service cannot accept control messages at this time." here's my hijackthis log: …

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I just built a computer with the turbo key ll and core unlocker. I have already oc the thing to 3.7 without turning these on but was wondering how the turbo key and core unlocker work??? Anyone care to tell me a little bit about it? Would I be better …

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Hi I'm a newbie in linux. I installed Kubuntu 10.10. then tried to install VirtualBox. an error message appeared: g++ is not installed. the OS cannot be connected to the internet. where can I find and download a self-contained package for g++ to be installed on Kubuntu 10.10?

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Hello, I am considering buying a Dell inspiron E1505 off of craigslist that is missing a battery, hard drive and possibly ram. I was wondering if there is anything I can do while before I buy it to see if there are more serious problems with it? I have an …

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Hello, I am having a problem getting the Network icon to display in the system tray in the Guest Account. I also can't click to check it in Properties under System icons. It is grayed out. I know this is an issue that has been solved many times, but this …

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My computer gets stuck at the Windows logo screen with the blue bar going side to side...it has been doing this for about 30mins and won't boot up. What can I do?

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Hi guys, I want to access my virtual domain from another computer on same network by typing [url]www.site1.com[/url] or site1.com without using IP at the beginning of URL. Currently it works this way: [U]Server computer where Apache is running:[/U] [url]www.site1.com[/url] AND site1.com works fine as I want. [U]Another desktop computer …

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Hi i am running Windows Vista Home Premium on my HP Media Center PC, and my computer just went through my scheduled Hardware Diagnostic tests and everything passed except the Random Seek Test for my C drive. Is this a bad thing? what do i do about it? Do i …

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I'm looking at buying a new dell laptop, what are your opinions on the inspiron range?? any opinions are welcome. Thanks, Chopper.

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I have a red hat system that I currently have to websites hosted on. I’m trying to set up a third domainname but every time I touch the files (httpd.conf, hosts, ddclient.conf, VirtualHosts,etc) it resolves to the primary domain name. The third domain keeps pulling up my first domain instead …

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Laptop: Acer Travelmate 290 Ok heres the problem, i hit the power button, it turns on, but it wont start up.. Once in a while i am able to make it to the windows xp loading screen, then the screen goes black again! I thought it was a power problem, …

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Description: hey all, after using my computer for awile, in particular Xnews (a newsgroup program) my internet performance just plain craps out. Loading pages is painfully slow, xnews slows to abnormaly slow speeds and downloads slow to a crawl. This is a new issue and normaly my computer runs fine. …

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Hi Everyone I wondered what people's thoughts were towards Uniblue and PCPitstop. I recently picked up both PCPitStop and Uniblue's SpeedUpMyPC and RegistryBooster as I wasn't sure which one was better and I still can't tell as different people say different ones are better. What do you guys think?

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Hello all, I will apologize in advance. I am truly a novice. I am not familiar with terminology and some of my equipment is antiquated but serviceable. I have a functional wireless network and would like to add my hard-wired printer and scanner. Do i simply run hard-wires to ethernet …

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Hi, Sorry didn't know where to paste this problem. Please help! My internal LAN card had a problem so I opened up my computer. I tried to clean up the computer. After that I started my computer and then the computer suddenly turned off due to loose power supply wire. …

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Hi everyone, I have MCP certification, and i got some MCSE training.But i am not intrested in Microsoft field, because everyone knows microsoft even small child. But now searching Apple MAC feild , i donot know, about feature in MAC. I want to do same certifications like MCSA in APPLE. …

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Hello - just downloaded this new application to control my fan speed for my Macbook Pro as I noticed its temperature sky rocketing sometimes for seemingly no reason. My question is does smcFanControl update the temperature display at the top of the screen automatically on a Mac?

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Hello all, My employer wants to implement an exchange server to store emails and contacts on the server away from end user pc's. They want me to figure out if this system is feasible for our business. I do not know much about exchange server so here I am asking …

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does anyone know how to upgrade the Blackberry Software to 4.5.0.81 without using an exe. file

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i have a samsung laptop with windows 7 and a sony camcorder that is about 5 years old that uses the mini tapes i want to upload the tapes to my computer but the computer wont reconize the camera even tho the drivers are installed so does any one no …

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Over the weekend my Dell Inspiron 530 started to shut down randomly and had trouble restarting. Sometimes the discs spin up, I get to the user login screen, and windows fails to load. AVG had identified and cleaned a Confiker variant (don't recall which), and I had moved the monitor …

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My sister's b/f bought a MacBook Pro for almost 4 grand and he is having trouble connecting to his Time Capsule. It will join the network but not display any web pages. I'm a Windows user, but I'm on that Mac right now and it has joined other networks and …

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This is my FIRST day here... I am working with a Dell computer about 5 years old... The computer will NOT recognize the cdrom/dvd combo drive after an update from Microsoft screwed things up.. The drive letter doesn't even show.. Under Device Manager it shows it as NOT installed.. Since …

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