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My wife has a presario R3000, infected by virus corrupted registry and affected DVD RW therefore cannot restore via disc in DVD drive. How do I restore it to factory settings. Tried system restore but for some reason calender only goes back to April 2007 which is no use at …

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I have been working on this laptop and only receive 2 options, one to repair and the other to start windows normally. The message states that software or hardware installation was done incorrectly. Either option takes me to a black screen where no activity is heard. I have tried the …

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Hello I have the issue where my dvd burner has not been able to be seen by my compouter and this has just recently happen in the last few days ever since i had help from microsoft to go into my computer and help remove some rootkits and viruses as …

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I'm sure threads don't have to be all about problems so, I was wondering when I delete my files, where does it go? How does the hard drive regain its space? I read somewhere that the OS just ignores it but I wanted to make sure and if we used …

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Hello everyone, I am new to the forums and quite new to the IT on a bit more serious level. I decided to set up a wireless connection at home in order to have wi-fi on my iPhone. No problem with that after some time spent, I settled it up. …

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Dear All, i was wondering if there was another text editor than open office as is not MS office compitable

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Recently I turned on my laptop and realized my taskbar changed by XP blue to gray with no special icons. The taskbar looks like a boring version of Windows 98. I tried everything and nothing's working. It was normal yesterday. I'm using Trend Micro Internet Security. I tried to click …

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Does anyone know of a solution to support PCI sata on systems where BIOS cannot boot from add-in cards? PC is Dell dimension 2400 P4. Disappointed no PCI boot support, since similar model 2350 does apparently have this option. I am looking for a bootloader workaround which can boot from …

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I'm having a problem on how to recover my password in Folder Protect, I forgot it and I don't know to recover it, does anyone know how to recover a password?

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Hey, I tried to swap a hard drive form another computer with Windows Vista Home Premium onto a Gateway dx4200-09. After hooking the hard drive up to the dx4200 it powered up and the power light flashed slowly blue. The screen/monitor didn't respond, I tried another monitor and it didn't …

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I turn the computer on and the message that appears is Error loading C:\User\user\AppData\Roaming\hmcencx.dll The Specified module could not be found. Could someone help please.

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My computer keeps crashing! I have Windows 7 (it was Vista but I upgraded it) It has a new motherboard, graphic card and new Ram, all changed to see if it would stop it from crashing. Been back to makers but they could not find anything wrong with it. IT …

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Hi: I have a client's machine here that had microsoft xp media center edition on it. It was not working so the client tried the F10 factory install which came with the system. It is a HP Pavilion a1630n machine. After not getting the F10 key to work the client …

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I'm running windows xp. I've tried scanning with avast resulting in nothing. I can access task manager and pull up programs with that. I've tried doing the msconfig thing which resulted in the icons and bar to be there for some time, but then it disappears again even when the …

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Hey guys, Been a while since my last post - websites sure changed alot! I am after a brand new graphics card, but I am a little rusty on my tech knowledge to be honest, and would love to get some suggestions from your collective expertise. My budget is no …

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Hi there, Everyone: I have a dead HP zv6000 laptop that just died on me after I tried to replace the CPU fan late last night. (replacing it required me to remove the thermal mount, replace the fan, and then put the thermal mount back on - among numerous other …

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Well this laptop is having a problem. When you turn it on it won't boot (black screen) and then shuts down then boots up, then shuts down, then boots up and so forth. It has a Pentium 4. I took out a intel centrino chip from another laptop and the …

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I have a "Fujitsu Siemens" PC, and when trying to start it up get the following message without gerttinh beyong: [B]warning resoource conflict -PCI on motherboard Bus:01, Device:1D, Function:00 warning resoource conflict -PCI on motherboard Bus:01, Device:1E, Function:1F [/B] How can I fix this issue? Thanks.

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Hello all! My Hp compaq mini 110 was showing a bluescreen, after which i tried to format and load a another OS, the bluescreen persist. I tried another RAM on it to know if it was the RAM that was causing the problem. the same thing happen, then i return …

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AVG Antivirus moved the mfc45.dll to the virus vault because it was corrupted. Is it necessary? If so, how can I get a replacement file?

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trying to update and this came up (attachment) does this mean that this new version is not compatible with with xp or is there ways around this if can give any help i greatly appreciate

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Vista Home Premium X64 I got a virus that seems to have messed up my OS pretty good. I clean my system regularly using MBAM and Super Anti Spy Ware, and was using Avast AV. But my system got a nasty virus. I currently can't explore my system files without …

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I had a friend play with my laptop so that the thing would run a bit quicker. After a month or so of use, it appears i can't use it any more because it requires a product key. so i tryed the product key on the sticker on the under …

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the other day i was checking my email and running a musicjukebox when all of a sudden my computer froze. i thought this was normal so i just ctrl alt del but the computer wouldn't restart. so i powered down my computer. when i tried to boot it up again, …

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Gateway GT5476e Windows Vista Home Premium Alright, so I'm trying to Restore to Factory Settings. I do the normal routine... F8 at startup Choose the "Repair your Computer" option Everything seems to go fine at first, until computer loads up to the Welcome Screen. Except on this screen, there are …

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OK, lately my computer has been going Threw allot of issue's, first of which for some reason Microsoft Silverlight was no longer installed and would always give a error when try to reinstall,after 2 weeks of correspondence with Microsoft(trying this and that and anything under the moon) like a fluke …

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Hi, I have a network set up at home with 4 computers, file sharing works fine between all of them, i bought a 120g usb2 Maxtor onetouch external hard drive for one of the computers recently and it works as i would like however when i try and share any …

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Hi!! I recently discovered that someone been hacking my wireless network. I do have WPA encryption and I think I now have locked him out. My question is; can he /she have gotten so far that they opened up my computer and searched my files? Or is the main purpose …

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I just started at small radio station and the owner asked me to make it so that all the computers can see the files on the other computers. I believe there are 4 desktops, 3 running Windows XP (i just started and dont know much about the specs but I …

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Hey everyone, My computer (nvidia fx480) is experiencing some pixelation. At random times (haven't noticed a pattern) my monitor (HP 2509m) will show green pixels in darker areas on the screen. Usually refreshing the background image or something similar with correct this, but I'd really like to get it fixed. …

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I dont know if I have a virus or trojan. My left mouse button works normally on startup but after 10 -30 minutes instead of say opening a file or starting a program it will show the shortcuts properties and the keyboard stops responding at all. I ran Kaspersky antivirus …

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I have Verizon Fios, so I am getting my data connection from coaxial. I'm running a cable from one of the ports (not the uplink Verizon generic router/modem) to my E2000, which obviously has this end plugged into the uplink. I haven't had any connection issues wired or wireless, my …

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Hi So I had a post all typed up, but then when I was running GMER the computer crashed and I lost it. The gist of it is that I'm home visiting my parents and their computer is pretty close to FUBAR. It's got a virus that's redirecting search results …

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Hi there everybody! I have a PC which i was pretty happy for, it had Windows Vista on it. But then one day when i turned on the computer, it wouldn't boot up Vista. It came to that part where it shows that loading bar: [code] ___________________ | |||| |||| …

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All of the sudden within the past couple of days my server running server 2003 seems to be having some dns issues or atleast I assume they are dns. I can connect to it through remote desktop, but when I open a web browser on it and try to go …

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I would like to ask is it beneficial having a lot of comments from the same website with a great ranking in alexa(400,00) but different IP address and different email address?

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Hi all My laptop running with xp pro updated to service pack 3 decided to loop when start-up. In other words, it just keep on rebooting, up to the windows screen, and then restarts. I managed to get into safemode, and performed a chkdsk c:/r and many bad sectors and …

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I am so very frustrated right now. (As I'm sure everyone on here is) Here's the problem: My D drive was working just fine. The only software I have recently installed was by SanDisk to operate a newly purchased MP3 player. All the software did (I think) was up grade …

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can some one teach me how to download alive desktop background on my computer im using XP..If some one knows how can you please give me the link where i can download.......] Thanks....

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Hi Friends, Here is my Scenario, I have two ISP Connections from different Providers BSNL and Sify. Both are 1MBps. In my Office Now we are using Sify for Only one Machine and BSNL is configured in wifi router. But Often BSNL network is in problem. So we have planned …

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hello i am havinf some problems, which a critical warning message about my hard drive being full or something and really has resticted my computer in normal mode, wont let me open hardly any softwares etc. i have runned hijackthis and got a logfile, i need to know which files …

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I have opened up my TravelMate 2300 and I'm looking for the cmos battery (I'm pretty sure it needs replacing) but I can't seem to locate the battery anywhere...does anyone know where I would find it? Thanks! Noelle

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How do I assign my Guest User Admin rights in XP? I have tried assigning it, but it gives system error 5. Also My Laptop does not allow to rename any file in System32, I think thats too is protected by admin rights, does not give me the priviledge. Please …

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Hi guys! My first post here so hopefully we can learn from each other and maybe make a few new friendships along the way. Thanks for having me! I have a problem at home. I am using a wireless netgear router which is connected to my machine via ethernet cable …

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A few days ago, after being on computer for about half an hour it randomly shut off by itself. I opened the case and cleaned all the dust out, turned it back on accordingly, and after being on another 30 minutes or so it shut down again. Sometimes I noticed …

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I recently replaced my power supply on a dell 9100 Deminsion. I purchased the 600w one and installed it a day ago. Upon installation, everyting seemed to boot up like normal... fans running hard drive spinning, and what not. (I am not technical at all and for that I am …

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I have been trying to remove this virus without having to pay a further £60 to either Norton or McAfee. I have run GMER and DDS scans as well as running Malwarebytes anti-malware. All the detials are attached. I have followed the instructions on various web pages but nothing seems …

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its got : cd-rom 52x intel p4 641 cpu Ultra 1024MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory Golden Orb 2 cpu fan radeon 9200 videocard belkin wireless network card seagate 250 gb sata harddrive floppy drive PT88BS Pro motherboard from mach speed 500 watt powersupply anyone got ideas it would be much …

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