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| | I have a virus on my computer that when I search something on google and click on a search result, the link takes me to a random website and the computer is running a lot slower than usual. I have Ad-Aware, Malawarebytes Anti-Malaware, Sypot Search & Destroy, Hijack This, and …  |
| | I have a [URL="http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic76992.html#"]Gateway[/URL] 7215GX and some how it seems the power button is now unresponsive. I believe it was caused by my fiance mashing down too hard which caused the button to be pushed under and slightly over, I managed to move it back into place and it has … |
| | Hi everyone The question i have is: Do i necesarily need to have a mac computer to be able to run mac os or can this be done on any computer other than mac? I'm asking because they are insanely expensive. P.S. A virtual amchine is out of the question. … |
| | Dear Folks, Using bash on Linux, how would I list file sizes to 3 significant figures in human-friendly form? If I try [CODE]ls -lh[/CODE] I get 2 significant figures, but I would like to get 3 significant figures. Also, there is the almighty muddle between megabytes and mebibytes that leads … |
| | How do i get after effects CS4 for mac? I cant find it anywhere..i want the trial version..i really hate that adobe isnt keeping the cs4 version in their website (well, if im wrong then plz tell me). OR is there a way to export to CS4 format from after … |
| | i cant get my pc to start it freeses as soon as i get to welcome page anyone know how to solve this i also tried throught the command prompt in safe mode i typed in %systemroot%\system32\restore\restrui.exe. but wont accept says not recognised |
| | Well I need to know which kind of video card I need to but. (slot wise) Also I need tips on which one is good, like pci-e/pci/amd or w/e. what in the report of cupid report do I need to post?  |
 | Hello IT specialists of Daniweb, I have a computer at home and I want to limit the time for my siblings in accessing my computer. For example, From the time 8pm to 12am, they can't access my computer. If I will create a new account for them, the problem won't … |
| | Recently bought new linksys wrt160N router to replace usr5461 in wireless homenetwork. After running the installation wizard no connection with the internet was available. The old router works fine however. Wizard advises me to contact the network provider. Even after removing the firewall ( PCTools ) there is no answer …  |
| | Back in May, my hard drive (Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive)crashed so I turned it in under its warranty. When I got the new one, I plugged it in only to find I had no video. I bought a new … |
| | well i was looking at some videos online and was prompted to update my realplayer and it failed, since then i haven't been able to open any explorer window. I have run adaware, spybot, striker, and norton full system scan. I can't figure it out and i know alot of … |
| | the best feature of windows 7 is windows media player 12. it is not only looks cool, but also it does not have the problems of media player 11. media player 11 has got an major problem, it does not shows the total time of the tracks in playlist. media …  |
| | Hello, I just booted up my laptop and something came up called "Security Suite". It keeps running scans and won't allow me to use Malwarebytes or Super Antispyware. How do I get rid of this please. I am running Vista. Thank you. |
 | I've got a basic HP Pavillion Slimline running an AMD x64 dual core 2.7GHz, 4gb ram and 500gb harddrive space. Its loaded with Vista Home Premium but I'm ready to install Windows 7 Professional. I'm backing up all docs, gathering the installs of my third-party software, but I don't know … |
 | I saw this article yesterday titled, "[URL="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090220/tc_pcworld/studyfederalgovtcansavebillionsinitspending"]Study: Federal Gov't. Can Save Billions in IT Spending[/URL]," and feel compelled to comment. The gist of the article is that by switching to open source software, like Linux and OpenOffice.org, the federal government would save billions of dollars in IT costs. This is … |
| | [ATTACH=right]17013[/ATTACH]It's official - Apple says it will be [URL="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/01/financial/f100538D23.DTL"]offering individual TV episodes for download 'rental.'[/URL] While many are already heralding the announcement from yet another much-hyped media event in California as another nail in the coffin of old school television, Daniweb spoke to [URL="http://www.danrayburn.com/"]Dan Rayburn[/URL], a principal analyst at Frost … |
| | This situation is a bit... Complicated. It involves a power surge. I had an old PC and a power surge virtually ruined everything in my computer except for my dvd-rom drive and, to the best of my knowledge, my processor. Allow me to elaborate: A power surge came causing my … |
| | After two accidentally aborted install attempts for vista ultimate I find that the install cannot proceed. No suitable partition can be found. See attached image. this is a 150GB machine that could not use the restore function... I was certain that there was one restore... none could be found. C … |
| | hi guys, ok i got a problem..hoping i can explain it...while using my PC an error pops up..it says that my Hard disk space is less need to clean or format the drive..but the problem is my hard disk space is free upto 130 GB's...this error appears now on regular … |
| | Hi, At the moment I have access to 2 wireless networks. 1: Where I live, I have access to wireless network it has 2Mbit/s down and up. 2: I Have ISP as well and I have attached wireless router. 10 Mbit/s down and very very bad upload speed ~0.68 Mbit/s … |
| | Okay, I will tell you upfront I have taken very few formal classes in terms of computer hard ware and bios settings and the like. That being said, I'm a problem solver. I love being able to tackle a problem and wrestle it down with understanding and finally beat it … |
| | Hey guys, I have windows XP SP3 on a Dell Inspiron 1501. Recently AVG kind of misbehaved, ie it refused to update and was giving me alerts, so i uninstalled it and put Symantec. This worked for me but of recent, it won't update, and my CPU usage is always …  |
| | [B]I'm not very techno-savvy, but i know enough to get by. Not enough in this case though :P I start up the tower and it dose it's Memory test whereas I can hit F1 to get to set up.[/B] [I](There is no issue of freezing in the [BIOS?] Set up.) … |
| | Hi people, I need experts to answer this one as I have tried just about everything to resolve this problem, maybe someone can help. I'll explain what I have done to date. I built this computer a year ago using online info which I later found was erroneous. I have … |
| | When ever i turn on my monitor, F: opens (ipod) can this be shut off ? Thanks Paul |
| | My laptop overheated and shut down. Since then it does not stay on more than a few seconds sometimes it gets all the way to window's login. I opened it and replaced the heat sink and fan that had failed. Still no luck. I added some thermal paste on top … |
| | my dell dimension c521 is restarting itself all the time.I turn on the computer and see the screen - start windows normaly,I scrool down to the comand and I hit the enter key,it does its thing then I see the windows ep logo for about 30 seconds then it starts … |
| | Mother board intel 55TC Ram Two 2gb DDR3 i5 760 intel processor Windows xp shows only 2 gb memory Widows 7 shows 4gb ram but only 2 gb usable Any body to clarify on this please ?? |
| | Hi guys, I am trying to figure out an unique situation that I have been suffering lately. I'll try to explain the problem the best I can. I have a vaio laptop with windows 7 Pro 64. Here's the issue: when I let the computer idle for a while (more … |
| | Hi every one I have a Toshiba TE2000 laptop that refuses to connect to the Internet for more than a few minutes (if that). I have tried several different wireless cards with the same result. The system says it is connected to my wireless network with good signal but I …  |
| | Hello everyone, I am running Exchange 2007 and outlook 2003. I have a user who created a folder and filled it with emails. She then wished to send the entire folder to another user. Is there a simple way to transfer the folder from one mailbox to another? Thank you. |
| | hello everyone, any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance :) i've been having a problem with my connection recently. since the past two weeks or so i've been having really lousy internet(slow as a snail).although the browsing speed has been ok. the download/upload and streaming speed … |
| | Hi Rik, (if you are there) Some chinese webpage opens up automatically.. and that too sometimes in midst of my presentations.... ran malware bytes.... cleaned up but still today it opened up.... Attaching Hijachthis log for your viewing. Please help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:59:12 … |
| | My wife has a Toshiba laptop that's running windows 7. Recently a lot of error began happening. Foremost of those were little popups saying that certain files were corrupt and that there were viruses. After runnin my anti-virus in safe mode Avast found 4 or 5 malware and worm viruses … |
| | Do you know of any machines that would make a good SQL/server 2000 box. I want something new fast and dependable, but I dont want to run into problems like the OS disk not reading the storage controler, driver issues, ect... Thanks in advance |
| | hi, my disk space is decreasing day by day all I do is just surf internet and run few programs.I don't know wats going on.Is it registries prob or virus trouble..this also make my PC slow ...it also showing some errors like "Access is denied"..need a solution or tool if … |
 | A lovely juxtaposition of two articles at TechCrunch this weekend: One expressed concern about discrimination against older workers in the computer industry; the other said that if women weren't successful in the tech industry, it wasn't men's fault. (H/T to @jmhodges, whose Twitter posting provided inspiration for the title.) The … Hardware and Software business-entrepreneurship politics social-media |
| | I originall y had XP isntalled on my system I partitioned my drive and set up a partition so i could install windows 7. Everything worked fine. smooth as silk. I noticed my xp was running odd so i then decided to reinstall xp on the xp partition(C:). Well now … |
| | i have been trying to play my magic the gathering game for win 95 on my win xp computer and i cant even get it to load in the computer it keeps telling me that the program is to old it is for win 95 and is not compatable with … |
| | hi i was wondering how to make my computer run two screens so when im in games i can look behind me aswell as infront and wen on desktop scrol my mouse all the way across so here the spec: i was told i need 2 buy a nother duall … |
| | I left the notebook on for a few hours and came home to find out that it wont power up completely anymore. I've tried unplugging the AC adapter and pressing the power button. When I do that it still only powers up for 5 seconds then cuts off. I sent … |
| | I have a wireless network through the router that AT&T provided. I have three lap tops, two Dells and an Asus. One Dell and the ASUS connects with no problem. The other Dell connects sometimes and sometimes it does not. Currently, when ipconfig is run the Dell doesn't have an … |
 | Hi All, this is killing me and I was wondering if anybody knew how to fix this. What I need to do is mod_rewite URLs to mimich directories for variables. Easy, but what I need is to be able to handle the absence of some pseudo directories in the URL … |
| | Is it safe to purchase MS Office 2007 or 2010 on Ebay. Why can I buy it so much cheaper then the regular retail price? Is it legal? |
| | Hi, I've done this silly thing. How can I bring old setting/permissions back. Thanks advance [code] ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 444 /var/www [sudo] password for ubuntu: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /var/www ls: cannot access /var/www/index.html: Permission denied ls: cannot access /var/www/http: Permission denied total 0 d????????? ? ? ? ? ? http … |
| | Which Windows is better to install the third party applications .  |
| | Ok i have a 486DX something (around 20-50mhz) with 10mb ish of RAM and about 0.5 gigs of HDD space. I would like X if possible. Can anyone reccomend any distros? P.S I will need boot floppies - it has no NIC either |
| | i did a fresh install on my compaq pavilion 8543c desktop, but when i finished i could not connect to the internet so i tried to do a ipconfig/reset but when i typed "ipconfig /released" i got a message saying "no operation can be performed on the local area connection …  |
| | hi my mcfee scan has been going for 2 days it has stuck at 95% cant get my mcfee on screen to sort cant uninstall as scan is going please help i am a novice user so easy language kind regards |
| | I guess I have a few questions. I've built a few computers before but the one I am working on now has me scratching my head. So hopefully someone knowledgeable can help me. First off, for the life of me I cannot figure out what bios manufacturer (phoenix, AMI, etc) … |
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