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hi all i have a medion lap top but i turned it on today and the screen is grey with red,blue,green vertical lines on it plug in an external monitor but it is still the same. but when i plug the charger in the screen went back to normal for …

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Research In Motion (RIM) held an event in NYC at 11 AM EDT today to announce a new device previously referred to as the BlackBerry 9800, but now known as the Blackberry Torch. The real excitement however is the BlackBerry 6 OS. RIM hopes that their revamped focus on multimedia …

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Okay so the GPU on my laptop (nvidia card), has gone bad and I have confirmed this with Nvidia (cause Dell would have been a headache). Anyway I needed to turn it on to get some stuff off of it, and decided to put this temperature program to see what …

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Hi anyone that can help, I have read through past post and have found some help, but the information seems to still be diffrent to what I need. My problem is as follows, I just have a normal modem from the ISP with a data cable connection to my computer, …

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My Mac G5 won't power up. Checked the cord continuity-good. Checked the power from the wall-good. Yet, when I press the button on the front of the box-nothing. Don't know if the problem is a fried power supply or the switch. I have a multimeter, can someone walk me through …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16385[/ATTACH]Once an iPhone firmware is jailbroken, it is only a matter of time before the hackers that be are able to unlock the phone as well. Late last night, a group of iPhone hackers, the Dev-Team, released an update for their app, ultrasn0w. This allows people to remove the carrier …

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I have an HP Pavilion dv4000 laptop that recently has been abruptly shutting off. Generally it will work just fine even if I have it on all day going between active and standby modes. However, I have found that doing certain tasks or running certain programs, particularly converting files (either …

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hi guys..i formatted my laptop and reinstalled a WIN7 ultimate,however i noticed im missing a network controller driver which i cant find online!(yet).a network device and driver is already installed( realtek ) but this damn network controller is the problem.my laptop is a toshiba satellite l505.help needed pls

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Hi all, I have a problem with one of my computer's network connection. The problem: [LIST] [*]cannot view any websites ("Problem loading page" error messages in firefox,"The connection has timed out"). [*]cannot ping any web sites [*]cannot ping localhost [*]renewing or repairing the ip address does nothing [/LIST] fyi: Im …

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Hi everyone. I was given a computer today(Acer Desktop, 1 GB Ram, 160 HD) and was told it would not connect to the internet. After verifying the network card worked fine, I did a scan for spyware(malwarebytes) and viruses(AVG). Neither program found any problems but now the computer will not …

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Hi all, I'm starting a new job soon and I'm going to be using my laptop there for a while until they get me my own system. I've set up a new user account called "Work" on my machine, but I'm not very well-versed with configuring user settings. What I'd …

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Soundgarden, one of Seattle’s seminal grunge acts, is breaking new ground in the midst of a comeback, and I’m not talking about headlining the main stage at Lollapalooza this Sunday. With the release of their first album in over 10 years on Oct. 5--[I]Telephantasm: A Retrospective[/I]--the grizzled 90s vets are …

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Hey All, It seems that when ever i install redhat, i get to the firewall section and tell it 'no firewall' but every time without fail i login and there it is firewall set to 'high'. can anyone help me disable this thing, whenever i use the gui security program …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16365[/ATTACH]Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, warned Amazon and Apple yesterday that he wants to have a little talk with them about their "anticompetitive" deals in the electronic publishing market. In [URL="http://www.ct.gov/ag/lib/ag/consumers/amazonltr080110.pdf"]his letter[/URL], directed to Amazon's General Counsel, L. Michelle Wilson, Blumental warns that "Amazon's demand that the largest e-book …

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please dont laugh at me. i was recently tidying up my pc and i unchecked some start up boxes. One of them i know now was to do with nvidia and hence my pc wont show anything on the screen. I can F8 but cant do any of the options, …

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hello. about 3 days ago, IE couldn't load up myspace, imageshack, deviantart and a handful of other sites but i urgently needed to retrieve a picture that i left on my friend's myspace so i used a proxy to try to get it. i did but then because proxies block …

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Hi I kno i have been around for long time, but i had a problem and thought i would post it on daniweb to see if i can get any help, so here is the problem i have recently bought a belkin n router, and i was left with my …

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Hi Guys and Gals!! I'm looking at purchasing an MAC G4 800 MHZ here in the USA the thing is I'm moving to the UK in September will this work with 240V @ 50hz when USA is 110V @60hz ? I think it will work with just a new power …

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Laptop was working fine when it was shut down and put away. Next time out I got the Acer splash screen (press f2 for start up) and laptop froze and had a constant beep tone. Pressing f2 did nothing. If I turned off the power and held down ctl-alt -del …

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I tried to search DaniWeb for something on this that may have been addressed already, but did not find it. I have XP Pro 32-bit running now. I upgraded MB and CPU/RAM. I have bought Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and want to dual boot it with XP. I know there …

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I read a blog post this morning on the Mini-Microsoft blog called [URL="http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2009/07/microsoft-has-turned-corner.html"]Microsoft Has Turned the Corner[/URL] and it got me wondering if they really have, or if it was merely wishful thinking on the part of the author. Then I saw that Microsoft had released [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/"]Office 2010 videos[/URL] and …

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hi, Firstly i would like to say that i couldnt find a proper section to place this query, so any senior members who can direct it to its proper section plzzz do it!! Well my final year project is about 'monitoring the various processes and devices on the client m/cs(on …

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I'm pretty much a Linux newbie, so please be gentle with me! I've got Ubuntu installed on an Acer Aspire laptop. Originally had the previous stable release, just upgraded to the current stable release (to try to fix my problem; didn't work). I've been running Gnome from the beginning, and …

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I was using the internet, when a window popped up and told me I had to click OK if I wanted to navigate to a new page. I don't remember exactly how it was worded, but I know I wasn't supposed to get that message. So I restarted my computer …

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On Sunday an [URL="http://www.tra.ae/news_TRA_Announces_the_Suspension_of_Blackberry_Messenger%2C_Blackberry_E_mail_and_Blackberry_Web_Browsing_Services_in_the_UAE_from_October_11%2C_2010-180-1.php"]official statement[/URL] was released by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirming that certain mobile features for the BlackBerry device including mobile email, messaging, and mobile web browsing will be blocked by government authorities. [ATTACH=right]16330[/ATTACH]The ban will officially go into effect beginning on …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16331[/ATTACH]A [URL="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383530439838568.html?"]Wall Street Journal report today[/URL] suggests that for Microsoft, customer concerns about privacy came a distant second behind ad revenue when designing browser software Internet Explorer. When Microsoft initially planned the Internet Explorer 8.0 browser, they intended to offer users functionality that would allow them to avoid being tracked …

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Here is my situation… I have an engineering firm which has twelve workstations. For business reasons they are splitting the office into two networks using their own IP range (192…and 10…). My question is regarding the printers/plotters they need to share between these two networks. What would be the best …

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Security company [URL="http://www.barracudalabs.com/"]Barracuda Networks[/URL] has named Google the "king of malware," in [URL="http://www.barracudalabs.com/downloads/BarracudaLabs2010MidyearSecurityReport.pdf"]a report released this month[/URL] that shows the popular search site linking to twice as many malware sites and files as its chief competitors, Bing, Twitter, and Yahoo combined. [ATTACH]16328[/ATTACH]Barracuda points to a growing need for online reputation …

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The same hacker behind the iPad jailbreaking software “Spirit”, and the iPad port of Flash, has released an easy to use jailbreak solution for the iPhone4. Comex and his cohorts have created a website that allows users to complete the job with a single swipe of the finger. [ATTACH=RIGHT]16317[/ATTACH]Users of …

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[ATTACH=right]16313[/ATTACH]More smartphones could soon be headed to Kandahar, Baghdad or other hotspots where U.S. Troops can use a little technological assistance - not to be able to Tweet or check for the latest news from their brigade on [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story299599.html"]Wikileaks[/URL] - but for communicating with the locals. DARPA - the Defense …

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Hello everyone, A few days ago I went surfing somewhere I apparently shouldn't have been & got on one of those pages that when you try to close it, it opens up two more. I don't remember where it was or how I got it to stop doing that, I …

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i've done everything that was asked...what do i do know!!! ha ha thanks and greatly appreciated!!! Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.5512 7/28/2010 4:28:40 PM mbam-log-2010-07-28 (16-28-40).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 211333 Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 35 minute(s), …

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Hi all. When I try to run games on my computer, the window is in fullscreen mode, but the view doesn't cover the whole screen; as to say there are black bars on the left and right. I changed the ingame settings, but I can't get it back to where …

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Hi, I have Windows 7 Professional 64 bit edition. After booting up and logging in I sometimes get BSoD. then the system reboots and I can log in normally. It doesn't happen too often, but it does occur often enough for me to notice there's a problem. Windows asks to …

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Hi Can anyone please help. My mouse has stopped working, I have tried 2 different mice and nothing. I have tries USB ports and the other one (sorry, bit thick) It stopped after I loaded a new game do you think its the game? Look forward to hearing some suggestions.

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Hello, I have a Dimesion 3000, P4 2.8 GHz that is dead. I was going to try to replace the power supply in it. It has a 250 Input 100-120 /6A 200-240 /3A output +5V 22 A Max ect.. Do I have to replace this with the same one or …

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i have a dell dimension desktop e310. it was purchased in 2005 & runs window xp media. my video driver is an intel chipset 82915g/gv/910gl. i have gotten this display error several times over the past few days after attempting to play a game i downloaded. the trial version from …

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I recently almost dropped my laptop (which was working fine till that point). When I restarted my laptop, it wouldn't start. It would go start, and blank out after the boot screen and this would basically form an infinite loop. I put in the installation CD, and went for windows …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16277[/ATTACH]First came the smart phone. Next comes the smart camera phone. Thanks to [URL="http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/camera-2.0/"]researchers at Stanford University[/URL], your smart phone's camera might eventually have a plethora of its own apps that are more advanced than even the iPhone's limited inventory of camera apps. "Camera manufacturers used to ignore phones because …

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Hi, I have an old NEC Japanese laptop Lavie C PC-LC6000J34DR a P3 with just 256MG (2 Chips) of RAM The CD ROM dose not work and it has a problem with the CMOS. On boot up I get the message at the post screen that the hibernation file is …

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I have recently installed windows 7 on an older compaq presario and now I don't have any sound or internet. The ethernet driver is missing and the sound drivers are missing. I've checked on the compaq site, and they have drivers for windows xp that I've downloaded and tried to …

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I purchased a D610 Latitude for my daughter and while she was using it I dropped a large popcorn tin and it landed on the cord in 2 places simultaneously and instantly lost all power. AC/DC = nothing. No lights, fan or anything else. I know this dosent matter but …

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Hi, I have an Mac that freezes frequently, I took it to the local Apple store and they replaced the hard drive. It has been better than it originally was but it has started freezing recently. When it freezes the mouse will continue to be movable but force quit will …

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m using windows 7 home edition n m having problem whenevr i tries to make bakup of files actually this stared like this..i losses my pervious backup disk(1st backup ) and whn tries to make new ,widos star asking for the perious disk ., [B]so can anyone tell how could …

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Hello, my hard drive has a really weird problem: When i turn on my computer normally the hard drive will make mechanical clicking sounds, as if the "reader head" was hitting something over and over again. Then a few seconds later the sound will stop, but my pc wont find …

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Right this is a big one, I have been tasked with seeing if we can move our calls that we store on DVD RAM to disk. The machine used to record calls is a Nice Mirra V2. I tired pulling out a drive and putting a disk in, connecting it …

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Hi Daniweb people, Hopefully someone can help me here! :-) Having a strange problem with a Packard Bell Easynote A8 laptop. A family member has asked me to fix it, but i'm clueless as to what the problem could be. Basically, this laptop has sat unused for about a year, …

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Hi all, I have had for the last 5 years a PC that I had built for me by a friend with a computer shop. It has 200gb Sata drive, 3ghz pentium processor, 1gb ram, decent 250mb graphics card. Only issues I have ever had is the power supply has …

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Okay, so I bought my computer (OS:Windows764bit) 4 days ago, I had it running but then I had to pull the electricity out because of the weather. WHen I started it again it gave me the two usual options, "startup repair recommended" (I think it is, my computer is in …

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Hi, and thanks to all to can help. To make the story short, I have a Dell Latitude, and the power button stoppen working. Upon inspection, I found that the power button board itself was broken. This was confirmed because none of the caps lights, etc didn't light up when …

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