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| | Hi all, I have an XP Pro machine that always prompts to restart (after just starting up). It says it is to install new updates, problem being that it just continues to cycle through this, even if I restart as prompted. Windows updates says the machine is up to date. …  |
| | I would think I'm nuts for trying this, But I have a Toshiba U205-S5002 Laptop, 320GB HDDR, 3GB/4GB ready Boost, Intel Centrino Core Duo 1.6GHZ ,256mb video, SSE,SSE2,SSE3, and guess what, I feel like having Windows XP, Win 7, Mac OSX 10.6.2 Snow Leopard. This is the situation, Had win …  |
| | Hey I've been having this problem of my browser redirecting randomly after a search on google and yahoo. It would even pop out an internet explorer window when I have nothing runing or clicked. This all started after picking up a XP Guardian Pro or so type of fake anti-spyware …  |
 | I'm using Ubuntu 9.10. And I'm having problems installing my network driver for my wg111v2 wireless dongle. Everytime I run setup I get when type user: ndiwswrapper -l installed ndis drivers: net111v2 invalid driver! I have tried multiple times to run ndiswrapper -e net111v2. But no luck. I would appreciate … |
| | I have a new XCLIO A830 case and I'm trying to put in all my internals from my dell dimension 4500. I'm good so far, but I'm having problems trying to take the power button out of the dell to the xclio. I don't know how i'm going to start … |
| | Hello, i'm having a problem with my desktop, it juz won't stop rebooting until the computer seems to heat up.Hope u 'll help me with it. I've attached the details, thanx a lot!!! |
| | Last day I have formated my computer and installed a fresh copy of windows XP SP1. Then I tried to install MS Office 2007. It shows that it need SP2 or later. So I deceided to download SP2 from microsoft site which is 266 MB huge. I have started at … |
| | For some unknown reason my DVD-RW drive is now invisible in My Computer, and the Device Manager tells me that the drivers are either corrupted or damaged. I have searched for about the last 30 minutes looking for the drivers I need, but I can't frickin' find 'em! lol Here … |
| | IS this possible? I hit one of those weird sites by accident...the ones that have weird symbols in the link or whatever... Im on my own contact list, so when I Hit it I instantly got an IM from myself saying to click some link for a free ipad or … |
| | [COLOR="Red"]I have a problem with my desk top Icons and some files. Probaly a restore would fix it , but I have Norton Internet Security and it wont let me do a system restore. My Recycle bin Icon is on top of several of my I cons it looks like … |
| | I Can not connect to the internet after installing xp sp3 home edition . I googled the problem one site was really helpful but all i accomplished was that I got rid other LAN error message by repairing the tcip stack. I did the whole bit of running it through … |
| | Just bought Windows Server 2003 on Ebay. The seller now tells me that it is an OEM version and asks if I would want a refund. What would be the difference? My intention is to install it on VM Ware and possibly try to virtualize it in the future. What …  |
| | I have a Dell Dimension 4500, and I'm trying to take out the motherboard. Its a quick release board and I tried pulling up the tab and removing the system board. No luck. I went to [url]http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/sysboard.htm?dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10550055-3463938-[/url] and tried to follow those steps, but no luck. The internals are the … |
| | Hello, I'm new to not only this Forum, but also to Linux. For years now I wanted to switch from Windows to Linux, but there was a reluctance. Now that I've a forum to get my doubts cleared, where should I start with Linux? I don't know even the 'L' … |
| | Hi, I'm planning to build a file server (Linux NFS) and would be interested in some advice from anyone who has done so recently. It needs to hold 6 disks (RAID5), cost as little as possible and consume little power. I was thinking to get a Pineview Atom based mobo …  |
 | Hey, I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium,but the Media Player is loading slowly,skipping on songs,won't play music that's in my libraray,and also when I ripped music from a cd it played as long as the disc was in.It freezes everything that I'm doing when I try to close it out...I've … |
| | Hi all! After a recent upgrade to PHP 5.3.1, I cannot get my apache http server to start. The only way I can seem to get it started is by commenting out the lines that make PHP work. Thinking, naturally, that the recent PHP was at fault, I reinstalled it. … |
| | so I"m at my friends house and her old laptop died and she had to get a new one. the old one used to not be able to open internet explorer (I found closing a suspicious process fixed that problem) but now there are two more problems (one possible extra … |
| | Hi This is the summary (by Everest Home Edition) of my desktop Compaq Presario SR 1720IL [QUOTE]Field Value Computer Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 3 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name User Name Motherboard CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 516, 2933 MHz (22 x …  |
| | Hey out there wat is BLOG ADS ? Can anyone plz help me out !! We are IT related companies working in USA <snip> |
| | I have a question regarding the KeePass password management program. According to the developers, the password database files are completely safe and free of any back-end access. Meaning that, if you lose your master password (or whatever method you uise to access) you're totally screwed. There is supposedly no way … |
| | Greetings, I have some questions regarding my router's configuration settings. I have a Linksys broadband-N wireless router. First, I'm connecting via DHCP, so I'm not specifying any IPs, and have always used the default DNS server(s) (sometimes ipconfig shows more than one DNS server from shaw) that I get from … |
| | My Computer is running on windows xp sp2. Last night when i open Folder on desktop, explorer.exe restarted and can't open also my computer other applications can open and nothing problems. I have a trouble for that can't open My computer & Folders. Please any others knows solution , help …  |
| | Hi, I recently got a virus that was some rogue trojan. I used malwarebytes and removed it. But the virus had some effect where I couldn't edit the registry even after i deleted the malware. So i just used one of my restore points and it worked fine. But I … |
| | * Partition Wizard is a Windows based server partition manager software. Our server partition software supports both MBR and GUID partition table (GPT) format running on 32/64 bits Operating System including Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, and Windows 7. And our magic partition software supports all hard disks recognized … |
| | Hi everyone, this is my first time posting and I been surfing through the internet for days and weeks but found no solution to my problem. I'm currently using window 7 and First is that my IE 8.0 is not working meaning it just cannot find any webpages but my … |
| | I have a configuration/tweak issue that I don't know how to resolve. for the last week or so, whenever I use right-click on SOME of my desktop icons the context menu that appears seems to be double the normal width, showing the icon on the far left, then a gap, … |
| | I recently got the Internet Security 2010 Virus and I thought i completely removed it. I got rid of the symptoms of it and it stopped popping up on my screen but since i removed it my computer has been constantly freezing, especially while using the internet. The screen will …  |
| | Up until recently Google Earth worked fine. Now I get an error when I try to start the program. "The application failed to initialize properly (oxc0000142). Click on OK to terminate the application." I uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. Google earth just will not run any more on this … |
| | The system restore tab is missing under Accessories and System Properties on my computer. My OS is Win XP Pro SP3. Any ideas please? Joe |
| | same problem as the person who ran malware for virus antivirus 2010. After running I can't acces internet now. |
| | I have a new SL510 Thinkpad (Windows 7) with 4GB RAM 2.2 GHz Dual Core & it refuses to start up the "Images" DVD after I put the DVD into the Multiburner Drive. The DVD Drive installed the first disk of the program: "Printshop ProPublisher". It just refuses to install … |
| | I have been working on this computer for a few days now and have not figured out the problem. I have done research for the answer online and am now here need expert advise. The original problem was that the onboard video suddenly stopped working. So I placed another pci … |
| | Error 1084. Offer some sollution by mail. Shoul I allow You the remote assistance? |
| | A week ago my dad's desktop was blank. I fixed it by doing a system restore. Today his desk top was blank again. I tried to do a system restore to an earlier date that didn't work so I tried another date. Still nothing. So i undid the last restore, … |
| | I just wanted to get this one out there. Ever since I upgraded to Vista 32 bit my video card will not work. I tried the usual, reloading the software, disabling-enabling, removing and reinstalling the card. It is a ATI Radeon HD 3650 512MB. After days of screwing with this … |
| | when i tried to install isaserver 2006.it says isaserver 2006.Installation Wizard Cannot be launched because the operating System requirements running on this computer does not support the installation .For details about operation system requirements see the installation Guide on the Product CD.Kindly let me know the idea.Any help would be … |
| | I think I may have a virus. I cannot open anything from my desktop. I get an error of "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel". Everything looks good in folder options. I redownloaded …  |
 | hi guys, does any one encounter this problem. Win vista unable to detect a dhcp ip, but if manually configure the IP settings able to connect to internet. any ideas why unable to detect dhcp ip? thank you. |
| | what's the best music player to use with linux ubuntu that has all the perks but not alot of plugins |
 | I have a little programming experience and I'M just getting into Linux. I was wondering, how big of a deal would it be to convert some of your old classics like Half-Life and Tomb Raider from Windows to Linux? Sorry to ask such a stupid question on such a technical … |
| | A client with a small server was running out of disk space. It is Dell PowerEdge 830 with 2 GB RAM running under Windows 2003 Standard. The machine came from Dell with three 72GB Seagate (Cheetah 10K.7, 10K RPM, ST373207LW Ultra U320) SCSI drives which Windows saw as a 15GB … |
| | I have a voip phone that was working fine, then all of a sudden it stopped. I updated the firmware on my router and checked the modem and was sent a new phone adapter, and it still not working, Yesterday I was doing something on my friends computer and hooked … |
 | hey there. first off, i hope i posted my question in the right forum. second, i thank you in advance for an answer. i have two short batch files: 1. shutdown - s - c "my message" - t 20 i expect this to shut down my computer in twenty … |
| | Hi, my housemate and I share the same laptop, and he clicked on one of those fake notications on facebook saying someone likes or has commmented on your picture. We've both changed our passwords on most things, and I ran a full scan with kaspersky which picked up this (copied … |
| | A small item! well about 6 gig. I have a compaq, amd 64 used to run xp reformatted to win 7 32 then to 64. All works well. On seeing the main hard disk it still appears to have a partition of about 6 g (drive d:) with old files … |
| | I sure hope you can help me.I recived a message on my screen that i should run the online crash analysis.I down loaded the users guide and followed it the best i know how i am very computer stupit.I down loaded the program and loaded to disk like i was …  |
| | I am using a DUAL CORE INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8400, 3000ghz. So I would like to know what type of Windows should i use: on 32/64 bits Ty for your answer! |
 | Mark Shuttleworth, founder and financial backer of [URL="http://www.ubuntu.com"]Ubuntu[/URL], urges the Linux Community to "build a better desktop than Apple." Shuttleworth made this statement this week at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention). He added that interoperability with Windows is of very high importance. Sounds easy enough. Let me get right on … |
| | Hello, New Friends! I'm new here. What a marvelous world you all have here! Thank you for this fantastic resource! I am honored to be part of your community! /me tips my halo to all. 0:-) I need help getting my desktop shortcuts to work again. I've got the latest … |
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