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I have a Dell Insperion 9300 laptop with a problem i can't seem to find any info on. The laptop was purchased refubished from dell and is out of warranty. Out of no where it would not post, start-up or do anything for the matter. When you press the power …

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Hi, Thanks in advance for the help. I have been facing some major malware attack. Wasn't allowing to install malwarebytes and hijackthis, which I finally installed in safe mode and changing filetype. Below are the logs from hijackthis and malwarebytes. Please help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hijackthis log - Logfile of Trend Micro …

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I currently am using a dual screen monitor setup of two 19 inch monitors. They are both the same monitor. The model is one of these, I'm not sure which. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009211&cm_re=acer-_-24-009-211-_-Product[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009210&cm_re=acer-_-24-009-210-_-Product[/url] So anyway, I recently changed my desktop wallpaper and I noticed that there are streaks going down both …

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my computer always retarts when it switched on and happens before the windows xp logo shows on and comes one out 40 to the desk top scren thats comtinue the boot on process

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I need to develop training materials and thought that I'd try to include web tutorials/demos to aid in training on a web app. I've looked at at least 5 different "web demo" packages, but none have been able to do the job. The biggest feature that I need is the …

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I know there are alot of problems with this computer. I bought it about 1 year ago refurbished. Don't have the receipt or warrenty (can't find it at least). Anyways here's the problems It would over heat constantly, I could solve this temporarily by putting it on a book to …

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Qagco - ypOeWGorLos Version 9.13.0073-Has anybody come across this.I found it my startup the other day,never seen it before.I did a search on the net and no result,my curiosity is aroused.Has anybody come across this before,thanks,geo.

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Hello, Lately I am facing some very weird RunDLL32 errors on my Windows7 while I am trying to run programs I need for work. All of them used to work properly on Windows XP. Also some shortcuts are blank, and no longer point to correct application. Here is image of …

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I have a laptop that has a really, really slow internet. I called my provider Comcast but they said my system is fine and to download Norton Anti-Virus. I am thinking I may have received an Internet Security 2010 virus a few days ago. So I downloaded Avast and Spybot …

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Hi, my five year old son was on my computer this morning and somehow made the colour on my screen negative. It affects everything - all programs and the desktop, but when I log back in as another user the colour is normal. He had photoshop open, but I can't …

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I am running Widows XP with a Logitech wireless mouse. I have deleted and reinstalled my mouse driver that windows chose, installed logitech driver, ran Norton Antivirus and other spyware & malware programs and nothing has solved my problem. When I boot windows, I am unable to click on the …

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When Google developed the Nexus One, they might not have figured on one huge unintended consequence. They [URL="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/01/googles-dont-be-evil-mantra-is-bullshit-adobe-is-lazy-apples-steve-jobs/#ixzz0eaEaTQsI"]pissed off Steve Jobs[/URL] big time. "We didn't get into the search business," he reportedly barked, at a Town Hall style meeting, following the iPad announcement last weekend. "They got in the phone …

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Hiya, Please help me. I have recently reinstalled XP Windows Professional on my PC. Everything is working fine but i have lost my sounds...::(:(:(:'( !! I have an aspire T660 S970..i have lost my CD which could have helped me..Does anyone have a hardware installer which i can download??? please …

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i have just purchased a dell lattitude c800. the cursor won't stay in place. it drifts toward the upper right corner of the display. also the touch pad will activate the left click funtion when you tap it. are these problems related and is it an expensive repair? i will …

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Children are often curious for sexually-explicit content and they may visit porn websites or chat with bad guys on MSN/AIM/Yahoo Messenger online. Parents are responsible for their children’s safety and being urged to remain vigilant over what internet websites their children may visit. Currently many parents have rules on what …

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Hi Peeps, I have an Acer 8920g which has a VGA out and a HDMI output. Does anyone know if it is possible to attach 2 monitors simultaneously using some free software or is it not possible from a hardware standpoint. The graphics card is a GeForce 9500m GS 512MB. …

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Apple has this week released a software update for the iPhone which addresses a total of five security vulnerabilities. But not, it would seem, the small matter of a year old glitch which could turn your iPhone into a spyPhone. First the good news, Apple has released [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4013"]iPhone OS 3.1.3[/URL] …

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My PC[Locally assembled Quad Core- 2 X 2GB RAM - 2 X 250GB HDD] loaded with the OS, "Windows Vista" was upgraded to "Windows 7" and was working well. Meanwhile, I felt that my Altec Lansing's 5 in 1 speaker is not functioning fully. To correct this, I have downloaded …

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Hi! I am hoping someone can help me. I've encountered a strange problem this week with my laptop. if i leave it idle for a few minutes the whole thing freezes. i can't close anything i am doing...browser, docs, etc. i cant even restart the laptop. the only way i …

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I need help with identifying nasties in this HJT log. Can someone help? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:20:49 a.m., on 2/02/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16981) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe …

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Hi There's this virus on my computer that won't let me acces Internet explorer or Firefox (My 2 only ways of browsing the web). Also won't let me run a virus scan or play any programs(When I do it ends up in a Blue Screen). Note: 1. I cannot download …

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well i have been burning my dvds videos with nero 7 ultra edition and i never have had a problem but, yesturday i was burning a dvd copy and it was half way like 60% done with the dvd. and then it said that it couldnt read the data it …

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Can someone please help me out? I have been having issues with my computer. My computer has been freezing up everytime a do an McAfee anti-virus scan. I also tried to do a ESet.com virus scan, but it freezes up at the same location: C:\Driver\audio\R186858\st645866.dll I already tried to uninstall …

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I have an AVI movie file and I want to burn it to a DVD so that I can play on a normal DVD player. Does anyone know any programs (prefebly open source) available to download? Thanks in advance guys!

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I have a 160 gb partition in my system and accidentally i have deleted all my movie files using shift + delete . Is there any way i can recover the data back somehow. its mainly all video files .

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Hi i got my old PC now i went to the computer repair they cleaned my HDD but before they cleaned them the motherboard and monitor screen showed up and then i installed the XP home premium to the HDD whit my new computer and if i wanted to like …

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Hi guys, I've downloaded fedora core 7 and installed it, the problem is when i want to type Farsi in Gnome the words are separated from each other, and i cant write well, I have add Farsi to my keyboard lay-out but still no result! Regards

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I hope someone can help me. This started about a week ago. I have a Dell Inspiron 9300. Anytime I close a browser window, I get the message: Data Execution Prevention - Microsoft Windows To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program. Then after I close the message, …

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I am not familiar with Linux/ Unix and I encountered a corruption. How do I repair this? Warning: mysql_num_rows():supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in usr/local/apache2/htdocs/vicidial/AST_timeonVDADall.php

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Amazon didn't waste a lot of time answering the challenge of the iPad. The [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/technology/04amazon.html"]New York Times is reporting[/URL] this morning that Amazon has acquired Touchco, a touch screen company, and plans to incorporate its engineers into the Kindle division. It doesn't take a PhD in analysis to figure out …

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Hello, I am looking for an adapter that converts a parallel port on the computer to a USB port. I see plenty of the ones that work the other way around, e.g. convert a USB port into parallel for use with printers. A serial port to USB port is an …

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I keep getting "not communicating with printer message". Lexmark support hasn't been helpful. I do not have the initial disk. I've unplugged, disconnected, uninstalled, etc, and nothing seems to be helping. Any suggestions? Rikker

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Hello everyone there is a problem regarding setup files in windows 7. some setup files don't run. I mean the box of administrator permission comes and after clicking OK processing pointer shows up but the actual program does not start. Please tell me some solution regarding this. This is not …

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Hi guys, I'm sitting with a very strange problem and this has been going on for almost 2 months now. I've signed up for a website hosting service and experience temporary login problems. Every couple of days I'm lucky, then I can login and everything works nicely. But most of …

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I recently purchased a domain name from godaddy, and have been unable to link it with apache which i am running from my home on a server. The server uses windows xp (because of my lack of linux skills). I though i might have to point my domain name to …

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Hello, I bought my Medion PC about a year ago and it came with Vista preinstalled. Yesterday when i turned it on i was shown the above error message on a black background, with three options - 1. Access your computer with reduced functionality 2. Enter different product key 3. …

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Im not sure what to do about this. Itall started with a red circle and white X, from which a balloon popped up filled with grammar and spelling errors. I found this suspicious but it installed on its own even though I did NOT click on it. Now my computer …

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I need to know some information about what I can possibly upgrade my video card to as I obviously dont want to waste money on a card that will not be compatible. I am currently using a Gateway model GT5694 desktop, I am not 100% if this is the correct …

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I have moved over from a PC and was wondering if there was a program that was like MS Publisher that could at read my old publisher files?

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I have lots of popups and when I click links on google I am redirected to bogus antivirus/anti spyware websites. Earlier today I had a worm.win32.netsky virus, witch took over my background picture, disabled task manager, kept making popups for me to download their anti spyware programs. I think I …

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In messages received in Thunderbird I am starting to get strange symbols, such as shown below. ****************** me… The Geezers’ Crusade ***************** Has anyone else seen this problem? Is it Thunderbird or my machine (iMac OS x10.6)?

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HI again. I'm sorry if this is going to be long, but I thought nit best to tell all up front so you get the whole picture/scenario. Original Config On my home PC I have 2 hard drives C: XP (SP3) & D: also XP (SP3) so I could boot …

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I have IE6, I'm pretty sure I have the service packs on it and everything, and I'm running Windows XP Home. I sort of noticed this starting a month or so ago, but it's weird, even for .zip and .exe files it won't let me "Save Target As.." anymore. What …

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Hi all, Of late - since maybe about 2 weeks back - my laptop just refuses to enter standby and hibernation. I have set my PC's Power Options to send it to one of these power saving modes depending on how long the machine has been sitting idle. PC config: …

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Hi i'm running windows xp and after a while i keep getting a blue screen. the latest info i got when rebooting, in the windows has recovered from a serious error was; BCCode : 4e BCP1 : 00000007 BCP2 : 0000BEF2 BCP3 : 00062F20 BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 …

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greetings, on my xp / ofc 2007 system, i have copied several documents in to a single doc. on the far right hand side / past the right hand margin, there appears a great deal of white space... to what appears to be a page width of ~10". i have …

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Hi Guys, I have just joined this forum so I am a newbie to all of this so please bare with me on this. I am not sure iof this is a graphics or motherboard issue. I have a very strange issue with a customer of mines PC, its a …

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My sisters computer has serious issues. First of all, she has this crap AntiVirus Plus that keeps on popping up and I cannot find out how to remove it. Second, everytime I try booting up into Safe Mode I get the blue screen and a brief mention about BIOS/caching/shadowing and …

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I have an Acer 5920 laptop that recently had a bug in the boot sector. I wound up reinstalling Vista on another partition to be able to get back to the original installation that came with it. Now that it is back working I noticed that only 2G of the …

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