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Ok. So I have a Belkin G Router and I want to know how to get to the settings, I already googled and no I could not find anything helpful. I have heard though that to get to settings you have to type the router's IP address (or was it …

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Some 22,000 Acer Aspire Notebooks are being recalled because, according to the [URL="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10103.html"]U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission[/URL], they represent a burn hazard. Mainly because they have the potential to melt. Hot laptops are nothing new, of course, but generally speaking the seat of the [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry929.html"]fire risk is often to be …

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Hmm why does my computer say that i have 415 GB of memory but if i look on the HDD then there is 500 GB there is the 85 GB gone?

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I was thinking about all the amazing things that people go thru to get their pc and laptops fixed so they can run smooth. So I came up with the Idea of something like, maybe it'll be nice if people could post their favorite software that did wonders for them. …

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I have an old icon program with icon in .dll format. The program installs ok in windows 7 home premium, but I get a message saying winodws cannot open files, not associated with anything. Is there any hope in getting this old Titan Seal Icon program to work? It has …

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I have a toaster system that does one thing. I'm looking to provide some network troubleshooting ability to the extremely stripped Linux OS by providing the 'dig' command. However, it appears that 'dig' is only available via the 'bind' package. My questions is: has anyone ever successfully buildt a dig …

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I deleted this {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} I saw that it was in my reg. many times and it all looked like the one I needed to fix my CD-ROM Now my mouse wont work! I hate this regestry thing!!!! I have tried safe mode. I am going to run over my $1500 …

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When I start my computer, it keeps coming to a screen that says "a disk read error occured. press ctr+alt_del to restart". I've tried this but it comes back to the same screen. My HP laptop did not come with windows cd. I have to reinstall OS. How can I …

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Can I install a 64 bit Windows 7 on a computer that currently has a 32 bit version of Vista? I think that my hardware can handle a 64 bit Operating System. I tried to install a 64 bit version of Windows 7 but the installation program checked my current …

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Hi i am doing C programming in netbeans and when i compile and run my program i get a message in the dos console that says i need to use the nodosfilewarning to disable the cygwin warning i am getting. I have attached a screenshot as it is a rather …

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Hello USB problem solvers, I would like to let you know that I have solved my problem regarding my Flash drive, when I plugged it in to the USB port it was recognised by the system but I could not see what folders it had, so I looked everywhere to …

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Title says it. Old Dell died, I had Office 2003 Professional from Dell, but on MS disks that appear to be retail type. New computer is running Windows 7 (64 bit). Install appeared normal with activation codes, program operations are OK with one or two unexplained shutdowns. Ive been running …

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Hope someone may be able to help... I have always had a problem with the modem connection, if I pull out the lead to the broadband voyager modem, without cancelling the internet connection, the computer tends to freeze. My wife decided she wanted to use her computer and so pulled …

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Hello, Which motherboard is recommended for nvidia gForce 9500GT and a Intel Core 2 duo E7500 processor?? Thanks

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I am formatting my ibm desk top pentium 4 and when the first phace completes and it restarts the machine starts from the hard disk and tells me to press any to start from disc and when i press it starts the formatting again what can i do

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Hello Friends, I used to use a registry cleaner called RegistrySmart, it seemed to do a good job in cleaning the registry and that was all it did, it was automatic you just pressed scan and that was it until I got an update from them which had a virus …

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Hi, I have a problem with my sound on all programs for video (Youtube, DVD's, etc) Whatever program I use (WMP, real player, Win amp, quick time, etc) I can not get good volume levels. I have updated the drivers (Realtek) I have turned all controlls to max, ensured that …

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Hey Guys This was not me, actually happened to my work colleague. SHe has a Nokia 8910i which was dropped in hot tea and was left on radiator to dry off. WHat are the chances of that phone coming back to life ever again? I was thinking that damage would …

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Comp: HP Laptop OS: Windows xp Media Center I have the recovery on disk's (So can bring back to factory setting whenever.) There is a 12 Gig partition for recovery on HD, I have 32 gig left of HD space. Should I get rid of the partition and just hope …

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It's a compaq thing. M700 PIII - 650, Just installed new processor fan. Restarted laptop everything is great. Loaded Windows Service Pac 2. Laptop went to "Sleep Mode" and will not wake up. Removed power supply - Removed Battery (actually I don't have the battery) - Unpluged the BIOS battery …

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I have a wireless router netgear WGR 614 v6 for a few years and the connection is through cable insight. did not notice any problems til three four weeks ago,pages do not load, pages need reloaded several times before getting loaded,the connection speed reads 54mpbs.got tired of it and called …

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I got a warning alert from my AVG anti virus software the other day. It listed some cookies that were in a directory that doesn't exist on my hard drive. None of the AVG option took care of the warnings and every time I boot my computer I get the …

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Trying to share a folder on a Windows 7 machine with a Windows XP machine. Error message: folder is not accessible. Access is denied

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Okay, I am running Windows XP, on a Dell Mini Laptop. Thing sucks for hardware, but that's beside the point. Okay, for the past week, I've been having issues with the laptop's memory. If I have a few windows open of any program, then close out, it seems to not …

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While companies worldwide look for ways to reduce costs, shed dead weight from their labor resources and streamline their businesses, it makes me wonder if Linux will survive the global economic meltdown. Oh, I know it will survive in terms of us geeks who use it and tout its goodness. …

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Hi Everyone - I am Semi PC literate but have recently experienced problems with my laptop which have confused the life out of me. My Dell Latitude D531 Laptop allows me to Power on but after running through the Dell welcome screen it goes Blank & does not shift from …

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my printer does well when it comes to black printing but colour printing is fake am stranded coz i don't know what to do .pliiz if someone knows the problem and the solution to the problem am willing to be helped.

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Hey everyone, So I am doing this computer engineering class project where we have to use a parallel port of a computer to read inputs and make a program that acts according to that input. The project is to make a high rise building(or a mini city in my case) …

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I recently left my laptop on all day without touching it at a friends house, and when I came back to it, I could not click on any windows. So doing ctrl-shft-esc, I brough up the task manager, and the only way I could navigate through it was by keyboard, …

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A friend just gave me an Apple 17" LCD Studio Display. It doesn't have any controls on it, no buttons except power. It was bought with new with a Dual Core 1000MHz G4. I don't have any software disks that may have come with it. I use OSX 10.4.11 almost …

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Hello Friends, I wonder if anybody has had a bad experience with SFS, I received a file in sfs but cannot open it because I need the SFS program to open it, first of all I downloaded a program from CNET but when I went to install it said there …

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I have a computer downstairs with vista and MS office outlook. The computer upstairs has XP and outlook express. Don't know if that makes a difference, but here is the problem..... After I set up the outlook on the vista computer, I started to receive emails... but they are different. …

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why is it the "edit, help and more" ms dos command wont work??? only the dir,cd,cd/,and changing the drive works........please help guys...tanx,

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Every since I got a FF update yesterday (to 3.5.7) it seems to be crashing a lot. Anyone else experience this? [edit]64-bit Windows 7[/edit]

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I am getting repeated HDD error reported by the RAID systems. I am getting the HDDs replaced via warranty but this is happening too frequently tht I am thinking that something else is wrong. I have had about 5 HHDs failures in the last 4 weeks. As soon as I …

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i asked some one a question about the database i am using and this is the answers i got.. Apache needs write permission for /home/httpd/vhosts/knowittv.com/mason Just set it up and you should be good to go. i dont understand what this means or how to do this... any thoughts?

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HI, I`m looking to buy a laptop, I currently found two different brand laptops that I`m interested in. One is a sony, the other one is dell, I`m not too concerned about the brand, but since they have different processors I need a suggestion to which one is better. The …

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I've got a problem, I have a machine that is running [B]Win7-x32bit[/B] and it can see the machine running [B]Win7-x64bit[/B], [U]but[/U] the [B]Win7-x64[/B] machine [U]can't[/U] see the [B]Win7-x32[/B]. I've tried the trouble shooting within Windows7 etc, nothing fixes it, [I]any idea what is going on[/I] ?

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Hi everyone, I've read a couple of posts and most seem to be similar to my problem but I still can't figure out how to do this... I have a new computer, Dell, and I quickly installed windows 7 ultimate on it. Shortly after I added my old HDD on …

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I have a very simple shell script to stop the Apache server: [code] #!/bin/bash sudo /usr/sbin/httpd -k stop [/code] I named it "StopApache.sh". When I run it from the command line, it stops Apache. However, when I double click the "StopApache.sh" icon on the Desktop, I'm asked whether I want …

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I am having a problem opening folders with a double left click. When I do this now it opens my VLC media player and the folder doesn't show. If I right click on the folder, the first 6 items on the drop down menu are: Add to VLC media player's …

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i keep getting these pop up notifications with the red badge and white X on the bottom right of my computer. it won't allow me to open up any websites in Explorer. it also won't allow me to run any of my anti-virus and ad-aware software as if it's blocking …

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Last Night (12-30-09) My PC got a Blue Screen of Death and restarted. I got the First Blue Screen of death while watching Adultswim Video. When the Computer Restarted It got to the Windows Vista log-in screen and then Blue Screened a second time, but froze before it restarted. I …

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This is a problem with some back-story so let me start there. I recently bought a Dell mini, which has functioned perfectly for what I needed it to do. Problem: I slipped on a patch of ice and dropped aforementioned mini, bouncing on its corners, down a nice long set …

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My Recycle bin keeps on popping up while im using the internet and then becomes a nusence by keep flashing i think it might be a virus or something. Any Help????

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yesterday i was surfing the web when a pop up came up and said downloading something, it had disabled the x in the corner and the task manager. I turned the computer off and it will now not get past the windows xp loading page, it just restarts the computer. …

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hi, i have the MSI NF980-G65 with a AMD phenom ii 965 3.4ghz can i use corsair Corsair 4GB 2 x 2GB PC3 10666 Dual Channel DDR3 1.5v or corsair dominator ram at 1600mhz 1.85v or if theres any other recomended ram for this motherboard please say i need to …

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I have two computers hooked up to my new modem. The new computer (win7) uses windows Live Mail and my old computer (win 98) uses Outlook express. If I have only my new computer on it receives the mail as it comes. When I start up my old computer it …

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My Mom's Compaq Presario V6000 is showing no picture on the screen and continuously power cycles about every 30 seconds unless you hold the power button down to turn it off. All of the lights are working and you can hear the disk drive working when it first comes on. …

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I did a clean install of Windows 7 on my computer reinstalled my programs, etc. Now I have the problem of the OS locking up the computer. I feel like I am using Windows 9x with its blue screen of death. It happens randomly with no rhyme or reason, I …

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