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Hi, have had my Dell desktop PC with XP for about 5 years. a couple of weeks ago it started to randomly switch off after about 30 minutes of use. The problem has become increasingly worse, and it now only stays on for a couple of minutes. There is no …

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Hi, I have a sony vaio laptop sz120p with windows xp. I've been having a lot of problems with it but have been resistant to reset my computer, delete everything and start fresh (since I have so much stuff in it). My current issue is the windows explorer won't start. …

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Hey folks, I have a fujitsu/siemens laptop with an SVideo out socket on the back of it, i plugged an svideo cable into it then the other end into my TV (the white, red and yellow end). i then started browsing my AV channels but no picture. I went into …

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I have recently build ten (10) Intel iMac, and have noticed that on a Monday most machines will be at least 5 minutes to fast. Becasue these machine are on a Windows Domain, user's are unable to login, I have to login as Administrator and change the time. If the …

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My Dell Netbook is not recognizing the wireless adapter. I want to reinstall XP to verify if this is a hardware or software issue but I don't know how. I have the Reinstallation CD I got with it, but there is no CD drive! How am I supposed to use …

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i bought a new computer recently. it has a nvidia 9800gt graphics card. it comes with a little device that allows me to connect from dvi i to vga then to my monitor. i hooked all of that up the turned on the computer, but i cant see anything. i …

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helloooooooooooo ............. Compaq Presario v 4.90.3000 5wv280 MS W ME 128 mb of ram 32 bit Amd Athlon (tm) 900 mhz processor 30 gb harddrive ie 6 sp1 and internet tools i recently got this pc. i went to play games at pogo and i got everything to work but …

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I "d like to build freebsd mail server in my organization. I've installed postfix by following instruction. [url]http://www.sima-it.com/en/how_to_step_by_step/freeBSD/Postfix_with_system_users/2_qpopper_mc_postfix/[/url] I tested it by outlook., pop3 works but smtp shows error. So I have 2 questions: 1. How do I check my mails by outlook? 2. I also want to check my …

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Hi My Computer infected Dangerous virus. Can anyone tell me please What is the Procedure of removing virus from My Computer. Thanks.

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I am having a similar problem, however when i do click the start button on my compaq presario, the compaq logo, COMPAQ, appears on the screne, the fan starts and what seems to be the processor, and then it goes dead, switches off Help!!

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I got home from work to find my pc off. A storm had just passed through so i thought the power had shut off for a time. I started it up and i couldnt connect to the internet, so i restarted it. Thats when my problems started. All my computer …

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to whom it may concern, Hi all! Recently, my sis told me to download various different anti-virus programs, which i did. It found lots of viruses & spyware. Now, my laptop seems to be freezing every so often during the day. i can't shut it off the usual way...i end …

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Some games have started not loading there is no error message. It effects games that i have freshly installed as well as games that have been left on my system unused for some time. it does not do this to all games and there is no problems in the install …

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I have an Intel iMac G5 24”. I purchased it nearly 3 years ago. It has always been disappointingly slow, especially when working with Adobe CS but in the past few weeks, almost everything I ask it to do results in the spinning beach ball of death. Now it has …

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Hi all, Iam new to unix. I want to know the series of events that takes place when creating a directory. I mean If I type a command like [CODE] mkdir mydir [/CODE] what is the exact thing that takes place within the *nix operating system?

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hi, i have bought from ebay a pc,xp pro, it works fine but no OME disc, any help would be greatfuly recieved, george

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Hello. Every time I turn my printer on it does a test page. Wasting lots of ink :-( ... Any ideas how to stop this? Thank, John

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Hello everybody..!! I want to connect Local Area Network(or Internet:I have Cable internet) manually after starting( or re-starting) my computer rather than windows automatically connects. Is it possible to do this..?

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Hi all, I have a computer that went down and i cannot load windows but i can browse the files in the hd using an enclosure, i would like to reinstall windows but i need to safe the quickbook data so i can upload that back. i do not have …

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Hi...:P I know this should be in another topic, but I really need help on unblocking a website from NETGEAR firewall. and I don't know the username and password to get in the thing to unblock it :'(

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Hello, I was wonder if it is possible to change the DirectoryIndex based on the incoming IP address. Heres a senerio. We are working on a new site for our company and are doing redirection to pass users to a temp site in a sub folder. but for us internally, …

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I have a Linksys wrt54GX2 (srx200 wireless router) (I have the cd) can you use this to DETECT outside wireless connections? This router has just been sitting here in my hardware pile- -doing nothing. Been wondering if I can put it to good use improving my connection to the local …

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Hi, my computer works fine in all safe modes of xp sp3 but whenever i try to run it normally it will crash, the time it takes normally varies from a few seconds to 5 minutes, what is wrong and how can i fix it?

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Well i am using fedora for a pretty long time and i am tired of the fedora looks especially when i see ubuntus latest edition . Are there any themes available or graphic packages which can enhance my OS looks.

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Hey I was wondering since my computer can only have 2GB at the max and I have 2 slots for RAM. Would I be able to have 1GB in slot and 512MB in the other slot? Or would I have to have 1GB in each slot for my computer to …

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My Dell Desktop stopped working. There was a loud noise like a fan, could not switch it off, so I piulled the plug. Any ideas. Chris

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I am getting a message that states that "phoquxa.dll" is not a valid windows image and application. How do I get rid of this error? Thanks.

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Hi, We have a client who is looking to upgrade to a new Windows Server 2008 server. They currently run a Windows Server 2003 machine. We're trying to setup a virtual environment in order to do a practice migration from Windows Server 2003 OEM to Windows Server 2008. When we …

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hi frnds, I connect to the internet through a shared connection in my hostel lan.The problem i am facing is dat when others try to copy the data i have shared in the lan my whole system starts hanging. Can anybody suggest someway to reduce others using my resources i …

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Afternoon to you all. I've got an annoying glitch which i can't get rid of. I'm running Vista home premium on an Acer laptop, with an ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics card, but the computer says that i'm using the wrong driver, and i'm getting a white screen flicker which …

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Hi Fellow Daniweb IT members, I am currently thinking to buy the Dell inspiron 546 MT with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 5200+ (2.7 GHz and 512Kx2 cache), and the 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium, 6144MB Ram, 640GB Hard drive and a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card. …

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Hello, all! I share my apartment with one guy.. We are using time-warner cable as our internet provider. My problem is, my room-mate has 4 computers and I have only one. So, he uses almost 80% of internet on his computers while I use only 20%. And him and I …

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Hello all. I have a small app that only runs on FreeBSD, and have a host where i dont have root. That app requires many libraries, most of them i have, but the problem , that app doesnt look for libs at current folder. I tryied running the app on …

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Hi, I have a 4 yr old lcd monitor that when you turn it on it flashes the content of the desktop but that's all will not stay on the power switch light goes from green to orange/yellow ,any ideas ,don't know the history on the monitor ,like if it …

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Recently, I noticed in the Windows Task Manager that a spurious svchost.exe appears and always uses about 50% of the CPU resources. I 'End the process', but it will appear later. If I don't initiate a new activity the greedy svchost does not appear. One thing for sure that will …

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Hello all, I recently had someone send me an excel file that was made with Excel 2007. I have 2003 Excel and so I could not open. I went to Microsoft support and downloaded the file that did eventually open the file. However, all my other documents I created will …

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I want to know that which OS in the world have the most beautiful cursors, even I don't the name of all OS's but if you know any please let me know and if also have the cursors pack send me or paste the link here. Right now I am …

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Hi after my computer boots it gets stuck on a black screen with a mouse cursor in the middle. I have been researching and reading for a solution but have not found one that works for me. I can't boot into safe mode or even safe mode with command prompt …

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Dear forum, About two weeks ago Microsoft released a KB update for developers, updating the runtime assemblies (from 8.0.50727.762 to 8.0.50727.4053). That caused everything we built in the last few days to require the new libraries, failing run if they did not exist. This caused a mess and confusion, since …

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Hey ppl, so i've picked out 2 video cards that i want to get for my pc. 1Gb xfx geforce 9500 and 512Mb xfx geforce 9600...im wondering, would the 9600 still be a better buy than the 9500, because of a faster core clock rate? would the 9600 out perform …

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We are currently in the process of fixing our email server's security certificate. Our local domain is wanaque.net, but we are unable to get a certificate for that because someone owns it as a web site. We are changing to wanaque.local, is this a difficult procedure on a server level? …

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Hi peoples, Does anyone know whether this is a problem with the video card? please see attachment. (2 pics of my desktop) notice the vertical lines on the screen? specs: Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS Video card driver: vga, ver: 5.01.2600.0000 Mother board: M2N - SLI Deluxe CPU: AMD …

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Dear friends, i dont know where to post this question. i was writing a program using glut library in c++. i compile and run program. but there was a bug in the program that halts my system. i restart the system and system works fine for half of an hour …

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I have messed with computers for years. I can tell I have nothing on any of you. But, as many times as I've seen this problem since i've been here, I must point something out, and it seems if anyone can explain this , it would solve alot of peoples …

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Hi I have setup the following for a client: [URL="http://www.axis.com/products/cam_240q/"]AXIS 240Q IP Video Server[/URL] with security enabled (requires username and password to view) It is accessed from the outside world via a [URL="http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/WiredRouters/DG834.aspx"]Netgear DG834 ADSL Modem Router[/URL] with built in firewall and I've allowed traffic into the Video Server by …

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Hi, I have a problem - my dog ate the power cord to my new blue ray player. The cord is not detachable from the player and the plug can't be fixed with electrical tape. I talked to the manufacturer's support and they told me it would cost me $160 …

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Hi, If you know about the any good open source download manager for windows xp, so please let me know. Thanks

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