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I purchased a used Dell Inspiron 1100 several years ago and it has served me well until yesterday when I tried to turn it on and all I get is an error message that it can't find an operating system. I've tried to trouble shoot it from the book and …

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Was just given a rather nice ViewSonic A90f+ monitor which seems to work ok, except for the fact that the color is way off. It seems like it's unable to show any green so all colors which use green are way off. I know this because yellow isn't supposed to …

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guys i have an hp 1022 printer, i want to run it in usa but it works with 220 volts, is there any converter which i can use for long term use and powerful enough to run the printer without any problem in USA?

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I have 3 pc's all with XP that I need to fix up for my Uncle... I am going to pull HJT logs for all 3 and was curious as to whom I'd get in contact with for an evaluation?

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Hey, So my computer was running fine a few days ago and then i got a school assignment and i decided to download CS4 adobe photoshop. But i had to pay so i torrented a cracked full version, i downloaded and i scanned with norton and all was good so …

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I am having Linux Fedora installed on my system. I want to remove it and install Windows Xp. But when i boot the system from the XP CD, it does all the configuration loading etc. and comes to the partition information page. There it shows "Unknown Partition type" and "No …

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I've got a 32-bit machine (Pentium 4) running Windows XP Pro (version 2002). I understand that there are 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows XP Pro, and that some 64-bit versions of XP Pro will run on 32-bit machines (although I can hardly believe it, and I've also been told …

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any one recently found office 2003 or 2007 applications getting frozen....as i am getting the same. proccess is offlb.exe or excel.exe..... pls help

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Hi All I am a new PC owner and am getting the hang of looking after my PC but am having great difficulty with a Virus it has picked up, I have had my PC for less than 3 months, and am in dire need of advice My home PC …

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hey..i have 2 machines that i want to set up a network between. one's a desktop running windows xp. the other is a dell laptop that has no hard drive. i want to use a 4port switch that i have to set up the network between them so that the …

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Hi everyone, I need to do what services like co.cc are doing, taking a subdomain of my site (call it domain.com), and directing it to another server. The current setup has one cPanel reseller, which directs the viewer to another cPanel reseller via an IP address in an A name …

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Hi all! I am new, not too computer literate. I have a big problem with my computer right now, windows XP (I think I deleted internet explorer and now I can't download anything) Where should I post problem? I promise I won't have any more problems!!

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I have a Sony VAIO VGN A417S - purchased Jul 05 I can no longer access the Entertainment package. When I try to open it up I get the following message: Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\ony\VAIO Entertainment\VAIOEnt.exe R6025 - pure virtual function call Can anybody help? Do I have to …

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Hi guys, does anyone knows a software that can automatically get files on the workstation and copy to the server? or any script to do this task? any ideas is greatly appreciated... :)

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Hi everybody Can any one tell me how to rename the start button. Suppose i want to name my start button as"Rahul" instead on start. Plz tell me?

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One of our users has an issue with their email signature justifying across the screen only when they reply or forward. When creating a new email the signature is aligned left as it should be. Anyone have any ideas on what could cause this or how to fix it ?

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My Vista PC crashed and I had to format my hard drive. Now I can't get Vista install to see the hd. It shows up in the bios. It also works for storage if I use it as a secondary drive with both Vista or XP installed on a master …

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Hi guys, if DHCP server failing to assign IP Address to the workstation, what could be the problem? any idea is greatly appreciated... I tried IPCONFIG /RENEW on a workstation but it fails.. If i tried to manually configure the IP settings on TCP-IP workstation can connect to internet.. But …

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hi, can any one help, over the last 2 weeks when i start up my pc then click on the the internet the home page seems to time out and i get the page saying cannot find page , but soon as i refresh or press home it goes straight …

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I am new to this forum and facing a few problems with my PC. Here goes the first one: I had a virus attack and had to reformat the machine and install a new OS. My Xp Sp3 hangs when ever I insert a DVD. Earlier I never faced this …

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First, please know that I've already checked out the other threads on the subject and none of the solutions have worked in my case. Having said that, I recently upgraded the memory and replaced the mobo in my HTPC. Below is my current setup: Gigabyte MA790X-DS4 mobo AMD Athlon 64 …

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At the first, sorry if i put this thread on windows vista forum since i can't find windows 7 forum. I've already use Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 on my laptops. After installing there is no weird problem. But now i can't close any open window via red X button …

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One of my cousins computer(Running WinXP SP2) is having problems. When I booted his computer, it was running a scan(which is run when computer is not shutdown properly). It was verifying and checking the files and the folders within the C drive and FAT32 partition. But it was showing many …

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i keep getting a message that says 16 bit error. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. the system file is no suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Is there anything I can do to open up this program. Please help.

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I have a new toshiba notebook and currently, i have a problem with it. It does not want to start at all. I don't know what happened to it. I was just using it when it suddently went blank and shut off by itself. I was just so worried that …

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My problem is i have 2 usb ports, my ethernet is connected to 1 port in the back. It use to be connected to one at the side., but i change it because it was secrewd - Connecting nad disconneting, until i could no longer use that usb port. after …

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Hey, Recently I've had a problem where the computer will start fine, but the desktop doesn't load. I can still run any programs fine through the task manager, and there's no apparent slow down on the computer. I need to fix this soon, as this is my father's laptop, and …

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I am trying to connect my latitude laptop with my HP 450 mobile printer? Can i do this with a usb cable or do i need a parallel cable as well? I got this printer without any cables. Thanks for any help, i am pretty computer illiterate.

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Hi I am trying to configure wireless in our systems so i need help how to i connect the wireless am using windows xp sp2. i need some help about proxy also how to configure the proxy help me. thanking u.

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I want to do the following: - Connect to DSL from two computers. - Transfer files between the two computers. - Use one printer from either computer. - Occasionally isolate one computer from this setup when running certain software (due to latency requirements) The computers each have one Ethernet port …

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Hi I am new to this topic and I have a question. If ill buy a wifi adapter like Belkin 802.11g Wireless G USB Network Adapter for my PC with broadband connection will I be able to have internet on my laptop with wifi or I need wireless router or …

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Hey everyone, I just bought a Dell Inspiron 530 laptop, single core 2.2ghz, 2gigs ram, onboard graphics.... I'm wondering, is this a good upgrade for the graphics card: http:// tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4352332&csid=ITD&body=REVIEWS# ?? and if it will even work and not be too much for the like 300w or so psu, is …

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This is my fisrt time posting. But my computer was infected with frmwrk 32 and i need help getting rid of it.

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I'm building a desktop for my son who uses some medium to high level graphics applications. The board I have is an MSI and has integrated video with UMA Shared memory. I know this reserves a block of ram (determined by me in the bios) for video memory. My question …

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Hello, After looking at the thread about firefox opening tabs by itself, I am glad that there's someone out there sharing the same problem as I do. However mine's on IE7. Fortunately my firefox works well so far. Here's my hijackthis. Hope someone could help me on the next steps. …

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Deer peepul, Just recently, I am unable to access hyperlinks from OE. Not only that, but my computer freezes up when I click a link imbedded in an email. I run XP/SP2, and OE 6. This is driving me batty.... Thanks!

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For 2 days, my avast antivirus has been showing that i have Win32:Trojan-gen. {Other} win32:ldpinch-CYW [trj] HTML:IFrame-inf JS:obfusated-A [trj] and similar others. this expecially happens one i start up my computer and enter the internet and further happends at intervals. and similar others. below is my hijackthis. Please i am …

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Hi A website has blocked access to my account due my current location. Is there a way I can bypass it using a proxy server? I have looked into buying one but they can't guarantee non-detection of proxy usage by the said website. I also came across an idea about …

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Can someone please help me with repairing a PC power supply. My supply quit and I have been only partially successful. I found a burned out resistor on the board I replaced > a 5 watt 20 ohm and a bulging cap that I also replaced. When I try to …

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So I was watching some Katt Williams and tons of pop-up's started to happen. Obviously the site was bad. Ever since then, i've had lots of problems. Right before the log in screen i get an application error. It says spoolsv.exe or something is the application. It also pop's up …

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when using IE it atimes becomes unresponsive and tells me it needs to close due to some error, what do i do?

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Just wondering if somebody can help me figure out what the problem with my comp is. when i power it on, everything gets power but i dont hear the normal beeps on startup. Also it doesnt even turn my monitor on. Any advice would be appreciated.

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I have run into a problem after attempting to over clock my. I am reasonably computer literate, but am at a complete loss in this situation, and am in great need of any advice I may be able to get from this forum. My hardware, as best as I can …

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I'm in WinXP on a Sony VAIO. I have cable Internet with a Linksys CM100 modem and a Linksys WRT150N router. These cooperate well enough so that I'm watching IPTV right now wirelessly. My connection is secured by WPA TKIP. However, my laptop wireless connection is broken. (I'm connected by …

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For some reason or other my system sounds and sounds on speakers/headphones disappears. A day or two later all sounds are back. Every time I check everything and it's OK, all the settings remain unaltered when I lose the sound and when it returns. I haven't been able to pinpoint …

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After installing XP Pro on my new Dell Inspiron 531S I've been having trouble getting sound. I installed the Realtek HD audio driver that came with the driver disk from Dell and there was no sound (I can't remember if i did this before or after the SP3 and other …

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Hi dears I had a problem with my windows so I decided to install it again.But when I install it, it never ask me about serial number and after installing my windows shows a lot of errors about dll files.What is the problem? Thanks Bye,

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Now that I am able to read the Drive's Firmware Serial Number (See previous post) is there some way to relate this physical drive with the Drive letter assigned by Windows by means other than 'digitalocksmith' suggested (i.e. hardware id's in the Details window) ?

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Hello Everyone. I need a little help here trying to figure out what could be causing this. I just received a Dell Dimension XPS Desktop computer. I just did a Clean OEM install of XP Home. During the install i had the selection of NTFS(Quick) or NTFS. I choose NTFS …

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Hi Community. Can anyone tell me how to remove REG/Zapchast.H and BAT/Zapchast.CE viruses? Thanks, scripted

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