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I'm currently running an ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard with a 250 GB hard drive with all my data on it and Windows XP Home. I purchased and installed two 640 GB hard drives with the intention of using these in a RAID1 configuration for all my personal data, and leaving all …

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Does anyone know if there is a way to connect a server which has previously been set up as a DOMAIN CONTROLLER, (by someone else) to an existing WORKGROUP of 3 or 4 PC's running XP. DOMAIN CONTROLLERS usually connect to DOMAIN CLIENTS WORKGROUPS usually connect to each other as …

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Hi guys I've been passed a Toshiba Satellite laptop to have a look at. On start up the number keys behave as though the shift button is pressed, so just symbols (!"£$ etc) appear. If I press the shift key symbols still appear. Also on start up the caps lock …

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Hello my dear friend, what you think, are you really want to check the latest gadget which enhance your life style.

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Google has just released the beta of its brand new web browser called Chrome. I have used it a little bit now and I really like it. All of the extras it offers are very cool, but the best part as far as I've seen is the AMAZING speed that …

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Hi, I want to encrypt my pen drive. Are there any open source or freeware programs that I can use to do this? Being able to decrypt it on any computer running XP without installing any software would be nice. Thanks in advance.

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Is there a live CD version of Ubuntu 8.10 for PowerPC's out there? Could someone please post a link? I've looked on google and ubuntu.com, and all the releases seem to be for intel processors. I could only find the alternate install CD for PowerPC, which always spits out an …

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Switched off my Dell laptop going to bed. The following morning absolutely dead. AC adapter is OK. When I plug the adapter into the socket green LED comes on but as soon as I plug it into the laptop it goes off. I do not want to buy a new …

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Hi I have just reinstalled windows XP on my deskytop computer and I'am wondering if it is worthwhile putting XP SP3 on it. I have put SP3 on my laptop and it is now really slow, I have done this twice on my laptop, is it SP3 or is it …

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I did a fresh install of Fedora 10 on my laptop. I'm trying to get my wireless nic connected and not having much luck. The setup looks correct, has an ip, but can't access anything. I'm not sure what I am missing. 1. lspci command returns: 02:01.0 Network Controller(0280): Intel …

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Hi all, i've encountered this trojan while downloading some music using FrostWire thru Sanboxie. NOD32 got it and supposedly got rid of it. But i'm somewhat uncomfortable and i downloaded hijackThis. Some BHOs seem suspicious but i really don't want to mess something up so i'm posting the log. Please …

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I'm having the same issue. Can someone help me?? Here is my HJT log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:12:58 PM, on 2/23/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16791) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe …

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Hi After adding a sata dvd writer, whic became the 3rd sata drive, the second ( Seagate barracuda 500gb)goes missing. It shows up in bios and 'device manager' , but not in 'disk management' or 'my computer. System: win. xp pro. home, gigabyte motherboard, amd dual core processors. The missing …

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I had the same problem ... I followed all the steps told ... But nothing happend :( . Here is the Hi-Jack Log :- [CODE] Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:24:56 AM, on 3/3/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18372) Boot …

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Ok when l start windows XP and l come to the desktop l lose control of my mouse, l can move it but not click l have to do Ctrl + Alt + Delete when the window open l suddenly can click. And in games sometimes the mouse respond slow …

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Hi, I'm a newbie to this site and also new to wireless router purchasing. Here's my situation: I recently purchased a refurb Compaq laptop ([URL="http://www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/sku.jsp?skuId=21711088"]CQ50-139NR[/URL]) and need to buy a router that works with this - 802.11 b/g WLAN. My desktop computer is located in a second story room, and …

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Hi, I will try to explain my problem that I have although I am a novice... I have a Toshiba laptop, 32bit Vista Home Premium. I have had an internet connection through modem for a while, everything is good. Now I bought a Linksys WRT54G router, to be able to …

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Hi, I have a laptop with 17 inch LCD . The LCD will not display an image other than black background and white cloud like shapes that start about 3-4inches in diameter and then spread to cover the entire screen until its mostly white all over. Is this a possible …

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I am using Winxp service pack 2 with Realtek High definition sound card. My Problem is I can hear sound only from Right speaker not from Left. Recently I updated driver with latest ver. 5.10.0.5672 (DirectX : 9.0 and audio codec: ALC662) to solve this issue but no chance :( …

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Hello frnds i have a strange problem, i have a 4 GB Transcend and other 1 GB ordinary pen drives they used to work properly b4 but now they stopped showing up in my computer. Transcend is just 1 Month old and other drive(memorex) is 3 yrs old. I thougt …

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I got these 2 RAMs from my friends old computer and I tried to put one in the slot. It didn't fit so I took off 1 of my RAMs that was already installed in the computer when I bought it to see what it looks like. I reinserted the …

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As stated in the subject line, my windows XP MCE does not detect my Canon SD400 camera. It did at one time, but now neither the windows nor the canon software recognize the camera when it is plugged into the USB. I know that the USB port works because I …

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Hi, I've been trying to get an old system running for a little bit now and after a lot of testing I've found that when the hard drive is not plugged in, it will POST fine but if it is, it freezes during the Detecting IDE part. I have tried …

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Hard drive on this died and machine won't even post now. Right after the hard drive died the power light on front started flickering and now doesn't light at all. Neither does the hdd light even with a new hard drive. Everything powers up fine - fans, cd , fdd. …

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I have been having problems for last two days since someone downloaded something from Limewire on my pc. I finally got it to where it would boot up without being in safe mode but it is still really slow and browser windows appear when trying to surf web. I have …

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Hi all. I've spent the last week removing somewhere around 1000 viruses off of the receptionist's computer at my job, which was incredibly difficult--the malware disabled any internet access, task manager, registry editing, virus/malware removal software, etc. So.. I was eventually able to get all of them off but one... …

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Can someone tell me where to get a Cisco Security Device Manager for windows?, am preparing for CCNA Security Exams and i need it to practice. i dont have a router that can run the software (SDM) at home, but where can i get one to use on my PC …

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My goal: install Ubuntu on my old PowerMac G4 What I did so far: I replaced the hard drive (it was fired) with a new unformatted hard drive. I was planning on formatting it with the linux install. The problem: I can't get the computer to boot to the optical …

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today, my computer started freaking out, command line started popping up, random internet pop ups, i have not had a pop up in a VERY long time. so first instinct was to run, AVG and lavasoft ad-aware. ad-aware found tracking cookies, only 5 though, AVG found 5 trojans though, AVG …

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Ok this happened twice already, is it just a false alarm from AVG that it detects a virus from pop ups or things from torrent sites? I'm planning to do a factory clean up and I put all my files into one folder, I'm going to burn them, will the …

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My laptop has been giving me some grief and I'm wondering if anyone else has had any similar problems, and if so what solutions they've found. When I turn on my laptop the display usually stays black unless I hold in the power button for about 15 seconds (flushing capacitors?) …

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I currently have two pc's set up in my home office. The first one is a Dell Dimension with 512 MB DDR RAM, P4 2.8 Ghz. There are quite a few peograms on here which I use on a daily basis. The most important one is a stock market scaaning …

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I'm having an issue with my desktop as the title eludes to. I recently found a background I like and I prefer to have it centered. This leaves some room for default background (blue) to cover the top and bottom of the screen. The problem ensues after adjusting the default …

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hello there, can somebody read sandra report? i scaned my comp for drivers info becaus my cpu is high and i have no idea how to read this report. whats going on in my machine? thanks guys! this is the report: ***** Start of Report ***** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <<< Computer Overview …

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Approximately a month ago the card reader on my laptop quit working correctly. I say correctly, because it obviously still recognizes when I insert the card and remove it because I get that tell-tale chime. It used to open a window asking what I wanted to do as far as …

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I recently purchased crossover games it works really well but I don't know all the types of unsupported software it CAN'T run I know GunZ didn't work so what works and what doesn't?

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hi, i have a INTERNAL for 3.5" IDE hdd and i want to make it bootable. i have windows 2003 installed and i can't boot from it. I looked over the internet but not a chance. i found nothing Ok first. I just finished formatting a laptop and tried the …

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All my stuff is on my beige g3 hard drive, running on OS9. Can I just take it out and put it in the G4, and expect it to work? Alternatively, what is my best way, bearing in mind The g3 has no usb or fire wire? Thanks in advance …

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Hey guys, I've used these forums to find help for a variety of malware issues and have had great success in the past. I'm hoping someone can help me with a stop error I'm receiving. A little history on my machine: Xeon processor, 2.66ghz quad core 8 Gb RAM 2 …

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it is a stupid question. i am a newbie. these days i wanna extact audio from my DVD. could anybody recommend me some software? much appreciated!

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Hello, First of all, I'm very new in computer hardware, so pardon my level of knowledge. So, here's my story I found (lying in my campus corridor) a WD2500JB HDD. So, I took it home and tried to install it to my PC (an eMachines T4010). I choose the jumper …

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hi guys, I cant play DVD with power dvd v8.0 ultra, it gives me an error which says, "Internal error code 80040216". I have uninstalled and reinstalled the software but still it gives me the error. Anyone who can help me please?

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My system: WinXP Home SP3, Intel 2.2 GHz Dual Core, 3.0 Gig DDR system RAM, Intel DG33BU motherboard with G33 chipset, XFX "Alpha Dog" 8800 512 Graphics Card, 750 W PS. I was attempting to upgrade my audio to a Creative Labs Blaster 64mb card when.....I disabled the on-board audio …

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Hello, I have a Dell 1.80 Ghz running Windows 2000 NT Professional. The main problem is that I cant get to the desktop anymore when I start my computer. The computer boots and gets to the screen where I type in my username and password to get to my desktop. …

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last week when I turned on my pc, the LED and fans are on but there is no display. I tested my monitor to several pc and I found that it has no problem. Need help on more diagnosing.

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Hi guys. My Acer Power has a thing called LANScope Agent. This has locked me out of my CD drive and USB ports, and it won't let me alter the settings to allow the use. I have seen similar threads that say to uninstall it, but there is no Remove …

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My PC is being really slow Here is a log [code] Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 05:45:58, on 24/02/2009 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18372) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo\Scheduler\scheduler_proxy.exe C:\Program Files\Lenovo\LenovoCare\LPMGR.EXE C:\Program …

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It looks like my computer picked up the a.exe virus about 3 weeks ago. Since then I've had all sorts of problems. 1. Can't login to internet 2. Can't reinstall software for net card 3. Can't see properties in device manager 4. Can't printer 5. Can't reinstall printer - spooler …

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