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 | This problem is driving me round the bend. Google failed me and so I thought I'd revisit a (very) old haunt to find some real answers. I'm trying to download Windows Live Messenger because all my hip friends on the interwebs say that they're using lots of pretty colours and … |
| | I have this old CRT monitor that has a dead pixel. At first it was no concern because, hey, its old. But then I noticed that it wasn't always in the same spot, which perplexed me. It moves along the vertical axis, but never on the horizontal axis. Does anyone … |
| | Hi all, I came across this forum after searching for anything pertinent to my problems...I couldn't find anything, so I'm posting. Any help would be greatly appreciated. So I have this laptop a friend gave me; she told me that it just stopped working one day (wouldn't turn on) so …  |
| | I recently bought a refurbished Maxtor DiamondMax 11 and it totally sucked so I returned it. It made sandpaper noises. So then I figured I can't go wrong with a brand new Seagate Barracuda 500 gigger but was I ever wrong. It works ok until it actually has to transfer …  |
 | So here is the problem--I have the quick launch toolbar activated and and when I click on the double arrow to show the hidden items or when I go and open up a folder like My Computer I get a message basically telling me that Windows has encountered a problem … |
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| | I just got an Elite A780GM-A (V1.1) AM2+ ATX motherboard (holds up to 32gb DDR2) and a quad core AMD Phenom 2.5 ghz (the new revised one) and 4Patriot DDR2 1066 mhz 1gb memory sticks. I installed everything (including all 4 memory sticks) and fired it up and had no … |
| | So i just wiped my laptop and installed XP Home SP3. Everything was going find until I started downloading a few things, software removal tools, pc maintenance tools, etc. I started to see that my firefox is using about 50% of my cpu usage anytime that it's open now. Not … |
| | I suddenly find myself unable to access my desktop to change it, getting tired of the 3 kings. Where should I look to see what changed? I am dumb as a stump about some of this stuff but I can follow directions.... |
| | Hi gurus, I haven't purchased a pre-built machine for about 10 years; I've always found it more enjoyable to pick-and-choose parts for the machines I spend 8+ hours of my day on. However, the last two machines have caused me some grief. First machine, a dual cpu xeon p4, had … |
 | My wifes laptop was short of harddrive space so I thought i would investigate .........so i got rid of all the silly pictures and stuff and unwanted,unused programmes,but it oly left about 10% of free space on a 40gb drive !!! So i thought that windows maybey was hanging on … |
| | OK. I installed the newest version of iTunes on my PC so I could play with my new iPod. Instantly, all my video and audio started stuttering. It's made the PC useless for watching videos or using audio. Since I also use this machine to edit video and audio, this … |
 | I would like to get 'help and support' back on my XP machine, but this is proving difficult. I need to turn on the service, but it is not even listed in the services console (it goes from 'Health Key and Certificate Management Service' to 'HTTP SSL' with nothing in … |
| | I have Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit), with 1GB RAM and it seems that the Hibernation option suddenly not work... However when I tried to hibernate it, the computer goes on to the sleep state... The Hibernation option is still on... Is there any way to diagonise the problem??? |
| | Okay, so I tried uninstalling a program from the 'Uninstall Programs' menu (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10) but it gave some weird error message, so I decided to hunt for all the files and delete it myself. However, I think the uninstaller is the Microsoft Installer, therefore, I can't actually delete the … |
| | I need a way to play some kind of alert or sound when a cerain process is not running in the task manager. This program needs to always be running and occasionally throught the day it stops running for some reason and I have no way to tell when it … |
| | I have a spare computer - reformatted the HD and now cannot get into bios to reinstall Windows ME. I hear the fan running, it continually reads both CD-Rom drives but will not read any disk. It will also not respond to any F key at startup to load BIOS. … |
| | Hi all, I have read a few of your threads about this virus. Over the past few days NOD32 has been telling me that my computer is infected. I first scanned with Malwarebytes, then with Hijackthis. Could someone please review the logs to see if I need to remove anything …  |
 | I just did a scan with Norton Anti-Virus, SuperAnti Spyware, RUBotted and MalwareBytes. Here is my HijackThis Log, please let me know if there is anything else that should be removed. Thanks! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:02:23 PM, on 2/19/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT …  |
| | I've just installed gcc and then compiled my c program, but it does not seem to work... OS: opensuse11.1 Note: there's no error in the program since i compiled it in fedora but in opensuse there seems to be a problem in installing library!! [B]Need help! Very urgent!![/B] |
 | My computer is Celeron 2 Ghz, 1 GB Ram, 120 GB HDD, two DVD writers and one CD writer with XP SP2 loaded, it frequently crashes by saying Windows exlorer has generated errors and needs to close and when i click on don't send error report a blank screen appears … |
| | Hi all, I need some urgent help and advise. I Accidentally put my laptop ram into my washing machine and only realized it after the washing was done. Can the ram still be used? Is there anyway to save it? Its a 2 gig kingston for laptops. Thanks! Mike  |
| | Hello, I am new to the whole linux system. I am however having a couple of problems. Here it goes...I am using the latest ubuntu distro (intrepid 8.10) and have been trying to watch streaming videos. Some of them show up and others do not. Usually those that work are … |
| | Hi, I'm running Knoppix's backtrack. It has a way of displaying man pages in a browser. you just spacify the browser, e.g. firefox, then the man page is displayed by firefox, instead of the unser-unfriendly text mode. Could someone refresh my memory? Thanks. |
| | Anyone know a website which has printable downloadable listing of windows command prompts which are grouped (not in alphabetical order) but by topics eg network commands, file commands, hardware commands etc. I can find numerous links which has them in aphabetical order but I want them grouped in topic area. … |
| | Hmm, I was looking at the linux distros and I stumbled across Gos Space, which looks like a nice OS [url]http://www.thinkgos.com/products[/url] What do you think? I'm thinking of downloading it and putting it on vmware for testing.  |
| | Hi all A while back I used this to hook up a Ubuntu 7.10 pc to the internet. [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Usb-to-lan-RJ45/dp/B000CCZP88/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1235671150&sr=8-3"]Usb to lan RJ45[/URL] I want to do that same thing again but when I did it before, the adapter belonged to work, so went on Amazon but I also found this … |
| | I'm not able to access the internet-have Windows XP. It appears that the problem is that my computer won't renew the ip address. I've tried ipconfig/release - which worked fine, but when I tried ipconfig/renew - nothing happens. I've done flushdns, reset winsock, checked under administrative tools and services to … |
| | I was searching on the web one day looking for a OST from an anime but then somehow i started getting these popups whenver i open mozilla firefox. I used AVG free and scanned and it removed it. i think. the next day i opened up mozilla firefox again and … |
 | In the SYSTEM32 folder there should be a file called 'OEMINFO.INI' If there isnt,make it using Notepad. ("SYSTEM" directory for 98) Put the following lines in OEMINFO: [General] Manufacturer=(Type here without brackets) Model=(Type here without brackets) And thats it! What you typed will appear in the system properties page under … |
| | So I'm not sure what's wrong with my laptop, it keeps installing spyware on its own so I have to run MBAM a LOT. I get "IE" popups on Firefox, and sometimes when I try to get to sites I searched for on Google it bumps me onto something called … |
| | Hi guys, 2nd problem since joining this site. When I boot up my computer, after the Windows screen, my screen turns black and my mouse is frozen in the middle of the screen. I tried using using Last Known Configuration that worked by using F8 but that just left a … |
| | My computer sometimes runs smooth than after a while it begins to lag very bad I cannot afford to purchase a new PC so please any help will be great. System Specs OS: XP Home edition System Manufacturer: Dell System Model: Dimension 2400 BIOS: Pheonix ROM BIOS Plus Version 1.10 … |
| | i need intel webcam drivers for windows 64bit. please help me |
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| | Im a novice here so if in wrong place forgive me. can I get software that will let me wipe files clean and not just release them for use but leave info there? FWIW am using a dell with XP pro.. |
| | Hi I have a toshiba tecra laptop 8100 series- plugged in , it wouldn't start up so I bought it a new battery- still nothing. I can get a power light flashing orange if I play a little I can leave it and get power light green and battery light … |
| | Hi All! As if the thread title didn't give it away, i'll explain my problem! I've just got a PSP, and can't get a wireless network connection in my area to be able to use it on the net. I have been trying to connect the PSP to my laptop, … |
| | Does anyone know of a good online PC hardware analyzer? I'm looking for something like Crucial's online memory analyzer, but with more details for the entire system. I know about a few standalone packages that need to be installed locally, but this is for non-tech customers so I can just … |
| | I know there are many other threads asking the same question, but I am such a newbie when it comes to computers and am unable to figure out what I am suppose to do, so I decided to post my own thread. My computer whenever it loads up, explorer.exe will … |
| | Hey guys, I'm new to the forum... I recently installed a Vista update and upon restarting, windows explorer kept crashing. The avira antivir would not run and claimed files were missing and I couldnt open my computer because when I did, explorer kept crashing. Because I have an external HD, … |
 | Alrighty, here's the problem: I am installing linux on a sony VAIO that has a:[code]01:00.0 WGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)[/code] I have tried installing the drm module "mach64" (after discovering that this is a mach64 chipset, I think) along with the xf86 … |
| | Hello, I've seen this problem mentioned before on this and other boards but never with a solution or fix... hoping to have better luck this time. I just replaced the LCD screen on my Dell 8600 Inspirion with the same model. Now, the LCD only displays a series of solid … |
| | hello, i have written a basic udp instant messenger program and am trying to send udp packets across the external network, the packets that are sent (from my friends computer to mine) are being dropped at the hub/router. i know this because the little light flashes each time a packet … |
| | Everyone I've run into a problem with an XP Home SP2 box that seems to have a problem with the default (\\computername) share. For some reason, I cannot access this system's shares over the network. The firewalls have been disabled, the server service is running, and I've created new test … |
| | I was on my computer last night and I was just messing around but then i went on World of Warcraft and was playing for about 30mins. Then all of a sudden my Laptop (Which is a HP dv9208nr) Monitor scrambled like if u try and play a dirty VHS … |
| | My Toshiba Satellite M40 (canadian version) laptop showed a message of an error and completely froze up. I thought that this is a Windows XP problem and tried to reinstall windows. When I started installing windows it froze up again on the 35-38 minute of installation process, just before windows … |
| | in my notebook pc msoffice was deleted suddenly how can i get back that |
| | I work in a small office and we have a network of 5 computers. They were running slow, so we decided to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Removal. There were several trojans on each computer, so we removed them. It worked...except on one machine...MINE! When the program was deleting the files I … |
| | Hello, long time no see. Anyways, I want to build a gaming rig and for that I have already choosen some peripherals already except for ram, processor and cooling equipments. Here is the list that I will be purchasing for intense gaming (also wouldnt mind if anything different from this … |
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