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Gotta keep the kids off the computer. Have run several virus scans and spyware, anything found has been removed, but still can't open My Computer etc., from desktop, nor control panel through Start. When I boot and press F8, nothing happens, just boots normally. When I boot with the Windows …

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Hi! OK, I don't really now how this can be done, but as far as I can remember when I was in shared hosting, they always complaint about memory usage.... but they always know what specific files were cosing the most load on the server. So, I remember I have …

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No clue how I got it. I keep getting random web pages popping up. sagipsul.com is a popular one. I'm sure there is probably some spyware in this mess too. I use malwarebytes. It found about 19 infections. I removed all these. Then ran my AVG antivirus. It found a …

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Woke up this morning to my computer acting funny - typical spyware/virus behavior. Decided, ok, fuck it, spybots are missing something, lets get antivirus. Downloaded a 90 day trial of Norton 360. While setting it up it prompted me to scan before it installed. Sounded like a decent enough idea, …

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I'm working a person's eMachine t6524. The printer is a Lexmark x3470 all in one. I believe that the OS is WinXPsp2. When I try to print from either Word or Notepad the I get a "Communication Failure." The scanner communicates with the computer over the same USB port, I …

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hi im looking at bulding a pc, and i found vista 64 bit for real cheap but it says UPGRADE in bit letters so im wondering what i need to install it on a newly built pc with no operating system

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I have a wireless network setup at my house using MICROSOFT BROADBAND BASE STATION (Router) and Wireless USB adaptor. [URL=http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/03_choose.aspx?class=WirelessB]Product Info[/URL] Im on the computer that uses the usb wireless pc adaptor (MN-510). I want my xbox in my room to connect to the internet. Since i don't have the …

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What are the pros and cons of each? Does one use more CPU resources than the other? Thanks, Kristie

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hi. i installed an iis service on my computer with a smtp server option. my problem is that when i open iis control panel i can see only the name of my computer without the smtp server option. can anyone help me ?

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Hi all, I have enabled and configured RRAS on my Windows 2003 server (IIS) machine to perform basic firewalling. I have enabled it and all works from the outside world, however, I cannot connect to the outside world on the machine. But the outside world (web users, FTP, etc...) can …

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hi guys, Getting some wierd networking issues between two of our sun boxes I will first explain the set up. Box one: running solaris 10 with one physical network connection into a switch Box two: running solaris 8 with three pyhsical network connections two into the same switch as above …

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Hi, I am having a problem with google in which I am randomly redirected when I click on the search results. The search results appear legitimate, the redirected sites only come up after I have selected from the results. This occurs in either IE or firefox. I have run Hijack …

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I was having problem with my Computer. It refused to connect via LAN/Ethernet and found due to MS update. I used system restore and connected. Then I updated it and refused dialup connection. I restored again (That why I think of shutting off the Updates). From first Restore, my avast …

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I am responsible for random monitoring of 263 laptops running xp at a typical high school. Many of the students are sharp and know how to delete current history files. I would like to know where IE hides a complete history log that an Administrator can access when necessary. I …

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On my previous server and on some other hosts, I was able to write to files (for example with PHP) without having to chmod the files first. Now I cannot, and files are required to be chmoded properly so I can write to them. I cannot even touch() a file …

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Well Ive decided to build a comp and i got all the details and the info on what i want ive talked to stores and got everything i need then i ran across a problem i cant seem to find a cooling system for the CPU plz help me :confused: …

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when i click turn off computer in the start menu the[stand by , turnoff ,restart box ] does not appear. I have Dell xps 400. I just quickly touch the shutoff button and the computer shuts down normally. If i do not run my Yahoo browser the box will work. …

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I have been receiving messages from a spammer who has spoofed my email address to be the sender and the receiver. How do I find out where this is really coming from? I can't just hit the spam button (AOL) because it will put my own address as the spammer. …

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heya all - Ive been hijacked. Any webpage I try to access through google takes me to some other page, most net security related webpages including some of the ones in your "read this before posting for help" thread either get redirected or wont load at all. Malwarebytes and spybot …

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I had a problem with my pc earlier with vista ultimate not wanting to boot if not installed on the sata 0, but now I downed Windows 7 beta and I want to use it in dual boot... is this possible??

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I want to build a dream system, one that will last years. I'll buy the components individually and build the computer myself, but I'm confused about deciding between components. To give you an idea, I do not do heavy photo or video editing on my comptuer. I'm looking for the …

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Hey there,, I know that you guys can usually help me with my computer probs, so here goes again. My pc seems to be randomly rebooting. When it restarts, I get an error message saying that it has recovered from a serious error, something to do with usb problems, but …

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hello everyone, i'm in a little bit of a dilemma with firefox browser. It seems to always crash every Five minutes also with a message that reads = sorry firefox has encountered a problem we have to close. Thats about it. If someone could point me in the right direction …

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Hello, I have had a new hard disk installed and in the cause of installing my system's drivers, the system prompts me that, I should first and fore most get Windows XP .NET 1.1 before continuing with the installation. How do I go about getting this done? Thank you. Frank …

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Anyone know where to download IE 5 and IE 5.5? The ms site is giving me the runaround. and no, i cant just download IE6 SP1 as i need the active desktop update which is not included in that. Cant do windows update as it doesnt work with IE pre …

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Im thinking about ordering the DFI core i7 X58 T3eH8 mainboard with Intel core i7-920 (jup thinking about a little OC'ing) with Arctic M2 paste and the thermalright ultra 120 Extreme 1366-r block But can't find a QVL list... does any1 know if the OCZ DDR3 platinum 1800mhz works with …

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My desktop is failing to give any display on the monitor I was using the machine when suddenly it went off and failed to boot again, I have disconnected all the peripherals i.e. mouse, keyboard, harddrive, crdom but still when I try to boot it nothing happens, only the processor …

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The virus that won't just die... Based on other threads on the same subject, I ran MBAM before I decided to post. Running ESET scan right now, and HijackThis. This is the log from MBAM, I am not too clear as to what to do to get rid of this, …

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Ok real quick I tried, the program "Registry Booster" from Uniblue and it worked wonders! So good in fact that it took the reg files for AVI, WMV, QT, and MPEG thumbnails. How do I know this? Well I used the program on my laptop and It did the same …

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I need external parts for my gateway mx6131 laptop. Everything on the inside works great, even the LCD but the outside has some issues. I need a new bottom chassis, hinge, bevel plate and top case... it cracked in the most inopportune location. I am hoping someone can help me …

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ok guys im running Windows xp sp2 i have a game called ootp9 and the blue screen of death mainly happens in this game when i try to load a file... the error is as follows... blue screen with a bunch of crap... Driver_irql_not_less_or_equal stop: 0x000000d1 (0xe1ff0000, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xefb61d50) …

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Wow it been about 7 months and I again came across this site again. I have used a really fully upgraded PDQ PowerBook now for several years with only great things to say about it. I installed the Sonnet CPU upgrade, an 80 GB HDD, 512 MB RAM etc. I've …

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I have been having some serious problems with my PC over the past week or so. Please have a look at this thread which will explain my initial problem: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread167352.html[/url] After replacing the power supply, which appeared to be causing the problem my PC seemed to work again. I backed …

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I have a Dell photo 926 printer that I am trying to get my mac book to recognize. Any suggestions other than the cd or simply plugging in the USB and going from there, those didn't work! Thanks...

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I know some of you would ask why bother, but I have a perfectly great Laserwriter 4/600 PS printer which I purchased in 1992. It is a serial printer, and as you know, the Macs dropped the SCSI slots years ago. It still works, when I can get my old …

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Ok i have a MacBook and i try to click on a video and it says you don't have the proper plugin. It says you need video/x-ms-asf-plugin something MIME. Does somebody have a QUICK and easy to understand solution without long explanations. Thank you

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Greetings! New machine, updated to 10.5.5. I've bought LaCie Ethernet disk mini - 1Tb drive w 10/100/Gbit and USB - which is plugged in to my 10/100 network so that I can share it between 2-3 Macs. A friend has this drive which works well on similar small network, so …

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Adobe Updater was running at the time Zone Alarm flashed up a flag to say "there is a rtm file requesting access to the trusted Zone " which I assumed was part of Adobe updater because that's all that was running ,anyway a pop up came up one the screen …

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Hi everyone, My computer has just completely died :scared:. I have posted another thread about this in the last few days (when it started happening) but it was just turning off and would turn back on again after a couple of seconds. I have had the computer for about 3 …

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My problem is here I have 6 computers connected with ethernet switch and ADSL router for internet connection. one system win2K other five is win98. resently a [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post291488.html#"]virus[/URL] affect all our systems (virus name w32.sality) still we unable to clean it. if i scan with norten virus not found. but …

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hi.. I recently had to wipe my pc and since i did this i have no sound.. can anybody help me with this.. I have a HP Compaq dx2200 microtower.

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I have over the last few nights had the same problem on my pc. Quite suddenly (and even if I do not have Internet Explorer open) multiple pages open automatically. I have had over 40 pages (sometimes more) open one after the other and at a very fast speed. I …

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I have a Windows XP, and I log into work everyday in an Active Directory Domain. In Start>Run>CMD what do I type in in the command prompt that will display which server authenticated me when I logged on?

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Copies of files on the 8GB flash drive are not the same. zip files canot be opened picture files do not show the picture, but the byte size look OK. I never had this problem with 2 or 4 GB flash drives. Any clue what is wrong? thx

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Hi, I have a user whose machine I am trying to clean up. I've been locked out of task manager, so I can't kill any processes. When you try to access the file system, it will open a browser window that directs you to real-av.org, however none of the real-av …

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Below is copy of a header from a recently received email. I understand most of it, but have no idea what the [COLOR="Green"][B]Precedence: Junk[/B][/COLOR] statement means. Any ideas? I ought to mention that I have been firing off emails to an internet seller about not receiving my goods and keep …

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Hi I've just bought the Samsung HD502IJ hard disk and I am trying to install it myself. My old HD had a 'disk failure', and what I am trying to do is make the Samsung be the master HD, install windows XP on it, then connect the old HD as …

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Seem to have quite a few security problems on this PC and would appreciate it if somebody could have a look over my hijack this log. Have just gotten rid of a virus showing fake windows security alerts to get you to download "spyware removal tools", although i dont think …

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Hi, I've tried to use Automatic Updates and upon failing I followed the Microsoft solutions but they also failed. When trying to change the Automatic Updates service Start up Type and then Starting the Service I recieve the error message: "Could not start the Automatic Updates service on Local Computer. …

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For all of you who probably know and those who don’t know Google came out with their first web browser Google Chrome on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 and Just 100 days later it came out of beta on Thursday, December 11, 2008. So why was Google Chrome rushed out of …

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