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| | VIRUS ALERT! is in my taskbar my desktop has gone white and loadsa icons for different removal rpograms appaeared wich i deleted. Im scanning with AVG and its not finding anything as of yet. Ive managed to download and install Malwarbytes anti malware but the update is taking forever and … |
| | Hi, I have a friend who has a compaq presario v2000 running Windows XP. Her EX-BOYFRIEND dimmed the lighting with one of the shortcuts on the keyboard at least thats what it looks like anyways. I can't find the shortcut to turn the screens light back on and the manual … |
| | My XP Monitor boots "green" light... but within seconds the light goes "yellow" and screen is black. Any suggestions? Many thanks.  |
| | I cannot get the router to see the internet, I have bridged the Modem which is what Bell South said to do , but Im thinking its a router issue, any assitance would be awesome. Thanks |
 | Hey, I just recently ran into a problem compiling a C++ project (no, I didnt mean to put this in the C++ forum). I got an error saying that a certain header file couldn't be opened (I had compiled with the same file before). I looked up the error and … |
| | Hi, I have recently configured outlook express 6 in my system. I have sent a mail from it to my gmail and yahoo id's and verified the same. But when I had e-mailed from Gmail, I didn't receive the same in outlook. Can anyone help me with this?  |
| | Good day,i'am running window xp 64 bit with 9650 Intel core 2 Extreme deskto and dx38bt mother board\ using this computer,for 3d application,software. i have a little problem,every time i try to render image in my application,software,my cpu usage is at 100% all the i 'am renedering image know and … |
| | hi, I would like to know about creating virtual com ports.Is there any tools for creating them.  |
| | hi My computer DNS is highjack. I try to change and fix to obtained automaticly.But its goes to this DNS 82.255.112.147. When i search in google, the search goes to some strange ips. I scan with norton 360 but no problem fix. Please be advice Thank you in advance.  |
| | Hello. I am new to the forums. Ran across the site as I was researching for a possible cause to my problem. I run Windows XP and last nite as I was removing some old programs that I don't use to free up some Hard Drive space (i was running … |
| | I think I have a trojan virus in my computer. it is VERY slow and sometimes freezes altogether. please review my Hijackthis Log and advise on the best course of action. thanks Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:56:40 AM, on 10/26/2008 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT …  |
| | I am in college and I was wandering if there was anyway I can bypass my schools firewall so that I can use Limewire, uTorrent, etc. I don't know if this is the place to ask but I thought I'd give it a try. |
| | I have a three+ year old Sony VGN-S260 and one day out of the blue it did not start. Some times it will start just fine, but others it will not. The symptoms are odd because the led lights that display battery, wifi, and hard drive are lighting up as … |
| | I have a Presario 2100 series laptop ( 2190us ) , running XP SP 2, 256 MB memory , 40 gig disk, CD-RW/DVD Read Combo integrated, internal modem, internal Ethernet 10/100, . This unit has perfomed flawlessly since December 2003 when purchased new. Here is the problem. It will perform … |
 | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Performance Increase Through My Computer [/color][/size][size=2]Easy enough tweak to usually find out about it on your own, but still, some of us still don't find it right away. So here it is:[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Start > … |
| | I am planning on ripping a DVD to mov, so does anyone know where i can get a free dvd ripper that converts DVD to Mov like the mac dvd ripper? I used handbrake, it cannot create a mov file. if you help, thanks |
| | Hi, I believe what I write next might sounds nonsense or strange. I still believe that the same old known problem which has 100 thread [B]"Limited or no connectivity" [/B]problem is not from my side, but I was wondering and I have decided to ask you guys. I have read … |
| | OK, here is what is going on. I got a nasty spyware. Trojan Horse Zlob. I have Spyhunter, XoftSpySE, Spybot Search and Destroy, and AVG. I also have windows defender and I downloaded smitfraudfix. I ran all of them to get rid of it. I think they all got rid … |
| | WHen I start my laptop up it goes through bios fine then It just stops at a black screen with flashing underscore in top left, I tried to load in safe mode and everything but it does same thing after bios, I cant even load setup. I just got the … |
 | I had trouble with ZoneAlarm so I uninstalled it. Not uninstalled and can not remove it to turn Windows Firewall on. So, Oh it gets better. Thinking I would get help by installing a new firewall (NOT), I installed COMODO Firewall. No they are both active by SSoftware and the … |
| | Plain Text Attachment [ Scan and Save to Computer ] Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.30 Database version: 1333 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 10/28/2008 4:06:09 PM mbam-log-2008-10-28 (16-06-09).txt Scan type: Full Scan (C:\|D:\|E:\|) Objects scanned: 139529 Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 6 minute(s), 29 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 1 Memory Modules Infected: 4 … |
| | Hello I want to downgrade to windows XP pro SP2 and have everything installed. So far I found audio drivers for L355D-S7825 that worked through RealTek but I tried the PCI LAN drivers and they didn't work. Right now Im using puppy Linux and puppy Linux is using RealTek RTL-8169 … |
| | Hi Guys. This is the first time I've posted an enquiry, so I wll try my best to keep it clear and understandable. Infection was detected a few days ago on my girlfriends Laptop while she was on a genuine British newspaper website. The Virus protection which is always kept … |
| | Hello: Can anyone tell me what is going on if my computer freezes on the POST startup. My compaq Persario froze on the compaq screen and would not go any farther this morning. I left it for about 30 minutes with no change on the screen. Thanks, Everett |
| | Help, I'm trying to burn 4.7 GB DVD+R discs using Nero 7.2.0.3, on Windows XP Pro SP2, and I don't want to burn the whole DVD at once, I want to keep adding a few files at a time. The only problem (and it's a big one) is that I … |
| | Hello, So this is how it began: My symantec client security was out of date, so i downloaded the latest version of symantec endpoint. It told me I needed to uninstall any other anti virus softwares first. So after I tried doing that, it wouldn't let me uninstall Symantec saying … |
| | An external HD enclosure permits massive amounts of storage, and under a SCSI regime, the SCSI data cable can be long enough to run from the workstation backplane to the enclosure. With an Adaptec U160 SCSI controller with both internal and external (backplane) channels in which to address storage, as … |
| | I follow the instruction from the book i bought which says insert the fedora dvd in the dvd drve, however, it seems like my pc is not booting from dvd drive, instead it just starts windows. Can anyone please tell me specificly how to change boot option to make my … |
| | I dont know much about computers. but I need someones help. my computer: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ 1.79GHz 480MB of RAM what it said on my RAM: CORSAIR VALUE SELECT VS512MB400 My motherboard (i think): ATIA3/MI53D Memory type (i think): DDR-400 (PC-3200C25) Format (again i think): 184-pin DIMM just wanted … |
| | Would a failing power supply start up the computer after all power was drained including removing of the CMOS battery. But, just shutting off the computer waiting and then turning on the computer cause the computer not to start up and give the impression that the video chip on the … |
 | I made fresh installation of Windows XP Pro which previous times went without any troubles. However now I'm getting error 0x80096010 and I'm not able to install any software, if I try I get message such as "Extraction failed. File is corrupt." I tried to check certificates as many discussion … |
| | Hi All, I just reconnected(long story) my mb back up and when I apply power it starts to run (Fan takes off, all is looking sweet) for about 3 to 4 seconds then it stops and emits a "warbling" sound. I can't think of a better word for the sound. … |
| | I am having troubles trying to connect an notebook (with XP Pro) to a personal wireless network. I know there is no hardware problems as the notebook has connected to other wireless networks before and the wireless network works on another notebook using vista. The problem notebook detects my wireless … |
| | just the other day my girlfriend logged onto AOL like normal to check her email, later that day when she went to log back on she could no longer connect, the model will dial but she cant get a connection, it goes through the booping and beeping while it dials … |
| | Hello, I recently got infected with the go.google redirect problem. Internet Explorer started running very slowly, and I was getting redirected to ad sites when clicking on Google search results. So far, I've basically followed PhilliePhan's steps by running the following: 1.Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (nothing was found) … |
| | My Toshiba laptop is having some major problems with its start up. Upon start up, there is a black screen with white writing that says: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this. If your computer stopped … |
 | I shutdown my pc normally. when I again start it , CPU was run but no display show in monitor. I disconnect all hardware connection and clean all hardware like AGP, RAM others. then again connect all hardware. start the pc and now display show in monitor. But when I … |
| | Hi, My pen drive appears completely dead when I insert it. I can't select in anywhere and the light is not coming on. Is there any way of getting the information from it before it goes in the bin? Thanks. Windows Vista Home Premium |
| | I have 2 Firewall that I installed (ZoneAlarm & COMODO) and they are still showing active in TUT (The Ultimate Troubleshooter). I cannot turn on or off Windows Firewall. If I try to it doesnot prompt me that I am at risk. I always get a prompt in my other … |
 | Here is the problem. I cannot access any of the Adminstrative tools, when I go to it, it has an hourglass like its getting there then it never gets there (I tested it and had it stay there overnight and nothing) I believe because of this problem I cannot install … |
| | Light-pens... The principle behid this device is perfectly understandable and simple (ingenious even). Picture on regular monitors (Cathode Ray Tube monitors (CRT)) is formed in series of horizontal lines that stream over and over again many times in a second across the whole front surface of the screen. Light-pen is … |
| | Running ubuntu 8.04 and Samba version 3.0.28a. I'm trying to restrict the number of directories users can share with the "usershare max shares" option. I set it to 3 but I can still share directories with 10 files in them from my windows machine (XP). Here is smb.conf. [CODE] [global] … |
| | ok right now I currently have Verizon highspeed internet (DSL) and i have my main computer hooked up to it. everything on that end is fine. I have another comp, however, back in my bedroom that i want to hook up to DSL as well. how can i hook both … |
 | OK, Question is: What is the easiest way to transfer a Desktop OS build to a laptop, make it boot and keep all the settings and updates I have done on that build? I have a baseline built on a Desktop PC with all the updates and security setting but … |
| | Hello- I am hoping that I can get some help on a pesky issue I have going on. Pardon my ignorance here folks. We trying to open IE, I get an error message. It says: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Buffer Overrun Detected! A buffer overrun has been detected which … |
 | I have a dell xps400 with an HL-DT-ST DVDRW DL burner. I am using Roxio Creator IO Dell edition, that came with the computer when i purchased it new 18 months ago. It is a 3.2 gig with 2 gig ram. Lots of hard drive space avilable. Prviously I have … |
| | Hi, I am trying to get a parallel port based Rowland plotter to work on my husband's Dell XPS via a parallel to USB cable. Initially I couldn't see any ports in Device Manager but I have Googled and found out how to show hidden device and now device manager … |
| | I am doing a new build with a Geforce 7050M-M2 board with a Phenom X4 9550 Processor. New ram and HD. After files are loaded and the reboot it goes to the black screen and stops. Can someone please help me figure this one out? Thanks |
| | I have two Thinkpad R50s', one of which I cannot reboot as it's a victim of BSOD. Question: can I simply take out the hard drive of the downed computer and put it in the other to check to see if it's okay? |
| | Hi, I got a client who have 3 servers, running Windows 2003 server Standard R2. In the last 3 days, one of them (TS= Terminal Server) has restarted by itself, with an event saying "Unexpected shutdown" and as always, there is not much in this event, not even a code … |
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