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I had linspire on a hard drive. I partitioned it, formated it, and it boots with "grub loading stage1.5. grub loading, please wait. error 17". How do I repair this?

Is it possible to retrieve the original "File Created" date from a file when the date has been changed due to copying from one system to another? I understand there are ways of preserving the dates if steps are taken [i]before[/i] the copying, but is there anything that can be …

hi! everybody may some one please help me i can't get 2 my boot device i get this msg. "windows could not start because the following file hs missing or corrupt : \windows\System32\config\system you can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using original setup cd-rom. select 'r' …

Hi something similar, or maybe the exact same thing, to what happened to BigM1ke, happened to me as well, so i was hoping if someone could walk me through fixing the computer. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread148621.html[/url] <-- the thread which BigM1ke posted. I know some basic computing skills, but the logs were a …

Alright I have a big problem with my gateway laptop, I'm posting this from my PC. Here is my problem, it wont let me connect to the internet with the wireless connection and it seems like my wireless connection in my whole house is down due to this one computer. …

Hey I have Windows XP Professional 32-bit, SP 3 but I have a problem with Safe Mode, it won't boot. Normal mode works perfectly :) but I won't press F8 and restart with safe mode, it won't boot at all .. I don't understand why.. Can somebody please help with …

Hello, I was wondering if anybody could help. I can not get on to the internet despite my computer saying that I am connected. I have tried internet explorer and firefox and have had no joy with both. I get "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" and something similar with …

On my dell Inspiron 1505 laptop I'm running windows XP sp3. every time I try to shutdown or log off everything but the wallpaper disappears and it freezes up. I've given it as much as an hour so it isn't just going slow. This laptop was working fine until a …

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 19:36:32, on 10/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\VTTimer.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\S3trayp.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PDVDServ.exe C:\Program Files\Winamp\winampa.exe C:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCD.exe C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDMAN.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe C:\windows\hffext\hffsrv.exe C:\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop …

Is there any way to edit windows boot.ini outside windows?,i mean editing boot.ini without loging in to xp.

Norton Internet Security 2008 detects this virus and rates it as high risk but cannot remove it. Directs me to Symantec site which gives instructions on removal, which I followed. However, the virus remains. How do I get rid of it, since I'm assuming it does pose a significant risk. …

Hello Everyone, I have my Windows Xp operating system with perntium 4 in my Pc with 20 gb hardisk installed. So i divided the space into 2 partitions , C: with 8 GB and D with 11 GB and the other was just unformatted. It was running Fine. But suddenly …

Hello everybody, I have a laptop Compaq Armada M700 with a DVD/CD drive. I don't know what I did wrong but my DVD drive does not read any CDs anymore. I tried Audio CDs, CD-R, CD-RW but they are not recognized. It does read any DVD, though. Can somebody help …

Hi,am suffering from a very big problem of dual bootup.u can view my problem here [url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5928734#post5928734[/url] i hav a prob in my system and need to do a fast recovery..da prob is dat i dnt hav the xp cd to boot frm startup,but i got da new service pack 3 …

hey, i recently formatted my hd, when i re-installed windows (xp) i noticed that the longer the pc was runing my mouse started to lag every 2 secs for a period of 4 secs at a time, upon looking at my processes in the task manager, i noticed my cpu …

I foolishly updated my bios with winphlasher and it must have been the wrong bios. I now get one long beep followed by 2 short beeps and no monitor. It is an Acer aspire 1640z laptop and I am not sure of original bios ? I have a usb FDD …

My WMP screen is cut by half horizontally. The top poertion is a clean view of what is playing, the bottom portion is either dark or distorted screen. What can I do ? I have re-installed windows 2000 and re-installem Windows media player and the problem is still the same …

I tried to search for answers to this problem on this forum and did not find any, so I am posting my question here. Please note that I am a novice user. I have a Compaq Nevo800v laptop computer running Windows XP. I am using a Compaq Wireless 110 LAN …

For a year I have been using a Dell 3010cn laser printer on a wireless network. The Dell is attached to my office pc via a USB connection. There are three other computers in the house all connecting via wireless router. There has never been a problem printing to the …

Hello thanks in advance for any help. I have a compaq presario 906us running with windows xp i am using a wireless connection with a dwl 650 dlink pcmcia and a Di524 router. I just did a quick restore using the discs supplied with the laptop and am now getting …

Hi! I've read a similar thread... [url]http://techrepublic.com.com/5206-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=230371&start=0[/url] But the way our network works, is simply a central server, and I have 6 other computers that make a remote desktop connection (terminal/server). Each user has a different user account. Now my problem is.. I am logged under administrator account (directly on …

Hi, I have recntly been having problems with my laptop recognizing my external hard drive, When the hard drive is switched on, the usb input sound happens but the device displays the 'busy' light and is not displayed in 'My Computer' and is therefore unaccessable. I have tried using it …

Hello Friends, My Name is Viru, I faced a strange problem, my friend system is not displaying anything after start, A black screen is comming thats all I tried in safe mode also but no result , and when i tried to format the C:\ drive, The CD is also …

After messing up my Win 2000 desktop I took it to the local repair shop where the incompetent owner restored it to life, but managed to lose about 50 GB of hard disk space. Yes lose it. I've searched meticulously for a file that big, without success. What can have …

Good Day! Can someone help me to install Symantec Anti-Virus in Windows 98. I'm taking a hard time to install it. There's a message saying that it can't proceed to installing until you update your OS. Please help me to do it... Thanks!!! -=[ PJ ]=-

I have an HP desktop with XP SP3 and I use Firefox for a browser; recently I noticed the computer running slow and I find IE7 running two windows in the background (found using Process Explorer, doesn't show up under Applications on Task Manager). I never see any window of …

Im planning to reformat my laptop coz its infected with lots of viruses and I cant use a lot of applications, and got a bluescreen background... and I cant change my background because everytime I change it nothing happens... there was this AntiMalware2009 which I havent installed and scanned about …

Hello, everyone! I've recently bought some hardware components to build a new low-cost PC, whose purposes are: web surfing, office working, multimedia (at a medium level, not... video editing). The pieces are: [LIST] [*]AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 2600 MHz CPU [*]ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS nForce 430 / Geforce 6100 MB …

Hi everyone. Appreciate some help here. I am not sure how this happened. Whenever i try to open certain files or folders, I will get a the above pop up, and when i select no it goes to this site. sc.videofreeforonline.com/id/4912933/4/1 What should i do? I ran Mcafee few times, …

I have a sandisk thumb drive that in the past, whenever I plugged it in, would load up two drives, E and F. It would always be E and F. But lately, the drive letters for the thumb drive have changed to like G and H. I don't know why. …

Hello, I'm having a few problems getting Outlook to connect to a pop3 email account at work. I've just migrated a website to a new server and had to set up all the email accounts again. On Monday I was able to connect to the accounts with no problems. I …

so i have an older model emachine. just recently when i go to start the computer the emachine logo appears and then another screen which i'm guessing is the BIOS appears and then after that the computer screen goes completely black. i can pull up the safe mode menu but …

ok i got a video but theres some points i want to sensor. by sensor, i mean black out. its just me playing a game but i want to block my online name out because i dont want people do be sending me friend requests because i dont even play …

Hey everyone. as you may know i got the red circle white x virus thing. i ran the hijackthis and here is my log file. if anyone could help i would be soooo thankful. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:55:13 PM, on 10/8/2008 Platform: Windows XP …

Here's where I am at: This Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Wont Show Desktop or Allow explorer.exe to be Launched. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Operating System:Windows 2003 Web Browser:Internet Explorer 8 (Upgraded during this round of trouble shooting after being told that IE and Explorer were tied to each other) Memory:4GM Networking:100BaseTX Hard …

Hi All: Dell support has confirmed my worse fears--the registry error I had meant that my hard drive is dead. As I go to install the replacement drive, is there a way I can connect or access the hard drive through another computer (boot as a secondary drive) and access …

Okay, Well I'm a totat idiot when it comes to hardware, can't tell good from bad, so I'll start out with my system info and that stuff.. I'm running WinXP.. Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.80 Ghz 510MB RAM Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller with approx. 64MB memory DAC Type: Internal I'll include …

My vaio powers up and then asks for boot device , I have used the recovery disk , but still the same problem. any idea what I should do ? is it the disk that is gone or could it be something else?

I am Locked out! Since a Windows Update, I am asked for a password for the user, either my or my wife. With my user name in the box, I tried no password (blank) and got the wallpaper with no icons. I have tried "Safe Mode": the same result with …

Hi there! Can someone help me about this win32 application. I'm trying to install google toolbar in ms internet explorer in Windows XP. Everytime I run the "google updater.exe" there's an error prompting "C:/Programs/google updater.exe is not a valid win32 application." Can someone help me for this? Thanks in advance! …

READING GUIDE LINE Here is what I would like to have: A horizontal colored line on the screen that I can extend from one side to the other. Can set hieght of line about 8 pixel to 20 pixel Line can be positioned vertically and be hidden or unhidden. Similar …

My neighbor asked me to fix his computer because "its not working" What I have discovered is that explorer.exe continually restarts itself every 10 seconds or so. There is a main user name which has admin privileges however when you are logged in, "task manager has been disabled by the …

Hi i am new here and trying to fix a relative's computer First it would not boot windows so i had to reinstall the boot files from winxp cd then once i was able to boot i ran over 6 scans from different companies (avg8, ad aware, pc doctor) i …

Okay guys/gals, I'm hopeful someone can help me here. Here's my situation: I have a few custom fill in forms I've created for Outlook. And I want all of my users to be able to access them. This isn't the problem. The problem is ease of use. Our users aren't …

I use a GPRS connection in my laptop from my cell phone , Motorola C350. My service provider is Airtel. How should I know what is my Router ? And how I can set it up to a speific port ?

ok i can not get any sound from my computer and i checked the device manager and i have 5 devices not working and i do not have a drivers cd

On my son's Laptop there is a file called C:\winbkup which at 3.70GB takes up a quarter of his hard drive. Can this be deleted, or will that completely mess things up?

Hi! I recently changed my default system font, and everything looks really nice now except that with certain numbers, the systray clock's colon is too close to the first minute digit and it looks a little bit off. I figure there's probably a way to mess with the registry to …

I'm still looking for help or another site recommendation for help on this. I'm trying to copy my dv cassettes to DVD. The cassettes are from a Canon FZ85 (A) Mini DV digital video recorder. I am running Win XP SP3 and have an Adaptec Firewire card running a Sony …

I was directed by hijackthis to post this log file Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 13:36:08, on 07/10/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18241) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE …