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Hi, Have a iqon pc that was working all ok one day and then turn it on and nothing. I have stripped out everything all cards, disconnected CD_Rom, Hard drive etc and removed memory. No Beeps when memory removed ? Have nothing on the screen at all and keyboard not …

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Had a e-machine brought to me, was told it was garbage. Installed a floppy drive, booted to 98 startup disk, fdisk(fat 32), formatted drive and started with win 95. ran setup, said it was rebooting , then it hung during "starting windows for first time", Sigh, so I finally found …

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I've done a system restore due to my p.c running very slow as of late. I then wanted to get rid of some program and games that I didn't want. I've gone through the control panel etc. I get to the point where nothing will uninstall, each one is saying …

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Recently, I have had to remove multiple worm virus's and infections from this xp system. I have downloaded the latest ms updates until update history told me service pak 3 invlalid installation. Biggest problem Internet OPtions gone from control panel and system menu and tools on ie7 toolbar also gone. …

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[B][U]external hard disk as operating system[/U][/B] is thr any process thru which i can install windows XP in my external 80 gb usb hard disk,, i want to use my hard disk as my personal computer .... on any external machine........ do help me........... thanx! regards..

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OK, i built a new computer, and it was the 5th one i built, the first 4 i built had no problems at all...and still dont after 1-2 years of use... Anyway, this one keeps getting the motherboard burned...at first i thought it was the video card thats burning, so …

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hi. i was wondering if enabling upnp will interfere with web browsing. i had to enable it for torrents, but my web browsing has significantly slowed or even stopped. even though i've limited my downloads to half of what i'm capable of i'm still having problems web browsing. what am …

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Please help.. I've tried everything i could find from other posts. My computer folder on the start menu and my docoments folder will not open in normal mode. Hour glass icon comes up briefly then disappears. Also, i am getting the following dll errors on start-up egcomservice_1048.dll, stlb2.dll, doceoc15b1, e6f1873b.dll. …

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My PC having the following configration.... Pentium 4 CPU 2.80 GHz 256 RAM hard disk - western digital (80 Gb) recently replaced my hard disk (on 7/08/08) because the vendor said there was problem with the controller as it took a long time to strat up and even my pc …

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Hi Hope you can help – I’m just about ready to throw the thing out of the window. I built this computer 4 years ago and have had no problems, until last week when it started freezing on the post screen (the one that usually flashes on before Windows starts …

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Under Apache 2 on my PC's WAMP development environment I've managed to turn off directory indexing so that a Forbidden message is displayed whenever I access a URL such as http://127.0.0.1/ If someone can point out what needs to be changed in my httpd.conf file, or what typo's I might …

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I have a Lite On sohw-1693sx DVD drive and a Sony CRX230EE/B2 CD drive. I had them both for over six months and they have been working fine. Lately they havent been able to read the disks i put in them. When i go into my computer it doesnt even …

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I have had a crash on my laptop. On start-up it will not go beyond the "Welcome" window. Any and all input will be appreciated. I can do simple things but do not know the best way to get this fixed. Thanks, El Viento

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Good day Please can someone tell me what is exactly CSRSS.EXE and what it is doing. Can I do without. And so how can I delete it. Right now it is installed in a directory: c:\windows\softwaredistribution I even changed the name ones in save mode to softwaredistribution.old Because I receive …

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Hi Everyone My computer keeps locking up ( occasionally - not every day ) since I had a new MB/Chip installed. One solution I have seen is to boot up in safe mode and check out and delete any duplicates in the device manager. I've had a look in device …

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I have a 4 year old Toshiba A75-S209 that crashed from a virus of some kind. I used the Toshiba restore disk (windows xp home) and was able to go thru the install process. At the end of the install it tells you to remove the disk and press any …

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Hi, I've been having a serious issue for the past week or so. I use Firefox and its acting up in several ways: 1. Google search results get redirected to random sites. 2. Downloads from the browser complete the instant they are started leaving me with a small fragment of …

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Generic Pentium 4 PC Windows XP I've been scanning and removing viruses and spyware, registry erros and malware for over 1 week. Here's the hijack this report. Is version 2.0.2 the latest? You helped me last year with my daughter's computer. Kids what can you do with them except love-em. …

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I had some problems for the first time ever on my PC last weekend, solved them thanks to an extremely helpful person here and now appear to be having all new problems. Something called WinSecurity Toolbar 2.1 has installed itself and appears to be causing problems. There are fake Windows …

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I go to this web site that has a link to click on to listen to live streaming of a radio broadcast. When I click on the link, the window sometimes starts to open and I get another window that says page not found with some other website listed in …

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Hi All, I posted this in the Windows XP forum, but no one offered any help. I figured that I would post it in the Networking section to see if anyone here had any ideas. Thanks! I have read this site often, but this is my first post. I have …

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I've gotten the BSOD twice now, I was sleeping when it happened so I don't know what the computer was attempting to do that caused it. I haven't installed any new hardware for at least a year. full msg string was Driver_IRQL_not_less_or_equal 0x000000D1 (0x00000008, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0xF7847BEF) NDIS.sys - F7847BEF …

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I'm having trouble getting a brand new, bare bones Intel D845GVAD2 board to boot. Have tried 2 different power supplies (atx12v compliant) & 2 cpu's - (2 x Celeron 2.2 ghz, 400mhz). Currently, with second new 500w supply, power supply fan won't even turn on when connected to board. It …

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I have recently done a ful reinstall of Windows XP. In the past, when I have been browsing online videos, such as Yahoo video, when I clicked on a link to a video Internet Explorer would ask me if I wanted to download it and where to save it. Now, …

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Does anyone have any information regarding video card compatibility with an AGP PRO 50/110 slot on TYAN Thunder K7X pro motherboard? This is a server board, and the AGP slot is longer and accepts AGP cards with different configurations. I just haven't figured out which cards are compatible with this …

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I am having trouble logging in to my Windows. It asks for my password then says loading your personal settings but it only brings up my desktop background and that is as far as it will go. I am able to login in safemode but that is it. Any help …

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Dear all, There's a four PC.. 2 PC in upstair (PC A & PC B), 2 PC in downstair (PC C & PC D)... Now, only PC A can connect to the internet using ADSL, and the ADSL modem is only have 1 port. I want to share this internet …

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Hey Almighty Tech Gurus, I need a quick assistance on this hijackthis log. I have ran spy ware software and fixed most of all the problems. I am having issues with not being able to change my background picture because it is grayed out under the display properties. Any feed …

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My XP setup has been working OK but now it doesn't start with my proper desktop display settings. I have Windows Classic theme selected for the display properties but lately when I start Windows I get a desktop that is Windows Classic but with XP "windows and buttons" (Appearance tab). …

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Hey guys, I need to dual boot xp and vista on 2 seperate hard disks without partitioning anything. I'll use XP as my primary OS, and Vista for media centre only. Any ideas? Thanks :D Mikey

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I was being really smart and tried to update the bios of my Acer Aspire E360 Desktop, but it failed. Then being super smart, I restarted the computer, but all it gives me 1 long beep, a short beep, then it gives me endless short beeps. There is nothing on …

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In the last couple of weeks I've noticed that my computer is crashing during startup after loading the desktop (XP/SP3). There is momentarily a blue DOS screen with text, including the error message, but too brief to read or record, then the computer restarts. Sometimes this cycle happens once, more …

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I had a previous thread and have resolved it for now but I am looking for some advice on problems with my HD. I had a dual boot system and my primary hard drive was a Wetern Digital 80 GB and my secondary was a Maxtor 80 GB. Before my …

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Hey there! I was hoping some of you can help me with this problem i have. I was recently infected by a virus that showed up as a process named CKVO.exe. I was able to remove it through the online scanner of BitDefender but some problems still remained. All my …

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I have multiple FAT32 based flash drives (pendrive, CF). The only thing in common is that my PC reports them as "not formatted". I cannot format them in either FAT or FAT32 from this PC either, however NTFS works fine. I have run CHKDSK from my PC agsint the card …

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I have been trying to fix my computer for a couple of days now because I have a Fatal System Error problem. I have been searching everywhere online as to how to fix this dilemma, and majority of the answers consists of me opening 'run' and searching for 'msconfig'. Now …

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hello everyone i own a dell demension desktop 3000 that would not turn on. i checked the power supply unit and it works fine in another machine and pass all testing but when i place it in the dell it would not turn the system on. Can anyone help me

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Is there a way to find the size of an icon in bytes..? The file with the extension .ico stores the icons and it has a directory field which tells the bytes occupied by the icon's data. But the question is that how can we extraxt the information? is there …

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Hello, I recently had a malware problem. I believe I've removed it from my system, but the damage was done. When I try and run Firefox or Internet Explorer, I get the following message and they won't run: [quote]The procedure entry point SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList could not be located in the dynamic …

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i have a windows 2000 an i am getting the messege operating system not found can you help me fix it an tell me how to download it to a cd. i am using another computer to ask my question. thanks

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I'm trying to get my daughters laptop up and running well again. It keeps stalling out and then she can't reboot it for hours at a time. She uses Windows Vista which I am unfamiliar with. She says OneCare is her virus scanner and it came installed???? I ran the …

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I have a 5 year old Sony Vaio desktop - Model PCV-7762 - that when trying to boot up won't boot, nothing comes up on display, and the lights on front of CPU and on the keyboard blink rapidly. Only thing can do is pull the power plug and shut …

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Hi, I'm having the multiple IE window issue on my machine. I've followed the steps on other threads with this similar problem and attached is my log. Thanks for your help. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:48:32 AM, on 9/13/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Help Badly needed here! I am trying to find a macro that will do the following: Copy the value of a cell M6 for all worksheets in a workbook, and paste them to a new workbook but the cell value for each worksheet of the original workbook should be pasted …

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running XP with plenty of RAM but printing from word takes up to 3min for the printer to connect etc. PDF and Excel seems a lot faster. Is there a fix for this?

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where does the genuine validation nag reside in my computer? I can't locate it. I have a legal sticker for xp, I have 20 of them ,also sp3 installed. just want to remove the nag not register the computer, abetageek@gmail

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In left bottom of internet explorer there is a message "done, but with errors on page". This happens when i first open the explorer first time and when I go to any other website it disappears. Please find below my hijack this file. Solution please. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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Hi there, I hope that there is some out there able to assist with my query. I make back-ups of all my software programs. Just in case something goes wrong with the CD's. I am now trying to install Microsoft Office 2007 on my computer, but the installation keeps on …

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