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 | Hey. I'm planning on buying a desktop, but I'm a little confused as to the difference between 32-bit Vista and 64-bit Vista, and exactly what those differences entail. Now, I think the technical difference is the size of the memory bus. Well, if I'm right, I'm not exactly sure what … |
| | hi i recently had to format my computer and have almost every thing up and running. the only problem is i cant get my sound card working, it is the origional one i got with me dell pc but i cant find drivers any where. i ran belarc adviser and … |
| | I think I have been hit by either a virus or malware, when I open the laptop, it is an old Dell Inspiron 8600, it appears to be opening then freezes with a black screen with just the cursor visible or it opens to my main screen but then freezes. …  |
| | Hi, can anyone help ive been running Grisoft AVG Free for a couple of years now, but last week my Update Manager and Internal Data Base started showing out of date and a message displays saying update unfinished and to complete same my PC must be restarted, which i have … |
| | Hi, I'm new to mac and loving it :) but i have a problem, last night i renamed the house icon in the finder window and after i restarted my desktop had changed and settings changed along with all my programs acting like they arn't installed. All the icons and … |
| | Hi, I have a Demension 2400 desktop with XP installed. I was playing a game on the computer and I accidently deleted the Microsoft registry file via run>regedit.exe. My computer still worked but I noticed the recycle bin was missing. I thought it was an error so I restarted. An … |
| | I have some kind of virus that's really annoying, its popping up random IE ads to ad.103092804.com (yes, Ive done some research on this and I know it resolves to a domain etc etc). Ive run spybot and AVG free and any other reputable tools I could get to run, …  |
| | Before the red dots incident was black screen showing up and the audio of the games went " taaaaaaaaaaaat" while gaming. Now....Whenever i play a game, red dots would appear and the game freezes and sometimes my screen flickers. All i have to do is to restart my PC. I … |
| | I have a cable modem supplied by my ISP that I have a Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router connected to. This router supplies one desktop pc (Trendnet USB Wireless adapter) and one wired desktop and everything works perfectly. What I want to do is connect another desktop pc to the network …  |
| | I have the yahoo id of someone who forged my identity online and sent an email to the police to make a death threat. The police won't investigate it and think it was me, but I found out the yahoo id the person who sent the email claimed. Is there … |
| | [b]eFax Messenger Plus — What Really Happened?[/b] To be honest, I don't know what really happened to the software. I recently discovered that [url=www.efax.com]eFax[/url] no longer supports the eFax Messenger Plus software and that it has ceased to be made available to the consumer from both eFax and [url=www.j2global.com]j2 Global … |
| | Trying to fix my friends computer thought I would be done in an hour or so but I ran into a retarded problem when trying to boot from the windows cd. Here is some information I know off the top of my head. If you have any input please let … |
| | I recently got hit by a horrific malware attack which included Virtumonde. I think I'm rid of it but not entirely sure. AVG seems to find one browser highjacker at each boot which it claims to have gotten rid of each time..... I did have a taskbar message "Virus Alert" … |
 | I have a couple of video files i am trying to play through WMP11 but there is no sound only a picture but i have the correct codec as i have other files that work fine, i am trying to watch these videos on my works computer as i downloaded … |
| | A friend has a toshiba A205 S4777 and reinstalled software from manufacturer discs. Afterwards the multi disc driver will not read cds but reads DVDs with no problem. Device Manager shows everything working correctly and computer reads the drive letter. I tried to upgrade the driver and no success. Uninstalled … |
| | when connecting computers in a private network, do you need a router? or all you need is a switch? |
| | hi i have this problem that my computer keeps playing random sounds without any programs being open. can someone take a look at my hijackthis log and see if they no whats wrong plz. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:08:46, on 14/08/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 … |
| | hi i have this comp and all lights come on and fans but no picture on moniter its sounds like it want to boot up but then dies but lights and fans still run what could this be .help on this would be great thanks . |
 | I am installing windows xp professional on the new pc i am building, but the disk is service pack 1, and i have no intent on slip streaming. is there a way to get a standalone install of XP SP2 that i can put on a usb flash disk, to … |
| | Hi guys, I thought I had everything back to normal after last week's cleanup fest but last night the computer just crashed...twice! Since that was the original issue, I guess I didn't accomplish anything. I was in the middle of going to Accuweather in IE when it happened the first …  |
| | I have a Dell Latitude CPx-J laptop BIOS A16. It recently got the BSD and wouldn't boot. I removed the HDD(20GB) and heard a rattling sound. No problem (so I thought) and bought a new 80GB HDD(IDE ATA-6). I replaced the disk and now the laptop won't recognize it. When … |
 | I recently got a copy of ReCycle 2.1 from a friend and when we installed it at the time I put in random gibberish for the name and organization fields. When I tried to reinstall it later these fields remained.. I'm really OCD when it comes to this sort of …  |
| | Hello all!:) My microphone randomly stopped working a while ago and i went through several forums and guides on how to fix it, i now have it partially fixed. My microphone now works but on my soundcard only, when i use it for VoIP other people can my computer sounds … |
| | Just in the last couple of weeks my mouse has stopped working after I reboot my comp. If I unplug it and plug it back in again it works fine, until the next reboot anyway. I've tried different usb ports, a different mouse, defaukt mircosoft drivers, the latest logitech drivers, … |
 | Here are the main specs of my computer system... My computer is a Gateway 3310s Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Computer Name YOUR-1A0F5F316F (Bob's Computer) User Name Owner Motherboard: CPU Type Intel Celeron D 330, 2666 MHz … |
| | Hi Guys, I was wondering [COLOR=#0000ff]Are most laptops ok to be plugged into generators? I've heard that some need to run through inverters??? Also my friend told me that with some laptops you need an inverter if your going to connect it to a generator, is this true? If so …  |
| | I am looking to build my own computer as it is cheaper than buying a prebuilt one and i can get it to do what i want. I will mostly be using it for gaming. my budget will be around $1000 - $1200. I know a little bit about computers … |
| | So basically at this point I cant turn the comp on from the power button. Before hand it did it once before and at the time my wife had brought it in to Geek Squad ( I know, I know...) anywho they shrugged it off said it was the motherboard … |
| | I don't know if this is the right place, but my question is multi tier and I apologize in advance if this doesn't belong here. Anyway, I am looking at buying a new laptop for college. I am going to be studying Computer Science so I need something at least … |
| | Hi I have a 2003 Server It is a Dell PE 2800 The server is running no services other than those necessary to boot. It is running a custom application that runs on all other servers with no problems, the other servers are the same or similar dell servers. When …  |
| | yes when I play World or Warcraft and I minimize it then restore it i get this error msg .. i also get it sometimes before it loads up ..and the same thing happens when i try to play Counter strike.. the msg is A problem has been detected and … |
 | When I type ipconfig in my computer, I get the following: Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft Product Support Services for further help. Additional information: Unable to query host name. I checked my device manager and under Network adapters I have … |
| | Hi everyone. Does anyone know if I can install 2 2gig memory sticks to achive my 4 gig (3.5)max memory or if the max is 1 gig per slot? Thanks A bunch! Specifications Part Number: 1009149Gateway GT5252 Media Center Computer Following are the specifications for the Gateway® GT5252 Media Center … |
 | I have a Windows Server 2003 x64 file server and every few days i have to reboot the server as i cannot access the shares from the network. After a reboot the problem goes away for a few days then comes back. Server is Windows Server 2003 x64 R2 with …  |
| | I am using a cpu of seagate the problrm is that it gives abnormal sounds. the sound increase when application are opening. Why this happens and what may be its remedy? |
| | [B]I am running Visa Home Premium and all of a sudden I cannot set a default printer. I am not sure of when this happened but I think perhaps after I installed Service Pack One. I cannot print from programs like Windows Photo Gallery that don't pop up the print … |
| | We bought my son a new Sony laptop. We then got him a wireless card from Verizon. When he is at a friends house that has wireless he can access the web with no problem. But when he is at home using the verizon card he cannot. The card says … |
| | Hi New to this but here goes.I have read all the help there is but this has me stumped.I have an Asus A8N Sli Deluxe mobo AMD64 3200 with two 6800 Ultras and 1gb Corsair memory and 2x Maxtor 80Gb in raid0 run on a Antec truepower 2 550w Psu.Have … |
| | Dear Intelligent Collegues. I was playing around in Olympics website and accidently picked up XP 2008 antivirus- virus. Now, my screensavers and Background wallpapers are no where to be found, not even a tab for them. and occasionaly crashes as well. I saw this program and tried to delete it …  |
| | At Home I have tried to share an internet connection on a LAN through the WIN XP's Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service. My PC is connected to the internet via a Wireless EDGE Modem. I have used dynamic IP configuration (DHCP) to the PC's in the LAN. After sharing the … |
| | I was told that Vista is less prone to internet virus compare to Windows. Any experiences that will correct me? I'm using vista for 2 months now, and I'm doing ok... and i still hope so in the future... thanks  |
| | I know that computers need to have ventilation but I need to build a computer for someone that is not in the cleanest environment. Is there such a case that can help with that situation. Thanks. |
| | Hi everybody i was hoping someone might be able to help me. I have a toshiba laptop, have had for about a year and a half. Recently I noticed that the screen would glitch randomly and sometimes the screen would turn completely black and i would have to hold the … |
| | It all started with a message that said"Shutdown Failed Use the Force Luke!" and then norton blocked a couple backdoor trojans and now it keep s blocking a HTTP Trojan something... and norton has detected 4 downloaders and a trojand and cant remove them... i have a hijak this log … |
| | A visiting relative decided to "help" my son by installing spybot on the system and running an immunization. Unfortunately, they clicked the "lock" options under tweak, and locked out everyone on the system from changing certain IE features. The result is that when I go to IE tools/options I get … |
| | Hello, today I had my old toshiba a65 laptop sitting on my bed, turned on with the screen saver on, when i went outside to set up for my party. When I came back inside I had just gotten my 1 GB ram chip in the mail and i was … |
| | I recently bought and installed a gigabyte hybrid usb tv tuner (u8000).unfortunately no analog channels were found. My OS is Win XP SP2 which is supposed to be supported.Same on another SP2 pc. But when I installed it on a Vista Home edition laptop it worked fine. Well the XP … |
 | I have a laptop (Sony Vaio) running Vista, which has recently received a sharp tap (with fingertips) to the surface, just in front of the touchpad. It immediately froze and now, on start up, it displays ‘Windows Error Recovery Screen’, which then loads ‘Start-up Repair’, which runs for quite some … |
| | My download manager displays a blank window. When working properly it would give me the names of the files that have been downloaded. I am using Firefox as a browser and downloader. Help if you can! |
| | My pc is keeps playing random sound effects such as camera shutter sound or a drum beat etc etc. ive installed norton 2007 and it says im infected with w32.dss.trojan! i have no idea how to get rid of this.. but from what ive read this is a nasty one … |
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