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| | Hi all, My new-built PC has a problem - the monitor powers itself off - generally when the PC is stressed (ie in games - Bioshock and Oblivion both do it to it, other games are stable) - it won't come back on even if I turn it off and …  |
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| | Is there a way to manipulate windows (other than the graphics card) so that windows can be turned 90 degrees? Windows CE will rotate on the palms- I wondered if there was a way to get windows to do the same thing. Can you help me out? |
| | Hello Team: I am trying to access a private network. I have openvpn running on a Linux box, and I would like to access the LAN behind that box. I can establish and ping the vpn tunnel, but I cannot ping any of the boxes behind the openvpn. The network … |
| | I just had the power fflip off then back on. When the power came back on I could not boot up my laptop. I have power to the ac adaptor or at least the green light is on. Any suggestions?  |
| | After working normally and closing the lid, my Sony VAIO PCG-FX701 (PCG-9E7M) will now not startup. When the power button is pressed the green power light illuminates, followed by the usual pattern of lights. The DVD drive is powered, as is the HDD, CPU fan & CPU, however, the screen … |
| | How do I get my new Vista pc and and older XP desktop to see each other on my home network? |
| | Hi. I just upgraded from Windows XP x86 to Windows Vista x64 on my desktop. Immediately after my successful installation, I plugged the computer in to the internet but was unable to connect. First, let me explain my connection I am using the motherboards (Asus P5NSLI) integrated network jack. I … |
| | So, I'm fairly sure this is the place to ask about these things. I'm not quite sure though. If this is in the wrong spot, would someone please direct me to the correct forum? Anywho's. I own an 80GB iPod of the fifth generation. Lately, it's been acting very wierdly … |
| | Hey guyz, im a huge fan of amd ,and i hate intel, but heres why intel has this stupid feature that keeps on clocking down ur cpu ,i extremly hate this !! and i dont like their LGA775 socket coz many times i damage thoes extremly sensitive clips on the … |
| | Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Using VLC or Totem, playing a video file hangs my entire system. The audio still plays, and I can still use the mouse, but my keyboard does not work, and I can't kill X. This is annoying, seeing as I could play video files two … |
 | Hey all, I have a question that I haven't seem to been able to find the answer to, and it also seems to be pretty uncommon. So this one is for all the marbles ;) I recently installed a new Biostar Mobo, everything seemed to power up correctly. When it … |
| | :rolleyes: Hi, Mine is a Dell Inspiron 640M Laptop.Problem is I can hear what others are saying,but they can't hear me. Seems to be problem with internal microphone. How to make it activate? In Ctrl Panel->Speech/Sound Settings,Microphone settings are not activated.I prefer internal mic than external one. Plz help. |
| | Hi everyone, I cant get my computer to load past post. Ive taken out the cmos battery for a while but it did not work. Ive checked all cables and even replaced the hard drive. It just loads all the drive and devices then goe's no further. Im at my … |
| | Hope this is the right area to post in. Was on the computer today and it just shut down, was just typing in Word. When i restarted it gave me this. Invalid boot.ini booting c:/windows screen goes black for about 30 secs then this pops up. Cannot load windows because … |
 | I have been attacked by a virus: file path&name: c:\a.bat name: malware-gen Its a virus!!! And whenever i enable the option to show hidden folders it doesn't work!! I cant see my hidden folders unless I type the full path on the address bar!( Used the folder options but it … |
| | Hi...I've recently had many issues with my laptop (Inspirion 1000) but so far it has worked...until this afternoon! It started making strange clicking noises and then it shut off...this happens periodically so i restarted it. First it turned on like normal and then the black screen came up with the … |
| | Hi guys, I just built a desktop PC that I was SO excited about because I thought it was going to blow everything away. I was a little disappointed (perhaps unrightly so). Before I tell you what the problem is, I'll say that i haven't received my wireless network adapter … |
| | Symptoms: - Power button works and leds turn on, but HDD does not run or load windows - No LCD display, getting blank screen and does not work when switching to external monitor - rechargeable battery does not recharge Power Surge during Thunderstorm is original culprit. am fairly sure it … |
| | i got a problem with my computer unit , my unit hangs after rebooting it. as i open my unit i discovered that my old video card haS A blown out capacitor then i replaced it into new one after replacing the old im still suffering in this cpu hang. … |
| | I have a biostar U8068 mobo the board was purchased as a barebone mobo, cpu, case. it has a biostar U8608 mobo, celeron 2ghz cpu all that was assembled in the case when purchased the computer booted one time and never again I have already checked most of the hardware … |
| | Hi, I am randomly getting out of range and no signal messages on my screen while doing different things at different times. My refresh rate and resolution is set to the right setting for my monitor. The times that this happens seems really random, like the last time this happened … |
 | I have 5 different Browsers on my machine. Firefox, Neo Planet, Flock, IE and Netscape. The Firefox browser has been bugging me about "An Update Is Available" so I updated the browser to 2.0.0.14 Now the ONLY browser that will load [B][U][I]any[/I][/U][/B] pages is my Netsacpe browser. When I try … |
| | I am trying to figure out whether this dilemma is a virus or I need a new mother board or something. My desk top is doing this loopy thing when I boot-up. It goes into the option safe mode screen, and when I choose either safe mode or start windows … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Have a GMAIL account; And my system was attacked by virus. while I can open any of the websites including google, but when I try accessing [url]www.gmail.com[/url] it goes into page not found and auto search=help kind of stuff. How do overcome this? or is GMAIL really down ? I … |
| | I have a Sony Vaio VGN-S260 laptop and the other day I walked across my carpeted room to turn it on and when I touched it I felt a very little shock and now it won't power up... I think it's the motherboard but am not certain any suggestions on … |
| | Ok, I was trying to set permissions on an external hard drive because I could not access any of my files and a friend was trying to help and he told me I needed to start my comp up in safe mode. I couldn't remember how so we opened up …  |
| | Ok this is an on going probelm that i thought was sorted by removing Nero!! The computer re-starts after a serious error each time i try to listen, burn, copy etc either a cd or dvd.... before now it happened every 3rd disk. The guy i got the comp from … |
| | Please help me out of this. I have a very simple scenario which is 1 windows machine which Im using as host with the ip address of 192.168.1.121 gateway:192.168.1.1 Dns:192.168.1.1 my host machine is running on (linux) with NAT enable mode its ifcfg-eth0 file reads as follows: Ip address: 192.168.1.50 …  |
| | help! Mcafee says that i have new win32 virus and cant fix it. computer is running slow. IE keeps poping up.. this is my hijackthis log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:56:25 AM, on 6/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 …  |
| | Hello im new to this site. I was wondering about some how making a server for my Tremulous Clan I have tried for 2 years to host my own and tried called posted and none can figure it out but I want to know if there is anyway I can … |
| | hi, i was wondering if anyonme could help me with this problem i cant seem to fix. iv got an asus laptop, and am connected to the internet through a rowder. my connection to the rowder is strong, and my msn messenger is still working. although when trying to browse … |
| | It all started when I started getting a "System Error" window. It said my name and something about possibly having a trojan and that it recommended me downloading some spyware. I thought it strange, especially knowing my full name, so I clicked on cancel. But every other time I tried … |
| | when i start windows xp sp2 normally an alert is posted saying that \windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt and you can attempt to repair using setup cd-rom. Well is used my setup cd-rom and select "r" and it posts 1: c\windows...I select 1 and it justs sits like it's locked … |
| | Hi, Currently, I am helping my office to buy a server to centralise the files, share of files and backup individual desktop and notebooks. Can anyone recommend me which server is worth of a buy? Thank you. Pinky80. |
| | Hey there im just new to this forum and like many others i also seem to have a problem... Didn't really wanna hassle anyone but after searchin through some posts i still couldnt find an answer to my problem. Basically i have downloaded some albums tonight from sites such as … |
| | I'm trying to install Ubuntu to a PC. It's an HP pavilion xt919. an old one given to me by my aunt after i helped her move. it has windows ME installed on it. at startup, i can tell that something has (i'm not sure what, whether it be malware, … |
| | [B]Hello, I have 25 years experience but i am stumped. I am usually the guy that finds that unknown solution but this time I need help. Have hard drive from computer number one, ran win xp repair, no fix does not boot ,virus [reboots]. I need to access 2 folders … |
| | my sr1536nx presario , is there a motherboard processor replacement that will fit in the case. i bought the conan game and now i'm in deep kimshee. my processor,power supply and vid card have to be upgraded. so i wonder if i can upgrade everything and still use the same …  |
| | For at least a week, I've been having major issues with my computer. I had a million pop-ups, and certain websites (Myspace, aol, google...) wouldn't work. Somehow my anti-virus/spyware software got deleted from my computer, and I didn't delete it. I couldn't download any new software either, because it wouldn't … |
| | Hey can people help me my friedn got a old computer and the screen just turns blue here i will give you my hijack this file... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:59:02 PM, on 6/14/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0013) … |
| | Good day Ok I will try to make this as short as possible I've upgraded pretty much upgraed my whole computer ...started with : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz 2 GB RAM and a gigabyte motherboard with an intergrated motherboard .. when … |
| | I have went to the Tools-Options-Security tab and cleared the tick by the "Do not allow attachments, etc" and I still cannot receive any emails with attachments outside my immediate office. any suggestions would be appreciated.  |
| | Hello friends! short version- my brand new computer will 'power up' but not much else. fans and hard drive all spin, including the one that attached to the heatsink, which is attached to the mobo. Nothing else looks to be functioning, and cannot powerdown by the power button (I have … |
| | when turn on my computer i get this message that the file hal.dll is missing or corrupted and that i should reinstall a copy.... i have a windows service pack two disk and have tried to repair it using this by following guides which i found when i googled hal.dll … |
| | my comp recently just stoped working the lights at the front just flash as soon as you turn it on at the wall, the proccesor fan starts up and the lights flash but that is all that happens , i thought it was the psu so i bought a new … |
| | I've recently been getting pop ups from Internet Explorer while using Firefox and I never even use IE. I tried downloading and running a few random spyware programs but none have helped. Usually I can find answers online just by googling but this just won't seem to stop. After clicking … |
| | Well a few days ago I decided to download Bit Defender and use it because of the high ratings it has gotten. After I installed it, I shut down Zone Alarm (because Bit Defender has its own firewall apparently). Then my browser started to mess up. I became kinda worried … |
| | Mother-in-law just brought me a laptop that will not power up. It has been my experience in the past that mother board and/or processor is fried. I have checked the power cord and varified voltage to the computer but still getting no lights or fan. It is my opinion in … |
| | Hello everyone -- first time poster and relative newcomer to the boards. This bug I'm tackling has me at my wits' end and it's come time to turn to the masses! If this is posted in the wrong forum and/or has already been addressed, I apologize. However, I've done thorough … |
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