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| | I'm looking to develop a new strategy to provide both an on-site and off-site backup of my computer, which runs Windows XP. The good news is I have shell access to a Solaris machine through my university, and my storage allocation on this server more than sufficient to back up … |
| | I change the size of my game screen and since it when i start up my computer it says no signal. Ive restarted it and gone into safe mode. My computer screen is connected to tv, ps3 so really everything u need a screen for. If u know what to … |
| | every time i try to open a page or a windows this message pops out "your computer has been infected by unknown trojan. some critical files may be lost......" i got symantec antivirus but when i scan it it dont show no virus. help me!!!! here is my hijack this … |
| | A few weeks ago, i tried to install a 320 GB Seagate hard drive. After i installed it, my computer began to restart randomly. I decided it would be a good idea to open my computer, and yank out the hard drive. (I don't know as much about computers as …  |
| | Hey everybody! First post! I consider myself a pretty tech-savvy dude, and for the most part I'm able to solve just about any problem that has come up with my computers over the years. This one is kinda weird. It only happens when I am burning several cds in succession … |
| | so i have now 2 antivirus programs running now i konw i have to choose one because it made my computer turtle slow,please help me to do this,because of all good things that i hear about them its hard to deside wich is better:?: .i have avg7,5,and+avg anti-spyware,and avast...so wich …  |
| | I have a dell laptop a little older version and it runs windows 98 when i turn on the lap top i recieve this error message. " This programhas performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists contact the program vendor. Explorer casued an invalid …  |
| | Security Alert: Spyware found Your computer is infected with last version of PSW.x-Vir trojan. PSW trojans steal your private information such as: password, IP-address, credit card information, registration details, documents, etc. Click this baloon to remove PSW.x-Vir spyware This pop-up has appeared more then 3,000 times. When i click the … |
| | Many people have thought, especially when they experience a catastrophic data loss that a hard disk drive failure can’t happen to something that hasn’t last for 15 years or so. They believe that hard disk drives are impossible to break down, thus the physical hard drive crash problem is not …  |
| | HI Guys I got a new laptop with Vista Home Basic on it. Specs are: [COLOR=green]AMD Turion 64 MK36/1024MB RAM/80GB HDD/128MB Graphics[/COLOR] There are certain things that I want to do but can not because of Vista compatibility issue. Now it has two partitions one 65 gb as C:/ and … |
| | I am trying to fix a friend's computer and problems abound. About 7 weeks ago a friend's computer wouldn't start anymore, i found out the graphics card was dead and replaced it, their machine was also running really slow so i reformatted the hard drive and put on a fresh … |
| | DRIVER NEEDED: Seagate ST980811AS (Windows XP Professional) [IDE] hi. i need some advice here. currently using notebook and cant format it because cant detect Hardisk. thanks |
| | I use a Mac (Mac OS 10.4.10) with Microsoft Office for Mac. I have been told by PC users that my Word documents have a virus, and I don't know what to do to fix that problem. There is information on the web that Norton Antivirus for Mac creates as … |
| | i hav problem woth my inspiron 1150 Laptop make dell. it is not detecting the Hard disk. showing primary Hard disk 0 not found. how ever hard is working fine and i dont see any thing wrong with the PC.pl solve my problem |
| | I attempted to do a restore on my Gateway laptop from the restore DVD. The disk would keep stopping and a screen telling me to choice either F2 or F10 would come up. Nothing would happen after hitting either of these keys. Know when I try to start the disc … |
| | I have an old iMac G3 running 9.1 and 10.0.4. I gave it to my Mom to use for email, etc. and need to upgrade it to 10.1. I cannot find 10.1 anywhere, available for download or otherwise. Any ideas? Thanks! |
| | Ok, let me set up the background: My computer kind of died. Right now, though, I'm trying to fix up my bro's PC. We do use our PC's for gaming, but were never the types to buy high end machines. Basically, I rebuilt his machine to near-identical stats as my … |
| | Ok, here's the deal: I think I know what to do but am not sure. I deleted a hardrive completely using fdsk. I didn't make a boot disk. I have a windows disk that I want to install on the drive. I know the drive is good. I recieve a … |
| | Hello, Emachine totally dead, no fan, no lights no anything. I figured it must be the PSU. Mthr Brd, or front panel switch. I installed a new PSU and it made no difference. What should I check next? I took the old PS to Best Buy and they confirmed it … |
| | OK, lets start with the basics. Sony Vaio PCG-FRV35 CD-ROM NO Floppy Initially I recieved a hard drive error and that a crash/failure was iminent. I ordered the same Hitachi hard drive that it came with, brand new. (Amazon) I physically installed the new hard drive, entered the BIOS setup, … |
| | Hi, I'm trying to fix my housemate's laptop, it's a HP Pavillion dv4000. I turn it on, the screen with <f2> enter setup <f10> change boot order It then goes to the windows xp loading screen with the blue scrolling bar for an abnormally long time... maybe 2 minutes. Then … |
| | friends i donot know much of computer terminology. i am using broad band internet connection. internet cable wire is connected to ethernet port of my cpu. my internet connection speed is of 64kbps unlimited(download and upload). initially my download transfer rate is upto 60KB/s. my connection provider installed a software … |
| | I'm working on an E Machines (not mine, I wouldn't own one), that I think has a hard drive issue. The drive is readable, but the MBR and boot sector are either bad or corrupt. What I want to know is, is there any way to pull the info in …  |
| | Having trouble with Party POker and onli casino popups about every 2 minutes. Any help would be appreciated Here is the hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:10:59 PM, on 1/7/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe … |
| | Explanation first. Ok so I have this problem my computer runs uber slow and when I check my proccesses I have tracert.exe running a lot. Also Getting a ton of pop ups, but'm pretty sure those are just extraneous problems because whenever I delete spyware using spyware doctor tey go … |
| | Recently when i try to play a game or listen music on windows media player i cant hear anything. The games just dont have any sound and on windows media player a small red "x" appears next the song and the following message pops up: "Windows Media Player encountered a …  |
| | Hi guys. I have horrible wireless connectivity in my house and have spent a lot on equipment to boost the signal, to no avail. Here's the rundown: House: -$800,000 with brick chimney, stone walls, no wired ethernet, no powerline capability -Bad router placement in the office to one side of … |
| | This morning, my grandfather informed me that his desktop computer was unable to connect to the internet. This desktop is connected via Ethernet cable directly to the router, which connects to the modem, and ultimately to a cable hi-speed connection. The wireless router to which his desktop is Ethernet cabled … |
| | I have recently built up my first PC however when I switch on the power there is no signal going through to the monitor and there is no beep everthing else switches on ie the fans, hdd etc could this be as the motherboard has an 8pin power socket for …  |
| | Current Dell moniter works fine, but E Machine flat monitor screen is blank. It has power, at least the on/off button lights. Does the E machine require a specific video card? Any help? |
| | " there is a file or folderon your computer called"c:\program" which could cause certain applications to not function correctly.renaming it to "c:\program2" would you like to rename it now?" it asks for renaming or to ignore this is the error i am getting when i start the system. pls guide …  |
| | Hi All, Every time I start my computer up the process 'explorer.exe' goes into overdrive taking up 99% of the CPU. I have tested for viruses, adware, malware etc. I have also defragmented the hard drive. Can anyone please help me before I throw this PC away? Regards, Peter |
| | Hi, thank you in advance for your help I have just bought a new 512 MB RAM stick for. The manufacturer is Kingston, model is KTM0055/512. This is PC133 SDRAM. My motherboard is a Asus CUV4X. It has 3 RAM slots. Each RAM slot can contain 512 MB max RAM. … |
| | HELP, In Mozilla (it doesn't happen with I.E.) it opens window after window endlessly it say "Entering YahooBuildToolbar". I deleted Mozialla and reinstalled but it didn't solve the problem any help would be much appreciated. thanks Brant |
| | i bought a post test card on ebay...typical impulse buy thing....but i do have a dead computer to test it on...i was curious if anyone has actually used 1...i found nothing on google...i was really most curious...can they damage my computer? GREAT site guys....thanks for the input! BTW it was … |
| | hello, My question is ~Is window vista is good version of its family? As in my opinion its a very bad version of its family,as to install u need a good graphics card and lots of harddisk, lots of ram and i think that it doesn't support to MS DOS … |
 | Hello everyone! I work IT for a small school, and I am having issues with my server. It seems as though at different intervals, my domain controller will not recognize authorized users. This has been an issue since we lost power due to an enormous ice storm. I have checked … |
| | Well, for the past 2 weeks or so, i have been having a random problem with my internet explorer. At random, a little window pops up that sais: MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ DEBUG LIBRARY Debug assertion failed! Program: C:\Program Files\GameSpot\GameSpotDownloadManager_Win32.exe File: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\list Line: 776 Expression:list erase iterator … |
| | Hi, I have a problem where on initially it appeared that I had no start menu / desktop on Windows XP SP2. Whilst looking which at a number of threads , and performing some invistagation they eventually appeared after 5/10 mins. The system has symantec AV and is free. New … |
| | Device managers shows duplicate processors, can this be a problem with speed?  |
| | I have an old crappy windows 98 computer, and i need to format it, im gotta put linux on it...but i cant format it the way all the google pages say ([url]http://www.bholcomb.com/formatwin98.html[/url] for example...) because the floppy drive doesnt work properlly. Using those instructions, i created the boot disk fine, … |
 | hi my friend accidently moved setupapi.dll from the system 32 folder and cant boot up the pc properly but can run dos so can he move it from were eva it is to system32 usin dos |
| | Hi, i'm having problems running a .exe file downloaded thru IE (a poker program to be exact). The error message i get is [program].exe is not a valid Win32 application. I've asked the poker support people for some help but they're as much use as a chocolate teapot.... Can anyone … |
| | Hi, I have been experiencing problems with search engines such as Google and Yahoo. I get redirected when I click on a result, but not 100% of the time. An example of one of the sites I end up to is [url]http://www.huntburg.com/[/url]. I would like to know how to get … |
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| | I recently purchased a used 17" ViewSonic flat panel monitor. I've been swamped with different ideas on how best to keep it clean, everything from alcohol-free premoistened wipes to using a soft, damp cloth. There are some smudges on the monitor, possibly fingerprints, since a friend had used it for … |
| | I thought this would be a very basic install but it's turning out to be a little more involved than I imagined. Here are the specs of install. I used Acronis True Image to make a bootable rescue disk, and then I also backed up my whole laptop's hard drive … |
| | Our local library recently purchased five Gateway Profile 6 computers, all running Vista Business. Besides all the other glitches that came along with Vista, none of them will run Windows Update. They simply show an error # 0x80073712. In addition, when I go into Windows Features, the dialog box is …  |
| | I have two virtual machines set up; one is running Windows XP and the other is running Windows Server 2003. I can map network drives from Server 2003 to XP, but not the other way around. Similarly, I can ping the Server 2003 machine from the XP machine, but not … |
| | I am running XP (home) SP2 fully patched. I have just had a situation when I wanted to remove an application and used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. It gave the 'waiting for the list to be populated' message and then just stayed blank for nearly 30 minutes. I have deleted … |
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