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| | Hey Guys, Basically I've had this problem where my PC boots to a black screen randomly after the initial loading/splash screen. After much Infuriating testing the GPU, RAM and MOBO i discovered the problem was the the DVI to analog adapter. I discovered this when i tried booting up my … |
| | hey guys I'm fixing a computer, its a sony vaio, it comes with the installations disks, I have replaced the hard drive cuz the one it had was not working, now it gets about ten minutes in to the installation the it says "an Error occurred". when I restart it … |
| | Hello all, I want to know your thoughts on this: 1. Create a company. a. Give a brief description of the company. b. Explain the type of business you have created. c. What are the "technical" needs of this company (keep it brief). d. What is the company's philosophy toward … |
| | I just want to make sure I got rid of all the spy-ware. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:30:25 PM, on 1/11/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) 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:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe …  |
| | my computer is windows xp: media center edition Alright well first off, I've got a problem connecting my xbox to my computer with media center edition. When i try and download the xbox program it says that i dont have windows media center installed, but when i got into system … |
| | I have seven computers on a small network. I just added a new computer running XP Pro SP2. When i go into network neighborhood i am able to see and access the shared files for all the other computers in the workgroup, but no other computers are able to access … |
| | Hello..I'm having a problem with a pop up..I keep getting a flashing question mark at the bottom of my screen and then a SECURITY ALERT:SPYWARE FOUND message pops up over and over again telling me that I have been infected with a trojan virus and all sorts of things..I can't …  |
 | When I insert a bookmark in the bar at the top it inserts but when I click the button it doesn't do anything. How do I fix this? |
| | Recently bought the AMD 6400+ x2 cpu on the GIGABYTE GA-MA790FX-DS5 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard. Was blazing while it lasted. After a week and a half started having random lock ups which eventually lead into lock ups during bios load. Finally wouldn't boot at all. Machine was still …  |
| | Hello, I have been troubleshooting this for a long time, this computer is brand new around 3 months old, and I am getting the following cases, here are the steps that I am doing... [LIST=1] [*]Press power button on computer [*]Windows loads [*]I press CAPS lock / or NUMLOCK to …  |
| | hey can I convert my windows 2000 to a windows vista? |
| | Hi Everyone: Thank you for your help. After all the cleaning, I'm still having problems. Today I had to Alt+ctrl+del 6 times twice to be able to get on. The machine was giving the same message of operating system not found. I'm just wondering when this happens will putting into … |
| | I was using my PC and it shut off, it was only operating for like 10 minutes or less. When i looked at the power light it was glowing a kind of amberish color. I googled around and i saw it was a power supply problem but i just replaced … |
| | Two nighrs ago i got my new compenents to my computer, a Cooler master 820 Case, ABS BZ800 Watt puwer supply, and a few fans. So i replaced my PSU, which was previously a 500 watt supply with the new one, and moved everything into the new case. So the … |
| | [color=black][color=black][font=Arial]MSN Messenger 4.7, "On-line" users appear "Off-line"[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]This problem has been occurring with all users intermittently during the last few weeks. Occasionally, the display will state "Away" when the user actually is currently available (or [/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial]"on-line") and presently using the CPU. These users are not intentionally setting the |
| | I recently acquired a positively ancient IBM ps/note 425 and i was hoping i could get it running at the very least windows 95 or 2000. Of course, i do not expect to do this with the current hardware or software current in the unit itself, however i would appreciate … |
| | My computer is slow to start up, gives one error consistenly at startup: 'Invalid entry point BUF_mem_grow_clean could not be located. libeay32.dll' Once the computer is up and running, Trend Antivirus shows a balloon popup in system tray that says it is scanning outgoing mail. My tcpip.sys file was corrupt … |
| | pc XP Pro mouse keyboard freezes up after 10-15 minutes, then machine reboots itself. Ram maybe?? |
| | I just noticed another wierd occurance on my PC (I'm not sure if it's related to my other post about the WPD FileSystem Driver). I have an Acer T180 and I have been trying to update a lot of the drivers on my machine, and not having a lot of … |
| | This is so extremly frustrating. I have a pc on our network that will load Yahoo or msn. Then when you type in a url it is redirected to google with the url listed in one of the searches that come up. Then you click on the link for the … |
| | Dell optiplex GX270 wont boot floppy drive clicks on push of the start button with both the light in the power button flashing and the light to the right of it flashing green. the screen does not even come on. I disconnect5ed everything including taking out the video card. when …  |
| | I have replaced the power supply and the new onedoes work but the computer will still not power up. I desperately need information that is on it. The day it shut down the keyboard didn't work, but mouse did when I tried to repower nothing. E-machines said that it was … |
| | Hi, i am a complete dummy when it comes to pc's. I have been getting a dns server error message when trying to acsess one particular site. All other websites are fine. Can anyone give me any tips on how to fix this pls... i need complete laymans terms from …  |
| | Hello, Im new to this site so i have no idea whether im in the right section here, anyway here's my problem: I recently had to re-install windows, and because i'm not really much of an expert i found out that the Documents and Settings folder of the username i … |
 | HELP!!! I have Windows XP and Office 2003. When doing a spelling and grammar check in Word, I occasionally get a "comparison - revise text?" error on text. I have no idea what this error means, or how to correct it. The text looks fine. All of the tenses, persons, … |
| | I have recently re-formatted my computer and then i started to have a problem. My screen had elements of it(ie pics) began to freeze and also have lines in them. As time went on it started to have problems showing other things like task bars and file menus. Now, it … |
| | I have for the past few months, been seeing some "seams" while playing games on my PC, I've only experienced these "seams" on Final Fantasy XI (an MMO) and World of Warcraft (another MMO) at first I thought it was something released in a patch on Final Fantasy XI that … |
| | Last week I installed the software Antiporn! While i was installing, i didn't get any installation process and i thougt there appeared some erro or sth and I throwed the installation file in the trash! Afterwards I noticed that it has cearly been installed but not in the c:\program~ directory … |
| | Ok, so here's my problem. Domain name A is set up to be an alias redirect to domain B. If I browse to Domain A it redirects, but the URL in the address bar changes to that of domain B. Is there a way to keep domain A in the … |
| | [COLOR=#555555]Hi all,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]I need some advice urgently. I am a consultant who goes out and sees various clients. When I get back to the office, I connect to a company LAN that has an Internet Connection available on it.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]The issue I experience is that when … |
 | Hello, I am looking for a good TV Tuner card. I am going off to college and instead of bringing a TV, I am going to get a tuner card for my PC. This will be cheaper and save space! It needs to: 1. Be Vista compatable 2. Be PCI … |
| | [B][I][COLOR="Red"]Please read these to sources of information: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus[/url] (issues of concern) [url]http://www.semiologic.com/2005/02/24...o-help-at-all/[/url] What do you think? Of course for the average and uninformed user a AV is kind of the gadget that will stop you from speeding, but for those who are informed, sensible and adopt the common sense approach … |
| | I am looking everyware for the save file/es of NFS underground 2 because I need to format my hard drive immediatly.I don't know where it is and I don't either want to delete the game completely without restoring my saves. Does anybody know where should I look???? :eek: |
| | I have a pos Gateway laptop. Is there a way I can take a faster desktop prosseser and put it in my laptop? Also it runs slower when I onto my battery. Like 10 mins to get Mozzila runing. As soon as I plug the power in its fast as … |
| | Hello, My computer had been extreamly slow lately, It seems to be gettign worse and worse, I did many virus scans, and used regcure and all that, nothign seems to be working, then one day it said I was runnign low on virtual memory, so I went through a step … |
| | Computer Make/Model - E machines 2220 System - Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Computer - Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz, 0.99GM of RAM Sound Card - Realtek AC'97 Audio OK about every 3-4 Min's my computer slightly freezes for like a few seconds and any music …  |
| | I was trying to write a formula to find the number of days between two dates in Excel 2003. I decided to test it with the dates of the beginning and ending of the Revolutionary War. I got a #Value error. Experimentation showed me that Excel; does not recognize any … |
| | Wiped HDD are doa I received several Maxtor 40 gb hard drives that were “wiped” by the donor. So far, I have not been able to get past “operating system not found” or “hard disk not found” on any of them. Using three different computers and trying all the variations …  |
| | :eek: I had been cloning my C Dr to an identical internal backup drive using Norton Ghost's Clone routine. When the C Dr failed, I wasn't sure of the cause and was afraid virus infection(s) might have been cloned to the backup. Therefore, I replaced the C Dr with a … |
| | Hay everyone ! Hello my name is pete and im kinda a self fixit kinda guy im working on my mother in laws hp pavillion 700 . She called this afternoon and had a dead computer, so i went down there figuring just really dirty maybe got warm and shut … |
| | Hello all. I am having a very interesting problem and I really need your ideas. I am running a small network at my home. The server is Windows 2003 and it is my DNS server. I have 4 workstations (all xp pro) connected via cat5 cable and they have no … |
| | I'm new to this site, so please forgive any breach of etiquette.:) I am trying to install a graphics card on my son's computer so he can play his new Republic Commando game. He's got a Dell Dimension with a Celeron processor and 512 MB SDRAM. According to the manufacturer … |
| | I and several others share one internet connection. Now we are constantly over the download limit, but everybody claims to "behave" and we want to find out which machine produces the problem. So we are searching urgently for software that records the amount (none is interested in contents) of down- … |
| | Ok Does WGA in a Legitimate OS check the hardware profile at bootup? How Clever is WGA in a Genuine install? |
| | I have two partitions on my hdd one says 20 gb and the other says 8 gb and I have a 30GB HDD. Is there anyway I can combine these two partitions to make a full 30gb? |
| | when i press the power button nothing happens. tried to use my power supply to other cpu its ok. what do you think is the problem?  |
| | Hi Everyone I seem to have acquired an infection which: - Has stopped me accessing Control Panel, I cant even find it. - Keeps popping up windows all the time. - When I boot the PC it says I have c:/windows/system/shell.exe missing...can I replace this? Trend Micro Housecall said I … |
 | Does anyone know when/if Apple will be coming out with SAS drives for the Mac Pro? The raid cards that they're currently putting in the machines are dual SATA/SAS raid cards, although only SATA drives are currently available. This is the one thing I'm waiting on before getting a Mac … |
| | Hi Everyone! I hope you can help me. The other day I booted up my comp, went into Explorer and BAM tons of help pop ups and errors. I have no idea why it's doing this. I haven't installed anything new in awhile (other than Sims but that's a game … |
| | Hi there - My computer is having an attitude, and I am technologically challenged :-) My system has been running slow in spurts (strange), so I pulled up my task manager to see what might be clogging it up, and the very top process is something called SSDK02.exe, which I … |
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