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| | Hi, on my computer were installed the following programs: - avast antivirus - spayware doctor Today I noticed that my computer became very slow. When I checked the avas untivirus, I noticed that the exe file was deleted and the same happened with the spyware doctor. Please find attached hijackthis …  |
| | Hi guys,,, Ive got this new computer, its a proper gaming one, and as any usual person i started downloading programs/software. My computer was working absolutely fine, and still does but when i go to shut down, the screen, keyboard and mouse lights all go off but not the computer …  |
| | My computer keeps trying to download the automatic update for SP2 even though the computer thinks it is already installed. If you go to My Computer / Properties it says that SP2 is already installed, however when I try to install other programs such as Yahoo! Music Jukebox it says … |
| | Hi I recently upgraded to windows vista and decided that its not for me so i want to downgrade... When i tried to set the system to boot from the XP CD i noticed that the IDE optical drives arent showing in BIOS... the wierd thing is their both present … |
| | Hi, I am running XP Pro on a P4 2.8 computer with 256 MB Ram with MS Office 2003 installed. The computer also has Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and 5.0 installed. Whenever I open a Word Document it opens fine (even a blank doc) however when I close it I get … |
| | Hi, I'm DaMoogle and I'm here with an odd problem. Today, Windows Update got some updates for Excel 2003, IE7, and Outlook. I've tried to download them multiple times, but they will not install properly. In fact, when I clicked install, the yellow icon disappeared from the taskbar (i.e it …  |
| | I am a Windows XP Professional SP2 user. My computer ran really fast before. Then I decided to reformat my system, backing up my files in the second partition and started a fresh OS install. After I have installed all necessary device drivers and restoring my previously installed programs, my … |
| | Hi all, I am reaching out for a bit of assistance. I hope to get some before I go all nuts... I have an Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard, to which one 200 GB SATA HDD is installed as the main drive. Then I have one small 20 GB IDE HDD …  |
| | Hi all, just found this forum and I could do with some help! :-) My wife has an old Time laptop, bought on Ebay second hand,about a year ago. Recently, over the last week or three it's started randomly shutting down - instantly, like the power went off suddenly. Tonight … |
| | When I boot up my computer for the first few minutes it is normal. Everything looks and works just fine. After 5 minutes, the taskbar changes to the old windows gray color and my voume doesn't work. Sometimes when I startup the computer, everything works fine, but the majority of …  |
| | Whenever I run the Ubuntu automated update program and it installs a new kernel version, It screws up my GRUB menu.lst. Not only does it create multiple entries for Ubuntu, it deletes the entries for the other Windows OSes (XP and Dell Utility Partition). Is there a way to set … |
| | New Pc parts wont work correctly I just bought new: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GCM(X)-S2 Processor: Pentuim D 945+ 3.40 GHZ 800MHZ FSB Dual Core Memory: Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (2 Matching Modules Power Supply: Ultra "X-Connect" 500 Watt Power Supply. Video Card: EVGA E-GeForce 8600GTS Problem is: Put all the parts together properly, … |
| | Hello, I was looking over running programs today when i found these programs running in the background ( HWKeyPlus.exe, and jwpen.exe) does anyone know what these are? Ive googled them and found nothing. Ran virus scan, and nothing, they are taking up a lot of memory and it is bugging … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario XP SP2 that I can't get out of safe mode. I can't find my original CD and I am begging for help, from my neighors laptop. Thank you, Dianro |
| | Hi to all. I need your help. For about a 1 week I been having this dilema. as a matter of fact I thought that I was going to have to by another hard drive which at the moment I really dont want to waste $ on. anyways after I … |
| | :confused: I OWN A CTX EZBOOK 800 SERIES LAPTOP WITH AN AMD-K6 333MHZ PROCESSER, 160MB RAM, 4 GB FUJITSU MHC2040AT HARD DRIVE, EXTERNAL PCMCIA 8GB IBM TRAVELSTAR E HARD DRIVE, 1.44 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, 56K MODEM, AND A Q-LITY 4X4X6 CDRW (MODEL: ECW-043). PROBLEM: A FEW DAYS AGO, I DELETED … |
| | When I shut down my computer, the num/caps/scroll lock lights on my keyboard flash on & off about 10-15 times & then remain permanently lit up while the computer is off. Also, the light on my optical mouse is always lit. Could someone PLEASE tell me what is going on … |
| | I just recently started getting this error upon starting up the machine. i didnt do anything different, it just came out of nowhere. i get this error : BIOS ERROR: "Item 0x01060001 (CPU ratio) reports unreasonable value: 10" and Over clk: "Cannot create System Shell Notification Icon". I know overclk.exe … |
 | Somewhere along the line, my E: drive where I keep all my game/non-system stuff got replicated to F: Now when I boot, chkdsk comes up and says all these sectors are unreadable for both E&F drives. F: should not exist how do I rescue my system? I would at least … |
| | I have two hard drives, one is sata. I want the one that is sata to be the default one my computer starts up on. How do I change my other hard drive being default? |
| | OK, 2 questions, likely unrelated. 1) When I start or restart my computer, sometimes the computer will essentially "stop loading" after the windows logo. This is sort of like [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread15125.html[/url], except there is no windows startup noise. I have a Dell 1907FP monitor with both an analog and a digital … |
| | When I push the button on my computer( i am posting from another comp) to start it the button lights up so there must be power to it, but nothing else happens. The fan on the processor doesnt start. Nothing shows up on the monitor except that it is in … |
 | can somebody please help me. I am unable to use the xp style start menu. There is no option to use it. There is only one option and that is to use the classic style start menu. can somebody please help me i want to use my xp style start … |
| | My PC was brutally attacked by avsystemcare malicious software which advanced into mezzia trojan's and vundo...'s. I've managed to take all the steps to getting rid of eveything....or so it seemed. The second i think it is cleaned up...it appears again in the registry. I have reinstalled windows as a … |
| | I am at my wits end with this one. PS/2 Keyboard and mouse (known working, default) will not function after windows xp (sp2) startup. The keyboard works fine in BIOS setup. Neither will function in windows, even in safe mode. Windows boots just fine, no errors, nothing in event log; … |
| | Hi Guys i am very new to linux i have looking at some of the posts and was that Debian was just two cd's install. Why did i download 22 worth of cd's ?? I will start the install in the morning will let you all know how it goes …  |
| | wow - finally I think I have arrived on the correct thread. here are my results: The only thing that I see that could perhaps be, odd, is an ATI hotkey poller? Index % of PCs with item Code Data 1 0.1% O16 {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (Installation Support) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\Yinsthelper.dll 2 … |
| | I transplanted all new components for in my old AMD 2800 (not sure if the change to intel matters). New: Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Video Card: POWERCOLOR X1950PRO512MBAC Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported Processor: Intel Core 2 … |
| | Help me please! IExlorer keeps popping open with numerous ad sites even when I open FireFox. Installed numerous spyware/adware scanners without success. HiJAckTHis log here: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:16:50 PM, on 03/01/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) … |
| | HELP--my son bought a refurbished blackberry 7290 on ebay, charged it over night and it won't even turn on. Is there a trick or something I'm missing? I don't think the seller is scamming given his history. I'm waiting to hear back from him. Any ideas out there?????? |
| | I use a laptop( HP pavilion dv 5000 ) and want to start photo editing using adobe photoshop cs2. I have been offered an eizo flexiscan L658 monitor at a stupid price, which would give me superior colour controls and better image resolutions. Can I connect this monitor to my … |
| | Hi all, Am currently running my systems HDMI output through my lcd tv and it runs fine, however when I switch the input source on the tv to another type (ie Svideo or Scart) and then switch it back to HDMI it will only return with a blue screen saying … |
| | Hoping you could help? Picked up a used HP Pavilion N5425. Works perfectly except for the monitor. The angle of the monitor affects the visual. At an angle of between zero degrees (closed) to approx. 65 degrees the monitor works fine, however at this angle, you must place your chin … |
| | i have the same problems i used hijackthis and found these: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 4:02:52 PM, on 1/4/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) 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:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe D:\Program Files\a-squared Free\a2service.exe E:\Program Files\ESET\ESET NOD32 … |
| | i am would like to install a clean version of windows xp i boot with the disk and when i try to load the boot disk so i can start installiing xp it says nothing was found in my floppy drive i have all the cables in the right spot … |
| | I'm new to this forum thing, so please forgive me if I'm in the wrong place! I have an Acer TravelMate 4050LCi Laptop, just over a year old, running XP home. Although, when I plug my optical mouse into the USB ports its light comes on, it won't work. Nothing … |
| | I'm using Windows XP - everytime i restart my computer it makes a ticking noise in my tower and the computer can barely be used because it is so slow. I wait usually about 25 minutes until the ticking is done and it works fine (I have checked everything in … |
| | My daughter's computer gives me this eror when it starts up... what does it mean? Can anyone give me some assistance? I am running Windiws XP... |
| | ok so i'm working on a friends computer running XP. their explorer.exe file was infected by a worm and they accidentally deleted it instead of cleaning it. luckily the file was in back-up, so they pulled it back out, ran a system restore, and after virus and spyware scans and … |
| | My boss has an Hp xb2000 Expansion Bay with wireless mouse and keyboard. Once the computer is up and going the mouse starts to become jerky, like it is hanging up on the screen and sometimes it has to be clicked 3 times to get results. I thought it might … |
| | For the last 3 days my windows explorer and internet explorer have not been working properly. Window explorer will open but, when I click on a folder nothing happens. If there is a shortcut on my desktop I can get to the file that way. In internet explorer I can … |
| | I'm was having the problem a lot of others have had. (Just like thread post 98509) I keep geting the message "Windos Security Alert -Warning Potential Spyware Operation - Your computer is making unauthorized copies of your system and Internet files. Run full scan now to prevent any unathorised access … |
| | I'm Helping a Uncle Clean out his Laptop. We got this a few days ago Unable to start up and well we got there obviously :) .So then we took a whole load of viruses,spyware,Malware, ext... The task manager and Control Panel were disabled Most likely from the viruses I … |
 | What are the IE7 add-ons that you couldn't live without, and why? You know the kind of thing, spell checkers, security utilities, search toolbars etc. I guess ieSpell (because I type far too quickly, am always in a hurry, and often make fat finger mistakes as a result - and …  |
| | Every time I download something from the Internet the download only proceeds so far before freezing. When watching a video on the Internet (i.e. on youtube) the video only plays so far...but nowhere near the end. I've looked through/adjusted the Internet Options/Security Settings in IE and nothing seems to correct … |
| | I have Microsoft Office and I use IE, and one day my address bar was gone. I've tried deleting the registry key for it, I've tried resetting the toolbars, uninstalling and reinstalling IE, checking and unchecking the address bar and other toolbars, I've tried every option I can find online. … |
| | Hi Everyone: Several days ago I went to start the machine and I got a message saying:" Operating System Not Found" I rebooted the system, press F5 and enter. Had to do this 2-3 time and finally started normally. For a couple of days it did this then day before … |
| | I frequently will go to multiple web pages from an original web page. That is, I will open a web page and from that page, open successive web pages. I thought I remembered being able to do that in the past. I would be able to open a web page … |
| | Hi I saw "how to reverse a CRT picture tube" [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8zYeFnktb4[/url] Does anyone know how to the same thing with a external LCD? Is there a pinout change you can make to do the same? Has anyone ever seen software that can do the same thing? I need to do … |
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