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When starting up my computer, my start up task bar, icons and anything else related to the desktop do not show up... The only way I can open things is through control alt delete. I downloaded virusterminator and it detected something in my startup labeled hmk.. I removed it and …

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Hi, [B]I am using windows Xp home edition. I need to activate the Windows-xp within 30 days. So, to overcome this problem i took the drive backup where i had installed windows Xp. But, when i restore it back in DOS mode the number of days left for activating is …

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Hi, I forgot my local PC administrator password is there a way to reset it without reinstall my whole OS. Thks

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I am receiving the null parameter/serializationStream error message when I try to access my hp Imaging Gallery on my Dell Dimension 4600 computer on which I have Windows XP Home.

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I have just bought a new Mobo ( well it was off ebay ) and when I plugged it up it up to the rest of my hardware............it turned on, all the fans ran, CD-drive+floppy made noise but nothing came on the screen. I have tested the Monitor, RAM (in …

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HAve a computer that will not access a particular domain minolta-copier-new-used.com. When attmepting to it just searches and searches without ever finding it. All other machines go to it fine except the one so I presume something has been set with the browser IE6 that is preventing it from loading. …

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Im trying to convert a word (2007) doc to a pdf (acrobat version 8) and have pathed directory links but sthey wont show up in the pdf. Is there anyway to convert a doc to a pdf with these links in tact?

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elow everyone i need help about my yahoo messenger,it seems it has a virus how can i remove the virus? ? and i got also problem about my IE homepage it seems it has a spyware or a virus because on blue color where the maxima,minimum and close there is …

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Hi. We use IIS 5.1 on Windows XP pro to serve a simple website to our office. We need to secure it so that only our team has access. Have tried unchecking "Allow Anonymous Access" in IIS, but this causes windows vista machines to require a login with a username …

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Hello I am trying to set desktop background on multiple machines. I can not change gpo to do it so want to run to machine. I just can not remember where to put bitmap to have it overwright existing backgound. I browse to user profile I want to change but …

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My wife's computerhas been hijacked and is now almost unuseable with the pop-ups and pop-unders. With the system idle and no browser running, 39 seperate bvrowser widows opened today. I can't even type a complete sentence here with out another window opening. It gets so bad that all the icons …

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[QUOTE=crunchie;479132]Hi and welcome to Daniweb forums :). Let's see what we can come up with. Please [b]download[/b] this file - [url=http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/Beta/ComboFix.exe][color=red][b]combofix.exe[/b][/color][/url] by [b]sUBs[/b][list] [*] [b][color="#FF0000"]Save it to your Desktop[/color][/b] [*] Now [b]physically disconnect from the internet[/b] and [b]STOP all your monitoring programs[/b] (Antivirus/Antispyware, Guards and Shields) [*] Click on your …

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hi i am not able to boot my cd even though cd rom i s detecting well .there is no probs with cd since its working fine in other machines so can you please help me to sort out this problem thanks

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[size=1]Hi I'm new here so I don't know how things work here but I had a question that maybe you can answer. My friend had a laptop connected to the internet through DSL (I'm guessing through a router). Everything worked fine and she could access hotmail and yahoo with ease. …

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This may have been discussed here or elsewhere, but I don't even know what search terms are appropriate for this problem. Problem: I have a USB card reader plugged into USB5/6 on my mobo. When I plug a USB expansion card into USB9/10, the drives on 5/6 disappear. I can't …

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my dell computer will turn on but a screen apears that says it was shut down while there was still a program running. the screen says i can either start it on safe mode or the last previous mode used. I tried both and it just returns to the screen …

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Hey, i have vista and opensuse on a computer (Seperate drives). I want to be able to boot into opensuse and load vista on a virtual machine but i cant because i get a grub error. My linux is installed on sdb1 and vista is on sda1 so im guessing …

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For some reason I can not open more than one window in internet explorer. If I click on a link, it will open a new page in a new window, but close the window I was in. Any direction for help would be great. Thanx!

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i am using fedora 2.6 and i want to configure my ntp to the gps reciever for synchronizing time which should act like a server and the system is not connected to internet. do i have to install any packages or else ntp will be inbuilt in linux as i …

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I have a Dell laptop, Win2000, Linksys router, wireless card. All have worked and connected perfectly from January until Saturday, Dec 8. I ran a full virus scan on Dec 7. It found a couple things, fixed them, and I went on like normal. I played online for a little …

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hi everyone, i m newbie for linux.i have mandrive and i am unable to get GUI. whenever i start linux it shows blank screen with a question mark moving on the screen. Now if i use command like ctrl+alt+f1. I get terminal and now i can use it for programming …

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My HP desktop 1180 will not start. I have a green blinking light in the back, but nothing happens when I press power. I have reset it and I think I checked all the connections. Please help

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I recently got a new computer equipt with Windows Vista. My last computer used XP and I was very competent using a variety of bit torent programs. With Vista I've successfully downloaded several torrent programs that are Vista friendly, I've even successfully downloaded things using the programs, but when the …

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The labtop is a PCG GRT 250P and it has a software problem with windows XP. The computer starts up and countious reboots before it get to the sign in screen. I've tried to reinstall Windows XP but the BOIS dosen't show the cd in the drive. Does anyone have …

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Hi All, I want to buy my son a lcd monitor for Christmas. I'm pretty well decided on the 22" Samsung 226 BW which has a native resolution of 1680 X 1050. His computer has an NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GS AGP video card with a maximum resolution of 1280 X …

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Can someone help me solve my display problem? I have an Asus laptop which is a little over a year and a half old and 1/4 of the screen stays black. The dimensions are suppose to be 1024x768, but a few days ago no matter how many times I reboot …

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"Dell pc with Windows XP Home Edition when booting up, screen goes black, then reads: Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\system32\config\system You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD Rom select 'r' at the first …

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I am thinking of upgrading the ram in my laptop. it has 256k in it and i think that it is a pc2100 module that operates at 266 megahertz. The computer has an empty slot, so i can add a module easily. My question is does the new ram have …

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ok ok. the first thing that would come to mind would be that this would be a hardware problem, but i just want to be sure. about four weeks ago, my cd drive started opening and closing continuously. it got annoying after a while and so i disconnected the cables …

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New member. Got to this site by Googling "programming vista C++"; wild thread exchange from a couple of weeks ago with implications that some folks might have the answer I need. Basic question is whether my partner & I can adapt a longstanding, robust C/C++ program we've been marketing so …

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everytime I start up my computer i get three RUNDLL error messages: RUNDLL Error Loading C:\windows\system32\frmsorts.dll AND drvax.dll AND kerxuulr.dll The specific module could not be found I checked out some other solutions to this and tried to run the msconfig and uncheck these but then my Yahoo Messenger wouldnt …

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SOS anyone, please:( I'm having this problem with my internet connection with my laptop, the first time I installed my windows and Mozilla and IE my internet was working fine till it suddenly froze and could not access other websites except for the login page for inbox, yahoomail and gmail …

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What graphics card should I get? I want to play stuff like COD 4 and battlefield so if anyone knows any good cards that they use can you let us know I have a budget of £100 maybe £140 Also I am getting a pci express board so I can …

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Hi Folks, I'm a PC repair teacher at a high school. I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop that a student brought in for repair. I can't figure out the problem. I power the computer up, you hear the hard drive spin, and then nothing. I've tried to boot into safe …

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Hay i was wondering if you can put like word from a window computer on a iBook thanks

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I have a suddenly popped up problem in opening the pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Reader in my windows 2000 machine. I was opening files peacefully till last week, suddenly it slowed down and now only the first flash page comes up...... I had both Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and 6.0 …

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From 2 weeks back whenever i am pushing the button on. i am hearing cut-cut-cut sound from my cpu unable to recognize whether it is coming from mother board or hard disk n this continues for 5-8 minutesn then the power led is getting on but cpu fan starts working …

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Hello, thanks in advance for your help I upgraded the ram on Sony Vaio PCG F707 yesterday but I believe I have made a big mistake. I bought 256mb ram 133mhz, problem is the laptop is designed to take 100mhz. I put the 133mhz in not relising my mistake and …

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I need help. Whenever I start up my laptop, either normally or by using safe mode, it gets a BSOD and restarts. The BSOD lasts approx 1/2 a second. The top of the BSOD was UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME the STOP message was *** STOP : 0x000000ED (0x8x70?900,0xCD000006,0x00000000,0x00000000) The ? in the middle …

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Hello, Can anyone introduce on what are the anti-virus compatible to Microsoft Windows Server 2003? I have been using Microsoft Windows XP but now I change to use Microsoft Window Server 2003 due to certain requirement. However, I found that Windows Server 2003 cannot support many software like XP can. …

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I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I …

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Hi all, I recently purchased a digital photo frame on ebay (item: 180139001180). All works well until I try to plug the AV cables into my TV and try to view the pictures by changing the output to "TV mode". I get an "out of range" error on the frame's …

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This problem has been ongoing for around two months, it fixed itself for about three days in early November, but then went back to crap. The problem is when I'm using websites that have several images (Myspace, Facebook, etc) about 90% of the images won't load, they'll just have the …

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I've had trouble for a LONG time with IE 7. Can't delete cookies, temp files, or do anything to change my browser settings since my Tools/Internet Options Tab does nothing. I cannot access this through my control Panel either. This means I can't download bank info, etc. Anyone have a …

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As the title suggests i am having major problems with Norton's Auto-Protect feature. For some reason it continually turns itself off by showing the following message box: "Auto-Protect experienced an unexpected error..." This has happened many times now, 15+ and is rather annoying to find out that software you pay …

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I have a problem that i hope can be solved. The sytem i inheritied on Monday is a very strange setup. 1 Domain Controller which is really file and printserver. All the 40 laptops are in a workgroup. I have 8 laptops at work that see the Wireless Router, but …

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My new motherboard will be coming with a 8pin CPU connector and I have only got a 4 pin on my PSU so what shall i do? any ideas

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Hello - I recently bought a Coby MP3 player for my sister (model # MPC-848). Well, I have one just like it, and I had NO Trouble putting the music on mine. But, I went to add the music to hers, and when I go to copy it, and it …

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This should be an interesting issue for you all to tackle... :D I was having this same issue with my computer (starting about a week or so ago), so I tried the standard things (clearing the CMOS, removing the battery for five minutes to wipe the CMOS, switching out hardware …

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I have a webserver that uses port 80 and the port cannot be changed. is there a way to redirect another port to it? or a program that can run on a pc that will redirect to the webserver? my ISP blocks 80 of course, I have 4 webservers that …

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