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Hi everyone. ;) Got a problem that I am hoping someone can help me with. I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop that I really like. It is great machine. But last June it died on me. Long story short, I thought it had been the victim of a power …

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I have just bought a Dell OptiPlex GX400 mobo. My problem is that I only have a midi tower case to put it in, ex eMachines T1840. The mobo has two fittings on the under side, obviously for sliding onto a bracket in the original case. Any suggestions about mounting …

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hello everyone, im basically trying to set up a remote desktop web connection and as the title says i cant install Internet Information Services. when i go to add remove windows components and select it, after starting it says it cant copy staxmem.dll. can anyone help me sort this out …

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I think i have a virus and i'm being used to send emails all over the place but my Symantec antivirus catches it before it leaves and come up with pop ups i am contiunously being spammed with these popups saying email was not sent anyway here is my hijackthis …

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Hi all, First timer here, so be gentle! I have a brand new (2 weeks old) HP DV9548 (notebook) running Vista Home Premium that worked FINE for the last two weeks, and this morning..... it was stuck on the Windows boot sequence where it shows the yellow and black (scrolling …

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hi my windows 98 PC keeps on displaying the following error stop C000021A {Fatal System Error} The session manager initialization process terminated unexpextadly with status of (0x00000000 0x00000000) the system has been shutdown. can anybody help me resolve this problem? Thanks for your help in advance.

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When I start my computer with the on button nothing happen. It does power up because I get a light on but it does not boot. If I push the reset button 4-5 times it will finally boot. When it does boot, the screen says that the system has failed …

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Norton 360's Auto-Protect won't turn on and when i try and press fix in the problems bar nothing happens ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! I am really getting annoyed because as far as i know the computer is full of spyware and other nasties which could prevent Norton form turning on Auto-Protect. Here …

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First, some quick specs on my homebuild: Rosewill Case (cheap) Antec 480W PS Gigabyte p965-S3 Mobo E6600 cpu NVidia 7900GS video card Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDD Corsair XMS2 2GB RAM So, I turned off my PC for the first time in a while last night and when I later tried …

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I am working on a computer that will not boot up at all, just get a blue screen of dealth. This is in safe mode as well. I tried to boot up by the windows xp cd and go to recovery concole but when i do that I recover the …

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this is my hijack log file any help would be appreciated Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:34:27 AM, on 9/5/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec …

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Alright... to start off... I have recently moved. I have a desktop with Windows XP. At my previous house I was using wireless, until that started dropping out a lot, so I switched to wired. I remember that was kind of a pain to switch. Now at my new house, …

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We host about 40 websites, mostly personal, some for some local small businesses (our clients.) Our previous ISP was microwave based, decently priced, nice speed. However they had too many problems. We can't afford a T1 - the final mile kills us in cost. So we went with Comcast business. …

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Hi I thought I'd clean up my boss's Win 2k puter because it was slowing down so much, so I thought since I knew all the users on our network, and he had heaps more than that. So I deleted a whole load of them. And now his puter doesn' …

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I’ve been using my network for months and never actually noticed that one of the client PC's cannot "be pinged" (I only noticed recently because I can’t get “Network Lookout

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hey guys! my computer is 'acting up' so much that i wasn't even able to get this far on my own computer (i'm on a roommate's computer at the moment). basically, my problem is that, when i log into windows, two IE windows automatically open up, and from then on, …

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My pc is acting very strange sometimes and I think I have a virus or something as once when i came back to my pc the cursor was moving by itself. I have attached a log of hijack this - please please please can someone help me. Thanks Pauline Auty

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Even when I go to pop up blocker settings, and click on block all pop ups, it still doesnt work...I have norton antivirus 2004, could that be the problem? Any ideas?

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Dell Latitude D600, won't see the harddrive. I took the harddrive out and stuck it in a desktop(with a 2.5" adapter) and was able to boot all the way up to XP just fine. Now I am aware that these latitudes are notorious for failing motherboards, but was hoping someone …

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Hey there, I'm running a system that was built for me but I am not completely familiar with the specs. Its about 2 and half years old. Its a WinXP, 200gb, Asus Mobo, AMD Athlon, 2gbRAM, 400W PSU system as far as I know. Maybe a month ago, the computer …

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Hi all, I'm a college student staying on campus hostel. In my room, there is a network point which I use a network cable to connect my computer to the school LAN. I have two computers and only one connection point; so I'm wondering if there's a way that I …

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Have you heard about Xoftspy? It is supposedly the best new spyware protection. Just wanted some info from people on the know. Thanks!

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HELLO, THNX FOR YOUR READING MY THINGY WHEN I TRY TO PLAY GAMES ON MY COMPUTER, IT WILL EITHER FREEZE OR IT WILL EXIT THE GAME WITHOUT PROMPTING ME OR ANYTHING, IT WILL JUST EXIT OUT AND SOMTIMES NOTHING WILL WORK AFTER UNTIL I REBOOT! IF YOU HAVE ANY SOLUTIONS …

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Having a problem with mouse and some system slowdown. Use Spysweeper and OnceCare but want to make sure I dont have something that slipped past. ------------------------------------ Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 9:41:47 PM, on 09/12/07 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512) …

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I have recently noticed a concerning event while working at my laptop. A box (like those that open when you donwload and install a program) opened very quickly, installed something and closed as quickly as it opened. It was not something I opened or downlaoded certainly not something I've ever …

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Hello I am trying to set up a network between my two home computers one with XP the other has vista. I have tried a few things but I cant even get the 2 to recognize the other exists. how do i go about setting the network up so i …

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Hi everyone, I'm new here and I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can offer me. I have a Dell 8400 Dimension Desktop and every time I boot it, a screen pops up and asks whether I want to start the computer normally, Safe Mode, last good configuration, etc. …

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I have malware that keeps changing my LAN settings to "Use auto config script "http://127.0.0.1:8080/proxyconf". I have read Crunchie's "how i got infected" & followed all his advice, have run AdAware and SpyBot (and will run spywareblaster in future), but they don't permanently remove the malware, as the above proxy …

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explorer.exe keep restarting... HJT lof files data: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:22:53 PM, on 9/13/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgfwsrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe …

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I'm rebuilding old computers for test equipment at my company because they are too cheap to purchase a cheap computer. It's costed more in my labor alone so far than a new cheap computer would cost. After installing the HD and booting up the machine, I get the error HDD …

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Every explorer (verion 6.0) takes about 10 mins to open. In addition [LIST] [*] toolbar has changed [*] pop-up blocker option is missing in tools menu [*] Don't have following keys in Registry [LIST] [*] HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ Restrictions [*] HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ …

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Hi recently I have noticed that IE is not working ( comes up with page cannot be displayed message). I've deleted temporary files and this still hasnt fixed it. Firefox works fine though but i need IE for access to some webpages. Im on XP SP2. Please help!

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hi guys, i hav an intel 945g express chip set motherboard.i am currently using 256mb ddr2 pc53 ram i want to upgrade my ram to 1 gb. pls suggest which brand shd i go for. i am looking for a brand with good after sales support as i hav had …

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Hi, I run Win XP home Edition. I use outlook v 6 for some emails. I get sent many word doc documents as attachments. When I click on an attachment in outlook, wordpad opens them, and I prefer that they be opened in Ms Word. tried to correct the problem …

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hey guys ok this ones got me stumped and i'm not a complete n00b at keeping a pc in order. from the googling i've done i so far havn't seen any positive answers so thought i would give this forum a bash with a direct plee for help. I don't …

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Something is wrong here... i can play a song file or any media file fine with sound directly on my pc. but when it comes to anything dealing with internet (even online games) the sound doesnt seem to work. Any suggestions y? Oh and P.S. the sound for voice recording …

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Hi Folks... I am having a little problem with an IBM Thinkpad with Windows XP & SP2 installed. I have updated all drivers by the way.. I "AM" able to network successfully when the IP Settings are set for "Obtain an IP address automatically" & "obtain DNS server address automatically".. …

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What would be the command in the XP cmd.exe to connect and access a smb shared directory from another XP box? Thank you.

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When I clikc on any excel file in My Documents, open Excel (Office 2003) without choosed file (grey background). After thet I must open file with File/Open and choose file. I has looked in Options but I can't find what is not good. Thanks...

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dropped my external harddrive yetserday... plugged it back in and it worked fine, about 3 hours later it started clicking <click click click ect..> so turn off computer.. still clicking.... i had to pull it out the main power to get it to stop... now... this morning i booted up …

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hey there, im a new person here... anywho. I have a Medion M³ director 4500 In January, I had a problem where I woke up, in the morning (I had left my computer on all night) and the screen was frozen, even the date and time was frozen, so I …

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Does anyone know of any plug-ins/add-ons or a way to do sub-tasks in Outlook 2007? I work on a lot of projects at work and need some way to keep them grouped together. For example: Project 1 -Task1 -Task2 -Task3 Project2 -Task1 -Task2 -Task3 Any help would be much appreciated. …

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Hi everyone, My son has been saving up all summer for this card. It is huge! It will not fit in his MB. because the system fan is in the way. MSI K8N Neo4. not platinum. Will the MB run fine if I remove the fan. It seems to sit …

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Hey, Im not going to do it yet but i was wonder if it is a good idea to make a small home network in my house. Im in a class on networking but, it doesnt really show me how to make one yet. Just kind of the stuff that …

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I have a simple, but frustrating problem. I have a laptop that I'm trying to connect to a cable modem(wired). It is telling me that I am connected at 100.0mbs although I am not receiving any packets, although I send 600-700 packets in about 5 minutes. My wireless works just …

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I've been trying to change some of my settings in Media Player but when i click Tools then Options, the only option that shows up is Burn. I am unable to see the Security, Devices, Network, etc options, which is leaving me unable to change any settings. can anyone help …

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hi i have an intel 915GAV board and yday it just doesnt boot and doesnt enter in BIOS setup.. i tried chaging the RAMs and putting them in different slots and reset the CMOS but stil it wont start any ideas!!!!

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Everytime I log in windows 2000 server and XP it always display "Can't find explorasi.exe". Please help me to solve this. And also my Folder Options in Tools are missing. thank you

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Hi folks, been away for a while due to illness and computer upgrade. I recently upgraded my machine and put in a new MB and CPU and Graphics card. Everything else was from the old machine. I've even upgraded Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro Media Centre Edition. (I …

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