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My DVD R/W drive reads empty CDs and DVDs as zero free space but will burn them and then show the used space correctly. I have uninstalled/reinstalled Nero 7, no change. Obviously, this doesn't stop me using the drive but I'm puzzled as to why this is happening as it …

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Hi, Our office was piggybacking off a network owned by another company in the same building. We just got our own DSL connection today and have changed our workstation IP's from 10.1.1.x to 192.168.1.x and switched off DHCP on the new router to avoid screwing their network. Everything has gone …

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Hello I have Kubuntu 7.04 and when i try and use the internet connection manager i know what its called it stays stook on 28% then stops connecting Is this just my pc or is it a bug that i can get round please help P.S: Here is the output …

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hi recently my PC has been running very slowly. this happened before but i put some more RAM in and my PC started working fine. Now i can't put more RAM in as i have the maximum amount my PC can handle. i have defragmented my PC, run disk cleanup, …

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None of my USB ports are being read. Device maneger says all USb hubs are working properly. I can print or upload my music into my mp3. Can anyone help

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Hi, I have a laptop with windowsw XP on it. Does my license for windows XP extend to other computers? I want to build a PC with windows on it, but if possible I dont want to have to buy another copy of windows. Is it possible to use the …

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computer caugght some virus called trojan. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:24:09 PM, on 9/5/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\acs.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\AOLAcsd.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMAgent.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe …

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The computer is a 2.5 ghz system working with Windows xp as the os. My browser got hijacked and I thought it was nothing and installed Foxfire. But now things are worse. Mcfee says that I have the New Poly win32 virus but it can't eliminate it. I used Hijack …

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Hi all Im going to buy a new pc in a week, 14sept, my propsed spec: XP SP2 might upgrade to Vista Q1 2007 after SP1 intel core duo 2 e6600 ~2.4 x2 enermax 460 watt 320 or 500 samsung spinpoint and external W/D 320gb hdd asus p5n e sli …

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Problem: Setting up a new PC. Installed MS Office and other general purpose applications, including ZoneAlarm firewall and Norton SystemWorks/AntiVirus etc. All went well. I downloaded latest software updates from Microsoft. Several worked OK, then it asked me to download and install about a dozen updates in one hit. The …

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hi i have an ubuntu 7.04 and nvidia card i use nvidia-settings to change the resolution and then i save the conf to the file and it is so cool the problem is whenever i restart my window manager (ctrl + alt + <-) the screen resoltion comes back to …

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I can't log in to google or my gmail most times I try. I also, seem to be losing my cable connection completely and have to reset my box. This is annoying--please help. HJT log below Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:39:43 AM, on 9/7/2007 Platform: Windows XP …

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i downloaded a mouse mover program and i thought it would move the mouse where i wanted it to go but it moves it randomly. Very annoying. i tried deleting it but it said it was in use and could not be deleted. i tried changing it from read only …

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I recently purchased a microsoft natural media keyboard. As some of you might know, these keyboards only seem to come with ps/2 plugs unless you take it a step up and pay the extra 60$ (on top of the $60 some odd you are already paying!) Anyways, I made purchase …

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Hey all, slight hardware/Windows related problem I'm really hoping someone might be able to help me with. Basically I've assembled a new computed from parts purchased separately (all parts are working as I have tested them separately) - except for a hard drive which I have taken from my previous …

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Hey All, I am a linux newbie and I come from a windows background. I want to install linux on my pc and start learning it. Can you tell me which version of linux could suite me the most, keeping in mind that I m just a starter. I heard …

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When I us Outlook 2003 and start typing a NEW email, the TO bar allows me to fill in, the SUBJECT bar allows me to fill in, but when I get into the body to start my message, I type the cursor moves, but no visible type. The cursor seems …

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hi,we are having 2 domains and we are clubbing into one domain.some of the departments have been changed to new domain.the problems we are getting is user logon process is slow,sometimes shared folders are not getting accessed,system is running slow.could anyone let me know whtz the problem. thank you royal

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Hii Frinds, In my network there are around 450 users. We have taken a 4 MBPS RF connection for internet .Whole Lan is 100 MBPS and class -A network Id But there is problem in network. People are not able to get good internet speed . But my router shows …

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When I first added a second PC to my home office about 6 months ago, I used the XP Network setup wizard to link the two PCs together so that we can exchange files by putting shared folders on each computer. I set up the network on both computers, gave …

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How is it you are identified over the internet? Even when you flush your DNS and everything else?

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We have a Windows Server 2003 machine set up with Exchange 6.5. We have around 10 users set up to be able to logon to the server, and up until now, all have had "user@domain.com" e-mail addresses associated with their account that were linked to Exchange mailboxes. In the "E-mail …

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i recently bought a st585v6 router and its working fine.My question is about the intrusion detection software, it gave me until now 16 intrusions on udp_null_port while the rest are zero , what does this mean? is someone trying to hack my router ? or could it be generated due …

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Hello, I know this is very basic so pardon me for having very little knowledge when it comes to networking. I tried searching for topics about connecting 2 computers but no one suits exactly what I need. There is a computer at home that has broadband internet connection. I just …

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I have a net gear rangemax 240 wireless router and trying to set it up off of a hub. It shows signal on led however, laptop shows no wireless network available. I have tried a direct feed, I have switched out the hub for a switch, and for a router, …

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Hello I have a 384Kb/s Point-to-Point wireless connection at my local ISP, Where I have had nothing but problems with connection, after a lot of email and phone calls I finally got it fixed, to a point. So here is my question: When they sent out the guy to fix …

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I am having a problem accessisng my routers configuration screen from one of the computers on my home network. I have several other computers on the network and have no problem accessing this page from these other computers. I think I may have picked up a virus or some type …

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Hello I just did a scan on my computer for any open ports and it reported back that there are none. I'm trying to get Azureus to connect properly but I keep getting the following NAT Error [QUOTE]NAT Error - Connection to 208.115.205.30:52154 (your computer) refused.[/QUOTE] I've tried several different …

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Hi guyz , i don't know if it's the right place to post this thread at .anyway , I've router "Repotec", and i'm trying to forward a port . i tried this : Disable the firewall . NAT -> Virtual Servers -> Adding the Port and save it . it …

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I have a d-link wireless router with two wireless computers :A and B. From A, I can surf the Web, but cannot from B From A, I can ping B and from B, I can ping A From B, I cannot ping any website. Dear members, I would apreciate any …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Auto Login[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Go to Start/Run, and type 'control userpasswords2'.[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]From Users Tab, Uncheck "Users must enter ...."[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]A dialog will allow setting a user and password to be used automatically.[/size][/font] [/list]

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I recently setup a wireless network using Linksys WRT54G router, two notebooks and a desktop. The desktop and one notebook are running fine. Great connectivity, internet acess, etc. My Dell Latitude D800, however can connect to the network, but cannot gain internet or other network login access. I have followed …

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My friends' pc is stuck in the cycle of booting to the: -run in safe mode -run in safe mode with command prompt -last know good configuration -start normally menu. After choosing any option it restarts. the power unit was replaced recently, and it used to have 2 BIOS's but …

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I've scoured all the articles dealing with svchost.exe and couldn't find one that quite addressed my problem. In task manager I have 6 instances of svchost.exe running. 3 instances are SYSTEM, 1 is LOCAL SERVICE, and 2 are NETWORK SERVICE. All but one of the Network Service instances run at …

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I left the window open, and it was raining that night. To make the long story short, my son't T30 was standing in water in the morning. He woke up first, and after wiping it, turned it on (unfortunatelly). It came on, but after half an hour or so, it …

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hey there. What does one call the network segment where you hold your sensitive databases and servers? Some ppl call it a DMZ cause its protected by a firewall, but I believe this is wrong cause a DMZ is where you put your webservers, mail servers etc. So what does …

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ok since last week my other computer can't open webpages...it keeps on saying canot display...and it says sometyhing about my server and a dsn...but i tried refreshing reconnecting to the net...i checked my connection and its all fine..what ust i do...need your help...thanks! (I'm running woindows XP)

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Choose the best Browser and vote! Here are your choices 1.Firefox 2.Camino 3.K-Meleon 4.Netscape 5.Opera 6.INTERNET EXPLORER 7.0 w00t! ie pwns 734 n00bs! 7.Safari 8.Mozilla Suite There are your choices...get voting!

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To start with I need explain that I'm not the brightest when it comes to anything too technical as far as PC's go! OK... my PC will boot up normally and everything seems fine. Then after a while (not more than 10 minutes) the machine hangs briefly and then ungraciously …

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Hello everyone. So I've been reading the threads in this forum for a while now and haven't really found what I'm looking for. Basically I need to install a Linux-based system (onto my Windows PC) for work purposes. According to someone who's used the software etc, that I'm going to …

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Hello There was no topic to put this but i have got windows media center 2005 and i cant upgrade to windows media player 11 is there any way to get round this it says incompatible version Thank You Bondi007

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I have a PC that has a mind of it's own. My daughter has hit about every website that can bring me a headache and now the PC has a mind of its own. I have used Symantec AV10, spybot, etc. Nothing seems to rid the PC of the garbage. …

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Ok, I started having IE opening windows randomly, I can barely browse at all with them popping up all the time... I understand HijackThis Log will help some smarter people than me to figure out my problem... So here is the log! Thanks for any help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 …

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I am trying to setup email templates in Outlook 2003. The template is a basic email that will be sent to different users, but the body of the email rarely changes. I have saved a new email with the body setup the way I want it to look each time. …

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Hi I changed the MB in my Dell E510 and had problems with it. One of the problems was the CPU fan would run at very high speed when running under pressure. If i ran a AV scan or a HD Diag. scan the fan would scream. I put the …

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Last night my computer froze as I was using Firefox. Unable to shut it down normally, I powered it down. Today, I turned it on, expecting it to either come up normally or scan the disk, what it normally does. Instead, it hangs at "Initializing USB Controllers..." at POST for …

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hi i posted this at jan 7th 2006 .... i still got the problem and yet no answer....can anybody help me please? "hi , as it seems i am full on problems ... i dont exactly know how i managed to do this but whenever i click on a file …

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Hello All, I ran Mcafee and its says I have the New Win32 virus (sigh) and it cannot be fixed. PLEASE help me

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Here goes: I recently moved in, and my housemates are using ADSL home router. When the cables were plugged into their laptops, it works fine, but when I plugged the cable into my Desktop PC, packets received were 0, even though I already configured it as 'Assigned by DHCP'. When …

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hi Is there any way to make all incoming/outgoing traffic go through my isp proxy - hence protect my pc's ip address. .. thinking really of ways using router configuration OR some dns utility! I am using a speedTouch 510 router on windows xp and apache server. When i surf …

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