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Hello Everyone, It's been awhile since I've found my way to daniweb. I've missed the place. But now I have come back for a little bit of help myself. I'm helping out a local private school with there network. Unfortunately their budget doesn't fit the needs of a nice hardware …

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Hi all, I just joined the site today and hoping to get some quick answers if possible! I'm putting in a small network for my company and just want to run through the configuration to see if it's possible. Any advice, suggestions or tips are greatly appreciated. The office will …

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Hello, I have a few questions about some networking i wanna do. 1. I think i know the answer to this but just to be sure is there a such thing as Offline remote networking? IE, can i network people in various places, particularly to a common server without the …

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I have a small network with two pc's, a switch and a dsl-router-modem that provides an ethernet output. I take the e-net output from the dsl-router-modem and, going thru the switch, I supply the two pc's and that part works fine. An "ipconfig" call shows that the dsl-router-modem is the …

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Help, please I am very new, looking for help I have a dinousur modem dial-up connection on my comp (WindowsXP) Somehow got AxFreePorn dialer that keeps disconnecting me. AVG didn't help. Spybot Search & Destroy heals, but it is still disconnects me after 15 or 20 min. I have to …

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Hey all, I just built myself a new machine and I think there's an issue with my video card. I put it all together and when I turn it on I hear the sounds I expect to hear (no OS, so no start up sounds yet). But my monitor remains …

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I just got the "new win32" virus. It has affected alot of standard files, like Windows Media Player and movie maker. It has also affected the virus scan I have installed. It has also blocked me from getting into the task manager. Does anyone know how I can fix any …

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Lost 500 photos on iPhoto of MacOSX10.3.9. Can't import/export. Album names still there. I do have best in PhotoFolder, Laptop, CD, but not all. Questions: #1, are they there somewhere? ... if so, where? Can't search on Panther. # 2, if not, can I import iPhoto from laptop (Tiger 10.4.10) …

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My emachine has been getting slower and slower. I thought it had to be the hard drive, so I bought a 400 gig, 16 meg Seagate. Did not help. When I double click to autofill, it might take 8 seconds. Pages take forever to load, and the machine restarts itsself …

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hi guys i have a question..my 80gigs started to fail.... still good for me.. is like 6 years old ..well i run a scn in active@ file recovery 7.1 .. it detected some bad sectors fat's bad sectors asa well...my question is... -if make a partition where the drive is …

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im new to forums and asking for help. but heres my problem. after putting my computer successfully in standby, when it returns from standby, the pc starts up (hear the fans start running) but the monitor wont return from standby (orange light stays on) its happened after installing a new …

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I have a Western Digital 3200JS Caviar Hdd I have tried everything on this thing, the Western digital tools say that their is a smart error, Fdisk has a non dos partition that has -224mb alocated, and this is a 320gb hdd and FDISK reports it as only being 8024kb, …

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Hello, i recently formatted my HDD and then reinstalled [URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?action=showthread&threadid=297264&forumid=18#"]Xp[/URL]. Theres been no serious problems, except i cant seem to run a [URL="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/index.cfm?action=showthread&threadid=297264&forumid=18#"]internet[/URL] connection on it. I have a belkin 54g, and thats all plugged in via ethernet, and that allows the two other pcs in the house to connect …

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Since installing 10.4.6, my PowerMac G4 crashes frequently (every few minutes). Mostly while trying to use Excel in Classic mode. But Firefox also crashes while in X, just not as frequently. Tried to load TechToolsPro 3.05 into Applications for OS 9 folder. It installs, however when I try to run …

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hey everybody,!, i recently downloaded firefox as am a loyal firefox user, and after about 10 minutes of using it a message came up saying how firefox is not compatible with windows ultimate, and the laptop goes into vista basic mode which ofcourse is not as good! and it only …

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Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is a mighty paradox. On the one hand, it's more robust and feature-rich than any of its predecessors. For the most part, it's also more secure and is immune to many pretty sophisticated takedown attempts. But it's got one nasty Achilles' Heel, which'll enable you …

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Well folks, Im gonna slug it out. Im going to comtinue using Vista until they fix it or I will the lottery (come-on baby!!!). I have been using Vista for about 3 months now and have had my share of problems, even to the point of reformating ... twice ... …

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How much Ram use is normal for Vista? Basically even sitting at the desktop im seeing 50% of physicall memory usage. the system has 1gig in it right now, with no open slots.

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I'VE MANAGED TO RUN HI JACK, HOPEFULLY CORRECTLY.....HERE'S MY LOG. I'M TRYING TO STOP THE POP UPS FROM WINDOWS SECURITY AND SPYWARE DEFENDER PROGRAMS....... Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:57:46 PM, on 8/21/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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hey everyone i am new to the site and as the name suggest dont know much about computers so please if anyone have the time please help I was dealing with a torjan horse generic6 with AVG and have deleted a file called efffge.dll. originally when the my pc was …

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Hello, I would like to know which antivirus software to select from the following: Norton 360 Mcafee Trend MIcro NOD 32 MicroWorld eScan ISS I was using Norton for quite sometime now, but due to the stress it gives to the system I stopped using it. Currently I'm using MicroWorld's …

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I want to download Fedora (Red Hat) Linux, but there are a ton of files on the websites. Do I download some? one? all? Is there a way to download them all without clicking all of them? And then, after that, how do I install it?, I want to partition …

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Hello everyone. I'm a newbie here (obviously I guess) and I am attempting to rebuild (or build) my wireless network. A few months back, I purchased a Linksys router because I wanted to be able to play my PS2 online and have someone surf the net @ the same time. …

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hi my pc's specs Athlon 64 (V) 3400+ 2.2 GHz 1600 MT/s (mega transfers/second) Socket 939 Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Motherboard Manufacturer: MSI Motherboard Name: MS-7184 HP/Compaq motherboard name: AmethystM-GL6E Memory Component Attributes Memory Installed 256 MB (1 x 256) Maximum allowed 4 GB* (4 x 1 GB) Speed …

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I am running SBS 2003 on a Dell Power Edge sc440. I want to use the machine to promote music groups and needed a sound card. I installed XP on my second drive to accommodate the sound card. However, I can't get my network adapter to work from the XP …

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I just installed SBS 2003 on a Dell PowerEdge SC440. This is a home server. I need sound. I tried an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 but couldn't get the driver to install. I tried some work-arounds that were suggested to no avail. So, anyone know of a sound card that will …

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First off here are my system specs, Intel p4 3.4ghz HT Asus P5WD2 Premium Mobo ATI X800XL 512mb vid card 1gb ddr2 800 Mushkin Ram 430w Antec Power Supply Alright, so the basis off this problem is my monitor is no longer giving me any picture from my computer. This …

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Hi, I searched around for a while and all of the issues involving this statement are not my problem. Basically I have a working, though recently run, cat 5e cable outlet to my room. It works perfectly with the laptop I am typing on at the moment, so the wall …

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A friend gave me a Dell Inspiron 5000 that won't start. Press the start button and the fan starts, there is a short burst of hard drive activity, then about two seconds later, it just stops. The power on light is still green but otherwise no activity. I have to …

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I have a sony 2Gb flash disk which is causing me great torment. I had a black out one time with the flash disk still on the computer. When power was restored and i placed the flashdisk back to the computer ot was detected fine but when i tried to …

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Hi, I have two startup problems with my computer which happened recently after i did some cleaning out of my computer. I doubt they are related though, since they didn't happen at exactly the same time. Firstly, whenever I start Windows, I get a "Windows cannot find file \VCI_Task.exe" error. …

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Hi everyone, I need some help here, i've been reading other threads to solve the problem (internet explorer opens while starting windows, having no serch in it and poping from nowhere), but cant fix it. I'm pasting a log i made with hijack program. Hope someone can help me. Thanks …

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Gday all I have been trying to enable my usb key via Red Hat 9. I have tried a number of things. I have used the command "dmesg" after i plug it in and it does not list the usb drive there. I am looking for usb something ...and find …

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Hello! I just ran a McAfee virus scan on my dad's computer and discovered it has the new win32 virus. I read in a different thread to do a hijackthis scan and the log is as follows. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan …

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my adaware is detecting a trojan.downloader but it can't get rid of it. When I try finding the virus on norton nothing shows up. any info would be helpful.

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I was using my computer at the airport the other day and it suddenly powered off as though the plug had been pulled. I unplugged its AC plug, plugged it into a different outlet and the computer functioned fine. A couple days later, it did it again, I did the …

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A friend of mine has two intel motherboards of a Dell Precison 470 which is acting up. There was a malfunction which he doeasn't know what he did but when he tried to turn on the computer it wont turn on. We thought it was the memory since POST was …

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I am trying to install a distro of linux and when I try to boot from any CD, I receive the message invalid disks. I know that the disks are valid. I even tried to boot with Windows XP disk and I got the same message. Please, help, thank you

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Sorry forgot to include the HijackThis script in my previous post. Here is the repost. Hi All, This is a very annoying adware. I have an icon that sits on the system tray nex to the clock. This icon changes from a ?-icon to an X-icon every one second. It …

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[I]i have just started having trouble with my pc it will boot the motherboard settings so i can go into the bios etc. and as soon as it comes to the windows boot, it will display nothing when it should... [/I]

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I've been reading different threads trying to figure out how to work hi jack so that i may remove all the security alert pop ups and IE pop ups for spyware. It's invading my pc.......please give detailed dummy instruction on what to do :)

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:42:17 AM, on 8/21/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya7.0\docs\wrapper.exe C:\Program Files\Alias\Maya7.0\docs\jre\bin\java.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\cli.exe C:\Program …

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Recently upped my memory from 256 to 760 MB. Surfing from page to page still takes longer than the old dial-up days. For example, from the time I signed onto my home page until I got to this thread was nearly ten minutes. I've checked my task manager, and it …

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For a few weeks now I've been experiencing some very annoying pop-up ads, mostly titled "Powered by Zedo". Sometimes an annoying web page will open which looks like a news website as well. I've run antivirus programs and spyware blockers, to no avail. Below is a current HJT log. Any …

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I don't know what happened, but the laptop's screen suddenly went completely black. It is a Toshiba laptop (that's all I know about it). The strange thing about this state it is in is that the power button is glowing and wont turn off, no matter how many times or …

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Hi, I've taken a look all over this forum for a problem similar to mine, but I can't seem to find it. Here's the issue: My computer was working just fine until last night, when my girlfriend started it up and it did not boot up. All the fans came …

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Hey, I was wondering if someone could help me out here. Well for the past month I have been having trouble burning my Back-up dvd movies. What happens most of the time is, the movie will burn all the way through on "Nero" and when it gets done, I put …

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Hey everyone. My PC's had a new qwirk as of late. It seems now whenever I try to play a game, watch movies, or stay on the computer too long, it automatically shuts off and tries to restart, but before it can log on it restarts itself and continues this …

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Well, I did the "Please read before post" procedure, but AVG wouldn't le tme save the report, I had all those adwares, Purity, Zeno, Softomate, well theyre in quarantine now, and here's my HJT file. Thanks in advance! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:29:57 AM, on 8/21/2007 Platform: …

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Im running windows vista ulitmate and for some reason when i open internet explorer the internet explorer security box pops up and says [B]A WEBSITE WANTS TO OPEN WEB CONTENT USING THIS PROGRAM ON YOUR COMPUTER[/B] The name is windows host process (rundll32) the publisher is microsoft windows. Then it …

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