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Hi All, i have recently just completed putting together a pc for myself and it keeps crashing. Basically i can be on the comp for 30 mins or 4 hours and it just either freezes or goes to a black screen and i have to do a reboot. There is …

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A friend has asked me to look at his toshiba satalite pro laptop. All I can tell you about it is that it has xp installed and a celeron processor. When i switch it on it shows a Toshiba bootup pic then has a black screen with the following... Windows …

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Hi, I have a sony vaio VGN FE670G and my computer has the "ESC" key activated almost all the time. I even installed a keyboard mapper to make sure it was the ESC key that was "stuck". Physically the keyboard is fine, but out of nowhere is like the ESC …

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I'm really hoping for some advice for the not very internet skilled: I have a lycos page but when I try to access it from my computer I get the following: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while …

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Hey all and nice site you have going. Thanks for all the help I have found in the forums and through searches. I am somewhat compuet illiterate, but have ran Hijack This after finding it on this site and was wondering if anyone would be so kind as to help …

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Hello, My computer recently stopped sending a signal to the monitor. It's an older computer (maybe 5 years), it turns on fine...but the monitor remains blank. I typically have to hold the power button for about 10 seconds to turn the tower off. I've tested the monitor...and when I unplug …

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Hi All, I have a new (3 weeks) NetGear WGR614 v4 G wireless network running on two Windows 98 machines. I can access the net with no problems from both machines, but the machine with the card in it can not access my printer. And now I can not access …

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I just got a new laptop, which I bought because the price was great and it had descrete VRAM -256, which is almost impossible to get unless you want to spend $2000 or more for a laptop. I thought to then downgrade to xp, but quickly found out about the …

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Today I added an 80GB internal hard drive to my existing 40GB on my G4 running 10.3.9 It went in, I partitioned it, it showed up on desktop, life was wonderful. But when I tried to load 10.3.9 on to it via CD drive, I got prohibitory icon. When I …

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Hi folks. New to the forum. To start an old cleche I have a connection problem. I have Windows XP Pro with BT Home Hub. All was working fine until a few days ago, when my connection went down. I tried restarting the DNS client and that seem to work. …

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Help HELP! I can't access any folders like my documents and C: drive and Control Panel or anything like that! i can access games and stuff but i can't get into any folders!!! i don't want to reinstall windows i have to many precious files and heck, i don't even …

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Hi, Hope someone can help. I have a NC6000. It keeps freezing while in the middle of working, not on any one programme, could be anything, and after 3 mins, or half hour. To rule out O/S errors, i reinstalled XP on it, it all went in fine, was running …

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My Blackberry desktop software is corrupted I need to remove it and reinstall it. When I go to the add and remove screen and attempt to remove I get an error message 'action is only valid for products that are currently installed' When I attempt to reinstall I get a …

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so a few weeks ago my pc crashes and wont boot up at all. a friend who i thot knew more than i did comes over and reinstalls windows,which loses all my files(?) anyway pc still wouldnt work right so he takes it to some friend of his and all …

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whenever I try to open my McAfee taskmanager, I get a black intro screen of McAfee and then it disappears, but the task manager wont open and now my computer is very slow too! please help I'm at lost here! please:(

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can any one help ive tried every virus scanner going on the net you name it ive tried it and it just not zapping the thing whats happening is ive got a flashing eggtimer cursor my computer runs very slow on stat up i get application failed rundll.exe also hundres …

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when i insert a empty dvd disc into my drive it doesnt come up with any options and it dont even work.. i have tried a few discs and there all the same..tried them on another computer and they work fine its a 3 in 1 drive..cd,dvd etc lol

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Hi I recently added Options +Multiviews to my .htaccess file so that URLs on my site would be mydomain.com/features/cars rather than mydomain/features/cars.php It's working fine, but I now wish to redirect bookmarked users and robots that request the old URLs. I've tried Redirect /features/cars.php [URL]http://mydomain.com/features/cars[/URL] but this gives file not …

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Need help trying to remove the search assistant. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, unable to update windows with the latest updates or install quicktime. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:01:42 AM, on 8/14/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running …

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i have a samsung ide hd, this morning when i booted up it wouldnt detect the hd in the boot order, hard rive wasnt listed my hard drive is the only thing on the wire... its not connected to the cdrom or anything, just the motherboard and yesterday it stopped …

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For the record: i use Firfox 2.0.0.6. Win XP I have the latest Flash software, and java. I visit some forums on occasion and before i was able to see the animated smilies in motion.....but now they are frozen!! My question is what is causing this ...because it might be …

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Hi, I am a newbie and for the last 3 days, every 5 minutes I get a bogus windows security alert to download Warning Potential Spyware Operation...your computer is making unauthorized copies....and to download a spyware.. please help ......... here is my log file. thx Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …

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Hey Y'all... Tumbleweedracefan here. Thank you for the warm welcome into your community !!!! :) I'm like a country boy geek, who likes target shooting, camping, hiking being out in the woods and computers. I enjoy computer debugging and repair, and have met my match in computer repair. I just …

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Ok I changed my Windows XP bootscreen and I accidently overwrote the original one. I have System restore disabled. How do I fix this?????!!!!!!????!!!!???!!!??!!?!

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Hi I have a Data Cable for my Sanyo Katana phone (SY-6600) and I downloaded all the drivers. I wanted to download ringtones from my computer to the phone using the mp3 files that I have, how do I do this? Please I have been looking everywhere but I can't …

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Hello, I downloaded HDD Health to monitor the condition of my hard drive and just recently I noticed that the seek time performance is showing in [COLOR="red"]red[/COLOR]. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Shore I have 7 columns first column is ID which = 08 second column is …

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I'm a newbie/novice here who recently purchased a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Broadband router (though I'm currently using the non-wireless access via cable ports). My intention is to browse the web on my PC while viewing baseball on MLB.TV on my non-wireless laptop. I can do both individually with the cable …

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Hey all. Im getting desparate. every time i right click on desktop or go to control panel and open up display properties (in windows xp), the properties panel will be shown until i select a tab, button, etc, and then it will crash back to the desktop. 2 error messages …

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I got a new set of speakers (the z-5500 by the way:) ) and now they take up all the plugs in the soundcard. Is there anyway to still use my mic or should i go buy a new one...if so any recommendations. I want a fairly cheap one...I just …

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[color=blue][b]Removing the 'arrows' from Shortcuts[/b][/color] [b]1.[/b] Open 'regedit' [Start Menu -> Run -> regedit [b]2.[/b] Select HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT from the directory tree [b]3.[/b] Navigate to the [i]lnkfile[/i] 'branch'. Select it. [b]4.[/b] On the right, delete the [i]IsShortcut[/i] registry entry. [b]Note:[/b] You may have to restart or re-login for changes to take …

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I am running XP SP1. Whenever I click on the My Computer icon, on Desktop, Windows Explorer or wherever, I get the "searching flashlight" icon and it takes a full minute for the My Computer page to appear. Any ideas?

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Hi guyz, this if my first post so letz so hope i do well... anywayz My aunties computer has always had problems and always fixeable untill a recent problem. When windows xp starts loading it quickly shows a blue screen (which im guessing is an error msg) and the PC …

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I am having problems removing some spyware from machine. I have tried running AShampoo Anti-Spyware2, Spyware doctor along with also running AVG for good measure. The Spyware comes up in a Window named Targeted, which does seem to still be running through IE. Ive tried using Process Explorer which has …

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Can anyone knows what's the registry key or any vb script for the windows shell (explorer.exe) that causes shell to refresh automaticaly, no need to press f5 or right click and refresh. Is it possible auto-refresh ??

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Hi! am new here. please help.. my powersupply just got blown. the fuse blew up. Now, am having a doubt on wether to check the motherboard with new power supply becoz am afraid that the if the motherboard is already defective .. it might damaged the new power supply.. What …

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My husband and I were cleaning our computer today...my husband took off the CPU fan to clean out the dust and when he reconnected it to the motherboard I believe he may have cracked or injured the motherboard in some way. When I turn the computer on the fans run …

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[QUOTE=crunchie;341977]Hi and welcome to Daniweb forums :). == [b]Download [color=blue]HijackThis[/color] [b][color=red]self-extracting[/color][/b] zip version from [url=http://www.malwareremoval.com/downloads.html][u]here.[/u][/url][/b] Once downloaded, double click on the file & it will install into it's own, permanent folder. Run hijackthis and hit the [b]Open the Misc Tools Section[/b] and then the [b]Open Uninstall Manager.[/b] Then hit the …

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Heyo My laptop has a webcam and a mic built-in on top. The laptop is XPS M1210 The distro is Kubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic The problem I've had, ever since I bought the laptop and installed beloved Ubuntu, is that while the webcam is not supported, it overheats rapidly while the laptop …

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I must have been asleep at the wheel. I allowed, in setting up 2000 Pro, the "C" drive to become "D". Is there a way to fix that without re-formatting everything? Thanks, Giddyup

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My Exchange server is running Exchange 2000 on a Windows 2000 server which resides on a DMZ on our firewall. We are able to send and receive e-mail within the company, but when someone tries to send an e-mail outside of our domain, it is immediately rejected with the response …

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Hi I'm a little new to linux although I had installed mandriva some time ago and knew my way around it (sort of). It happens that I was forced to format my HDD so I tried out Ubuntu and was completely lost. I'm looking for a distribution that can help …

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I have used Canon Zoombrowser to download photos from a compact flash card to my PC. However, the folder to which I thought I had moved the files does not contain those files and I cannot find where the files have been moved to. A Search does not, of course …

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ok here is my dilemma I use Firefox 2.0.0.6. I recently upgraded. And i use Zone Alarm Security Suite i also recently upgraded . I use Win XP And for the life of me whenever i go to this site [url]http://dv.ouou.com/[/url] [B]The video i'm trying to see only lets me …

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I can not open the properties of my internet options. There is a little flash like it is going to open then nothing. Have tried from desktop, control panal and web browser. Do I have some kind of a virus/

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My computer, a Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2. It's manufactured and supplied by Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.06GHz, 512 MB of RAM. Basically, it does this and its annoying. Its a surprise that i managed to write this message without it freezing …

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I have a wireless network on a Netgear router and a wireless router. I want to connect my XDA mini S to the network via the WiFi but I need to enter a network key on the phone. However the problem is that I do not know how to check …

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ok i basically have 2 different types of freezing on my comp. first my computer freezes while im playing games like ,battleships forever, elder scrolls morrowind, and stick online. when it freezes on these games the only thing i can do is move my mouse around then after a while …

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elo guys, my pc doesn't turn on anymore, i don't know what is the cause... last week it was working properly. I try to turn on my pc there is no respond on the monitor, i has no error beeps also. there are only lights on the front panel of …

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