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| | Hi, I came home from work 2 days ago to find my daughters PC wouldnt turn on. Tried checking the simple things, power cables, extension cables no joy. Decided to take the case of and noticed the little green light on the motherboard that is usually on was not on. … |
| | I have two hard drives, a C: drive and a D: drive. The C drive is a Maxtor 2F040J0 (I think) and the D drive is a Maxtor 6E040L0, however, they may be the other way around. I recently bought a new motherboard and processor and installed them and connected … |
| | I'm currently trying to fix a Compaq Presario 5140EA (athlon 1.3 ghz) because the OS was being weird. So i formatted the HDD, installed XP, than it has to restart the computer ( you know the routine) but from that point it gave errors. After a while i found out … |
| | having same problem please help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:36:16 PM, on 7/22/2007 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\Explorer.EXE C:\Documents and Settings\Kevin Williams\My Documents\sim\HijackThis.exe R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = [url]http://softwarereferral.com/jump.php?wmid=6010&mid=MjI6Ojg5&lid=2[/url] R1 …  |
 | Hey I was wondering if there was anyway, when installing software from the packet manager, how can I choose the installation path directory? Thanks |
| | Just installed a 2nd hard drive in a Compaq Presario running Windows XP Home Multi Media. It's an 80GB but now formatted it shows only 31.4 GB with no more space available. Any ideas on how to get the full capacity back?  |
| | I plug the power cord into the computer, and the power buttons light up, i press it, and nothing... not the slightest sound. On the inside, there is one LED light that lights up, and other than that there is no sign of life. The computer doesnt do anything. No … |
| | I was looking around for an mIRC client for linux suse professional, and I couldnt see anything, then on mirc's homepage they had a windows emulator which allows you to run windows programs ([url]http://www.winehq.com[/url]) I downloaded the program but the .rpm wouldn't install with yast for some reason even though … |
| | I just built a new system with these components: Athenatech A449SL.400 Silver / Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 … |
| | After a small thunderstorm my PC wont power up, there are no lights either on the power button or on the back. I have tried to reset the power supply, tried a different power cord, different power source. the PC is in another state, so I cant physically see it. … |
 | When i turn on my PC it works fine, but then it stops on the windows 98 screen and says cannot find SYSTEM.INI what should i do?????????? PS does anyone know where i can get windows 98 CD for free  |
| | nothing is displaying on my monitor when i start up i have a raidion 9800 graphics card if that helps please help |
| | I recently put together the machine below, but im experiencing random shut downs where the power drops completely on it. The specs of the machine MSI K9N SLI-2F AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GHz Socket AM2 Corsair TWIN2X 5400 DDR2, 2048MB BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC2 320MB Cooler Master Real Power … |
| | Hi, I have recently got given an old computer that someone didnt want. it is running on windows 98 SE. It booted up fine the first time, but the second time, it booted up untill the windows loading screen, did that 4 a few secs, and then i got this … |
| | Hey all. Got a little problem: When my managers sends out emails (from office 2003/7) about meetings and who can attend, I receives codes instead of a legible email. I believe that there is an incompatibility between office 2000 (which i use) and office 2003/2007 wrt such emails. :sad: Is … |
| | I have my old work laptop that they let me keep and it still boots to logging in to the work network. That's works fine when I enter the old password and can access everything on the laptop. What I'd like to do is remove the work network and just … |
| | hi , i recently had the missfortune of receving a virus , which ment i had to clear my laptop, the only problem is that a few of the drivers that i need to restore are not included on my windows xp operating disk(ie my modem driver and multimedia driver) … |
| | I acquired a Sony Vaio VGN-S150 laptop, and basically it was dropped onto a carpeted floor. Only problem now, is that it is very inconsistant when it comes to starting-up. For the most part, the power comes on, the hard drive and cooling fan start-up, but there's no sound or … |
 | I am trying to execute a basic hello world cgi script. However I keep getting 500 error. I tried changing the scriptsock setting in my httpd.conf file as well as file permissions and every other suggestion I could find on various postings.... I have reinstalled the OS and started from …  |
| | need help please here is hijackthis Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:13:52 PM, on 7/22/2007 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common … |
 | if you set up 2 virtual machines 1 windows server 2003 and 1 windows xp pro can i run them both at the same time and set up a domain on server 2003 and connect to the domain on xp on vmware |
| | Hi this is the first time im posting on this website i dont even know if this is the right place to post, but anyway Lately a wire for my D: drive came lose so i put it back in. I tried to burn a disc and it didn't work. … |
 | Im looking for a TV tuner card which is completly compatable with Windows Vista's media centre As many of the below as possible on one card: - Dual tuner - Free view - Digital - Remote - Time shift capable - PAL version (UK) The spec of my PC is … |
| | I have been having a problem every so often with the adobe auto updater. I think it starts when an adobe program is opened. All of a sudden my computer will slow down to a crawl and when I go into the task manager all my cpu resources are used …  |
| | I installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on an old sysem. Just for kicks and giggles, i decided to install with the "minimum graphics system". I like it to a poing, except for the fact that I CAN'T TERMINATE IT! I don't know how! I want to close the session so i can … |
| | Hello All. First off, glad to find this forum, it's very comprehensive. I have a ASUS A7V8X LA Kelut GL6E VIA KM400A VIA VT8237 motherboard, it's amost four years old now. About two years ago the NIC card stopped working, so I bought a new ethernet card and that took … |
| | Hi all i've just bought an old Wingman Force joystick (the big grey one) from eBay and i'm having big problems getting it to work on XP. whenever i plug it into my USB the PC blue screens and restarts. the joystick works fine in windows safe mode. from this … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Toshiba Laptop Tecra 8100, made in USA [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Pressing the system power-switch (mains power supply and battery indicator lights being already on), results in the following:-[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] (a) Screen-indicator light turns on.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] (b) Hard disc indicator-light comes on for about 2 seconds and then goes off.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] … |
| | I am rebuilding my pc and have bought everything new except the RAM. I don't get anything from the onboard video. The mother board and CPU are new as is the power supply. I remove the ram and I get no indication that the pc cares. No beeps or nothing. … |
 | people every time i try to open my computer in safe mode it gets jammed or it works but all black i can't see anything and it says something about the safe mode settings :S and when i try to activate the adminstrator through the normal mode the account users … |
| | I have an hp computer that has "Media Center" xp on it. I collected [U]MY[/U] actual CD key from my computers registry using a program called "Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder." Now my question is, can I use this key on another computer I'm thinking of building? The HP computer will … |
| | I'm having computer problems - more specifically - browser problems. I have no problems loading my Outlook or any of my chat modules (Aim, Yahoo, etc), but my problem is this - it is taking forever to connect to a website. ONCE I connect, I can navigate no problem, and …  |
| | Hi, I most likely have a spyware or something like that which keeps opening IE... it's being blocked by my firewall, but the clicking sounds gets really annoying, as well as being prompted a window each time it's blocked.... What do u need so that I can get your help … |
| | I've tried to troubleshoot my way through this, but find myself too frustrated with my own machine to think straight. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The problem started with my monitor (seemingly at random) going into power saving mode. I wouldn't be able to bring it back out of … |
| | A week ago I build a new comp. Worked fine, decided to go legal and purchased several licenses of Vista. All installs have been flaky, mainly with power. So I got tired of Vista and went back to XP. The machine in question was fine, XP installed fine. Everything looked … |
| | people my pc finally started getting slower cause of u jbennet i uninstalled windownsliveonecare and installed avast but it seems that it doesn't protect my pc from spywares :'( i have a svchost plenty of them takin the whole pc memory i need help faast pronto wut sort o programs … |
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 | Hello Iv been a comptuer tech for a few years now and im posting this thread to see if any one has any ideas. Yesterday it was lighting very bad and my brothers house got struck by lighting, and his computer went out. He told me what happened and i … |
| | Hello everyone, this is my first time posting and I wish it was for a better thread. I have an Asus laptop, M6000, with windows XP. Last time it worked I turned it off by hibernating, as I often do. Since then, when I turn it on it starts for … |
| | I cannot get Windows Explorer, My computer, Control Panel, etc. to open. I have run every virus scan I know of, as well as updated versions of Ad-ware and Spybot. I have also tried restore system to an earlier date. Now what do I do? My tech support for my … |
 | Hi, I'm having big problems with my comp... recently (over the past 2 or 3 days) it has been slowing down considerably, taking twice the time to load some programs. The cpu doesn't seem to run noticably higher than normal either. Forgive my noobishness... it's had a rapid slowdown and … |
| | Last month i lost everything from my IDE hard disk, that was 80Gb with 4 partition in it. in first partition (C:) was the OS windows XP. operating system wasn't working. then i tried to see my files in dos mode but it was showing no partition in my hard … |
| | Ok, whilst opensuse looked real purdy it just wasn't lean enough for me. So I decided to switch to xbuntu for maximum speed and usability. At the moment it's just great I intend to start gui development with mono and stetic. So this is going to be a thread mainly … |
| | My computer is turning itself off at different times, the Manufacturer said there is a DLL virus in circulation that causes this ?. My AVG and Stinger has not found a virus, is anyone aware of this please and what is the fix, Thanks, Roy |
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| | Hey guuys MY gateway pc crashed after i was running aim, now when i tried to reboot it, it wont go pass the windows loading screen. Ive also gotten an error msg where it doesnt detect the hard drive but thats gone now. Ive tried hitting F8 and going into … |
| | Hello everyone, [INDENT]I've just joined today and have come up through the electronics industry, moving over to the IT industry where I have had experience building and repairing PCs and more recently repairing G3 and G4 Power Macs. I have just aquired a faulty G5 Dual 1.8GHz PowerMac. This machine … |
| | Hi there My powermac tower G5 was working fine until yesterday and today the screens wont receive signal from tower. I just bought two Samsung monitors and installed it to the computer it work fine for a couple of days and now it does not receive the signal from the … |
 | Hi all, ive got a problem with my USB Harddisk. When i connect it to my desktop the hardware detector says that a new external device USB is found. But i can't find my USB drives? Its a 80GB Segate USB harddisk. You guys have any idea what the problem … |
 | I just got a Dell XPS 410 desktop computer with Windows Vista. It has an Intel Core II Duo Processor, 250 GB of memory, and 2GB of RAM. Everything has been working just fine so far, but when I run certain programs, they run slowly or they don't run as … |
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