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| | Blingo has hijacked my windows 2000 Dell Dimesnsion 4500S. I have followed lots of advice and still IE opens to it everytime. Here is the latest log. Please help. --------------------------------------------------------- AVG Anti-Spyware - Scan Report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created at: 1:19:34 PM 6/14/2002 + Scan result: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AdultBar.AdultBar -> Adware.Adultlinks : Cleaned … |
| | Heh ladies and gents wondered if someone might know the answer to this one; currently work has required us to change the address details on our autosignatures, (not a problem) anyway so changed the address for mine and other less pc loving colleagues when one college asked if he could … |
| | I recently ordered a computer with an AMD Athlon 64 3300+ processor. This CPU runs at the same clock speed as a 3400+, but it's L2 cache is 256KB, as opposed to 512KB of the 3400+. My question is whether it was a mistake to order this processor, when I … |
| | I've been updating my tags in my pictures folder which makes searching for pictures very easy. However there are certain private pictures that I have set the file attributes as hidden, but when you type any of the tag names in the Vista search box it pulls up those hidden …  |
| | sir the folder option is missing in tooles menu &control pannel . so i m not see my hidden files & folder pls help me |
 | my Add and remove programs will just sit there and says "please wait while the list is being populated." I have let it run for a long time and still nothing. any clues???? |
| | Hi, I have followed all the steps in RUN this before posting thread and cleaning and detection thread posted before in the forums The Problems I have faced are IE and firefox windows and tabs open with links to sites like bonus.com, legaldeeds.com etc sometimes youtube files open on its … |
| | Maybe someone has an idea on this one: I own several Toshiba 2805 laptops - ranging from the S201 model (Celeron 650) to the faster S302 (PIII 750) models. They're working perfectly and I'm happy with them, and I wanted to install larger hard drives in them and give them … |
| | I can't download IE6, a message comes up saying I need to reboot because of a previous installation.  |
| | I'm running 2m pro, 130 megs of ram on a Compaq Dell Dimensions V400. There is an old install of McAfee that I want to get rid of and can't do it. When I go through the Install and uninstall applet not only does it not uninstall, but it freezes … |
| | [quote]It’s official: We are now in the under-promise and over-deliver era at Microsoft. Just when Microsoft had customers, partners and competitors all believing that it was going to delay the first service pack for Vista — not releasing a first beta of it until just before year-end — the company … |
| | I'm a newbie so bare with me. I have been getting crazy amounts of popups. I've done all kinds of spyware and virus scans, even removing a lot that were found, but still the popups won't go away. Most of the popups are antivirus/spyware related. The most frequent ones are …  |
| | primery master s.m.a.r.t command error at startup (f4 to resume) what would I do. Last operating system was xp pro.  |
| | Hi, Please how can i empty the /var in my linux email server? |
| | Using Indian Laptop in UK...adapter getting extremely heated...??? Hi I am using 3212NWXMi Acer Laptop which i had purchased in India. The indian plugs are round shaped. But the sockets in UK require square pins. So i purchased one adapter through which i can plug indian round pins into sockets … |
| | Alright... I'm wondering if anyone has seen this type of thing before. I've got a Dell L800R that has been completely wiped clean for os re-install. When I power up, I hold down the <del> key to enter setup... the dell logo shifts to the top of the screen, the … |
| | Hello, about a week ago I posted a thread asking if my computer was compatibly with blank dvds, and unfortunately it wasn't. However, the nice gentlemen that helped me gave me alternative ideas. I decided to use my friends computer to burn dvd's... and it works fine. However, it takes … |
 | Hi all, first of all copy a icon file to the root of the drive. example: c:\icon.ico then create a file called: autorun.inf in c:\autorun.inf then open that file and type the following: [autorun] icon=icon.ico save and close the file. now open my computer and refresh.. and woh! icon changed.... … |
| | Windows XP SP 2 I have an Acer AL1912 with a Nvdia GFORCEMX440 graphic card (I think I spelled that right) I know the PC came with a built in video [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread77487.html#"]display[/URL] on the motherboard but its been bypassed in favor of this one. Unfortunately most times when I boot … |
| | I'm having a strange problem with my laptop. some USB-based devices (Ipod, Memory Stick) work fine, wheras others (External Hard Drive, Mobile Phone transfer cable) aren't recognised. Nothing happens when I plug them in, and having been to the Disk Management screen, they don't appear there either. Can anyone help?  |
 | Today I was trying to install a new codec. when i clicked on it. The computer restarted immediately. I know this is not good. After the boot up a message appears. "Your system has recovered from a serious error." I Tried to install the codec again with the same results. … |
| | Hi, Today I turned on my computer and I couldn't connect to the internet. My computer was fine yesterday, I didn't install any new software either. I checked for virus, spyware, and adware with AVG, Spybot, and Ad-Ware, nothing was found. I have two computers connected to a linksys router, … |
| | This problem started about a month ago. When I boot off a disk manager floppy or win2000 cd it/computer shuts off right after it starts to load the drivers. I have tried different settings in the bios, (i.e. default, etc.). I have to hit power button to turn back on. … |
| | There are a lot of things here that I do not recognize. Also, when I click on them thinking I'm going to remove them, there is no change/remove button. What do I do? |
| | hi this is thina, i am having two pc's i am having broad band internet connection for one system, i have connected that two systems via cross cabling to share internet, but boyh system coul'd connect with internet. the broad band service people said, due to confilct in gateway this … |
 | how do i install beryl without being on the internet with sypantec whatever its called? |
| | well ihave a powerbook g4 with 55.89gb memory and my computer says i have used 55.89gb i have deleted all files and some of my apps and my memory is the same i ven bought another hard drive and i still can't open illustrator or photoshop it opens and closes … |
| | so recently my computer has somehow been stacking up its virus' and spyware and all kinds of problems. i've cleaned up what i can and what not and let mcafee do what it can. there are several virus' that mcafee will not take care of. vundo.dll being one of them. … |
| | Im new at this, so I apologize if i do something wrong. A few days ago, i notcied my desktop wallpaper was a solid color and not the usual picture it should have. Going to the display settings from the control panel doesn't work, as it looks like the option … |
| | Have new GE wireless keyboard and mouse. Keyboard routinely skips lters or adds too many leters, even spaces or returns are often ignored or multplied. Have gone to properties and tried several adjustments in key delay, or speeeed to no avail. Any answers anyone? |
| | hello there, i just want to ask what is the difference of having your IDE CD/DVD drive in /dev/sd0 rather than in /dev/hda? my friend and i have the same kernel version and distro (Ubuntu). the only difference is, my hard drive is detected in the file system of /dev/hda … |
| | For several months now I've been having an audio problem. The problem PC is an older Jetway V266b running XP SP2. The O/S keeps identifying the embedded audio as a C-media product, which it isn't, its VIA/Avance using the VIA 8233A chip in VIA's K266A chipset. I know thw audio … |
| | Hello, I'm running on Windows XP SP2 and have been getting BSODs quite frequently lately. The problem seems to occur randomly, sometimes even right after i get into windows, but I've noticed that it seems to occur the most when I'm running more than one type of program at once. …  |
 | Any on can guide me to built range booster for 2.4 ghz AP . Omni anntena is also connected with AP but signals i can recieve around 700 to 800 meters. i want it for 3-4 KM Thanks  |
| | In Vista, SystemRestore is set to delete restore points after roughly 136years ... yeah, let that sink... Normally Windows uses up to 15 percent of a drive’s available space to save restore points. In XP, the option to change this figure was configurable from the System Restore tab of the … |
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 | I just got a Seagate 250GB FreeAgent Desktop USB External HD. The problem is that I don't know what to do with it now. Someone told me that I need to format and make partitions on it before I can use and start moving files out of my overload C …  |
| | Hi there is this computer that its user quited her job and had put the power-on password and bios setup password and no one knows this passwords.I want to work on this computer so much but I cant go past power on password as well as in the bios.I have … |
| | On my keyboard the f5 and 6 keys are tapped constantly at ridiculous speed. The buttons are not physically stuck. The problem is that this is a laptop, so this makes my computer pretty much unusable (any text box fills up immediately with sixes and windows constantly refresh). I've found … |
| | when i plug my power line to the modem power plug on the motherboard i shorts out the power and turns off the power. what could cause this problem. |
| | Recently my Floppy, CD-RW and DVD drive disappeared from under the MY COMPUTER folder. I checked under device manager and it doesnt appear there either. everything is plugged in correctly and wont show up. if i put a disk or floppy in its respected drive, nothing happens. PLease help!! |
| | My laptop has Windows XP with all SP's & Pathes. 1GB RAM. Since about a month ago i started to have my keyboard respond very slow and the mouse jumps around. Sometimes it acts like the mouse clicked on something when i was not even touching it. Then sometimes on … |
| | Recently I had my computers registry become massively, well we will just say bad. I went to use the DELL Symantec restore ( The control+ f11 deal ) and it says I have unsupported changes to my master bootrecord. Thats fine and I will have to find a different fix … |
| | Well over the past few months I burn the periodic cd and listen to them in my car and everywhere throughout my house. I have burned CDs many times with multiple machines, but this is a first time I have encountered this problem. I usually use Windows Media Player to … |
| | Hello, New member! I hava a Sony VAIO - PCG-7D2L Intel Pentium M 740 Processor 1.73GHz 504MB RAM XP Home Edition CPUID #'s No motherboard listed Chipset: Intel i915GMS/i910GML Rev. 03 Southbridge: Intel 82801FBM(ICH6-M) BIOS: Phoenix Tech LTD. Ver: R0080J1 Well this belongs to my niece and she dropped it! … |
| | I would like to schedule certain pcs to shutdown at set times of the day. I have created a batch file with the text "shutdown -s -f" however as im running it through a limited user account it fails saying i dont have the appropriate permissions. Is there a string … |
| | OK, I just want to know if certain upgrades will be compatible on my PC. So far, I have had some yay's and nay's so I just want to be sure. Right now, I have a eMachines T3506. My system specs are below. I already have a 2gb of RAM … |
| | Hello, I am new to the site, and am not terribly computer savey - so any help would be greatly appreciated. Have recently switched from very slow dial up to TWC roadrunner cable internet. Worked fine on my XP notebook. Problem started when I tried to connect my Windows 98SE … |
| | This is what happen When i turn on the laptop instead of getting black screen with DELL LOGO and WINDOW XP on it i got GREEN screen. and it's also happen on my desktop window I did everything in my power to resolve the problem but not of it fix … |
| | hello ! this is first time i post as member and pc user, of course......... i keep getting "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services ERROR" from time to time, which i believe will interupt the connection with internet. i dont know either virus, spyware or system error, but i see … |
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