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Hey, I'm looking for some help on setting up a win2k3 server. I'll be living in a frat. house next year and me and friend wanna hook up wireless and a server for files to share over the internal network in the house. I have an old windows box with …

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I've recently installed Ubuntu on a old computer. It has one 20g hdd that is split in 2 partitions. One partition has Windows 2000 on it and on the other has Ubuntu (7.04) on it. When I start the computer it says that it can't find the OS and that …

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It has been a while since I have been really into the hardware (or even software aspect) of computer technology, and unfortunately I am having what seem to be some hardware related issues. As of about a week ago, my computer has been running extremely slow at times, especially in …

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Hi, I have windows XP installed on my office computer. I have created a seperate logon account coz I do not want my colleagues to use my login info to access the computer. So my question is how do I assign roles to this new user? I want to disable …

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Internet Explorer 6 - opens automatically. but why? I'm running Windows XP Home Edition on my laptop. When I boot up, Internet Explorer opens once with my home page. I've checked out the start up file, but it isn't requested to open at start up. When the computer is left …

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Hey i just transfered a new motherboard into my`computer and since then i have been having numerous problems\ 1.i cant boot with my windows xp disc 2.the windows xp thats currently installed that was installed when i had the old mobo is playing up reall bad unusable. 3. i can …

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Using Windows XP, video adaptor type VIA/S3G KM400, directX 9.0, Athlon AMD computer, memory 224MB. Tearing my hair out on this one. Internet is [B]fast[/B], opening office files is [B]fast[/B], playing music is [B]ok[/B], but................... When playing video, every 3 seconds, it freezes then skips (catches up) yet the sound …

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I have been trying to install a WD500AKSS 500 gb drive to no success. My system is XP Pro on a SuperMicro X6DAL-XTG mobo. Can't get info from any manfacturers. My mobo manual states the following: ...for drive capacities over 137 gb your system must be equipped with 48-bit LBA …

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Back in September 2005, I bought myself: Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard 2x BFG GeForce 7800 gtx OC 3x 512mb Corsair 3200 DDRAM AMD Athlon64 4200 x2 WD Raptor 74GB 10,000rpm SATA HD Rosewill RP550 ATX 550W Power Supply I put it all together and it worked fine. It worked for …

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When I boot up my computer with my 200GB Maxtor external hard disk connected and powered on, the POST/BIOS freezes while booting. Depending on when I turn the drive on, it will freeze in different parts of the boot process, but regardless, it still freezes. The one thing that really …

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I see that the favorite browser of the Apple Mac fanboy, Safari, has arrived for Windows users according to [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1495.html"]this DaniWeb blog entry. [/URL] I have just downloaded it and will be giving it a whirl myself, and will be interested to see how the claims of being the fastest …

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Hey guys, I had my ipod plugged in last night for the first time in about 2 weeks, and when i got up my computer had crashed. I tried to turn it on but nothing happened. After a while it turned on and the processor, hard drives, fans and ram …

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Reinstalled OS 9.2 & 10.2.8 onto a SCSI 40G drive in separate partitions. Giving the first partition 7.5G to OS 10.2. After installing OS 10.2 everything works fine until I restart to 9.2 drive partition or the other IDE 40G drive. Once I restart from either of my 9.2 drives …

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when i start my windows internet explorer i get an error message - internet explorer has encountered a problem and needed to close and another message - the instruction at "0x02d3cb91" referenced memory at "0x00401000". the memory could not be "written" click ok to terminate the program. i used hijack …

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I am new to this site but can see that this is the place to get help. Very briefly, recently I have been unable to access my HotMail, Windows Update sites, etc. This seemed to coincide with having run some Spyware removal software. I also had the problem where I …

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A computer I recently upgraded with a new motherboard and processor and memory and power supply(basically replaced everything) turns on for a few seconds and then turns off again when I hit the power switch, nothing even gets displayed on the monitor yet either. What could possibly cause this?

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This lady that I go to church with brought her computer to me and asked if I can take a look at it since it has been running really slow. I figured a few spyware scans and a few virus scans and I would give it back to her. Well...this …

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Hi, The problem occured roughly 3 days ago, where the Wireless Network Connection speed will go from 11mbps straight down to 1kps then back up to 11 again and back down... constantly, 1 second apart. I'm with BT broadband and so am using the Bthomehub router, and have been for …

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I am hoping someone can help with my network. I have 3 computors using a 54g Linksys wireless router. 2 are desktops hardwired and 1 is a wireless laptop. The network was working fine until recently, all computer could use the network and see and exchange files and printer. The …

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At the moment i have to trail a long phone cable along my landing to get from where the phone line comes in to my computer. i currently use an external modem made from BT (The BT Voyager 105) to get my broadband connection. My computer has an internal modem …

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Hi my name is martin and i am new to all of this so please bare this in mind. I have a quiery about my Bt voyger 2091 router. I have been using it for 6 months and its been working fine until 2 days ago. It wont connect to …

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Hiya I have got a brand new pavilon dv6000 with vista already instaled but it is all problems when you want to go on the internet. so here i go if anyone can help. I already have 2 pc's both on internet which 1 is wireless which i didnt have …

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Hey all. I have a BT homehub in my house successfully working with two wireless computers. I have another PC in my room which doesnt have a wireless card/adapter. I do however have a D-Link 514 wireless router and some spare network cables. Is there any way I can use …

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Hi all and thank u guys for a good service :) My netgear logs into the net and is up and running yet I can't goto explorer and use it. Just now to get on the net im using my aol software with email function. It was working before and …

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I recently start to have problem with my internet connection. Called ISP and they told me to run few tests when there is a problem. One of them is [B]tracert[/B]. The last test result was as follow and is confusing [CODE]Tracing route to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx over a maximum of 30 hops …

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When I insert a cd/dvd into my dvd+rw drive I get this message. Your version of DLA can read files on this disc but you will not be able to edit or add to them. My question is what could be causing this problem, does this mean that the app …

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Hi, I'm a bit out of my depth guys.... any help you can give would be appreciated. I recently purchased a new lap top with Vista. The ide was to use this machine to complement my existing desktop set up. I'm just not getting my pcs to work together. I'm …

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Hi, I am running a desktop pc (XP) on a wireless network. I have just purchased a laptop (Vista). I use outlook express as my email on the desktop, this is where I store my emails. I also store docuiments on the desktop. My problem is I cant use the …

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getting a message with winlogin.exe encountered a problem and needed to close iv jus downloaded hijack this and run a scan on my computer, this is my log file: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:13:01, on 10/06/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16441) …

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I work for a nonprofit in Niamey, Niger, and I'm working with a new laptop that is the only VISTA machine in my office (including the server). Although a simple ethernet cord plug-in connects every other computer (all XP) to the internet and local network, I can only gain local …

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Hi, Another post... I'm getting access denied messages for everything I try to do on my desktop via the laptop. desktop is running XP sp2, laptop is Vista. I need to share my printer. The help on HPs website was taken from Microsoft. I have added my comments at each …

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This is a puzzling problem. I put this card in, and it works fine for five years. Then, one day, it quits. -I get the boot screen - I get the "Windows is Loading" screen but as soon as it loads into the windows environment, the monitor goes into standby …

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i've got some doubts... what is the difference between CMD.exe and COMMAND.com ? is there any limitation that COMMAND can do, and CMD cannot do? which one is more preferable for working...? in CMD u can press up arrow key to get the previous typed command, but not in COMMAND. …

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I was really recommended Gentoo, but I couldn't get it to install. Is there an easier way to install Gentoo?? What about Ubuntu, can it do as much as Gentoo, or at least Apache and MySQL

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OK so I downloaded a few game files and all of a sudden got the dreaded BSOD. I do have several anti-virus/spyware etc progs (Spybot, McAffe, windows defender and spyware blocker) yet still am having this problem. I have tried running each of these in normal mode which again triggers …

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Hi! I have a PC with a SATA hard disk. I wanted to add a second SATA hard disk. From what I had read it was just a case of plugging into the right holes with the right connectors. I thought I could handle that! However, when I connected the …

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My computer has an icon that is a question mark and then turns into a prohibit sign. The message received is Your Computer is Infected. Critical System Error. I have not been successful in getting rid of this please help.

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I had a problem with my net a month or so ago and i ended up formatting and tarting over. The problem is back. The system has been back up and running for a couple weeks and the internet runs so slow! I ran [B]HijackThis[/B] and this is my log: …

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i want to set up about 20 to 30 logins and create a file server and i want to use a network for testing out things could you tell me step by step how to set up a network and what programs our good for maintaing a network also what …

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Hello, I have four computers in my household, and I have a wireless router, that's secured. I want to limit the bandwidth of a certain computer. How do I do this without touching the actual computer? Is there any programs? My router is netgear, and I'm running Windows XP Pro. …

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I have a Toshiba Satellite, about 2 years old. I often poke around in its innards while optimizing (e.g. boosting RAM, new HD, changing DVD drives etc.), so I thought I would try an experiment. I wanted to see if there was any vestigial amount of "inherent" RAM on the …

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I bet you guys get sick of these requests, but I need some help, so here goes. Get random automatically opening Explorer advertising pop ups coming up... Here's the log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 5:17:04 PM, on 6/7/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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I opend up my computer, and put in another 512 of ram, and now my computer won't even start. I took it out, but it still didnt start, i checked all the wires, their all in the proper place. The only thing that i think i did wrong, was the …

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My computer will not boot, and the problem at first was exactly as described as in this [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread1317.html"]thread[/URL]. Of course, then I hadn't found this awesome forum, so, since I had not many important files on it (It was mostly online games), I reformatted it, think to delete everything I …

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Hey all. I can run aero on my vista and I thought it was great. Then I initialized the guest account and run aero on that account as well. The first thing I noticed on the guest account was the fact that windows are dynamic (shrinking before disappearing, moving dynamically …

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Hi Every1 I'm havin Windows XP with 512MB RAM, AMD athlon Processor (1Ghz). My System freezes very often and then when i press CTRL+ALT+DEL, It comes back. I'm havin NOD32 Anti-Virus and AD-Aware Anti Malware. I scanned my system And its clean. But I dont know why computer freezes very …

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Hi, this is my 1st post so please bear with me if I ramble or don't give all the relevent information. Today AVG Anti-virus picked up a virus called 'hosts' in C:/windows/system32/drivers/etc which it did not 'heal.' I am guessing now that this was a file called 'hosts.msn' I have …

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I've read many posts about "referenced memory at 0x00000014", but none of them address the problem I am having with IE7. On the first launch of the program, I get no error message. Subsequent attempts yield the error message in the title of this post. I've run registry cleaner utilities …

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when i bought my Acer 5610 laptop, i made 2 dvd's for recovery (part 1 and 2). Well now i go to use them, part 1 is blank and part to has the info it should (80megs worth). Don't ask what happened to the first one i don't know! (same …

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