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| | Hi, you helped me a while back - now I'm back. I did an automatic update recently and now get the message internet explorer cannot display the webpage 9 times out of 10. I've restored to before the update but its still happening. Also internet is generally much slower than …  |
| | I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and have been attempting to download the Vista upgrade advisor. My computer will not open an .msi file, and I can't find a download to fix the problem for my version of Windows, because apparently I shouldn't have a problem. Can anyone … |
| | Hi all, new member here. I am looking for some advice on a Toshiba Tecra 9100 that a friend is troubleshooting. Initially there was no power to the laptop, so he did a complete disassembly, checking all connections. On this laptop the mainboard is basically in 2 parts as I … |
| | looking for some help... Please ok heres the deal. i recently had to replace the mother board on my laptop and the lcd inverter (guess its common for these to die) well anyways now when i try to start the laptop up i get a screen that just displays this … |
| | I think my mom has gotten a virus or spyware of some kind on her computer. You know how when you are typing in a web address for a page that you have gone to before, it will automatically pop up after you type in the first couple of letters? … |
| | Browsed these forums often and now I have a post of my own. Let me start off with the specs of my machine. Compaq Presario V2000 Turion 64 ML-34 1.8ghz 895mb RAM Radeon Xpress 200M 80gb harddrive etc WEll my problem started a week ago when my computer started taking … |
| | I just bought my first Mac, and although I'm fairly comfortable with Linux, and am getting used to my Mac quickly, there are some differences I'm still not sure about. This may be blindingly obvious to everyone else, but when I start FireFox, which I installed yesterday, I get a … |
| | Help! The most urgent problem is my pc keeps restarting when i do certian things like open setups most installations i open reset the pc before i can do anything run and reset and another thing is logging into MSN ect infact after a certain time it resets anyway AND... … |
| | A laptop in my house is not able to browse the web, but is able to connect to my network. I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 on that laptop. Other computers on my home network are able to connect wirelessly without problems. I am sure DNS is not … |
| | When I go into control panel - sounds and audio devices - properties - it tells me that there is no audio device beside volume and beside audio there is no playback + no recording device I don't know whether the sound card is faulty ( It worked before I … |
| | My niece's Dell Inspiron 5100 has got a Hitachi 40 gig hd and it over heats. Got a laptop cooler and it still runs hot 125deg's and up. If i take a regular house fan and turn it pointing up and sit the laptop on top of the fan it … |
 | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off System Restore to Save Space [/color][/size][size=2]By default, Windows XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume Information folder. This can eat up valuable space on your hard drive. If you … |
| | This post isn't so much about a hard drive as it is about machine/system recognition. I have two identical systems made by the same manufacturer. One of the system's power supply failed. That was the system used most often. Therefore I swapped internal hard drives, thinking that it should run …  |
| | hi, i bought 2gb of ram to my computer (ASUS P4S800D-X motherboard), (2 sticks of 1gb), i installed them instead of the two sticks of 256mb i had, now, the bios and operating systems show me theres only 1gb. but CPU-Z shows that i have two. what should i do? … |
| | Hi All, I had to re-install Windows XP and now when i shutdown it doesn;t do it automatically. It shuts down and says its safe to turn off your computer. How can i get it to switch it off its self when i click shutdown. Thank you misschillout |
| | I am not able to play any sounds through current system ever since the install of Vista. There is a little equalizer (sort of) in the system tray that says music is playing, but it will not play on the speakers. The speakers work fine. Any ideas? |
| | Lost my os on a HP palivion 752n two weeks ago. HDD was toast, Had a 20GB HDD that had been formatted, so I poped that one in and started win.xp w\sp2 install. Every thing went along great until windows started to boot, black screen with error message, c0000221(bad image … |
| | I have a pc upgraded to windows xp pro from millinium and a laptop with windows 2000 pro. I want to transfer pictures from the pc to the laptop. Can I connect them using a usb cable or must I use a serial connection? How is this done? :rolleyes:  |
| | Hey! I have a neat problem, my mic doesnt work. Well it does, but really it doesnt. I can hear myself threw the playback(if i talk in the mic ofcourse). If i run the test hardware wizard i can see the barometer moving. both of them. But people i wanna … |
| | Hello Community well this is my first post xD I got a problem with my logitech microphone I plug it in into the pink jack in my backpanel and it doesnt work, just like nothing is plugged. Im pretty sure that the problem is not the microphone, because it works … |
| | I'm having problems getting my microphone to detect in the gigabyte auto-sense. For some reason it is seeing it as a power speaker. I have a regular boom mic and it works fine(it is detected properly and works in every way i have tried) but when i try to hook … |
 | HI ALL.NEED A LITTLE HELP HAVE A PROG THAT TRYS TO ACCESS THE NET FROM MY PC.. DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS SO IVE BLOCKED IT. THIS IS WHERE MCAFEE SAYS IT IS...C:WINDOWS\system32\sys32\EOMD.EXE BUT WHEN ITRY TO FIND IT IN SYSTEM32 ITS NOT THERE....TASK MANAGER SAYS ITS RUNNING. VIRUS SCAN …  |
| | Hi my Mcafee has been detecting a virus and giving me popups about it every 5 minutes which is the NEW POLY WIN32 VIRUS and it is always located in "C:\Windows\exefld" as a numbered .exe files..but i always quarantine the files and delete the folder manually but it keeps popping … |
| | My laptop's PCMCIA socket connection is loose and requires you to press hard underneath the laptop to get a connection. I *think* the problem may be a strip of metallic tape on the motherboard having lost its stickiness (due to age and/or dust). Can I do anything about this? ---------------------------------------------------- … |
| | Help. I bought a HP scanjet 3970 and hooked it up to my G4 Mac, The scanner goes on when I start the computer but when I go to scan it does not seem to recognize the software. I cannot scan by using the buttons on the scanner either. It … |
| | I keep getting this annoying system alert pop -up say ([EMAIL="trojan-spy.win32@mx"]trojan-spy.win32@mx[/EMAIL]). I ran hijack this and the results are below. How do I get rid of this pop - up? I'm using Windows XP SP2. I'm also, getting a message stating" Malware Threats" your computer is infected with a backdoor … |
| | Besides Windows DEFENDER, how many other anti-spyware programs (e.g. Freebies) do you recommend sensibly installing on a notebook? Am I right that too many can cause conflicts and/or reduce operating speed? Which one's do you suggest? (I am running XP Pro SP2)  |
| | i have an intel pentium 4 3600 ghz on my intel D925XBC with a winfast PX7800GT and a SATA WD 80GB HDD and a kingston 1g 667mhz DDR2 CL5. at first i thought it was overheating so i bought a AS5 paste but that did'nt help i then re-installed Windows … |
| | I am hoping someone will be able to help with this problem. I went to get on my computer this morning and noticed it was off, I went to power it up and nothing happened. Well I checked all of my cables and plugs and everything seemed fine so I …  |
| | Hello I'm new here to this forum and like to post a question on a laptop. I got a laptop from a friend which does not work. I don't know the history of it either. It' a Toshiba Tecra A3 and the symtoms are as follows: Power's on but no … |
 | I got a technical issue with windows. When I turn on my computer, windows starts. |
| | Have a hp computer that has gone toes up. Think it is the hdd, but not sure. here is what happened. turn the unit on and it started to spool up then went into recycle mode. wounld not load up windows. tryed to restart in safe mode, nothing there, would … |
| | Has anyone done this and if so what kind of problems am I getting myself into? My adaptor board is due in on Monday, it is a Rosewill RC212 4xSATA +1XIDE R .Any advice on setting it up! |
| | I have a 4 year old Gateway computer, Intel P42.6 GHz P4 processor w/800FSB. I had the hard drive replaced last year and it now has 250 GB. When I am trying to access web pages, or files, I can hear a clicking noise coming from the tower. When the … |
| | My PC has been a pool of blue screens and I haven't been able to fix it. Just a question: What is the blue screen: Non_Paged_area, or something like that related to? And how to fix it? I checked Dell.com but couldn't find somewhere to install drivers. Please help me … |
| | Howdy! I'm back again, and with another problem. Well, I say another problem, it was there when I last posted here about my explorer.exe trouble! Anyway. Whenever I try to use system restore, it says: "System restore is not able to protect your computer. Please restart your computer, and then … |
| | As per your instructions i have completed the process of the removing the problem i am facing by the message 'generic host process for Win32 Services has encountered a prblem and needs to close'. [COLOR=green][B]After that My Hijackthis Log is[/B][/COLOR] Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:18:08 PM, on … |
| | Hi, I am new to this forum. Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but it sounds like you guys are hard core techs and I figured someone here would know how to fix my problem.:icon_lol: Somehow, my hard drive name changed to the name of … |
| | I have a Dell 8400. In BIOS, there is no reading for temperature or fan speed. Is that normal? How can I get temperature and fan speed readings for this computer? Thanks. |
| | Hi, I have just bought Pinnacle PCTV 300i Sterio DVB-T card and it came with the software Pinnacle Media Center. When I tell the software that I want it to scan for chanels I get this error: [quote]See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging … |
| | Hi, I am hoping someone will be able to help me fix a truly annoying virus I seemed to have picked up somewhere. Sounds like others have had similar problems - when I do a google search and select a result it redirects me to other random websites. I am …  |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Renew and Release IP Addresses[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]You can use the command-line tool IPCONFIG to get network information such as your IP address and to perform other tasks for troubleshooting network issues. However, if you prefer a … |
| | Need some help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:19:06 PM, on 5/17/2007 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) 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\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\PackethSvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\acsd.exe C:\Program Files\NavNT\defwatch.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\KodakCCS.exe C:\Program Files\NavNT\rtvscan.exe C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\WinTools\WToolsS.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\MsgSys.EXE C:\Program Files\Real\RealPlayer\RealPlay.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe … |
| | Hello, I have a new computer that was set up and given to me by a local business. I think I made a big mistake in leaving the firewall and antivirus settings as they were. Within the first week, I noticed that the windows firewall would suddenly pop off. It … |
| | I am running a graphical utility to monitor internet activity (DU Meter). Of late it has been showing low level upload activity ~ 20 - 30 Kb/sec. Both AdAware and Spybot S & D show nothing more serious than a few tracking cookies. I am running ZoneAlarm (free) and the … |
| | Hi I recently updated to windows vista from XP (wish i never) and i was having problems connecting to my router. Finnally managed to connect to it but can only go on the internet via mozzilla firefox. None of the microsoft applications such as internet explorer, live meseenger or media …  |
| | i have searched forum after forum looking for a solution to get my sound to work.where sound is to come out i get the standard beep.ive checked my sounds and my "microsoft kernel DLS sythesizer" is corrupt or missing. i recently restored my computer (which is when the problem first … |
 | I have a Dell Latitude CPx (J series) laptop and a section of my keyboard decides not to work at various times. (The Y, U, H, J, N, and M section.) Most of the time I can restart it and it will work properly after that. Other times, it doesn't … |
| | Wow, i got Linux Mint today and im impressed. Its an ubuntu ofshoot but isnt yet anothe *buntu as you may assume. It comes with a lot of relevant codecs/drivers etc out of the box and has a lot of new and exciting apps derived from YaST. Anyone else running … |
| | My aunt has a laptop, and she cant remember the pass, she cant log in, and gets an error about the password is wrong, please make sure the password and domain are correct. We have no floppy disk drive or cd rom drive on the laptop.. Can anyone help ? |
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