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Please help, I've tried everything I can think of and I'm gettting nowhere. A magnet was placed on a laptop, the laptop presented the blue screen of death, or so I am told by the owner of teh laptop. On restarting I get a message "Corrupt.Missing hal.dll file". The Laptop …

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I have done a bunch of surfing for answers for this, but can't fix it... Outlook started freezing, then MSN messenger, then Bitcomet and now IE is starting to slow down... I tried uninstalling and reinstalling stuff, didn't work. I don't have Winfax (a common problem that causes this). I …

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I need help to restore myself as an administrator on my computer I have been knock off an I'm now a guess an can't locate my files.HELP ME PLEASE!!!:confused:

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To all first time hijackthis log posters. Please bookmark this forum before or after posting your problem to ensure you are able to once again locate your thread. Please, if you intend to post, reply to any help given as it can be quite frustrating to spend a lot of …

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i bought an Ibook G4 in late 2005. It crashed about 2 months ago while I was in the middle of editing some video and now only boots into the Darwin/BSD mode. I am able to login and get the bash prompt. Someone told me it has to do with …

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I just got a mepis live cd... I am running it live on my laptop. I was able to get sound installed, but i am having trouble installing a program. The program is called "Wireless Assistant" ([URL]http://sourceforge.net/projects/wlassistant/[/URL]) Mepis detects my wireless, and it will allow me to detect my two …

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Ok here goes, I am a mac guy, OSX is perfect for me, simple, does its job quietly and never gives me problems. Thats the only way I can handle any computer, trouble free. I now have a laptop (windows XP) that I bought for my ex-wife that she just …

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hello friends i m new in linux i don't now how to use linux n instole it.then aslo i have instole it's so i can't make partition proprely.so i want to instole it again i have one partition of 8 gb in which i have instole linus plz tell me …

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Hello, I am having a RAM issue with Vista and I thought you guys could help. Here is my problem....I have 4 gigs of RAM in my PC. The BIOS recognizes it just fine, but Vista says that I only have 2 gigs. Is this anything I should be concerned …

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Hi, I installed Vista Beta awhile ago on one of two of my computer's hard drives. The other hard drive has XP. Unfortunately, I have a lot of software on the HD that Vista is on and I would rather not format the HD. I there an alternative method for …

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Hi, folks! I recently forced to upgrade my systems from RHEL3 to RHEL4, due to new software requirements, and now I'm having some weird problems with Samba: 1) When I mount Windows shares using smbmount, I can write to a share normally, but if this share contains many files (I …

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I have Windows 2000 SP4 running on P4 1.8GHZ and 1G RAM. I get this message when I try to install programs like MacFee, Microsoft Office, and other programs: The windows installer service could not be acceseed. This can occur if you are running windows in saft mode, or if …

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Hello, I have what is probably a very simple to fix problem. I have a desktop running on windows xp home. I have a new laptop running on windows vista. They are connected with a netgear router. My connection is fine, I can see my desktop on my laptop and …

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I need to upgrade from Windows Me to Windows Xp, anyone can please tell me how can I backup everything in Outlook Express for an easy restore after reinstalling Windows?

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I have an IBM T30 laptop running win 2000 pro SP3. Every time I open IE the windows installer program pops up for just a split second about 3 or 4 times. It also does it when I open some programs but not all programs. How do I get rid …

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Everytime I try to use a microsoft office program, such as word or excel. It asks for Office XP cd. Not only then but also when I try to do a search in windows. Which has nothing to do with Office. It has just started doing this and it has …

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Windows installer keeps popping up trying to load a service pack for visual basic. I went into the registry and deleted the keys that had the file name and this stopped it from trying to actually load the patch. But it still keeps popping up. A search for files found …

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Hi All I have a problem with windows Installer trying to install something. Everytime I boot up it pops up when the windows screen is loaded. It says preparing to install then the blue bar gets to about 90% and then it disappears only to try again later. It seems …

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Hey everyone...here's a preemptive "thank you" for any help you can give. I just bought a Linksys WRT54G router, which I run cable internet through on a computer running Windows XP Professional. On a computer in the next room, I have connected a NETGEAR MA111 USB device (to receive the …

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[URL=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html]Optimize XP - A Windows XP Optimization Guide[/URL] Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance. I avoid using or recommending "all-in-one" Windows XP Tweak programs since many blindly …

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Hi all, My Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and MSN all freeze up and have to be closed as soon as i open them. I have a number of anti- virus and spyware programs, none of which have found anything, and this problem is getting more and more annoying. Some other …

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I am unable to upload photos to my snapfish account (album) so that i can print pictures. When I hit the upload phote button, a blank blue page comes up. I have downloaded adobe reader 8, amd adobe flash player, updated all microsoft items but still does not work. Even …

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Hello, I am using windows Xp as my operating system. I want 1024-768 pixel screen resolution. But my father didn't allow me to set this beyond 800-600. I want to change this properties with a menu at start up in accordance with our wish. I means menu: :p 1024-768 :p …

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If you've ever felt the need to get rid of MS Messenger,heres a trick that will let you do that,and so much more. MS thought it would be nice to include some components they "knew" you would need,and wont let you get rid of. Until now :D 1) Click Start. …

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hey guys maybe some of you can help me out last week i got a popup saying virus has been detected by avg. this hasnt happened in a while and i just as usual click move to virus vault. but the next day i run a scan and i find …

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I have a network share that I have accessed as one user. I want to access another network share as another user. When I try to access the second drive it does not ask for my UN/PW it only tells me access denied. I need to know how to make …

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I have spent the last hour reading through threads and done it all and my Mic still doesn't work right. My problem is that when I try to use it it doesn't work. Under Volume Control I have mic muted and it always worked. It's always been that way. If …

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I get the message then everything turns off (music,internet etc.) I ran virus scans and spyware scans with no luck here is my hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:10:04 PM, on 7/03/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …

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[COLOR=yellowgreen][B]Hello. I am sure there are other posts regarding this same problem, but I could not find one on this site.. So I am posting a new one. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=yellowgreen][/COLOR] [COLOR=yellowgreen][B]Yesterday my laptop was infected with some sort of virus called [COLOR=red]Security Alert Popup.[/COLOR] I have tried deleting it from …

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Hey All.. Heres The Lo-Down my dad has a mac ( im 100% anti mac) and he bought the air port express so i can get wireless on my ibm in my room. heres the problem ive got an excelent signal/link quality and im connected to the network. but i …

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How do i configure RAID 1 on 2 identical HDD's which are SATA. 1 HDD has windows XP while the other HDD is to be mirrored. The 2 hard disks are identical in the sense that they are of samecapacity. I would like to know the requirements of the 2 …

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When I first became interested in network security I read about data encryption, specifically encryption algorithms associated with the Session layer of the OSI model. I had an idea and although doesn't directly pertain to network communication security, it can however be compared with the Public\Private key distribution concept. My …

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Hey Everyone, My sister has a Dell Inspiron 5150...The other night she spilled Coke onto the keyboard, and as you can imagine, the laptop didn't appreciate it!...Anyways, after everything stopped working, she brought it to me the next day and I opened everything up and cleaned/took out cables/replaced them, etc. …

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I was wondering and i have tried but i cant get it so i can run 2 monitors at the same time but not show the same thing as the other one does. How would i do that?

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Hi, I'm having some problems with cachecachekit. I've formatted my pc 4 times, but the norton window keeps alerting that the virus is still in my pc. How can I finally kill it??? Please, help me. I use win xp sp1 Thank you very much indeed. Here is my logfile …

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First let me start by saying thanks to anyone who can even offer insight to this problem. I have a Compaq Presario X1000 from 2003 that would not boot up for me today. It would get to the screen where there is the windows xp logo and the blue scroll …

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[COLOR=red];) Hi there[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]I am new to this site and have NEVER used one like this before.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]I have a problem though and would really like any suggestions anyone might have to offer.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]i have a computer that is about 1 and a half years old [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]the …

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Hi, I have a Dell dimension 3000 from 2005. I bought a 200gb maxtor ultra series drive to complement my 80gb samsung one. I have the maxtor set up as the slave drive and I have the jumpers in the right positions, but when I watch movies off my maxtor …

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Hi there I have this strange problem with my Compaq Presario 2500 Laptop. - computer starts up (and stays on) when plugged into the AC adaptor, and the connection is anything but loose. - the battery charging symbol shows that it's charging, and occasionally that it is directly on AC …

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Hello, I have a rundll error when I start my computer. The message I receive reads as follows: C:\\PROGRA~1\\[B]MYWEBS[/B]~1\\bar\\1.bin\\MWSBAR.DLL I do not really know what to do, except that I needed to post a highjackthis log file, which I have below. All I know is when I get on the …

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Whenever I restart I'm told the comp needs to run the [B]Chkdsk. But it freezes at 16% of stage two every time. I can restart and skip the scan, and I don't receive any other error messages while using the pc. This only happens if I want to reboot.[/B] [B]I …

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:p I have an AMD Sempron 1.6G processor and I want to upgrade to an AMD Sempron 2.2G proccessor will need to format? OR can I just change out the CPU? Thank you

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I just upgraded my whole system. New motherboard, hard drive, cpu, heatsink, ram, and video card. i was able to get through the vista install quite roughly, but whenever I boot up my computer it restarts after about 2 minutes. I was wondering if it was a power supply failure …

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Hi all , I have an Standalone application client which pass excel/access file path(absolute) in to EJB server which will convert corresponding excel/access file in to XML. Till now i have hard-code an excel sheet path in application client but i need to make it to work for any excel …

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All of a sudden my external HD does not show in My Computer. Some strange thing happened after I did a clean install of XP Pro. I did a clean install on my C drive. (Partition 1) D drive holds all my files and downloads. (Partition 2) E is my …

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I Am trying to remove a popup that keeps taking me to these webpage [url]http://em.gad-network.com[/url] and some spam adverts or [url]http://www.amaena.com[/url] and some spam adverts So far i have scanned my PC with the following programmes: Webroot spysweeper AVG Spyware 7.5 AVG Antivirus free edition Superantispyware Spybot S&D Lavasoft Adaware …

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The title says it all, I guess. Can anyone help me, because I don't know how to analyze orv read a HJT log. Thanks a million! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:26:21 AM, on 3/4/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) Running processes: …

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Hi, I was having intermittent issues with explorer/mozilla both not able to resolve dns. I am not able to Spybot. It starts and exits by itself. Adaware (free version) did not find any problems. I ran Spyware Doctor and still cannot access any sites. I cannot download AVG. Here's the …

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Okay, My Computer Keeps Shuttingoff While I'm Using It.....when It Restarts By Itself I Get A Screen That Says Checking File System On C:\ The Type File System Is Fat32 One Of The Disks Needs To Be Checked For Consistencies You May Skip Disck Check But Strongly Recommended Continuing..... What's …

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