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Hi, I have Dell Preceision 690 with 2gb RAM. I bought additonal 1gbX2 ram from Dell which are supposed to be compatible to this machine. When I install new RAM, system shows total of only 3gb instead of 4gb ram. In Bios set up also installed memory is shown as …

Hi, can someone let me know if there's anything that needs fixed on my HJT log. I've laready fixed the easy ones per the instructions on a thread. The other thing i want back to normal is my IE browser. Its been taken over by Starware. I've uninstalled the software …

I have been playing world of warcraft and the game is choppy when I get into heavily crowded areas I run it on a Compaq Presario AMD Sempron [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71191.html#"]Processor[/URL] 3100+ 1.81 GHz, 384 RAM with sis 760 video card. However the minimal requirements for [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71191.html#"]WoW[/URL] are Intel Pentium® III 800 …

Hello, My family and I have a PC which has caused us difficulties in low to severe to incredibly bad form. The specifications at the moment should be like the following: Manufacturer: Sony Corp Model: PCV-RX540 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit) RAM: 500+ megabytes Processor: 1.20 GHz …

I never know if I'm putting these in the right place. Anyway, I have been having trouble ftp'ing larger files or larger groups of small files to my ftp server lately. I'm hosting with globat.com, and they say there are no problems. I'm using SmartFTP. My ISP is Qwest. After …

My laptop seemed to be working fine last night. I was using it as it was plugged in the wall. I left it for some time, then when I came back it had powered off (what I assumed was putting itself in standby). When I hit the power button, there …

(this isnt the problem, i just wanted to write a nice story. The problem will come later:)) Being a college student i dont often come home, i came home this weekend to find the aformentioned Laptop lying around. From what my old man said the owner of it said she …

trying to install a WD SATA HDD on a 3 yr old hp. old drive crashed. installed and format with Wd software. the problem is windows wont use that format. it freezes up any help is appreciated

Hi, i read many post lately but none seem to answer my problem. i got a pc that was working great for the last 4 months or so... and yesterday, when i was playing i heard some kind of electric surcharge or something like that in or at the the …

Hello I am getting this error which says [quote] Generic Host Process for Win32 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for inconvenience. [/quote] Here is Hijack This report, [quote] Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:21:16 PM, on 8/16/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

i have a computer that when it boots up (windows xp home) i get no desktop icons or taskbar. I have tried almost everything, chkdsk, windows repair, virus scan.. etc. I can hit control alt delete and bring up the task manager and run tasks but thats pretty much it. …

Hello all. I was wondering if anyone has had this error and knew how to fix it. I searched (this forum and others) and tried all of the suggestions, but still no luck. When I start up my computer and log onto Windows, I get the following error: "Generic Host …

Hey, I installed Lego Island on my PC, and when I go to play it, it says "Lego Island Failed to Start. Please close all applications and try again"....There was nothing running at the time...What do I do???

Hello all, Here's one for ya. I've got a WRT54GL Router hooked up to my HP running Win XP Pro sp2 and a WPC54GX Card running on my Toshiba Techra 8100 with 2000sp4. Now the power light strobes while the line light stays light. It recieves my router, good signal …

ok, basically my pc sometimes just sort of freezes... i have to press ctrl+alt+del for it to continue working again. And even worse, sometimes pressing ctrl+alt+del doesnt work.. here are the specs of my pc, intel dualcore 2 duo 1gig ram 300gig hd running windows xp.. can anyone please help …

Hey Linux Gurus, What lilnux do you recommend for a MAC ibook G3 and MAC Quicksilver G4 Desktop? Thanks!

Hi, I have recently bought a Linksys Wireless Expander. I have managed to configure it correctly so it can receive signals from my router. However, I want to get the Internet on my new PC and it just won't connect to the expander. Do I need something special in my …

Hey all, I'm pretty new here obviously, but I got some really... inconvienent virus on this laptop. I really am not sure what it is, but I know it has something called PROTECTOR.exe in the system32 folder (so not the real one) and I know it runs off the process …

Hello, Ive been having this problem for the longest time, over a year, ive been trying to fix it myself by going to sites like this and reading post much like this one. I troubleshooted the best I can, bought new RAM, and power supply. Finally thinking i fixed my …

Well I can't connect to my wireless internet as it's saying something else is being used to manage them. I tried figuring out what but couldn't find anything. In addition my Hard drive is constantly being read and make weird scratching noises (I'm guessing that's mechanical and has nothing to …

I own a computer that for no reason at all, will just shut off. What will happen is that when I am doing something on my computer, such as playing a game or browsing this website, my computer will suddenly turn off. I can't turn it back on from the …

Does anyone else have problems connecting VOICE on aim with anyone?? I recently discovered my Cable modem firewall blocks the attempt to go voice,but when i add MY COMPUTER to the DMZ zone so the firewall is disabled basically,it still wont connect..... (I have a local firewall also) I called …

I have never installed MCE on a computer before. I was wondering what people think about it. The people I am making the computer for will be working with video, music, pictures etc. Is MCE better than pro for that? I am adding a tuner also for video capture and …

:rolleyes: Hello guyz I've bought a board recently with a new VGA. Below are specification: P4800D-X GeForce 5500 After installing it to my mobo and fix the interfacing of it. My mobo boot smoothly on bios when I've logging in at windows their is no keyboard activity neither mouse activity …

Hi I have two pc's with AMD Athlon 64 3000+. The problems I've been experiencing have been happening ever since installing IE7, or another factor im not sure of. The pc's starting freezing, restarting by themselves and dumping physical memory. Eventually the pc's couldnt even boot up anymore. It would …

With the NTFS file system, if the proper disk space on the hard drive isn't showing up for the partitions I have defined is it due to partition gaps? thanks.

[COLOR=#000000]I built my own computer/PVR last fall: Windows XP, Gigabyte motherboard, Fusion card for OTA HD, Hauppage for cable analog, ASUS with Nvidia graphics, Soundblaster Xtreme sound card, BeyondTV from snapstream.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]When the system is booted from a cold start, it frequently hangs up during the boot process (the little …

Hi, I am using Fedora Core 5 32+ bit as my OS. I want to have a good list of different types (image editing, security, text editors etc.) of free/open source softwares for Linux OS, that I can just [URL="http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-applications/87350-list-free-reliable-applications-linux.html#"]download[/URL], install and use without much fuss. I searched and came …

I am trying to control the input of data into a Word 97 document using a VB form to collect the data. How do I then best transfer this data into the correct locations on the document.

Hello all, My system seems to be running pretty slow for the last week or so and I would appreciate if someone could look at my HJT log and see if anything stands out. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:27:56 AM, on 3/2/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

Hey all, I'm new to the site and am having a problem I was hoping someone could help me with. I just got a new system and it came with a via mobo and a maxtor hdd with the regular old ide ribbon cable style. I bought a new samsung …

Please Check My HJT Log - No internet- constant 100% CPU - HD constantly being read. I would very much appreciate it if someone could help me out with this. Thanks a lot! [CODE]Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:28:28 PM, on 3/1/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

I have Windows 2000 Pro and every time I try to watch a XXX Video, after about 5 minutes, it completely shuts down. Can you help me?? Thanks alot. loweboy77:cool:

My five year old Inspiron 8200 has finally died. For about a week it said it was running on batteries, even though it was plugged in. If you unplugged it, it would instantly shut down. Or if you took out the battery while it was plugged in, it would do …

Hi, I have read just about everything concerning this irql not less or equal error... but seems everyone was smarter than I before it was too late! My first error message was Bad_pool_caller. I'm really sorry but I did not note anything on that one. I reboot and then get …

hey guys, first of all i did not know where to post this thread, so if i'm wrong please move it, thanks. my problem is that my internet has been slow for browsing and downloading speed. i recently bought a linkysys wireless g and i don't know if that is …

Compaq EVO d512, WinXP Pro, normal factory machine from there. I'm trying to help a friend up north fix her problem. Started as: Son using her machine did a bunch 'o downloads, disk cleanup, and defrag last week. When she got back to PC for her own needs - her …

[COLOR=black]I've had my HP computer for quite some time now, and been running Windows XP home on it since i've first gotten it, and its worked very well for the last 3 years. That was, untill recently :rolleyes: [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]Whenever i turn on the computer, i'm getting this nasty little …

Hey all~ I've been trying to do some research to find a solution to the problem I've been having with my computer, and happened to stumble across this forum. I did a search and found some great information to help me try and diagnose/solve my issue, but I haven't had …

As described in the title. I have a DSL connection connected to my desktop through a 2wire router. All was fine until these few days, I can no longer stay online in MSN messenger for more than 5 minutes. It just keeps disconnecting. The web surfing has slowed down dramatically …

[i]EDIT: I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2, with all of the latest updates.[/i] Usually, when in Windows Explorer, if you click [b]TOOLS > FOLDER OPTIONS...[/b] you are presented with the following window: [img]http://usera.imagecave.com/PaddyM/xpfolderoptions.jpg[/img] But for some unknown reason, I now get this window instead and cannot change the folder settings: …

Hi i have this problem... lately my monitor keeps blanking out for like 2 seconds before it comes back on again. Sometimes, the words and color will appear abit funny. Also, today for no reason, many many icons popped out.. like around 40 over internet explorer tabs, and many msn …

Hi, last week you helped me get my slave hard drive sorted. Now I want to add XP to it. Do I go into the boot menu and get the computer to start from CD (with my xp disc in) or is there another way. XP on the main drive …

My friend has a microsoft windows wireless mouse and all of a sudden it just stopped working. I have check his comp for viruses and other malware and its clean. I only had view point. Im wondering if there is anyway any mouse related files could have been corrupted or …

Hi all. I just got a new PC with Vista (32bit) on it. Unfortunately there was a major problem with the display. Whenever it finishes loading, (green Knight Rider thing) the display would go dark but you can hear the Vista jingle. The monitor doesn't go into standby so it …

Wel i liked my od proliants (hence my old username being proliant_fan) im gonna ebay another one as i liked them before (built like tanks :)) got a choice of either: [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-6400-6400R-QUAD-Xeon-RAID-2-0Gb-Memory_W0QQitemZ330089762901QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-6500-Dual-P3-Xeon-RAID-Server-182-Gig_W0QQitemZ330089766211QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-CL380-Quad-CPU-Cluster-Server-RARE_W0QQitemZ330093626489QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL]

I got a Logitech wireless mouse for my birthday, January 28, which I immediately installed on in new notebook. It worked fine, up until an hour ago. I unplugged the receiver to move it to a new USB port in the back, and when I did, it stopped working. Windows …

ogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:16:51 PM, on 3/1/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16414) 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:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\igfxpers.exe C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX\SMax4PNP.exe C:\WINDOWS\AGRSMMSG.exe C:\Program Files\Apoint2K\Apoint.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe C:\Program Files\hpq\HP Wireless Assistant\HP …

Hi, I hope you can help? I have multiple Symantec email proxy windows popping up which don't relate to any e-mails i am trying to send. If i am at the computer i can keep on top of them and close them as they pop up but if i leave …

I have Windows XP SP1 with Norton Antivirus 2004 Pro installed. Some virus has come into my computer, which has blocked my regedit, folder option, noton antivirus etc.. etc... That restarts my computer within few minutes i start my computer. I am not able to see [B]Folder Option [/B]in both …