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| | I have followed the "please run before you post" thread and would now like to make sure i got rid of all the baddies ruining my computer. I tried to decipher the Log but couldn't figure it out. I would appriciate any advice a more experience person could give me. … |
| | I asked a question in another thread about bumping the PIII on an old Socket 370 board, but I'm also considering moving on up to a 478 board and going to a Celeron CPU. Let's say I ditch the old PIII and old Socket 370 board with only 100mhz FSB. … |
| | My bro has a problem with his Acer Veriton 7100. Win98se rebooted every time after password screen. Went into safe mode and removed ACPI from system. Now boots all the way. Started installing diff system devices trying to find problem. PCI bus gives yellow ? mark. Select properties and was … |
| | I have Win2k on internal HD (Dell Latitude) as default to boot up. I have added an external HD from blown desktop which has WinXP-Home. Can I select which OP-sys I want to boot up with? Is there a way to have the pc ask me which to use when …  |
| | I just bought a new MSI KN NEO4 mboard. It does not have a jp2 for the speaker and power led. It has jp1 for the other leds. I checked the manual and there is supposed to be a jp2. I looked closley and there are small solder dots where … |
| | Hi, my norton subsription expired today, so i decided to look at the prices of new internet security things. MacAfee seemed really cheap atm with its offer so i chose that. I paid for it and downloaded it. I then went to install it and it said i needed to … |
| | [COLOR=black]Laptop went belly up taking the Konica Minolta Dimage A1 Viewer with it. Can't find original software and Konica Minolta Photography is no more. :eek: [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Any suggestions as to software to run on Windows XP that will read KM Dimage A1 MRW (RAW) files?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Any recommended software … |
| | :?: when i boot up my keyboard and mouse work fine, as soon as windows opens they both freeze and i can not do anything. also cd rom wont read so i cant reinstall windows. im a bit thick so please... |
| | Hi all. My dvd/rw will burn to a disc but when i put any disc genuine or burned in, it tells me what the title is but will not open to play. I tried a new burner and that does the same. When i put my old cd/rw in that … |
| | I have a 845-series intel board. used to work absolutely fine till two days back. Now, out of the 6, only 1 USB port works - as in, if i connect my usb drive, it will light up - showing that it has got power, but it doesn't show up … |
| | hi this is Ashwin from New Delhi, India. Recently my computer went for repairs & my RAM got reduced from 512 to 384.I had 2 x 256 MB DDR. When I asked the computer guy about it, he said that my old RAM had got spoilt and its now showing … |
| | Certain keys on laptop keyboard are weird, asterisk when I hit "P" key, 5 when I hit "O" key, etc. External keyboard hooked up via USB 2.0 works fine. This happened last summer (before I had external keyboard) and repair guy that I called out to come fix it said …  |
| | Hello, I am having a problem with uninstalling 2 programs on my windows xp. I removed the programs and then I had a problem with a video card(Not related) and I had to do a system restore to a earlier time. Now I can not uninstall these 2 programs. I … |
| | hey guys im having troubles with my laptop, i hope u can give me some help. when i turn on my laptop a black screen appears and it says SMART FAILURE PREDEICTED ON HARD DISK 0TOSHIBA MK6021GAS-(PM) PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE. WHEN I PRESS F1 IT DISPLAYS THIS MESSAGE IT … |
| | I just got a new computer like a week ago, and i downloaded mIRC to download stuff. It was running fine, downloaded a few big programs (1 GB+) but now when i run it the comp restarted. So i changed the settings where it said the blue windows error screen … |
| | Hi, Everytime i shut down my PC everything is ok. When i startup the pc it dosen't startup after reading the CD-ROM's. What should i do to stop that? Thanks and answer as soon as possible, Gdrori  |
| | I'm running XP. Yesterday my computer froze and I had to pull the plug. Now it runs really slow and I'm not able to change my wallpaper. At one point I did have the Active Desktop Recovery screen pop up. I believe I fixed this problem by uninstalling IE7. Now … |
| | I recently bought a new macbook and have noticed that I can't play videos on various websites and cheesy as it sounds noticed it for the first time trying to listen to ringtones at tmobile.com. Anyway I keep getting a pop-up saying I need "x-mplayer2" and it looks like I … |
| | Would some one please help me?? I have a blue screen of death!! Someone please tell me that I will not loose my files.... Heres the error code.. *** STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x81357B58, 0xc0000102, 0x00000000) Here is what happens when I turn my computer on: A black screen comes up … |
| | Hi there! I just recently had to replace my motherboard and now I have no sound. I don't even know what to look for in the device manager. There are things listed under sounds( audio codecs, legacy audio drivers, legacy video capture devices, media control devices, video codecs), but I … |
| | [B]I want to get a new graphic card for my Tulip Vision Line DT 5/120. The Memory type in the computer is Edo (Simm). I think the the graphic card type is PCI but I am not sure if the graphic card can have DDR ram or SDRAM etc, I … |
| | HI , I have a KDS flat screen monitor and a Dell 4600 and lately I ve been having a weird problem on startup... It started with having some lines across the screen but this last time, after the computer was shut off for a week ( holidays ) , … |
| | Im trying to make a program and when i run it every 15 min or so get that error and i needed to know if tht message so the program just closes Thanks |
| | I am having trouble burning files to CD. The Cd's i usually use (Imation CD-R) do not seem to work any longer. Towards the end of the burning process, an error message appears saying "Cannot complete the CD writing wizard. There was an error in thr writing process" without any … |
| | hi, everytime i open my computer, or anyother folder, or IE the screen seem to clears (as in all the icon and taskbar disappear) and a few seconds later return to the way it was, but the folder/web brower is not opened. I'm not sure what to do and I … |
| | My cd hard drive doesnt do anything any more, i put a cd in, close it, there is a yellow light for like 5 seconds, and then all of a sudden, nothing happens, how do i get it working again?  |
| | Hey okay well the worst thing ever happend my girlfriend dropped her laptop and we need help first her cd drive broke off like cracked in half are they cheep hard to replace? then the laptop would not stay on long like maybe a minute she took it apart (the … |
| | I have a sony pcv rs 400 pc with xp sp2. I had a virus called cws.mscofig. This and associated files were scanned and removed by different spyware programs. When I started the computer, Win xp did not start. I tried safe mode, it starts but hangs, nothing on screen. … |
| | hello i have a hp pavilian 520w installed a new WD 80 gig when i try to load xp it keeps telling me that there is still and OS on the drive.??? this is a brand new dirve. and it keeps wanting me to format the drive what am i … |
 | Hello guys, I been getting this error message from past few days when i close my Internet explore. Can any one explain me why that appearers whenever i closed Internet explore. For me it looks like it is something to do with the memory. Please find the error message from … |
 | Suddenly upon booting my computer i get the error ntdlr is missing press alt+crtl+del to reboot. I have tried some of the fixs online but they all include using the win xp disc to boot to command prompt. I dont have the win xp recovery disk, but i do have … |
| | After my laptop automatically downloaded updates recently, my lappy wont bootup windows anymore. Not even in safe mode.Has anyone else had this problem recently?? Does anyone have a solution? I have Norton anti virus 2005 and that never picked up anything dodgy. |
 | Something keeps seizing my computer & I don't know if someone is trying to hack in or what. I have to reboot each time & someone set up my new wireless router & it worked when he set it up, but now it's not, so I'm going straight thru the … |
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| | Okay this is what i get when i reboot my viao: CPU = Intel (R) Pentium (R) M processor 1.70GHz 639K System RAM Passed 510M Extended RAM Passed 2048K Cache SRAM Passed System BIOS shadowed Video BIOS shadowed Fixed Disk 0: K ATAPI CD-ROM: UJDA765aDVD/CDRW Mouse initialized S/N: System Configuration … |
| | Hi guys/girls, I know very little about computers. I have an Athlon 2800 CPU, 1gb memory, 120gb hd, 30gb hd (primary), I am also running windows xp pro. I recently installed the 120gb hd and 512mb of ram (total 1gb now). My computer is EXTREMELY SLOW on start up, shut … |
 | [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Long Pause During Windows Startup Process[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3][color=#0000ff]Symptoms [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]After you choose to start Windows from the Boot menu, you may experience a long delay (or pause) before your computer finishes starting. Note that this delay may range from 10 seconds to a minute. Also, this delay occurs before the Starting Windows … |
| | For about a week now I've been getting the error message: "Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." It's driving me up a wall. I usually get it upon startup, but it has been known to appear … |
| | I did a general Google search for 'no sound from Real Player or Media Player' and found your site. There was a thread on the topic from anouther user back in January but it never seemed to get finished. I have pasted info from this thread because it fits my … |
| | Hey guys, I was sondering if you could help me with a small (maybe not so small =S ) prob I have with my pc at the moment... Ok so here's the deal... I came home one day about a week ago with a couple of m8's to have an … |
| | xp pro on PC linksys wrt54gs wireless router cnet pro200wl pci fast ethernet adapter Wireless connection between the rest of the PCs/laptops in the house works perfectly. Just recently, the wired connection with configuration listed above, has failed to work. If connected to the modem directly internet access is available. … |
| | I'm trying to use an HP DVD writer (200j), but I can't find the driver anywhere. I've used it before on this laptop, but for some reason there's no driver for it. Windows recognized the device after several attempts, but the driver icon has that proverbial yellow exclamation mark. Interestingly, …  |
| | I've joined the club... I have XP pro, cable modem and... u guessed it SP2... I tryed every method and have come to the last step... Removing SP2. But when I try to remove it it says that it has found about every program i have on my computer (Which … |
| | Hi. I have a Linksys WRT54GS router and a Motorola SB4100 Cable Modem. I'm trying to set up a network so that all of my computers can connect to the internet. If I connect the SB4100 modem directly to a single PC, the internet is working fine. But if I … |
| | I just recently got my computer back from a tech center to help clean it out (it got a littled messed up) and now I am having a weird issue with trying to run IE or AIM. With IE, it doesnt matter what I do, I cannot get it to … |
| | Ok so i ahve 2 diff laptops (well one is my moms) that are used in different ways and I am trying to find out whether I should be powering off/hibernatin/stand by to best prolong the life. Another thing is i have been told it is best to let the … |
| | The strangest thing happened a few days ago. The display on my A10 started shaking or bouncing quickly vertically. I went to bed and when I woke up the next day the LCD screen was black. Upon closer inspection I could barely make out the display, as it should be, … |
| | (I have the phony windows look like Critical System error pop ups on my task bar)I downloaded smitfraudfix and ran the program and heres what the text document revealed.... SmitFraudFix v2.131 Scan done at 0:58:50.60, Thu 12/28/2006 Run from C:\Documents and Settings\storm bastin\Desktop\SmitfraudFix OS: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] - … |
| | When I turned my computer on this morning I got a message saying 'found new hardware'. The hardware it found was a the [COLOR=black]ethernet[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]controller[/COLOR]. I tried to install drivers for it but none of them would work. I bought a new [COLOR=black]ethernet[/COLOR] PCI card (Nexxtech 10/100) and replaced the …  |
| | My parents forgot the username and password for there windows 2000 log in. Is ther a way that i can reset/delete the username and password without being able to get on the computer? |
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