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[quote=sambam510;274248]I forgot to mention, I usually recieve a large 1 : 3 ratio Ex. ) (2 million packets sent to 6 million recieved)[/quote] :mrgreen: Wow you have a very good connection, it means that your internet is connected very well, your friend was wrong, no one is uploading any virus …

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Hi! I am new here. I had this problem today. Probably of a spyware infection. I couldn't right click anymore, not on my desktop, not on anywhere. I've tried scanning with several anti-viruses like spybot search & destroy, ad-aware, kaspersky.. etc, but in vain. Anyone can please help me.:sad:Also i …

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I know I've posted like 15 threads so far asking for help... but here's my latest problem: My repositories list is terrible, and keeps giving me hell. Any chance any of you are willing to explain to me where to get a repositories list and how to use it?

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I have a Full Tower case, and my system is already built with a Core 2 Duo E6600. I had ordered another E6600 for a client who backed out, and now I'm stuck with the bill. Instead of building another system with the leftover CPU, I am thinking about using …

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I have just bought the parts to make a computer. After carefully installing everything. I tried to install xp 64 bit. Sometimes it installs to 'Setup is starting windows' and freezes (ctrl alt del won't restart it), sometimes the memory doesn't check good, sometimes it freezes in other stages of …

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I've been pondering over how I can set my virtual memory to actually [I]stay [/I]set at the level I set it at. It seems as if it's being a teeny bit stubborn. I normally get informed that it will be increased automatically but then I thought "What's the point of …

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Sorry for duplicate post. I was lost in mac land thread. I just bought a sony vaio (windows xp) and hooked up my Logitech Quickcam Fusion web cam. When the cam is plugged in there is no sound on my laptop at all. I-tunes won't play and I can't hear …

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Setting a static page file is mainly a tip that should be reserved for the computer user who has forsaken friends and family for the realm of PC gaming, but anyone can do it, especially if you do video editing, or are a power user of any kind. the premise …

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Anyone got info ona vendor with a selection of mother boards for laptops. I've got an HP ze4400 that's about worthless cuz 1) Blank display / Won't POST and 2) It's got an AMD (Athlon XP-M) proc in it. I'd like to score a pentium m for it, and if …

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Hello: Recently one of the fans in my laptop is "grinding" usually within one minute of booting. There are three fans: the grinding one (the largest), a smaller one next to it, and a tiny fan positioned next to a heatsink. At first we thought it was the hard drive …

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Subject says it all. I'm considering building a system with one of these cpus. For those of you who have these cpus already, what have your experiences been with them? Nathan

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I recently had to reformat my PC due to Trogens. Since then my keyboard is not right.The @ is on the " button and vice versa; my pound button has also gone and I have this # where # should be I have this \......Why? and how do I get …

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Hi. About 4 or 5 days ago all the games on my computer (including ones on the internet) started acting funny. All the games work fine for about 10 minutes of play or so, then they just freeze the entire computer. I end up having to restart my computer and …

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I signned up to this forum yesterday because I finished building a computer. However... when I plugged it in and turned it on, the green light on the CD ROM and the little LCD screen on the front was blinking really fast and the meters on it showed that the …

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Has anyone run into this…? I am hoping there is a quick fix… I have a user that has a brand new T2400… I went into hook him up to a printer and for some reason or another it will not let me… If I go to the printer server …

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Ok. I just got my PC to turn on, now when I go to turn off it doesn't. Everything seems to turn off but my Power Supply, I can hear the fan on it running. When I do shut it doen the Light on the Front case Stays on... I …

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I'm not so sure what caused it, i think it might be a trojan or something. I cannot do the right click on desktop or even within a folder but i can do it on IE browser. Does anyone have experienced this situation before? How to fix it? Thank you

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I'm considering buying an external hard drive. My internal HD is 160GB, should i buy a 160GB EHD or something bigger, such as a 250GB? It's going to be used as a backup to the Main HD, so i want to be able to put everything on it, i will …

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Hi guys, I just bought a Seagate 320GB Sata II hard disk drive, initial plan of it is to store all my files. I already have a 120GB Sata I drive that I am going to keep as my primary drive so that the Windows XP can run of that. …

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hai i am karthik. i am having very small doubt. for one of my usb devive, i am having .inf and .sys file. If i plug the device, then i can force manuall to take that files and works well. how can i create one installer to this automatic for …

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Hi everyone. I'm having a problem with my hotmail and i can't seem to figure out what the problem is. My MSN messenger works perfectly, but when i click to go to my inbox I get the hotmail login page. I type my address and password, then seems to load …

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Quick! Tell me what Linux would be best for exploring Linux itself, and for programming languages and gaming? I am going to put Linux on my computer, but there are like 3,000 different kinds, and I don't make decisions. What's the recommendation?

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Hello all, I'm at my wits end so I'm hoping someone here can help me, if only to confirm my worst fears, at least then I'll know. I have a Packard Bell laptop, coming up to 2 yrs old. Basically he won't recognise his primary hard drive. He can recognise …

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YA I need one to help my freind on halo so if anyone have a unused 2 moonth and want to give it to some one give it to me here is my Email [email]kevin1014911@yahoo.com[/email]:cheesy:

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My laptop's LCD is solid, uniform gray and displays no lines, pixels, characters or other markings. I take it this means the backlight is on, right? What can I do? The computer works completely fine when an external monitor is attached. This happened after I took the laptop apart to …

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[URL]http://mammouth.tuxfamily.org/slackware/desktop.jpg[/URL] I found this pic when I searched "slackware" on google images, seeing as I am looking into installing Slackware 11 over my RedHat 9 Install. In the above picture, is that the default theme for slackware (with the dock and the transparent windows)? It makes it look like Mac …

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[B][I][COLOR=red]i have deleted my msn emails and really need them back cause there's some info i really need to get back with details is there any way to do this?[/COLOR][/I][/B]

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To clean dust from the fan of a Compaq Presario 2100, can I vacuum through the vents? If not, is there any way to reach the dust without removing all of the following items, as instructed in HP's service manual? • Hard disk drive (page 2-9) • Keyboard cover (page …

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I'm trying to setup a linux game server to host starcraft games. I'm thinking of using ubuntu or suse, but I'm not sure. Which one should I use out of the 2? Also, I really don't know how to set it up, so some one please help me!!!!!!!!

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:sad: My power supply burnt out got a new one and it also fried my motherboard so I also got a new one but now I have error messages and not quite sure what to do now. Can someone help me please. When I first plugged in it said I …

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I have a VGNS360. The HDD died and I want to replace it, but I can't open the case. It seems to have a screw or something holding it closed near the center behind the mousepad. Is it just stuck and I need to pry a little harder? Or is …

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I had to install the GRUB boot loader to my MBS when I installed Debian 'etch'. This was because the Debian installer couldn't figure out that there was another operating system on the HDD. Now, however, I cannot boot my windows system. I know that GRUB can be modified so …

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Hey I am a noob at Linux and I have installed Ubuntu onto my system. I can ping my modem and using the IP address I can ping [URL="http://www.optusnet.com.au"]www.optusnet.com.au[/URL]. How can I set it up so I can browse the net by just typing [URL="http://www.google.com"]www.google.com[/URL]

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Hi All, Hope I don't sound like too much of a simpleton, but I'm a relative novice. I have a emachine that had the hard drive die about a year ago, I replaced the old drive and moved it to the slave. this was working fine until last month. At …

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i have recently purchased a lifeview cardbus off ebay but the multi audio video cable was missing could anyone let me know where i can get one from it is the red white yellow and black multi cable on this web page [URL]http://www.lifeview.com.tw/html/products/external_tv/flydvbt_duo_cardbus.htm[/URL]

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Hi, I have been having problems w/ my Compaq Presario 2218Rs Laptop for a while now. I've used the recovery disk a few times and it reinstalled the operating system, but it would only last a day or maybe a couple days and then it would crash again. Now I …

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:-| Hi all,... im facingn this terrible problem after upgrading my chipset from celronD to Pentium 4 HT 331. My PC SHUTS DOWN RANDOMLY while playing games, doing work, etc. I dont know alot about this stufff, bucuz im only 12 yrs old. I went to look at my bios …

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just joined and was wondering if someone could help me with this annoying little problem. I have this yellow flashing question mark/"X" on my toolbar. nothing happenes when you click on it, and about every five minutes a small window pops up saying...system has detected blah blah blah. you get …

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Hello all: Im having an odd problem I can't seem to figure out. Before we get started I'm an A+ Certified technician, so my understanding of PC's is fairly good. So, I have a Toshiba satallite 2435-s255 and it's hard drive had a complete failure. I've purchased a replacement drive …

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I have a hp laptop nx9105 which lately has been having problems, It will lose power for no reason, and it will show a blue screen when trying to activate some programs, after ringing hp they told me it was a hardware fault and it would cost £375 to have …

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Everyone! First, forgive me...I'm new to the forum. I've been looking around and have not found my answer and wondering if you all can help. I have a Maxtor One-Touch 250GB USB/Firewire external HD. Today...it made a bunch of weird noises when coping files to it and then it came …

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Hi guys, Firstly I'd like to thank you guys for such a great forum, you have helped me out of quite a few sticky situations! So here is another one.:lol: I have been getting these emails for he last month or so, sometimes upto 10 or more a day and …

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I moved my computer to a new room, when I go to turn it on... it doesn't turn on. I moved back to my room and it will turn on, but it doesn't boot up. The Light on the front of the case stays on and when I plug my …

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Im probably posting in the wrong spot if so i appologize to you guys. My disk clean up will not work, when I attempt to run it it just freezes approx 1/4 of the way and will never finish. My computer is starting to get slow due to not running …

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It's been a while since I've fooled around with RAM, so I'm a bit out of touch. I have [B]512MB 32X8[/B] with numbers [B]35144581 W21407[/B] on the sticker below it. It looks like DDR RAM to me, but I don't know for sure. I'm going for a TV tuner/editing board …

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my PC keeps on restartng/shutting down on irregular intervals without any apparent reason, the intervals at which the computer restarts or just shuts down are very random sometimes it restarts just when windows starts to boot and sometimes it restarts after running for many hours without any problem sometimes I …

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I have a bit of a dilemma here and was wondering if anyone knows the answer. I accidentally dropped my Manager's Laptop here at work and broke her LCD screen. I promised her a replacement, but am having a hard time finding one. I've been looking on Ebay, but cannot …

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i have this in my system tray and can't figure it out i've run a hijackthis but can't see anything strange. nothing in add and remove programs and i don't see anything on start up maybe someone out there can help plz! here's my hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 …

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I upgraged from Win ME to Win XP. I am able to start to up XP in safe mood. But when I try to start in normal mood it gives me a black screen and will not go any futher. Anyone got any ideas why this would be happening? Thanks …

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This should be a simple thing..I hope :confused: But cant find any information on the net. Im running a windows 2003 server with AD and thought it would be nice that when the users log on that they would get a welcome screen like this : Welcome to "domainname" "user". …

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