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everytime I write the word virus ie close itself the only way I can look into google virus search is in safe mode. so I cant install any anti-virus... I haven't found the problem yet I used the last version of ad-aware with the updates I also used the last …

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[COLOR=#000000]Hey, great work people… my comp is stuffed has been for ages, the main problem I have these days is the slowness an the internet lag… not restricted to being on the net though… always so slow, Rundll32 starts at start up an causes the “work offline” internet box to …

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Norton was so kind as to let me know I have the "downloader" virus, used to be trojan.downloader(something like that). Norton couldn't delete it. I tried to delete it manually in safe mode and it said that it was being used by another program or person and couln't delete it. …

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My home network consists of a Linksys BEFSR41 V2 router that connects my two desktops and a printer to each other and through the cable modem to the internet. I just bought a Linksys WRT54G V5 wireless router. I want to use it to connect to my old HP notebook …

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hi guyz, I've recently built my PC from scratch (took a while too hehe), and i went with the option of not putting in any floppy drives at all, as i thought i won't be using it anymore since i can back up all my bigger files onto cds & …

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hi everyone, my mum was given a XP pro and when she got there was no recyclie bin???? it says that it is sending stuff to the recyclie bin but we can not find it???? can anyone help me????plzzz

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Hi for about a week i have been having this problem with my wireless internet connection. I cant connect to games and i cant connect to p2p programs too like limewire etc but surfing the net is fine. Whenever i click the repair button on that littel LAN connection icon …

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i just formatted my hard drive using the "hp restore plus" cd. im now experiencing comsiderably slower performance than before i had formatted.windows startup is noticeably slow and perfomance has just decreased drastically on the whole my machines a P4 2.6ghz, with two 512mb sticks of RAM and a 40gig …

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I have accidentally turned on the parental controls and cannot turn them off as I cannot remember my password, help!

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To all you brave people who maybe are going to try and help me fix my problem. After some cleaning work I done on my computer I mentioned that I accidently removed the sound operating system. (or whatever you would like to call it). To get it back I tried …

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My modem keeps losing connection with the cable.I have used a splitter for the tv and computor.But seems to lose connection even if the tv isn't on,any advice would be more then welcome.Anne

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Hey all, I'm in the process of choosing parts for a new system I plan to build, but I always get horribly confused when it comes to choosing RAM. I'm planning on getting an AMD 64 3800+ processor. My first question is would it be better to take advantage of …

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I have two Dell computers, a desktop and a laptop both running XP. Both are and have been connected to each other in a home network for several months. They were connected using Win XPs Home networking wizard. Yesterday morning an error message began flashing on the computers, stating that …

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Followed instructions (previous post) ran LSPfix used HJF; deleted all mentioned could not delete (in safe mode) wininetd.exe ( Windows using) still cannot access My computer, My documents etc from Desktop pardon my lack of " skills"; appreciate additional help here is updated LOG: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved …

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so this powerbook g4 1ghz starts then 3 beeps i know this (or think this is a ram prob) but before this i was starting then getting to the grey screen and the apple icon then that dark grey box with the hold the button to restart message the one …

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OK Guys I need help with my laptop Its a compaq presario 2500 running SP2 the problem(s) is/are that things have been dissappearing It all starts on startup where it pretends to freeze and when i press ALT+CTRL+DEL it unfreezes but then a message saying "Task Manager Has Been Disabled …

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I have just installed a 19" flat monitor screen to my Windows 2000 Professional. It tells me my screen must be 1280 x 1024. If I put it to this then my Internet pages only fill half the screen. Can someone help me to resolve this. I did have it …

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Visual C++ Error - Buffer Overrun Detected! I have had no success getting rid of this error message. When you open IE, the error is generated. If you immediately open IE again, it works fine. After about 5 minutes, when you open IE again, the error message reappears. I noticed …

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Greetings, i have gotten a nasty guard.tmp virus/spyware (Look2Me) I have managed to delete most of the dirt, but there is still one dll file that i cant get rid of. Also i get a message when i start my computer "something from rundll.exe having problems starting guard.tmp" This is …

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Have e-machine t2692 / xp home ed. Originally had 250w power supply. System died. Replaced with 300w power supply as recommended by e-machine. Everything came back up with the following exceptions: speakers don't work (I can live with this) none of the usb connections work (4 back & 2 front) …

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I don't really understand which socket is compatable with it. A site said: "Only compatible with new Intel 965 and 975X socket 775 Motherboards (Older 975 boards are not compatible)" Are they all socket 775? Most importantly, which one is best? Thanks. sorry for being stupid, I'm doing this for …

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Norton AV found a backdoor trojan virus under C:\Windows\etc\services.exe but cannot quarantine nor delete the file. Whenever we try to access our yahoo email, we get this "Cannot find server or DNS Error" message. Please help.

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I have a similar problem to others with a virus alert on my taskbar (now dissappeared) which has lead to unwanted pop ups for security and adult friend finders - I have been away and assume a colleague has used my computer to downlaod codecs? My Start Page on IE6 …

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Hello, everyone! I joined the forum to find some help for my problem. It seems very similar to that related in this thread -- [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread19435.html[/URL] . I've searched for answers, and the best seems to be found here. :lol: I did have Norton System Works on this machine, which I …

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Guys once again I think I have contracted either a virus or tanted program. Today my DSL (sbc) started running very slowly, I rebooted, system restored, ran all virus programs, and even tried different cables with no luck. Called their tech, he pinged, I pinged, he checked for known problems …

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Hi everyone, can someone PLEASE PLEASE help me? I am going round in circles and there is no way out. I cannot access secure sites, like banking, etc. I have tried the usual things like parental controls and resetting my .dlls and security settings and also a few other things, …

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Hi Is it possible to upgrade the firmware on a hub? and if it is, are there any linux upgrades?

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First, the problem started this way. The computer was brought to me because it would dial up but would not open websites. I investigated and found that it would not resolve a host name. The DNS servers were correct and are functioning fine so the problem was on the computer. …

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My computer worked fine one night, but in the morning i went to turn it on and it wasnt working. I built my computer with a friend, i have a [I]ibit IS7 motherboard[/I] and a [I]pentium 4 processor[/I]. This happened once in 2004 and i took it to a computer …

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I would appreciate any assistance which could be provided in the removal of the exasperating Amaena/Win Fixer popups. TIA! :)

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I need help on removing two things, entitled atmclk.exe and dcomcfg.exe. I'm constantly getting security alerts and infection warnings from them, as they've showed up on my taskbar. I'm not entirely sure how I got them. Here's my HJT log. EDIT - Sorry, I forgot to close everything before I …

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Hi I have 2 logs, from a scan of my wife's laptop. 1) HJT ogfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:12:50 PM, on 01/07/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\ibmpmsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\Program …

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Hi. I'm having problems w/ only one of the laptops on my network. When I browse with IE or Firefox, the browser stops working after 2-5 minutes. I get "Page Cannot be displayed" errors and "Cannot find server or DNS error". If I reboot, I can surf for 2-5 minutes …

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I am 13 and I tried everything I could to remove whats on my computer. I have trojan guarder gold version (from downlosad.com) and it keeps says I have winupd. What is it and can I remove it and how? I also have homesearch as a homepage and can't get …

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In the attached link there is a performance comparison between 32bit and their parallel 64bit softwares for different CPUs(under Windows XP 64bit). As we can see passing to 64bit brings to an improvement up to more than 100% !!! [url]http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1959&page=24[/url]

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Last night after I shut down my computer, it started making a clicking noise (more so than a beeping noise). Now it won't start up :( I'm not very hardware orientated, so I'm baffled as to what's wrong. The mobo fan, psu fan and graphics card fan all run when …

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Hey, I work on the Help Desk .. our Novell administrator just moved us from NWAdmin to ConsoleOne and we are unable to find a way to search for a user by their last name. I found how to search by given name for the first name. In NWAdmin, they …

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We have a linksys BEFSX41 at our Main office that is running two vpn's to our branch offices. both of our branch offices have BEFSX41's as well. We have been running fine for about 2 years and then all of a sudden 6 months ago we started having problems. The …

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Hello, I'm inheriting a half-built web-site that has runs on IIS over an MS SQL database. The web pages are written in ASP and they are mostly a mess. Is it possible to use Perl scripts in an MS SQL and IIS environment? Thanks for any input or feedback. Silentiopk4

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my pc often hangs after i disconnect from dial up connection using the agere systems sv92pp soft modem i hav acompaq presario sr1720 il and i have downloaded the appropriate driver but still i hav aproblem . it happens when my isp drops the connection. if u want to see …

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Desktop XP Professional SP2 (with all security updates)is infected with below [code]http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/2289/annoyingmessage7tr.jpg[/code] [URL=http://img323.imageshack.us/my.php?image=annoyingmessage7tr.jpg][IMG]http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/2289/annoyingmessage7tr.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I have used many (not only one) spyware utilities (Lavasoft Ad-aware, spybot search and Destroy, SpyDoctor, ,,,etc) in the [b]safemode[/b] and normal mode as well, without any success to get rid of this message.

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OK...so I download SpyBot. Installed it, and used it to get rid of spyware. I decided to try out another spyware scanner and uninstalled SpyBot. So now I have about 186 ENCRYPTED zip files on my machine that I can't access because I am not ATHORIZED to open such files …

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hey guys and girls. just wanting some help with a problem on my comp. whenever i try opening control panel nothing happens. also when i go to install something, again nothing happens. Both my BitDefender and AVG virus scanners arent working propaerly and so i couldnt scan. Afterwards i scanned …

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Help! I'm trying to remove the amaena popups, but it is proving difficult. Do I need HiJackThis? I don't have that. I have Norton AntiVirus and Ad-Aware SE. So far, I haven't been able to get rid of it with these. :evil: Thanks for any and all help!

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I have a Radeon All-in-Wonder 256mb agp card and an Acer al1916 lcd monitor. The problem I'm having is if I have to restart for any reason, ie. downloads, updates, etc. , the system will shut down but the monitor says no signal. The only way that I can get …

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How do you select a web host? Do you just look at what they offer? Their price? Technical support? This web site contains several documents that will help you select the right host. Not only that, but it will teach you the terms used in web hosting. This is suggested …

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hello every time i click on a movie in my downloads folder i get a window that says - to help protect your computer Windows has closed this program.- windows Explorer .... so maybe you can help? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 3:16:47 PM, on 7/9/2006 Platform: Windows …

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Hey, i have gotten an annoying peice of malware on my comp. It is a message that keeps displaying saying Your Computer is Infected! Critical System Error! Blah Blah Blah. I have gotten rid of all the viruses and spyware associated with this. Here is my Hijack This log. Logfile …

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Hi, I'm having an error box pop up consistantly when I turn my lap top on. The error is due to an Automatic Updates error. I recently searched the forums and found a person who had a similar problem [Volta06] who posted his problem about a year ago. However, he …

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I just recently had to format a friends pc. As of right now it is in the condidtion it was in when it came from Dell, with all the default programs installed etc etc. I installed Yahoo Messenger but all it does it open then close right away. Thanks, Will

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