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| | I REALLY hope someone can help me with this. i recently tried to uninstall icq from my computer, but cancelled it half way through, and now i cannot successfully uninstall or reinstall it. is there any way to get rid of it completely by going through the registry? |
 | Hello everyone, I have a fresh install of dapper drake and I would like to change two things from the default behavior: 1) How do you change to a "single click" desktop? 2) Can this system "remember" the last logged in username and go straight to the password prompt? Any …  |
| | I have 4 hard drives that I want to connect together and either make them run as one large drive or individually. For each of the drives I have a device that connects the the IDE and power slot and outputs them both to a single parallel female parallel port. … |
| | Hi again......now I got my laptop infected ......my daugther went to iconator.com and something nasty got on the laptop:sad: ....here's my HJT log.....scanned with ewido before running the log.....thanks for the help .....JD Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:40:18 PM, on 6/3/2006 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) …  |
| | Afer installing Panther on my machine the graphics card in the PCI slot (running a second monitor) doesn't work right. The monitor screen looks like a negative (gray and pixely). It worked just fine in Jaguar. What happened? |
| | Has anyone seen any indepth reports, or had direct experience with how well the new iMacs work with illustrator and photoshop CS and CS2?  |
| | hi i have HP Pavilion 8612.its a pentiumIII with 600Mhz.it has (64+128)MB RAM and 40GB HD. I have win XP installed on this system.Now the problem is that whenever i connect to the internet my system hangs someytimes within 5 minutes or sometimes after 30 minutes.i have tried many things(i … |
| | Ok I have very little of a clue as to what I am supposed to do, or if it is even possible. I am using a laptop dell latitude for school and was wondering if I would be able to hook up an old computer tower to the laptop to … |
| | I am torn between 2 options [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2272896&sku=A458-1116%20Q[/url] That kit has a 32bit 3.06GHz processor which is better than my 2.50 GHz Or this kit: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2273650&sku=M450-2400%20A[/url] which has a 64bit 2.00GHz processor Right now I am running XP, but I will probably end up getting Vista, so in the long run … |
| | Hello, I was recently believing I was installing a Windows Media Codec but Spybot picked it up ad a v.codec Media 4 or something and other.. I tried to remove it with it, but the SpywareQuake Icon comes up and I tried to remove it with SmitfraudFix. That is gone, … |
| | Hi All- I have loaded up my G5 with Tiger, and found a pair of stickers with serial numbers (same on each) for QT Pro. These are similar to the sn. for the other software I have: FC StudioHD (and it components, each having a sn). So I searched (Find) … |
| | My home PC is running on Windows XP. Whenever I try to launch internet explorer and anthing to do with windows explorer I get 100% CPU usage and can't do anything but end the programs and reboot. I recently downloaded the latest norton anti virus and internet security software although … |
| | Dear Member of the forum; Here is my problem: I have been trying for the last week to re-partition my hard drive and to format it. Before doing, I have backed-up all my files. As a reminder, I have a Toshiba laptop with a Pentium 4 processor, 38.4GB. I have …  |
| | HI...I am trying to format my pc but when i get to the part where you have to type in A:\>FORMAT c: /s it just goes to the A:\> not give me the choice to label the drive... am I typing it in wrong?? Please help..Thank you... |
| | Somehow a jpeg has turned into a picture clipping (OSX) and I can't do anything with it - will not import into Iphotos or Adobe or print. My jpegs are usually 450kb (digital photos) but this one has morphed into 2.6mb! All I want to do is print this photo. … |
| | First off let me say that I am not to computer savvy. However, I am not afraid to take apart then put it back together, run tests, add memory, etc. A about a month ago I moved in to my own place and with the help of my mother-in-law built … |
| | i got a virus (maybe more) and wanted to post my hijack this logfile to make sure everything is gone. problems i had: popups for a spyware remover, i dont remember the name, but it was ssk3 or something like that. when i ran adaware, it came up with 300 … |
| | Hi there! My brother recently bought a new graphics card and he gave me his old one for the computer im building. Now the problem is that niether of us know what model it is and it wont fit into my current pc (too old) so im stuck with a … |
| | I have windows defender - and it keeps saying that the program "Great Plan.exe" is trying to make itself run at startup. I have searched the web and found no reference to this mysterious program. I know that there is probably no-one here who has heard of it if it … |
| | when i turn it on. it works fine and then it goes to the screen where it loads my Windows XP Home edition, and then screen turns black. Then its SUPPOSED to take me to my login screen but instead the screen stays black. When the screen turns black the … |
| | all of the suddon my desktop background on windows xp pro sp2 went from the image to all black. When I open Display properties, deskop, the background image selector is grayed out. Its been acting really slow too. Any ideas? |
| | Long story made short! Just received a second hand PC, was working fine until I loaded some new programs and setup broadband. Thereafter when it starts it goes into Windows error checking mode, saying that a file is missing, and continues to reboot itself without entering windows. Then after entering …  |
| | I have an ASUS PR-DLS533 MB, capable of up to 12 GB. I had 2 x 512KB sticks originally. RAM reads 1 GB. PC2100, ECC Registered DDR. I bought 3 more 1 GB sticks (Brand A) and a single 1 GB stick (Brand B) I installed, in pairs, two of … |
| | Hi, I have had a pc running for over a year now. It was all working fine until one day it wouldn't boot. It does all the memory checks etc but when it reaches the windows log on screen if i leave it it will reboot and if i try … |
| | I have an old system with RH5 - yes Red Hat 5! on it. Would it be possible to use Up2Date to upgrade it to basicallly what is FC4 in terms of packages. I have no CD/DVD or Floppy drive so it must be downloaded from the existing system. |
| | My internet explorer doesnt work at all. When I open it, it's as if a page is being loaded but it just stays white forever. If I press "stop" I get an "action cancelled" screen. I can type in other pages in the address bar but I get the same … |
| | Hi People, I burn a lot of DVD's and usually watch them on my DVD player. However, I have recently tried watching them on my computer using WMP. Unfortunately with NO sound. Help is greatly appreciated. PS - Checked all sound/volume settings. OK Sincerely Mighty Mart |
| | Hello......I am thinking of selling my computer to someone. It runs Win Me. I've never sold one before, and would like to know how to clear the hard drive. For example, if you're on Yahoo, which is my homepage, whenever you type a letter in the search box, all the … |
 | I have an xp machine set up to run IE at startup. What would make it open the IE window twice. Freshly imaged, never on net can't be virus. just a setting I messed up. any Help?  |
| | I use a program that can be considered CPU intensive. My laptop tends to heat up quite a bit after a while, but cools down later. [a] I'd like to know if excessive heat is a problem or not. Another thing that happens is that the program's memory usage doesnt … |
| | I know many people have had this problem, but I read I should post it myself also, so here it is, I am getting this Generic Host Error and the details are szAppName : svchost.exe szAppVer : 5.1.2600.2180 szModName : unknown szModVer : 0.0.0.0 offset : 00000000 since it really … |
| | Last week on a restart I received a message that said: "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-Rom. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair." Because … |
| | So yeah... im getting confused now, which one should I get? A 64-bit with much lower speeds or a 32 bit which clocks in at 3.2? It used to be simple... lol, all we had to do is look at the ghz |
| | hi, about a month ago my computer was infected with a spyaxe virus (with the little virus alert icon in the notification area). i thought it was fixed but recently i tried to open some of my microsoft word documents and none of them will open!! same goes for my … |
 | My computer is currently running slower than when I bought it a year ago. I caught my son looking at quite a few inappropriate website and think our computer may have gotten some adware/spyware/trojans/keyloggers from them. I was here a few months ago and you guys did a really good …  |
| | Ok I'm at a loss here had spyware quake, and removed it using smitfraudfix, ewido, ATF-Cleaner, spyware doctor, ad-awareSE, and AVG. But, I still have virus alert icon flashing at bottom. It is not the one whith green wheelchair. It flashes between red circle slash, and blue-white question mark (help) … |
| | Can somebody peruse the following and suggest why the windoze xp clients on my lan cannot access the internet. [root@matrix root]# /etc/init.d/squid start Starting squid: [FAILED] [root@matrix root]# ps x | grep squid 1011 ? SW 0:00 squid -D 9597 pts/0 S 0:00 grep squid [root@matrix root]# chkconfig squid on …  |
| | I deleted "/home" dirctory now I cant log in, hence cant use the computer. What should I do? I have Ubuntu |
| | Arg, this is bugging the heck out of me! I have Red Hat Fedora Core 2 and my mouse works fine from the shell. When I try to start X, it says that Mouse0 isnt working. I tried a USB and PS2 mouse, then I tried plugging the PS2 one … |
 | How many IPs can I configure on Linux system on one NIC ?? If its different for freeBSD, Fedora and RedHat Linux then whats the exact figures for each .... |
| | Hello.....been away for a while......my previous issues were all solved...thanks for the help.....I've got some new problems now.....I ran Ad-Aware SE Plus and MacFee Virus Scan to try to clean things up....couldn't delelete mptft.exe. in C:\windows\system32 ....here's my HFT log .... appreciate any help you can give!:) Logfile of HijackThis … |
 | is it possible to select this folder w/ pocket killbox C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 |
| | [COLOR=#555555]I have 2 XP machines running XP sp2 and office 2003 everything is updated.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]One machine when I want to do a screen print I can open a new message and in the body of the message I can ctrl v and paste the screen-print right into the … |
| | HI all Please help I have already run WINPFIND Check my log I have mad pop-ups Regards Mabhiza:sad: The file does not want to upload, so I pasted everything here....Sorry WARNING: not all files found by this scanner are bad. Consult with a knowledgable person before proceeding. If you see … |
| | Yesterday I (finally) armed and protected my Win98SE old and battered laptop, following instructions I was given by a good soul on this forum. One of many guarding tools is ZoneAlarm that I left pretty much set to default. Today I started receiving alarms that WUCRTUPD.EXE application is trying to … |
| | Does anyone know why when i try delete a folder off of my C drive i get this message: "Cannot delete CAIDWFIT.: Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file name." is there a method of bypassing this and deleting the folder? all i … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]Hi,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC's problem is:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC was working well, some reason I remove its Hard Disk, and set an another PC's HD, try to start PC, its not start, Press F1 set the BIOS, again startup from HD, can not start.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Replace and set up first HD, I mean … |
| | Hi, Like most I got stompped by what I now think is the about:blank virus. I've run Avast - anti virus - spybot - adware - windows defender both before the main boot phase and in safe mode; and although i've seemed to be rid of the virus itself in … |
| | My internet has been running perfectly for a few months (since about January) I'd only had to restart my computer a few times, to get the itnernet to work again. But two days ago, my internet keeps going off. I've tried turning my computer, router, and modem off for a … |
| | Hi ! Laptop Toshiba M35-S3592, 256ram, Nvidia Fx 5200go, laptop is more than 2 years old. That is what I am getting ! It is screen shot [URL="http://home.comcast.net/%7Emdorfman4/screen-pic.JPG"]http://home.comcast.net/~mdorfman4/screen-pic.JPG[/URL] Problem started after I have intalled alternative Nvidia Drivers, since toshiba's original drives didn't allow me to play my games. The day … |
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