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Day before yesterday I got my Laptop's RAM upgraded and hard-disk replaced which actually wiped out all IBM Preloaded software. I had to buy a new OEM Pack of Win XP Pro. However, after I installed this thing, something funny has started happening : When I move my cursor, it …

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With the halt of Lavalys' freeware programs I need a new system diagnostic program. What would you guys suggest?

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i'm on a G4 running OS 10.2.5 and it's sloooooooowwwwwww. i'm clueless so can someone talk to me like i'm an idiot and help me defrag this thing? thanks

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I have this pop-up that won't go away no matter how many anti-spyware/virus software I use. It usually says "the best offers" preceded my a symbol that looks like 6 different colored circles forming a ring. What is this thing and how do I get rid of it?

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Hi, I have the following problem... The cd-rom on my dad's computer opens and closes continuously, the computer is obviously infected. First I suspected the problem was spyware. I tried: Adaware, SpyBot Search and Destroy, SpySweeper and others but this hasn't fixed the problem. Now I suspect the problem may …

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I currently have a 1 GB stick of ram in my computer and am thinking about getting dual channel. I have two questions. Is it better to have 2x512 MB Dual channel, or a 1GB stick of ram? And can i keep my 1GB stick in DIMM slot 3 and …

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I’m looking for a software solution to control client’s PC’s remotely over the Internet in order to run antispyware/adware, antivirus, as well as any other maintenance type programs. I have been using RealVNC and UltraVNC, however I must interfere with the client’s use of the computer. Does anyone know of …

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Running XP - Nearly everything is displaying in italics - have tried going to 'tools-internet options-fonts' but cannot change the fonts to non-italic there. If I copy to Word, the text is non-italic. Can anybody help please. How can I change it to non-italic font? It's nice to start with …

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hi ...hope you are all ok. since yesterday i ve noticed a quite weird problem on my laptop.. i connect usually via wireless dsl connection..i turn on my external router and set the Wlan button from my laptop to on ...then after a while the wlan icon appears as transmitting …

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I am not a techie but some people ask me to do things anyway, so please bear with me. As an example let's say that the main part of a website resides on a third-party server but there are links within some of the pages that refer to an hard-coded …

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Hi everybody, just gotta quick question, On my usb 2.0 pcmcia card (2 plug), there is a power adapter hole in between the usb slots, what is this used for? is it even necessary ? I thought pcmcia slots were self powering ? Also, i have a 4x burner (...i …

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I have a power off problem with Windows XP. Recommendations I have found suggest going into Control Panel and selecting "Performance and Maintenance." My problem, I don't have such an icon labeled Performance and Maintenance in my control panel.

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Hi guys. i stumbled apon your sit when i got a virus. hacktool rootkit. I have nortons internet security 2006 and it finds the virus and will quarantine it but not delete it. as i read some of the previous treads i tried some of the remedies but to no …

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Hello, My problems started on this machine when I attempt to login either into Hotmail ([url]www.hotmail.com[/url]) or my bank accounts online or almost all login required sites. They do not fully load to either the login page or even thereafter the user/pass is entered I receive a blank page that …

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I just bought (2) 512MB sticks of Corsair RAM for my HP Pavilion a420N, which ships with a single stick of 512MB RAM in it (or so it says in the documentation). But it hasn't arrived yet. Meantime...I looked at the properties today, and it tells me I have 448MB …

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Hi Folks I have an iBook 500mg G3 iBook and it runs perfectly except for one thing: I cannot insert a blank CD in the tray. When I close the tray it spins for a second or two and then the door pops open. I have tried most everything I …

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On my other PC I cannot log in. I get to the main screen where it allows you to choose which user you want to go on as, but then when you try to enter as either user, it gets me in and immediately logs me off do you have …

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HI, I tried setting up a local network between my desktop and laptop, the desktop asked me for a network password which I left blank, it then required a reboot, and now asks me for a password (I never had a password set before)... now it wont let me log …

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How do u get rid of programs that wont let u unistall them because it says a file is missing?

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I have recently had a few minor problems with my pc so I decided to try to repair it with my Windows XP disc. What I actually ended up doing was to reinstall windows xp again and now my pc is back to the day it was made, well almost. …

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Okay, this will be a bit of a longer post about mostly network policies and such (hey, talk about a nice 1st post :mrgreen: ), but I do need help with the software configuration. I'll be the first to admit that I know almost nothing about Netware, but I do …

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My brother must have downloaded SOMETHING. I have three entries in the add/remove programs that I cannot get rid of. I have tried in Safemode as well. I have put HijackThis 1.99.1 on his computer and the following is a copy of the log file. Please can someone help? I …

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Hello everybody. I need some help with that bastard hacktool.Rootkit... I have done everything that was said in the previous posts (Used Ewido, Spy Sweeper and Spybot S&D) with newest updates. Ewido found the hacktool.Rootkit in Windows/system32/remon.sys and deleted it. After Reboot it was found again, and i deleted it …

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I've got a DSL connection using a SpeedStream 5200 router and I am using Internet Connection Sharing to share on our local network. My problem is, I can't get ports 5631 & 5632 to open so I can use PCAnywhere. The router won't let me forward the ports to my …

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I don't know when it happened, but I can't seem to raise the address slot. When I right click in the grey area it says that Address is checked and should be showing, but it is not. I've unchecked it, re-checked it, closed IE and opened again, but nothing seems …

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OK I know lots of people has asked this question. I working on windows 98 and cant seem to get the right driver to get i working. Any help would be greatle appreciated

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I have installed a Belkin wireless network at home linking a desktop PC running Windows XP and 2 laptops, a new Sony laptop running Windows XP and my old Sony laptop running Windows 2000 Professional. The new laptop has a built-in wireless connection. My old one has an Ethernet connection, …

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Hi, I recently bought and installed a new DVD writer but now my CD drive won't work. When I start up the computer and they go through something I think is called a memory test, there is this beeping noise and it says "ATAPI Incompatible" (I think ATAPI is the …

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So I try to start up my aim and It says this application has fialed to start because idlemon.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fixthis problem,and when I try to delete it it says the same thing, then when I try to download idlemon.dll I try to run …

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I have a Laptop connected to the internet via a D-link 524g router and the problem i keep having is that I keep losing my connection around the house or it keeps dropping all the way down to 1 Mbps. What can I do to solve this? Somebody told me …

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hi i just recovered my pc from spyware but now i cant change my background(selection grayed out) the message on the background reads "spyware infection" this is my hackthis log, (i think the problem may be in the top 2 or 3 files) Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at …

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Windows-2003 CFMX 7 WINWORD documents.... Because my hosting site has turn-off cfexecute (cannot generate pdf), I had to create a process that would allow me to create format documents. The process works great except with 1 major flaw, my file sizes can get very large making it impossible to open …

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I've been on this computer for 7 years. It's a Presario 5700 series with the following configuration: 320 Megs of ram, PIII 500 and is running five drives: [HTML] IDE: Primary Secondary [Floppy] ---- ------- ---------- ------ 0: HDD DVD-ROM Floppy 1: CD-RW Zip 100 |_(j. on 'CS') [/HTML] Before, …

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I have the DFI Lanparty UT motherboard and currently use an ATI radion 9600XT card. I'm ready to buy a new vid card. The x850XT and stuff is out of the question but I'd like to know what you all think would be a good card to get, lower in …

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Hi guys i downloaded the knoppix live cd and burned it and all went fine. except its in German...i cant read german. Is there an english version. Or another Live CD you recommend? -T

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See this bulletin from Microsoft for complete details: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912920.mspx[/url]

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I have gotten 2 pop-ups from Norton telling me that I have xz.bat and hacktool.rootkit located on my computer. I have ran Spybot Search and Destroy, and Adware SE to try and see if this would get rid of those listed above since Norton cannot seem to get rid of …

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Hi, I'm rather new to the forums.I've never used HijackThis but since my computer has been acting strangely and my IE browser is having problems I wanted to check.Any feedback would be appreciated, thank you. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:58:31 AM, on 1/8/2006 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 …

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this is my first time ever posting and to get to this point has taken me a long time. to make the lond story short after perfoming a system recovery and finding that the hacktool.rootkit still dwelled in my machine i got pretty mad. looking at some google search results …

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Found this site through a google search. I recently updated to DSL and before I could add a firewall router to my computer I detected a virus. Norton Anti Virus Corporate edition found it and quarantined but I cannot remove it. I delete the quarantined files and it reppears. A …

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Hi newbi here, I need help I've spent hours on the line to HTML India (free help desk with BT) and for what , My problem is that I can access the internet ect but If i try and link some sites ect like my E-bay account I just keep …

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I am pretty new to this and apologize in advance for any mistakes as far as procedure. My computer is having problems with Spyaxe, and it started yesterday. I kept on getting a message on the bottom right of my computer "your computer is infected" and my home page keeps …

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I've been enlisted by a friend to remove Hacktool.Rootkit, but I can't seem to get rid of it. It seems to be acting differently than the other reports I've read. The computer was infected in a similar way (IM about pictures) but Norton isn't constantly popping up errors, it only …

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Main problem ive noticed is IE crashing when using links that open in new window but i noticed other strange things and found this site for help which suggested HJT Advice on how to fix any problems will be welcomed with open arms....thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at …

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Hello, I am a newbie. I cannot seem to view most of my 'favourites' webpages offline. I searched the help feature and also dogpile for answers but I didn't get any. Is there a way to solve this problem? Thanks.

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My brother sends me .wmv and .mpe file attachments from his Mac computer that I am unable to open with my Windows Media Player 10.0. I get a message that says - [COLOR=Blue]C00D1199: Cannot play the file Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You might encounter this error message …

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There are a few things wrong with my computer and my friend turned me to this website. Help is much appreashiated. I dont know how all this garbage got on my computer but i thank whoever in advanced for helping me. Here is Hijack this log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 …

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how do i re-install I E ? keep getting message "newer version bla bla bla....."thanks

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i have a dell inspiron 1150 running windows xp home edition and i belive has service pack 1a installed on it. my problems is this: I will go to turn on my computer and sometimes it will turn on, and other times, it won't. When it does, sometimes the fan …

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