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| | Hello Everyone, My mother bought a used pc the other day and asked me to look at it and possably advise her what she needed to update it and get her ready to go online hassel free. I looked her pc over and had her buy a hard drive as … |
| | Hello everyone, have a new wireless problem here I cant seem to tackle. Its a Dell Dimension D800 running WinXP SP2. Problem is the wireless connection always shows I am connected and shows an excellent signal and an IP address but it only allows me to browse websites and AIM … |
| | I haven't upgraded yet but I was wondering if anyone encountered any major issues when doing this. More specifically, I'm afraid if I upgrade, I'll lose FrontPage, Publisher and MapPoint and it will slow my computer down. Just looking for opinions/answers. Thanks! Valerie |
| | [size=4][font=Verdana]:lol:Hi, are ther any websites that have good info on Windows 2000 tweaks and tips? For example what Windows 2000 services I need and don't need. If there are services I don't need and don't want them running in the background. Thanks Joe L.[/font][/size] |
| | First off, here's my system: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum AMD 64 3200+ 939-Socket 4x Kingston 512MB DDR-400 PC-3200 Sony DVD 16X Western Digital 120GB Serial ATA Radeon X800 XL/Nvidia MX 4000 My case is from compusa and is a generic ATX case with a 400 watt power supply (which was …  |
| | Hey guys. I bought this computer two years ago. It was mediocre, but i never had problems. About a year later, I upgraded to be able play high end games. It runs near-perfect on almost all games, but it developed a flaw, and it is becoming more and more frequent … |
| | hey just wanted to post my hijackthis log and make sure everything is clean on my comp...thanks! :lol: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:16:16 PM, on 7/18/2005 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …  |
| | to all computer fanatics which do you think has more user AMD or INTEL and why? post your comments here!  |
| | defragment shows 4% and again comes back to 0% for nearly half an hour. Scandisk runs ok. Any solutions ??? |
| | Hello and thank you very much in advance for the help: I am running Windows ME and just had to get it re-installed through Gateway tech support. Now my icons are large and everything seems perferated. A friend mentioned it could be the drivers associated with the video card or … |
| | I am looking at this one for a friend. It is a Dell Inspiron 2500 running WinXP Pro. POST is OK, but it gives an "Operating System not found" error after POST on some occasions, boots normally on others. The OS also gets unstable at times. I was told that … |
| | I have bought a HP computer sometimes ago, it is P-IV-, 1.3MHz and 256 RAM and few days ago i dont know what happened but as soon as i started "activiation code" window poped up.. i go no internet connection nor any kind of activated code and i dont know … |
| | I just built my 4th computer from components. Had it running, added a CDROM and floppy drive. Computer no longer boots. When turned on, fans run and a long beep starts after a few seconds. Have disconnected every component including all but power switch and internal speaker. Still have same … |
| | Okay, here's the layout. BellSouth DSL to Westell C90-610030-06 DSL router. From Westell Router: 1) Cat 5 to Linksys BEFSR81 Ver. 3 Router 2) USB line to Dell PowerEdge server The Dell server works fine with the internet. I have a network connection running inside the house to a Mac. … |
| | Hi, I've just upgraded & bought a new tower consisting of; AMD 3500+ CPU GA-K8NF-9 Mother Board 1gig Kingmax DDR400 RAM Winfast PX6600GT TDH Extreme Version Graphics Card 200gig Seagate SATA hard disk CD Rom etc etc I've kept my old Honeywell (FCC ID:AQ6-92K15) keyboard & MX1000 Logitech Mouse. I …  |
| | At intermittent times, I keep getting the "Cannot find server or DNS error" on IE6 and "Page cannot be found error" on Netscape & Firefox. About 5 minutes later, I can access the sites. I tried the Microsoft fixes, adjusting SSL, TLS, etc.., anti-virus programs, spybot, adaware, but no luck. … |
| | To start off with I have run Adaware, Trendmicro, Norton, And looked up lots, Below is my HJT file. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, Ihave fought this all night long and am ready to wipe out the drive and start over, after 6 yrs as a tech … |
| | I just made a P4 2.533 GHz on an ASUS P4S8X mother board and have not been able to see my DVD drive it does show my CD drive which is attached to the master (Black Connector) of the same cable. Any ideas what to do? Thanks in advance? |
| | Hi I upgraded from w2k to XP Pro, now my pc freezes for a few seconds at a time or worst, it automatically shuts down and restarts. I've tried everything a novice like me could but nothing seems to work. Microsoft support has been successful either. In desperation I have … |
| | Hi there all im new here so bare with me I bought this ati radeon 9800 pro gfx card becoz i wanted to play battlefeild 2 and the game dosnt support geforce 4 4800 ti se,i have the catylist 5.6 drivers and had origonaly install the drivers from the disc. … |
| | I let my friend borrow my computer for a few months. Bad freaking idea, dont do it. Well when i got it back from my vacation and tried to boot it up it goes pass the dell logo screen and then right after that it says error loading operating system. … |
| | Hey all. Just chucked in my XP pro disc to format my drive and reinstall XP, but i came across a REALLY strange error. IT boots up off the disc, then when i go to press enter to reinstall it says that it cant find any HDD's!!! wat the heck...ive … |
| | I cannot open IE. I continue to get a pop up that says; Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Buffer Overrun Detected C:\program files\internet explorer\Iexplorer.exe. I can get on line through AOL, but the window come up periodically. I have ran a deep scan with my anti-virus program, scanned with Ad-aware, … |
| | >.<! I never thought i'd be asking for advice on how to fix my comp, but here it goes. Ever since i was bombarded with pop-ups, my computer had this fatal error message on it all i remember it saying was TROJAN.HTML.smitfraud or something like that, anyhow i got rid … |
 | I figured this would be the place to find a solution. PROBLEM 1: I can't download the AIM installer from aim.com . it doesn't give me an error message or anything, but when it brings up the download prompt, which kinda looks like this Would you like to open this … |
| | i have been trying everything to get rid of this thing but nothing works so i figure i might as well put my HJT log and see what u tell me, also i noticed that alot of new things have been popping up in my c drive folder, they all … |
| | hi , My Environment : [ Windows 98 , Linux dual boot ] , LAN , Novell Netware. Development using XAMPP which includes mysql, PHP,apache] {* This is serving the LAN as intranet but.....} My Need : 1* Setting up a linux server using Fedora Core 2. 2* Or the … |
| | Yesterday, after the internet went out for whatever reason, I came back to find my PC off. Naturally, I pressed the power button, and nothing powered on. Problem. So, I thought it might be the power supply. I don't have considerable experience, but I have a case fan with LEDs. … |
| | I'm not really sure what's going on but every so often my computer will shut down and reboot, it's done this for a while and has been A problem for a while now. |
| | Here is what is happening. My PC was acting rather sluggish, so I restarted it. It started booting, then went to the XP loading page. After which, the screen went black for a second and the system restarted and repeated. I tried to boot in Safe Mode. The Safe Mode … |
| | Hello... I am running Windows XP Home and I use an AOL Broadband connection. I am encountering the Error #317 pop up window The error #317 message appears as follows: "Error 317 - Microsoft Internet Security Warning Windows is corrupted with spyware virus. You must patch your pc urgently to … |
| | Hi, I've been reading some of the other Aurora solutions and looked at the files you are supposed to delete and didn't find them. I'm guessing every one of them is unique? Well anyway, here are my log files. --------------------------------------------------------- ewido security suite - Scan report --------------------------------------------------------- + Created on: …  |
| | Have windows XP, mp3 player is not detected by computer. Mp3 player works on other computers. Ipod will download music from same usb port, but will not recharge the battery. Device manager says usb ports are fine. Help! |
| | I am having some trouble with pop under ads. They seem to pop up randomly (It can go days without happening) and they are popping up even when I am not surfing the web or using IE. The most frequent time they pop under is right when I login and … |
| | I have tried everything to rid my computer of whatever is making it act erratic. Avg anti virus finds nothing but later finds trojans that it can't delete or heal. Trojan hunter just as innefective. Please help here is my hijack this log. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at … |
| | I have Windows XP, with SP2 installed on my computer, and I think it has a virus on it, because it constantly crashes, can't detect a firewall, and recently, my Norton Antivirus was disabled and requires reinstall. Now, when I try to boot it, a majority of the time it … |
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| | I just picked up About:blank virus yesterday when I downloaded music. The start page now goes to about:blank every time the browser is launched. I tried NoAdware, Spy Ferret, Microsoft AntiSpyware and Ad-Aware SE. They all detected the virus but could not remove it. I have read some other threads … |
| | Hi, ive had my computer for over a year now and about 6 months ago i couldn't access properties on my desktop. I finally need to reize my screen and can't do so, so i need your HELP. Im assuming that i will have more probalems than just accessing properties, … |
 | my system randoly restats then i get a blue screen. it seems that its only when i am playing a game. i think it has to do with that sound card issue the realtek ac'97 or somthing like that..please help |
| | why does my computer keep freeezing i have just reformated it and its still doing it mozilla goes to 100% ive tried other browsers and it still does it when i try to download help files it wont allow it whats going on with it |
| | Hello, I just bought a new Pioneer DVR-109 Burner and fully reinstalled my computer. I see the Dvd Burner in the Bios but not in windows (XP Pro SP2) and either in the Device Manager (their is no CDROM or DVD Device section !!!!) And the strange thing is that … |
| | Hello, AVG pops up now and then saying "Virus detected, GPSRESL.exe, trojan Dialer.18.c". I have also lost the "appearance tab" from the display properties on the desktop. Also IE links to explicit websites occasionally for no reason. I've run the AVG scan a few times but it doesn't detect anything. … |
| | I am having troubles figuring out if my computer running WIndows XP SP2 has USB 2 Its a older P3 800mhz system. I have everest but cannot seem to find results. I need this for my ipod but havnt got it yet to try. Our photo scanner is powerd buy … |
| | I just brought tis new DIY com a few month ago but my com seems to get slower & more laggy nwadays,ami i installing too much software or is it that my com is hit wif a virus? my cpu usage is always very close to 100%... i have ran … |
| | We use KaiStation on our router to game with our xbox, and we have discovered a difficlt problem. When trying to connect to our friend a few houses down we found we can't ping him at all, much less connect with him for games. We have posted in other forums … |
| | Lately I have been aving a few problems with my computer. IE startpage sometimes goes to Martfinder and sometimes goes to a "Warning Spyware" page-but about 1/3 of the time it goes where it is supposed to. The other problem is from time to time when I am online, I … |
| | i recently hooked my old comp (dell dimension L1000R) with windows me back up and when i go to start it seems like it is going to boot but stops at a black screen with a blinking - in the upper left corner....no clue even where to begin. i do …  |
| | My computer surfing is at a slowing to crawl I ran adware and spybot and microsoft antispyware and I also have this thing redswoosh.net constantly trying to log on to the internet. and for the past few days i've been getting messages my virtual memory is low. what do I … |
| | The aurora popups are driving me crazy. There may be other things on this computer I don't know about. I've done all the virus scanning / spyware removal I know of. I did do a HJT scan. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:53:33 AM, on 7/10/2005 Platform: Windows … |
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