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| | Alright, this problem first started happening maybe a month ago. I started to notice little glitches on the desktop wallpaper. Then maybe a couple weeks ago it got to the point where windows would not even start up. Whenever I had pressed the button on the pc for bootup, it … |
| | Ill try to explain this as best I can. I am connecting directly to another computer through ethernet which shares its dialup connection with me. Problem is, I cannot connect to certain websites such as microsoft and ebay, and I cant run certain programs such as steam or guildwars. I … |
| | What would be the best FREE back up porgram for windows 98 2nd edition. we have been having bad luck with 6 people on the comp and someone keeps gitting in the wrong stuff and our computer basically gets trashed. in the likely event of the computer totally dieing AGAIN …  |
| | I'm on a G4 PowerBook (10.2.8) and have a HP Laserjet 1300 printer with it. I have a G3 PowerBook(8.5.1) and an Apple Personal LaserWriter 300 printer. I have transferred stuff on my hard drive (G3) to my (G4) since I have to turn in my old machine. Would like … |
| | I've been reading some of the threads and it seems that a bad board can fry a processor. Can a bad processor fry a board? Also, is there a way to test a memory stick without taking it to your local computer store? Anyone ever try MEMTEST 86. I'm asking … |
| | I am a first time user of the forum so please let me know if you need more info. I keep receiving Aurora popups and unable to clean. I also noticed that when I opened regedit or task manager, they would immediately close. I have used Ad-aware, spybot, ccleaner, ewido … |
| | [SIZE=5]Pop-up "Windows Security Center"[/SIZE][SIZE=5][/SIZE][B][COLOR=Red][SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]In the body of this pop-up I get the message- "WARNING: Firewall detected suspicious network activity Etc, etc.. Do you want to learn how to protect your computer? [YES] [NO] At the same time Internet Explorer tries to log on. Any ideas where to find … |
| | Hello, Can someone please help me with a virus. It keeps popping up in my Task manager, taking 50% of the CPU. If I stop it, either another starts later or when I reboot it. Now something is attaching to my emails and I can't stop it. Here is the … |
| | I have a Mac (OS 10.2.8) and a PC (XP) on a wireless network. The PC has an Epson Stylus Photo R200. I finally figured out how to connect from my Mac to my PC and back again, but now I can't set up the printer properly. It works fine … |
| | I just got a new laptop. It has dual Intel Pentium P4 2.8G processors installed. I'm running Windows XP Professional. My question is, does XP really use two processors? How? At what point are both processors being used? Under heavy load? At all times? Is there a way to assign … |
| | Hi... I'm running on an IBM ThinkPAd T40 with: 1.6GHz Pentium M Processor 512MB RAM 80G HD My computer is running extremely slow and i often getting message that the programs I am running have performed illegal operations and shut down. I almost daily run Adaware, clean my cookies etc.. … |
| | First, let me tell you I have no clue how I stumbled on this forum and Im hoping I find it again in the event I get an answer to my question. Which is the following. My Son decided to take it upon himself to add software to his computer. … |
| | I recently switched to Firefox as my browser and like it very much, but I'm having problems downloading from some sites. I had tried on several occasions to download an owners manual from the Samsung USA site only to have it stall every time. I went back to OE and … |
| | Hi, I install IIS in windows 2000 Professional computer for Development purpose. in Administrator the IIS is Working Fine. But when i try to login a user with Power user Privilige means its giving some Problem. Problem is the power user cannot see the Default Wesite in IIS Manager and …  |
| | Hi all, I just performed a clean install of windows xp, and immediately after the install I recieved multiple error messages. The error messages go something like this: "Your registry may be corrupted with spyware", "Corrupted windows registry". Obviously there is an issue somewhere within the registry, but can someone …  |
| | Hi all, I just performed a clean install of windows xp, and immediately after the install I recieved multiple error messages. The error messages go something like this: "Your registry may be corrupted with spyware", "Corrupted windows registry". Obviously there is an issue somewhere within the registry, but can someone … |
 | Its official, Apple has now decided not to "think diffrent" anymore. They have now changed to use intels X86 line of processors... Whay do you think, i would love if they kept their processors... |
| | Hi Please can anyone assist, I have a Vaio PCG-F709, which was working fine until I replace the HDD, after which it refuses to boot. When powered up the power and battery leds light up, and then the power led stays on. After which nothing happens no vaio logo etc … |
| | How do I do it? I tried to do it through the command prompt, didn't work, somebody told me I can't do it through the command prompt because XP is already running. Am I supposed to give it the command before XP starts? If so how do I do it? … |
| | hi, i'm having trouble logging onto hotmail. the problem has developed overnight and i think it is down to a virus or other such nasty because i can access it on other computers and i haven't changed any settings. i would be very grateful if somebody could help and look … |
| | greetings, let me preface this thread by saying i am in no way a computer savy person. i woke up the other morning and my laptop wouldn't boot. when i try and boot the system it says that \windows\system32\config is missing or corrupt. while normally i would have just reformatted … |
 | please help me! i wish there was an easier way than posting a log... it must get boring for all you gurus. i'm not sure if this is worth noting or not... but i use firefox 99 percent of the time. thanks in advance, joe Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan …  |
| | I've got a lot of crap on my computer and I have no idea how it got here. I've tried ad-aware, spybot etc. and while they seem to catch a lot of it and remove it, it all comes back when I restart my computer. Here is my HijackThis Log. … |
| | Hi all, I'm new to this forum and also all these virus problems. I have quite a good virus scanner and, as far as i can tell, have never had a problem before. The problem I have now is with internet explorer. I have a search bar which I dont … |
| | I am new to using linux on my own machines, but i have seen it in use before and i know a small bit as ive been reading up on it quite a lot. I downloaded mandrake linux 10.1 community to put on my computer and i previously made two …  |
| | I have a reoccuring annoying pop up which is located next to the clock. When it pops up it has an envelope similar to what you would see holding the dialogue in the Sunday funnies, and it reads: Local Area Connection Network Cable Unpluged When this occurs a small televison … |
| | i think my anti-virus/anti-spyware software eliminated it, however, i am not sure that i am still free of bugs and/or infections. what do you think ? here is my hijackthis log: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:44:54 PM, on 06/16/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | I just purchased my first mac yesterday and I would really like to have AIM on it since that is what all of my friends use. I am having problems downloading the AIM installer from AIM.com.. Whenever I click on dl the file name aim.bin comes up to be dled …  |
| | I am new to this but apparently still clueless on how to get rid of this search extender -- I should be able to navigate thru stuff - but can't get my PC to hook up to the internet in safe mode - when i reboot in safe - to … |
| | Have a SanDisk Cruzer that came with folders labeled- Secure Data Stor Pocket Cache Cruzer Sync Cruzer Lock- all apparently for secure/encryption/backup/etc. Can not imagine ever using any of this. Does anyone know if these folders/files can be safely removed? |
| | Bear with me, I'm new with laptops. I want to get this up and running after I bought it at a garage sale for $5 (it included a CD-ROM and floppy MultiBay components, but no HD or case to put it in). Last night, I was troubleshooting a problem with … |
| | Hi, I have a strange problem. When I turn off my PC, I can't turn it on right away. The thing is that when I press the power button the HDD light flashes on for a little time and after that there's nothing. No fans turn on, nothings seems to … |
| | I have installed a new AGP card a Chaintech nvdia Ge Force 4200 128mb. This replaces a PCI card. The monitor does not recognise the card and will not boot up. If I re-install the old card into its PCI slot and plug the monitor in to the new AGP … |
| | Asus A7N8X ver. 2.00 purchased November 2003, Bios version 1006 AMD XP2500 Barton 1 GB (2 x 512MB) Mushkin L2 DDR ATI AIW 8500 Soundblaster Live Platinum Win XP Antec TruePower 420 Watt Has been running great until today. I intended to intall a new heatsink/fan. So I went online … |
| | I keep getting this thing with that file name and I know it is some dialer. I'm not sure how to get rid of it so if someone could help that would be great. Thanks. |
| | Recently, my well maintained 80g IBM DeskStar HD w/ pre-installed XPHome permanently crashed after three years running and would no longer re-boot. This happened almost without warning as a result of several BSoD's over a period of the last two days it operated. I was able to save all my … |
| | I have installed a nextra hard drive and it worked fine to begin with. then I installed linux on the second hd. I left half of the hd (4.5 gb) for more windows files. I named this partition e:\ and I can access the hd by typing in the address … |
| | Ok, here's the scoop...of chocolate: I went to boot up my PC after work today, at about 4:15 PM. It went through it's normal song and dance until after the Windows screen showed up with the blue bar scrolling across the bottom of it. When it was done and before … |
 | Are hp harddrives compatible with other systems, say like a system somebody built?  |
 | hi, this is my first post here i hope someone can help me, i was burning some data and audio CD's for a friend at work then when i got back home it was dead, the driver doesn't want to read any kind of CD, data,audio or DVD... nothing! i … |
| | Computer Toshiba Tecra 8100 model no. PT810U-229P7 running W2000 O/S Worked great for past 2 months of daily usage. This morning nothing on screen and no boot. Power is good from both the inverter and from a fully charged battery. CPU fan running and can open cd tray. 2 lights … |
| | My Sony Vaio laptop is driving me mad. When i turn on the laptop the bios operates and the backlight comes on the instant window XP is started the back light goes off and stays off. Any ideas would be great Thanks David |
| | Hi, I have a laptop with a dead lcd screen. When I put a bright light on the screen everything was there and seemed to be working fine. Is the problem my ccfl or possibly the inverter board? If the the problem is in my interter board would I be … |
| | My CD/DVD Rom is continually running, and doesn't show up as a drive anymore. It's an HP running Windows XP. How can I uninstall it, and reinstall it (drivers?) I have a recovery drive only, and no recovery CD. It runs continuous, with the led light glowing orange instead of … |
| | Hi, i got this computer like 6 months ago. i got it from [url]www.ibuypower.com[/url] when i first got the computer, the fan didnt work, until yesterday my friend came over and told me that the professor will get burned down if the fan does not work. today, i called ibuypower … |
| | I own a netgear WGT624 router, and i need help accessing the ISP through my browser. PLEASE help me, I am desperate. Thanx in advance! ~VaNkENshIn123 |
| | Hi all, I was wondering how safe it is to exceed the recommended refresh rates on a monitor? I currently have a Viewsonic G220fb with an NVidia Ti4200 card, and overriding the refresh rate of 75hz to 100hz (at 1280x1024) via the Nvidia control panel. I'm finding that 100hz is … |
 | Prereqs: Windows XP SP2 Office 2003 SP1 I have a workstation at a client with the following issue: A user periodically takes a screenshot and then pastes it into Word. All appears to be ok until the user scrolls a bit down into the document, and then scrolls back up … |
| | when i try to install novell5.1 in Fujitsu Primergy Econel 200 i get the following error: "the system doesn't have enough RAM to isntall netware.65mb of RAM are available to the server but 95MB of RAM are required. It is recommended that you exit the installation by pressing ALT+F10 on … |
| | i had the same problem with this Trojan Collected 5.L its a pain in the ass. nothing wants to get rid of it.. i downloaded HiJack and heres my resultant log file.. please help me! thanks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:49:56 PM, on 6/16/2005 Platform: Windows XP … |
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