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I have a windows xp machine that reboot whenever it gets past the starting windows xp logo. I have tried running chkdsk /r but with no success. Can anyone help me with this.

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Hello, I'm glad to find such a cool place, where us "noobies" can find some help. After all this is my first post. I have a small, yet annoying problem concerning Windows XP Home Edition. Let me start out by telling you some 'bout my current gaming setup. AMD 64 …

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Hi, i have a computer that died a slow death on my sister. For about a month it would randomly shut down on her, and would not restart for a long interval afterwards. (A number of hours.) Naturally, she couldn't give me any specifics about what she was doing any …

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Hi, I recently got a pc from my friend who was running windows 2000 server on it Since it got infected with some virus ( I dont know what ) many windows were being opened without my intervention and the cpu utilization would go to 100% and the system would …

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I am in need of a new hard drive for an Dell Inspiron 4100. Is it better to order it through Dell or could I go with one from somewhere like Circuit City? I know I need at least 7200 RMP's and ATA-100, but what else should I be looking …

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Hello, I'm pretty new here and plan on making this my new tech support home if I can find what I'm looking for in a reasonable time! (other places just cant help me for some reason!) Well here's the breakdown: I am using linux redhat 8.0 I "love the graphical …

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Upon clicking the Add/Remove Tool icon in the control panel, I receive a pop-up message "run a dll as an App has encountered a problem and must close". I am running WinXP Home SP2. I tried system restore from several points and was unsuccessful in solving the above issue. I …

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Help me! AIM stopped working when I upgraded it to the newest version, I have Home Search Assistant and Search Assistant on my program list, I cannot remove them. I also have PGtools which i cant remove either! Heres my list, i'm new to hijackthis! Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

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when windows xp starts zonealarm keeps asking for netsync exe toaccess the net .Ive refused acess every time. is this a virus .Ive just got rid of p2pnetwork exe by shutting down my restore system as this is where it hinds. You will know if u have it u cant …

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I am going to home network. I am really unsure on how to make all the connections. Also is there any special software that I should have? What are the steps in making a network connection with the mac computer? Thanks

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Hi folks, I recently downloaded some updates from microsoft (off their website?) and now my Dell 4000 laptop running Windows 2000 Professional will not boot up. The following message appears "explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log …

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My windows freezes up 2 or 3 times a day for about 20-30 seconds.I cant move my mouse or do anything else and when it does it disables my printer untill i reboot and i get this error message in the event viewer. The driver detected a controller error on …

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Before speed of my laptop was great it was fast when i turn on laptop and go to windows right away but now it's so slow it take like 3-4 minutes. i hope someone can explain and tell me what to do now

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A little kid did something while I was away and now I am getting annoying popups and clickme program keeps installing Please help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:42:35 PM, on 6/9/2005 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 …

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Hi everyboby! I have 2 pc's in my office with XP home SP2 which are connected to a hub. Also the dsl modem is connected to the hub. I made the 2 pc's to share folders on the network and the problem is as follows:The 1st pc is called VERO2 …

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Hey all, Im putting together a 64 bit machine for my friend. I want to know, will all 32 bit progs run on it? Especially since I will be installing 32 bit WinXP Pro SP2 till I get a copy of the 64 bit edition. Will I have any probs? …

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I have a searchbar that will not go away. Also comp is running slower and AOL will not start up. I have tried Adaware 6 and spybot, I am clean. Ran hijack this and this is the log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:28:12 AM, on 6/2/2005 Platform: …

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I recently bought Mac OS 10.4 (in Denmark) and the salesman told me that if I installed Mac OS 10.4 single user license on more than one computer, I would not be able to access the Internet from both computers at the same time. Is it really true that Apple …

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Okay I'm a bit new to all this. This is what I have: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ Two 256 MBs or RAM (I don't know the brand) Radeon 9600 XT 256 3 Hard Drives - 2 are Western Digital and the other I don't recall ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Motherboard This …

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help i need an idiots guide to get rid of adblaster. this is my first pc ,and dont no how to get rid . :-|

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I am desperate to get rid of the spyware/virus/whatever that is screwing up my computer!!! Please help! I've read so many posts from various websites (including this one) that I can't see straight :cry: Here's my HJT Log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:38:15 PM, on 6/9/2005 Platform: …

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Hi everyone Out of interest what windows managers are people running and why? I use fvwm2 because it is so light and fast but with powerful configuration options that let me set my desktop up to look and act in a way that allows me to work faster and more …

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:sad: hi, I am using windows 2003 server on a pc with dual P3 450mhz cpus and 1gb ecc sd-ram. When I click on connect the whole system crashes and I have to switch it off and reboot it. I am using a 56kbs V.90 usb dial-up modem. Does anyone …

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Can anyone help with this i havent a clue what i'm doing. It seems to happen whenever it feels like it and is really annoying. I don't know what info you need but here are a few bits: ERROR SIGNATURE: SzAppName:svchost.exe SzAppVer:5.1.0.0 SzModName:svchost.exe SzModVer:5.1.0.0 offset:00001432 I also looked in event …

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I've recently been having problems with multiple viruses and spyware. The HijackThis log file is shown below. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:13:23 PM, on 6/8/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe …

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Why I am not able to install 2003 server on intel 845GLAD desktop board. How I recognize that which motherboard supports windows 2003 server.

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How good are they? I do know one good thing is that they come with a lifetime warranty. You can't beat that.

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to thongispector, i went on the sites you recommended and E-bay in the UK, i found some cheap motherboards but they were either socket7, mine is socketA, or they had sddram slots, the ram chips in my pc just say ddr on them, will they work in sddr slots? also …

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i regularly use adaware to clean my machine i ran a scan this morning and discovered an mru list, i know they are harmless and have already deleted them but i have never noticed an entry like this before. is someone tracing my movements on my pc? please help as …

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I'm having some trouble trying to burn dvd I'm using nero reloaded with a ricoh dvd+rw/+r I think it has something to do with the drive as when there is no disc in it shows it as a dvdrw but when I insert a disc it reverts to a cdr …

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I have few viruses and spyware on my PC. I have already read existing threads and run Virus scan such as nortan, Bitfinder and Spyware remover such as SpyBot. After this I have run HighJackThis. Here is my log. Can anyone please help me which files I should remove based …

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Operating on Windows 98. I'm having the red X problem. But this time it's in attempting to open files that were stored as ".jpg" files. In reference to a past post ([url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread24636.html)[/url], I know for a fact that the reason is "- An unusual screen format (requiring the images to …

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I had (hence the word had) a small website running from my home pc using webserver software. Had a dns w/ no-ip.com so family could get to web w/o typing ip address. My problem was..... I came home from work and my firewall was blinking and it said someone tried …

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Hi, I'm having some trouble getting a Compaq Presario 1247 to start up. It sat for a few months and when I tried to start it only the light indicating that the power chord was connected would light up. I took the battery out, unplugged the power, and started all …

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[color=navy]Had to share this online tool - been using it a while now, has been helpful - if you know of any others, won't you please share them:idea: [/color] [url="https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2"]https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2[/url] [b][QUOTE] [b]Please take just a moment to read and consider these three points:[/b][img]https://www.grc.com/transpixel.gif[/img] [size=1]Your use of the Internet security vulnerability …

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These stupid pop-ups will not go away, I have tried Adaware and Spybot. Nothing has helped at all. These pop-ups come at random times, for neogambling.com, aallpills.com, globalgamesite.com, some enhancement pills... mainly they are for some poker sites, with porn weaved in. This isn't even my computer, I am borrowing …

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[color=black][font=Verdana]A friend of mine has a P-IV PC and has XP prof installed but every time he starts it, it boots properly up to the point of "loading personal settings" and then freezes up.. what could the problem be.. i have tried defragmenting, scandisk but didn’t do any good.. [/font][/color] …

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Whenever I use dile-up connection and open any navigator (ie5,ie6,netscape7,netscape7.1,OE5, OE6, Netscape Mail) an csvhost.exe crash occures after 2 to 20 minutes and then some buttons stop to work as well as I can't copy. I also can't save html webpages and Word doesn't register some templates. I can't move …

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So I made the mistake (at least right now I think so) of installing SP2 over a current XP pro installation. Now when I boot the boot loader menu is gone (all there is is a black screen in its place). I have gone into the "startup and recovery" dialog …

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Hi guys, I have had this problem for a long time now..and after weeks of trying to fix it myself, i decided to look around for help.....and that's when i came across this forum, alot of help offered seem to be very good here, so i am here to see …

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I was looking at processors at eBay, and found a bundle including a Asus A8V motherboard with a AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939 processor, the add stated that it was a 2.2GHz, but when I went to Tiger Direct to price the two items, their specs show it as …

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I am having trouble with the cannot display page message in IE6. I am running XP. My dsl connection is wide open, other computers in office are not having problems. The problem gets worse as the day wears on. Sometimes releasing and renewing ipconfig temporarily fixes the problem. Often, web …

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ATI now has their own answer to Nvidia's SLI... [URL=http://ati.com/products/crossfire/index.html]The Crossfire!!![/URL] That's cool!!! It's supposed to kick SLI's butt. :D What do you think?

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Offer Optimizer Shopping Wizard Search Assistant Heres my log on HijackThis Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:48:51 AM, on 6/8/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) 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\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec …

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I found my computer all of sudden was making an alarm-like noise (through an internal speaker) when I came home after work, and the monitor would not turn on. When I opened the case, the CPU fan and heatsink had snapped off the cpu and were just hanging loose. Now, …

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Can someone recommend a good, free registry cleaner software for me? I've used one in the past but can't remember the name, but it was too aggressive and messed up my PC a bit. I think that's how I got my problem with not being able to access my Display …

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Hi guys, I have a dell dimensions desktop, Windows XP. When I click start, turn off computer and then shut down nothing is happening. My PC just stays turned on! Any ideas whats causing this? Thanks, Laura.

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Hello Every one, I've a user's computer running windows NT and Baskspace key is not doing any thing. Any advice is appreciated. Sai

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I did it again :rolleyes: I don't know the first thing about getting rid of viruses so I have no idea what Hijack This logs are or any other program you use with it. PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!! I'm only 16 so if you could maybe use terms or directions …

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