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Can anyone help a novice fix a few problems? I've run ad-aware, spybot S&D, housecall, and a few other programs. I was able to remove Java nocheat (I think) but Spybot is still coming up with callinghomebiz, IGetNet, and 2 entries for Common Hijacker. I remove and quarantine but they …

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We are trying to setup a home server using a linux as the operating system. I am looking at IBM,Dell, and HP as potential servers. Which server would best suit a linux operating system and also between SuSe, Mandrake Linux, and redhat which would be the best to use? All …

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I have IE with XP, and wireless capability. Although the computer establishes a stable wireless connection, when I open IE it will not recognize the connection. It does work with AOL, however. I have tried three different unsecured wireless networks. Any suggestions? Thanks

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i have a machine built for windows 95 it has about 500mb or so hard drive space I have a better computer but it is used by my entire family and i've already screwed it up enough and dont need someone yelling at me. So i was wondering if this …

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I´ve tried searching for freeBSD running from the CD but haven´t found one except from Brasil. Suggestions?

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I needed to update my firmware to my dvd rw because of issues that were said to be causing problems with my computer. There was a firmware for a benq 1620 which is what my model was so I thought. I installed and now it screwed everthing up. My computer …

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How can I dual boot from 2 hard drives? One will run Xp Pro and the other Linux(Fedora). I want the XP one to auto load after like 10 secondsbut have the option to load Linux instead. How can i do this? I have a 70Gb Seagate and a 250Gb …

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I need to find out what issues others have been having with their 939 motherboards. I need to find a stable board that is proven and compatible. The last two boards I have used has had an issue with either the ide drivers or something. My first board I had …

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I just custom ordered a system and while on new egg I took a glance at the water cooling systems on there. My question is, how exactly do they work? As an electronics student (for future computer design as hobby) I'd like to know. To me, from the pictures it …

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Hello, I am running Windows 98 and I have a DSL connection. I currently use Internet Explorer as my browser. Question: What in the world can I do in order to have a Login page be displayed (or something) when I click on my Desktop Internet Explorer Icon? As it …

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Well last time I had the offeroptimizer popping up you helped alot. Now I get this from 'zipzappromos'. Below is a copy of my HJT. Any suggestions? Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:01:47 AM, on 4/7/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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Norton keeps telling me that i have a downloader VA virus and I can't get rid of it. It is messing with my iexplore.exe. Please help. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 5:54:52 PM, on 4/6/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running …

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I want to format my machine and load Windows 98. Windows 98 is dumped in my computer in D:/. I also have a network with other machines. Can any one guide me how to do this. I have OS : Windows 98 Lan Card Sound Card Floppy Drive I don't …

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Hi crunchie. Thank you for your answer. I tried to fix some files yesterday because I had urgency to use my pc. I try to follow the indications you gave to another member, and now it seems to work fine. I can post you the first log with the "search-paga" …

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Hi all, For all of us slackware users out there...I was wondering what version you run currently. I met someone last week that was still running 4.0 at his home and had a hardended kernel and the machine had been up for years. Made me think that there may be …

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I am planning on setting up a ftp server for personal use on a second computer that has Win XP on it. What is the best and most secure way of setting up a FTP server? Like i siad before it is just for personal use. No more than 1 …

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setting in the .htaccess RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^b\.html$ a.html [L] RewriteRule ^a\.html$ b.html [L] but got in dead-loop forever unless httpd stop. the rewrite.log logged called eachother interval: 192.168.0.11 - - [07/Apr/2005:13:15:47 --0400] [home.java.net.nl/sid#8145548][rid#81c3498/initial] (1) [per-dir /usr/local/apache/htdocs/app/] internal redirect with /b.html [INTERNAL REDIRECT] 192.168.0.11 - - [07/Apr/2005:13:15:47 --0400] [home.java.net.nl/sid#8145548][rid#81caef8/initial/redir#1] (1) …

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my emac was "frozen" in a word document so I turned it off and then on manually. It did not return to my desktop. The screen is grey with the finder icon blinking with a question mark. Help. Now what do I do to get back into my emac?

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When I start my firefox it lags like hell for about 5 minutes during which I can't do anyting. After that 5 minutes i can browse the page and use the browser then after loading a new page it lags again. I tried uninstall firefox and reinstalling and now I …

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Just built my own computer. Has a Intel Desktop Board D865GBF, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3eGHz, 800 System Bus, 1MB L2 Cache, MM # 868015 The computer turns on, all the fans come up, and I believe the Hard Drives start. However, When I plug in the Monitor nothing happens. …

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I have built pcs in the past, no issues. For some odd reason, I now am having a bit of an issue with a new build. Have an Epox socket939 board, athlon 64 cpu, new Antec 380 power supply. OS is Win XP MCE. Installed fine, runs fine. Boots without …

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Ok, I just replaced my ancient MoBo and 1.4 AMD CPU with a AMD 64 2800 and a ABIT NF8 MoBo. Problem is, after I hook up the powersupply I get a red light on the MoBo, but when I hit the power switch on the case I get nothing. …

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Disable/enable property for LAN connection, in Network and Dial-up Connections, for limited account is gray (dim). How do I enable it for limited account? TY

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Please help! Have recently installed windows XP on a 4 your old Packard Bell imedia PC. (upgrade on Windows me) the mouse and Keyboard are connected via usb ports and in the main don't work so can not access pc at all!

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I have seem to have contracted hotoffers here is a log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:30:11 PM, on 06/04/2005 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\csrss.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:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE …

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I have the same problem but some of the files you are saying to remove are not there. I cannot get hotoffers off my pc! Please Help! Thanks. This is my log file. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:38:10 PM, on 4/6/05 Platform: Windows 98 Gold (Win9x 4.10.1998) …

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does anybody know of a very small network messaging program that doesn't need to be installed just unzipped or somethin. thanks :mrgreen:

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Hey everyone this is my first post and unfortunatly its about me needing help. I am currently running Windows XP home edition version 2002 service pack 1, with intel pentium 4 cpu at 1.6GHz and 512 MB of ram. After installing a new driver for my keyboard the system would …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Obtain Remote Assistance by Sending an E-mail Message in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][font=Arial][color=#000000]This article describes how to obtain help by using the Remote Assistance feature in Microsoft Windows XP. Remote Assistance allows a remote connection to …

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I have Norton system works. I am sure you know what it all contains. Is there a better product out there than windoctor. I am looking for a good registry fixer or something of the sort. I found a couple article about one called 1 Click fixer plus. It has …

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Please help me! I have tried everything i could to remove these hijacking things or so they call it. I have tried Spybot S&D, Ad-aware, Hijackthis, HSremove. Since a few weeks ago, my AIM has closed due to a problem everytime i open a IM window. I have seen other …

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Hi, I'm trying to create a DLL for Excel on Mac OS X but any guide or tutorial on the net seems to be completely focussed on Windows. Can anybody help me with how to create DLLs on a mac or direct me to a tutorial. Thanks gus

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HI, looking for some advice from the mac users here. I recently got a side job supporting computers in a church office. There is also a k-8 school filled with macs that I had nothing to do with until last week. The wants to upgrade it's computers(the macs thye have …

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My lovely system has started up, my log on screen accessed and then I wait for my desktop to load- and then I wait some more, and more, than make coffee, then wait some more. Can anyone tell me whats causing this delay- someone advised me to check Fontbook for …

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Ho Wcan I Install Programs Downloaded From Limelight....i Cant Do It ....after It Unstuffs And I Go To Run Setup.exe It Wants To Restuff The Download And It Goes In A Big Circle.. Im New To The Mac World So I Dont Know If I Have To Run It Through …

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I just upgraded to DSL from dial-up, and all of a sudden I've entered pop-up hell. They were coming at a rate of several a minute at first. I ran Ad Aware, Spybot, and Norton Anti-Virus. After deleting everything I could with those, the pop-ups have slowed dramatically, but I'm …

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I have a Microstar K7 Pro (MS6195) main board that has 196MB of RAM, and I want to increase it to it's max cap of 768MB. My owners manual list the memory as being 168-pin unbuffered DIMM, which supports a 3.3v PC100 SDRAM. I pulled one of the modules out …

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I am trying to install diskeeper 9. I receive a message from the program which says that "system services could not start, check to see you have privileges to start system services" I am logged on my computer as an administrator. Does anyone know how to check to see if …

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Ok, so I reinstalled last night using the Compaq QuickRestore CD that came with the machine (my computer was barely usable last night). For some reason, it seems to have just installed a bare-bones Wndows XP, instead of loading it with all the Compaq bundled software. This is fine, and …

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SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME FIND A MISSING FILE??? I have a compaQ windows 98 year 1999 or 2000?? My problem started when I downloaded My Web cam from Logitech and got an Error after restarting my computer win..98 cant run atl71.dll need ANSI version So I went to their …

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Whenever I try to paste something in a message (either from right mouse button or the menu paste) when I'm using Firefox, I get an error message from: [Javascript application] you need to edit your Mozilla config file to allow this action. I can't find any reference to a Mozilla …

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Could someone take a look at my hijack log. My anti-virus found 2 trojan horses and I was just wondering if there were any nasties that anyone could see in the log that need to be deleted. Thanks for your time. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:49:43 PM, …

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We have a network at work and there is a rather diverse assortment of windows versions (i think we even have 3.1 somewhere) windows 95, 98, 2000 can be used to ftp and other OTHER internet usage (not just http) the XP, 2003 machines cant seem to connect (no ftp …

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Hello First i am very very new user in Linux redhat 9 kernal 2.4.20-8 i have intel ham v 92 fax data voice hardware modem (PCI), chip no=MD5628D-L-B which work find on XP but when i decompress and install its driver (412-2tar.gz) in LINUX REDHAT 9 kernal 2.4.20-8 Root]#/usr/local/src/ (here …

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Helloy all. Ok, so i have this client who is older and needs to hav his text size in windows larger so he can see it clearly. I've messed around with the obvious display settings under the Appearance tab in Display in the control panel, set text contrast colors to …

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I've been having some internet connectivity problems lately, and I believe it's due to some nasty spyware. I've already gone through all the steps to correct this (checking my DSL speed, anti-spyware scans, anti-virus scans, doing it all in safe mode, even reset my winsock.dll, etc.) but I'm still having …

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can anyone help me? I have an IBM thinkpad P2 laptop with (i think) 256mb memory running win xp pro. yesterday morning i made an attempt to boot it up while it was plugged into the mains adapter. Upon turning it on i got nothing at all on the screen …

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Hello, I have a few questions: After comming off the phone from me mom, whose nicely suggested that she'll go half to a laptop... I have 2 questions- *Importanting a laptop like this : laptop this is still in the UK but if I buy it from lets say America …

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I read an article from the watch dog section of Maximum PC magazine and several reviews online about freeipods.com. I went to the site and to me it looks like a scam. What does everyone else think about it?

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