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I have an issue with an old Highlights Puzzlemania kids game. When the game is started it automaticaly adjusts the system volume so that it's way too loud. The game was designed for Win 95/98 and works fine whether in compatibility mode or not. No other games on the pc …

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Please help, have ran as-aware and spybot numerous times, AVG now detects downloader.rameh.c but unable to clean. I have bho demon running and tell's me c:\WINDOWS\isrvs\sysupd.dll is missing, I am posting log from HT. 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:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb09.exe C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe C:\Program …

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Anyone knows if Socket 939 pin Athlon64 processor is available in India? When I asked a shop sales person he said only socket 754 pin cpu only is available :( I am eager to buy a socket 939 pin Athlon64 and mostly 3000+ So any ideas please? Thanks.

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Quick question...I overclocked my computer using the ASUS AI OCing tool. I tried to go 30% (3.9GHz) but the PC wouldn't boot, is that because the motherboard only supports upto 3.6GHz? Or was it just unstable. I am leaving it at 3.6GHz and don't plan to manually OC the processor.

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Alrighty, last night I installed a small program on my Palm Zire 31 called Mirror+ which is a small application that allows me to use my palm as a flashlight (i.e. it greatly increases the palm's light output) by simply displaying black. Now, the eejit who programmed this actually managed …

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Hello all, Been a lurker here for a while now, and decided to join in. I'm always finding good info here. I have a friend who has a spare 80G SATA internal drive from his desktop pc. He wants to use it for an external backup with his laptop. I …

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My company is currently evaluating/pilotting this software to possibly remove all virus software (definition based 3 day instead of 0 day protection) from our corporate users. If you read more about the software you will see it has merit to help get rid of these issues with spyware, viruses and …

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I have read a few of the other posts regarding not being able to reply in their hotmail accounts after "the change" that happed around November-December...and I had that same problem: the problem was "blank"messages were being sent even though the "text box" had a message in it. That problem …

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This is going to sound silly but i am really struggling to delete my internet history and search history. As others use my pc i do not want people to know what i have been searching for but it automatically comes on the drop down menu when the type a …

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Has anyone experienced this? I have a G5 about a year old, so I have the previousof iphoto that came with Panther. It has always operated seamlessly until about a month ago when I was unable to drag images from the iphoto library to a newly created album. As a …

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Ive always been used to a couple of folders under the documents and settings folder. Recently I went to just check it out and for some reason I have 9 different folders in it now. I only have one user account so I figured I should only have that folder …

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I have a Dell Latitude Laptop using 2000 O/S and I forgot my password, how can I reset the password

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I upgraded windows XP home ed to professional and want to uninstall it and return back to the regular home edition. I've tried by going to control panel and uninstalling the program, but it's not there. I've tried to restore the system with the disks that came with my notebook …

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hi there, i recently started my computer and the scandisk started automatically, saying that one of my disk drives may have developed bad sectors. the scandisk would not finish running. it stopped, saying: a logical assertion has failed. Expression: Get_cStart (&de, dr) ==cSource Source: line 1732 of scan.c also, none …

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Hi!! Can someone please tell me how to get this off my computer?.....I'm not a computer whiz and need things EXPLAINED....to the point...lol. I am running Windows 98SE.....any help on how to rid this I would be very appreciative. I have tried using the HiJAck this thing but it keeps …

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I did a hiJack this and would like to know if anything should be removed? Thanks George Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 11:05:17 PM, on 1/27/2005 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:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe …

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I am using a laptop sometime when I just run the IF/Firefox the cpu can be overheat and shut down my laptop down can someone have a look plz. Here's my "Hijackthis log" Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0 Scan saved at 上

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I am considering purchasing an ATI Radeon x800 type card. Is there any significant difference in the [COLOR=Red]Radeon x800[/COLOR], [COLOR=Navy]Radeon x800 pro[/COLOR], [COLOR=DarkGreen]Radeon x800 xt[/COLOR]. Other than the clocked speed for each. How would I know if my comp. supports PCI express or not, (is it true that pci type …

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I have a Mac OS 10. and I'm using Explorer 5.2. When I try to download a movie I get the following message: "You Do Not Have The Plug-In to View This Text." I'm then given the option to go to : "Choose Proper Application," and the listing is of …

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is it possible to share a epson scanner over a network? it is a USB scanner. Both computers are running win 2000

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I was using my computer the other day for regualar internet usage... when i kept on getting the Dont Send or Send error report.... so i decied i would restart my computer. When it was loging on to windows... a error comes up saying Service.exe has caused an error hit …

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Ok, heres my setup. I've got to restrict a computer in the office that I work at to only perticular sites...but I really can't think of a program that does that. So could someone recommend to me a prog that does that the best please? Thanks:cheesy:

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I recently ourchased a new PC from MESH computers. Inormally build my own, but have started working as self emplyed as a web developer and need a PC with on site warranty. My PC arrived with an ASUS K8V-MX motherboard. My previosu PC had an ASUS MB and so I …

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Hello.......within the past three weeks I have switched from dial-up to DSL and have since encountered several problems. The most annoying has been trying to find the right solution when faced with the "page cannot be displayed" message. This occurs when I am fully connected....and I have gone through the …

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Every time I open up an Internet Explorer window, I get popups saying that I might have spyware and popups about free screensavers (screensavers.com), poker, and online matchmaking (like Tickle). I also get whole new Internet Explorer windows with some website, the most common one being Sandboxer. There is another …

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I have a Compaq Presario 7000 with a problem. I can't get the BIOS to recognize an IDE harddrive. I would have to say that both IDE controllers are good, as it will recognize an IDE CD-ROM drive. I have tried several known good harddrives with the same results. Do …

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Oh woe is me! This problem is just going on and on and nothing I do can solve it! Everytime I boot up, explorer.exe has a fit and has an error, and/or I get a message popping up saying that "The instruction at "xxxxxxxxxxx" referenced memory at "xxxxxxxxx". The memory …

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hi, i wonder if u can help me? i have a 400 MHz PowerPC G4 Tower (agp graphics) and a bus of 100 MHz. as you can probably tell i'm looking to upgrade the processor to something around the 1.2 - 1.5 Gb mark and i was a bit confused …

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I replaced a Quantum IDE drive in my external Firewire enclosure. Under OX 10 Panther, I formatted this drive and lost darn near 40% of the advertized space. I know it's normal to lose some to overhead, but THAT much? Any ideas? Details: Western Digital 200MB Caviar ATA-100 EIDE (typical …

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is there a way to partition a hard drive without the need to format the disk? i have heard pc have one 'partition magic' but i cant find one for osx.cheers

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I have OSXII in my mac and when I boot a disk (it is .dsk, and has a picture of the actual floppy) it beeps and then comes to the C prompt. What do I type in? This is vaguely familiar, I'm trying to think back to middle school. I …

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hello i just recently got a mac g3 with osx 10.1 and i have been having problems with download programs."mostly audio based music making and recording programs" and after the file is downloaded one of two things happens. it doesnt open and says something to the effect of program not …

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When I power up my HP Pavilion ze5300 laptop, I get the Welcome Screen "without" any user names to select. I "have not" recently loaded any new software from the internet or otherwise. I am running Windows XP Home which was installed by the manufacturer (HP). I have used the …

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i ripped apart my computer because i got impatient waiting for a case to come via fedex. unfortunately, my current power supply doesn't have a atx 12v connector, so had to put it all back D: now my hard drive led wont turn off, after fighting with it logically for …

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I was wondering if a company goes out of business and leaves old software in there space, is it legal to use the software with the cd key on the package?

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when i try to install microsoft visual studion 2k3 it always asks me to insert the prerequesites disk for visual studion.net.

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My computer has been having some issues since I had to reformat and recover my hard drive. I came in contact with a trojan that I couldn't get rid of. Some of the symptoms I am having are unexpected freezing when I open zip files, One of my hard drives …

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mother-in-law has prob on computer.ran Ran M$ spyware removal software and removed some Ran SBS&D and removed stuff Ran AD AW and removed stuff. Did an AGV AV Full scan and now clean of all above with deep scan done When going to M$ update site it comes up blank. …

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I would describe myself as one of he most diehard Microsoft supporter that you'll ever come across. I develop on the Windows Platform, I run all my servers on the Windows Platform, etc, etc. I preach Microsoft's products all the time; even if the conversation has nothign to do with …

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My DVD drive doesn't seem to recognise DVD -R format discs, but it supports DVD +R discs just fine. Is there any way that I can update or alter my drive so that it will accept the DVD -R variety? My drive is labelled as follows in the Device Manager: …

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lately my pc has been giving me loads of trouble even though i can fix these its still annoying, yet theres 2 problems i cannot solve. 1. whenever i try to boot in safe mode, even without networking my computer will restart after i have chosen the user, it works …

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I am working on my dads computer he is running windows 98se. After downloading an update for internet explorer6 he has had a problem getting on some websites. He can not get on windows update he gets an error that say "explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close". …

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if i am going to format my harddrive how can i back up some software that i dont want to lose (because ive lost the cd for it). cheers

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Hey I finally finished my new system. The specs are in my signature. I have Windows XP pro on a 40GB partion of a 60GB Maxtor SATA drive. I also have a 160GB Hitachi ATA drive divided into two partitions, 120GB (for storage and programs) and 40GB(for music only). First …

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I have SpyBot and Ad-Aware, and I run them multiple times a day. Today I got a huge virus anyway. When I start Internet Explorer, it goes directly to a 'homepage', or rather some virus lion's den called Home Search. A pop-up screams 'YOU ARE INFECTED!' No really. I tried …

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I have had problems today with the ISTsvc & I think I have gotten rid of it by going to the Task Manager and ending the following: mmups.exe which then let me end and remove istsvc.exe through Spybot; however, I have searched in C:/Windows and have found these files that …

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Hello, I have unfortunately acquired a virus called "home search assistent"... I have noticed that it might be a pretty common virus. I was wondering if anyone could help me or maybe give some advice to remove the virus and it's compentents. My hotmail account is now disrupted, AOL instant …

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I have a shuttle AV45GT/AV45GTR motherboard. I had one stick of 256 PC 2100. I installed 2 more identical sticks. How do I get it recognized? My computer info still shows only 256. I'm running XP. Pent4 at 1.7. The instruction book says I sholdn't have to do anything.

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I start up red hat after a fresh install, heres the last threee lines before it produces no more out put. kjournalstarting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted file system with ordered data mode Freeing ununsed kernal memory: 128k feeded then it sits there for a while with nothing else. …

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