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This just happened yesterday without me doing anything at all... here's the problem: I start up win2k, then I log onto it, then an error message appears that says "your system has no paging file or your paging file is too small." then it gives instructions on how to adjust …

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Hi all, I am using an Inspiron 8000 laptop. I have a green line thin fine line running vertically from top to the bottom of my LCD screen. It is very annoying. Can anyone tell me whether it is the LCD faulty or the controller chip is spoilt or is …

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Hi I am a newbie to networking. I want to network two computers at home running Win98SE. Can two computers be networked via Serial or Parallel ports? If this is possible, then are network cards required? Could somebody suggest me a good tutorial on networking? rational611

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ok. you guys are going to laugh. I just recieved a Toshiba T2115CS (i think) from my friend. Anyways, It has no cd-rom drive. Is it possible and how do I network this machine in DOS 6.22 so i can install windows 95 or 98 (havent made up my mind …

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Hey I don't want to sound like a total noobie so forgive me but here goes: I'm really new to this - just installed Mandrake 9.2 a few days ago. So far so good, except I can't seem to change the screen resolution. It defaulted to 1280x1024 and that ran …

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hello, looking for some help with using outlook with pop3 email on a wireless network. router/access point is individually connected to 2 desktops via ethernet cables. Connected to laptop using wireless G. all three computers can see each other, file sharing is fine. I would like to use outlook on …

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A trojan virus seems to have attached itself to my Internet Explorer and I cant get rid of it, I have tried Norton Anti-Virus ,an online virus scan program found it but said it cant remove it, and the Norton program didnt find it at all, does anyone have any …

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Hi, I have a been given a 2nd hand harddrive that I want to install as a slave. The problem is I am unsure what is installed on this harddrive. Do I have to format this drive? Or should I just plug it in?

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Hey, Recently I've have been having some problems with Internet Explorer. Firstly, I would have trouble opening new windows - when I clicked a link to open a new window, IE would stop and I would have to click the task bar a few times to make it work. I …

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I have a laptop with a wireless g card built into it and i was wondering if i could access a wireless b acess point from a wireless g card?

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I can sign on to AOL, usually takes the third dial up to do so, and I am able to go to aol mail and news articles, but when I try to go to any web sites it says on a page No Page to Display and inside the page …

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I have aol 8.0 installed on my laptop so when I go home (on college breaks) I can connect using my mom's telephone line and aol account. When I click on hyperlinks, they try to open in aol telling me to sign on. I have ie6 and a lan connection …

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hi everybody,I need help,cannot login to hotmail and navigation is too slow,because ActiveX is not functional. In windows update I could not get my Win98SE past the "Administrators Only" roadblock to scan and fetch updates I need,because my ActiveX doesn't work properly. a friend suggest a solution and i do …

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:confused: Hi, My computer has 400MHZ, 448MB, 80 GB(can only use 31 gb out of it, I dont know why). I installed harddrive and fromatted the drives. I also installed WIN XP. Whenever I logon to AOl, when I click on instant message or if someone sends me instant message, …

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Hi ! I have a big problem here : I want to share a folder on my business network for about 15 users who use a home made software at the same time, but, no matter the number I type in the maximum user box, I can't allow no more …

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I currently have Windows ME installed on both of my hard drives. I did this because I was nervous about using Litestep and wanted to be able to just boot from my other drive if I had a problem. (Seems silly now.) Now I just would like to know what …

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This started awhile ago. When I click to d/l a zip file, instead of it asking to be saved or opened, it just automatically starts to open it. The real problem is when it's finished downloading. It can't open the zip because i get an error which says "Access to …

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I am not sure if this is the right forum to post this but here goes:- I had MS Blaster which was shutting down all my programs. Now I find I have WORM AGOBOT.UY which seems to prevent me from running any virus software. It is in C:\windows\system32\msnmsgr.exe and I …

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I have had problems with changed start page by this annoying res://mshp.dll/index.html#10213 ; Besides that every time I run Google.com a pop up ad comes up just after submiting any entry a new browser windows opens with this pesky search company : ([url]http://search-company.com/search.php?qq=kee+bird&pin=10213[/url]) Despite I have employed Hijackthis to clear …

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I have recently been gaming and during my game my PC freeze's and I have to hard boot, at first I thought it to be my cheap Graphics card but I went out and bought a GF FX 5900 SE 128MD DDR AGP and it still is happening any suggestions …

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Windows will not boot, i had a website open all night and tonight i opened it and clicked back and it started flickering and then i manually shut the computer down...or pretty much just restarted it with the button....now when i restart it it says....verifying DMI pool data... any help …

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[i]hi do you know anything about ssl? i need help for getting in to cirtain websites that im suddenly not alowed on, including msn messenger and think SSL might be the problem. i need to know how to get my ssl address or even find out if i have one. …

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Seems I have been infected with this dreaded worm. I have used the Hijackthis software....with some systems running and have come up with this. Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 8:48:50 PM, on 4/03/2004 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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Hi All, I have to implement CA Etrust Audit Software Implementation in a network environment and network consists many PDC (located in different domains). I have installed the software in the testing environment and now looking the configuration which i have to do at hosts (domain clients). Do anyone knows …

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I had just installed a game in winXP and after installation I noted I could not get the cd to eject when I pressed the button. When I looked at My Computer, the drive icons for the cd-rom drive and the dvd drive were missing. I used System Restore first …

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IBM thinkpad ,vertial lines on the top half of the screen ,they show as yellow,blue and pink on a light background ,1 solid blackline on the blue desktop about 1/4 in apart. hooked to my monitor via a KVM switch they are not there so its in the laptops screen …

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Here's my story: when I went to restart my computer, I accidentally kicked out the cord that connected my moniter (LCD) to the computer. It did this quick flash, turned the display red, then restarted. When I replugged the cord back and once it had finish restarting, the display had …

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I can not connect to IE; all I get is a pop up: "IE has encountered a problem and needs to shutdown". Help! I need some advice. Thanks, - Ric

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By: Jeff Johnston [size=2]According to North Carolina State University it is. In a paper released by associate professor of computer science Dr. Injong Rhee, associate professor of computer science Dr. Khaled Harfoush, and postdoctoral student Lison Xu a new protocol named Binary Increase Congestion Transmission Control Protocol, or BIC-TCP, is …

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Hi, I appologies I'm sure there are many post regarding this issue. I installed my webcam last night and after that I noticed my system going very slow - I opened task manager checked my cpu usage and it was at 100%, I checked my processes and saw that svchost …

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I have the downloader-EV virus on my pc and I wonder if anyone knows ow to get it off i am a computer newbie so could you explain in detail thankyou

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I was using 98SE and upgraded to 2000Pro. Instead of cleaning off the harddrive and starting fresh. I upgraded leaving apps and data in place. This worked fine as a temp situation. I did not realize that the Norton Utilities would not function adequately with the upgrade. I have tried …

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ok i got a registry cleaner and i need to know what to do. i have 242 "problems" detected of reg keys leading nowhere and i dont know if i want to delte them or what... also how do i make a backup of the registry? and can anyone give …

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Hello all (that read this) I have noticed in IE that for all images over a certan size, when the user hovers the mouse pointer over the image, he or she is given the option of either saving, printing, or emailing that image - or opening his or her images …

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I have a 9600XT, and ever since I reinstalled windows games like Halo look bad, When U start the game all U see is black and white blocks, no color at all, Anyone know what cause be causing this problem?

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When I browse the internet its so slow and when a page loads all the graphics start off as boxes with red x's in them. Then gradually the photos and graphics begin to load. I am getting alot of script errors and games aren't working as well. I am getting …

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I found this file running on my pc imWl2X.exe I have no idea what it does. I also have a trojan dropper.lnor.s I can't get rid of. I ran adware spybot and hijack this. but it is still there the anti virus trys to remove it but it can only …

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I wasn't sure as where to put this thread but I think this will be fine. Starting wed night, I tried to log into my yahoo account and it said my password was invalid. I followed the steps that allowed me to get a made up new one and then …

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Can someone tell me what I should fix and what I should leave alone? Thanks, BuddyB Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 7:34:04 AM, on 3/14/2004 Platform: Windows 2000 SP4 (WinNT 5.00.2195) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS.000\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\regsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS.000\system32\MSTask.exe …

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I'm using 2000pro and IE6 with all the updates. I need to clean off the harddrive and reload everything. I don't want to lose the data, so I need to locate where the emails are hiding and the address book info so I can off load & save until I …

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I was in the middle of a post when (surprise) my computer restarted on me. So here's the quick and dirty version. My computer runs completely fine when it's used for everyday things. But once I start to run (or so it seems) system type programs, my computer bluescreens and …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Enable Clear Type [/color][/size][/font][color=#000000][size=2] [font=Arial]Easy way: Click on or cut and paste link below: [/font][/size][url="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/cleartypeactivate.htm?fname=%20&fsize="][size=2][font=Arial][color=#0000ff][u][url]http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/cleartypeactivate.htm?fname=%20&fsize=[/url][/u][/color][/font][/size][/url][font=Arial][size=2] or [/size][/font][/color] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Right-click on a blank area of the Desktop and choose Properties. [/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click on the Appearance tab; …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Adjust Various Visual Effects[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Open up the Control Panel.[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Go under System and click on the Advanced tab.[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Click settings under Performance options.[/size][/font] [/list][font=Arial][size=2]You can now change various graphical effects (mainly animations and shadows).[/size][/font]

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Hard Disk Performance Is Slower Than You Expect[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3][color=#0000ff]Symptoms [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]After you install Microsoft Windows XP, hard disk performance may be slower than you expect. Note: Hard disk performance may be even slower when your computer …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]This article describes how to check the integrity of the hard disk drive in Windows XP. After you install Windows XP, the Scandisk command is not …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Disable Automatic Windows Update [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]Windows XP is configured out of the box to routinely scan for and download updates to Windows XP automatically. While this can be somewhat convenient for those with very fast Internet …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Opening a Web Page in a New Window [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]When surfing the Web, sometimes you might want to check out a Web page and at the same time stay on the page that gave you the …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turning AutoComplete Addresses On or Off [/color][/size][size=2]The AutoComplete feature in Outlook Express in Windows XP saves you time by automatically completing addresses that you type when composing e-mail messages. However, if you don't want to …

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[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Use Single-Click Everywhere [/color][/size][size=2]With single-click in Windows XP, navigating the files and folders on your hard disk is as easy as navigating the Web. You simply click an icon to open a program or document. [/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]In the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options. [/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]In the …

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