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my friends computer got infected with the Internet Security 2010 virus and when i when to try to remove it the virus put the computer into a log in\off loop once i fixed that the desktop freezes and the virus has disabled task manager. the cursor is the I beam …

Hi, Im kinda new here and Im hoping someone could help me. My problem is that whenever I startup my machine I'm getting Limited or no connectivity. After a while of tinkering with the modem and the cables and stuff and doing commands (ipconfig/release/flushdns/renew, netsh int ip reset/winsock reset) turning …

My bl**dy outlook express keeps deleting the messages it has downloaded leaving only the titles and the half envelopes. It then ties up bandwidtrh and time downloading them AGAIN. I have dial-up and when it takes me 30 minutes to download and email and then I loose them and have …

how can i disable the internet.

I realized last week that somehow inexplicably, Microsoft has become the underdog. Want proof? The US Justice Department *and* the EU approved the search deal with Yahoo! That the United States approved the deal is not really news because Justice has rarely met a deal it didn't like no matter …

Hi All I have a problem. I have been having some problems with my PC so I called technical support and they suggested that I should re install the drivers. I entered the CD with the Vista Drivers, followed the instructions after a while a black screen appears with this: …

Heres one for ya! I made the mistake of letting someone sit at my pc while they where spending the weekend here with our family, and after almost 3 years of good pc health, yep, I got one. Pretty smart one to, undetected by all the major spyware, and virus …

hi, I am experiencing a strange problem , when I trace from Start->Programs->accessories->Entertainment, at the entertainment tag I find that it empty and also I cant find two programs viz. paintbrush and calculator.any help will be appreciated and thanks in advance.

I use xp pro. Idistribute an educational PDF with sound embedded. Some recipients tell me they can't get any sound. They click onthe links on various pages of the document and nothing happens. Sometimes I get sound and sometimes I do not even on my own PC. I am at …

Setup: Sony Vaio laptop (was expensive) Vista Business with SP1 Saga - long and problematic battle with Vista (I am not a fan of this OS) Problem - Windows update isn't working and I can't seem to get it to work. Error code is 80070424 and I think it might …

Is it necessary to have all versions of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1,SP2. Framework 3.0, and Framework 3.5 SP1 installed at once, or can I get rid of them to free up some space using just 3.5 since it's newest? Seems like alot of memory usage that I could use. …

ok i turn on my computer and it goes through everything that it normallly does and after it gets to the windows xp screen and shows the bar on the bottom loading it just restarts again and again. does anybody know why this could be happening or has some things …

Have an HP Pavilion with Pent 4 processor (3-4 years old). I recently got some nasty spyware (Anti Virus Live) which took over my PC. I restarted in Safe Mode with Networking, I then tried to do a System Restore. Now when I restart the computer normally, after the Windows …

hi reinstalled xp pro,now there is no lan icon in My Network Places folder or My Network Connections,any help appreciated,thanks

Alright, Got my new build up and running finally. Installed Windows 7 pro, installed the VGA drivers and the mobo utilities. Not connected to the internet with it at this point, but Im not real concerned about that yet. I have a spare G adapter, just want to get the …

my computer has been running slow and iexplore.exe is close to 100% at times, especially when changing pages, when cpu usuage is near 100% i get spikes in networking usuage. how can i fix this problem? any help appreciated

I ran malwarebytes this morning and it found a few spyware programs and removed them. I do this regularly with no issues. After the computer restarted I cannot access any websites. I could before the reboot. The computer is connected to the router at 54mbps. My IP is 192.168.1.31, subnet …

Hi, I'm not really sure if I'm posting this in the right place - I've only just joined so please forgive mee!!! I started up my laptop the other day which is windows xp service pack 2, and when I logged in to windows this cmd.exe black screen thing came …

I've been trying to reinstall windows. I started reformatting my hard drive as part of this process using the manufacturer reinstallation cd. The format stops at 89% and just sits there. No error messages. I have all my data backed up on an external hard drive but I am unsure …

I dont know if im in the right thread or not but anyway, i recently turned on my gateway laptop but the screen stays blank. I tried the keys combination fn/f6 but nothing happened. I hooked up to a pc monitor but still the same problem. Has anyone any ideas …

I am working on my first build and I am getting no display when powered up. I have checked all connections, there is no power connector on the GPU, onboard graphics are not present on this board, and the cooling fan on the GPU works when I try to power …

i have the asrock p4dual915gl mother board, i just updated to windows 7 and keyboard driver won't work. what is the fix ?

Can anyone tell me ? .Why i am getting No Connectivity Issue in IPV6 Connectivity.Kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.Kindly find the attachment also.

This thing started about a month ago. I tried to burn a dvd but nero wasnt able to and after that my drive wasnt able to detect any dvds. i can still run cds though. i tried system restore but to no avail. config- HP compaq presario v6715EE C2D T7700 …

when i w.c to see the adapter detail.ip address,Dns and all about. but nothing is Comming.after some Time Information is Comming. and internet is very slow.kindly let me know the idea.why internet is slow.Kindly find the attachment also.

I've been wanting to make my system a tri-boot for a little bit now. I have a generic PC, custom built, not a mac. Here are the specs: Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz 2 GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi AP Edition Hauppage WinTV-HVR 1800* Seagate Barracuda …

I open my computer, access to a drive then it shows many folders viewed as tile, then I change to list and I click on a folder and click back. It still show view as tile. My question is: how to control the view as list when I move forward …

My laptop's Nvedia Graphics Card had crashed.....i had given it for rearing without my harddsik..... The laptop was repaired and the nvedia graphic chip was replaced, it was checked and verified with another hard disk that belonged to my repairer.....it was working then after i put my original hard disk …

Hi: I am new to this. I have windows XP. I download a file and it will not open. When I double click on it, nothing happens. I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser.

I have an .exe that I want people to be able to download and run on Vista. It needs to run as admin. I have a web page with a 'Download' button. Assume I am logged in as an admin. I click the 'Download' button and IE8 asks whether to …

Hello all, my computer has been freezing badly for a few weeks already. The freeze is random from bootup to windows inside. However, my computer has gotten worse but im fixing it now(long story ill skip ) , now problem is it is very annoying it frequentsly freeze up at …

I have a zune and an iriver clix mp3 players. When I plug the zune in, it is detected by windows which attempts to install device driver software (and always fails) but it is not detected by the actual zune software itself. Also, it does not show up in "Computer" …

I would like to format or fdisk windows7 is there any way i could do it as i like to get back to window vista 64 bit Thank you

I use outlook for emailing and have just purchased a new computer, with windows 7 and Office 2010 beta version. How do I transfer my email address book details from my old computer please. I am new to the forum world, how do I access answers to others questions? I …

First allow me to explain, I was simply in the process of cleaning out my old PC. I was using a can of compressed air to blow out the accumulation of dust from within. Once done, I made sure all plugs were snuggly in place, and closed up my PC. …

getiin bugged by this new disease thats hit my browsers.....some pages like wiki.com and dailymail.co.uk open in a low resolution, sub-standard, low quality format....most of the others open the way they normally do....to give you a clear picture below are these apalling images.....pls help!!!!! Here's how the daily mail and …

EU's computer boots to XP, gets to the desktop, and keyboard and mouse stop functioning. Same story Safe Mode, and Last Known Good. Tried different Keyboard/Mouse. No PS/2 connectors. Found a XP Pro disk - it wouldn't repair (couldn't see) the XP Home install, but I loaded a new windows …

Hi Folks: I'm new to this site, and am having a problem with some software backup program called Retrospect. Evidently, I did something wrong when I first tried a backup, and it seems that I can't get rid of that backup and try again. Anyone have a suggestion for me? …

hey i am having the same problem with my p.c. non of my internet browsers are loading the pages (they just load forever) but if i click on hot mail sign in like it loads that but nothing else, and msn just tells me that there is something wrong with …

I have a question, couple of years ago, I had a system failure and windows tech support help me fix it but had me do a lot of registry entries in windows recovery console. What ended up for the fix was he had me actually put the boot files on …

I have an MP3 PLAYER, when I plug it in the port, the computer does not recognize it...IT does recognize my printer.. I do not have a CD or disk for the device.. THE same thing happens with my phone for pictures... Any idea on how to resolve?

First off hello to everyone! I can't wait to get some friendly help as I have been racking my brain to figure this one out. Out of the blue, one day I tried to copy and paste something with ctrl+c and ctrl+v and nothing happened. I have since then figured …

I get the box send as is, send as unicode, ect when I SEND..It appears when I copy and past into the body of an e mail...I dont know if this may have to do with encoding ect.. Is there any way anyone can give me exact outlook settings..At one …

Windows Defender says "succeeded" but "program has potentially unwanted behavior." HKCU@S-1-5-21-2211979958-1575165067-2261642059-1HKCU@S-1-5-21-2211979958-1575165067-2261642059-1000000 some kind of H key current user registry setting, I guess, but I don't know if it was part of the Microsoft update or where it might have come from. anyone know? (I'm very limited in my knowledge -- …

i had a problem with my compaq 515. have formatted my PC and after some windows updates installation, i needed to repair my vista using the CD installation and it was blank after. i had to turn my PC off and on many times in order to reach the startup …

Hey guys, am using a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop but today i was using Google talk when my keyboard stopped working, i tried to reboot but still not. and the lights are not lighting during POST. What could be the problem??? Pliz help!!

Windows Update in Windows 7 Ultimate Not Working. It just keeps showing "Checking for updates" msg! Please help! I need to update/install mxml and .Net files in order install new software programs. THANK YOU!

I have a Windows XP Pro, laptop. It is a IBM Thinkpad T42, one gig of RAM. The hard drive took a dump so I got another one. I took the XP Pro cd, inserted it and installed it. It worked fine and then as I was setting up everything …

A friend has an XP desktop with a single NTFS partition at his home that wouldn't boot. He tried what he knew, but sadly ended up reinstalling XP. He'd like to recover his data, and so gave me a call. I told him to A) stop using the computer, B) …

I am trying to install a new program that requires the .net framework 3.5. I currently have .net framework 1.1 installed on my computer and cannot install any other version (2.0, 3.0 or 3.5). I've tried several times to install one of the other .net framework versions, but have had …