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Teens who take revealing pictures of themselves to send to other teens are getting more than embarrassment: They're getting a criminal record as a sex offender. The problem of revealing teen pictures has been getting a great deal of attention lately, with a [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3651.html"]recent survey[/URL] finding that 36 percent of …

Hello my friends, I would like your advice please. I have just recovered from being stung by a horrible nasty virus called Install_Patch.exe Trojan Downloader win32.bagle.bxn, I was advised by my previous AV provider to have the drive formatted which is what I have had done by a friend and …

I have 4 PCs (all XP) and1 laptop (Vista 32 Business) on one LAN. I installed an USB/eSATA 1TB external hard drive to one of the XP desktops. The external HD has one partition (Happens to be the L: drive) and is formatted as NTFS. All the PCs/laptop can see …

Already installed IDE 500 gb intetnal hard disk to Dell Dimension 2400: I was told reformatting would be time consuming, instead, I should run windows repair. What should I do to keep current internal 80gb hd, which is doing fine with remaining 40% memory, while adding IDE 500gb internal HD …

hi! If i start me computer then the CPU is always 100% does someone know what is the problem and how to fix it

Does anyone can tell me why I'm facing this problem when I'm connected to the internet but my Internet Explorer cannot make a connection. It says Diagnose Connection problem, and when i click on that tab, dialogue box says "Change the proxy setting." Well i can open fire fox and …

I just bought a new hp laptop for my daughter. After booting the machine and creating backup systems disks, I went to User Accounts and setup a new account for myself with Administrator rights. I then changed my daughter's account to a Standard User. Next, I booted to my new …

Getting some problems....This problem occurred one day when I tried to start my computer up. Everything runs normally until I reach the windows logo and beings to load. The screen never loads and instantly turns into blue screen of death for a second and then the computer restarts and it …

I have a quick question: This is what happened. My computer became infected with a nasty virus so i tried to boot up in safe mode using F8. However I got a blue screen with an error message that said: "A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUT …

two days before i was trying to solve the problem of my microphone as it was not working. that time i could hear the sound. i tried to install a new sound driver but i couldn't and after that i lost the sound out of my headset.

Windows 7 Home Premium detects the proper resolution (1680 X 1050) when right clicking on desktop and going to the screen resolution screen and clicking Detect. However, when th computer sleeps or is restarted, the resolution goes back to 800 X 600 and has to be reset. Have tried this …

I have been using a computer less than a year. I'm using a Windows XP. The last several days my copy and paste are not working. I copy the address then I try to paste it, nothing shows up. Today, in my Outlook Express, the delete quite working for awhile …

My Toshiba Satellite laptop when I turn on the power button starts up but freezes up after running for a few minutes. After freezing up I have to turn it off with the power button. When I try to turn it on again it will not start, the power light …

Hi everyone, I have a somewhat newer dell dimension desktop computer. Earlier, the hard drive went out and so I had to replace it. I went and bought a new hard drive and installed it. I then formatted it and re-installed windows xp onto the system. There is just one …

No more tapping F8, F10 or whatever to get into "Safe Mode" Have it right there on your boot screen (as if you're dual booting) [url]http://www.techspikes.com/2009/04/add-safe-mode-to-standard-windows-xp-boot-menu/[/url] [url]http://wiki.malwareteks.com/index.php?title=How_To_Boot_Windows_To_Safe_Mode[/url]

Hey , I have a problem.I use Windows 7 ultimate , and chrome as a default browser.I connect using a DSL modem.It says it is connected and I can only browse with firefox.IE , Chrome , Opera does not work. I use Avast! anti-virus.

Help me. Heres the problem: Everytime I click on a link after I googled something, I will get redirected to some random website. One website has a green globe icon to the left of the address bar. And when I'm on the computer now, my computer is super laggy. I'm …

my windows explorer.exe keeps crashing... here is my hijack.. any advice would be greatly appreciated guys.. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 23:37:56, on 17/12/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP3 (6.00.2900.5512) Boot mode: Normal 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 …

I can not use Virtual PC because my hardware cmos settings can not turn it on and it is not compatible. Is there a Virtual Drive Box SUN or anything that can use a emulation so I don't have to buy a new mobo? Any help?

Question: Can I safely remove Nvidia 6.14.10.5673. ?I ran Nasty File Remover and it says to remove.

If I buy a new motherboard will I be able to use my Intel processor that I have now on it?

I've heard lots of talk recently about hijack this, but what is it and how do you read its results? any help would be highly appreciated.

yet another report of not being able to access control panel, i just get a blank screen or nothing at all. i've got a 5 week old advent laptop, 2GB mem, pentium 4, pre-installed home vista premium is genuine. i've been using windows defender as well as avg (trial expired …

Hey, Right now I'm using XP, and I was thinking of getting a laptop. Now, I've heard a lot of bad stuff about Vista, but most of the things I heard are "It sucks." Or "don't get it" or "it's extremely slow". Now, except for the last one those are …

Help. My pc will not boot past the Windows xp logo with the green bar showing progress. It is an Acer quad core, 3 GB RAM, XP pro. It will boot in safe mode with networking but I see no problems once I get in. The boot.ini is fine, I …

i was using my computer and accidently bumped the mute button on the keyboard when my mixer devices dissapeared how can i fix this its a pain in the ass

We look after a lot of windows 2003 servers running Oracle 10.2.0.4. What I'm trying to do is remove the older info from log files. For example oracle writes an alert log of everything that happens on the database, I want to remove the older stuff whilst it's still running …

Hello everyone. I recently installed windows 7 and everything is all well except for the sound. I have checked the forum but have found only one thread with this same issue but no solution. I have an Nvidia EVGA 650i Ultra Motherboard. I downloaded the most recent driver from Nvidia …

Hi I am trying to clean up a computer with spanish XP. In normal mode the computer works fine, even though it is really infected with stuff. But when I try to start in safe mode, it crashes with a blue screen. There is an error code below with these …

I've been using WinXP Home Ed for 3 years and just today a white block pops up(left side of desktop) that is 3 inches wide and is as tall as my crt when I turned on pc and desktop came into view. It has, Folder Tasks/Other Places/Details with drop down …

Hello, I tried playing a movie with Windows Media Player. I have sound but not video. A message screen did come up and said that WMP did not close properly and some codecs were missing. My version of WMP is 11 and I would like to know what codecs I …

When i had installed Windows-7 in one of mine's frinds laptop then i had not abbled to start the webcamp which was integratted on it. I had also installed all the drivers of the laptop. so pleazzz help me and tell me that what to do??? and sorry for the …

SIR, I am a student . i have a problem that the when i start installing Nero software in my computer the message is shown my screen that install theDIRECT9.0C. so please help me how to down load this software from your site?

Quite simply, the CD/DVD Drive on my laptop won't open, and there's a CD stuck inside. Help... Please!

I am having trouble starting a program called Multi-Batch 6.0 which use to work fine till I did a windows update, now I get an error message Error number 3633 in routine db_connect Can't load msjter35.dll Does anybody out there have any suggestion? :sad:

I can't understand why when I go to certain web pages, I now cannot see the pictures on those pages (sometimes also the banners). There is a small red "x" along with the name of the picture in the upper left hand corner. I have already checked my settings in …

Hello all, Here's the situation: My brother goes to all these weird sites (not porn..that I know of), anyhow, somehow he managed to get spyware. I have reformatted his HD before and thought that by him using Mozilla Firefox would prevent any unauthorized downloads. But no, he had to activate …

hello i am trying to make a cmd file to change my background. this is the cmd i am trying to use: REG ADD HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d C:\Windows\newbackground.bmp /f what am i doing wrong? when i enter this on cmd i get: invalid syntax. type reg …

i have locked myself out of my coputer. i do not remember my user name or password is there anything i can do

I am getting slow PC startup problem when it boots. My friend suggested me to use registry cleaner. I just want suggestions from people about registry cleaners which are available. Please Comment.

my warcraft III is not functioning well.. it is running but the screen flash: 59.8 khz/ 74.8Hz Frequenct out of range Try another resolution.. i've tried changing resolution but the problem...

I been having problems logging in to vista for the last week. It will go to startup repair every time and it wont boot. if i uninstall the nvidia drivers it will work fine.Ive tried old and new drivers.I even clean up the driver with driver sweeper.I just ordered a …

Does anyone know of a patch for a Compaq 12XL300B laptop so a Dell 926 printer will function?

Currently using Vista Ultimate. Would like to download some desktop background images but the potential for exploits/malware is significant. Can anyone cite a safe place to aquire a few images? An informed reply would be welcome.

My default games have vanished(minesweeper etc.) I am unable to reinstall games from my xp cd which is a xp prof sp2, I have upgraded to sp3. I tried to reinstall from Add/Remove programs, Add/Remove components and get the following msg. The file freecell on Windows xp cd/rom is needed. …

hello, we just switched to Windows 7. and when i tried to surf using Mozilla Firefox, i get "No results" in clicking the google search results' links. and if not, i get redirected to Spam sites like ads, and etcetera. i also experience this with Chrome. ive been performing some …

Since last few days, my system has starting to restart every morning sharp at 8:00 AM. I'm shown this message (Attached below) and given 5 minutes to close all apps before restarting. But it's really annoying when that happens everyday! :?: I've no idea, what program finishes running everyday, irrespective …

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Oh dear, now I do not believe that was meant to happen. It appears that users of Office 2003 who also protect their documents with the Microsoft Rights Management Service (RMS) have found them so well protected that nobody can open them - not even the person who created the …

I have been trying to use my MSI EX623 Notebook's inbuilt mic. with nil results. It does not appear as an option in the Control Panel > Sound folder of Windows 7. I have been using a Logitech external microphone but prefer to use the one that came with the …