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Sorry for the inconvenience but i accidentally installed ESET NOD32 virus scanner without uninstalling my old macafe virus scanner... now when i start my other pc in the first 10 second or less it freezes.. when i reboot nothing happens. even in safemode! thnaks in advance!

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I want to just ask and see if anyone has any interesting / unique thoughts on this "event" I am having. In one of my yahoo webmail accounts I (fairly frequently) am receiving an email that has [No Subject] in the subject line and has "undisclosed-recipients" in the "to" address …

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I've done some research on this and I haven't found any really good suggestions. Here's the summary: [LIST]HP dv9000 laptop with Vista (updated regularly). [/LIST] [LIST]No recent changes - was working fine[/LIST] [LIST]Put it into hibernate mode[/LIST] [LIST]Tried to restart it the next morning and it woudn't start. All the …

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Hi everyone, I am running a 32bit windows vista. Whenever i boot it up, i get this annoying error that says "Error loading C:\Windows\System32\hgGwWPhh.dll The specified Module could not be found" PLease help. I've tried everything i know!!:@

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Hi members, I need help setting up a shared folder. The main computer is wired into a router adn the other computer sees the router with a wireless setup. I can only see the main computer for a short period of time and when I close out of it, it …

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I bet nobody will be able to help, guaranteed. Here is my situation:, My wife has an averatec 4100 series laptop(discontinued)but it's running fine, no troubles what so ever, fast and efficient. Updated all the driver thru manufacturers(cause Averatec inc. are not given support what so ever, but The Laptop …

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Well hopefully someone can help me find a way around this... Recently my old desktop's power supply failed and I felt that was a good reason to get an entirely new desktop. I ordered the pieces and assembled them and my new computer is now running Vista. I'm adjusting to …

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please help i cant figure it out my Motion Computing LE1600 decided to start hanging on me whenever it started up yesterday and i tried to fix this problem by rolling back with the a system restore that didnt work so i decided to insert the disk that came with …

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I am having issues with my graphics on my laptop and pc (less so on my laptop) on my pc my mouse turns into a line... like it looks like 10 mouses ontop of eachother only its just the tip... to fix it i have to shake my mouse a …

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I get the message that C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UMM.32UXD is missing. I have the ME disk but when I put it in nothing happens.

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What the heck is happening in Redmond? Is Microsoft really giving away antivirus software? Yes, friends, it appears that they [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/"]are[/URL]. Come on Microsoft, we really want to hate you. I've carried this Microsoft voodoo doll* around with me for years--stabbing it every time I have to pay money for …

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I have a foxpro application that i access by mapping the drive.I have managed to hide the drive from the users such that they cannot see the drive in windows explorer.I do not want them to view the contents of the drive via command prompt because currently i have noticed …

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my computer sometimes on start shows the blue screen error with some error message as physical memory dump i am not able to understand how to sort out the problem..please help to fix the problem.. thanx in advane..

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I have just got my first cell phone with bluetooth capability. My laptop is Toshiba Satellite A105 with Windows XP Service Pack 2. It's 1 year & 2 months old. I've been trying to set up bluetooth on it so I can view the cell phone cam pics, 1.3 Megapixel …

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I have a trojan on my computer and have not had much luck getting rid of it, so I think it might be easier to just reformat my computer, but it's been a long time since I have done anything like that so I am looking for help. I have …

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I have a ACER laptop and it has vista on it and from day one (2 years ago) it has been giving me problems. The most recent is that all of a sudden I can not access my documents. I have Microsoft office 2007 and its there I can see …

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I have a domain user that has logged into his new laptop and none of his email carried over. he can receive new emails, but cannot find his older ones. When he first logged into the new laptop that is connected to the network i had to configure his email …

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I'm getting the Invalid Boot.ini booting from c:\windows\ But I just installed Windows 7 My disc offers no Repair console and there's no boot.ini on the drive (yes I've unhidden files) What is the correct format for a boot.ini in Windows 7 Thanx

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So I Downloaded A WoW Trial Thing. And It Says "World Of WarCraft Was Unable To Start Up 3D Acceleration. Please Make Sure Direct x9.0c is installed and your video drivers are up to date. Now for my questions. Is Video Drivers Same As Video Cards? If Not How Can …

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Hi there. Need help with a recovery reboot Got the blue screen of death - with a message that suggests that I restart the computer, press F8 and then start in Safe Mode....of course, when I try this it only gives me the option to run windows normally or to …

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Hi all, Today I restarted my computer and all of the icons from my destop changed! They look very unfamiliar, with a red/blue/purple bull-type icon sitting on top of my regular icon. See link: [url]http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh99/jabberinjohnsons/Craigs%20List/StrangeIcons.jpg[/url] Has anyone seen this before? Also, I had at one time opened my "documents" and …

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Hey, i have firefox 3.5.2 and when i go to some websites like facebook or histats they think im french and they change the text to french is there some setting i can change so it knows im english note its not ip dependent because it happens from multiple ips …

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i am trying to reinstall Windows XP on my compaq presario laptop, but I cannot, it gives me a message: Hard disk not detected or power on the hard disk.

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Sir, When i Tried To Uninstall Yahoo Messanger.i got error Could not open the install.log file.With Modal Dialog box wise Uninstallation Using Add/Remove Programme.Kindly let me know the idea. Any help would be highly appreciated.

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Most of the times I receive the following blue screen stop error after the Windows logo and progress bar disappear upon booting up Windows. This prevents me from getting into Windows and I have to turn my laptop on and off several times to eventually get into Windows. Sometimes the …

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What does this error from a blue screen mean ?? Driver_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL If this is your first time (some useless text)......... Technical information *** stop: 0×000000D1 (0×FFFFFA7, F888FFDC8,0×0000000000000002, 0×0000000000000001, 0×FFFFF8800480B077) ***dxgmmsi.sts.address FFFF8800480B077 base at FFFF88004800000, Datestamp 490092102

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I am trying to install Norton Internet Security 2009 to my laptop but when i insert the disk it is not running automatically like it should do. How can i change my cd drive to run automatically so i am able to run the installation disk. Thanks

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This is sort of a continuation of this thread: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread221897.html[/url] The problem is similar, with a slight difference. Whenever I turn on my laptop, instead of the visuals going BLANK, the visuals DONT COME ON. Again, I've no idea if this is software of hardware related. I've just recently installed …

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i need 2 reformat my pc i have an e machine with 2 disc,but recently ive had a new motherboard installed,can i still use the disc 2 reformany my pc ?

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Hey, Okay my mums laptop is a pile of junk and she has managed to break it even more then it already is. She is a windows live messenger obsessive so she really can't live without it. After updating Java it has signed in then crashed. I have checked the …

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VGA of my computer has being uninstalled acidently.. Its a Nvidia ...but i can't find the model.. theres a number 180-10071-0000-A06 I want to find the drivers for it through Internet. Is it possible. How?where? how can I find the model? (i doubt the number is not a modle number!)

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hi, I've recently formated my computer after catching a nasty virus and re-installed xp but instead of running smoothly everything that i move the scrolling is really slow. Does anyone know how i can cure this

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Is there any software to provide a sidebar in XP like that in Vista? I have tried docks, but not good enough. Also if there is any application for setting an alarm at a specific time?

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Hi everyone. Long time has not been here. Actualy went overseas and did not have access to internet. Bellow is my HT of my laptop who suddenly start to work very slow. Start uo take more than 2 minutes to open Desktop, as well as shuting down of cimputer. Also, …

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hi every body i want to know the way to make the sql server avaliable on my network to share the data between many computers based on same network i need to know where i start to configure the setting from sql server ? or visual studio application ? if …

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Dear all, I am using windows 2003 server with sp2. there is a message that comes frequently. Buffer overflow blocked not safe to use this file location:c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe thanks alam

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i know the basics of the error but im trying to find the source...ANY help is greatly appreciated! the dump is included (note the original filetype is .dmp)

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I recently made it so I could see hidden files and folders. On ym desktop popped up a file called SHELLPAR. I looked through other folders and saw multiples of this same file. When opened with Notepad each gave a different name of a file stored on my computer (or …

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(Originally posted in XP forum, advised to try this forums) I have a ACER laptop and it has vista on it and from day one (2 years ago) it has been giving me problems. The most recent is that all of a sudden I can not access my documents. I …

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PC was working fine then could no longer access internet via IE. Installed Firefox and get "server not found" error. The network is fine since I can ping sites and get responses. Not sure where to look next.

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I can't seem to open any games on Pogo anymore. I get an error message that iexplore.exe is not functioning. I've read several of the threads on this "iexplore.exe" problems and have run my Malware scans that come up empty. Also ran Avast! and found nothing. What am I doing …

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When I click System - Remote, only Remote Assistance appears. I don't see Remote desktop (as you can see in the attachment). Please give me an explanation.

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I've got a server running 2000 Server which is just about out of space on drive C. It has two logical NTFS drives, C and D on one physical HD. C started out several years ago with 4GB. Over time it has filled up. I've done the following, which has …

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Hi all I keep getting the blue screen, this happens intermittently after opening internet explorer. The stop message is as follows:- *** STOP *** 0X0000008E (0XC0000005, 0X85EE3097, OXAA339550, OX00000000) It then proceeds to do a physical dump. I hope you can help. Thanks Alex

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Does anyone have a reccomendation for a GOOD, VIRUS FREE, LOW COST video converting program. That would really be of help. Thanks.

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I have read a lot of threads on many forums (including here) where people are giving advice to turn off the UAC in Vista. [I]Very bad advice[/I], might be annoying at times, but it's there for a very good reason, [B]SECURITY![/B] Now, here is a tool that will keep UAC …

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I found this great little program to keep my running processes to a minimum of 5% CPU usage and to improve system responsiveness. [B][I]Process Lasso[/I][/B] [url]http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Process-Lasso.shtml[/url]

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Morning all! :) If anyone can help in providing suggestions as to what is causing this, it would be hugely appreciated and you'd be helping me out a great deal! A bit of background information ... I work for a secondary school that consists of two domains; one for student …

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If you have multiple email accounts, ie: AOL, MSN, Yahoo, etc., now you can access all those accounts in one place, nice little program, been using it for a while now. Works with all versions of Windows. No more signing in to your email accounts to view/read, compose, send. You …

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