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I'm in a bit of a tussle at the moment. My PC has been acting odd for a very long time now and I just gathered the time to try and fix it. I searched around and found out how to fix most of my problems but one that's beating …

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Ok, so I recently bought a new Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000, I don't know if anyone here has that mouse or any Microsoft mouses, but for some reason when I click the scroll button/middle button on my mouse it will bring up all the windows on one screen. I don't …

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Computer Info: 6 Year old Dell B130 Pentium M 1.70 GHZ 1024 MB RAM The battery has been dead for 1-2 years. I have been running plugged in to outlet. Issue: 1. BSOD: Unmountable_Boot_Volume So I did a little research. [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread41835.html[/url] [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555302[/url] Easiest fix...Boot from Windows XP CD and Repair... …

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Whenever I run Latale Online(Online game using Xtrap) I click start everything seems to run fine then nothing , seems like program just closes itself , I need help fixing this problem I went on the game forums but they dont know how to fix it so I figured out …

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I was greeted by the notice "One of the files containing the system's registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful" when I started my PC this morning. What makes Windows make a registry recovery? I want to know because …

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I'm a new user in desperate need of help! I have a Dell Deminsion 2350 with windows XP. I recently upgraded to DSL 6.0 along with adding my ISP's security suite. I have no trouble deleting spyware, adware etc... yet my 6.0 runs at dial up speed! I do have …

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Mga bos alam marami kayong alam sa computer at ako wala naglakas loob lang akong sumali dahil alam kong marmi akong matutunan sa inyo. paano ba mag install ng software sa computer?

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Hi! All of a sudden, I can't seem to boot into my Windows XP Home Edition. I see the logo and processing line but then it stops and starts to reboot again. I cannot boot into Safe mode and the last good configuration doesn't work. I did stop the automatic …

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I hate this FREAKING "Your current security settings put your compute at risk" Message!!! I have tried changing permissions on the following files: wscapi.dll wscsvc.dll wscui.dll Renamed them all to .bak files Went into registry and deleted the wscsvc registry key under HKLM/system/current control set/ services Rebooted the machine and …

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The laptop hard drive crashed. Installed new hard drive and reinstalled the XP Home OS. On startup I press F2 which opens the BIOS Setup screen. The screen is inactive, I can't change anything. It shows the correct time, processor, cpu speed, system memory, etc., but NOT primary hard drive. …

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Hi guys, Can anybody provide me some tips of how to recover my Assignment which is a corrupt microsoft document? Thanking in advance anybody who is willing to help me. Cheers........

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who can give me the serial number of my windows xp it was lost. i can only remember D3R3T part of that serial number. help. thanks

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Just a general question. I only just began using Vista... seeking YOUR opinions here... lately I've been using mostly: FireFox, uTorrent, DownLoad Accelerator, and HTML tidy for any "work" I do (nothing heavy). On a wireless (unsecured) network (shared across a whole house of apartments). It's not my router, but …

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I am trying to merge drive f with my acer c drive which as shown in the picture below is the middle drive. However weird thing is it does not show the name of my primary drive and also when i try and right click it to go ahead and …

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I have acquired a used canon 1d mk ii slr camera which should connect to pc via ieee 1394 firewire cable.This is supposed to open Canon software for downloading pictures and also backloading personal settings into camera. The pc is almost new Gigabyte mbo with Intel E8400 core two duo, …

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I am with a user whose PC has lost all file associations, tho' it seems to be able to start and run certain things (IExplorer for instance). I have various .reg patches to apply (from [url]www.dougknox.com[/url]) but since the PC doesn't even know how to open Regedit I am stuck. …

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I have had an Excite email account for several years with no problems. (I use it as my main account and download everything into it as I have had so many problems with downloading email to my computer. So this is an account that I really need access to). Today …

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Hello, today I found a problem that seems a little odd to me. The situation is the following; on a Windows 2008 network, several clients are part of the domain, all without errors or any problems of note; except a laptop. This laptop is also part of the domain, it …

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I have a problem on a PC running Win XP Home Edition. Internet Expolrer 7.0 runs fine for the main user but VERY SLOW for the second one to the point of SOMETIMES timing out. They are both administrator accounts. The problem started soon after upgrade from IE-6. I reverted …

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Hey there, So I have been experiencing some issues with mouse lag in games. Simply put the mouse, as it moves from left to right, appears to lag my game and at some point I can even freeze the frame of my game with the mouse movement. However, when I …

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when I restart my laptop(windows xp) I get a screen: "Checking file system on C: The type of the file system is NTFS" it happened continuously 4 times when i turned on the computer. Can anyone help me with this.

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cant boot in to my compact laptop even cant detect xp cd but others cds can detect them i want to back my information before worst happens please hellp

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when i try to install an educational software programme which is available in cd, and which requires registration through net, the programme/computer is not connecting to the net. Due to this the installation gets aborted. I use win XP SP1. Kindly help

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im trying 2 setup xp home edition for my mother who is a famous "Garden knome"... i tryed booting from the cd and and installing a new copy...but get a "no hardrive found" and it stops there. i even chnged the boot order to cd 1st, then harddrive 2nd. HP …

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i have total security installed on my laptop,i have entered add/remove programmes but i still cant remove it.it keeps poppind up asking me to run a detection for spyware/ardware.....it is annoying me ...how do i get it off my system????????????

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Running Windows XP for about two years with 3.0 Ghz CPU and 2 GB ram. Recently the display started freezing. CTRL, ALT, DEL does nothing to recover. At first I thought it might be the FireFox browser. I upgraded to the latest version. Then it would freeze when I was …

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Hey there, I've had a hoke through the forum and I've seen that a lot of people have issues with windows not starting, but no-one had the exact symptoms that I have had, hence this new thread. Basically yesterday I shut my computer down as normal but when I turned …

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When i google something, I go to a result, but it redirects me to a fake virus scan site. Also, when I try to go to gmail, it doesn't load unless I go to this specific address ([url]https://mail.google.com/mail/#inbox[/url]) The button on my google tool bar doesn't even work. I've tried …

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I have recently noticed that I am unable to run most of the admin tools in Control Panel. I need to run "Computer Management" to initialise a disk. When I click on the icon I get the nasty sound and a simple "Access is Denied" without further explanation. I am …

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Lost in the title actually means I deleted it thinking it was part of my problem with "Isearch" and AdDestroyer. AdDestroyer showed up as running in my Task Manager and the process was attached to "explorer.exe" in the list of processes. I took it out of System32 files and put …

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Hey guys, So I've had my Vista laptop for more than 2 years now. Last month, I took it to Tokyo. That was when things started to get messy. My explorer.exe crashes at every startup. I have to do ctrl + alt + del to run explorer.exe every single time. …

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My pc suddenly quit responding to the mouse on left click. It will accept right click, but this is strange, too. As an example, if I want to click on a "next" button, a box will open up, but if I hit enter - it will go to the next …

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Hi everyone, i have an everex laptop that is windows xp based and sometimes when i boot it up i hear a beeping sound that beeps 3-4 times and then stops. however, it does not give me the startup screen. and sometimes if it actually gets thru to the bootup …

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hi, i have a dell laptop model #PP22L. i know i have a virus because i keep getting popups that tell me im infected and they want me to purchase their software. i ran a hijackthis report and the following info came up. before the scan ran these 2 boxes …

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was the difference between windows 7 ultimate 32-bit and windows 7 ultimate 64-bit? btw I ordered windows 7 ultimate 64-bit! (comes free with my dell desktop)

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Hi O/S Windows XP Problem Record deck connected to pre-amp - connected to line in on PC - when playing a record no sound from speakers. Checked volume control - Recording - line in checked - volume 1/2 Playback - volume 1/2 on line in Have updated drivers on sound …

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I have an HP Slimline S7220n with 1 gb of ram, 250 gb hard drive running vista home premium. Its been on since about March and it overheats every 20-45 minutes depending on how long its been off. Currently I am keeping it running to back up my stuff with …

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o/s VISTA HOME PREMIUM SP2 64 BIT I am constantly being asked to verify that SEAMONKEY is my default on startup. Everything is in order in PREFERENCES but still it persits. Any suggestions?

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Hi, I bought a computer with a HDD capacity of 80GB however, 40GB is only available for me to use, can n-e 1 tell me what to do to use the maximum capacity of my 80GB HDD??....

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Whenever I try to use system restore, it says: "System restore is not able to protect your computer. Please restart your computer, and then run System Restore again" Of course, I tried restarting, and it didnt help. I went into the Services thing in the Administrative tools to see if …

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how do i know the right processes which are supposed to run my machine so as i end those unwanted and viruses

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Thanks guys... autofix worked by repairing Autoplay... but u know that window that pop ups when u use a CD, DVD, Flash Dirve that gives u an option to do something with the files stored... that is not popping up! The autofix restored autoplay - music and DVDs are detected …

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hi,i have a problem in installing sql server 2005 express,and even 2008.Ive searched the net for possible solutions but Ive not seen an error the same with me so ive decided to ask now. I hope someone can help me. this is the error Ive received when i install sql …

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I have two virtual machines, one running Server 2003 Enterprise and one running Windows XP Professional. I want these two operating systems to operate in there own network, not connected to anything else. I have been doing some research but have been getting confused and I have had no look... …

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The window 7 has following features which will enhanced the knowledge of IT relevant business and persons who want to do lot of work in short span of time. [B] Increase the performance:[/B] The window 7 will improve the performance over Vista as much we think open quickly. Startup is …

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Hello, I am having an issue installing the Windows Communication Foundation (http and non-http) part of the Windows Features in Windows 7. As a side note I can't remove the 3.5 .Net Framework either. Also, I am using this so I can test my website from Visual Studio 2008 Prefessional …

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Hey all, I have a Toshiba SATELLITE P200/804, now the problems im having are as follows; - When i boot it up it just blue screens. - When trying to access "safe mode" it blue screens. - When trying to access anything else of the boot screen it also blue …

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I uninstalled Visual studio more than 2 years ago but the problem explained below pops up at least every 2 weeks and I am just sick and tired of it. The image attached at the end of this post shows the error which I get randomly. I have tried almost …

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Hi... I'm having some problems with auto-deteck... nothing i connect to my computer is detected! CDs, DVDs Flash Drives, nothing!!! I can only access them via My Computer by selecting the particular device. So imagine putting in an audio CD to listen to your favourite music and it doesn't start …

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