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I have a computer that is missing uvewawaz.dll. Does anyone know what this dll is and what it is for. I have a message that comes up and states that the "uvewawaz.dll" file can not be found. I removed the DirectX folder in the regedit. Before I removed anything I …

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Hey guys, So my my computer started throwing up a BSOD error message upon startup which forces it into an endless loop of startup and reboot. This even occurs when trying to launch safe mode. To get around this I have decided to do a system restore using the windows …

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I have had many recommend avg as an alternative to norton. Many have said it is better. I don't know if that is true or not but does it work in the background to scan like norton? Does it live update on its own? Can you schedule it to scan …

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Hi all friend now i have one problem and i want all of you help me. The problem is dat my pc when i shut down .it always show a massage call waiting for the background to close .what is dat .any advice would be appreciate it.Thx all friend

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I attached a wireless network card a few days ago, and ever since I've been having random freeze problems. No warning, no noise, no slowing down...everything just freezes right where it is. There's no pattern to the time, no pattern of programs to set it off. Help! I thought the …

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I have a WindowsService named, say, BST. And I need to give a non-Administrator user, UserA, the permissions to Start/Stop this particular service. My service runs on a variety of Windows OS, starting from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 7. How can I do this? I Googled and found some …

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I downloaded Office 2010 Pro but when I try to start Outlook, it looks for a path that does not exist on my new computer. All other Office programs work well. Can someone advise me how I can reset a correct path?

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A while ago I made and ISO copy of a Dvd so that I could keep a version on my computer, but unfortunetly it failed and now I have a worthless 8.6gig ISO image in my documents. I have tried deleting it normally and with pocket killbox and neither has …

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Hi, I've rececntly connected my pc's speaker output to a guitar amp which takes in a mono input, so the amp is only taking in the left signal, ignoring completely the right signal. Does anyone know how I can mix both signals into one from windows? tnks, dean

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I have a Windows 2000 where the cursor moves on its own. All the time it goes from a corner across the screen and can not stop it or move it by the mouse or in any way. What to do? Regards

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I bought a Dell inspiron 1545 just about an year ago.It was working smoothly till now.A few days back I installed windows 7 and the eject button on the keyboard started having problems.At times it wont work , a reboot might solve it , but the problem keeps on show …

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We have an COM Class (ActiveX exe) VB6 program that is in the Registry dozens if not hundreds of times to basically the same paths. 1. Our development compile output path and 2. the true target path in c:\Program Files (x86) where it should be. (There are many for each) …

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hi all! i have c2d e6600 cpu, gtx 285 gpu, 4gb ram, win xp sp2, and everything worked fine till recently... on every 3d application cpu usage is 30-60%... i discovered this only few days ago... before that i had some fps issues, tried to update gpu driver and got …

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Hope u experts out there can help me with this 2 mth long issue I'm having it is preventing me from using my desktop. Originally my operating system was windows ME but I had a friend install windows xp years ago. My question is "Can I use the recovery disk …

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Hello everyone, I have a problem. My internet connection is operating fine, yet my internet explorer and firefox both won't display webpages. Whenever I click on either of them they proceed to attempt to load a page but never end up loading them. On some sites I get a "Page …

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Hiya, For a while now i have had lots of problems with my pc so i tried to reinstall vista again. But somehow i ended up with 2 windows vistas when i started the machine up! So my question is....can i totally wipe everything of the hard drive and reinstall …

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I recently inserted my USB Thumb Drive into my computer and found one of the folders and all the files within the folder with file names such as this $5[]%6$3$@#. I knew there was something wrong, so I extracted and reinserted the key again, this time I let Windows7 do …

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I now have a second computer and I have a question regarding copying programs from my original computer to my new one. Whenever I have tried to copy a program from one computer to the other all I seem to be copying is the "shortcut" to the program (which, of …

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Friends computer. Cannot boot into vista. Tried using reinstall discs. Will not reinstall. I get a D:/sources/install.wim(or win)?? error. Help. I have really no other knowledge on how to reinstall this visita on this computer. The computer is a toshiba satellite A206. Also tried to get to recovery software by …

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my dvd/cd rw driver all of a sudden started messing up.. ive done system restore..everything i can think of..im not computer stupid and i have been looking at alot of forums trying..and still nothing. It doesnt detect my driver at all..it says cd drive in the device manager but it …

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Latley I figured I would try using Windows DVD Maker to burn DVDs, versus using the super basic version of Roxio that came with my PC. I like the varitety of menu styles and features it has (for a freebie), but the encoding process before burning is extremely slow. To …

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Hi everyone, We encounter a problem from the server last week. It makes a beep sound then shutdown automatically. I figure out the the heat sink was not fit properly. It looks like loosen from the motherboard. While the motherboard was on repair. I tried to slave our SATA Seagate …

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Hello all! I know that I sound completely like a novice, which I guess I am, but I am a networking specialist (almost...I will have my CCNA in about 2 months) and thus haven't ever really dealt much with Active Directory. I understand the basics such as creating new users, …

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I have a new install of a windows 2008 server with active directory dhcp and dns roles. I have dns settings on the dhcp options set to the servers ip then the isp 2 dns enteries under that. MY workstations periodically drop the dns name of the server i run …

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I just finished building a htpc, everything is new. I loaded Win XP and then the mobo disc, thats it so far. Now during the XP set up windows apparrently recognized the 1394 on my new mobo (gigabyte ga-ma785gm-us2h) and when I was prompted with options for this connection there …

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what happens when you put a program in the start-up? ? ? ? ? ?

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Does anyone know how to create a batch file that will send email through outlook express without using 3rd party programs??

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Hi~ i'm new here, so just quick, my name is lori, i know the very basics of a computer, my husband is so computer illiterate it's scary! lol anyway, we bought a system mechanic program for our desktop (vista) we removed all firewalls, vipre etc like we are supposed to. …

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i have windows xp. lenovo y410. 1 GB RAM! i m using guardian antivirus. but i dont feel its good. can i upload anti malwares/spywares/free antivirus all together? will it affect speed of my lapi?

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So, I recently got an MBR virus and after (and partially during) removal I began to get frequent BSOD's and freezes (as in, no debug info simply stop doing any operation), and those BSOD's didn't provide any useful debug information (no message in all caps such as "IRQL NOT LESS …

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[URL="http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/01/install-mac-leopard-os-x-retail-dvd-on-a-ordinary-pc-with-boot-132-hack/"]i tried to follow the steps here[/URL] but it doesn't work my problem is in the very first step burning the boot 132 generic iso actually i don't know if i did it right or not. i tried to copy the iso paste it in the cd then press "burn …

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I have got a really nasty virus on my PC, I have used the dell sytem restore to restore it back to factory settings as this has worked with other virus probs, but when I restart its still there, on the black bios start up screen it has green lines …

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I installed ACPI compliant virtual controller, then i restarted my lapi, it asked about a file that if u r sure then only accept, in hurry i rejected it! since then my desktop has gone blank (black) no wallpaper is remaining there. what should i do? i have lenovo y410 …

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I am supporting application and sometimes I have to remotely shutdown users pc and I know there is a dos script file when execute will prompt user saying "your computer will be shut down in 2 minutes, please save all the work". Could any one please help. Thank you.

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My Lenovo Laptop has XP-Pro and has developed a problem of not recognizing CD or DVD when inserted. The drive is Optiarc AD-75605. It used to work fine. I have reinstalled the system from scratch but no change. I ran Mats_Run.dvd as recommended by Microsoft and uninstalled/auto installed the device …

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I just got a new HP machine. It's one of those pre-built systems, and it came with Windows 7. My previous machine was an XP machine, and so I set up the new one almost exactly like the old. However, one thing seems to work only in a very strange …

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This may not be the place for this,but I want to know if there is a way to download pictures from my phone to my computer without sending them as a picture message. When I got the phone I was told that all I needed was a data cable that …

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I have an Acer Aspire E700 desktop, currently running Vista Home Premium with SP2. I'm in a pickle. My system files have become corrupt; I have done 3 different attempts to do an in-place upgrade. Nothing seems to fix the problem. I have been working with a Microsoft Tech who …

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i just got my laptop back from my cousin and this ultra defragger thing keeps popping up along with warnings saying ram memory usage at critical high,ram memory failure,cant find hard disc space,hard drive error,damaged hard drive clusters,private data at risk,hard drive not found,missing hard drive, and it keeps telling …

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Hi... I need a batch script to convert a PDF file to a text file on window xp.Any idea ?please help me...

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My computer was stolen and when it was retrieved it had been password protected...i have no idea how to get past this...please help..

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hello everyone! i am very new here. and also new in learning software of my lapi! i got lenovo y410 i installed 'Lenovo ACPI compliant virtual controller, there i found to upgrade BIOS! but it was failed, then i found that i will loose motherboard if i install a wrong …

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Hi I need to force a logoff for idle users through a gpo, after 2 or 3 hours of inactivity. The suggested solution in every previous thread is using a screensaver that does the trick. That's not good for me, because I need the screen saver to run after 15 …

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I haven't had this problem w/ XP or 98 os. Usually I am able to resolve about 85% of my OS problems but this has stumped me. When I type in Vista even in Word Pad or the addres bar I run into this problem. I'll type in the adress …

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Hello Just like we have some addons which enable us to download flash movies from webpages in firefox, is there a similar tool which can download javascript animations from webpages?

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im haveing the same problem i downloded a program then i deleted it off my account but when i go to the main account on my windows 7 computer the folder is still there i move it to the trash but it comes back every cupple of minutes HELP ME …

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I've searched quite thoroughly for audio drivers for my chipset(P4M800 CE) and I cant find them anywhere. Tried driver scans like driverguide.com, and gone to the umpteenth page on google, to no avail. The manufacturers website doesn't have them either. If anyone could point me in the right direction that'd …

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Due to the uselessness of the IT team in my place of work, I have written a small batch file for the people in my department to map a network folder to a drive letter since the network path is too long and Windows will not allow us to open …

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My recycle bin no longer appears on my desktop, and when I searched for "recycle", the only thing that turned up was the recycle bin help file. Everything that I find pertaining to recycle bin changes starts with "right click the recycle bin..." - which, of course, I can't do …

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I got a weird problem. I have a system that hangs for about 20 seconds between POST and the WinXP boot screen. After that, the system boots up in about 15 seconds. However, the Connect To menu in the Start Menu doesn't load up for about 5 minutes after everything …

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