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how can i enter bios set up in my acer laptop if the inbuilt keyboard and mouse are not working.please help becuase i want to install a fressh installation of windows 7. - Walter

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XP Home SP3 When a browser or other program needs CPU, the 99 goes down to accommodate, then goes right back up to 99. It shows 220K of memory constantly; that never changes. System is running slow because of the excess CPU usage. Have run scans, disabled everything I could …

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So here's the deal. I was an idiot and clicked on a file to download from an unknown host and let it extract. I didn't do anything so I restarted the computer and after that could not boot into windows at all. I would be able to get to the …

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Hi everyone, I am new here and am in need of help. I have a laptop vostro 1500 and have windows xp. I was on the computer one night, then I turned it on on the morning to find a nightmare. after I turned it on, it asked for my …

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All of the sudden my computer stopped playing music files. In iTunes when I try to play a song nothing happens when I press play, and in windows media player when I try to open a music file an error comes up reading "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. …

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I have been advised to enable gzip on a website to help improve page speed. I know i need to do this via IIS(i have no htaccess file on this asp.net site) but don't know how to go about it. The procedure must be done on a folder/site level rather …

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Hi All, Some abnormal process is running from the background.How I can see the location from where they are executing. Ranjan

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HI, i Have a problem with my Toshiba A205-s4577 Laptop. Model No. PSAF0U-01Q009 The Cd drive is not visible in my computer, and device manager. It is visible in the Bios as a boot up device. Its a Matshita DVD RAM UJ-850S The only way to get the drive to …

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Hi Does anyone have or know where I can find some idiotproof instructions on setting up IIs websites to be viewed externally (over the internet). The content is built using asp pages and sits on either SQL or Oracle I am ok with setting the site and corresponding database up …

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On my system at work animated gifs display only as static images in IE. I've checked that displaying animation and displaying video are enabled in the IE options. I'm on XP pro and also running Zone Alarm firwall. I can't find anything in ZA controls. Does anybody know what it …

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We are searching for an existing "middle ware" software product that can take data from the Blackbaud Raiser's Edge program and bring that data into Microsoft Dynamics GP. The integration can be brought into the GP General Ledger module or possible the Receivables Management module. Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Working with a netbook with 1Gh Processor and 1 Gb memory Only some supportive software such as adobe reader, flash AVG anti virus, malware, etc. The hard drive is 60% free and regularly maintained with diskclean and defrag. Exploit software used is" - Windows Defender - Malware Bytes - AVG …

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first off id like to say ive tried 4 other so called "tech forums" and none of them had replied back to me so im hoping someone here can help me out. basically this is the problem: -when i use my browsers explorer 8 and firefox i am getting repeatedly …

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To all, First post from a newbie. I have a Firewalled server that my customers use to connect via VPN to transfer data to us. We are considering a move within the same building, but would need to move the server. Are there white papers or protocols somewhere that would …

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When i press the @ sign i get " and when i press " i get @ also other keys on my keyboard are mixed up.:sad: I have installed xp pro several times recently and the first time i did i got the on-screen keyboard up to try and change …

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Hi, My laptop was working perfectly fine with internet. I would connect wirelessly with no issue. One day my laptop stop working with wireless. It said local only. I didn't worry, i had fixed this issue before by adding the IP, DNS, and Gateway manually. This time when i added …

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Working with a netbook with 1Gh Processor and 1 Gb memory Only some supportive software such as adobe reader, flash AVG anti virus, malware, etc. The hard drive is 60% free and regularly maintained with diskclean and defrag I find the drive light is on or rapidly flashing much more …

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Dear All, I have a folder on my server(windows 2003) that I would like to copy to all computers running Windows XP on a particular subnet. Any one with a script to held me achieve this will be helpful. Regards,

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This is my situation, I upgraded my xp to vista business 2 years ago, now the question is can i upgrade my vista business to window 7 pro.

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Hello Members. I need some help and would appreciate helpful comments. I run Vista Ultimate. When I click on the desktop to start a program, or click on START etc... the pop up panel stay on for just a microsecond and then disappers. I had this propblem once before and …

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my school has blocked executables and most over file types but i can still run vbscripts the problem is that i know jack-all about vbs and i would like to know of any good vbscript tutorials that are not HTML. [U]can anyone help?[/U]

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I recently upgraded from Vista to Windows 7 on my GATEWAY ML6731 notebook. When I selected the upgrade everything was fine. When Win 7 finished installing it just wouldnt load back up windows 7 at all to the main screen or Vista. I tried reinstalling my Vista and it asks …

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Need some help understanding Server 2008's infrastructure. Running a program that requires access to the Document and Settings folder. I have full admin rights but it's still giving me an access denied message. Any help?

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I am trying to trigger an event to run after ten minutes of idleness (as in no mouse or keyboard input). I created a task with the task scheduler, but it is not being triggered no matter how long my computer is idle. I set the trigger "When computer is …

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I have a Compac with Vista home premium and i need to restore it to factory. I don't have a disk and i have tried to hit F11 and nothing happens. I need to restore it because i have alot of viruses, missing drivers, and corupted programs. Any help would …

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I have Dell Inspiron Laptop with Intel Core i3 and preloaded Windows 7 64bit. But few days ago I faced virus problem with my laptop so I formatted my system. I have already 3 dvds of backup file and one is restore windows 7 64bit bootable dvd. But I could …

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friends, One day when I start my computer it directly goes to BIOS setup (2nd) screen in which a message appears that during the last bootup the system hung up due to wrong selection of CPU speed and the selection is on the CPU speed which has three options (Manual, …

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i have a custom built running windows xp, it has a asus p4p800 motherboard with a nvidia geforce 5700 video driver. this machine is a dino but very reliable. when i finished running windows updates i rebooted and the monitor now goes to sleep after the xp screen. tried to …

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Hi, I would like to connect to another PC in my network using remote desktop connection, but I can't. Both PC's are using windows 7, both PC's are in same network and they can send files to each other with no problems. When using remote desktop connection I don't get …

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I am looking for the most functional and most inexpensive MLM software. If anyone knows where I can find it please let me know. Thank you!

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Sorry in advance for the lengthy first post. The faults I'll describe are not due to hardware or malware of any kind. They are entirely self-inflicted. My PC is running WinXP, SP3. I have two HDD, both with multiple partitions. The C:\ SYSTEM disk is copied bit-for-bit to a backup …

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I have developed an ASP.Net web application from which I want to send an email on behalf of the currently logged in user. When attempting this I get the error message: Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Client does not have permissions to send as this sender Does anyone …

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Hi, I have a hijack situation. When I click on some links, the website is hijacked to another site. I have run AdAware and Malwarebytes but nothing works. Any help is appreciated. Here is my hijack log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:09:32 PM, on 9/28/2010 …

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why is it that my 733mhz Pentium3, 384mb ram, 40gHD, dimension 600cx ran windows 7 with no problem. I was able to surt the internet wih no problems, and media center ran with minimal lag. however the graphics were awful because it only supproted 1024x600 with 256 colors and 800x600 …

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I recently moved MS Office 2003 from an old computer to a new one. Now when opening an Excel spreadsheet located on a server the font is wrong. The font is TW condensed 8, but it displays and prints in a larger font. TW condensed does not show up in …

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Hi, I'd be really pleased if someone could give me guidance on this problem. I'm trying to connect a Dell Inspiron laptop to my friends NTL/Virgin cable modem. I took it to my local computer shop, who supplied and installed a Pluscom 10/100 PCMCIA adaptor card, plugged in their ethernet …

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HELP!!! I can't get XP to start on my PC!!! This is what I keep getting: When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options …

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HELP ME! I'm a college student and use my computer ALL of the time. All of a sudden this thing called Relevant Knowledge started popping up on my computer. I wanted to get rid of it, so I stupidly clicked the button that said stop receiving these messages or something …

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I created a tasks in the task scheduler called VS2010R which opens devenv.exe on demand. I've tested it from the task scheduler and it runs fine. However, I am unable to run this task from the command window. When I input: [code] C:\Users\mini>SCHTASKS /RUN /TN "VS2010R" [/code] I get: ERROR: …

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Newbie here- couldn't read any replies on archived thread about this. Desktop crashed on boot with no warning, showing Windows unable to load due to this missing or corrupt file. System was well maintained, clean: Dell Dimension 4400 Pen 4 1600 megahertz Installed RAM: 512MB HD: 40GB 77% free Windows …

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I need help This is what I get when I get the blue screen of death Any help would be appreciated I just got windows 7 I dled a mmorpg and avg anti now i get the blue screen here is the info Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 …

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Is There Any Way To Partition A Pen Drive?? Which Software Is Suitable???

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Help! I am freaking out right now. I have a ridiculous amount of work to do today, and in the middle of it all, I cannot get to any of my mail. When I open Microsoft Outlook, the Outlook Today screen appears and a little bubble appears near the system …

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Cn anybody help me here? When i tried opening an application i've just installed in my laptop computer, it displays an error message and it says: // Your computer's effect property "SHOW WINDOW CONTENTS WHILE DRAGGING" is unchecked. This property should be checked to use eyepilot(the exe file). On windows …

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does any body here know how to install a c++ compiler in windows vista ultimate 64 bit

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I had to uninstall MSN connection center because when I updated my modem driver it would find my modem. Now every time I Disconnect from the internet and then connect again the MSN connection center is back. I went to the control panel >> Add or Remove programs >> MSN …

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Hi I'm running windows 7 and have recently had an issue when booting up. I turn the computer on and it displays a black screen w/t blinking cursor(BSBC) in the upper left hand corner. This continues for approx. 2 min. Then it will proceed to the GRUB where i can …

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