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I'm new to this site, so please forgive any breach of etiquette.:) I am trying to install a graphics card on my son's computer so he can play his new Republic Commando game. He's got a Dell Dimension with a Celeron processor and 512 MB SDRAM. According to the manufacturer …

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I and several others share one internet connection. Now we are constantly over the download limit, but everybody claims to "behave" and we want to find out which machine produces the problem. So we are searching urgently for software that records the amount (none is interested in contents) of down- …

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Hi Everyone I seem to have acquired an infection which: - Has stopped me accessing Control Panel, I cant even find it. - Keeps popping up windows all the time. - When I boot the PC it says I have c:/windows/system/shell.exe missing...can I replace this? Trend Micro Housecall said I …

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Hi Everyone! I hope you can help me. The other day I booted up my comp, went into Explorer and BAM tons of help pop ups and errors. I have no idea why it's doing this. I haven't installed anything new in awhile (other than Sims but that's a game …

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Please bear with my questions which some of you will think are simple. I just discovered this site today, and I need some advice from users who are more up-to-date than I am. I currently own a G5 desktop running 10.4.11. It has an airport card. I am researching buying …

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I have a strange problem that has been driving me mad for over a month, and would appreciate anyone's advice on the matter. Here's the current configuration: ISP: TPG, static IP Modem/Router: NetComm NB5Plus4 OS: Windows XP SP2 (windows firewall disabled) Zonealarm firewall, McAfee anti-virus My problem is that one …

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Hello, sorry to post straight away on a forum asking for help, but I'm afraid I have to admit defeat. First of all I work for my boss, and when I went away for christmas I was in the middle of setting up the network, and I came back to …

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i purchased norton ghost 10 a couple of days ago. The softwares workin fine but accidently i broke the installation cd that had the recovery environment. Is there any way to create a duplicate cd of the same. Plz help me out. Regards Bharat Shivram

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Hi! I would like to run Dual Monitors, i've been looking at other threads and haven't seen the answer. I have a 7300nvidia PCI express 512MB DDR2 HDTV and DVI-I (SLi , purevidieo,) I have two VGA monitors. and I have a motherboard built 6200 nvidia also that has a …

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My computer has been infected with somekind of spyware that leaves a yellow sign with exclamation mark in the notification tray. Every 30 seconds or so a dialog bubble appears from the yellow sign with the following message: Your computer is infected! Window has detected spyware infection. It is recommended …

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I need to buy a new computer. When I go to sites that are selling them, I see so many different options that I don't even understand. I am wondering if any of you wonderful people can tell me what I should be looking for. I am not a gamer …

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I'm embarassed to be posting this here, but I've been having a problem with my computer lately. It runs Windows Vista 64-bit and has a whopping 8 gigs of ram. However, for the past few weeks, there has been a constant RAM usage of 30-40% being eaten up by svchost.exe. …

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i am having trouble if i double click on my cd drive in my computer i get a message please insert disc. i already have a disc in the drive. the drive that i had in when this started happening was a dvd-rw . i've changed the drive to a …

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I've installed a new hard drive on my grandsons computer. I have an OEM XP Home to install, however, when I try to install, the install goes to the loading files for install, then indicates that the plugin.ocx file cannot be installed. If I bypass and continue I get an …

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Hi All, I've been trying to set up a reliable system to send compressed videos of counselling sessions here (Australia) to a doctor in the U.S. We had a VPN based system for a while, but for various reasons, this is no longer appropriate. Transfer sizes are usually about 500MB …

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Hi, on my computer were installed the following programs: - avast antivirus - spayware doctor Today I noticed that my computer became very slow. When I checked the avas untivirus, I noticed that the exe file was deleted and the same happened with the spyware doctor. Please find attached hijackthis …

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OK, 2 questions, likely unrelated. 1) When I start or restart my computer, sometimes the computer will essentially "stop loading" after the windows logo. This is sort of like [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread15125.html[/url], except there is no windows startup noise. I have a Dell 1907FP monitor with both an analog and a digital …

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can somebody please help me. I am unable to use the xp style start menu. There is no option to use it. There is only one option and that is to use the classic style start menu. can somebody please help me i want to use my xp style start …

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Help me please! IExlorer keeps popping open with numerous ad sites even when I open FireFox. Installed numerous spyware/adware scanners without success. HiJAckTHis log here: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:16:50 PM, on 03/01/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) …

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HELP--my son bought a refurbished blackberry 7290 on ebay, charged it over night and it won't even turn on. Is there a trick or something I'm missing? I don't think the seller is scamming given his history. I'm waiting to hear back from him. Any ideas out there??????

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My daughter's computer gives me this eror when it starts up... what does it mean? Can anyone give me some assistance? I am running Windiws XP...

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ok so i'm working on a friends computer running XP. their explorer.exe file was infected by a worm and they accidentally deleted it instead of cleaning it. luckily the file was in back-up, so they pulled it back out, ran a system restore, and after virus and spyware scans and …

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For the last 3 days my windows explorer and internet explorer have not been working properly. Window explorer will open but, when I click on a folder nothing happens. If there is a shortcut on my desktop I can get to the file that way. In internet explorer I can …

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I'm was having the problem a lot of others have had. (Just like thread post 98509) I keep geting the message "Windos Security Alert -Warning Potential Spyware Operation - Your computer is making unauthorized copies of your system and Internet files. Run full scan now to prevent any unathorised access …

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I'm Helping a Uncle Clean out his Laptop. We got this a few days ago Unable to start up and well we got there obviously :) .So then we took a whole load of viruses,spyware,Malware, ext... The task manager and Control Panel were disabled Most likely from the viruses I …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:14:25 PM, on 1/2/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) 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 C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\jusched.exe C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\browser\ybrwicon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\browser\ycommon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\YOP\yop.exe …

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I am receiving the error message: "SYSTEM ERROR! your computer was infected by unknown trojan. it's dangerous for your system (critical files can be lost)! click OK to download the antispyware program to clean your system! (Recommended)" It pops up almost every time I go into windows explorer. I am …

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Hello Everyone. I'm New to this forum.... I purchased a toshiba Laptop from a buisness bankrupsy sale. Everything was great all working find until I tried to install the internet. The wireless conection was all found but when I tried to run the install disc for the provider it says …

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My windows 98 PC isn't connected to the internet. Is there any way to download all the updates from the internet for it and then use a CD or USB to install them on my windows 98 PC thanks in advance for your help

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Hey good folks ! I have a picky "E" drive that burns CD-R disc's only when using certain programs. I have a "D" drive, DVD Rom and I have an "E" drive,DVD burner. [B]Case #1[/B] If I move a file to my E drive to let use Windows to put …

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Hey guys, I was running some antivirus scans from my Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD, [url]www.ubcd4win.com[/url]) last night in an effort to find a solution for my inability to delete some folders on my D: drive (the problem persists, I have it posted under the Win XP forum) and I stumbled …

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Our home has a wireless network set up, but unfortunately an Xbox wireless adapter costs $100. There is a computer near the Xbox that is connected to the wireless network using a Wireless-G PCI Adapter with RangeBooster. I want to be able to share that connection between the Xbox and …

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Hey all, I just found you, signed up and this is my first post, so please be gentle. I'm working on a friends Laptop, as follows: HP Pavilion DV6105US Entertainment Notebook PC AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK36 Windows XP Media Center Edition 512MB system Memory 80GB (5400rpm) harddrive Super …

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My machine was running extremely slow and I followed the suggestions of The Comodore and the machine is running much, much faster. I have another problem now though. After running all of these utilities, my CD/DVD drives will no longer read and/or write any CD/DVD's. The drives are there but …

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My computer has gotten significantly slower over the past 3 or 4 months. I have done a lot of work since Saturday and cleaned off a bunch of stuff (using a variety of tools), as well as replacing my old Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware / Firewall / etc. application with new …

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Hi, my Windows 98 PC has, once again, had an error the following message appeared: A fatal exception 0D has occurred at 0028C000A882 in VxD VMM(01) + 00009882. The current application will be terminated. Does anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this issue.

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Okay, I've tried about everything I can think of and I am at my wits end. Here's the situation: My microphone on my headset is not working. Yes, it is plugged in, and no... it is not muted. 8-) It is apparently picking up only digital sounds (or sounds that …

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its only 40 gb i am trying to format it from : my computer and computer management neither working and i cannot acces until i format it what to do please help

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It happens when I click on a link or even just activate a window on Firefox. A new IE browser opens up w/ an ad on it. Please help, below is my HijackThis log. Don't know where else to turn! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:41:53 …

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Hi to all, I trust that you are all enjoying the holidays, even those of us who have to work! ;o) I've got two problems which I know you bright sparks will help this old buddy with. One: My computer freezes just after log-on. It shows the desk top and …

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I have forgot ma msn password and question:( i tried calling hotmail i tried evrything i can think of i need somone to hack ma msn or give me a diffent way to do it :) plz i need help :) cheers:)

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Trying to delete d:\windows\gzip32.exe (my vista installation) but can't, nor can I rename it. If I copy it I can't delete the copies either no matter where I put them. I now have three other copies that I can't delete. Anyone know a solution to this: Things I have tried …

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I just got my replaced 250gb hdd today and was copying some data from my WD external hdd.Firstly it was copying those files at a normal speed.But then it started to slow down.I restarted my computer then it was taking more time to load.I checked the eventvwr and got these …

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I have a friend's laptop with Vista. When you boot up, and try to log in it takes a few minutes then stalls before the desktop icons and taskbar show up. All I get is the wallpaper and mouse pointer. I can't right click and the windows key on the …

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hello ,i installed Fedora 8 just to try ,its all right just not for me .install it on a extra tower i have ,i want to go back to winxp,when i boot to xp disk all i get it hit any key to boot to cd ,but after i hit …

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Ok here is the skinny, i have an old system that runs win XP MCE. recently the PC would not boot up, so i did the regular T-Shooting. i realized the cpu was overheating. and the T-Grease was virtually nil. place some new T-grease and after a few tries it …

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Is there a way or is there a utility CD that can scan your HDD for Spyware/Adware and nasties when you pc cannot boot up. This is like scanning for virus from a bootable cd. Can you point me to a web site or a software that can do this …

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Hi, First, Happy New Year!! Okay, I can not access my control panel or display properties. I had that virus/trojan horse the tried to force you to buy anti spiware, I used AVG to get rid of it, only I screwed up when it was asking me if I wanted …

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Just formatted my computer for the first time, and now cannot connect to the internet. I think I need to install drivers, or something. I have an Intel Avalon D915GAV motherboard, judging by this picture: [URL=http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unitow6.png][IMG]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8251/unitow6.th.png[/IMG][/URL]. I have an Ethernet cable line, with Charter Communications. One more pic: [URL=http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bahjw8.png][IMG]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/7821/bahjw8.th.png[/IMG][/URL] So …

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