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| | When I first start up my computer a popup comes up that says windows has not allowed this program to open or something of that nature. i know its a virus or something of the sort. just dont know how to get rid of it. ive run anti-virus software and …  |
| | Hi! So every time my computer loads and finishes, explorer.exe immediatly restarts. It continues to do this for awhile (varying amounts of time) and then just stops with nothing but my desktop picture displaying. I've Used AVG spyware and anti-virus scanners as well as SS&D and only came up with … |
| | Hi, I just got a brand spanking new computer, and like so many others was forced to give Vista a chance. So far its not been too bad. Except of course for the problems ;o) Here's one of them... The computer came with 1 Serial 200 Gig HD (ST320082) and … |
| | Hi guys I am running microsoft virtual pc 32 bit version on my XP home computer. I had Virtual pc before and it was great, I ran linux and i surfed the internet with linux, during a cleanup i removed virtual pc thinking "i can download it again if i … |
| | Just got a new Sony Vaio SZ660NC through the door and had it running, all's ok. Sony update works it's magic - all ok. Reboot, and NOTHING. Power will come on, bluetooth and power light come on but that's about it. HDD and DVD spin up but no further activity. … |
| | I have found on of the viruses but it will not let me delete it manually, so I tried scanning with Windows Defender, which found the virus but could not delete it either. So far I have tried scanning with Windows Defender, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, and I am currently scanning with …  |
| | I need some help. Today I attempted to upgrade the memory in my daughter's Toshiba Satellite M35X laptop (256 to 1 Gig). Upon changing the memory I noticed the laptop was only registering one of the two new memory chips. I went through the process of trying to determine whether …  |
| | I have a Dell Inspirtion 8200. When I first boot up my computer I have a small Dell Welcome Screen Popup and a Large Black Box Around the rest of the screen. My actual Desktop Screen is the same way unless I change the screen resolution to 1600 by 1200. … |
| | Hey everyone, I have a custom made computer that I've used for a long time. Im not a noob at computers, and this one is a Pentium 4 proccessor. I didnt build it, but bought it from a guy. Ive been using it for maybe a year or probably 1.5 … |
| | how to recognise a dvd disk is r/w without seeing the dvd disk . it should be know through some techinical commands in pc. |
| | I have just installed a new a psu, cpu, ram and gfx card to the mobo. I did everything properly grounded etc, and reattached all the power cables to the right places. I go to start up my pc and I get no visual output on the monitor, I am … |
 | Hello, I backup my files on the external harddisk before I reformatted my PC. Then I installed the OS. At first, PC can read external HD with drive letter, space usage and free space percentage, can read folders but it says all folders are empty! I tried to reformat my … |
| | Hi everyone, I'm using a Dell Dimension 5150 and just upgraded my RAM from 1GB to 3GB (January sales :P) The current config goes like so: Pair 1 - 2x1GB Pair 2 - 2x512MB All the system RAM is registering, but I'm not really seeing an increase in performance whatsoever … |
| | [B][/B]Hi, For the past week or so I have been getting the same stupid pop-up whenever i log onto Windows XP...[/b]"can't load admdll.dll"[/b] ! I looked on the net already and have come to the conclusion it was a virus and went into the registry and took out some Radmin … |
 | Hello, I am experiencing some strange behavior while using the windows XP RDP client. we use active domain to validate all users. so when a user opens RDP to connect to a terminal server it pops up with the login screen, the user name usually appears as: DOMAIN\username the user … |
| | Hi, I Am Having A Problem, Whenever I Connect To The Net, My Pc Starts To Send Huge Amounts Of Data - The Send Is Conts. This Although I Havent Opened A Page Yet. Once I Open Any Browser - Firefox Or Internet - No Site Opens Up. I Have …  |
| | hi, i wanted to buy an evga 6200 PCI 256MB card from tigerdirect but they say it's "low profile" and that the "low profile bracket" is not included. could you please tell me what low profile means and whether the bracket is absolutely needed? thanks  |
| | Hi all , My problem stems from ancestry.com Down load enhanced viewer page the opportunity to download this utility (The page) keeps reloading itself. I have been a member of this .com for 3 yrs with no probes . I have used the E.V all the time its just in … |
| | My Computer was running fine this morning. Everything worked apart from the wireless, which hasn't been working for a week. I was just using my keyboard, and the lights went of, I tried to use my mouse, at that stopped working as well. I restarted my PC, using the button … |
| | I have been using one large monitor for the past several years, a Samsung SyncMaster 213T. Recently I purchased a 20" Viewsonic and made it my secondary monitor. I actually have three monitors - Laptop's native screen, Viewsonic and my Samsung running on my desktop but available as monitor 3 … |
| | I attempted my first reformat. Doesn't seem to be going well. After the process, I got this message: "NTDLR is missing." I searched around the web and found the solution, but then I had a boot.ini problem, which once again I found the solution on the web. Now when I … |
| | Hello, Issue: In game sound and other people's voices are picked up and retransmitted causing an echo. Makes using Ventrilo impossible. System: Win XP Home 2003 SP2 8600 GTS graphics card Realtek HD Audio w/driver version 5.10.0.5366 It is a new hard drive, the previous one had the same hardware … |
| | i have 2 problems..one with a desktop alienware aurora, i tried to full reinstall windows xp, once i enter the set up screen and press enter to begin installation, i get an error saying windows does not detect a harddrive, though bios detects it, aswell as the p.o.s.t..im assuming its … |
| | Hi, I replaced the power supply in my Dimension 9100 today. Took out the old one and connected everything to the new one. Everything worked perfectly. I then tidied the cables screwed everything shut again etc and now when I switch on the PC the fans all start, the LEDs … |
| | When I turn on my Computer it is running Windows XP and have Norton Internet Security. I have ran McAfee Free Virus Scan, Norton, Spyware programs and it comes up with nothing, but there is something wrong. What happening is I turn my computer on and a lot of Symantec …  |
| | Summary I have 2 computer connected via wifi to a wifi router connected by cable to a cable modem connected to my ISP These 2 computers are connected to each other via a wifi network. On 1 machine [QUOTE]the host[/QUOTE]I have installed microsoft virtual pc version 4 [QUOTE]the vm[/QUOTE]and here … |
 | I have two Windows Server 2000 machines that have an issue with Ctrl-Alt-Del Machine 1 is an Exchange Server and is logged in but pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del has no effect (Not showing the screen with change password, lock computer, task manager, ect...) Machine 2 is a SQL Server and is logged … |
| | Hi guys, you're probably sick of these threads, but i'm no closer to an answer than i ever was. ok, the motherboard is an asus, the router is a netgear. the OS is vista HmePre.32bit all drivers are the latest. there's no firewall running, no antivirus, no nothing. (until i … |
| | Hi, For the past week or so I have been getting the same stupid pop-up whenever i log onto Windows XP...[/B]"can't load admdll.dll"[/B] ! I looked on the net already and have come to the conclusion it was a virus and went into the registry and took out some Radmin …  |
 | I know a need a new computer but I thought I would get a second opinion on what is causing my Firefox to stall when I'm trying to view sites (like this one). Also, it slows down on project playlist. Sometimes I see the java icon when it slows down. … |
| | Hello.. I read through the site and saw where a couple of people have been helped with IE redirect problems. Well, I am in need of your help as I am having the same problem with my PC. Everytime I click on a link in the browser it takes me … |
| | Changing out CPU and HD on Dell laptop out of warranty. CPU running hot. I want to upgrade while I am doing it. Need more space on HD. I only have Dell recovery disk which is XP Home. It is not going to load because bios isn't going to recognize … |
| | I run xp and have a folder called 599330ad54d43e2b8231 and i am not sure where it came from, in the folder there is a text document called %temp%dd_msxml_retMSI.txt in this doc there are things like: === Logging started: 11/29/2007 0:49:40 === Action start 0:49:40: INSTALL. Action start 0:49:40: LaunchConditions. Action … |
| | I've run a number of spyware, virus, and malware software, but I still can't seem to load certain web pages (innocuous ones like slick-deals.net, lowermerion.org, phuturephillies.com). Any help is appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:34:37 PM, on 12/6/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: … |
| | Hi All, I've recently setup a new SBS 2003 Premium server, following all of the wizards and avoiding anything "under the hood". The site has a static IP (forwarded to the server - can TS in no troubles), all necessary ports open and forwarded (80, 443, 25, 110, 1723, 3389, … |
| | Hello, I have a problem with one account in MS Exchange. All other accounts are ok, but whenever you try to send external email to this acount a reply like this comes back: This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. [email]address@mydomain.com[/email] Final-Recipient: rfc822;address@mydomain.com … |
| | Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was … |
 | Hi, I have a 24" Intel iMac in the same room as an Apple TV that is connected to a big screen plasma TV. Both the iMac as well as the Apple TV come with Apple remotes. However, everything seems to be on the same frequency. Whenever I want to … |
| | Hi everyone My friend and I have just obtained an older HP Pavillion running XP Pro Service Pack 1 and I am trying to upgrade to SP2. Whenever I go to MS Update or Windows Update I get a message stating: 'Your current security settings prohibit Active X controls. As … |
| | Hi everyone, i have a little problem. i was looking at upgrading RAM. i removed one of my 2 512mbs. after examining it, i replaced it, the came 512, in the same slot. that's all i did, now my system wont boot, no screen, lots of beeps. I've tried booting … |
| | Folks, After a clean XPSP2 install on a new hard disc, after POST the system fails to boot from the hard drive. However, if I press ESC to get to the BOOT menu, I can select the Hard Drive with the XP installed, and the system boots normally into windows. … |
| | Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:) |
| | I'm going crazy and hope someone could assist. I recently bought a barebones to upgrade my existing system. My challange is to keep my main IDE as primary/boot with the existing O/S (XP Pro) and add on 3 additional IDE drives using SATA coverters. The other 3 drives have data … |
| | So tell me what is a AirPort card and do i need one and whats does it do...HELP |
| | Hi. My husband built my pc. He's passed on. I'm trying to figure out if I have an AGP or PCI graphics slot. The device manager says it's in a pci bus, but I could have sworn he told me it was an agp. Here are some specs: Processor(s) Number … |
 | My friend's Toshiba laptop is frozen and will not react to Ctrl+Alt+Del, nor will it shut down if you hold down the power button. The fan is also not working. |
| | When I turn on my pc nothing happens apart from the lights coming on? I have no idea of where to start looking to fix it and am not sure how to get the information off the harddrive? Please help. |
| | Well, I'l start off with my system specs... I have an Acer Laptop, Aspire 3100 2.5GB Ram, AMD Sempron 3500+ 1.79GHz, Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, version 2002. Now onto the problem: I have a wireless internet connection and I am using the Belkin Wireless G Router #F5D7230-4. I … |
| | I am having trouble installing a second hard drive as a slave. They are IDE, originally there were two hard drives, however i have purchased a new hard drive to replace the old slave hard drive. I set the new hard drive jumper setting to slave, however when i do … |
| | I have a Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop. Was working fine, but now does not power up at all. When plugged in, I touch the power button and all three lights blink green for a fraction of a second. THen only the light on far right blinks ten times yellow/amber. Nothing … |
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