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I just formatted and reinstalled Windows XP Home on my PC. after doing this i have an annoying little prompt that pops up as it is booting up. It asks me to choose an operating system to load. My choices are: Windows XP Home Windows XP Home if i choose …

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This problem began today. I've had my laptop since May '06 and I haven't had any problems until today. I can receive email without any problem. I am unable to send email. The email sits in my Outbox. I do not receive any errors. I have been searching Microsoft & …

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[size=1]Hi I'm new here so I don't know how things work here but I had a question that maybe you can answer. My friend had a laptop connected to the internet through DSL (I'm guessing through a router). Everything worked fine and she could access hotmail and yahoo with ease. …

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Can someone help me solve my display problem? I have an Asus laptop which is a little over a year and a half old and 1/4 of the screen stays black. The dimensions are suppose to be 1024x768, but a few days ago no matter how many times I reboot …

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New member. Got to this site by Googling "programming vista C++"; wild thread exchange from a couple of weeks ago with implications that some folks might have the answer I need. Basic question is whether my partner & I can adapt a longstanding, robust C/C++ program we've been marketing so …

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From 2 weeks back whenever i am pushing the button on. i am hearing cut-cut-cut sound from my cpu unable to recognize whether it is coming from mother board or hard disk n this continues for 5-8 minutesn then the power led is getting on but cpu fan starts working …

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I recently built a system with all new parts from Newegg. Core 2 Duo Proc Gig of Ram 160 WD HDD Lower Mid Level MBO It worked fine to two weeks. Two days ago it began to randomly reboot. There was no virus protection on it at this time. I …

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As the title suggests i am having major problems with Norton's Auto-Protect feature. For some reason it continually turns itself off by showing the following message box: "Auto-Protect experienced an unexpected error..." This has happened many times now, 15+ and is rather annoying to find out that software you pay …

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Hay im looking at getting a apple computer..:-/ ..and was wondering if i have to get different games to what i would get with a windows computer...so do i need to get spech games or normal windows ones??:-/

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Hello Specialists, Since a few days the system process of XP starts writing on my C drive at a speed of more than 1 GB an hour. Within Explorer the file can't be seen, although within Properties on Drive level the space occupance is shown. After reboot the diskspace is …

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Hey everybody, For some reason I must have caught a nasty bug and now I cannot change my desktop background except for color. The "background" section looks greyed out. I ran SpyBot Search and Destroy, Adaware, and Norton Anti-virus all in "Safe Mode". I cleaned out my cache and temp …

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My primary workstation has an ATI RADEON 9500 Pro w/256mb ram video card. It was a good card, but lately its been freaking out whenever I load up a game. I'm not a huge gamer, but I like to occasionally whittle away a few hours. After loading up games that …

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hi, since yesterday i have gotten this weird error message whenever i either open a folder or search something with Google, i know how i got this virus, i got it from stupidly installing an active x component which was a media codec i think but i cannot seem to …

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I ran Hijack This to see if I had anything wasting my memory, since I only have 256. I don't know what "extra button" is for. Should I post in malware? I don't suspect any malware; I just want to cut out any stuff not needed. Thanks! Here is the …

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:) Hay im looking at getting a iBook next year around June...i was wondering what type of laptop i will need and i will probably need help using it...I'm going to use it for school work, online use, games and other home use...i have not used one before i think …

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OS: XP Pro RAM: 256 MB HD: 40 GB Net: Dial-up Hey everyone. Sorry if i broke any forum rules but i have expensive connection and cant really mess around much, (i live in europe :S) My desktop wont load. It happened on 12/28/05, then the day after when i …

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I recently started having big problems. When I start my computer, I get 2 messages almost immediately "services.exe - Bad Image" and "lmass.exe - Bad Image" Both including the same message... "The application or DLL C:\WINNT\system32\append.dll is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette." I …

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guys i have vista on a small hard drive i just want to clone it onto a larger drive whilst still making it bootable, then i can format the smaller drive and use it for media storage. can anyone suggest a suitable, idiot proof cloning software i could use? many …

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Hello guys, I have a problem with my email domain under Exchange. For example, my email domain is currently "microsoft" for the email domain. The email domains "mail.microsoft.lan", "microsoft.lan", and "microsoft.lan" are 3 old domins that were previously created. These email domains continue to be automatically included as email alieases …

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Sound is not working on my computer ever since i deleted some viruses. Any help would be appreciated.

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hey guys i wana upgrade my comp right now im using LGA775 GA-8I945P(Pro) and i was wondering if this motherboard support Dual Core Cpu thanx for your help

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hi I managed to acquire a Wallstreet Powerbook on eBay with a Sonnet 500MHz cpu upgrade. It came installed in an original Wallstreet and I decided to try it in the PDQ revision model. Everything I could find said that the sonnet cpu upgrades would work in either motherboard but …

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Hi. Is there a way to force a static IP for the clients that are on my domain. Now, everybody has it's settings on auto and takes an IP via the DHCP server which works on a win2003 domain server. What I want is to give everyone a static IP …

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I have a trogen called QLowZones and it says something about b.gates in my temp files. I can't remember the exact wording as it hasn't popped up on my McAfee virusscan recently, however, I think I still have it has 'fake' security pop-ups keep opening up and things are not …

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I get a randow redirect from Google usually to hhtp://suggestsnow.com Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:07:16 PM, on 12/3/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal 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:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware …

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Hello all, I am pretty sure the question belongs in this thread. I am installing a new hard drive for a friend, which I know how to do just fine. This is the first time I am not adding a slave though, he needed more memory, we backed his old …

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I've had this problem for a while now, and it's driving me nuts! IE, and almost everything else are able to connect to the internet on this PC which is connected to the ADSL router via LAN. However, some programs that have a "check for online updates" feature are not …

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I have a T6420 E Machines that powers up, but doesn't boot the keyboard/mouse is not reading. Plus the machine seems to be making a different noise than it normally did (sounds louder). Is this the motherboard or the processor. And what is an affordable alternative to put into the …

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I was long looking for some help with my wireless on the laptop and finaly I found good tutorial at this place [URL="http://untitledfinale.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/update-ieee-80211-and-ipw2200-on-ubuntu-gutsy/"]http://untitledfinale.wordpress.com/[/URL]. Now after long I have briliant working wireless, better quality then ever. Hope this help somebody

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It's really pissing me off, but I don't want to wipe out my hardrive. This only started happening recently, and I'm not sure why. I've run adaware several times, but the IE pop-ups continue. I'm in the military, and theres no comm. guy that understand how to fix it without …

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I bought a new Lexmark x4550 all in one printer. It includes the Lexmark tool bar that lets you print only the text, or the images of a web page. It does a lot of other things, too. The problem is it only shows up in IE. I haven't used …

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Good day. I'm helping a friend who has got a laptop...wasn't used for ages and is really messed up. I haven't completed the diagnostics/repairs yet. I have a quick question, if he tried to do a fresh install and it never worked, at start-up it shows options such as 'Contine …

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Through the Help and Support Center on my Compaq Presario SR1319RS, I'm trying to create the set of CD's or DVD's for backup/recovery. The write process completes successfuly for the 1st disk of the set with either CD or DVD. However, about 6 attempts have failed during the Verification phase …

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I just got cable Internet access set up from Time Warner Cable on Saturday. It works just fine with the wires. I hooked up the Netgear Wireless Rangemax WPN824, and my laptop (HP Pavilion from 2003 with Windows XP) was unable to see it in the list of wireless devices …

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hello there... My brother has asked me to ask you this question on his behalf as he isn't subscribed to daniweb ok down to the boiling point... my brother is running xp professional on a new pc (i built for him) over the last two or three days my brother …

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Hi. I just bought a new laptop and when I tried to connect it to the internet, it said it was connected but I was unable to access any sites. The comp is an HP with Vista Home Premium. When I bought it, I had TrendMicro antivirus and Webroot Spy …

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I Recently Had An Error Come Up On Shutdown. I Beleive It Has To Do With The Office Program 2003. I Had To Reinstall The Software For Office And I Also Installed The Office 2003 Program On A New Machine. Both Machines Have Now Come Up With This Error On …

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Hi All, I've got a machine running XP Pro that can't print. When you go File > Print (in both Office 2003 and Notepad, possibly others), the program freezes and is "Not Responding". Printers and Faxes doesn't open. Nothing freezes, but it doesn't open and gives no indication that it's …

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"Pentium 4 2.8ghz / 800mhz fsb / 512kb cache / windows xp / 4 memory slots that can be single or dual channel up to 4gb of pc3200 memory. I Have the following: 1gb and 512mb PC3200 memory sticks, also 256kb and 128kb PC2100 memory sticks. 1st Question: Should I …

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I installed another gig to my hp pavilion a1340n but computer does not see it I flip flopped them around started each stick only in each slot. each slot is working and each stick of ram works but when i go to a memory upgrade site and scan the computer …

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I am not computer smart at all, but i have noticed that my windows xp home edition is not working properly at all. I cannot access my add/remove programs as it says file C:windows/system32/rundll32 not found. I cannot access any system information at all i receive this message. I have …

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what i need to do is to enable the frontpage on the hosting server im administering ([U]what i mean is editing pages from the client using frontpage , i never tried to use this way and i dont know why these people hate ftp it is just something i have …

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hi.... i am having problems with my computer , in the game nfs carbon after the splash screen it crashes ,does that mean i need a newer video card or a newer pc and all my requirements are full good than the minimum except the video card :'(

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The bits I'm looking at buying are as follows: [LIST] [*]EVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 NF68-A1 [*]Kingston PC2-8500 CL5 2GB 2*1GB HyperX [*]Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 [*]Tuniq Tower 120 [/LIST] [LIST] [*]eVGA e-GeForce 8800GT SSC 512MB [*]Thermalright HR-03 GT [*]Nexus 92mm Real Silent Case Fan [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Antec TruePower …

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With The New Software To Prevent Piracy It Is Taking A Machine Fingerprint Whe Acticating The Programs I Have One Program From Scan Soft Asking Me For The Machine Fingerprint Does Anyone Know Where It Is On The Computer.my Operating System Is Xp Pro

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This all started when I tried to install Kaspersky. During the installation, it told me to uninstall Symantec and AVG. A couple of reboots later, Kaspersky was installed. I then downloaded something I wanted that seemed fine (I even scanned it with Kaspersky) and then executed it. This caused winlogon.exe …

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I'm new to Linux, so please bear with me. I have a new install of Debian, latest stable release, on an old ALR server running quad 200 MHz Pentium Pros. I only get two choices for screen resolution: 800 X 600 or 640 X 480. How can I get a …

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Hi, my laptop is an Acer Aspire 5101AWLMi AMD MK36 2GHz, 1GB DDR2 with Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP2. I installed Nokia software for my phone. To cut a long story short it went wrong and I did a system restore. itunes and quicktime stopped working. I tried uninstalling …

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I have a PC that randomly will not boot into Windows XP. The screen displays the message: reboot and select proper boot device. Installed boot devices are: SATA hard drive, and IDE dvd drive. The SATA is the chosen first boot device. Any feedback appreciated.

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Hi, can anybody tell how come a standalone laptop is giving this error. [B]PXE-561[/B] I tried Googling just to end up without finding even a single result. PXE alone yields many results but nowhere 561 is mentioned. what i it some kind of error number I suppose. For more information …

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