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| | Hi, my computer recently was infected with some sort of virus. I've read here that others have suffered from the same sort of infection. Whenever I connect to the Internet, my computer starts trying to send a flood of random emails that seem to fail. I hope they fail. Anyway, …  |
 | All righty then... Dell Opti.GX1 (yep I know, a dinosaur), suppose to be W98, shows NT 4.1. Purch. on ebay for a steal. Assured it worked. Yeah, right. Well. I did only pay $5.50 . Sounds normal. No unusual beeps. Inside appears secure & proper. [B]1)[/B] F2 gets you into … |
| | I am having wuite a problem with Windows 2000 laptop. I reinstalled Windows 2000 after another unfixable error, and now its stable and good... but i dont know why the DVD decoder is not on my computer. It played DVD's perfectly fine before, and after the reinstallation... there is nothing. … |
| | I was trying to "clean" up an old emachine. It has Windows ME. I was deleting stuff and obviously went too far. It shut down. When I start up again it gives me the desktop with my regular background and picture, but nothing else. Is there a way to type … |
| | Okay...so I stupidly clicked on the AIM myspace link, and now I have the virus. However, I think the AIM virus opens the door to many other viruses, since I'm now getting pop-ups and trojan alerts. I attached my hijackthis log below, if someone could walk me through a clean-up, … |
 | I've looked and looked. Changed hostname files, nodename, played with init.d/network, sys-unconfig etc... I'm using Solaris 9 on an x86 laptop. Here it goes: I had booted Knoppix with the laptop. I took the hard drive out and installed a new one to use for Solaris (the point being this: … |
| | Everything was working fine, until I turned my screen off and went to get groceries (with the computer still running). I came back maybe an hour later and when I turned the screen back on, everything was sideways!! Instead of reading top to bottom, it goes from right side to … |
| | Hello, Firstly the machine in question is a Defcon(never heard of it either) ATX It consists of:- PSU model ATX-350 MOBO model L7VMM3 ver 1.0c CPU model Pro3100A+ (soldered on athlon xp 2000+) RAM model Spectek 256MB pc2700DDR (only the one) CD R/RW drive model GCE8525B Floppy Samsung model SFD-321B … |
| | :mad: Okay, MY system was working fine up until about 4 days ago. I shut her down before heading to work just for a random shut down. And when I got home and powered it up I got a blue screen on boot up and then it took me to …  |
 | Can you use SATA CD and Hard drives along side IDE CD and Hard drives?? |
| | I have a wired router provided by my Wireless Provider, so can't remove it from the mix. I then have a Linksys wireless router I would like to add to the network to make my laptop portable around the house. I have been able to make it work by following … |
| | when we boot the system in safe mode what are the files shown before booting the system?? ( a list of files is shown) i have some files in my startup list & when we boot using safe mode will those files be executed?? will drivers be loaded when v … |
| | I have just swapped over to a new computer and transferred my outlook files. I now however have two lots of personal folders when I open Outlook - any idea how to remove one of them please. I am using xp pro with office 2003. Thank you. |
| | Hi All, Im Mummabear, Carol to my friends. Dont know if ive done this right:mrgreen: but here goes. Can anyone help...since reformatting my pc my system is doing a strange thing. When I click on my local ddrives c,d or e,the windows search box comes up instead of the contents … |
| | I've been browsing the forum for anything that could solve my problem, but nothing I tried so far helped, so maybe someone has an answer to my specific trouble. My old computer's power source died, and we decided to just start fresh with building a new one. When hooking up … |
| | Hi Guys, Can anyone help me please, I have two nieces both of which have iPod nano's like myself, however, we do NOT listen to the same music but they add/remove music for their iPods on my PC. I am trying to find a way to get itunes to recognise … |
| | Hello People, I recently built a system for myself to replace a very old Dell I was running. I went with a MSI PM8M 478-Socket MicroATX board (big mistake going 478. . .realized that two weeks later), Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, a Western Digital 80gb Caviar hard drive, 512mb Kingston …  |
| | Okay, so after a bevy of virus issues I decided it was high time for a reformatting. So, I reformatted my hard drive a couple days ago and I'm in the process of getting everything back together. Everything seems to be fine, but when I tried to run Civs4 it … |
| | Hey Guys, I missed Microsoft's Beta window although I do have a friend that has a copy. Does anyone know if there is a limit on the number of times a Beta version can be installed? Thanks, AJZ |
| | Some of my desktop icons do not display correctly. I have Windows XP media centre edition, and run Norton internet securing 2006 - I know I know - heard it is crappy. I tried running TrendMicros free housecall but it closes all by itself in the middle of the scan. … |
| | Hi I have had a Trust SpaceC@m USB Lite (Version 1.88.0.0) for 6 years and it has worked ok on dial up all that time. I recently switched to broadband and now the cam won't work. I get white screen and applications (yahoo/MSN/Netmeeting) dont seem to pick it up anymore. …  |
| | Howdy, This is me: :!: My facial expression have been replaced by a big, exhausted '!'. Everytime I start my computer (iMac running OS 10.3.9 Panther), what I believe to be the Network Logo (Blue Sphere thingy on a grey square) flashes for what seems 10 mins or so. Once …  |
| | I have osx 10.4.6 Tiger installed on my system. When using Internet Explorer I am repeatedly getting a "Script Error Message." It is so frequent that it is taking all enjoyment out of using the computer. Can someone tell me what to do (step by step) in simple easy to … |
| | hi the same problem happened to me. i trie everything but can not get rid of bearshare. if u could possibly give me alittle more details on how to get rid of it i would really appreciate it. thnx  |
| | Hi - does anyone know if I can install a second XP OS on my second hard disk such that only one disk is accessable on each boot up? |
| | Hi All, Windows xp is playing video files in full screen mode irrespective of the different players that i using. and when it starts playing i have no control over the sytem cant even use ctr alt delte only alt and f4 to switch it off. have an acer aspire … |
 | Windows XP Pro. Right-click on desktop and hit Properties won't bring up display properties (to adjust resolution for example). Tried that in control panel to bring up display stil doesn't do it. I click it and nothing happens. I have checked over and over again there's no graphic card problem … |
 | I have read a topic about this, but I am not having the same problems. I suppose it is not serious, but it did happen yesterday. When I booted up, it brought me to a screen saying that Fat32 needs to be checked for consistancy. This does not happen every … |
 | "Critical Stop" sound after XP Pro loads Everything works great on my PC, but I get the "Critical Stop" sound right at the end of everything being loaded into memory during startup. There is no problem with anything that I use working correctly. This has been happening as long as … |
| | I'm planning on installing new RAM and another CDRW. I'm debating whether or not to re-format the hard drive and re-install XP. If I don't re-format, am I correct in assuming the XP re-activation will be painless as long as I'm connected to the internet? What about if I re-format? … |
| | Hi, first posting here so apologies if i dont make sense/provide enough info. Will really appreciate any help anyone can provide. Since a week or so ago, (can't remember installing anything specific), i have been having an intermittant problem whereby i am using IE6 very well, all working hunky dory, … |
| | Forgive me if this has been asked and answered but... Internet Explorer opens a webpage then immediately turns off. If a blank for homepage is inserted it will stay open until an address is entered, clicked and opened it then shuts down. \ I have tried a couple of scans, … |
| | Hi, If someone could help me that would be great. When I turn my computer on it start the normal loading and then the screen turns black and says: Windows could not start because of an error in the software. Please report this problem as: load needed DLLs for kernel. …  |
| | I recently re-installed SP2 because I wanted to try out WMP11 but didn't quite like it so I decided to uninstall WMP11 and SP2, seeing as they were not going to be needed anymore. So, I start up the unistallation from Add/Remove, and when it's about time to start Copying … |
| | I have been having this problem for quite a while now. I have contacted Microsoft but their responses are nonsense. Basically I have two Hotmail accounts, which I both use with Windows Live Messenger. (Key: Acc 1 = Primary Account Acc 2 = Secondary Account) One day, I start up … |
| | hello, i used the report program and these are the results, i hope someone could guide me through this, 10x. L2MFIX find log 051206 These are the registry keys present ********************************************************************************** Winlogon/notify: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\CSCSettings] "Asynchronous"=dword:00000000 "DllName"="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\en44l1hq1.dll" "Impersonate"=dword:00000000 "Logon"="WinLogon" "Logoff"="WinLogoff" "Shutdown"="WinShutdown" ********************************************************************************** useragent: Windows … |
| | Can you have anything in your inbox showing you replied to an email without having to open the message? As in Yahoo has the envelope with the arrow. If so how? I have looked but not been able to find anything. I have Outlook 2003. If there isn't, please post …  |
 | [COLOR=#555555]HI All,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555555]Well I just got a HP Procurve 2312 switch, but having problem to configure it, it says that it is manageable but I can't see how, the manual in the HP web site is not that helpful has the features showed there are not available in the actual … |
| | Hi, I am new to this forum, but I have a problem,and I don't know how to fix it. I recently bought a D-Link DI-504 router so that I could connect my laptop and my other computer to the internet at the same time. The Desktop is working perfectly, but … |
 | Hi there. Does anybody know how i can stop the Surfairy 16 bit MSDOS subsystem from popping up every time I open a web browser page. My brother tells me that its spyware often used by packard bell but i cant seem to get rid of it. i have tried … |
| | I recently copied my 30GB HDD from my laptop to an Western Digital external 120GB HDD using copywipe 1.14. Everything went fine except now on the external HDD I can only see the 30GB copy. How do I get the other 90GB back? Do I have to repartion the Ex … |
| | So I got some computer problems.. It all started about a month ago, when the computer started to reboot itself 10-15 min after I turned it off. Since my computer is onmost of the time, I didnt bother. But a week ago, it started to act even stranger. When the … |
 | this morning i was playing battlefield 2 on my pc, it has a linksys router connected to it with a motorola sb5100 cable modem (discontinued item) and i wanted to change servers in the game and it quit and a pop up came up and said limited or no connectivity … |
| | I have a 7800gs with 2 x 512 mb 400 ram. I like playing battlefield but dont know if making my ram 1.5 gig will help me to improve gamplay or will it just load quicker? And if theres a big improvment should i go for corsair ram as its …  |
| | Hi! i read on the website that viruses,worms and trojan horses are the type of Malicious Codes but on some websites it is revealed that malicious codes and viruses are two different things....can anyone tell me the true answer. |
| | Hi folks, Have just finished setting up a linux box running SuSe v10. I managed to configure SQL, PHP and Apache with no problems but cant get the printing to work the way i want/need to. I want to print to a printer which is installed on a Windows box, … |
| | Hi - I have a problem upgrading from outlook 2000 to outlook 2003. I want to continue to use the rest of office 2000 on the machine i.e. word. excel access I have installed otl 2003 both update and a complete install over the top of otl 2000. The workstation … |
| | when I try to run media player I get an error message. There is an internal problem with media player?? Worked yesterday...ran adaware and spybot still not working. XPpro. |
 | I have a laptop that has XP service Pack 1 and when i go to microsoft automatic updates it says that "Your Internet settings may be preventing ActiveX controls from running, therefore this page cannot be displayed". I have reset all ActiveX controls to default and made sure ActiveX controls …  |
| | When I start windows in regular or safe mode I get "explorer has caused and invalid page error in module browseui.dll", and that's as far as it goes. I've re-installed windows and got to the point where it was basically working but then all of the sudden it goes back. … |
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