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No, this is not an advertisement for the website, this is an errormessage that comes up everytime I boot up the open computer on my network. (I have an extra to keep on the network) When it boots up it says that it is labled in the win.ini file, but …

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OS: Win 2K Computer boots like normal and then you log in. It will stay on for about 5 mins after and then it shuts down automaticly. Ideas?

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Location: Counsilor Office OS: Win98 The counsilor has been getting a few e-mails, all in German. She does not know anyone who would send her e-mails like this. Does anyone know if this is connected to some kind of Mass Mailer Worm, or something like that? (I ask because we …

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Long time, no post. Anyways, I have had some luck with updating some of the computers in the school from 98 --> 2K, but lately there has been a MAJOR problem. There are some computers that I run the install, delete the partition that has 98 on it. When I …

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Location: My house OS: Windows 98 I have a computer that is messed up! We had to get a new one because this one was so bad. What happend was ablout every few hrs (mostly when getting on the Internet) a million popups would come up, one after the other …

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OK... new problem. I got the last one fixed. This is weird. When the setup starts, I put in the key code, I let it run and do its thing. When it starts to install things like the Network componets and then a few more things (it stops on the …

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I am upgrading from 98 to 2K. I put the disk in and it runs. When I go to delete the partition that has the old 98, I can not create another partition for the Win2K nor can I go in and manually create it. Ideas?

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Location: school wide OS: Win 98 --> Win 2k I was told to upgrade all of the old computers with 98 on them to 2K. Well, I am having a few problems. One: when they want me to do this upgrade, they want me to do a new install, not …

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Okay, now that my RJ-45 problem was solved, I have run into another problem: I have 3 machines on one small network: a 98, ME and a XP. I don't have the 98 set up yet, but I have the ME and XP up and running, sorta. THe XP can …

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OS: 98SE Location: Library We have this application that is called ATHENA. This application is used to check books out to students/teachers and also we can check the status and avalibility of books, and check on the students (they might have fines). Anyways, this program is located on once computer …

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I need to know how to wire a RJ45 8-conductor jack. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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OS: XP Location: English Room The computer will be just sitting there, on the network (We share a LAN for I-Net) and the computer will just randomly popup with something. I have looked at the running processes and I found MWSUM.EXE (aka STLOADER.EXE) and SLMSS.EXE. I know that these programs …

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OS- WIN98 This computer has a habit of freezing up and giving errors when a teacher in trying to imput grades. He usually has Grades, e-mail and IE up all at one time when this happens. Sometimes it does it when just one program is up. It has been fine …

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OS : Win98SE Location: Science room The teacher first came to me and said that he had problems with the computer. He sas having o shut it down Once every hour (He timed it) and wanted me to fix it. I looked into it and it was mostly spyware that …

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After a while, it has booted up. I log on and then the computer freezes. I can't do anything. CTRL ALT DEL takes forever to come up and when it does it just freezes as well.. Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Wow, been a while since I posted here. Anywho, I have an A drive that refuses to work. The error message that I get is this: Disk I/O Error Replace the Disk, and then press any Key I know that is associated with having a disk in the drive, but …

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What are the little arrows that are starting to appear above people's avatars? Is it a good thing or bad thing.. Are they here to invade us do they do anal probing...

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I have a computer that will boot up. But when it's supposed to go to Windows (i.e. the begining where you have to log on) it will not show up on the screen. It will show the boot stuff, but after that, NADA I have already tested this on 2 …

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Yet another computer is screwing up. What is happening is that when I put in the (student) password to log onto the network, nothing happens. About 5 minutes later you see the log on script come up and run and then nothing happens. When I do the 'thee fingeres salute' …

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I have an OLD (and by old I mean it still has a serial mouse) computer that works just fine, it just freezes around 5th period (that is 12:35-1:25 CST) I have already worked on it once and it did fine in my lab, but it froze the next day. …

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I have another computer here that will not connect to the network. I was thinking that it might be the settings, so I changed them to the corrdct ones and it still does not work. There is a light on the back indicating that there is a connection, but no …

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I have a laptop that has the ablility to have a wireless connection and it did... one day it just stopped working and now it will not work. I know that the WAP is okay, because it is still active. Help.

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I have another problem (as always) I have an XP machine that will not connect to the I-net. Here's the deal: When we first had it, we were fine, it would get on the internet just fine. But when we went to weitch carriers (Earthlik --> NetZero), it said that …

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Sometimes when I boot up, the computer will freeze after you hear the POST beep and all it says: CPU Loading It will not move at all. What I have to do is a hard shutdown, wait 10 seconds and then boot it back up and it works just fine. …

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Does anyone here know the rules on how to speak Al Bhed? I have a translator, but that just does the job for me. I want to know how to speak it by rules. Like the rules of English or French.

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Computer will not boot. This is an older computer that is Win98 on it. If knew specs on it it, I would give them. What it does it turns on, there is something of the screen. Here is what it says: Main Porcessor: Cyrix M II-300 Processor Clock: PR300 VGA …

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I have a modem on an e-Machine that will not stay open. It will open the port, hear the dial tone and then just click off before it can dial the number. The OS is ME Also, I just recently did an update with the drivers from the Microsoft website. …

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I got a distress call from a teacher and this is what she wrote: how did my son's laptop dial up an overseas porn site without him knowing it? He swears he did not command his computer to do this - that there was no popup that asked him to …

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Has anyone ever heard of a CD-ROM Destroying a CD? I Just had a teacher come to me and said that she put this CD in, 10 seconds later heard a loud POP and ejected the tray and there was nothing gut shards of a CD left. She knows that …

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I get alot of errors when I go into scan disk on this one computer. It gives me that 'Scandisk has restarted 10 times...' stuff and it will not fix. I tried to defrag it last night and nothing happened. I have also uninstalled some programs that I knew were …

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Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more …

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I am needing to upgrade from Win95 to Win2K. Is this possiable? If so, what is it that I will need other than the boot disk?

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Where is the best place to get a MOD chip for a PS2? and Are they hard to install? There are alot of international games that I want to play...

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Does anyone know where to get a PCI Ethernet Controller? I need one so that I can get onto the network.

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I got this message on my computer that was in a *.txt format on my desktop and I have no idea how it got there. Here is what it says: An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM. Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) occurred at PC=0x88D7C29 …

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More problems on my end.... Computer boots fine but it has error msg... Illegal Operation... WINHDD.. The computer will continue along just fine, but what is WINHDD? I have looked on Google and Microsoft to see if they had anything... but nothing came up. Help here?

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What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware …

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Another problem that I am having..... Okay, I re-installed Win98SE and it started fresh... When I try to install it (OfficeXP) this time, it says that I am missing file[B]MSFR3EN.DLL[/B]. I have checked the disk for the file and there is no such file. I have inspected the disk and …

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me once more! Alright, I have a monitor that turns off automaticly. I have already checked the powersave options and it is turned off. I have it set on ALWAYS ON and nothing shuts down unless the user shuts it down. But it still turns off for some reason. The …

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I have a computer that is going weird on me. I need to get hte problem fixed. When a teacher tries to access a website, the error message pops up: [B]TOO MANY OTHER FILES ARE CURRENTLY IN USE BY 16-BIT PROGRAMS. QUIT ONE OR MORE 16-BIT PROGRAMS OR INCREASE THE …

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I have several programs that will not uninstall and they are just taking up space. They all say that the uninstall file is missing. Any thoughts?

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I have a KDS Tiger/Visual Sensation v5 and I can not get the settings to go above 640x480 and 16 Color. I have already tried to download the drivers, but they are of no use for some reason. Another Note is that this computer that it is connected to had …

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This computer had a bad sound card (So I thought) and so I decided to replace it with one that was laying around the office (BRAND: Avance). I downloaded all the drivers that I would need and then installed the card. Everything went smoothly and now I can not get …

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Me again. I am having a huge problem with a modem. My grandfather decided that he didn't need all this 'junk' on his computer, so he decided to uninstall all of it and not contact me. Needless to say, he can't get back on the internet. I took a look …

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I am having a bit of a problem with the A drive on a particular computer. It is always wanting to format every disk that I put in there. I have tried replacing the drive and it does the same thing. I have tried replacing the wires and connections, just …

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I have a HP Deskjet 648C that has problems... I have fixed the noise that it was making (it was the color ink... it was leaking all over the connectors), but now I can't get the thing to print. I know that it sounds like I had cleaned it and …

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I have a computer that will not power. At all, what so ever! No power at all. I was thinking that it was the battery. I am not so sure, I want to get an outsiders opinion on this matter before I do any major 'sugery'

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I have a Lasterjet 1000 that has something stuck in it, or at least I think there is. When it prints out, the paper comes out with a crease. Also it has an imprint on it that is on the Left side of the paper that looks like a staple. …

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I have a monitor that will not come out of 640 x 480, 16 colors. How do I fix this? The Computer is a Generic brand with a standard VGA card. The monitor is a KDS Tiger 13".

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