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 | Avast is good, now features an english roboupdate voice (A bit of a RP pronuciation "ok chaps, damm jolly good what"!) as well as the previous american one. AVG is ok does the job. MSE (sorry) its always a bit late in spotting the nasty. Avira is good. MBAM is …  |
 | The video card address may not be comaptible with the BIOS of the system. I tried several different known good working card s in a system recently and got about the same problem, card out system would post and boot, card in and nothing swapping the PSU did nothing for … |
| | If you are on a 'company machine' this might be the reason you are seeing this, Where are you trying this from. if at Home then you need to provide a little more info. |
 | The drive apart and scratch it is good especially if you can do it front of the client/user 15 mins top to do it. One extra trick is to connect he drive up to the power supply with the case opened up and use a small sharp screwdriver and just … |
 | Answer to 1)Unlikely you will be able to format the drive you will have to use some form of disk utility to remove the partition(s)including the EISA one if it exists read this http://www.mydigitallife.info/delete-and-remove-to-unlock-eisa-hidden-recovery-or-diagnostic-partition-in-vista/ What is the initial startup with the replacement disk in 1) can you get into the … |
| | W7 vs XP Easy answer 64 bit operating sysytem which can make the most of all that nice hardware multicore processing and loadsa memory (+4gb). Win Xp64 Nice operating system but little or few drivers, lots of vapourware drivers. Watch out though, plently of people will sell you W7 32Bit … |
| | Answer to first problem. Buy a new fan and soon! it sounds suspiciously like you are cooking the Processor! And suck the dust out of the system. Power the system off and use a vaccum cleaner/airduster areosol. Answer to Hijack above,It's the pins on the board that have failed look … |
 | Another Wacky problem! Having carried out a rapid upgrade from Server 2K3 (It died) The problem is that any user that logs on get a temporay profile The server is a windows (hate) 2012 std. The clients are all windows 7. They all logged on fine until the big upset. …  |
| | From experience the user membership is key in what will run as, ifthe user belongs to the right group the app wil run as provided ithas suffiecient rightts to do so, if the logged on user has admin rights then it wil run, right click run as admin then open …  |
| | They will both connect but the TCP/IP stack will only handle calls from one device at a time. It will connect to the wireless connection in preference. Why slow? Try using a cable and disabling the 'Wireless connections' If you get a faster connection then you might like to consider, … |
| | Have you got a Certificate of Authentication? A COA? it should be stuck to the machine somewhere. If it a laptop it might be under the Battery. If not where did you get the key from? As previous advice No COA then contact Microsoft, you can do this via a …  |
| | Do you know if the sound card output has ever worked if it did before you installed windows 7. I have to assume from your description you have check the speakers and they work with something esle, have you (sorry idiot questions) 1) Checked to make sure the volume controls …  |
 | This is a 'must have' conversation after the one about the motherboard..? Android is an O/s not an App but that might just have been a language problem? The feature for any good touch screen device is the ability to react to the touch in the right manner in an …  |
 | If you can't get into the BIOS/CMOS to alter the Boot order, Have you tried using F10 or F12 or seen any FKey item on the POST screen which allows you to select the the boot device, often new systems will allow to do this. You then have to use …  |
| | The Rev is correct as far as I have seen, selling an operating system which completely leaves the end user confused, unable to operate, unable to find quickly is a stupid thing to do, Windows 8 for tablets and touchscreen for the fingerswiping brigade is fine, for people who have …  |
| | Microsoft have been chasing Apple/Mac ever since the early days of the GEM desktop (circa 1997 and before?) as far as I am aware. The one thing that Apple do is keep almost an consistent 'feel' to their desktop unlike Microsoft. If you experinced windows 2, 3,3.11 NT3.5 they were …  |
| | Switch it off remove the mains adaptor. Remove the Battery, The hard drive, the Optical drive, and the memory, reconnect the mains adaptor and try the power button. Hold it down for a few seconds withe power adaptor in. If something different happens then add the memory back, followed by … |
| | When do get the error? If its boot in normal mode then try safe mode. Has it ever worked, When did the problem occur. Experience of AVG is with some graphics drivers aand onboard ones at that, and something else I seem to remember about the ACER software caused the … |
| | Where is the yellow light on the M/board or the monitor? On the board=No POST(1), On the monitor=No Video signal/output if (1) Check to make sure the RAM/memory modules are the correct ones for the system (Unless you know this already)? Use insert one at a time to boot the …  |
| | Re: PC hardware Amazing factual information, Gosh I didn't know that,some one take it down, or put a stop on the account? |
| | Basic questions. Did it work? when did stop it working? Did you add anything or take anything out of the system? Try the 'strip to a basic system' PSU, M/board, memory,and monitor connected only. If you can't get a display then does the system have an onboard video controller if …  |
 | If you have a monitor or screen plug it into the VGA port and turn the laptop on, If the Laptop screen is damaged you may be able to see if the system is POST ing (if the external monitor lights up) and if the system is operational. then try … |
 | Try the Crucial system scanner, or pick exactly the Right make model etc from the hardware listing, unless the hardware is very esoteric, or exotic, then get the Memory spec exactly right and you shouldn't have a problem.  |
| | 98 wil read the disk and you should be able to get the documents better if you have the same version of office installed not mant changes betwen Office 97 and 2000.... |
 | Re: CD ROM Speed If the laptop is of recent manufacture then it will more than likely be a DVD drive of some variety. The process of reading from a Red book audio CD (ie a standard audio CD) is for the system to mount he disk first ie work out what the disk … |
 | The curcuit board which the buttons sit on is damaged, Its repair or replace time.. |
| | Hi Using another system! download a Trojan removal tool from Macfee Symantec or the TR removal tool, MalwareBytes free, get them installed and boot the system to safe mode (still is F8 as the sytem boots or crash the sysytem as it loads {a bit dodgy but it does work} … |
| | Looking through those logs you also have alot of toolbars and other bolt ons do you realy need them. Do as suggested above But before the ccleaner look at what you can do with out and get rid of it. If it is free then think about the overhead it … |
 | Retry activation by phone, an activation failure should take you through to a being (a Microsoft being or even Human...) They should be able to validate your software using the additional codes onthe COA and or Disk(s) |
 | Hi It is most likey to be the screen failing, since you have had the laptop apart look for the part no on the screen, then check against the internet for a replacement screen, check to make sure you have the correct connections and the right backlight, cold cathode CCFL … |
 | Yes it is a USB device, Is always good to check on the availabilty of the drivers before you splash your cash. Googled this zoom ultra modem Linux driver got this it may help or give you somewhere to start http://tapan29bd.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/how-to-install-zoom-ultra-ac2726-modem/  |
| | Try plugging the USB stick into a local USB port on a PC or a laptop and see if you can write to it there first. These type of device have a web interface, you might want to check the guest access rights. The "network" drive may not be useable … |
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 | Re: Internet Issues Hi 1) First off try the basic tricks 1) Use the command prompt to see if the NIC has aquired an IP address, knows about the DNS server and the gateway, confirm for yourself these are valid and correct for the network you are on(if you can confirm these with … |
 | The security issues on that are going to be fun, you appear to be proposing that the client 'broadcasts' almost out and you are the only person capable of picking up that broadcast... Unless you are going to setup a ticket/verification token? I currently use an rdc to get into … |
| | Sorry but this is a long shot as often laptops in this state are non-viable ie dead BUT here goes Try removing the battery and using the mains/power lead/charger only. Before you try switching on look for 'telltale' light which should indicate that the laptop is on mains any lights … |
 | And now a stupid question. is the laptop able to see the DATAPC at all ie can you ping it browse to it or what. If you can't ping it then its one of two things Firewall or the laptop is not 'on the same network' the wireless addressing if … |
| | How about using your router at her address and then try using her router at your address. Since you know her Mac works at your address you will then eliminate her ISP/routing/by using your router at her address (you will have to use her ISP login details..on your router) Then … |
| | I think you will should check after removing anything you have installed to the board! Inc memory modules bareboard is what you are after apart from the CPU plus H/sink/Fan 1) The Motherboard diagram for what exactly the connectors pins are pay attention to the 'PWR' connector 2) If you …  |
| | 1st as suggested do a system clean up, You can use all these tools you can Open 'my computer' right click the hard drive icon goto Properties > left click > on the general Tab > disk clean up. Wait for the system finds all the junk files. Tick as … |
| | Yes SP3, Is an update from Microsoft no serial number is required, it should be 336MB approx, so be prepared for a long time downloading it even on broadband. There is another 108 updates after SP3 so you might just be a little behind in the update stakes. |
| | Its failing to find the I suspect the hard disk at all. Switch it off! remove the battery. two slides on the bottom side will allow the battery to come out. Locate the hard drive cover which will be toward the front end on the under side (if you can … |
| | Or You can carry the cut n' paste routine on the disk if you mount in another PC Browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\config Create a origdate ie orig7621 easy to spot and find Back up the existing files! to a origdate by copying them Use the trick to share the system volume … |
| | All instructions are carried out at your own risk. If it that badly broken what are you gong to lose, but remember [B]The cost of the data on the system = time to recover the system and data x the salary of the person or entity doing it [/B] Have … |
| | The Problem is Some RDC user accounts will allow Outlook to send and receive others do not. Users who connect remotely have access to Outlook installed on the server. New user accounts copied from a known working account do not acquire a working email account. The mail server is off … |
 | You can also check it with replmon, and force it from there. goto support tools directory and run if from there (it part of the kit that comes on the server 2003 server disk) |
| | 1) Did it work? The single beep is POST sucess! normally any others are errors. 2) Have you tried as suggestted another pc/laptop or another monitor. The screen should go a murky grey if disconnected from the PC. Black if connected. Does the power light change colour(if it ever did?)? … |
| | I have a three sites connected by VPNs (when BT allow it...) One domain The main site is fine but the two satalite sites have gone out of snyc. One I have managed to get back in to replcation, but any new user profile goes 'bent' after a few days … |
| | [QUOTE=kktung;402422]Hi all, I now have four server SERVER A is acted as distribution server SERVER B, C is acted as publication server SERVER D is acted as subscription server A is located with same network segment with B and C. D is located with different network segment. Server B and … |
| | Sorry It used to work fine with the old stuff circa 1995 on, cable select on the drive. Ocassionally to prove it you canswap the drives around, oh an some drives you had to positively select slave present, and some drives (WDigs) didn't really work with other less beings |
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