Go into your BIOS' setup and make sure that any setting related to detecting/enabling IDE are turned on. If the motherboard has IDE connectors on it but doesn't see the drive, it's probably just a question enabling some such setting.
Also- the IDE drive is jumpered (Master/Slave) correctly, yes?
1. Will SuSE try to make changes to Hard Drive 1, Partition 1 that would cause the Windows bootloader to be unable to start if I run YaST Online Update?
I'm not sure (I use Redhat for the most part), but an update shouldn't make any configuration changes to your partition or bootloader setups.
2. If I store my Thunderbird profile on Hard Drive 1, Partition 1 so that I can share it between both operating systems, could this cause the error to come back? What about sharing Firefox's bookmarks.html in the same way?
No- accessing data on a FAT32 partition from Linux does not change the boot files, partition tables, etc.
3. Does anyone have an idea of what happened to me here?
Posting the contents of your grub.conf and device.map files might help us there.
I have no idea what the ProxyOverride = ;Ezekiel;;zechariah;<local> was.
Definitely an indication of infection by the new Biblical Prophet Virus. Say 5 Hail Marys, 3 Our Fathers, and go to confession. It should be gone by the time you get back from church.
:D
OK, seriously:
I failed to mention that my machine is connected to a home network through a gateway router. Still looking for solutions.
Since you're just using Cox Internet through a broadband router, have HJT fix the "ProxyOverride" entry.
I pretty much doubt that fixing the proxy setting will help your "slowdown" problems though; I've got a feeling the cause lies elsewhere. A couple of suggestions:
1. Have you used Windows Update to make sure you have all of the most current updates for IE and OE installled? If not, do so.
2. Is there possibly a more global problem with your network/Internet connection? Do you have any other computers connected to the router, and if so, are experiencing the same sort of delays?
3. Download and install another web browser such as Netscape, Mozilla, or Firefox and see if that suffers from the same problem.
4. Clean out all of the cruft that can build up in different areas of your system:
Reboot into safe mode (you get to the safe mode boot option by hitting the F8 key as your computer is starting up)
It may or may not be legit. Have HJT fix it for now; if it turns out that you needed it, we can restore the setting later.
A clean HJT log doesn't necessarilly mean that your entire system is free of malicious infections, though. Go to the following 2 sites, run their free anti-virus/anti-spyware scans, and see if they find anything else:
(by the way - I've find out what model of monitor I have, it's: KFC MM6536SL (s/n: T17B52624))
You're welcome :)
I Googled the model # of the monitor but didn't come up with anything more illuminating. If you want the monitor repaired, I'd suggest asking the repairman you spoke with to give you an estimate. Like I said, I don't think it should be terribly expensive.
Windows 9x has a very limited "process manager". Try downloading the StartupList and Itty Bitty Process Manager from the following site; they should give you a better idea of what's going on:
2. Verify that the following IP address is a valid address for your ISP's DNS server. If it isn't, remove it from the DNS server list in your network card's TCP/IP properties:
Right-click on My Computer, go to Manage->Disk Management. Does the drive show up at all in the Disk Management window? If so, what information does DM have to offer about the drive (capacity, partition type, etc.)?
What's the make/model of the computer and/or motherboard?
SATA-capable motherboards often still include an interface/connection for IDE drives. If that's the case you'll just need to get an IDE ribbon cable, plug the drive in, and see if the BIOS detects it. If so, you should be good to go.
If the motherboard doesn't have any IDE connectors, you'll have to buy either an IDE->SATA adaptor kit or an IDE PCI controller card.
Can you give us the exact model of the device please?
Also- what are the exact names of the other files in the Linux folder? That will tell us which module/driver they shipped with the device and help us guide you through the instalation.
Get back to us with that info and we'll take it from there...
I have a program called Spy Bouncer... and it found alot of other stuff.
You have a bogus product which returns false positives, that's what you've got. :D
Unfortunately, many companies of dubious intent and repute have jumped on the "spyware gravy train", and the folks who make Spy Bouncer fall in to that category. Before downloading (and certainly before paying $$ for) any supposed anti-spyware/anti-pop-up/etc. programs, please consult the following site; it is the definitive list of approved vs. "rogue" anti-spyware utilities:
The above entry indicates that you had at least 1 instance of Internet Explorer running when you ran HijackThis. Before fixing problems with HijackThis, you must make sure to close/quit ALL instances of your web browser! HijackThis cannot fully perform its fixes while browsers are running.
4. Your log does indicate some infections. After making sure that all instances of Internet Explorer are closed, run HJT again, put a check mark in the boxes next to the following items, and then click "Fix checked". If HJT prompts you for confirmation of deletion, choose Yes:
It could definitely be a sign of malicious infections, and it would be a good idea to eliminate that possibility before trying other avenues of repair. Have a read through the threads in our Viruses, Spyware, and other Nasties forum for suggestions about how you can determine if that might be the case, and if so, what you can do about it.
If you do come to the conclusion that you may have "unwanted guests" in your system, please start a new thread in the forum I linked to above. In that thread, give as much detail concerning the problems you're experiencing and the steps you've taken so far (running anti-virus scans, "anti-spyware" utilities, etc.) and we'll take it from there.
- Make sure the Internet Connection Filewall is disabled if your machines are connected through a broadband gateway router. ICS is meant to be used on a computer which is acting as an Internet gateway via Internet Connection Sharing, but if it is enabled on a machine which is simply a workstation on the LAN, it can interfere with local filesharing on the LAN. Unfortunatley, the network wizard will automatically enable ICS, which is why it's better to choose the "just enable file sharing" option and make any changes manually after that. Turn of ICS on all machines and let the hardware router take care of firewalling the WAN (Internet) connection.
- In the sharing properties of your shared folder, make sure the "Allow network users to change my files" option is checked; your share will be read-only otherwise.
OK- your card uses the Realtek rtl 8180 chipset. Realtek has a driver for that which is supposed to work with RH 9. A little more info and a d/l link for the driver can be found here:
Also, some (many?) of us moderated on other support forums long before joining the team here. Dani just snuck in to those forums with a canvas sack one dark night and poached us.
Did you delete the entire contents of your C:\Windows\Temp folder as I instructed earlier? Your last log didn't have the " O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [sp] rundll32 C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\SE.DLL,DllInstall" entry responsible for firing up the TEMP\SE.DLL file.
Unfortunately, your log does show another new nasty, aside from the rqyokv.exe entry crunchie mentioned:
O4 - Startup: tfypnk.exe
You should have HJT fix that entry and then locate and delete the tfypnk.exe file before posting the new log.
don't know the difference between the CD-R and CD+R.
All of those "dashes", "pluses", "R"s, and "W"s can get a bit confusing, can't they? :mrgreen:
"+R" and "+RW" are DVD formats only; the recordable (data) CD formats are "-R" and "-RW".
CD-R (CD-Recordable) disks/drives can record data, but only once; you cannot later erase/overwrite the data you've already written to disk.
CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) disks/drives can also record data; the difference being that, like a floppy, you can later erase that data and reuse the disk (many times, even).
I also keep getting a file called shellpar on the desktop... it shows which file I visited last
- What exact version of Windows are you running?
- Do these filenames have any extension, or are they named simply "shellpar" (make sure Explorer's View option to "Hide extensions for known file types" is turned off)?
I'm asking because there isn't much information available on these "shellpar" files at all, and I'm looking for any information that might help me determine what program or process is responsible for generating them.
As I said earlier, I've never seen a shellpar file on any Win system I've ever worked on (and yes- I always set Explorer's View options to show all files). Also, about half of the references to shellpar files that I can find are in discussions concerning a certain type of trojan dialer.
If anyone can shed more light on this, I'd really appreciate it. :)
1. Your log is clean except for the following "loose end", which you can have HiajckThis fix:
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {FDD3B846-8D59-4ffb-8758-209B6AD74ACC} - (no file)
2. I'm not familiar with the eTrust AV program, but almost all of the files that it could not scan (or finish scanning) are pretty low-level Winodws system files; EZ might not have permission to access them.
From the info you've given, the crashes don't really look the result of malicious infections. Can you give more detail and/or history of the problems please?
Due in 3 1/2 days, eh? That's a nice deadline you've put yourself up against. :mrgreen:
I'm sure we can help you with some ideas and pointers, but you'll have to give us bit more to go on; even a sub-topic like "security" covers a huge range of possibilities. Give us some more info on the structure/scope/outline/length/etc. of the project assignment so that we can narrow things down a bit.
lzh is a file-compression format; you'll need a compression/decompression utility that can handle .lzh files. Both WinRAR and StuffIt can decompress lzh files, but the free downloads are only time-limited trial versions.
You'll find some other alternatives in the links returned by the following Google search:
1. Are you sure that you got the right POP server name (and the correct user name) for the POP account in question? If you're trying to get mail from Yahoo as you said earlier, their support site says that you should be using the pop.mail.yahoo.com POP server. Check your settings carefully for spelling errors too.
2. When you say that you can't connect to the server, do you mean that you can't connect at all, or that you can connect but not authenticate?
3. What is the full and exact error that Outlook gives you when you tryo to connect?
4. Is this only a problem with the POP (incoming) mail server? That is, does sending messages via your SMTP (outgoing) mail server work correctly?
im sorry. i didnt want to take up unnecessary space
No problem there at all; quite the opposite as a matter of fact- we want all members to have their own place in which their questions can be addressed and answered. :)
The USB "flash" drives are definitely handy, and given that they're also relatively inexpensive, you should probably go for the largest capacity that you can afford.
However- keep in mind that if the data you need to back up is important enough to you, you should also archive a redundant backup of the data onto a more permanent/longer-lasting type of media such as a CD. Blank CDs are cheap, so they're a good middle-ground between other storage media like floppies (really cheap, but less than 2M capacity and a very limited reliable "shelf-life") and DVDs (not cheap, but around 4G capacity and a long "shelf-life").
...and comes up as this search page. Also, when I check my E-Mail, that search page keeps coming up time after time.
I'm sorry, but I don't have time to respond in full right now. Until I or one of our other members can respond again, can you give us some descriptive details of the exact search page that keeps coming back?
i didnt want to just follow what everyoen else was told to do since my config is probly different.
Good intuition on your part, knuckleball- everyone's config is slightly different, so everyone's HijackThis logs will differ, as will the procedures they need to use to get things cleaned up.
Let's start with the following to begin your cleanup:
1. Open your Add/Remove Programs control panel and look for an entry called "Windows ServeAd" (or very similar). If found, remove it through the control panel.
2. Run HijackThis again and have if fix all entries below if present:
3.Reboot into safe mode (you get to the safe mode boot option by hitting the F8 key as your computer is starting up)
- Open Windows Explorer, and in the Folder Options->View settings under the Tools menu, select "show hidden files and folders", and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files".
We do ask that members not tag their questions on to a thread previously started by another member (regardless of how similar your problem might seem). Not only does it divert the focus of the thread away from the original poster's problem, but it also makes it less likely that you yourself will get the individual attention that you need.
In light of that, I've split your question from this thread into its own separate thread, which you can find here:
What do ou have on mind? Soundcard works. (I use headphones)
In your first post you didn't indicate that you had verified the sound card (and associated software) were functioning correctly. That's all I was after.
speakers clicked when I applied battery current directly to speakers wires (avoiding circuit on which both of them are connected) thus - they work.
Yeah, I got that. My question was basically the flip-side of my question about the sound card. That is, I wasn't so concerned about the actual speakers, I was just trying to isolate the problem to either the sound card output or the amp that drives the speakers.
About the Phillips TDA7057AQ chip:
It's an integrated stereo amplifier chip, and it does actually have a built-in thermal/short-circuit protection circuit. Unfortunately, the chip has no external "reset" line; the protection circuitry, by the looks of it, should automatically reset itself once the thermal/short fault condition is no longer present. Aside from perhaps power-cycling the amp, there doesn't appear to be anything you can do reset-wise, so I believe the repairman you spoke with would have to replace something, although I'd think the parts cost and labor would be next to nothing.
The chip also seems to need very few external components- a few coupling/decoupling caps, a volume control pot, and a couple of resistors. That pretty much means that unless something like the coupling caps or volume pot have failed, the chip itself will need to be replaced. …
Sorry- I missed what you said about the start button in your first post. Just out of curiousity, do you get any part of the Task Bar at all, or just a desktop background with icons on it?
dlh6213 is right about the way you need to get into Safe Mode- you have to get there by hitting F8 just as the computer is booting up, but just before Windows itself begins its normal start-up. Getting just the right timing can be tricky. If you hit the F8 key too early or too late, Windows will proceed to boot into its normal mode; just keep rebooting and trying.
Feel free to ask if you have more questions- when I responded to your post earlier I was just logging off to start dinner, so my answers were a bit "distilled", so to speak.
Multimedia creation and manipulation (at the consumer level or the high-end professional level) has always been one of the Mac's strongest areas.
1. Finding picture/video editing programs which fulfill your needs will not be a problem, although I haven't worked with Macs very much in a couple of years, so I can't answer your specific question regarding iPhoto. If iPhoto doesn't do it for you, I'm sure there are other applications which will.
2. In terms of the DVD burner and sufficient memory/hard disk space, you just get as much RAM as you can afford, and do a realistic assessment of your disk-space requirements based on the length and quality and resolution of the video/picture files and formats that you use.
3. Browsing and email:
- Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Outlook Express, if those are the programs you are used to using in WIndowsLand, are all available for the Mac.
- The built-in Mac browser (Safari) works well with most sites, although the actual amount of cross-browser compatability of a given site is really in the hands of the person who designed the site. Other popular browsers such as Netscape, Mozilla/Firefox, and Opera all have Mac versions.
I don't have time to do the research on the PCI/ISA structure of you particular mobo right now, but in general, the solution to PCI resource conflicts (IRQ, I/O address allocation) can unfortunately sometimes be a process of trial and error.
On that era of mobo, some of your PCI resources are almost certainly shared with the ISA slots and/or other system devices. The other issue is that your PCI slots themselves may be electrically broken down into more than one PCI bus. Especially given that the Promise controller is a bus-mastering device, I'd suggest that you first try different combinations of slot-ordering for all of your cards. For PNP PCI devices, this often forces the BIOS and/or operating system to realocate resources each time you do so; it's often just a matter of trying all possible combinations until you find a slot-ordering which eliminates the resource conflicts.
