Posts by alc6379

If it's a UNIX-based machine, try turning off Plug-n-Play OS in the BIOS, too. Sometimes, that helps to allocate IRQs to cards.

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Keep in mind that simply renaming a file is not going to make it a .ZIP file. If you try to open that file in Winzip, it's not going to work.

You might want to look into some way to use PKZIP or some other DOS utility to actually zip the files.

Um... close!

You forgot:

#include <stdio.h>

But seriously, we do not do homework assignments. If you can't do your own homework, get out of that class. You're going to learn nothing by having us do it for you.

Try some of the suggestions in this thread:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

The sp.html hijack can also be fixed by the latest version of CWShredder, version 1.59.1

FXP? FTP, you mean?

If you're running some kind of firewall, it could be blocking your port 21. Who's your ISP? It could be that, even. Does it only happen on one system?

i want to get it cause m having alot of trouble with spyware but how can i convince my dad to let this be are new browser cause he doesnt like me to mess with the comp

Heck, just install it, then delete any icons that are produced in your Quick Launch bar or your Desktop. You can launch Firefox from your Start menu. Most people I know won't notice too much if there's one more icon in the Start menu... :)

Hrm.

Getting your IP address is not something that you can hide. If people couldn't find your IP address, there'd be absolutely no way you could do ANYTHING on the Internet. In fact, IP stands for Internet Protocol.

If you're banned from a site, you must have done something to deserve being banned. I concur with Monte's sentiments on not trying to evade the ban. (Allow me to add, don't do anything to get banned here, either! ;) ) If you really have some kind of reason to change your IP address, contact your ISP. They have methods for assigning your system a different IP addresses. Additionally, look into learning how to release and renew an IP address from a DHCP server. Often times simply releasing/renewing your IP gives you a new one.

Try doing a search for "reformat" in the forum here. I recall having posted instructions several times in the past couple of weeks on how to do this.

Additional suggestons for searching would be "erase" or "reinstall"

Heck, you could check out Hardware Trading at:

http://www.justlinux.com/forum

If you post something that you've got or that you want to get, someone might pop up with something you're interested in.

Thanks for the information!

I've never had the bridge.dll issue-- can anyone else out here verify this fix?

Nifty!

I LOVE Mac keyboards. I actually had an iMac keyboard that I was using on my PC for a while, until my wife spilled Kool-Aid on it. :(

It worked great-- the Command (Apple key for you non-Mac folks) Key would open the start menu, and the Opt key worked just like Alt!

I'd love to get one of the newer Apple Pro USB keyboards, that shipped on the G4s. Anybody got a white one they're not using?

On most recent Dell Dimension PCs:

Hit <F12> at boot-- it will display a list of devices to boot from. It's loads easier than having to change stuff in the BIOS. Also, be sure to put the CD into the top CD-ROM drive in your system-- that's usually the one Dell sets as Secondary Master.

I had the exact same problem recently. I had run all of the diags I could think of, I had even run Sandra's burn-in wizard for about 48 hours straight, just to see what I could turn up.

Memory was fine, CPU was okay-- my temps were actually at about 37C (i've got a Swiftech MCX-462V with a Vantec Tornado 92mm fan on it), so overheating wasn't an issue. Turns out, I reached behind my system to unplug something, and I felt some seriously hot air coming out of the back of the PSU. I checked, and the fan was making about 10 RPM, when it should be doing about 2500 RPM!!!

I swapped out my $15 Pricewatch special with a decent Fortron 400w that I picked up, and now it's running great-- no reboots!

Just so you know, 100% CPU usage is not bad-- it's not like a temperature gauge on a car or anything! Just sitting at my idle Windows XP Pro system, I can watch the CPU usage spike up for several seconds to 100%, but it doesn't detriment my computing experience.

What type of applications are you running? Have you checked for viruses or spyware? Additionally, does this 100% CPU usage affect anything? If it doesn't, then I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Hear hear on what crunchie says.

I get paid all day to remove spyware. When I'm doing it in my spare time, I prefer to rely on resources that either I, or other members, have come up with. Since the help that you're getting here is free, it is to your benefit to use us more as an "encyclopaedia" of sorts, not so much as a quick fix for everything.

However, by providing a fix specific to the issue, you have increased the available body of knowledge greatly. It's posts like yours that we mods refer to when people ask the same question over and over! If you want to answer the same question 10, 20, 30 times, by all means, let people ask you before asking us! ;)

Where are you downloading a UNIX from? Most likely, it's pirated, and I would not fool with it. UNIX systems normally cost mucho $$$, and finding it for free (with the exception of Sun's Free Solaris binary program) is probably not legal.

But, let me clear up a few misconceptions. There are different versions of UNIX and Linux. Under UNIX, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Unixware, and OpenServer are some examples. For Linux, Slackware, Red Hat, Debian, and Mandrake are some there. You could just about buy any of the Linux distributions that I listed, but I've downloaded them all (legally, for free), run them, and I don't feel like I've missed anything buy not having bought the version. However, I have bought distros in the past, because I've wanted to support open source causes.

That's really all it boils down to-- if you like it, pay some money for it to keep the authors going. Many of them don't ask for donations, but I'm sure they wouldn't turn them away.

It's not in system32-- it's located in the root of C:\ like I said before!

it should be C:\boot.ini

yeah, you have to install it as part of the installation. It's in the Devel category when you're asked which packages you want to install. If you've already got Cygwin installed, just run the installer again, select that additional package, and then proceed with installation as normal. It will simply add the package to your Cygwin install.

Also, what version of UNIX is the host? (AIX, SCO, Solaris, HP/UX, Linux/FreeBSD)? That's important, as each one is an entirely different OS. GCC should have options for each OS for compiling.

Did nobody like this Newsletters I wrote? Whats the deal ha.

Heck, I like 'em... Just a lot of times, I read them, and go... "Hey... that's interesting," and I don't have anything to add/ask about the topic.

Keep 'em coming!

Have you checked Compaq's website? They may have an input or a chipset driver that could help you out. Additionally, I'd poke through the settings for Power Management in the Control Panel. That's really all I could think of.

Sorry if it seems like we're ignoring you-- maybe this one's a toughie!

hi,
cypher:thanx for showin interest.i think i didnt make my point clear.all i want to do is to make my car move faster or slower according to the input.its jus like any other car game..u keep pressing a key n the car moves faster. n the moment u release the key,it slows down.n u cud also move ur car left or rite while still acceleratin it..jus like in roadrash or similar games..this,am not able to do in my program..can u help?

I'm not trying to knock you or anything, but cutting back on your abbreviations and minding your punctuation would really help when asking a question like this. I don't know of any particular method of helping you, but I'd hate to know that someone here who could help you skips over this thread because they can't really understand what you're typing.

Look in to GCC running under Cygwin:

http://www.cygwin.com

I believe there are options to cross compile using the GCC version provided with it.

I have a friend who is going to buy one and is now on Cable DSL.

Which one is it? Cable or DSL?

This makes a difference as you may be required to enter a password for DSL, but with cable, you typically do not need to.

Hello All,

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I think I can get my hands on a copy of redhat 8. Does it have the same features as version 9? I really don't think it matters since my experience with Linux is nil. But thanks again for the tips and links to excellent support sites. :mrgreen:

You're really going to want to get the most recent version of Red Hat. If you can't download it, I suggest trying to find someone who can. Ideally, you'd want to look at either RedHat 9 or Fedora Core. Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat, and is intended for home/personal use. It will be more updated than Red Hat 8, which is important for the sake of hardware compatibility.

There are a number of great Linux distributions. My personal favorite for a new user is Mandrake Linux, version 10. I'm sure people will argue with me, but I've set it up for people who know very little about computers at all. I decided to get "down to their level", and configure everything they'd need through the GUI. Lo and behold, it was the first distro I've used that allowed me to do that! In others, the GUI configuration was buggy, or it was inflexible. I was surprised that I was able to configure everything I needed with Mandrake. Not only that, but once you want to get down to the metal with things, the configuration files were easy enough to read and understand, …

It could be that your hosts file is messed up. Some virus or something might have changed it.

Open up c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in Notepad. Make sure the only line in there says:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Close it, save the file, and then see if you can't access those sites. I'm not even going to make any suggestions on your HJT log, as editing your hosts file may do the trick for your situation.

Have you checked out this thread:
Helping yourself: What to do before starting a new thread or posting a HiJackThis log

Most search bars can be removed buy running Spybot or Adaware. HJT is not a "solution", but a tool that can be used to help diagnose what's going on. Simply unchecking items in HJT is not really solving anything, nor is it preventing it from happening again.

Can you tell us what exactly you did?

The thread at the top of the page says that Bridge has to do with WinFavorites. I've seen on some systems that you can simply uninstall WinFavorites. This doesn't work all the time, but it's worth a shot. Did you try the link to PestPatrol.com at the top of this forum?

There could be any number of things going on-- bad IDE cables, bad drives, or improperly installed drives. It could even be your memory.

Have you tried reseating all of your drive cables?

boot.ini is generally located in C:\ A lot of times, it's set read-only, so you'll also have to remove that attribute from the file in order to edit it and save changes.

you have to first click on explorer. In the pane underneath the running processes, you will see haom.dll listed in there.

Also, these bits are more likely to be spyware, more so than a virus. AV software tends to label some spyware as trojans. In addition to the previous suggestions, I suggest checking out some of the spyware resources at the top of this forum.

Indeed, this is the case.

Dell-branded OS media is BIOS locked, anyways-- it's not supposed to be usable on other machines.

Nevermind....I got it. :)

Mind telling us what you did? Perhaps someone else runs up against the same issue in the future!

Exactly what RunDLL32 error is it? That makes a big difference. Please tell us what the message said, and we could perhaps help you more.

ok, answers to your questions.. yes, they can ping each other.. I don't see any problem on the network... I am connected to the internet via modem dial-up. the computer that connects to the internet works fine... but the client for the ICS is not connecting to the internet at all... lastly, can you uninstall ICS on win2k??? Im not really sure if it can be done...

I've had most of my experience with ICS in Win 98 SE. There, it was an optional component that could be installed through Add/Remove Programs -> Windows Setup. I'd imagine you may be able to do the same in 2k-- Add/Remove programs -> Add/Remove windows components.

I wouldn't upgrade the firmware drivers unless you actually have a reason to do it. If you botch it, you could render your router useless. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

In a case like this, I would recommend upgrading the firmware, too. The Linksys site should provide instructions for installing the upgrade.

Note: you weren't "piggybacking" this question-- it was related to your original issue! :D

Basically, all they do is change the ID of the partition on disk. You can change it to say "Hidden FAT32", which effectively hides the partition. The only way to "see" the partition is to use an OS/program that doesn't recognize that the partition ID is "hiding" the partition-- Linux, for instance, does this, I believe that you can see the partitions in 2000/XP, too.

But, the partition should be safe from viruses. The image on disk is a file, which is kind of hard to corrupt by a virus. Doing so would require the virus writer to have in-depth knowledge of the image file format.

if it's so crucial, how much are these trial programs?

Really, programs like those are going to be your only option. The password is probably stored in an irreversible hash, similar to UNIX passwords. The only way then would be to take a password, hash it, then compare it to the password hash. If it matches, then you've got it. And that is a slow process...

I dunno... If I want to be hacking around my GUI, I jump into FreeBSD or Linux.

I don't really dig sites you have to register with in order to download something...

If you are working on windows 98/ME/2K/or XP Click on"
1. "Start"
2. "Run"
3. Type "msconfig"
4. Click on the Startup tab

uncheck all the boxes then restart your PC.

Umm... No.

Doing this will disable nearly everything in your PC. Don't be surprised if your Antivirus software won't work, you can't dial up to the Internet, or if you can't print.

Instead, check out this thread:
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/pid/779/qid/395281

It looks like there's a bunch of suggestions on this topic.

umm...

HI! :D

edit: 400th post! WooHoo!

Have you tried the solutions in this thread?
http://daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread7507.html

Try removing and reinstalling your video drivers.

Right click on My Computer, then choose Properties. Then, click on the Device Manager tab. Under there, click the '+' symbol next to display adapters. Highlight your display adapter device, and then hit the <Delete> key. Restart your system. If it doesn't automatically reinstall the video driver, you'll need to either download the driver, or install it from a CD you were probably provided with. After installing the driver, you'll need to restart to get your resolution set correctly.

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Thought someone here could use this.
Keep in mind, that if you use NTFS, your recovery options will be SEVERELY limited in what you can do. You won't be able to use DOS, for one thing, to edit files, and make your system bootable again. What people fail to realize, though, is that NTFS was designed to be a government/industry-level secure filesystem. They probably intentionally designed it so you cannot access the filesystem in DOS.

It's kind of a balance. If you can forsee that something may go wrong with your system, and you might need access to your data outside of the OS, then you need to run FAT32. If you're more concerned about permissions and fault-tolerance than you are fixing things using DOS, then by all means run NTFS.

Exactly what model Dell is it?

There could be a number of things. I'd think it to be a heat issue, mainly, like a CPU heatsink not seated correctly, or maybe a power supply getting too hot. Open your case, make sure your heatsink's on there right, see if that doesn't help. You might also want to feel the air coming out of the back of the power supply-- if it's too hot, you might have a power supply going bad.

The have Diagnostics built into Dells that you can try, if you've never erased your hard drive. As the system boots, hit <F12>. There may be an option there to launch them. Do a full extended system scan, see if it comes up with anything.

Hrm... Where to begin...

First of all, can the machines ping each other? Sometimes they can see one another through NETBIOS, which is a seperate protocol from TCP/IP. Can the Desktop ping anything on the Internet? If yes, can the laptop ping the IP address of the desktop?

Pretty much, you'd troubleshoot this like you would any router. See if the router can ping an Internet site, see if the client can ping the Internet-facing interface on the router. That should help you determine in some way or another what's going on. It may boil down that you need to uninstall/reinstall ICS on the desktop system.

My wife's box got the dreaded about:blank hijack recently. I'm thinking this problem is a side-effect of this:

You know how in 2000 you can open My Computer, and along the side of the window, there are links to My Documents and My Network Places? Hers will not open. I've tried it with different user profiles, even, with no result.

I'm pretty sure all spyware is gone, HJT shows nothing, nor does Spybot or CWShredder. She's running Command Antivirus, latest defs, nothing there, either. Has anyone else run into this?

I've got a Realtek8139 card, which, aside from SiS NICs, are pretty much the network chipset of choice for most OEM board manufacturers. My current desktop system has one of these cards, and it runs just fine under RedHat 9, so I'd assume it would work under Fedora. Additionally, I have about 3 of these as PCI NICs, and I've used them in a number of Linux systems. I've never had a problem with them. Barring hardware failure, you've probably got some kind of IP addressing issue, or maybe the module isn't loaded...

Dell systems work better on Cable select. Try setting it like that, with the master drive on the black connector, and the slave drive on the grey connector. It should work out like that. After you've done that, go into your BIOS, and light up the NumLock, CapsLock, and ScrollLock lights on your keyboard. Hold <Alt>+F, then hit <Alt>+E. After it stops beeping, hit <Alt>+B, and this will restart your system. That procedure sets your BIOS back to defaults, and it should force the system to redetect all of the IDE drives.