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Ive had this issue before. Oddly, i only encountered the issue after installing some codecs. you installed any lately?

read what i said in the other threads

1) Do Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right click "Notepad" and choose "Run as administrator"
3) Click "Continue" on the UAC prompt
5) Go file -> Open and browse to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
6) Change the file filter drop down box from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files (*.*)"
7) Select "HOSTS" and click open

It should contain only

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

127.0.0.1       localhost

Spybot and spywareblaster like to modify it to block bad sites but whats above is the default. Lots of malwares modify this file in the same way so when you try to go to a certain domain it will redirect you to another site or back to localhost, which will give you an error.

What version of windows are you using

Post the contents of your HOSTS file.

I'm all for being thorough and cautious, but I also subscribe to the philosophy, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Would I be better served waiting to see if I have any more issues before running Vundofix?

Probably best to leave it and see . VundoFix *rarely* causes problems but there is still a risk i suppose. It is very good at finding infections though.

By the way WahooBoyd, i just want to congradulate you on being a great poster :) if every user provided as much information as you it would make everyones lives a lot easier.

And yeah, did you update the Java? Vundo commonly finds its way in through outdated JREs.

Try running Vundofix?

http://vundofix.atribune.org/

lol what a shit idea

middle east peace envoy? Everyone in the middle east hates him

Well cant you just cut it off and wire a new plug on?

Swap the power supply anyway. After an electrical fault its always good to do it as it could fail and toast everything. Better safe than sorry.

"power supply seems to have gone haywire it starts smoking so much that I am afraid of my pc catching on fire"

Definately swap it.

Describe whats wrong with it

Why not just cut it above the damage and wire a new plug on. Will mean the cord will be shorter though.

Check your HOSTS file in case it has been modified by the virus to redirect your connections.

i dont think the ones that need to go through an amp will work

Programs themselves are algorithms

i dabbled in it as part of my CS course and it was good for learning how the computer actually works.

in general though no i dont think its a good starter language.

Sort of. Its more like java, frankly.

That's not true, you can write unmanaged code in C#.

um no, you cant have unmanaged c#?

Btw : slower? With the fast computers of today that becomes an issue of lesser importance.

games, embedded devices

just use the shell format command

e.g format c: from cosole will format c
you could just call it from your app

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/DipalChoksi/ShellCommandsInCS12032005042031AM/ShellCommandsInCS.aspx

42m is good, i think they cost like 10+ times that originally

its like $25m for a brand new f16 in comparison

Show hidden files and folders (under tools -> folder options) then delete the thumbs.db files in the directories. Then it will recreate the thumbnails.

Chris, the Deckard Scanner is no longer available, actually wish the reference could be removed from that sticky but I guess that it cannot.

Which sticky are you referring to? I can modify it.

yeah quite a few european banks and charities have been caught out

yurp your emachines copy is OEM, you arent supposed to use it on another pc

the "complete" instructions on the WINE homepage?
http://www.winehq.org/
And if you're still stuck, they have FAQs and Forums and IRC channels and.......

Compile it from the source there

Alternatively on fedora use your package manager to install an rpm of it from somewhere, or use yum to download it

1. not really. the core stuff is the same since the days of the 386, stuff just gets added like SSE.
2. 86-64 is 64 bit extensions to the normal x86 instruction set. Its very similar except 64 bit
3. Most. There are a few exceptions like the Itanium (very high end servers) and the Xscale (embedded devices)

Well it cant run office or visual studio
And it cant run the vast majority of games

so therefore i would not say it is very good

conio is nonstandard, it doesnt exist for anything other ancient compilers like turbo c

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conio.h

WINE isnt very good, it will only run fairly basic windows programs, and not very well

Set PlugNPlay OS to YES
Also, if there is an option in the BIOS for MBR/Bootsector Virus protection, please turn it OFF
Choose Exit + Save Settings

Try reinstalling XP again, should stop the HAL error

You need to tick the box for show updates

Go to add/remove programs and just remove IE8

Go into your BIOS settings . Is there options for things like "ACPI OS, APM OS, Plug 'n' play OS?"

Glad you got it sorted. Ive marked it as sloved.

i said to one client reboot the computer. So he did, steel caps and all

whats that got to do with this thread?

Oh yeah, if you upgrade the OS it tends to nuke the recovery partition

Looks like you will have to send off for the XP cds.

I dont think any exist

C# isnt very much like C++, just learn from the ground up like anyone else

OS?

Being the HP/Compaq it is, no recovery discs came with my computer

it *should* have a hidden recovery parition on the disk. This is the case with dells and ibms that dont ship with disks - normally you hit F11 or something during boot and it will run,.

32 bit software should "just work" due to the fact that 64 bit windows has a thing called WoW (Windows on windows) which is a compatibility layer which allows it to run 32 bit apps (32 bit versions of windows have the same thing to allow it to run 16 bit apps)

Which version of windows are you using?

"XP Pro" x64? Or vista x64??

XP Pro 64 is crap with regards to app/driver support. It wont run hardly anything because its not xp under the hood (its based on windows server 2003). Vista 64 bit on the other hand, normally tends to run 99% of the stuff that vista 32 bit does.

I dont know, but its worth trying a new one anyway, you should expect to pay $2-$6

Not really. The core stuff is the same, it only really makes a diffrence if you want to play around extensions like SSE and whatever

replace the BIOS battery, they are cheap

If its been unused for some time it will die, which means it will lose all config information, which coukd be why it hangs.

Try removing all non-essential hardware and peripherals (basically everything apart from cpu,ram,a video card if needed, and adisplay) and then boot. See if it works

Works for me in FF3...

Frankly, the basics of it havent changed all that much since those days

MASM and NASM are the most used assemblers i think

Remove the BIOS battery (round, looks like a watch one) for a half an hour and stick it back in (make sure its the right way around). It should reset the BIOS to the factory settings which should hopefully by default have it set to boot off the A drive

what are these temps? c or f?

please use C

Yeah its a known problem with FF and virtually all Vbulletin based forums

You get it a lot when someone posts a massive HJT log or something

Yes its possible, but its probably illegal to do so.

Get your xp cd and intrgrate Sp3 using a tool called nlite