Topics by Chaky

I just got a notification that directed me [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/newpostinthread104792.html"]here[/URL]. At first I had a good laugh.. (look at the date), but then I've looked at notification, and saw something that doesn't add up: [QUOTE]Dear Chaky, poobah88 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to. Thread: CPU Fan Error! …

I just came back after long time, and all this new look is fine, but every time I open some thread, my IE7 shuts down. I am in the proccess of making me a slipstreamed XP, so this is happening on the crisp-clean XP with freshly installed patches and dotnet …

There is a bot running around. [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/member318036.html"]This[/URL] is the account, and it is posting adverts in the troubleshooting dead machines forum.

My rep went from two dots to one. What happened?

I've just logged in and I keep seeing that I have 1 unread PM. The truth is that I have 0 unread PMs, but that "1" keeps sticking around. It is not IE/refresh issue. I've tried Firefox, and the same "1" keeps showing (the firefox cache was utterly cleared), so …

Here's a weird behavior. My PC freezes if I re-enable the LAN. No BSOD, no logs in event viewer, nothing on the hijackthis log... I've noticed that LAN (along with the modem connection) tray icon disappeared moment my anti-virus started updating itself. I'm updating it regularly and it never behaved …

OK, ppl. I have a new word game here. Invented it myself. The goal is to guess where I'm from. You keep posting the answers and I promise I'll say "Correct!" on the right answer. Rule is 1 country at the time and no posting in a row. The price …

Here's the layout: 2 PC's (Windows XP - Windows 98), connected via LAN (Xlink cable). All drivers/clients/services/protocols up and running. On the XP side is NVIDIA's firewall. All went well until I've done some changes on the Win98 PC that required me to pull out the LAN adapter. After I …

They say that the picture is worth 1000 words.... Here are 2000 words.

Hi ppl. I have been struggling with this one for couple of days now. It appears that my Windows XP think that my Pioneer DVR 110 D is a CD-ROM drive. I've learned how to make windows think it is a burner, but I can't make it recognize it as …

Today I tried a whole new approach to daniweb (by TYPING a [URL="http://www.daniwec.com"]"www.daniwec.com[/URL]" in my address bar (IE6 up-to-date) and a security alert jumped at me: (quote) Information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed or changed by others. However, there is a problem with the site's security certificate. …

Last couple of days I have noticed a strange behavior that I don't think is caused on my end. (Win XPpro IE6 up-to-date) Yesterday, when I posted a reply and immediately afterward tried to edit it, the changes were saved but not displayed. When I tried to edit it again, …

Hi. I have a BAAD case of Trojan.Dropper.VB.Q I'm currently using BitDefender Pro (UpToDate) that says that it found Trojan.Dropper.VB.Q in C:\systrm volume information\... (whole path cann't fit the message window) and that my system has NOT been infected (Yeah...right....sysem volume information...Hell, even I am not allowed there!) Tried scaning …