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Hey, I'm thinking about buying a mac laptop and if i did i would get a ram upgrade, I was browsing through some on eBay and was just wondering if i could just buy a ordinary 4gb ram or would have to have a specific one because of it being …

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I'm having issues with my 3d programs mostly, especially games. a few days ago, they suddenly started getting about 1-2 fps, while reporting that they get 12-15 fps, which is considerably lower than what they had been getting. I haven't installed anything for some time and assume that something is …

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If any one could tell me why my monitor turns off when I launch a computer game, it would be most appreciated. I have a MacMini and I have tried dumping files, launching games from the applications folder and running the game while the monitor is down to see if …

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I am attempting with little success to connect a G5 to a G4. I attempted to connect using a hub through the ethernet connections with no luck. Today I attempted to connect using a firewire from one to the other. With the GA booted up, I booted up the G5 …

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This is my first post so please be gentle with me!! I am having trouble understanding airport utilities. I have the utilities window open and it displays the router address...I would like to know where this address is from, is it internal or did my internet provider give it that …

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I have a g3 700 imac that hasn't been used in about a year since it died and was replaced by the intel based imac. The g3 imac will not even power up. The CRT was showing signs of degradation before the g3 quit. I wonder if it is a …

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If you hear timed clik cloks on your hardisk its time to say goodbye, for there is no way you can have it working again. the hardisk has crash for it cannot recover from a physical damage that has happened. you can hear timed knocking.for the hardisk cannot goback to …

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My PC was recently infected by Virtumonde Trojan and in the aftermath the virus was gone and so a lot of computer's functionality. Printer service and audio are out. I tried to restart the services ( Administrative Tools > Services) but I got error 1084 "The service cannot be started …

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My 2005 PowerBook G4, 1.25GHz with a Fujitsu HD has been funny for a while. I flattened it and reinstalled OSX 10.3.4, didn't improve things so bought Leopard. Wouldn't install. Now won't open at all, just get grey screen, Apple logo and revolving clockface. Makes clicking sounds but does nothing. …

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A while back, I salvaged a good eMac motherboard from an eMac with a fuzzy CRT screen. I didn't write down the specs or serial number from a screen view, or from the label on the inside of the eMac's optical drive door. Now I wanted to figure out if …

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does anybody know, abouth any screen type or brands to replace an apple g4 14 inch n141xb-l03

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Is there any way to make my older non-video ipod nano display video (without damaging the firmware)? A picture of it is attached below, and it is the 4GB model.

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I'm thinking about getting a apple tv but for my pc. is there a way i can rip my DVD's and import them into Itunes/apple tv? i would love to hold all my movies on a drive on my pc and just use the apple tv to watch them. <snipped …

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Ok, so in the last couple days I've noticed my computer slowing down, when I look in task manager, MSN messenger is using 99% of my CPU, if I end task it, then explorer takes 99% of my cpu, then I need to restart. I scanned with bitdefender and found …

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I can barely use the internet and word. it is really annoying. this is my log please help me. (I never did this before sorry if i did it wrong). Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:02:23 PM, on 4/15/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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Hi everyone, new here. This avgnsx.exe pops up occasionally when I use mozilla firefox, and now it's at the point where I can barely navigate websites. It took 3 minutes just to open my webmail account, you can imagine how long it finally took for me to register for daniweb! …

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I few weeks ago I accidentally downloaded a trojan vundo. I was able to remove the vundo, but I believe I still have some form of spyware infested in my computer. My computer takes a while to start now. After I see the Dell logo, most of the time the …

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Hi Everyone I'm posting a printout from HiJackThis Would someone please look at it and advise me of any issues The computer will not let me install anything, had to do HiJackThis in safe mode. thank You so much Dr.D Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:35:55 …

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I am a Tech Provider-subcontractor who receives work orders for national consumer products warranty repairs on Computers, laptops, Servers, Printers, Point-of-Sale Kiosks electronics such as Digital Photo Printers, Credit Card Readers, Scanners, etc. For commercial and residential customers. Usually, the work order instructions are pretty cut and clear, giving the …

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So, I have a Macbook and one day for absolutely no reason it would not load the OS (Gray screen with question mark in the center). So I loaded via OS CD and I come to find that the hard drive (60GB) is dead. I called their support line, product …

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Dear kind techs I have ran McAfee Anti-Virus and AVG Anti-spyware on my computer. Currently there are no report of any virus, but loads of cookie spyware. Its been cleaned up but I noticed that it did not clean out indt2.sys and andt.sys in the System32 directory. Any assistance is …

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Hi all i have been working with PC's for 15 years but this is my first experiance with Mac operating system so please bare with me. After updating my G4 with combo update i restarted it and it keeps giving give needs to resart evry time i reboot endless loop …

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I just got a PowerBook G4 from a friend and it doesn't startup. When you turn the power on, it sounds the little Apple diddly and loads a white screen with a folder image in the center. The image in the center of the folder changes from the Finder icon …

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Hi all. My wife's iBook G3 is showing the small folder icon with a flashing ? on it. She has not backed up the HD for some time and reeeealllly needs documents off it. Listening closely at start up, I do not hear the HD spin, but rather hear two …

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First off, who ever has been helping people with this problem, thanks, and I need your help. All of the solutions that have been given to others seem to have been case specific so I need some instructions or a link to some instructions that will fix the problem. The …

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HI There, just found this site and decided to signup & see whats its all about, looking good!! but whilst here does anybody know where I can download a mac Ibook installation package that I can put on a Pendrive and use to install a new OS??? much thanks

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Greetings all. I'm currently having issues with a Mac Pre-Intel G5 Tower. Been working on it most of the day, but it seems to have lost the OS on the hard drive overnight when I shut it down. Well, if I could just use the super drive to boot from, …

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So I'm an idiot. I'll get that out there right away. I was trying to back up all my MP3s from my G4 onto an external HD. Well I had that same day managed to get my wireless network all up and running with a PC, Mac, Internet, External HD …

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somehow for no reason, after using IE7 on windows vista for a few hours, e right click in IE doesnt work. somehow after that 'trigger', whenever i try to open a folder on the desktop or anywhere else, it closes immediately. n also, e right click function seems to hav …

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I know I have adware on my system just trying to remove some of this nasty stuff. It has been a while since I scan so it probably looks pretty nasty. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:52:02 PM, on 11/28/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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I'd just like to say thanks, before you read this message, seeing as I know it contains a lot of questions, and I really do need answers. Thanks in advance. ---- I'd really love to install Linux on this notebook, but I can't. I can't afford to face no soundcard …

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Please bear with my questions which some of you will think are simple. I just discovered this site today, and I need some advice from users who are more up-to-date than I am. I currently own a G5 desktop running 10.4.11. It has an airport card. I am researching buying …

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For the last 3 days my windows explorer and internet explorer have not been working properly. Window explorer will open but, when I click on a folder nothing happens. If there is a shortcut on my desktop I can get to the file that way. In internet explorer I can …

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I have a LaserWriter 4/600, which I purchased back in '92 or '93, I think. It works perfectly. However, it requires a SCSI connection with the Ethernet port. When I bought a new computer in the mid-90's, a Mac G3, which I still have, I was advised that I could …

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I just installed an airport card on my girlfriend's G4. After I closed and started up the computer, the CD Rom Drive could not be found. This has never happened before and the cd rom drive was working as of a few days ago. I didn't touch any other connections …

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Hi everybody,I'm new to this joining a community thing,but hopefully someone out there can help.I have a g4 ti/500 that all of a sudden will not start.Some of the time I get the grey apple screen but no progress indicator,a couple of times I got the indicator but it would …

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Hi, I have a 24" Intel iMac in the same room as an Apple TV that is connected to a big screen plasma TV. Both the iMac as well as the Apple TV come with Apple remotes. However, everything seems to be on the same frequency. Whenever I want to …

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Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:)

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OK I fixed my iBook but im gonna give it to a family member for Christmas and am wondering when is the best time to get a new Macbook Pro. Do mac's come out in yearly models so if I buy one now they will have a new model in …

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I have a g4 that stays on the white screen after turning it on. I took it to a mac shop and the guy ran disk warrior on it. I got it back and was able to boot it up once and backup everything, but now it stays on the …

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So tell me what is a AirPort card and do i need one and whats does it do...HELP

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I have received emails and calls from my ISP recently claiming that I am using the connection to download copyrighted torrents. I didn't recognize the files listed, but I removed all my torrent programs and potentially shady freeware apps as a preventive measure. I then ran checks on my machines …

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Help! My computer has been running really slow. I have run Spybot, Ad-Aware and Trend finding some problems but not stopping my major problems. I am also having problems with programs locking up. Task Manager says they are not responding. When I end task it does not work even if …

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hi I managed to acquire a Wallstreet Powerbook on eBay with a Sonnet 500MHz cpu upgrade. It came installed in an original Wallstreet and I decided to try it in the PDQ revision model. Everything I could find said that the sonnet cpu upgrades would work in either motherboard but …

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Hello, I think I have been infected with an unknown Malware, Virus, Ad-ware not really sure what it is. It breached my SPI Linksys WR300N firewall (Hardware), DSL Firewall M6100(Hardware), and ZoneLabs Pro Firewall (Software). It seems that it can not be detected with Avast Home, Ad-Aware, ZoneLabs Anti-Spyware, and …

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I'm thinking about getting an iphone for christmas, but the thing is I hate AT&T and I don't want to pay $70+ a month for features i don't use. So I've found different ways of unlocking the iphone and was wondering if once it's unlocked I could take out the …

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i have viruscan on-scan installed, and it detects the bo:heap warning but cannot do anything about it, and IE has become very slow. here is my hijackthis logfile Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:43:23 PM, on 11/19/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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Hi Guys First post for me and its open for big help. I was struck down 2 days ago with complete no compliance from IE 6. I can't use any of the tabs in IE or anything, pages won't load and i have been using all the recomended software sucks …

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Hi all, I have a 667mhz MacBook Pro duo Intel. I shopped for memory and decided to upgrade from my 2x500mhz cards that came shipped with the book. From New Egg, i received a Patriot 2gig pc2-5300 card. I plugged the new card in and it wouldn't work with either …

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Maybe somebody needs help how you put photos on your i pod nano? I found a solution. For all those wishing to transfer their photos onto a photo-capable iPod (all iPods with colour screens): [url]http://www.apple.com/support/ipod101/photo/1/[/url]

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