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Does anyone have the procedure for creating Desktop Icons for “Computer Shutdown
So this is how it started. I was working on my pc last week had music players and bearshare running at that time and suddenly pc just froze. i restarted it but it came up with different options like start normally blah blah blah start with last known good configuration. …
I have windows XP. I've bought 2GB of RAM recently (2x1GB RAM DDR Dual Channel). Ever since: Macromedia Extreme 3D (E3D) can't render scenes (says "Out of memory"), or computer can't even load the application (says "Insufficient memory to run the application" or something like that)... What is the deal …
Hi, I want to create a dual boot system with XP Pro and Windows 2003, with XP already being installed on my primary drive and I want to install Win 2003 to my second. I'd like to have the option to pick which one at boot, but for XP to …
I thought the group might get a kick out of this. Last week, an older couple at my church approached the pastor after evening services, and said they had a prayer request they wanted him to pray for. Apparently, a woman they know is looking for a computer in order …
Hi, you helped me a while back - now I'm back. I did an automatic update recently and now get the message internet explorer cannot display the webpage 9 times out of 10. I've restored to before the update but its still happening. Also internet is generally much slower than …
I am using Windows XP Home Edition SP2 and have been attempting to download the Vista upgrade advisor. My computer will not open an .msi file, and I can't find a download to fix the problem for my version of Windows, because apparently I shouldn't have a problem. Can anyone …
Browsed these forums often and now I have a post of my own. Let me start off with the specs of my machine. Compaq Presario V2000 Turion 64 ML-34 1.8ghz 895mb RAM Radeon Xpress 200M 80gb harddrive etc WEll my problem started a week ago when my computer started taking …
I just went to Intel's site and I can't even find the driver updates!!!! Does anyone have a link to them?? I have an Intel pentium 4 2.6 GHZ, and I don't know how to find out more info, If you tell me how I'll find It.............
Help! The most urgent problem is my pc keeps restarting when i do certian things like open setups most installations i open reset the pc before i can do anything run and reset and another thing is logging into MSN ect infact after a certain time it resets anyway AND... …
A laptop in my house is not able to browse the web, but is able to connect to my network. I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP2 on that laptop. Other computers on my home network are able to connect wirelessly without problems. I am sure DNS is not …
[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off System Restore to Save Space [/color][/size][size=2]By default, Windows XP keeps a backup of system files in the System Volume Information folder. This can eat up valuable space on your hard drive. If you …
This post isn't so much about a hard drive as it is about machine/system recognition. I have two identical systems made by the same manufacturer. One of the system's power supply failed. That was the system used most often. Therefore I swapped internal hard drives, thinking that it should run …
Hi All, I had to re-install Windows XP and now when i shutdown it doesn;t do it automatically. It shuts down and says its safe to turn off your computer. How can i get it to switch it off its self when i click shutdown. Thank you misschillout
Lost my os on a HP palivion 752n two weeks ago. HDD was toast, Had a 20GB HDD that had been formatted, so I poped that one in and started win.xp w\sp2 install. Every thing went along great until windows started to boot, black screen with error message, c0000221(bad image …
I have a pc upgraded to windows xp pro from millinium and a laptop with windows 2000 pro. I want to transfer pictures from the pc to the laptop. Can I connect them using a usb cable or must I use a serial connection? How is this done? :rolleyes:
Hi my Mcafee has been detecting a virus and giving me popups about it every 5 minutes which is the NEW POLY WIN32 VIRUS and it is always located in "C:\Windows\exefld" as a numbered .exe files..but i always quarantine the files and delete the folder manually but it keeps popping …
Hello, I just got the HP Officejet 6120, when I try to install it I got error %1 is not a valid win32 apps. I think it was caused by spyware problem I currently have wit IE. Here's my HJ log. Please help.. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at …
I keep getting this annoying system alert pop -up say ([EMAIL="trojan-spy.win32@mx"]trojan-spy.win32@mx[/EMAIL]). I ran hijack this and the results are below. How do I get rid of this pop - up? I'm using Windows XP SP2. I'm also, getting a message stating" Malware Threats" your computer is infected with a backdoor …
i have a old dlink ssc-350f camera which can be used as a webcam too.. but cannot install on winxp i need a driver for win xp thnks plz do help
i have an intel pentium 4 3600 ghz on my intel D925XBC with a winfast PX7800GT and a SATA WD 80GB HDD and a kingston 1g 667mhz DDR2 CL5. at first i thought it was overheating so i bought a AS5 paste but that did'nt help i then re-installed Windows …
Hello everyone. I have this annoying problem a long time now. I have many programs. [U]So when I right-click on a file a great list of programs appears. [/U] [B]Do you know how to remove some of them?(any program or which keys in registry) [/B]
:cool: [B][COLOR=blue]I have this c000021a {Fatal system error}The Session Manager Execute Initial command system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc0000034(0x00000000 0x00000000). The system has been shutdown.[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#0000ff]They are not kidding they did a good job. All week I am trying to get in. I am tired now and …
I got a technical issue with windows. When I turn on my computer, windows starts.
I have a 4 year old Gateway computer, Intel P42.6 GHz P4 processor w/800FSB. I had the hard drive replaced last year and it now has 250 GB. When I am trying to access web pages, or files, I can hear a clicking noise coming from the tower. When the …
My PC has been a pool of blue screens and I haven't been able to fix it. Just a question: What is the blue screen: Non_Paged_area, or something like that related to? And how to fix it? I checked Dell.com but couldn't find somewhere to install drivers. Please help me …
Howdy! I'm back again, and with another problem. Well, I say another problem, it was there when I last posted here about my explorer.exe trouble! Anyway. Whenever I try to use system restore, it says: "System restore is not able to protect your computer. Please restart your computer, and then …
When I boot my system I get a blue screen like a login box, except it has foriegn symbles of some kind at the first line. I can't get a snap shot and it only has an "x" to close, which does nothing,, an "OK" box which lets it proceed …
As per your instructions i have completed the process of the removing the problem i am facing by the message 'generic host process for Win32 Services has encountered a prblem and needs to close'. [COLOR=green][B]After that My Hijackthis Log is[/B][/COLOR] Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:18:08 PM, on …
Short Version: from the list below, please pick the top 2-3 pieces of software I should learn (in order), and 1-2 programming languages (at most 1 major/hard one) I should learn (in order) to be more marketable in the IT field. Long Version: Hello all. I am new to the …
[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Renew and Release IP Addresses[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]You can use the command-line tool IPCONFIG to get network information such as your IP address and to perform other tasks for troubleshooting network issues. However, if you prefer a …
Hello, I have a new computer that was set up and given to me by a local business. I think I made a big mistake in leaving the firewall and antivirus settings as they were. Within the first week, I noticed that the windows firewall would suddenly pop off. It …
I am running a graphical utility to monitor internet activity (DU Meter). Of late it has been showing low level upload activity ~ 20 - 30 Kb/sec. Both AdAware and Spybot S & D show nothing more serious than a few tracking cookies. I am running ZoneAlarm (free) and the …
i have searched forum after forum looking for a solution to get my sound to work.where sound is to come out i get the standard beep.ive checked my sounds and my "microsoft kernel DLS sythesizer" is corrupt or missing. i recently restored my computer (which is when the problem first …
My aunt has a laptop, and she cant remember the pass, she cant log in, and gets an error about the password is wrong, please make sure the password and domain are correct. We have no floppy disk drive or cd rom drive on the laptop.. Can anyone help ?
I'm having trouble transfering songs from my window's media librairy to my memory card. I ripped a bunch of songs from my CD's to the media player librairy. I then syncronized the songs to the media card. When I go to play the memory card in a MP3 player the …
Used to be able to get on some favorite sites, the last couple of days could not access them. Blank screen with "Done" on bottom left corner. After about 30 tries it would load correctly, but took extremely long (i.e. 5 - 10 minutes) to complete load. I ran Hijack …
My PC keeps shutting down. It will go into the blue screen sometimes even load windowsxp but shuts down (fully as if I turned it off) in seconds. Even if I try to go into safe mode, it shuts down while still on the black screen. When it shuts down, …
my problemss astarted by the advanced view folder tools dissapearing and then avg started spouting virus warnings at me mostly trojans and ones that claimed they were "not-a-virus:adware.win32.virtumonde.id" . Now my computer wint even stay running and its slow when it does run. my HJT file is as follows and …
The browse button in Display Properties -> Desktop tab is grayed out and background images are not selectible. Reading several similar threads in these forums and trying the recommended tools and techniques for scanning and fixing, I'm scratching my head because I've had no success. One more symptom to add; …
Hi, this problem has AOL tech support and me out of idea's on how to solve it. Operating System: Windows XP Professional Router: BT Voyager 105 / BT Voyager 2110 Firewall: Nortan (disabled) The problem started 2 days ago, when in the middle of my connection the DSL Light on …
compaq presario sr1503wm my friend tried to restore his computer using the system recovery restore and now everytime he trns the computer on the compaq screen shows up then it goes straight to a black screen and he said he left that black screen on overnight to see if it …
every time i try and use IE it crashes every time i try to uninstall it. It crashes any help:( bondi 007
my girlfriends machine is a 1.3 pentium 3, 512 ram, xp home system it work fine and then all of a sudden the scvhost will shoot up to 99% cpu usage and cause the system to slow to a crawl. i have scanned for a virus, a trojan, both spybot …
I am currently trying to fix a friend's laptop that is being plagued by LOTS of malware ! I ran all the standard anti-virus/ anti-spyware softwares (Spybot, AVG Anti Virus, Norton, etc) but there's still plenty of buggers left! Here's the most current Hijack log! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis …
hi... a few years back i used this site to remove my spyware... now i need your help again...my pc keeps freezing n my net starts showing limited or no connectivity... could u check my log for errors or watever... thanx Daniyal Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:04:22 …
HI there, Please help, I have a ton of IE popups on my XP Pro desktop - even when running Firefox. Have tried CWshredder with no luck. Here is my HiJackThis log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 7:26:20 PM, on 5/5/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 …
My computer has spyware on it and everytime I go on internet explorer I get popups all day they just won't stop windows defender says that clickspring is to blame but it can't delete it so I used hijackthis here is the log please can anyone help? Logfile of HijackThis …
Got a Trojan Horse virus McAf could not delete. I could not get on IE at all. Made the mistake of changing my home page. I got on using Firefox, but that was corrupted after I turned off computer. I cannot get on internet at all via affect computer. Spyware …
Hi all; I have a new external hard disk of which i want to partition but the problem is when i go to disk management, its showing the disk is not initialized even after getting the "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard" Dialog box and i followed all the steps correctly. …
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