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hello, my pc has been fine since i got it, no problems what so ever, but now for some reason every 15 minutes or so i get the BSOD, ive run a disk check, virus check, its not overheating, cleaned out dust and everything!!!, it flashes up so quick i …

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Strange things are happening with my computers and the Internet connection. The Internet is working just fine, so is my Mac and PC. When I logged on to my PC this morning, I got an Internet connection. But when I logged off and plugged the Internet cable into my Mac, …

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Anyone can tell me why I can nolonger open up a site, it gives me Internet can not open up this site. the site is [link removed] I use to be able to open it, but now it wont allow me too,

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[B]Problem:[/B] After installing Windows Vista Ultimate on my self-built computer, I have encountered an issue with the display of Windows Vista Ultimate. [B]Hardware:[/B] Bios Version: Pentium 4 V88 P1.60 Prescott Motherboard Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00Ghz Processor Speed: 3000Mhz Microcode Update: F34/13 Cache Size: 1024KB Total Memory: 2048MB …

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I cannot open anything on my computer without being redirected to a program asking me to choose an appropriate program to open it. i cannot open any exe on my PC does anybody know why or how can the be fixed?

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explorer.exe seems to be crashing a lot and my computer has been running very sluggish but at times it seems fine, this started about 4 days ago.

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I bought an Aspire 4730Z, and within a week I was having problems with it not working as fast as I thought it should. My other computer is 4 yrs old. I know very little about computers,turn on,off and in between ebay...I did not know how to open the note …

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Trying to uninstall some HP Printer programs and get the error message unauthorized program trying to access. Using Vista

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I'm looking for recommendations, I'm thinking about either Norton 360, XoftSpySE, or Shield deluxe 2009. I am also open to other recommendations, I have a Dell desktop with windows XP and an HP laptop with Vista. Thanks for your help!!

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My explorer.exe keeps restarting every 5 secs. 1. I used combo fix 2. I deleted my user account and logged into a new one. Nothing worked. Here is the log: ComboFix 09-04-19.05 - Tharun 04/19/2009 17:50.2 - NTFSx86 MINIMAL Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600.3.1252.44.1033.18.1014.809 [GMT 5.5:30] Running from: c:\documents and …

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hi! i'm new. I don't know that much about software and hardware, or what makes computers buzz, so i'll be asking alot of questions. my first one is that i have some burned dvd's from a friend i'd like to burn to my computer to get them back to him. …

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Windows Explorer on XP SP3 is behaving oddly. In the Folders two-pane view, I am accustomed to browsing through the contents of my folders by highlighting a folder in the left pane, then using the cursor-down key in the left pane to move to the next folder, and the next …

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So my computer crashes during boot up and displays a BSOD screen saying DRIVER_NOT_EQUAL_TO..... something like that and the error says: 0x100000d1 (0x10f0e534, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x863738e7) PLEASE HELP! -also system restore to a month ago didnt do anything

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I have a question, maybe someone could help me .;) Do you know how can I view Windows vista uptime? And also, how can I make the icons in windows vista look like those in Windows 7? :icon_smile:

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We recently downloaded Internet Explorer 8 and in my profile only, I cannot click on links and have it go to a new tab (or open a window.) I cannot click on links in email, webpages, and I cannot figure out why :( My husband's profile (on the same laptop) …

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To all most honorable members, Thanks for the opportunity to join this community. Here is my problem message and a little background: [U]Windows cannot access the specified device. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.[/U] I run Windows XP Home Edition. I can't access User Accounts …

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hi, I've got a game in this file format(.cdd ,.sub,.img) i dont know how to use these... please can someone direct me on how to end up playing this game... thank you for your help....

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I'm using FF version 3.0.2 on 64-bit Vista. Every once in awhile it will just simply crash. I can restart and it will take me back to where it was when it crashed. Anyone know why it does that?

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Today I'm using AllWay Sync (Allwaysync.com) to synchronise "my documents"-folder between my desktop and my laptop over LAN. Since "my documents" contains about 50.000 files it takes quite a long time when AllWay Sync synchronic this folder - because it search through every file on both my desktop and laptop …

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Hello, guys I use an ADSL service (my connection type is PPPoE) but in Windows Vista I just can't connect please help me.. Thanks in advance

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My laptop went into a perfectly normal Update and restart, but it didn't restart right. When it did restart it was black screen and then a window popped up and tried to "repair" whatever it is that's wrong, when that didn't work it let me try a system restore and …

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hi this part of my code is suppose to read from a file and update the info in the quantity of the user's choice and write back all the info in the same order to the file but with the update quantity. I am able to update to information but …

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My IE 8 doesn't work or My internet Options either can someone help? I cannot connect to any windows microsoft websites either. updates so I had to download mozilla firefox and that browser doesnt work that great either, please someone help me. Karen1962

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I'm looking for a Windows variable (accessible in c++) that contains the path to a user's my documents folder in XP, but the folder above that in vista. SO in XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\My Documents Vista: C:\Users\Tom It is a program (AIM specifically), which uses this variable the directory and …

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My question is, what is considered high physical memory use. I have an HP laptopo with AMD turion 64x2 and 4 gigs of ram.My operating system is VISTA Home Preimum and when I look at Resource overview, it show that I am using 69% of the physicla memory. Is this …

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Please help me decide what is better now and 2 years down the line. 1.(Cheaper PC) Intel Core2 Duo 2.8Ghz E7400(3MB) CPU 2GB DDR2 RAM 250GB SATA II -7200RPM HDD Midi Tower Case DVD Writer +/_ ( 22x) DL (8.5GB) Onboard sound w/ speakers 17" LG LCD Monitor Optical Mouse …

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this is a very basic command prompt question (sorry if i posted it in the wrong place) is there a command for cmd to sleep/wait for say 5 seconds? like say i have a .cmd file that says "start www.google.com" but i want it to wait 5 seconds before opening …

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[B]Disable indexing[/B] Description: Indexing creates and maintains a database of file attributes. This can lead to multiple small writes when creating/deleting/modifying files. Searching for files will still work. Instructions: Start Menu -> Right-Click Computer -> Manage -> Services and Applications -> Services - > Right-Click Windows Search -> Startup type: …

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Hi all, I just learned that I can edit the Windows (Vista) host file to assign IPs to domains (host) so that the local system checks the domain against the host file before going through the DNS. My question is: is there a way to redirect an IP instead for …

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I'm helping my daughter set up her computer at a new home, and she has forgotten her password. When I go to the Accounts in Control Panel it, of course, wants an Admin password. How do I reset this so that I can work in her account? Any thoughts appreciated. …

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I have a network with 2 desktops running Windows Vista, 1 desktop running Windows XP, and 2 laptops running Windows Vista. I have a Linksys NLSU2 disk server with a 250 Gb drive attached to it. This drive is shared all over the network. From one of the desktops running …

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Hey there, I am going to start a larger project. For this I just set up my programming invironment as follows: python2.5 numpy scipy matlibplot PyOpenGL ctypes I then tried to test the installation with a simple example. First I found the warning: [COLOR="Red"]No handlers could be found for logger …

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Hi, I have finished making an App with VB6 on a XP computer and have transferred it onto a Windows Vista computer . I have also copied the three dependencies (Adodc, MSFlexGrid and DataGrid) files from System32 of XP to System32 of Windows Vista. However, the program now runs but …

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help please - i have a problem with my graphics firmware my laptop is a sony vaio vgn-tz21wn running vista business sp1 i think the cause is as follows - a few days ago i was changing some display options (left click on an empty part of the screen) and …

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Hi all my daughter has a Asus x8ol laptop and started to do a system recovery with the disc provided with the laptop, she followed the instructions and now has a white screen with the word ERROR (in red) accross it and in the top corner is says error 23 …

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I'm getting a RunDLL error on startup that says as follows: Error loading C:\Windows\Qqafeco.dll The Specified module could not be found. After I close the notification box, my computer seems to be running ok, but goes through extremely slow periods where it sometimes takes text I write 10-15 seconds to …

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Hello! Probably a rather simple one (and I'm far too tired to be able to bear thought to it!), when you have a wireless home network made of Windows based devices; If one of those has a USB printer attached you're able to generally share that to all devices providing …

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Hi everybody, I'm planning to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit to either Windows 7 Ultimate beta or Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I ain't quite sure if I could upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Can anyone help me out here? Anything I need to know before I go …

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'bitstream' is an array where each element contains 8 bits, i.e. ['01100000', '11110101' .... ] etc. etc. I want to print out this array to a file so it'll be recognised and can be opened as a jpeg. I have tried the following: [code]output = open('outputfile.jpg', 'wb') for i in …

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hello So I log in jump on firefox get a little browsing finished and then i cant get anywhere else either home or to another site much les load the one im trying to get to Ive run my checks malwarebytes and the like nothing pops up. If i back …

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okay well i have to admit i downloaded somthing and it messed up mu computer. now i cant get onto vista only in safe mode. it will load and go to right before the users pager/ welcome page and it will stay black, somtimes it will restart itself.. i cant …

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So to get to the main point.. whenever I try to use the MSN emoticons such as a smiley.. this is what you type right > : ) when you type it out.. it's supposed to APPEAR as an EMOTICON like this>:) and not just in characters like : ) …

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Hi, Can any one help me on how to transfer files in office communicator....as it is not accecpting files of any sizes....getting errors as Firewall errors or network problems. "Cannot send "test.txt" to Raj. This may be due to firewall restrictions or network problems. Please try again. If you need …

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Hi there, I have been on the lookout for third party boot loaders for Windows that support boot from VHD. Windows 7's boot manager supports boot from VHD but it cannot boot Windows XP. I have setup a dual boot with Windows 7 as the VHD boot alongside Windows Vista. …

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So to get to the main point.. whenever I try to use the MSN emoticons such as a smiley.. this is what you type right > : ) when you type it out.. it's supposed to APPEAR as an EMOTICON like this>:) and not just in characters like : ) …

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I have bought a new desktop machine with AMD phenom Processor and JM26GT4 motherboard. My system used to shut down abruptly without giving any message, i used to work in Windows XP, recently i have changed the operating software to Windows Vista (Basic Home edition), it worked fine for first …

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hi my friend has an hp pavillion 6405 running on windows 98!! is it possible to upgrade the system to windows xp or vista??

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Hi everyone: I would like to ask how to protect the computer from conficker worm. Thank you so much, I know this worm is destroying many pcs out there. Have a great day.;)

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A new Windows 7 build 7057 has been leaked. It was compiled just 6 days back. It'll expire on 02/03/2010. There are lots of changes in this new build. Some of them are as follows: * The infamous UAC issue has been fixed. In previous Windows 7 builds when you …

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