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Proof-of-concept exploit code for a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows—including Vista—has been posted on a Russian hacker forum, forcing Microsoft to activate its emergency response process. Mike Reavey, operations manager of the Microsoft Security Response Center, confirmed that the company is “closely monitoring” the public posting, which …
I was able to get to my task manager and deleted av.exe several times and it finally went away. My friend helped me delete some stuff in the registry but i don't know if it is gone or not. I had Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus 2009 installed and i updated again …
My computer has been infected by many viruses and spyware to the point of no return and has been partitioned many times. So now I have taken my computer back from my very irresponsible roommate and want to rewrite to zeros and start over. Can someone tell me how to …
I have a Gateway T-Series notebook that will play sound from the output jack through headphones but will not play from the on-board speakers. Why is this? I've tried updating drivers (SigmaTel High Definition Audio), to rolling back the system to the first system recovery backup, all to no avail. …
Hi, I'm hoping someone on Daniweb may be able to help me out with this problem I'm having:- Since Thursday, people have not been able to access their work computers from home over a VPN connection. Users can authenticate through the firewall and register on the network (the server gives …
Hello, I have three Hard disk drives on my laptop. The details: Hard disk C has a total 15 of GB space, Partition D has 268 GB space and E has 181 GB. All the work I do goes only to Hard disc C and space in Hard disc D …
IE8’s Protected Mode can run at low integrity, under which applications can't be launched without the user's permission. Am I right that there’s no point in enabling this, since PC Tools Firewall is already prompting me as to whether I want to allow applications to be launched? Or does IE8’s …
Hi I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit, last night I had to reformat my hard drive, I got a bad virus, that would not let me download any programs to erase it. I have two drives, 1 is a dvd rw, the other is a cdrom, the dvd says …
[I]Disclaimer: I did post this in the Windows 7 forum, I hope it doesn't break the rules to post it in both since it falls under both topics. Thanks for your understanding.[/I] Hi, hopefully someone can help me with this, since there seems to be dozens of threads similar to …
i can use my usb moden in vista but when i plug in my usb modem to my windows7 it can't find any driver, how can i find the driver?...
it has been just 20 days since i bought my dell inspiron 14.... n when i use the touch pad.. the mouse cursor gets stuck at times... and today... when i switched on the laptop.. i had a problem with logging in... the display got stuck and the music i …
Hello, Last night all of my files worked fine and I had no issues. This morning, I went to watch a video using windows media player and got an error stating that it couldnt play the video, the picture was there but it had no sound. I tried using VLC …
When a shortcut was added to the Desktop on XP it was placed at the end of list on the screen. Now, on Windows7, when a new shortcut is added it gets put immediately below the Computer icon at top left. Is this a Vista/W7 thing? I've tried changing the …
Hi all, I think this is a pretty minor problem, considering that I bought my laptop only a few days ago and haven't really downloaded a lot (only programs that I trust) or visited many websites. Basically, everytime I run Spyware Terminator, it tells me that there is a critical …
My problem is that..... whenever i try to run a graphics program in c on windows vista,it does not since it is not supporting fullscreen mode. please tell how could i run graphics pro do i need visual c???
I cant restore my Nec versa laptop from windows 7 using my recovery disc..I dont why...maybe u guys might help me ...tnx...
Running windows XP SP2. Afew moments after botting up I get the "blue screen of death" and the following error code. stop: 0x000000F4 (0x0000003, 0x85D1F7B8, 0x85D1F92C, 0x805D1206) When I try to log into Safe mode my arrow keys will not work to allow me to choose safe mode and the …
Hi. I have an Acer Aspire 4920G laptop which fully supports Vista and 7. So I install Windows 7 without any problem. I can use the aero mode and all the eye candy in Windows 7. But when i play any games like CS, Battle Field, FIFA, Winning, etc. i …
Every so often my desktop and taskbar disappear. I opened the task manager and restart explorer.exe, everything comes back. Then it disappears again and again. Any clues on what could be causing this and what could fix it. Thanks ahead.
Hold power button until the little blue light that is beside the card reader goes out. That will get you restarting and will work itself out and go away once all updated. Maybe swap DVD drives to install Vista (use YouCam for webcam and QuickPlay for remote control to work)Hope …
I have to install Visual Studio 6 in XP Mode on Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7. Both use SQLServer 2005. Which do I install the SQLServer 2005, on the Windows 7 or XP Mode or do I need to do two installs?
Yesterday was Microsoft's big day. Windows 7 was released. Did you go buy your copy already? Are you waiting? Whether you have or haven't doesn't really matter but I'm going to give you my five reasons why you [B]should[/B] switch to Windows 7 and five more why you [B]shouldn't[/B]. Both …
well im working on this for a customer and im kinda stumped. atfirst i just thought it was a loose cable so i removed the display. checked the cables and tightened everything down so it wasn't wobbling all over the place.. unfortunatly it still have lines across the bottom, the …
Hi, I posted about the problems I'm having in another section here because I don't think it's a spyware/virus issue... but I could be wrong! : [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html[/URL] Basically my pc is running VERY slowly (even in safe mode) and stalls every few minutes. Sometimes when it stalls it's for 10 …
Hi, I just found this installation helper (it might have been around for a while but I have not heard of it) and thought others might enjoy. I haven't tried it yet, but it should save a lot of work with re-installations and new or clean installations. After you have …
my wife's just tried to log onto her computer (windows vista)... and it said: "the user profile service failed the logon, user profile cannot be loaded." any ideas?? yes, the password is correct. there's alot of important documents on there... i know i can probably retrieve the documents from the …
Hi, I have never used aero theme, so I like it on my W7 :) The best thing that I like on W7 is computer speed. On XP my computer was slow(Don't knw why).
I am trying to set up a network at home so that I can connect to the internet from one computer. When I start the Network Connection Wizard, I get to "Select a connection method" and chose "This computer connects directly to the internet. The other computers on my network …
Just wanted to have an idea what people prefer for their systems. Whether they leave their systems running all the time or they want to turn it off using several ways. Please select whatever you prefer to do most of the time.
Hi! I've posted this on another forum but didn't solve the problem, so I thought I would try here :) I have an Acer Aspire X1200 with 4 gb ram, Athlon 64 dual core 5000+ 2.6 gh, and am running Vista Home Premium with SP2. I've had it about a …
Hi guys, I need to know how to get names and sequence numbers for exiting restore points on windows OSs. [URL="http://128.175.24.251/forensics/restorepoints.htm"]http://128.175.24.251/forensics/restorepoints.htm [/URL] Here is explained where I can find the restore points names and sequence numbers on Windows XP , but I'm hoping for an easier way. Also on Windows …
maybe its a dum question but i cant encrypt anything on my win7 home premium my ENCRYPT button is grey meaning i cant press it i don know why i tried everything and my security tab does show up
Hello, I just purchased Microsoft Vista at Circuit City. When I went to install there was NO DVD and only one half of the product key. Circuit City will not reimburse me, or exchange for something else. Need the software/key legally. I’d like to find a full download and figure …
Hi: I just got a brand new computer from HP. The HP line is HP Elite m9350f with the following specs: 1. AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.5GHz 2. 6GB RAM 3. Motherboard: Asus M2N78-LA 4. NVIDIA 9800 GT 512MB 5. Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Edition The computer is only a …
Imagine a computer repair shop with about 20 computers that need repair. Most of the computers need the operating system installed to fix the problem. These computers all have Product Key stickers attached to the housing. Some are XP Home, XP Pro, Vista Home Vista Ultimate, Window 7 Home and …
i recently installed a vista software on my HP laptop,and was browsing.only for me to restart and my system was insisting on product key.please help me.
Hi All I have a problem. I have been having some problems with my PC so I called technical support and they suggested that I should re install the drivers. I entered the CD with the Vista Drivers, followed the instructions after a while a black screen appears with this: …
Setup: Sony Vaio laptop (was expensive) Vista Business with SP1 Saga - long and problematic battle with Vista (I am not a fan of this OS) Problem - Windows update isn't working and I can't seem to get it to work. Error code is 80070424 and I think it might …
hi guys, anyone tried to copy or move a system partition to another partition? any freeware tools recommended to do such job? thanks.
Alright, Got my new build up and running finally. Installed Windows 7 pro, installed the VGA drivers and the mobo utilities. Not connected to the internet with it at this point, but Im not real concerned about that yet. I have a spare G adapter, just want to get the …
my computer has been running slow and iexplore.exe is close to 100% at times, especially when changing pages, when cpu usuage is near 100% i get spikes in networking usuage. how can i fix this problem? any help appreciated
pc runs fine for a while, but the longer it runs, the slower it gets before it eventually locks up. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA) Scan saved at 1:39:09 PM, on 2/19/2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18882) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: …
I recently upgraded from xp to win 7, all my video files play but the picture is slow and erratic
I dont know if im in the right thread or not but anyway, i recently turned on my gateway laptop but the screen stays blank. I tried the keys combination fn/f6 but nothing happened. I hooked up to a pc monitor but still the same problem. Has anyone any ideas …
Hi, I am using Dell studio 15. I am getting this pop up every time I start my system. the pop up is "Could not run 'C:\TCWIN45\PIPELINE\remind.exe' specified in the registry. Make sure the file exists on your computer or remove the reference to it in the registry". Anyone please …
i have the asrock p4dual915gl mother board, i just updated to windows 7 and keyboard driver won't work. what is the fix ?
Can anyone tell me ? .Why i am getting No Connectivity Issue in IPV6 Connectivity.Kindly let me know the idea.any help would be highly appreciated.Kindly find the attachment also.
This thing started about a month ago. I tried to burn a dvd but nero wasnt able to and after that my drive wasnt able to detect any dvds. i can still run cds though. i tried system restore but to no avail. config- HP compaq presario v6715EE C2D T7700 …
when i w.c to see the adapter detail.ip address,Dns and all about. but nothing is Comming.after some Time Information is Comming. and internet is very slow.kindly let me know the idea.why internet is slow.Kindly find the attachment also.
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