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Many computer users are worried about their computer's performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am going to explain some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use …

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Operating system of affected Systems : both XP/home sp2 Router make/model (if applicable): AWR51/2 unbranded ADSL wirelless router supporting 802.11b When the problem began, and what the last thing you did before the problem began: wireless linked pc disk died about 2 weeks ago. bought new box and tried to …

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Hello All, My HP ZE5300 Notebook has a definite "power" issue. Whenever i push the power button on, it starts up for about 5-10 seconds, then shutback down again. I don't see the CMOS screen or the operating system screen appear at all. I have tried starting it from just …

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Hi, I'm hoping to find some help to remove popups that constantly appear whenever an Internet browser is active. They pop up on IE, even though I am using Firefox, and they are always from adyieldmanager.com, sometimes redirecting elsewhere. Additionally, I get a lot of dialog box popups asking me …

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Would you buy the AMD 64 3500+ or the 3700+? AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail 64 bit Support: Yes Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan Hyper-Transport Support: Yes L1 Cache: 64KB+64KB L2 Cache: 512KB Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, 3DNOW! Professional …

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I have an hp pavilion ze5185 laptop that wouldn't shut down. My operating system is Windows XP. When I go to 'start' to shut the computer down, I get the message "windows is saving your settings". Then I get the message "windows is shutting down". The problem is that the …

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URGENT HELP NEEDED - critically important...!!! Respected geeks, Coming straight, here goes the problem: Background: Hardware: HDD SATA SEAGATE 160 GB RAM: DDR RAM 1.5 GB Dual Processor P4 3.2 Ghz Operating System: Windows Advanced server 2000 Application: SAP (an ERP PACKAGE) Database: Oracle 9i Note: Same single desktop computer …

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this might seem as if im beating about the bush a little bit but i'll try to keep it as short as i can:D i have just brought a copy of windows xp professional (OEM) today and have taken it home to install on a machine of which i have …

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Hi, my name's erin and i was searching the web for information on how to get rid of the virus or trojan that puts a red cirle with a white cross in your system tray. It's been there for ages and i simply can't get rid of it, and now …

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Hi everyone! I just received a computer that had windows 98 on it from a relative as a gift. I would like to try and run linux on it, but there seems to be a problem. Windows is not completely on it. The only files on the hard disk are …

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Hi, and welcome to the world of Linux. Linux offers, so many, new and exciting possibilities, to both experienced and novice alike, that it is oftentimes difficult to get started. One solution to such a problem is to familiarize yourself with the feel of Linux before you go any further …

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Hi, The crystal report design is using the font type arial. When printing at the client site (after all installation of the application has been done), the report comes with illegible fonts (Note that it prints correctly in our environment). The client's operating system is windows 2003 and the printer …

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Hi all, I am putting together a list of "Most Important Windows Maintenance Tasks" that hopefully the average home computer-user could use. I've got a partial list, but I would appreciate some input and discussion concerning the order and any that I missed that should be included near the top. …

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Hi I am hoping someone can help. I have been infected with trojens and popups ,my McAfee deletes the trojens and I just recieve a warning to scan my computer which comes back clean of viruses but has alot on Look2me thingies on there :mad: I have downloaded the Ad-Aware …

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My Compaq Presario 5716 is out of warranty and I tried fixing a hard drive problem but I erased both partitions and now I can't get the System Recovery/Restore CDs to work. I get a 'runtime error 6300' after hitting ENTER once. So the computer has absolutely no Operating System …

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Is there any way to write an operating system in Java? I know it's possible to use C, but I prefer Java. It's easier to use.

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Hi there. I am using Operating System: Windows XP Project: Visual Studio 2003 C++ MFC Dialog Based Application I subclassed an edit box control because I want to capture the WM_KEYDOWN messages when a user enters characters in the edit box. I need this because I want to measure the …

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APC UPS Model Number undecided - Final decision awaited...!!! Thanks everyone for putting forward their opinion about UPS to my previous post. I have read all the posts over and over again and finally have decided that I will purchase a UPS from APC. Now again...few more questions though...???? A …

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back up - a new strange novel experimentation Respected techs, geeks, nerds, and dear fellow friends, In the past i have always taken a backup of my valuable data and content on my pc by invariably writing on to a cd be it R or RE. However, the problem that …

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Here is the process I have done so far, followed by the HighJackThis Log. All of this was done while all hidden folders were shown and the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" option was unchecked. 1. Ran Ad-Aware. 2. Ran TrojanHunter. 3. Ran Spybot Search & Destroy. 4. Deleted C:\Windows\Temp …

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I have an 80gb drive that has screwed up and will not go into the log in screen for users. If I put this drive into another machine I can access all the files except those that were under my log in (administrator) as they were password protected. I know …

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We have a web based accounting software, and severly need to connect to scanners and operate them via our programs. What can be used? PHP, Javascript,... to do that? ??????

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I am looking at this one for a friend. It is a Dell Inspiron 2500 running WinXP Pro. POST is OK, but it gives an "Operating System not found" error after POST on some occasions, boots normally on others. The OS also gets unstable at times. I was told that …

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I let my friend borrow my computer for a few months. Bad freaking idea, dont do it. Well when i got it back from my vacation and tried to boot it up it goes pass the dell logo screen and then right after that it says error loading operating system. …

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[size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][i][u]Beginner's guide to computing[/u][/i][/b] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]You can have too much of a good thing - have you seen the choice of computers on the shelves? Let us guide you to your perfect PC...[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]The main parts of computer "hardware" (the physical machine) are the …

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We use KaiStation on our router to game with our xbox, and we have discovered a difficlt problem. When trying to connect to our friend a few houses down we found we can't ping him at all, much less connect with him for games. We have posted in other forums …

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Lately I have been aving a few problems with my computer. IE startpage sometimes goes to Martfinder and sometimes goes to a "Warning Spyware" page-but about 1/3 of the time it goes where it is supposed to. The other problem is from time to time when I am online, I …

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The aurora popups are driving me crazy. There may be other things on this computer I don't know about. I've done all the virus scanning / spyware removal I know of. I did do a HJT scan. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:53:33 AM, on 7/10/2005 Platform: Windows …

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Hi there My norton keeps alerting me to the above trojan. So far I have tried: deleting the file from where I am told it is located C:\WINDOWS\ but it cannot be found even with hidden files shown. ending the process in task manager but cannot see it. locating it …

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Dear Moderator, I am relatively new to the world of adware, malware and other such inventions consisting of malicious/annoying code, and it is a great relief for me to discover, that there does exist, those few individuals who are dedicated to both fighting it and assisting others to protect themselves …

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While trying to delete, rename, move, or copy and paste a file I get the message: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk. While trying to use a program called Mboot (which can move or delete, move, etc files that don't start up when booting, I …

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Can't get rid of Communticator.dll (it keeps refreshing the C:\Program Files\COMMUNICATOR Toolbar (file) ) Ne help heres my Hijack this Log -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:04:44 PM, on 7/3/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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Hi advise neaded please I bought a cheap laptop for mrs to use and it was running win95 and i wanted at least 98se loading on it. I went through the procedure of reformatting the hard drive as ive done on numourous occasions with main pc. The problem is its …

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Hey everyone, this forum helped alot before so unfortunantely i am back again with more pop ups. Here is my hijack this log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 11:51:29 AM, on 6/28/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe …

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Dear All: I also have been infected with DrMon.dll and have downloaded and installed Hijackthis. Here is my printout from Hijackthis: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:49:26 PM, on 7/6/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: D:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

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python -------------------------------------------------------------- [url]www.python302.tk[/url] [email]python302@gmail.com[/email] -------------------------------------------------------------- ALL FOR YOU SPIDY -------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This paper is not to be copied, or used on any website without my permission, consequences will occur if it has been found on ANY website. Only time it is allowed to be used on a website is with …

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Hi everyone I have pop-ups that are out of control. I ran a spy-bot, and Ad-Aware and still they persue. I'll post the HJT list here, also there was a program called tvs_b I seem to have removed that but it will occasionally pop its head back in the HJT …

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:evil: [size=1][color=dimgray][QUOTE] [size=1][color=dimgray]In the 1990s, IBM irked Microsoft by selling PCs loaded with its own operating system, OS/2, as an alternative to Windows, and with its SmartSuite productivity software, cutting into the market for Microsoft Office programs. IBM also backed Java, a programming language that doesn't need Windows to run.[/color][/size] …

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I am pretty much done a shell program I have to write for my operating systems class. The only problem is that I can't seem to figure out how to make this function work. It is supposed to separate out a list of tryable paths that is from the getenv("PATH") …

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Operating Systems - choice - simultaneous or alternative exploring different possibilities...!!!!!!!! Respected Gurus and dear friends, I always have used one HARD DISK with two partitions....running windows xp Now i have also added one extra harddisk with again two partitions using windows server 2000... Now problem is that currently what …

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For the past several weeks, my external Linksys adapter has been losing its connection to the router (which is upstairs) a few minutes after I get online. I am not losing my internet connection, just my connection to the router. I get a pop-up balloon that says "wireless connection unavailable". …

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Hey everyone....I was if you guys could compare the 2 notebook systems below. I know that one has more graphics power but the other has more cpu power, so as you can see this is not as simply as choosing between AMD and Intel. Any tips, recommandations or advice would …

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hello! i have a mac that is kind of old, i think it's a PowerMac3, made in 99. anyways, it's been a really long time since i've used it, and i've decided to buy Mac X Panther 10.3.5 to install on it. During the six year period that i have …

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i'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, if not, coul someone please let me know where to go? here is my problem anyway if there is someone out there to help. my laptop won't type the letter d anymore. The bigger problem is that …

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Hello, I am newbie in perl. I am currently working on a project to access the parallel port of a pc in perl on a linux operating system. I really do not know where to start. Could anyone help me with useful links, books, resources..etc that could be of explicit …

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I inadvertantly deleted the operating system using fdisk after unsuccessfully attempting to reinstall windows 2000 on a Dell laptop. I reformatted the hard drive, but couldn't get past the security key code. It wouldn't accept the key code I have (??). I have a windows 2000 recovery cd that came …

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Hi, I'm learning ASP.NET. I have installed Free ASP.NET Web Development Tool , which is Webmatrix, but when i'm using this tool to create web forms its not user friendly, because it is hard to move objects from one place to another place. I have created couple of web forms …

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I used to get aurora Pop-ups but now they don't come but I get Different viruses whenever I log on like hlazlv and DrPMon and stuff like that heres my log O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_02\bin\npjpi150_02.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console …

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I HAVe XP INSTALLED ON PARTITION 1 (NOT MUCH SPACE LEFT) I HAD COPY OF SERVER 2003 INSTALLED ONTO PARTITION 2 (WHICH I CREATED WHEN I INSTALLED IT ) - NOW 180 DAYS ARE UP> CAN I START PARTITION 1 OPERATING SYSTEM WITH XP - INSERT ANOTHER EVALUATION COPY OF …

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Hi, I was thinking of Writing A kernel for a Embeddeb OS (for a cell phone / PDA) for my graduation Project. I want to know everything involved in writing an kernel. i have a good knowledge of c , c++, x86 Architecture, Operating Systems. Please Help Me.

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