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Hey guys! I have an old Win 2k machine here that I want to use as my bench machine more or less dedicated to scanning peoples' computers for malware and viruses. Its used, though, and being disposed of by a client of mine- so now its mine. I've cleaned it …

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Hi all. I have been doing some registry tweaks lately to improve performance. Everything went great for a couple of days and now xp wont let me login. It boots normally and everything appears to be fine but when I click on the profile to login, nothing happens. Last Known …

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Last night I downloaded a skin for my Windows XP to look like it was running Vista. It worked perfectly fine last night. I restarted it today to find that the skin no longer was working, so I tried reinstalling it. It requested that it needed to replace a file …

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I build a home network with a desktop running on xp x64 (1) and a laptop running on xp x32/SP2 (2). The shared folders from (1) are shown on (2), but on (1), I get the message: "\\laptop cannot be accessed. ...". On (1), I run "msinfo32.exe": System Information->Components->Network->Protocol does …

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heeeelp!! there's a box moving back and forth that says input not supported. what the hell does this mean and how do I get it to go away? please somebody help me im going crazy /Natalie

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I have a laptop with Win XPPro. It starts up to the standard Safe Boot screen and gives me the normal boot options all of which simply return me to the same screen. If I boot from the WinXP CD and go to Recovery Console is doesn't recognise Drive C. …

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Alright, I may have posted this before cant remember.... I installed the new 169 nvida forceware or whatever drivers about [U]5 months ago[/U] so yeah... The moment I installed them my computer crashed and went all crazy and every time I turned it on the monito went all mixed colours …

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Hi, i wonder if you guys can help me. Ive just bought a brand new computer with XP. Ive got onto the internet and ive downloaded Divx, VLC, etc. etc. basically a lot of stuff. Basically, when im watching a film on VLC, using Firefox to watch movies or on …

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hello to all!.. ahhm!.. i dont know where should i post this question..i just want to know how to make a image file using Nero?... somebody wants to help me step by step.... thanks... more power to this site... God bless!

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For wireless I use Intel Proset Wireless and it says I'm connected to the internet when I'm up at my college or any place that allows free wifi, but when I go to open up my internet browser [in which I have updated it] it says "page cannot be displayed". …

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Hi Everyone. Long story short: Dad's Win XP computer had issues connecting, little sister would pull ethernet cable out from onboard nic into her laptop for access, /releasing & /renewing each time. That wore out onboard nic, I came to TX to visit from FL, with this issue. Installed PCI …

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Hey all, I know the first thing to suggest would be the normal.dot file, but I don't thin that is the problem. If it is, then simply replacing it with a non-corrupted version is not fixing the problem. Here's the problem: When you open word 2003 (only under 1 user …

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I am trying to resize my partitions on the C drive. Parition runs after restart. I get an error message -- Error 27 Cannot lock drive. I reboot and it comes up again. I reboot and hit any key to abort. It comes up again. This just goes on and …

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hello i got this error and tried to unistall it and reinstall it and still no luck here are my specs ...Can Anyone help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! System Security Status CIS Benchmark Score Available only for Windows 2000, XP Pro, and 2003 Virus Protection Up-to-date Microsoft Security Updates Up-to-date -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer …

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HELLO ALL.... I hope u r all fine i have a strenge problem...i have never seen it b4 when i try to open a my files or mt folder.....this messge is been shown everytime...and i can open the folder (((((the instruction at (....) refrened memory at(....) the required data was …

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I noticed today when using IE7 I can use it fine but whenever I close it, it stops responding and I have to end the process. I am running Windows XP and always use FF except on the rare occasion I need IE7. Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is what …

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1. Please what are the consequences of Windows System32 Proper.exe ( Missing or not functioning) in a Pc using Windows NT/200/XP/2003 ? 2. If this file is missing, how do i restore it ? 3. Control Panel is missing in my Customized Start Menu with this, it is not possible …

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hi every body i have a novell server and install the remoter printer and one of the client pc is install the windows xp when i was give the print from client pc so every page first banner print after then document print so i want to off banner pring …

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hi every body how r u i m sanjay patel i have some problem like i have novel server and install the remote printer and one of my client pc i install the windows xp when i was give the print command then every page the banner print is print …

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when i was playing C&C 3, the game Hung causing me to try and end the process. the same happens in Colin Mcrae DiRT. im running Windows XP GPU:Nvidia Geforce 9800GTX 512MB! CPU:Amd Athlon X2 5200+ (2.7GHz ea core!) MOBO:Gigiabyte S-series PSU:codegen 530W RAM:1.7gb

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I just recently got a computer from my grandparents, and its a windows xp, 2005 and the motherboard was fried, but I salvaged everything that I could, including the hardrive. So I tried to add it to my new computer witch is also an xp, and I plugged it in, …

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Hello all, I am trying to rebuild a computer for my kids. The hard disk is hoplessly infected and I do not have viable backup files ( I'm afraid of how far back the infection goes). Can I use a diffent computer's oem xp disk to install on a new …

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In control panel, network connections there is no connections visible. If I right-click refresh it gives a message that states "The network connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network adapters on your machine. please make sure the network connections service is enabled and running". - did check …

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when opening windows firewall advanced tab. The following message is stated "the network connection settings have become corrupted". did try "restore defaults" button and it did nothing.

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When I "Turn Off" the computer the normal way, it shuts down normally. But, when I choose the "Restart" option, it starts with the black options screen, and then, after I choose the "Start Windows Normally" option, the same screen restarts, recursively. The same happens if I choose the "last …

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My desktop turned white and theres's an incon in the tray (a red circle with white x) that says windows has detected that my computer is infected and keeps prompting me to download antispyware software through IE popups. heres my hijackthis log Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

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i have web server n proxy server in my office with window server 2003 enterprise edition. my workstation is window xp professional. my office staffs are not able to open their hotmail from any workstation except me. i can open hotmail from any computer. staffs can open their hotmail only …

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I loaned my laptop to a friend and when he returned it to me it has a password and he cant remember it how can i bypass it?

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Hi All I want to know if windows 2000 pro has a system restore point like xp if so how do i get to it and so on Thanx Ellie

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I have Thunderbird installed on my home Desktop and work Laptop. I have each set to leave mail on the server until I delete it. This worked great until last week. Suddenly, my Desktop stopped retrieving emails for one of the four email account under the profile. It reports that …

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Hi, my name is Hope and not a newbie but right now I feel so dumb!! I was cleaning up my second computer with XP on it and went to empty the recycle bin. It told me some of the files I was about to delete were being used by …

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Hello, I am new to this site and need help please. I recently tidied up my desktop by removing certain programe files - those that said had not been used for some time ( bad idea ). This seems to have resulted in a loss of sound on my Acer …

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My Norton Protection Centre is telling me I need to run a virus scan. When I do, I get to roughly the same point (Although not the same file ) and the whole computer freezes, nothing works including Ctrl,Alt, Delete

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Hi guys, I really need your help. I'm Using windows XP SP2. I want to make a recovery CD for it, but I want it to include all my settings and application so that i don't need to install every single application and driver. Is that possible to do that? …

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Hello, I was in the middle of a session when suddenly all my programs give the error "The image file FILENAME.EXE is valid, but is for a different type of machine than the current machine." The only way I can get around the error is to go to the shortcut …

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it always restarts in like 10 seconds. what should i do? sry im new here so how should i give you more details?

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Okay, these processes have always ran at normal priority, but now they have jumped up for some reason. I can't change the priority manually w/ task manager b/c windows says that they're critical system processes. I need to return them to normal priority b/c they seem to be robbing my …

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I keep getting the error message saying Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM I already looked [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread8886.html[/url] and it still didn't fix it heres my info and problem I have Windows XP Home Edition My Computer is an hp pavilion zv6130us -AMD …

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Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question. If I need to I will cancel this and post it where you think it belongs. I would like to know haw to rearrange the display of program icons that appear when I click "start" and move the …

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Hi People.... This is my first time on this web site so excuse me if I made any mistakes. I have a Fujitsu Scenic D with Windows 2000 installed on it. The problem is that when the computer is Started up, it goes through the Boot up then stops. A …

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I just bought a new Sony Vaio VGN-SZ645, xp, sp2. On an intermittent basis, the browser (IE6,7, or firefox) freezes when I try to load a new page. It happens every session and frequently. I can't figure out what "brings it back"...but after a few minutes and numerous retry's, I …

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Just recently began to have this problem, and i think it is related to my hard drive. First, started having issues with a new 500gb HD, it would occasionally not register sometimes upon startup. Usually, I would switch the sata cables around inside until i could startup and it would …

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I read that XP has built in video capture software. I haven't transferred my video to my computer since I upgraded my computer and the software that came with my camera was for Windows 98 only. Can anyone out there tell me if XP has video capture support? MarthaT

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Hi Basically my friend's computer seems to be not showing EXE files. I sent her a zip file that contains a pile of files. 2 of the files were EXEs. All of them show up on her hard drive except those 2 exe files! Changing the folder settings to 'show …

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Hi all,total newbie here,but willing to learn. The other evening while surfing the net the PC just crashed, it restarted OK but with the message" Rundll Error loading c:\PROGRA~1\MYWEBS~\bar\1.bin\MWSBAR.DLL The specified module could not be found". All seems to be OK apart from I can no longer go to "Standby",the …

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Hello, I posted a problem I was having with my laptop starting windows. I still have the problem but was wondering if its possible to save some of my important programs. If I use Knoppix, it allows me to see all files and folders on my HD. Is there a …

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recently, i recieved an error message saying something like: "failed mfc71u.dll. try reinstalling it to fix this problem". i have no idea what the hell it is but i researched it this morning and found out its something for the task manager. i'm wondering if its connected to another problem …

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Have been fighting a pretty good set of viruses and keep loosing my task manager privleges because the "administrator has removed them" I Run SD and it fixes them for a while but then they come back...when clicking the My Computer icon on the desktop I only get access to …

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We recently had a MSSQL injection on our server and don't know why it happened. We get a funny email in our ticket center that is at another data center that says we have an exploit in our code and then two hours later the server get hacked through our …

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