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Alright.. So I just got my computer back from the shop. I needed a new motherboard so.. whalla.. New motherboard!.. Not sure what type it is but I read it had overclocking.. Not sure what that is either. I am pretty computer illiterate. Idont have much installed on my computer.. …

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[URL="http://www.worldwidehints.com/10+things+you+should+do+on+your+computer+freeze+or+hang+up.html"]You are in the middle of doing your work, suddenly you realized your computer hang up. But the problem is, you have not saved your work! Don't panic![/URL]

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Hello everyone, While trying to get to read up on and get to know more about P2P networks I downloaded 3 programs which I have scanned for viruses (with negative results) and have NOT YET installed. The programs are: UTorrent, Port Forwarder (from portforward.com) and Lime Wire (basic). I was …

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Hi, I just purchased a computer from a place that sells refurbished PCs and laptops. The computer, however, does not appear to work. When I turn this computer on, I get a message right after the Dell blue screen at start up that reads as follows: "strike F1 to retry …

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Hi everyone, my PC keeps on shuttng down everytime after 1 minute to 3 minute after starting up. Sometimes the window start up ok then shut down itself. Even if I go to the BIOS setup, it does not give me enough time to reset to default settings. I unplug …

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Hi, I am using windwos xp pro with sp2 and norton internet security protection tool. but my pc shuts down within 10 seconds of starting without any valid reason and then it restarts itself. It does not shut down completely, but this cycle of starting and then restarting continues to …

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hey im sorry if this has already been answered in another thread. i have recently been having problems with my windows xp computer not turning off, when i attempt to shut it down normally, (start, shutdown, shutdown) it does everything normal from logging off, saving your setting, then it gets …

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Dear Anyone. Computer crashed due to a very large and nasty virus, so I reformatted the hard drive, deleted all partitions to force the Windows install disk to repartition (that way the virus couldn't be hiding in the partitions!) and Windows reinstalled. That was fine. Went to Control Panel, couldn't …

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[B][COLOR=royalblue]I don't know what else I can do?! My computer kept freezing up so my brother in law deleted everything off my computer and reinstalled Microsoft XP hoping to fix the problem. It didn't fix it! It still freezes up on me, when I am in the middle of doing …

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I am on Win xp with sp2 os. For some reason whenever I start the pc a strange window comes up on the screen saying "System Has Recovered from a Serious Error". I send the error report to Microsoft and it still stays there on the screen. Even the cancel …

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Hi, I am on [URL="http://forums.devshed.com/windows-help-34/changing-keyboard-layout-to-uk-english-424342.html#"]Windows xp[/URL] professional with sp2. I just want to see if I can change the keyboard layout to UK English. Can any one please suggest me something as how to go about doing this? Thanks.

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Hi people, I've recently found that there is no audio from my speakers, but Windows does play system sounds from the onboard(?) speakers on the base unit. Having tried the "Sounds and Audio Devices Properties" I've noticed that all the options are ghosted out so I can't select them! Any …

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Hi everyone! This looks like a great place, many members, lots of posts, and can't wait to "dig in." But first, a problem . . . I am a heavy user of my PC, and as of the past few months its "behavior" has been troubling. The problem is that …

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Hey, My moms PC si running unbelievably slow.........I don't think it is a virus, spy ware or something else. I think its something else. I've run my ZoneAlarms Zonelabs Security Suite ant it doesn't pick anything up. I would really like some help because if even though it is a …

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[URL=http://www.worldwidehints.com/How+to+Shut+Down+a+%26quot%3BFrozen%26quot%3B+Windows+Computer.html]How to Shut Down a "Frozen" Windows Computer[/URL]

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Os XP. About a week ago I had about 30% resourse left on 20g c drive of a older computer. and downloaded about 40 pics and I downloaded adobe acrobat reader 8. I checked my resource and and I was very low down to 150mb and was getting alerts. I …

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while installing microsoft visual C++ 6 I am getting the error message "ODBC sqlInstallDriverManager" failed and the program is not installed correctly. Please tell how to remove this error.

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Hello, I've been having this problem for quite some time, and tried about everything I could find on the internet, but nothing has worked. This is the case: Whenever I try to turn off my computer, or log off to go into another account, Windows shows the blue screen with …

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My computer came back form the repair shop today and now when I turn it on I'm being asked for a password (windows XP). How do I by pass this to get to the desktop, or figure out how to change whatever password they installed on my behalf. I'm desperate …

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Ok. I had installed this brand new DVD burner, couldnt get windows to recognize it...took it to Best Buy and they said it was the IDE cables. I changed them...now windows shows the DVD drive in My Computer and in BIOS. When i put a CD in and try to …

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Hi, I have recently updated my pc from the windows updating site and after i had sucsessfully installed all 60 updates i restarted it, it kept on restarting itself and never comes to the desktop. i have tried to get into safemode and all the other ones but it keeps …

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After I use my computer for about 20 mins, I get this message and my internet connection becomes unuseable. It says - Generic Host Process for Win32 Services[IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5204/errorip6.jpg[/IMG] And here is hijackthis log ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 16:23:35, on 7.2.2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) …

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Hello people, I have one interesting problem and need your advices. A few days ago, my friend called me and asked for help. He said he had problem with internet connection. It is old computer 400 Mhz on which win98 is installed and he use dial-up just like me. Problem …

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Hi, I hope this hasnt been answered because I couldnt find it using a search. I found other people who had problems using a single file but the fixes didnt work for me. Here is my problem. Just recently the "my documents" folder started breaking all of my media files …

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A friend of mine tried to upgrade to Adobe 8 and it got corrupted on his disk and now he cant get it off,out of the registry or anything..... (We finally got it out of ADD/REMOVE) He tried to re-install 7.8 but it says 8 is still there (The keys …

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Alright, so i've browsed around and looked at the other people with similar problems, but mine seems to be something completely new. a friend of mine got the update for internet explorer 7, installed it, disliked it and tried to uninstall. it gave him an error and he had to …

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Plz Guys I Want To Sell My Laptop But I Dont Know How To Wipe Off All My Personal Infos. Plz How Do I Re-register The Laptop Before Selling To Unknown.... Toshiba?

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Hello all, I wasn't sure what the correct forum would be for this question so here goes... I have kind of a strange problem (well, to me anyway) and I am having trouble figuring it out. I have a Microsoft Access DB that I have created that I have split …

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How do i set up a static ip address for port forwarding i am running win xp and have A SPEED TOUCH 530 modum. thank you

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I have just upgraded our windows 2000 server to a far greater spec windows 2003 module. I`ve also migrated the mail software across and double checked all the settings and user accounts. Every thing appears as it should however our responce times for mail delivery and sending have practically doubled, …

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Hey guys, please help me!! I have always had a problem booting up my computer, randomly I would get BSOD which made my computer restart, but after a few restarts the computer would loads normally. Today, I decided I was sick of it after it occurring 8 times in one …

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SOmetimes it used to happened that when I turned pc off when tere was a screen saying windows is shutting down it froze itself. then I pressed the key to turn it off manually then I turned it on and windows screen booting hasnt show. just blue screen with error …

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:confused: Hi Folks... ========================================== :cheesy:Sorry Folks.. I think I posted in the wqrong forum to start with , so am reposting here to make sure that it gets to the right people:cheesy: ========================================== I have an interesting issue that I am sure the neighbourhood can help me with... My friend …

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hello, im currently running windows 2000 server on my machine .. and i run a network of over 100 PCs ... i am having a adsl router which is used for connection on the server machine ...and the adsl router is connected to the internet by means of 2 dns …

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Hi all I have a Toshiba Satellite M40 laptop and it has recently been having several problems with it. These problems are: [LIST] [*]Has a 'Toshiba Power Saver Error' occur a lot of the time [*]Doesn't shut down properly, but instead hangs on the 'windows is shutting down' screen [*]Sometimes …

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I have a 75 GB USB drive that is NTFS formatted (can't use FAT or FAT32 coz I get a "drive too big" error). I want to be able to install bootsectors on this drive so that I can boot into DOS. I use Win XP. Please give me a …

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This morning I restarted my computer (it was on all night) and when i logged into my account my desktop was gone. I can still access programs through task manager but my icons, toolbar, and start menu have vanished. I have done nothing abnormal- i have not installed and new …

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Hallo, Am trying to open the registry editor application to delete some registry files after uninstalling some unused applications..The thing is a dialog box appears saying "Registry editing has been disabled by your adminstrator ".. I am logging onto my Windows XP using the admin account..and there are no other …

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My Sony Vaio simply refuses to charge. I thought there was a problem with the battery so i bought a new one ... only to find this didn't correct the problem. The only way to use my laptop when the battery finally gets empty (its currently got 7% remaining) i …

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Hi , I am having trouble logging my XP Pro SP2 notebook into a Windows Server 2003. Error - "Logon Message - Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable or because your computer account was not found.......". I have tried connecting …

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i reinstalled my windows xp cd because of previous problems and now i have another problem when i click on my computers then check my hard drive it indicates that i have 30gb left and i have a 100gb hd. i tried to find these files so i can delete …

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Had a error message appears in my Windows XP. The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000142) What's it? How do I solve it?? Please advice. Thanks.

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Ok a couple days ago I turned on my computer and the intel screen came up bla bla bla and I hear a strange clicking noise I take the side off and it's coming from the hard drive. By the time I look at the screen it ayd disk read …

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I've been having trouble reinstalling XP Pro on a raid drive. Went to upgrade bios and kapoof, no bios, no computer...dead. Asus K8V-SE Delux. Is this the end or can it live again? Thanks for any experience with this problem.

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hello, everyone! hope everyone is doing okay. I am having trouble with my computer. I have Windows XP professional service pack 2 and i could not open google. it will say page cannot be displayed, did try the options but to no avail. pls. help. thank you.

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Hi, I recently bought a new PC w/Win MCE. I would like to transfer my accounts, security settings, and Group Policies from the old PC w/Win XP Pro. I have read that I can use the settings and files transfer wizard, but I am not clear about what is transfered, …

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