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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. |
| | 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 … |
| | 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!!  |
| | 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 …  |
 | 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. … |
| | Hello.. I am having alot of problems.. i cant format my computer nor run antivirus programe i tried it in safemode even.. but nothing seems to work.. I tried SDFix.. And here is the report.. Help Needed.. Thank You Very Much.. [b]SDFix: Version 1.240 [/b] Run by Administrator on Sat … |
| | 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: |
| | 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 |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 …  |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
 | 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. … |
| | Hi everyone. First i'd like to thank jholland 1964 for the assistance in tryin to resolve my problems with the desktop.ini virus. As was suggested I downloaded the newer version of HijackThis, ran it and the hjt log appears below. I have not done anything to try and fix this … |
| | 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 … |
 | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
 | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | '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 …  |
 | I haven't tested this on Vista, but it's working on Windows 2000/XP: There's a cheat in minesweeper to activate a pixel in the top left corner of your screen, when you move your mouse over the mine field the pixel will become black if there's a mine, otherwise the pixel … |
| | Hi, How can i find the OS name in C++ on which the program is executed. like Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista? Thanks for any help. |
| | 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 …  |
| | 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 … |
 | 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. … |
| | 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 … |
| | hi my friend has an hp pavillion 6405 running on windows 98!! is it possible to upgrade the system to windows xp or vista?? |
| | 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.;) |
 | 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 …  |
| | Hey, I posted the HijackThis log below Can you please check if there are any viruses in this log or what should I delete? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 11:36:19, on 4/04/2009 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18000) Boot mode: Normal … |
| | HI all, I have HP-Pavillion DV5-1104TX laptop which i ordered from HP few weeks back.It was working fine untill 2 weeks and now it is very slow to start up.Actually it takes nearly 5 minutes to get in to full speed after it is booted to vista. (I have windows … |
| | I am running Vista Home Premium with 3Gb memory. I recently installed Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and allocated 2Gb of memory to it during the installation in order that I could try out Windows 7. I didn't get on with Virtual PC so I uninstalled it. Now when I start … |
| | I have downloaded a driver for Lexmark E210 laser printer that is supposed to work fine with Mac OS X (I have 10.5.6). But I cannot figure out how to install the driver. I think I might need Ghost script, so I downloaded 8.64. But I don't know how to … |
 | I dabbled in Ruby quite a while ago but only at the console level. I didn't take it any further at the time. I'm now considering treating it more seriously this time, though I'd have to start from the start. My understanding is that Ruby is a cross-platform development language. … |
| | I have HP laptop with Vista Home-64 bit OS. If I'm logged in with a Standard User I can't play most of the videos on Youtube either in FF or IE and forget safari, it won't open any pages. If I run any of the 3 .exe file as administrator …  |
| | Hi Dudes, The thing is, I have installed Windows 7.00 as a separate partition on via Boot Camp. Now before, in Vista, MacDrive could access my Mac OS partition and read/write But in Windows 7, they havent updated their software. It gives errors on compatibilty without even starting the installer. … |
 | I ran Hijackthis log on a friends Gateway laptop, Running Vista Home. I have a friend who amateurly looks at logs like this who was confused by this one so I am hoping some one can help tell me what is going on here thanks -Sam Bacon Logfile of Trend … |
| | I want to set up a small server on my existing Windows Vista Home Premium, or Windows 7 PC's...one of them... I want to use Apache, MySQL 4 or 5...and PHP 5...the latest versions of all programs...They come in a bundle called WampServer2...everything you basically need for a server... OK...So … |
| | Hey guys, I wanna know how to create a bootable dvd that have installer of windows 2000, xp and vista so that when i want to reformat a computer i just have to select from the menu in boot are if what os i'm going to install. I tried this … |
| | Hi all am having problems with my WINDOWS DEFENDER on my ACER ASPIRE laptop. It's been fine for all this time I have had it (well over a year) and all of a sudden a error message is coming up saying:- Application failed to initialse: 0x800106ba. A problem caused this … |
| | When I boot up my computer, everything loads up fine; all my start-up programs; everything. But everytime I click on iTunes, Computer, My Documents, anything, it loads but windows explorer suddenly won't respond. I don't know what to do. Will anyone please help? |
 | I really hope someone can help me. I bought a brand new desktop from Best Buy about a year ago and Ive regretted it since. Since the fist day I hooked it up I have had nothing but problems with crashing and the display driver failing. Ive took it all …  |
| | I have installed Alcohol 120 and then after my laptop is restarting in a loop... after logging in i get inly 5sec and then blue screen appears and restarts... atleast in normal mode i can login but in safe mode not even that... i tried F8 last know good...... but … |
| | I beleive Ive been infected by virus doctor as my mother was on the computer, and the fake Virus doctor scan came up. I had her end the Internet Explorerer process to close the Virus Doctor window. I cant find anything suspicious in my registry. There are no virus doctor … |
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