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hey i have to make a program using win32 c++ and i need to get my hands on some information from the registry which i cannot find. the problem is i need to find information about the graphic card the pc is using and this software has 2 be ported …

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Hello there, I've created a Windows Complete PC Backup of my new laptop. Now a few days later I want to actualize it, but when click on Back up computer in Backup and Restore Center a window opens with message - Looking for backup devices and it stays like that, …

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Hi guys. I'm having some right trouble at the moment. I posted on another tech forum and so far have received no help. So i thought i'd try over here. These are my posts from the other forum to get you up to speed with my problem. About a few …

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Hi, Today I did a vista clean install. HP DV6045NR Notebook. Everything but the following is fine: Audio: I can plug my headphones in and sounds works fine. But internal speakers are not functioning at all. No error messages. Keyboard: Kind of funky. My @ and number symbol are misplaced. …

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Okay, to start off my system is kind of an experiment on how well a dual hard-drive system performs differently from a single hard drive system. I have a 35 Gb drive that i placed windows vista 64bit on. Now the drive runs at 10k. Opposite that hd i have …

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OKay here's the theme I'm trying to incorporate on someone's machine: There are 2 accounts on a Windows Vista basic machine. An admin and an under-privelaged account. I need to set a scheduled task where the machine shuts down every nite at 11pm and locks out the OS so only …

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I have xp currently installed. I want to install vista business on my laptop. (my laptop's specs are at the bottom) could you tell me if my laptop is vista capable . I should have used vista upgrade advisor ... but my current xp installation is kinda broke down completely …

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Hey All, I have been trying to install Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition with Vista Basic. So for I have been able to install only Visio and Microsoft Project, but what i really need to install is Word and Access. No i have read somewhere that Microsoft Office 2003 has …

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my new computer decided it doesn't like to boot anymore :( Computer is a home-built gaming machine, (dual core, single ATI Radeon 4870, Asus P5Q Deluxe mobo, Vista x64 home premium) has been running fine for about 6 weeks with only minor video card driver issues. I had NOT yet …

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Somehow the fonts for my system have been changed. Everything looks either bold or italic, and the font itself looks like it's a different font family altogether. I'm not sure how this happened, but it's quite annoying. The problem is system-wide, in that Windows itself, my browser and apps all …

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with this problem. Over last couple of days, when I start up computer, it gets to the windows screen, and the blue bar thing just goes round and round, and it never gets into windows. I eventually get it to start up, if …

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How do I install wireless support in server 2008? It doesnt seem to have native wireless support like vista / xp sp2.

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For some reason my development rig has become quite slow lately Its got 2gb of ram, a Core1duo and Server 2008 (SP1) Standard x32 Every once in a while taskeng will go crazy and spawn like 200 process and eat all my ram and CPU time. Looking at scheduled tasks, …

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Hey, just lately i've been getting some notifications from avast saying that it has found files infected with vapsup or agent variations. Now i've tried deleting the files, putting them into the "chest" and then deleting or restoring but nothing seems to be working. Ive tried the SmitFraudFix from reading …

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Here is a copy of a portion of an email i sent to HP (to save me typing it out) 1 ) Program freeze ups. Where I have to close a program to get another to run. With 2 gigs of ram I shouldn't have to do this. Not multiple …

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When closing Firefox, the firefox.exe process keeps running and cannot be terminated (have tried task manager). When attempt is made to restart firefox, get msg that "firefox is still running and must be closed to start a new session". The only way to restart firefox is to do a reboot. …

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Hello all, Well i got an ipod touch yesterday and pretty much since then, my PC has been REALLY slower then usual! There are a lot of svchost.exe files running and that is not normal! My brother's PC which is single core is faster then my dual! Even task manager …

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I have picked up a trojan horse, I have run malwarebytes and deleted infected files but computer has a few extra icons on thedesktop.Here is the malware logfile and the hijack this log file. What is my nex move? Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.30 Database version: 1416 Windows 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 …

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Anyone know if it's possible to change the "All Programs" section of the start menu to look like XP? I don't like how it all opens in the same little area. I have searched around, but can't figure out how to change it.

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I would like someone to help me write a small program for a personal project to learn programming in a different way. If anyone wants to help me out or could help me in anyway please just let me know [email]dannyfancher@gmail.com[/email] Thanks

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Hi, I work at a company that is about to open two new branches. I am in charge of some IT tasks, like computer maintenance. For the branches that are going to be far away. What could be the right way to access those computers remotely? - Remote Desktop. The …

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my wmp11 vista home premium is NOT working every time i try and open media center I get an error message saying microsoft has encountered a problem and must close!!!!!!!!!!!!!what is the deal?????????????????I'v read lots of posts online but no solutions to the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!2

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I have a Razer Lachesis mouse and use Windows Vista, although I don't know if this is a Vista related problem. It has been working fine ever since I got it a few months ago. Its supposed to be a high end mouse which cost about 80 dollars. But for …

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Hi all, I have Windows new version VISTA and I want to make wireless connection and i want wireless networking on my laptop Any help in this regard. Thanks, With Regards.

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Hi guys , My problem is the following: Have a Toshiba a215-5818 with Vista Home Premium and a Atheros Ar5007EG onboard wireless adapter. The thing is that with my wireless adapter i can connect with no problems to a wireless network with no security enabled. But when i tried to …

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hi evry1 i hav been lately having a big problem, bcox of this i cam to knw this website also my problem started last month.. i purchased crysis warhead from steam which includes crysis wars so i logged into crysis war and created my a gamespy id was able to …

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Hi all, I'm using an HP G6000 notebook which I've had for a year, trying to connect through a D-link ADSL router and a Linksys wireless G broadband router. I've had the computer for a year and generally it works fine. The problem is I've moved house and the ADSL …

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Hey can anyone reccomend some AV software (free or cheap) which will run on Windows Server 2008 (windows server 2008 = vista SP1 except many freeware AV scanners wont install on server OSes due to thier licence being for home use only).

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Hi, hope someone can let me know what to do here... So, I just bought a new laptop for school and need it for architecture/modeling. I ended up with a vaio with an nvidia geforce go 7400 video card and (of course) loaded with vista home premium. The most important …

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OS: windows vista 32 bit. I was searching the web for a compiler which has lesser numbers of issues and with good written help available. I am thinking of vc++ or blood shed dev c++ Then I came across this term ANSI ..... Is it necessary for a compiler to …

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I know I have a virus, but the only symptoms I can see is my computer does not load pictures on Web browsers and the World of Warcraft launcher. They just show up as the white square with a red square, green circle, and blue triange in it. Here is …

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OK...I'm having a problem...I'm using Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 I have Avira Anti-virus, free version...Spybot S&D...CCleaner...Ad-Aware SE...and recently got Kaspersky Internet Security 8...free trial...than I downloaded AVG Anti-virus and installed it..after that I started getting problems...when I opened MY COMPUTER...CONTROL PANEL...or anything that uses WINDOWS EXPLORER...it works fine after …

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I’m running Vista. I can only logon to my PC with one User Profile (Administrator). I have set up another Administrator account and also turned on the Guest account. However, when I try to logon with either of these, I get the following on-screen message: The User Profile service failed …

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Okay so here is my deal. I'm in need of some serious help and hope that I can find that help that I need here. I have two computers, a laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic and a desktop with Windows XP Home. The laptop runs wirelessly of course, and …

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When I turn this Laptop on it lights up and you can hear various noises inside coming from the area where the hard drive is situated along with the fan trying but does not actually start, and the CD rom spinning aswell. After these noises the unit switches off and …

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Currently I'm running ObjectDock Plus 1.9 on Windows Vista (SP1) and it works perfectly fine for the most part, except when I launch some (only a handful do this) programs from the dock they turn off Aero as if the app is incompatible with the Aero color scheme - when …

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I have a acer laptop, which opperating system is vista home. It was running well for a while, but then would not shut down. I brought the laptop of a friend which was brand new when i got it still in it's packaging. I have had t for 6 weeks …

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After downloading SP1 for Vista I can no longer reoboot my acer aspire laptop (5715Z). It was supplied already loaded so I have no recovery disc and when I go to the partioned recovery page (via alt+F10) and enter the password it tries to reload but then gives an error …

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I am using xp pro sp2. I wanted to install a vista theme. I installed some of the themes and every thing went fine. But after rebooting nothing was visible on the desktop. Nothing would appear by right clicking. I use task manager and type in command to do my …

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Hi Guys! Just a quick question... since ive switched to vista, (a while ago) I havent been able to get 2 different desktop backgrounds on both screens of my dual monitor set up. Its a minor issue, but its frustrating none the less. I just wonder if anyone else out …

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Ok, so my PC has stopped booting 9 out of 10 times. When it does boot though it runs rock solid every time without issue. If I power completely off, chances are I won't be able to boot the PC, but if I hibernate, I can wake the PC back …

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Here is my situation, every time I open Office word 2007 and work on it, in a matter of few seconds a get an error and it says ¨office word had stop working and needs to close¨ and then shuts down. same thing happens with excel 2007. I have a …

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Hello, sorry if this has been answered before, did a search and then settle on trying Vista boot pro. However this didn't work. The problem is I've got 2 HDD in my pc a 80Gb with server on it and a 500Gb partition out with Vista on it. When installing …

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Hello Everyone, I've a problem with java & SQLServer 2005 interface, i installed a SQLServer 2005 and SP2 software bundle to enable SQLServer to run on Windows Vista, i'm using the "Windows Authentication" in SQLServer 2005 which don't need the username or password, and i've the classpath to jar archive …

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I'm using Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64, and I'm currently using the latest display drivers for my nVidia 8800GTX. Playing games is now impossible. Every game I play causes my monitor to switch itself off for a few seconds, and when it powers back on the game will either continue …

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Hello, I really need help as I'm not very familiar with the whole getting rid of infections process. I have been running the Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Program for awhile now, 24 infections found and it has yet to finish. In all honesty, it's been running for over an hour now. My …

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Does anyone know when and if hp will update drivers for hp psc 2210 all in one printer so that i can scan using windows vista home premium.

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Hi there, This is my first post and I have already found this post extremely helpful. It's made a tough situation a lot easier. I bought a brand new PC last week and was online last night. Everything was going fantastically. The PC was running slickly and I was being …

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Hey, I ran the SDFix, and restarted and everything was working well. Then I updated my Norton Virus Software and more importantly upgraded to Windows XP Service Pack 3. After completing the install of Win XP SP3, I had to restart my comp. When it was booted up the virus …

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