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Is it possible to retrieve the original "File Created" date from a file when the date has been changed due to copying from one system to another? I understand there are ways of preserving the dates if steps are taken [i]before[/i] the copying, but is there anything that can be …

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I just received this email with the return address as " <LEFINH@hotmail.com" Dear Microsoft Customer, Please notice that Microsoft company has recently issued a Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows. The update applies to the following OS versions: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millenium, Microsoft Windows XP, …

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Im planning to reformat my laptop coz its infected with lots of viruses and I cant use a lot of applications, and got a bluescreen background... and I cant change my background because everytime I change it nothing happens... there was this AntiMalware2009 which I havent installed and scanned about …

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Hello, This is my first post, so sorry if it is in the wrong section. I have Windows Vista and using WMP 11. I like it, and I like the way it organises my bands and albums. I am in the process of loading all my music on. I have …

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Hello folks, I'm getting problems in registering some activex controls(.ocx files) in vista. To register, i've used the same technique that we usually follow in xp using the following command from run shell :- [B]regsvr32 <activex control name.ocx>[/B] but it seems some fault is generating over there. The OS itself …

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I am wondering how to make desktop icons/shortcuts open in the screen that they are on, rather then them always opening in the primary screen. For example shortcut A is on monitor A and shortcut B is on another monitor B, right now, both shortcuts will open the program in …

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Hello everybody... I want to connect my vista servers with my linux servers... I have entered my samba commands for the network on Linux... Now I want to enter the vista commands to see my linux network or vise versa.... Please tell me what to enter...thanks much... Do I use …

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I recently encountered what I believe to be an AIM virus. At points when I'm on AIM suddenly numerous (high 60's to low 70s) browsers of Internet Explorer randomly begin to pop open. Each one with a little AIM advertisement inside, so small that it fits nicely in the upper …

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We have 3 laptops. Work one, a Toshiba with XP, my own, an Acer with XP and my wife's, an HP with Vista. The router is a Netgear. Both XP laptops boot up and a few seconds later connect to the router automatically. The Vista one might connect automatically but …

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Hello All..... It has finally happened......vista will not load, and none of the "quick fixes" will work. Does anyone know of any location I can download a boot program that will work for vista? The only thing that is gonna work is running a fixboot or fixmbr.....but I need a …

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My system has alerted me that it has detected an activity of a harmful software and it has no solution to it as it redirects me to download a spyware removal tool. The name of the problem/trojan is [B][U][COLOR="Red"]Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.dq.[/COLOR][/U][/B] Help me guys!!!

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I think I have viruses on my computer and I have done a full scan and that and removed the viruses but i am still unable to change my background. I am running Vista Home Premium Here my Hijack this Log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at …

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Hello, Today every one use the window vista. My question is that is it better than service pack 2 or not.

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I can only asume that my habit for p2p servers is what's destroyed my computers speed and created this pop up and internet problem. Explorer and firefox keep opening and closing by themselves and my computer tells me that it NEEDS to connect to networks that I am unfamiliar with …

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Whenever I try to open my Device Manager it gives me and error that says class not registered and I've tried opening it by running the command to open Device Manager but it didn't work.

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just got a new pc with vista home premium and media player 11. when we select a specific genre and have shuffle turned on, things from all genres play--with shuffle turned off, only the chosen genre plays is there a setting that i've missed? thanks for any help jerry1946

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I was told that some setting on vista can cause my issue. I am not sure what setting it is or how I would even changet them once told what the setting issue is. Here is my problem: I recently added Norton Anti-virus and a router to my PC. I …

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I'm using [B]WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM [/B]edition and i applied a patch on an existing game and then, I found that after the reboot, the [I][U]monitor turned blank[/U][/I] after [I]WELCOME SCREEN[/I] is displayed. I don't know what I must do.Can any one of you guys help me? [B][I][U]Very urgent[/U][/I][/B]!!!

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I formatted my HP DV6000 laptop that comes with vista and installed Windows XP on it, i downloaded ethe driver for the Dv6000 laptop but it doesnt work at all on it, anybody with a good idea on this should please help me out, my sound my Display won't work …

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Hi all i just got a hp dv 6000 with visa home premium. After a few days i keep getting a message saying windows aero is not working and that my copy of windows is not genuine, the message has a link to microsoft website which validates my copy of …

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This is my frinends HP Pavilion Dv6000 laptop. She brought it to me yesterday, When it started up you would log in then it would say windows explorer could not start then restart the computer. I went to the F8 menu then cmd prompt ran sfc \ scannow it found …

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Hey i have recently found a problem im not sure what its to do with but when i go to the start menu and go to the quick programmes that i use reguarly such as itunes i click on it and a box comes up with a loader saying windows …

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I am having a horrible time installing vista on my computer. It just keeps crashing. i have all the requirements Vista prescribes. Any thoughts?

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HP Vista 32 bit Home Premium... Computer just freezes after some time on the net. Started the other night trying to download a newer version of Open Office. I only have around 20 minutes before comp freezes and mouse doesn't work. i need to then manually shut it off. After …

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Hello, I'm trying to set up something like this: [CODE] adsl-connected router -> standalone router | | | Windows-XP PC Windows Vista PC Ubuntu Laptop [/CODE] I'm doing this since I the 2 routers are far away from each other and there's only one ethernet cable going into my room, …

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I have not used my yahoo messenger for a while and when I did I find that it won't open. So I attempted to uninstall it and reinstall it, but the uninstall program locks up and won't work either. Any suggestions?

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well i don't know what i did, ran some exe file from a movie i downloaded and bam, was supposed to generate a password for an rar file, i ran hijack this and thought maybe somone could help me, i've run a bunch of programs i had installed, nod, adware, …

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Hi guys and girls here, my new acer aspire 5315 laptop running windows vista suddenly stop working as i was installing a software downloaded from lphant. i switch off and on again but can only run at safe mode, it doesn't longer run in a normal mode. i run some …

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My laptop and desktop were already connected (i can even view all computers on network) Now I wanted to share files but the problem is when I right click the folder I want to share I cannot find "sharing" option even in the toolbar... Please help me how to configure …

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Hello Dudes can anyone tell me how to view hidden files (of system) in vista & also how to get permission to open and read it.

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hi all, i am new and not very good with vista but i have been facing some vista problems, first of all, i dont know why, when one of my program goes into lock down, i could not get it to shut down. i tried everything like task manager and …

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I have a broadband connection that i want to dial at a specific time automatically. Can anyone tell me how to do it?? Its Urgent.. Please help

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I installed DHCPD 3.0 on my server running Ubuntu Server, but I don't know how to configure it properly. When I configure dhcpd.conf to use a sample subnet, dhcpd gives me an error about not being set to listen on eth1. The server has four ethernet ports, eth0 is connected …

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Well, my windows works fine until just now, it appears a message Windows: No CD and I just ignored it, then I restart my computer and login to my user and it appear a black screen, no start menu or etc, but it do have Document this folder comes out …

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I am using a Windows Vista Starter Pack can I use the aero theme on this version of windows vista? If yes, how? tnx ^^

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Hey Guys, I started to have this problem last night; when I try to run Windows Update, a blank window would open, but it would freeze and I can't even resize the window... I'm not sure what's causing this, but here's a hijackthis log just in case it's spyware/malware related: …

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Often I click on a link to a website, the page changes but remains white, blank, and the word Done appears in the bottom left corner and the URL is correctly shown at the top. I'm using Internet Exporerer 7 with Vista 32 bit service pack 1. Any ideas anyone?

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Hi all, I am getting frustrated with Vista. Vista Business in particular. I work for a large company which is not on a domain, therefore our only way of managing our users PC's is by using the Administrator account. In Vista I have enabled the Admin account and password protected …

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Hi guys, Setting up a computer for people i work with and wish to tie down the standard user accounts but seem to be having problems. Set up is as follows: vista business 3 users Jeff administrator Bar standard user Kitchen standard user Now i wish to disable standard users …

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hello everyone. i have a niggling little thought in the back of my brain which i'm hoping all the good people of daniweb may be able to give me some second opinions of... i have currently come into posession of a vaio VGN-NR21J, it originally came with visa home premium …

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I have a 1 year old HP DV6500 laptop with Vista premium. No issues until several weeks ago. May be related to updates since it just started occuring? When laptop goes into hibernation/sleep by itself and is pulled out of this mode the following occurs (manually putting into sleep appears …

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hi everyone, i am a newbie here..far from computer literate, but i survive. my question/comment/statement: everytime i try to play a videolink that is supported by wmp on the windos vista, it does not play in real time. the sound is fine, but the video lags behind . i was …

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Hello, I've been trying to build computer but I experience random shut downs when I use it and can't seem to pinpoint the problem: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ AM2 (w/ standard AM2 cooling fan) ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS Motherboard 4GB DDR-2 800MHZ PC-6400 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB …

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I'm having an issue with my router and the asus tech support people are not very helpful. would love to hear if any of you here have any suggestions for me running windows vista home premium 32bit asus wl-500w n router if i ever need to change a setting in …

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Okay, so am I the only one this is happening to...? I type a URL in Internet Explorer (any!) and I get a "The address is not valid" message. Suggestions? Thanks

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Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong - I can't get my camera working on Vista Thanks, Catalana

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Hi All, Dont really know how to label this problem, hope someone can help. The client still connects via dial up. The client has an Asus notebook, running Vista, it generally works fine with no hassles as such, except this very strange occurance. When you boot the machine and try …

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I'm relatively new to Vista, so I'm still trying to figure out all the little kinks. I run a little computer lab at a new dorm and wish to setup shared printer on one of the Vista machines until I can get a server up and running. How do I …

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Hi, internet is connected to my computer, I am able to open Skype and MSN and work with that, but I can not connect to the internet using browsers like Firfox, internet Explorer and ... . Any body have any suggestion, Thanks

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i bought a toshiba satellite A305-S6843 with windows vista, but i upgrade to windows xp sp3, so i made the partition and everything, i create the dual window also, so i can choose between wp and vista, the problem is that i cant run my toshiba recovery cd, to install …

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