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Hello. I'm not the most computer literate, but I'll try to explain as best as I can. I am using my laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic and a linksys router. My connection says it is connected, but when I open both browsers (Firefox and Internet Explorer 7) nothing happens …

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When trying to save either an Excel or Word file in Vista to a networked drive, get the error message: 'word.docx cannot be found. Check your spelling or try a different path.' Can save this to the desktop and then use 'My Computer' to copy it to the networked drive …

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I wish to set up a network to transfer files between my XP SP3 desktop and HP Vista laptop. My desktop is connected by Ethernet to my Linskys modem. I also conected an Ethernet cable from my Laptop to the modem. On my desktop I ran the XP networking wizard …

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Ok, I need help please....here's the rundown. I have a laptop running vista. I became infected with "windows security suite" that I have found out is a spyware/virus. It bogged my computer down really bad, internet explorer and all the other functions would try and run, then just lock up …

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My laptop, Acer Aspire 5100-3949 cannot start, when I tried again, it suggest me to Launch start recovery, then I followed the instruction and tried to load the drive from the website to do system recovery,it still not work. I tried to start in the safe mode, did not work. …

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I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate RTM on my system and had a peculiar experience. I was running Windows 7 Ultimate RC and decided to blow it for the RTM. My first hard drive is 250 Gigs with one primary partition (40 Gigs) and the remainder in the second partition. …

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Hey guys whats up? I myself am pretty good with all this and actually know what i am doing here but... Having an issue that is bugging the crap out of me. I can not figure it out for the life of me. (either im to frustrated, or missing something …

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when my computer turn on a pop up comes up and says.. C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\desktop is not accessible access is denied i tried system restore but i dont have a restore date.. so somebody help me

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I am having a problem on my Dell XPS 400 desktop with getting my wireless to work for me. I have downloaded and installed the network driver from [url]http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=XPS/DIMENSION%20400/9150&os=WLH&osl=EN[/url] but I still can't get it to work and I'm not able to have my router in the same room as …

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Recently bought a new PC Motherboard= MSI 770-c45 VGA= ATI RARDEON HD4870 PROCCESSOR= AMD PHENOM2 X4 2.6 GHZ QUADCORE 6 M CASH RAM= 4G KINGSTONE HARD DISK= 500G POWER SUPPLY= 500W But i just keep getting BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH every time i do anything !! Even if the pc …

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I've just bought a new laptop for my wife and the wireless connection is not good and keeps failing even the same room as the router, so she spends her time connected to the router by the LAN cable which is unsatisfactory. I'm in the next room through a thick …

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I need help with a trojan downloader virus I just obtained on my PC. I purchased the full version of exterminate it, and every time I deleted the files it would come back. Exterminate it eventually stopped working and will not even open now. I included my hijack this log. …

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Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to change an exe settings through dos? For example, instead of right clicking and going to settings to change the settings I would like to right a bat file to do that.

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I currently have a Windows Service written in C# .NET 2.0 which is automatically started and runs under the LocalSystem account - lets call it Serv.exe - this service is responsible for performing administrative tasks (a bunch of them). There is another application (lets call it A.exe written in C++) …

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well, blue screen sucks.. i just dont know why sometimes when im starting to open my laptop, blue screen appears..for no reason... may be there is but i really dont know why or what is it. i've searched a lot of possible reasons for this and these are hardware drivers …

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hi, i have a problem with opening my control panel and other things too. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium. When i click on START > CONTROL PANEL, it opens for 1 second then closes. I also cannot open computer properties, Right-Click MY COMPUTER > PROPERTIES nothing happens here, …

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Hello people :-) I'm having a problem here. And I'm hoping someone can help me. I have downloaded Windows 7 on my PC and it works fine but I need a driver so that my internet can work. I have downloaded Driver Detective to find out what driver I need …

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Hi there, I am trying to delete all internet temporary files but when i go to internet properties and attempt to do that, it says "Windows Host Process Rundll32 has stopped working". I have run HijackThis and am posting the log here. Could someone please help me? Logfile of Trend …

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to whom it may concern, Hi all! Recently, my sis told me to download various different anti-virus programs, which i did. It found lots of viruses & spyware. Now, my laptop seems to be freezing every so often during the day. i can't shut it off the usual way...i end …

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I currently have Vista Home Basic and paid to upgrade to Vista Business. I downloaded the upgrade and got through the compatibility portion and continued with the install. Then about a 1/4 of the way through, it decided it was not compatible after all. Did I just mess up big …

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Hi Experts, I am getting this error message, "Error connecting to mysql" whenever i am running the below scripts: [code=php]<?php $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = 'password'; $conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass) or die ('Error connecting to mysql'); $dbname = 'petstore'; mysql_select_db($dbname); ?>[/code] I've just set-up everything and …

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Afternoon to you all. I've got an annoying glitch which i can't get rid of. I'm running Vista home premium on an Acer laptop, with an ATI Radeon HD 3470 graphics card, but the computer says that i'm using the wrong driver, and i'm getting a white screen flicker which …

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Hi Fellow Daniweb IT members, I am currently thinking to buy the Dell inspiron 546 MT with the AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core 5200+ (2.7 GHz and 512Kx2 cache), and the 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium, 6144MB Ram, 640GB Hard drive and a 512MB ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card. …

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I want to know that which OS in the world have the most beautiful cursors, even I don't the name of all OS's but if you know any please let me know and if also have the cursors pack send me or paste the link here. Right now I am …

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Hi after my computer boots it gets stuck on a black screen with a mouse cursor in the middle. I have been researching and reading for a solution but have not found one that works for me. I can't boot into safe mode or even safe mode with command prompt …

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Hi everyone, I am doing a program with python on Windows Vista, and I've put a entry in my program, now what I need to do is only allow the user to write number, if the user tries to write anything apart from numbers and commas, appears a message box …

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I have compaq laptop..i have installed windows vista on it. Off lately i have noticed a strange behaviour of my laptop. When i start my Laptop the dvd writer light blinks and at that time if i click on the open button the drive cums out n i am able …

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I have a dell inspiron E 1705 with a nvidia geforce go 7900 gs. I believe the problem is with the graphics. I have recently downgraded from Vista to Xp pro. Everything worked great for the first 10 hours. Now i cant boot into the operating system. When trying to …

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I have ran into a few issues. The first issue, is that some websites work fine (IE. Yahoo, etc.) while others (IE. Daniweb.com, Avast.com, AVG.com) will redirect me to some weird "browser" websites I've never seen before. It will send me to a different one each time. Also, even when …

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My Toshiba Satellite laptop has a broken screen, but is being used hooked to a monitor. It opens only in safe mode, however. Sound issues from the laptop itself when logging on to Windows Vista, but no sound is available when on internet. Also, the dvd player seems to be …

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Hey all, I bought a fairly decent laptop recently (2 months~) and because i recently finished school i started using it for recreation like playing games and watching movies etc. The problem is that whenever i do any of these the laptop will freeze completely after 5 or so minutes …

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This is my first laptop, came with Vista preinstalled. There is no recovery disc. I tried shutting down normally earlier, and it got stuck. I was in a hurry to leave the house, so I took the battery out, so that it would shut off. I replaced the battery (same …

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I am using FF to logon. I have to try multiple times to get on DSL. I need to find out the proper settings, DNS, etc. From reading some of the posts here I have learned to use the CMD prompt to display the settings I have so I can …

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Can anyone help with this... Google is being very strange, won't let me log into iGoogle, all links opened redirect me to yahoo.de unless i 'open in new tab', overall just not working very well. My log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 15:19:36, on 15/08/2009 Platform: …

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i have a gateway laptop that was installed windows vista business 64bit though its has no partition i have tried several partitioning tools like paragon ,partition magic etc at no luck please assist me what to do

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I inherited a Gateway 825GM Media Center Edition. It had Windows XP Pro installed from Gateway before that had become hopelessly corrupted. After reformatting and installing a new copy of the XP Pro, any further installations of software restarted numerous problems of such varying degrees it was incredible. Sent it …

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Hey everyone. I have been using this Compaq V6000 laptop for two years now. Very recently, like for a couple of months I noticed my laptop would show up a blue screen with white text and restart itself. It would happen without no apparant reason. Since last month it started …

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i want to create a restore point in vista and also tell how to enable it through group policy where i will get the group policy option

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When I go to remove a program I receive this message, could not open INSTALL LOG program. Need help in how to proceed. Thanks in advance

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I am writing in C and using using VC++ 2008, .net 3.5 sp1 framework using a USB - to serial converter for serial port -- it comes up as COM4 on Windows 7 x64 as the operating system. Need to read and write to a circuit board which gives out …

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Mga bos alam marami kayong alam sa computer at ako wala naglakas loob lang akong sumali dahil alam kong marmi akong matutunan sa inyo. paano ba mag install ng software sa computer?

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Hi all, My PC, which was purchased brand new last year, has started to take a very long time to load up programs and tends to freeze when I click on a website link or program file. The PC has 3GB of Ram and has an Intel Core 2 Quad …

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my computer is having problem when i put a usb flash drive. windows always ask for the cd that came with the device and say that theres no driver found with the device.

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Dear all, I want to keep mouse clip area while pressing Alt-Tab but there is no effect on Windows Vista (on Windows XP there is still effect). Who can explain for me why there is difference between two OSs, and how can I still keep mouse clip area while pressing …

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I hate this FREAKING "Your current security settings put your compute at risk" Message!!! I have tried changing permissions on the following files: wscapi.dll wscsvc.dll wscui.dll Renamed them all to .bak files Went into registry and deleted the wscsvc registry key under HKLM/system/current control set/ services Rebooted the machine and …

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