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hi all i read your advise on these pages and you guys are doing a great service glad to see theres still decent peeps out there. Enough with the creeping.LOL Anyway i came across this site as im having probs with ie6 being hijacked im using the usual precautions spybot,zonealarm …

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OK ... system specs... Running Windows XP Home AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1 gig pos ram but works. Asus A7V266-E Mobo. Mouse Keyboard yeah im cool... ATX kase, Koolance, PC2 or what ever ... 430 watt Enermax PWR Supply, not that any of this matters... Some …

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Greetings, I recently installed the Windows XP update on to my computer and have had no problems up to now. I had to re-install Norton Antivirus and after I installed the program I ran the live update. Everything was working fine until I rebooted the machine. Now EVERYTHING from the …

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When trying to load Word, a command prompt dialog box pops up for a few seconds before disappearing. Nothing else happens. The same problem occurs with most other utilities - it won't even run something simple like a ping command. The OS is Windows XP Home (no SP installed), and …

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Greetings, Whenever I attempt to save Jpegs from the web onto my hard drive it use to save them as Jpegs but all of a sudden it will only save them as .bmp files. Unfortunately when I attempt to open them, they cannot be viewed, as all of my Graphic …

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Hello, I have a computer that came with windows Me installed on it. I have had nothing but problems with it. Can I downgrade to window 98SE or do I need to upgrade to Windows XP. I have some win98SE licenses but don't currently have a windows xp license that …

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I was just moving some stuff around on my Windows XP machine. So that I wouldn't run out of room moving between partitions, I moved a bunch of stuff to a Samba share on my Linux machine (via My Network Places in WinXP). I had thought I had moved the …

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Go to Startup and look for something called Help and Support with a (?) icon. Mines in french so im not sure what's writen in english. Well when you find it click on it. Well that help thing keeps poping up when i start windows XP pro... how can i …

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This has been happening a lot lately and I don't know what to do. I'm on the net, and I'm working or doing my stuff, and then if i leave for lets say 20-30 seconds, I come back and I click on a link, it says cannot find server. My …

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hi folks, first time poster looking for advice. after searching the posts for similar questions, i came up empty handed. i'm running a KDS RAD-5 (15") LCD on windows XP, with an older NVidia TNT2 graphics card. this combo has worked fine for over a year, but the display has …

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1200Mhz CPU, 20GB Hdd (Windows XP Home) I've just installed another mobo,(it's a second-hand one, and I'm not sure if it's faulty or not) - Microstar MS-6368 ver:5, booted up and got this message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software …

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I am having a problem shutting down my computer. Whether I click on the Shutdown icon or the Restart icon, my computer restarts. My OS is Windows XP Professional. This problem started yesterday.

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Is there any way to turn the powersaver off completely? I have animated screensavers that I cannot use because after 30 minutes the powersaver turns the screen black and I can hear the screensaver but not see it. In addition, the powersaver has a 60 minute option which I cannot …

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This happend to me tonight, I've followed the suggestions in here and ran [url="http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip"]http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip[/url] 1st, and this is my current HJT log.. I think I've cleared it up but I just want someone more in the know to make sure I didn't miss anything :) Thanks all! Logfile of HijackThis …

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Hey peepz, Im a new guy here and I have a problem... I have a (Packard Bell Club70 PC), its about 5 years old... it had Windows 98SE 63MB SD RAM Intel 82810 Chipset 20Gig HD... ive now upgraded it to Windows XP 256MB SD RAM 20gig + 30 gig …

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Alright, heres the deal. I learned how to program Basic on an Apple IIe computer, then I learned to migrate it into the newer computers as they came along. I haven't programmed for a while and Windows XP doesn't exactly have QBasic on it. That's what it was called the …

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Anyone know at which point during the Windows XP startup the Windows Script Host loads? having problems with a startup script which refuses to run on our network, and suspect that we may be trying to run it before WSH is in place......

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I have a fairly new laptop (1 month old) HP Pavillion ZD7000-P4-3.06 w/Hyper-Threading. 768 MB PC2700-128 Nvidia GForce 5600go graphics card. Up until about a week ago when starting my computer it was fairly quick. Now all of a sudden it takes 2min.30sec.-2min.45 sec. to completely bootup. I don't even …

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I recently installed a new Asus P4T motherboard and pentium 2.66 ghz processor. Now, when I go to shut down my computer through windows xp, the computer shuts down, the monitor stops detecting a signal, but the fans on the motherboard do not power off and i can't be sure, …

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i am using internet explorer 6 with windows xp (not connected to a network) a 56k modem and dun i have encountered a problem. when i set "always dial my default connection" and "apply" under "tools" "internet options""connections" everything works fine but if i close down computer and re-boot internet …

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Ok Im running Windows XP and I was wondering if there was a way to select which programs boot first when I start up XP I know by going to "run" and typing MSconfig will let me select which ones start but i need to choose which one starts first. …

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Ok I have just installed a new Asus mobo and a Asus 9600XT video card I have a Celeron 2.2Ghz 768MB DDR RAM and a 250Watt PS Windows XP Now before I installed the new mobo and video card this happened rarely, but now that I installed the new mobo …

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It's been a long time since I used Windows 9x systems. Hell I was on WinNT back in those days but I think if your on any of these systems it is time to upgrade big time stop waiting stop getting problems after problems. There really is no different from …

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got a very strange problem with my Athlon 2600 XP, 1GB PC 3200 RAM and Windows XP Home. Explorer will just restart (not the machine) it's intermitent doesn't matter what I do! so far I have done. stripped out msconfig windows update all critical fixes also I share a ASDL …

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Please help, I am missing the advanced tab in Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows XP. Have tried to repair and reinstall but this does not help.

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Hello, I have had this problem occuring to me for the last week. I go to turn on my cpmputer like normal (hit power button, etc) and it will not boot. The hard drive light stays on, but it does not even get to the initial screen, the monitor stays …

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I recently upgraded from Windows ME to XP Pro and during the installation it said that regedit.exe was not copied properly and then it gave me the option of skipping that file which I did. Once install was complete, the computer re-booted and once it gets to the "Windows is …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 2:05:25 PM, on 1/9/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\cvpnd.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\DefWatch.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus\Rtvscan.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …

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Anyone on boot up and then dial up with modem computer freezes. When Computer stays running seldom happens. I installed new drivers for modem. Seems like its sluggish until it warms up. Is it okay to leave computer on all the time will it shorten its life. Thanks Anyone

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I am using windows xp pro and setup two acounts one for me and one for the rest of the house I have the admin rights the other account is limited like I want but I need to give the others privileges to disable norton personal firewall I have tried …

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I have windows xp with to version of messenger, the first one is windows version 4.7 4.7 2009 and the other is msn messenger version 6.1 0207, can you tell me the difference beteen them and how to use them. Thank -you Peter.

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i have a hp laptop, running windows xp home edition. the display is dark, i can barely see anything. I hooked it up to an external monitor and that monitor is displaying it perfectly, i've also tried the other OS's and all appear dark. If someone can please help and …

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Why am I receiving so many Pop-ups even while I'm offline? I can't play video games without being interrupted. It's already annoying online but now offline! Give me a break! I just keep getting all of these Microsoft IE pop-up windows. My OS is Windows XP Home Edition.

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I have got windows messenger version 4.7.2009. can you tell me do I need update and how. my computer is windows xp home. Thank-you Peter.

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When I need to open Internet Explorer on my Windows XP, I have to go through "My Computer" to find it. Why can't I get the normal IE icon on my desktop? Also, when I do access it through "My Computer" there is no address bar even though under Tools, …

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Ok, I've followed the instructions to enable file sharing between computers on my home network. However, whenever I have dragged and dropped a file into the file sharing folder, for whatever reason it isn't available from the other computer. What am I missing here? My OS is Windows XP Home …

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I shut windows down while it was going through a series of updates. When I tried to start my computer again it is unable to load windows. The Compaq brand logo comes up, followed by the the XP logo---then the screen goes black, and for a quick second an error …

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I recently upgraded to windows XP and have been informed by HP that because I did not unplug my 1210v all in one printer that the drivers were quarantined and therefore the printer will not work with XP now. I have tried downloading drivers from the web and from the …

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I just bought a new motherboard and processor, an intel P4 2.4 (500 FSB) and ECS LV4XA2. Problem is after I installed all my hardware and software, my computer starts freezing up. It'll start booting up and after the windows XP intro. goes away, it freezes. I've tried almost everything, …

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I am not too familiar with the HiJack This! program, and would like someone with experience to instruct me on what is safe to delete: Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 10:28:05 PM, on 12/29/2003 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: …

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Hi guys, Today, starting up computer. Ony error appears when loading windows XP about can't access the disk. I have solved this problems by hitting F8 during boot and start XP from last stable boot. Now XP is working correctly again but each time on booting before starting XP, windows …

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My windows xp wont come on all I get on the screan is Compaq. I have tryed the start up disk but it is not working is there a way to troublshoot and get the windows xp to come up?

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I keepo getting my Xp computer crashing oin me and going to the blue screen. Commonestr error message is aklong the lines of IRQL_ Not_les_than_ equal-To or similar to this and often blames miscellaneuos drivers although removal of these drivers mnakes no difference and scanning of valaidity of drivers shows …

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i tries today to update my windows xp home and it siad that because of my security setting active x is prohibited to run this page, also i got a new hp psc 2110 printer and my xp can not detect it

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I am not sure if motherboard or processor are just going. Computer has been running fine for a year since I built it. Soyo Dragon KT 400, XP 2400 Chip/ 2 Ghz. The problem started about a week ago when I noticed the fan in the power supply went (bearings …

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This is a rather strange problem. For some reason, none of my HTML files have the internet explorer icon any more, since installing Windows XP Pro. If I double click them, they do open in IE (6 by the way) but the icon is just the default Windows one when …

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I have xp professional installed on computer (HP). It looks like it is booting a corrupted video dll file or something as the windows xp professional logo comes on during boot, then the screen goes haywire. I can see the desktop load but it is shows about 20 desktops with …

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hi im having trouble installing windows 98 my computer has windows xp how do i install windows 98

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HI, windows xp keeps restarting over and over again. I can not get the code off the blue screen even if i press the space bar to slow it down :( It first happend when I was installing software for pci flashcard. It had been working all year but somehow …

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I recently got a virus and cleaned it up. Some files were deleted. Now windows won't load. I get an error code 35. An application can 't load because it can't find the winsrv file. Please help

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