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Hi, I'm new to the forum and I need help. I have an old Dell Optiplex GX150. When I turn on the machine the Dell logo appears and posts but Windows won't boot up. After a minute or so the logo goes off and I get the following message:"Press F1 …

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Okay so I've googled and searched for a way to fix this.. I've read so many pages I'm just going to post what's going on.. My friends computer was very slow and she doesn't exactly use Norton. I've never had a problem in the past removing Norton from a computer …

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Hi, I want to be able to start Windows Apps (such as Outlook, Excel, Firefox) from a cmd shell script so that the Windows app starts and the shell script carries on. I've tried a few things like Start, but no joy. If I can't do it in cmd script, …

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[b]:evil: Hi all,I'm just sorta a newbie at this 2yrs. Ineed help! I put a shortcut of [url]www.321free.com[/url] on my desktop and I can't get rid of it. I cannot delete,rename,or put into a folder,when I do I get the following message: cannot delete file:the filename you specified is invalid …

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A friend of mine had a computer go down and needed the info off the hard drive so he tried installing it as a slave in another computer. That would not take so he installed it as the master and the other one as the slave and it worked. He …

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[COLOR="Red"]OS= [/COLOR] Windows XP version 2002 Home edition SP3 [COLOR="Red"]Browsers=[/COLOR] IE 8, Google Chrome, and Fire Fox. [COLOR="Red"]Net connection=[/COLOR] DSL Modem [COLOR="Red"]Security=[/COLOR] McAfee Total protection [COLOR="Red"]Processor[/COLOR] AMD 64x2 duel core 4200 2.22Ghz 2 gig RAM My problem is two fold. The first being IE and Google Chrome browsers can not …

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So now we know that Microsoft is pushing out the release version of the latest in the operating system line-up, Windows 7, starting this week on the 30th April [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4283.html"]according to official sources[/URL]. However, we also know from various news reports that many existing Windows users are not exactly head …

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G'day Guys, I've been scouring the internet to try and find some ideas on how to set up a web-server on my work machine's HDD. I'm currently developing a web-app as a ERP/CRM system. It's almost complete, and I want to set up a web-server for our employee's to access …

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I work for a small ISP, and recently we've been hit with 3 different customers telling us that when they try to browse the internet with IE on Vista Home that it won't display certain or all pages. They have Vista diagnose connection problems and it comes back telling them …

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I have a vista machine and a W7 machine. I use my vista for everything but business The W7 machine I use only for a private business, I paid for the Vista machine, I backed it up a perscribed to re install if necessary, there for I own the rights …

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i having problem to operate win xp because i block devmgmt.msc services using gpedit.msc then i can't access my cd rom control panel etc how to recover it plz help

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Ahoy Sailors! So I've been developing a networking application using Twisted. This can be divided into two parts. The Host and the Guest. I normally make and test such on my main Ubuntu Linux computer, Now the time has come to compile it for Windows. But straight out of left …

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Hi guys, I've been having a hellish time of it this week. First my case fan died, after replacing that my CPU fan died! Installed a new one and my computer wouldnt start at all...hmpph. I took it all out and bench ran it and it started fine, and when …

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ok so first the comp would only start in safe mode then when I tried to restore to the last good config. it started giving me error F3-f000-0004 I have no idea what this is please help me lol if you know what it is and how to fix it …

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Can someone advise me please how to unlock the icons in a folder in Win 7 so they can be moved around instead of being locked to a grid all the time? This was the default option in XP but I can't find out how to do it in Win …

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When booting my computer I get a message regarding GetProcessFlags in dynamic library that Kernel32.dll is missing. I do see that file in the system32 folder under C:\Windows. I am using XP SP2 and don't know how to correct this and get rid of the message.

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hi All I have recently joined a company where there is no proxy servr. So i want to build one and we are considering purchasing Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2008. Can anyone help me on a question i have about it. Will it run on a 32bit computer? Also …

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While connected to a public wireless network at a hotel, my laptop lost its ability to browse websites via HTTP. The problem persisted when I returned home using my private wireless network. However, I noticed I can browse sites via HTTPS and FTP. I can even ping external websites in …

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Hi I have been at my wits end to solve the problem but to no avail. I need to fix my laptop as soon as possible, need it for some official work, so please help fast! I recently formatted my PC and installed a fresh copy of Win7 in C: …

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Hi guys, I've had this problem with my computer. Every time i play a game my whole system crashes and blue lines come down the screen, it happens about 10 - 20 minutes into the game. Thing is this happened about 6 months ago, one day when it crashed i …

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Last weekend I attempted to change out the hard drives on our server to upgrade storage space. Everything went ok except that backups and provisioning the new drives ended up taking too long to finish so I had to change back to the old drives temporarily. I'm swapping out 3 …

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Hi I have had win7 for quite a while now, and has frequently had a strange problem with my mouse (2 different mice and touch-pad). Sometimes it only works in one program, e.g. it works fine in Firefox, but in all other programs (desktop, skype, WoW etc.) it "unmarks" the …

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hi everyone, i m not able to use the default defrag tool comes with windows..& accessing files or opening them make it PC very slow..!! So , what should i do ?? how do i perform it..!! Thanks. :)

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Hi there We are migrating users from XP to Windows 7. When we do this, we are giving them a new V2 profile and putting them in a new OU but for some (but not all) users Outlook is opening twice. Whilst this isn't a massive issue, it would be …

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I got 2 new hard drives for my pc which is alreay setup in a raid configuration. since i installed the new drives my system now hangs on boot for about 2 mins. This is the first time i have had a problem like this, but have no idea how …

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I am not able to open my registry and also task manager on my domain machine. Task manager button is disable. but when i enabled it through some ways and press it window of task manager disapear in a friction of second the same situation is with registry when i …

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Help! I have just recently removed the scam virus known as 'Antivirus Action' but now when I connect to the internet none of the web browsers will work. I know I have removed all traces of the virus and programs like Windows Live Messenger connect with no problems. It's just …

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Pls help me out,my laptop is always slow when it comes 2 playing video games like need 4 speed.Is there anything I can do 2 speed it up?

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When I attempt to view using my Web Cam(AMCap) I get the following message. error 80070003 cannot start graph.But when I use the capture option in PhotoTags I have no problem. When in the AMCap mode I click on preview I see apicture of me taken by the web cam …

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New malware pretends to be an antivirus program , infiltrates your system. Started in Oct 2010. Does not let you launch anything... Had to go to safemode... Deleted tick off all weird strings from MSconfig startup (i.e. IJHHLUVDLTA) deleted all "antivirus actions" values from regedit...including weird strings in Startupreg folder …

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When I strike the ctrl alt delete keys my task panel window won't fully open? I can only see the bottom portion where it says end task, switch to and new task ? Help please

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Hi, I'm trying to create a simple program in Win32 and I can't find how to accept input in the form of text. Like "What's your name: ___" then the user enters their name and my program can evaluate the input. I have already googled this for a long time, …

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hello i have a gateway NV52 AMD Athlon with windows 7 when i just had it was super fast now im 1 year later and my laptop is so freeking slow i want to put it back to the factory installation but im afraid i will loose windows 7 then.i …

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Hey guys, I've read some other posts and found some similar problems like mine. For some reason, my AVG is detecting a Trojan Horse under the name of Generic18.XUD It is in my c:\Windows\Temp\lymj\setup.exe (but when I do go into my Temp folder, i dont see any folder named that) …

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[ATTACH]17851[/ATTACH] Hi, Format my PC and installed SQL Server 2008. Setup hangs as shown in attached image. Installing on Win 7 64 bit OS. To install SQL Server SP1 is left to do due to this. FYI, the top text reads: Running post-Windows Installer configuration timing actions the bottom text …

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I have a pretty good computer. While online and watching video. The PC suddenly restart. This happens once in a while. I use Win XP Pro, SP2. Have latest ZoneAlarm Pro, Norton Antivirus, SpySweeper, AdWare, AVG, Roboform. I tried to unplug unused hardware like modem and usd ports. And still …

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Hello, I'm playing with win API functions readFile and WriteFile. Is it possible to open file using CreateFile in binary mode just like using fopen standard C function. I tried with function WriteFile to write string to a file but it seems that file is opened in textual mode. What …

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hi evereyone, i have some problem related to graphics in c++ that is when i include graphics.h in my program and use graphic command like draw line etc..then suddenly windows has been closed and messages appears that "NTVDM CPU HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION", and some error code and two …

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i have a problem with windows 7 home premiume HP 32Bit. when setup already i use internet explorer, when i stop use it on my desktop can not use, such as : can not right on desktop. help me?!!

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When I first came to this forum, I was very unfamiliar with everything. As most of you already know, I had never been to a forum. I was pulled in when looking for a free Office for Windows XP. Even though I read all the Faq's and rules. :S I …

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My Problem starts when i borrowed my classmates USB flash drive i click a 'katrinascandal.vbs". . . Then not knowing anything i didn't think my drive was going to be infected with it Then i start opening "My Computer" then C: and i found out i have "Katrinascandal.vbs" So i …

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hi,why my laptop its geting so slow,its a fujitsu siemens amilo pro,windows xp profesional,2gb memory 65gb hdd,free space 32 gb,i download some programs like registry cleaner,but still not wery good,xp supouse to be much faster that vista...if is any solution....

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After using Dban on a hard drive I reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro every thing went fine and works great except it made all the slot drives cdef dvd G and the hardrive H I changed the slot C to I and tried to re assign letter …

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Hi, I followed your advice as below. My problem is, when you say to "Click the checkbox beneath the microphone heading and raise the volume slider about midway," I find that the volume slider is grayed out and I cannot adjust the volume. Also, I see no checkbox available beneath …

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my browser repetidly says "ActiveX doesn't work properly withthis configuration" ,then i go to Windows update and says "administrators only" What can i do?

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Hello. After scanning this computer in safe mode with Nod32, Makwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, and TFC I got rid of around ~700 infections. But still I believe that there is something left because malwarebytes sometimes finds some folders infected. I scanned again with all those programs and non of them found anything. …

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When I try to start my computer in Safe mode using the F8 key, I don't get the "Windows Advanced Options Menu". Instead I get a window that says "Please Select Boot Device" with the following three options: Removable Device, Hard Drive, and ATAPI CD-ROM I using WinXP SP2.

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