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I've had Vista installed for a few weeks now, really regretting the decision, as I even got a BSOD during installation a few times!, but recently it has been asking for third party drivers for EVERYTHING I plug into the USB, including my optical mouse! I just seems to me …

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I have a old HP Pavilion ze2000 that will not start. I tried restarting my laptop in all 4 modes and all I get is a black screen. Tried reinstalling windows xp and it gets to the blue set up screen and freezes at "windows is starting". The HD test …

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The fan is making bad noise on my Dell Dimension 8300 (7 years old) and it takes about 11 minutes before my monitor is on. What would be the best....I don't really want to change my computer...but if need be!!! Thanks for your kind answers. Also how to check whether …

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Dear All, I am developing an app that will hook on to the ExtTextOutW and capture the text to be displayed on the screen and log it to a file. I am doing this on Windows XP and VC++ 2008. I have managed to do the above for a notepad …

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A few weeks ago, I sat with my digital camera and cut the pictures from it to my folder on my desktop, I pasted them inside the Pictures folder that was in that folder and then I made 2 copies of that Picture folder and put in on my desktop, …

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When I start Sims2, this message pops up: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda" Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I ran DXDIAG, then I went to 'display' and all the DirectX Features are …

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Hi all, I would be very grateful if anyone has some suggestions on how to rectify this issue i am having. I have a HP touchsmart Tx2z notebook with Windows 7 (64 bit) operating system and ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics card, N-Trig software bundle 2.184 Driver version 1.26. When …

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Internet explorer keeps running in the background even if i end the process on task manager. I also receive random pop ups and sounds in the background. I hear a clicking sound as if i were clicking on internet explorer but I'm not. It also turns off my sound every …

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I have to learn cobol but my acc in openVMS have no yet opened Does anyone know any windows software (like visual studio) which can write and compile and run cobol program? I know what to write some easy program now. Thanks in advance

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I bought a new laptop a couple months ago and it seems to run slow at times. Have run m-bam and atf cleaner regularly. Most times I have 70 to 80 processes running. This seems like a lot. May not be the right forum for this but not sure where …

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The popularity of Windows 7 features like Touch and Multi-Touch technology means more software developers are developing applications for Windows 7, according to a recent survey conducted by Embarcadero Technologies. [ATTACH=right]15815[/ATTACH]More than half of the 606 software developers surveyed – 54% – stated they are currently developing applications for Windows …

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First off I am not great with computer talk But I have been trying ot fix this for a week now and I am going crazy. so here it goes. Was playing video games on my gate way amd phenomil 9100 E quad core and it crashed when I when …

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I have finally bit the bullet and I am now using Win7 Pro 64 as a development machine (thanks to a burnt out video card on my old trusted XP Pro (32) machine. Plus needed to stop getting 'out of memory' errors.) I find the usuability/productivity very low. I understand …

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Just thought Id start a thread for firewall software as that is such important to people using the web. Im currently using commodo and its version 3 before that I was using PC TOOLS then before that Zone Alarm. I upgraded to more full featured firewall programs with more security …

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Can someone tell me whether I can customize this highlighted part in the attachment ( using Windows 7 )

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Server Error in '/PrecompiledWeb1' Application. Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' …

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I loaned my laptop out to a friend and when I received it back he said the internet didn't work anymore. I opened IE and also tried Chrome and it would give me a pop up saying your computer is infected and would try to re-direct me to a site …

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i have a pc that died a tragic death by BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!! Now I have a pos dell that is a 2002 model that runs slow. Can I use Ram Cards from this crashed PC? thanks for any and all, help, consideration of help, hate mail, flames, death …

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For the longest time there has been an implied, some might even say explicit, connection between computer infection and online pornography. According to one developer of AntiVirus software that connection has now been well and truly broken. Ondrej Vlcek, the CTO at [URL="http://www.avast.com"]AVAST Software[/URL], has announced the results of research …

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I got this new laptop with windows vista home basic on it....I wanted to install bearshare onto it but the newer version would not let me search for anything else than videos or music and the older version would not work on vista for some weird reson...what is the possible …

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hello i needs some help my laptop keeps getting hot and shutting down when i restart it it some times says acd adapter ??? i thought i could be the fan but i dont have a clue about laptops lol is a vostro 1000 thanks u

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Hi everyone, I've been having some strange activity with my laptop the past few days and came here with the hopes of figuring out what's wrong to hopefully fix it. Let me try to give you a brief rundown of the problems that started popping up as I realized something …

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compare windows server 2000 and 2003 in terms of interface, directory and security. pls guys this is urgent!!!

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Hi, I managed to set OpenVPN up fine on my windows vista machine at work, however now i need to set the same arrangement up on our server running Windows SBS 2008, on my vista machine the only things i needed to do was to enable internet connection sharing on …

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i am using my campus internet connection where i should configure proxy to access to the internet. how of i want to hide or maybe change my ip address so that the universities admin will not see me.. :) thanks in advance. i had tried using software, but it failed …

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Hi, I managed to set OpenVPN up fine on my windows vista machine at work, however now i need to set the same arrangement up on our server running Windows SBS 2008, on my vista machine the only things i needed to do was to enable internet connection sharing on …

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hi everyone, I have Windows Vista (32-bit) Home premium. Connecting to the Internet had never been a problem - until this morning. My laptop still connects to the internet - it says so in the Network and Settings. However, no browser is able to display any pages - be it …

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Hi Friends, I have a weird problem with my system. Whenever I Type IPConfig in Command Prompt. I got error of Media Disconnected. If I tried to ping to any site it gives me error that requested host is not found. But the most weired thing is I am connected …

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my computer will be doing fine then just randomly freeze up ive ran kaspersky several times and cant find any viruses so i dont thing thats the problem i think it might just be reg files or something like that but im running out of ideas and its hard for …

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Right, here's the history of this horrible mess..... My PC Is a Dell Dimension 2350 OS : Windows XP Home Edition , Version 2002 , Service Pack 2 My PC doesn't recognise any Plug N Play USB Devices. I initially had the problem with an external HD - but eventually …

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how do I set the default size for a window to open, so I don't have to resize it everytime I open it?

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hello every1.. I was really sicked of trying to scan for hosts on my wireless network but the only ip that appears is the router ip address... i used ettercap on linux ubuntu and used cain on windowsXP but even this didn't work... any ideas?!!

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I have a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4DP socket 3 board with AMD Phen II X2 550 cpu, 2 x 2 Gb Kingston ddr2 ram and ATI 4750 1gb card and OcZ modstream power supply, all less than 12mth old. Suddenly went black screen on me and now won't boot up. Won't even …

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My friend has an HP Pavillion and recently the computer stopped booting to windows. When you turn it on it just shows a screen with a flashing command prompt-style cursor. I was able to get into the system set-up and re-arranged the boot order and therefore could boot a Windows …

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pls help me! i cannot load SOME websites in my laptop. i can load facebook fine and google but when i try to visit one site displayed by google its always problem loading page. i can also visit youtube but i cant load a video its always an error occured. …

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My outlook at times does not receive all e mails, in addition, it held on the password section...The ISP told me that I should look into un installing outlook.. Is there any type of thing/program that FIXES it or can someone advise how to un install and re install? Thank …

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hello sir! i am a new user here. I am trying to compile a C code(for 32bit x86 systems) on VS2008 using Lindo API 6.1 for windows(x86) [URL="http://www.lindo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=9"]link[/URL]. My OS is Windows 7 Home Premium x64. After successfully compiling the code, when i run the exe file for debugging, I …

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Stand up if you like paying your income tax. To all of you who have remained seated, which I will assume is indeed all of you, I have some more bad news: the bogus tax collectors want your money as well, and now they have botnets helping them. [attach]15770[/attach]According to …

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Hi .. this is my first post here... i have been trying to solve this problem for two days ..but no luck.. here is my problemm... I am using win32.. I can able to get notified on new device insertion and removal using DBT_DEVTYP_DEVICEINTERFACE [CODE]if ( DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL == wParam || …

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Hello, i've created a simple program for remote cmd. My friend wants to use it but the server of the remote console does not respond for his requests. the server is Vista and he has Windows 7. he tried to run both server and client as administrator. anyone knows why …

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When logging on to internet I get the message "The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading." with the following details. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. * If you are unable …

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Server Error in '/PrecompiledWeb2' Application. ________________________________________ Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: Unrecognized configuration section 'connectionStrings' Source Error: Line 10: <configuration> Line …

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IE explorer keeps showing pop ups. I only use firefox. The IE process is always active. Even when I kill it it keeps appearing. I am trying to get rid of this for several days with no success. If anybody has any tips I would be very grateful. I am …

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Hello, I know how to clean install operating system. What I want to know is during installation of Dells Windows Vista operating system on Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, will it ask for product id or the product key? The product id is in the windows activation section (my computer, right …

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I am not able to connect to many sites. When I tried to download the software you mentioned like atf-cleaner, gmr and dds Cannot open those websitse :(. I cannot connect to windows live to play games and there are many other sites. I am in need of help badly. …

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Having problems with Vista Ultimate have done a clean install on my HP laptop due to registry malfunction but since have done this it will not boot properly keep getting an error message saying thati have installed an external device please uninstall this and then restart but cannot get to …

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Pleae help screens lock up. Ie 8 closes slow like unpainting Scan saved at 8:29:11 PM, on 7/8/2010 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18702) Boot mode: Normal 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:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgchsvx.exe C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgrsx.exe C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgcsrvx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\acsd.exe C:\Program Files\AVG\AVG9\avgwdsvc.exe …

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I am running XP Home on a motherboard with code M811 VER 3.1 using an AMD Athlon 1.33MHz chip with a VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367-8235 chipset (I think!?) I have run Belarc Advisor & got info below; Board: VT8367-8235 Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 09/10/2003 …

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Hi anyone please help me...i am so upset after spending so much of time on coding my program ,now i am unable to open it.[url]http://img138.imageshack.us/i/errormessage.jpg/[/url] in this link you can see my screen shot of error message...please help me ..what do i do to open the file

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