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Hi folks, My wife's computer will not reboot when the restart option is selected. She's running XP Pro SP 3. I've checked out the Roxio CD creation issue and she doesn't use it - same with advanced power issues. The computer does stop because you can see the Windows Shutting …

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Hey guys, I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium on an HP Pavillion dv6810us laptop, and I've recently begun having problems with my DVD drive. When I push the button to eject my DVD drive, nothing happens. Also, I have a DVD in there right now and it doesn't recognize it. …

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I'm writing a header file for a class project and one of the functions we have to add finds a patient's age from their birth date. I need to write the function without arguments or any user input and can't use a static date. I've figured out enough that I …

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Hey guys I got this: [url]http://anubis.iseclab.org/?action=result&task_id=1d6bac2290116b4f451943bdef5f2eca6&format=html[/url] from a link on the infamous 4chan website...a friend thought it'd be funny to send me a link and now I have this virus...I have connected to their IRC and seen their botnet...how can I get rid of this!? Thanks PO edit: just thought …

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I need to graph a simply 2-D graph. I am having a problem getting matplotlib to work. I am using python 2.6 on a Windows 64-Bit operating system (Windows 7). I have downloaded matplotlib v0.99 for windows 64 bit. When I go to import pylab there is no error message …

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Hi all. I use a PC a lot but ask me a techie question about it and you may as well be speaking Martian, so please bear with me. I have an intermittent problem whereby my PC freezes, and shows a screen of slightly off horizontal lines, sometimes black and …

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Hello everyone, So I recently upgraded my PC after having a 939 DIL Socket processor for years. I've been spending the past few days trying to get it back up to scratch but I have a problem. Each time I run a game (MW2/Total Annihilation/Half Life 1 etc) the game …

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Hi I use my pc for e/mails and getting assigments for work in the last few weeks i can not click any links i have to copy and paste everything, i can not click links on exgamlpe e/bay leave feeedback i have tried what everthing on the internet page nothing …

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Hi, I have a Lenovo K210 system that upgraded (from Vista) to W7 and installed a 2nd 500HDD and usually don't pay attention to the Windows Start screen (since I usually put the system is "sleep" mode) but when I rebooted the system a little while ago I noticed a …

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I plug the usb in, it says new hardware installed, and then in the bottom right i get the icon to connect/disconnect it, but I cant find the drive so I can copy things to it...

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My Dell Dimensions 8100 main hard drive is dieing. I have a second hard drive installed already recognized and with plenty of gigs(60 or 80). The problem is I've never had a computer that started with a different OS. Do I install Windows Me First and then Windows XP?? or …

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i m currently using windows vista home basic.... i think my registry files are corrupt and i am unable to fix this problem......

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can any 1 help how can i remove cookie 4rm my machine or which z the besst antivirus

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Tackling Malware and Spyware had become a daily task for most of internet users. Lets see the history of these virus, the aims behind there creation, how do they enter our personal computer (pc) or a server. [B]First Malware found on:[/B] Basically the first known internet Worms were created only …

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I can't setup the Kaspersky 2010 anti virus in my pc. The software finished his installation process. At last position, the installation process stop & the software be invisual. I can't submit the activation code. Because after finish the installation, the program didn't start. Some time it open & saw …

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I am trying to store a single random number from 0 to 99 to a variable. This is what I used in my code to do that: [code]time_t t; time(&t); srand((unsigned int)t); int rTSB(rand() % 100);[/code] I am trying to make a single random picture show up when you start …

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Hi all, Does doing multiple restarts in a relatively short period of time cause slowdown of the restarting process? It happened to me, with long loading times, black screens with the round loading curser between the "windows is starting" and "welcome" screens and a black desktop background before everything else …

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Hi all. I have this peculiar problem, that all popular antivirus sites have been redirected to localhost (127.0.0.1). My computer has Windows XP prof. SP2. I've checked the hosts file (windows\system32\drivers\etc), and it is fine. I next checked the system for virus with latest stinger, it didn't find anything wrong. …

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hi. i'm encoutering an error when i'm trying to install windows xp on a laptop with a pre installed windows 7. the xp cd will boot, but after a while, before entering the setup options, a blue screen error will appear.. is it possible to have that laptop installed with …

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Hi all. Me again, I have a quick curiousity question about a configuration that happened during boot. Last weekend, I had installed some windows updates through Automatic updates, but denied to install a patch for, I believe, DataSafe. I then proceeded to shut down the computer and left for several …

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Hi guys! I have really frustrating situation going with my computer. Almost every day my computer is going down with BSOD that saying that something is wrong with my Tcpip.sys. Googled for solutions for days, scanned for viruses with different programs, installed firewall, but nothing, nothing came out. Please, help! …

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Hi guys I'm having a problem with all the program I use to open blocked URL's like when I run FreeGate program the Internet Explorer window is blank no box to put the words I want to search for as for Ultrasurf program doesn’t work also , showing a message …

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Hi Guys, Been having problems with my IE brower redirecting or random browers opening up with different sites over the last few days its driving me up the wall!! It took me several attempts on google clicking on the link that brought me to this forum where i have read …

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I have an asus 17 ASUS W2Pc NOTEBOOK 17" WUXGA 2GB RAM 2.0 Ghz CORE 2 DOU Im having trouble with my laptop lcd im getting vertical lines which cover half of the screen but with an extended desktop it works good can you suggests anything to fix this problem …

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I've been having issues with a virus on my computer. It is a pop-up that says my computer is infected with horrible viruses that are stealing information from my computer and that I need to download their anti-virus software to fix it. This virus also redirects my computer almost everytime …

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I know how to do this with XP machines, but not quite up on it with Vista. I have a workgroup with several XP machines on it all mapped to the same printer. We brought in a Vista laptop with a different workgroup name. I need to know how to …

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I have Windows Defender installed, and whenever I open the My Videos folder, which contains tons of movies, Windows Defender warns me that malicious code is being run, and it has to close explorer.exe. While I can sorta play some of the movies (by having the expand folder option for …

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OS on my laptop: Vista. To keep it short, my laptop does not turn on normally anymore. When I turn it on, screen stays black, and lights keep turning on/off every minute or so, as if it was restarting. I thought that taking out the battery and putting it back …

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I was recently laid off. Before turning in my work laptop I was allowed to download all my files to a flash drive to take with me. I bought a new laptop (w/Windows 7) and everything was going fine until about a week later when all of a sudden the …

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From last three month i am searching a solution for my problem any box or form that i copy paste from internet to my exel sheet it can not be removed i have to copy all data to another exel sheet doe's any body have solution for this.??????????

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Hello, I am not to sure if this is possible to be able to record a web history. I currently have Server 2008, and have two machines on Vista and one on XP (wireless), what i want to do is to store web history for for the two Vista machines, …

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I used the safe mode but it gives me the defalt username wich is not the right one is a reset disk a option? I need help!

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Hello again, it is me with another homework hurdle. I am currently tasked with creating a Set class. We are not permitted to use Python's set class. I have looked at Python's set class for hints, but I had difficulty understanding it. We are not allowed to add methods not …

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I have windows vista on a sony laptop. My primary (C) drive is corrupt, however my recovery drive (E) is still intact. MY laptop is stuck in a continuous reboot loop. I got all my data back, so thats not an issue. Using a vista boot cd and going to …

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My organization is researching entering into the world of server virtualization. I am needing to plan the number of virtual servers and which services should be ran on each in order to guide our hardware purchases. Currently, we have the following servers running the indicated services: [LIST] [*]Primary DC / …

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I'm graduating from the University of the Cumberlands in May and I have put together a resume and would really like some input. Attached is a doc format and pdf format. I've also posted the text version within the forum. Thanks in advance. Travis Coleman ---------------------------------------------- Travis Coleman 402 Leonard …

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Apparently, the besieged, [URL="http://www.mcafee.com"]McAfee[/URL] antivirus-protected world saw little relief in the past 24 hours with McAfee engineers still scrambling to come forth with an answer. I guess the Executive VP, Barry McPherson, doesn't use his own product because he was able to post to his [URL="http://siblog.mcafee.com/support/a-long-day-at-mcafee/"]blog[/URL] a couple of times …

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My new desktop with Vista Home Premium seems to be restarting automatically now and then. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen when I'm around. I checked the events through eventvwr but it just says the system restarted unexpectedly (and gives some binary junk I can't understand). I have disabled the possible causes …

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There's no news yet on McAfee's [URL="http://www.mcafee.com"]website[/URL] about what happened today when their famed antivirus program went bonkers and froze computers by misidentifying a common Windows file as a virus. If it's an actual virus hack, it's a pretty darn clever one--to make the antivirus program think a system file …

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This is VC++ 6.0 code running on a Windows Server 2003 SP2 machine. 1. I launch an external exe from my code using CreateProcess() 2. This process creates a file on disk 3. I do rc = WaitForSingleObject(procInfo.hProcess,INFINITE); 4. rc is returned as WAIT_OBJECT_0 5. int result = _stat( strDestFile, …

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Hi all, Can anyone please help me about this problem? I want to upload file from one server to another using some sort of php class or some another PEAR file? For now I have downloaded pear file from pear.php.net. It works great but when I want to send files …

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I've been trying to fix a computer for a very stubborn client. IE is not loading any pages unless it is in Safe Mode. I am not at work now and won't be for a couple of days but I thought maybe you could point me in the right direction. …

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My laptop takes way too long to startup, what can i do to speed it up? Attached is my Hijackthis log.

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hi whene i sutdown win 7 monitor turn off but power still workinng !!! how can slove this probleam thansk

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Alright I have dial-up that I use to download patches and stuff on my 360. I use internet connection sharing to connect to Xbox Live, and it worked fine with XP. I set up ICS on XP and I would be able to download all the patches perfectly. Now with …

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I am new here and I have some questions about Windows 7. Is it way better than any operating system? What is its pros and cons? I hope someone could help me about this.

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hello. i got my laptop bac from cervice 2 months ago, and now it starts 2 make klicking sounds in the speakers, it vibrates and the fan goes all the time. what should i do? this will be the third time it will need a service, or ill get my …

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Hi, I had two hard disks on which I had setup Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to dual boot. Last week I disconnected the two hard disks, added an old IDE hdd and installed Ubuntu on it. As long as the ubuntu hdd is the lone one installed in …

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Hello how's it going ! I've been trying to get rid of this virus that poses as a windows security threat , by trying to get me to buy their security no way! this thing wouldnt let me go on the net or open any of my applications to get …

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