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| | I've repeatedly tried to change my logon screen saver timeout time via Start | Run regedt32 | HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOut but although it faithfully stores the number of seconds I want, it keeps actually timing out after 10 minutes no matter what. It wouldn't matter otherwise, but having more than one … |
| | Please can someone help me to stop a programe from running at startup. Farstone instant burning (part of Virtual Drive pro 11) loads on start up and clicking on the instant burning window causes an error message to appear that says DCTryShl_Rc.dll has caused an error and needs to be …  |
| | I was able to get to my task manager and deleted av.exe several times and it finally went away. My friend helped me delete some stuff in the registry but i don't know if it is gone or not. I had Kaspersky Lab AntiVirus 2009 installed and i updated again …  |
| | My computer has been infected by many viruses and spyware to the point of no return and has been partitioned many times. So now I have taken my computer back from my very irresponsible roommate and want to rewrite to zeros and start over. Can someone tell me how to … |
 | Well first of all, hi, and thanks to all of you guys, cause this may be the first time I start a thread, but not the first time that one of you solve my problems. Anyway. I'm following an internet tutorial about API development, ( [url]http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/menus.html[/url] ) But rigth now … |
| | Hello, All, Thanks for the help in advance. My husband's computer had attracted a number of viruses - Virtumonde, Zedo, etc. - that I've since removed. However, yesterday, a "sever busy" pop-up window started appearing, and windows would freeze after about 3 minutes of normal operation. At that point, no …  |
| | I have a Gateway T-Series notebook that will play sound from the output jack through headphones but will not play from the on-board speakers. Why is this? I've tried updating drivers (SigmaTel High Definition Audio), to rolling back the system to the first system recovery backup, all to no avail. … |
| | I recently had trouble with the avsoft malware and would appreciate it if someone could look at my logs and tell me if I need to remove anything. I have run malwarebytes 4 times and have found something each time. I have posted my most recent logs from mbytes and … |
| | Am I correct that WOT, IE8's SmartScreen, and OpenDNS checks the URLs of websites online against their own databases, while SpywareBlaster checks URLs against IE’s resident list of Restricted Sites? And that in addition, SpywareBlaster also changes Windows and browser settings to block bad sites? |
| | Hi, I'm hoping someone on Daniweb may be able to help me out with this problem I'm having:- Since Thursday, people have not been able to access their work computers from home over a VPN connection. Users can authenticate through the firewall and register on the network (the server gives … |
| | Hello, I have three Hard disk drives on my laptop. The details: Hard disk C has a total 15 of GB space, Partition D has 268 GB space and E has 181 GB. All the work I do goes only to Hard disc C and space in Hard disc D … |
| | I can't goto any sites. My homepage loads, then I can go maybe to more pages before IE takes me to about:blank. It says the site is blocked, and wants me to goto another site and get their spyware. here is my hijack log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 …  |
| | I'm running windows xp with sp2. I just did a fresh install of windows xp and did all windows updates. the motherboard is MSI ms-7309 or k9n6pgm2-v2. I also did all updated drivers for the motherboard too. The problem I'm having is when I get to the desktop and I … |
| | The same error as in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread187942.html"][B]this thread[/B][/URL] (except that the "word" with @’s is much longer) popped up for me just now and your post is the only occurrence containing this string found by Google. I am scared to see that your post is this old and had no answers... …  |
| | Hi guys, am dual booting Windows XP and Linux Suse, but now i want uninstall linux coz am having space crisis. The only problem is that Linux is managing my Boot, i tried to uninstall it once but my computer couldn't boot, it was serious until i re-installed the linux. … |
| | Hi guys, Please help me on this! i recently gave my laptop to someone for some work and wen it came back, there's this thing called security anti-virus running on it. i don't know how it came about but it's some strong Troja horse, i think. It has taken control … |
| | IE8’s Protected Mode can run at low integrity, under which applications can't be launched without the user's permission. Am I right that there’s no point in enabling this, since PC Tools Firewall is already prompting me as to whether I want to allow applications to be launched? Or does IE8’s … |
| | When logged into Windows, it's safer to websurf in a limited user account (rather than an administrator user account) because then if you do get infected by malware, the malware won't have administrator account privileges, and so has less ability to harm your computer. But what if you're logged into … |
| | Hi I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit, last night I had to reformat my hard drive, I got a bad virus, that would not let me download any programs to erase it. I have two drives, 1 is a dvd rw, the other is a cdrom, the dvd says … |
| | Please help! My son has a Trojan virus on his computer. It WILL NOT allow connection to the internet. I don't know what to do. This trojan keeps popping up called the'32.dripper' and it's requesting payment in order to remove it. It will not allow me to pull up the … |
| | [I]Disclaimer: I did post this in the Windows 7 forum, I hope it doesn't break the rules to post it in both since it falls under both topics. Thanks for your understanding.[/I] Hi, hopefully someone can help me with this, since there seems to be dozens of threads similar to … |
| | i can use my usb moden in vista but when i plug in my usb modem to my windows7 it can't find any driver, how can i find the driver?... |
| | it has been just 20 days since i bought my dell inspiron 14.... n when i use the touch pad.. the mouse cursor gets stuck at times... and today... when i switched on the laptop.. i had a problem with logging in... the display got stuck and the music i … |
| | Hello, Last night all of my files worked fine and I had no issues. This morning, I went to watch a video using windows media player and got an error stating that it couldnt play the video, the picture was there but it had no sound. I tried using VLC … |
| | When a shortcut was added to the Desktop on XP it was placed at the end of list on the screen. Now, on Windows7, when a new shortcut is added it gets put immediately below the Computer icon at top left. Is this a Vista/W7 thing? I've tried changing the … |
| | According to figures revealed with the publication of the [URL="http://www.ibm.com/security/xforce"]IBM X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk Report[/URL], not only do web application vulnerabilities remain the largest category of security disclosure for the last year but, worryingly when you consider that the number of such vulnerabilities found by organisations has not decreased … |
| | Hi all, I think this is a pretty minor problem, considering that I bought my laptop only a few days ago and haven't really downloaded a lot (only programs that I trust) or visited many websites. Basically, everytime I run Spyware Terminator, it tells me that there is a critical … |
| | My problem is that..... whenever i try to run a graphics program in c on windows vista,it does not since it is not supporting fullscreen mode. please tell how could i run graphics pro do i need visual c???  |
| | Hi, Following on from my question, If my computer was infected with spyware, and all the other bad stuff, [B]how would I re-image my computer?[/B] I am part of a [B][I][U]domain[/U][/I][/B], and the admin has disabled system restore, which always results in me having to go and get it fixed, … |
| | I like to watch a lot of movies online. Well used to anyways. For some reason when I go online to StageVu or another site, even Youtube, my computer freezes during the movie/video no matter how long it is and becomes unresponsive. If I can get through a whole movie/video … |
| | In Windows XP, in addition to an administrative account, I have a limited account for the internet (to help safeguard against malware). Should I log off of my administrative account before accessing the net via my limited account? And is there any way for a website to infect you other … |
| | I cant restore my Nec versa laptop from windows 7 using my recovery disc..I dont why...maybe u guys might help me ...tnx... |
| | I'm trying to format my hard drive. I've created a boot disk and changed my bios to boot from a: (yes it's an old pc) when I type format c: /s I get an error "Cannot Format a Network Drive" how do I fix this? RJ |
| | Is WOT's list of bad websites better than Microsoft's? And does WOT enable you to download their list (like an anit-virus program lets you download a list of virus definitions)? Because that's not what SmartScreen does. It sends the URLs to Microsoft to check, which sounds like an invasion of … |
| | I have an issue that's been beating me up for a week or so. I have an XP PC that will just drop off the network. What happens is that everything will be fine and then all of a sudden, I cannot browse the internet or use the network at … |
| | I have a simple online credit application where customers put in their credit related data, i.e. Name, Address, SS #, Birthday, etc. I have to use another program to pull credit that requires me to input all that info. So currently I get my online app screen up and have …  |
| | Running windows XP SP2. Afew moments after botting up I get the "blue screen of death" and the following error code. stop: 0x000000F4 (0x0000003, 0x85D1F7B8, 0x85D1F92C, 0x805D1206) When I try to log into Safe mode my arrow keys will not work to allow me to choose safe mode and the … |
| | To run SpywareBlaster 4.2 (Free Edition), apparently every time I boot up I have to manually launch it and then click Enable All Protection, right? Even then I don't see it in Windows Task Manager (under either the Applications or Processes tabs), or in the Windows Taskbar Notification Area. What … |
| | Hi. I have an Acer Aspire 4920G laptop which fully supports Vista and 7. So I install Windows 7 without any problem. I can use the aero mode and all the eye candy in Windows 7. But when i play any games like CS, Battle Field, FIFA, Winning, etc. i … |
 | I'm in a college course right now which focuses mainly on setting up and administering a windows network (Windows Server and Windows Client). I would also like to learn, on the side, how to setup a comparable Linux server solution. Something that would have all the standard amenities that a … |
 | Those of us who can remember when Internet access meant slow dial-up modems connecting via pay per minute service providers will also be all too familiar with the concept of the porn dialler. For the youngsters out there, these took advantage of the fact that most punters had no idea … |
| | Every so often my desktop and taskbar disappear. I opened the task manager and restart explorer.exe, everything comes back. Then it disappears again and again. Any clues on what could be causing this and what could fix it. Thanks ahead. |
| | Hello guys, I have problems with herss.exe for months. This spyware has extended not only to my computer but also to all of my usb keys and external disk. So whenever I scan and delete all of the files, it appears again after restart. Avast finds same stuff every day. … |
| | ok this happen yesterday when i put in the win xp installation cd and it booted and the it starts to load driver and check system and the stuff it does before showing me my hard disk. After that loads it shows the screen where it is suppose to show … |
| | Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:02:37 PM, on 2/24/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\hkcmd.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\CAVTray.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\CAVRID.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\YOP\yop.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\ymsgr_tray.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Yahoo!\browser\ycommon.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\ISafe.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Antivirus\VetMsg.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe … |
| | Hi, My desktop hangs frequently lately, not sure whether it is being infected by virus. Attached is the hijackthis log, would appreciate your help to analyze and advise whether there is anything I need to remove or add in. Thanks. |
 | So...... long story short yesterday.... I was watching TV and saw the commercial for my clean pc where you go online and get a free diagnosis of you pc.... well I download their program... and it totally messed up my pc. first thing it did was install a virus onto … |
| | Hold power button until the little blue light that is beside the card reader goes out. That will get you restarting and will work itself out and go away once all updated. Maybe swap DVD drives to install Vista (use YouCam for webcam and QuickPlay for remote control to work)Hope … |
| | A couple of days ago i turned on my computer and it kept restarting every few seconds. Once i finally got on different programs said that they were failing and had to shut down. Sometimes i could not connect to the internet too. I also noticed that my computer was … |
| | Somehow this paladin software, which i did not download, got a hold of my operating system. It uses windows to make it look offical and like i have a lot of viruses and downloaded porn on my desktop( have not verified but i have icons) and suggest that i run … |
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