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Hi... I suspect this pc has a virus. It automatically sends out email to people in the contact list with offer of iphone 3 Gs, recently from [url]www.eeook.com[/url] and [url]www.ayoeft.com[/url]. It also run very slowly. I installed MBAM, Spybot S&D, and Ad-aware one week ago but were automatically uninstalled. I …

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I have to install Visual Studio 6 in XP Mode on Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7. Both use SQLServer 2005. Which do I install the SQLServer 2005, on the Windows 7 or XP Mode or do I need to do two installs?

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Hello I have been trying to make a function that can send the output data or any text to a network printer, I read many articles/posts about it but nothing is working, have been looking for almost a week... Whenever the program tries to use the printer function, it either …

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Hi All: Is anyone else having trouble with the new Hotmail format? On two different computers (one with WIndows XP, the other Windows 98), both my husband and I cannot reply to, compose or forward messages. The new message page comes up on the screen (without the toolbar), but the …

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hi, I have win xp on c drive.i installed win 2k3 on d:\. in that case my win xp had not boot.so how to install or boot win xp on c: along with win 2k3 server

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Yesterday was Microsoft's big day. Windows 7 was released. Did you go buy your copy already? Are you waiting? Whether you have or haven't doesn't really matter but I'm going to give you my five reasons why you [B]should[/B] switch to Windows 7 and five more why you [B]shouldn't[/B]. Both …

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Hello, I have received many flash drives on an order that have message USB Device not Recognized.....malfunction. Can anyone tell me how to fix this ? I am testing these drives on Windows XP. Thx

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well im working on this for a customer and im kinda stumped. atfirst i just thought it was a loose cable so i removed the display. checked the cables and tightened everything down so it wasn't wobbling all over the place.. unfortunatly it still have lines across the bottom, the …

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In Windows XP Pro, in addition to an administrator account, I also have a limited account for going online. (Yes, I also take virtually all of the other recommended precautions against malware.) I want my administrator and limited accounts to be able to share all my documents (as well as …

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This is a WXP computer that starts from the "off" state in about a minute, however, a warm restart takes 15 minutes. I have defragged, emptied recycle, purged temporary files, deleted the prefetch folder, disabled unneeded startups. How do I fix this?

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I don't know much about computers and how to protect them (probably why I got these viruses in the first place), but I do know a virus is preventing me from going on any virus removal sites such as McAfee. What should I do?

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Hey guys, I have Vista on my laptop and I keep getting this Vista antispyware 2010 popping up...Anyone might know how to remove this rougeware? Thanks Ernie

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everytime i try to start my laptop computer, i get this message on a blue screen (although, it does not look like a traditional Blue Screen of Death)...i've tried reseting to the last settings that worked, but i end up at this same screen: -------------------- STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} …

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I am currently getting search engine redirects with both Yahoo and Google. I have run antispyware programs and the only thing they find is fips.sys which appears to be a Microsoft file and can't be removed. Following is my HijackThis log. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Logfile of Trend …

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Hi, I posted about the problems I'm having in another section here because I don't think it's a spyware/virus issue... but I could be wrong! : [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread262826.html[/URL] Basically my pc is running VERY slowly (even in safe mode) and stalls every few minutes. Sometimes when it stalls it's for 10 …

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I'm trying to make a button to open a new form in a Win32 Forms App. Lets say the form I'm opening is called Form2 and the button is called button1. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Hi. My PC has been running well for 3.5 years. Worst issues I have had were some viruses but I handled them easily, and last virus infection was 5-6 months ago. I'm not a tech guy, and I have not messed with my PC's hardware. I have cleaned the dust …

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I'm completely clueless about most things techy but would really appreciate some help if anyone is feeling particularly patient... I have been experiencing a load of issues with my pc, but the final straw has been the cd drive refusing to acknowledge discs, which I put down to it dying, …

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I'm trying to fix an ASUS M2N-MX SE Plus AMD2 Socket Board with a AMD Athlon 5200+ CPU. I have reloaded Windows XP Pro Service pack3 which runs all fine until I put a disk in the DVD Burner. (LG Super Multi) on a IDE cable. Orginally I set the …

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Hi, I just found this installation helper (it might have been around for a while but I have not heard of it) and thought others might enjoy. I haven't tried it yet, but it should save a lot of work with re-installations and new or clean installations. After you have …

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Hi, recently it's very frustrating to me that my firefox has been hijacked. Every time I start firefox, it starts at a strange website rather than my home page. I have run AVG, Ad-Ware, Trendmicro, Registry Mechanics, the problem still persists. Here is my HijackThis log file, if anyone can …

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my wife's just tried to log onto her computer (windows vista)... and it said: "the user profile service failed the logon, user profile cannot be loaded." any ideas?? yes, the password is correct. there's alot of important documents on there... i know i can probably retrieve the documents from the …

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Dear, I have lost all the installed printers in Win2K Server. When I tried to add new printer it say alert "Printer operation cannot continue due to lack of resources. The print subsystem is unavailable". I have tried to restart the spooler service. It successfully started but when I opened …

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I run Windows XP Pro SP3 and have an Intel Pentium 3 computer with 27 gb hard drive, 384mb system RAM, video card ATI RADEON 7200 with 64MB RAM, Sound Blaster audio, DVD-ROM, CD burner, 10/100 network card, and US Robotics v90 56k modem. Yesterday I noticed that none of …

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I have a compaq 3200 computer. It takes so long to load. Then it freezes at times. Does anyone have any insight into this problem. Also, what is a tag? Thank you. Roxie148

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Hi guys, am managing a small office network and i would like to know if there's a way to install a software from my computer to all other computers in the networ, and if i can manage each individually and remotely. Any suggestion is welcome!

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Hi, Is there a way to partition a disk formated to GUID? I've just installed an XP on a Dell PC a friend received by way of the local post office collectibles. It's a nice Pepi PC but after installing the OS I've found out that the 80 GB HD …

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Okay so I went through all the steps and here is my issue... I use BitDefender for my protection and turned it off to run A-Squared & HouseCall (the other would not go past 31%). BD found this Trojan but none of the others did. Problem is BD said it …

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I have mcafee, so far it will not delete the programs, it will not do anything to them. It is getting really anoying, any ideas on what I can do? Thanks.

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Hi, I have never used aero theme, so I like it on my W7 :) The best thing that I like on W7 is computer speed. On XP my computer was slow(Don't knw why).

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I have Dell and have Windows XP installed. This month (February 2010) I have had my Xp crash this being the 2nd time. I can only go into safe mode. I have done the repair before but it always takes forever. What could be the problem?? I have Norton internet …

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I am trying to set up a network at home so that I can connect to the internet from one computer. When I start the Network Connection Wizard, I get to "Select a connection method" and chose "This computer connects directly to the internet. The other computers on my network …

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I am trying to set up my server with Windows NT 4, I have installed the software and all is good unill i reboot and it trys to log in. I get the follow "can not..... 6A6..... I have seen the error of the mircosoft site but dont know what …

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I was able to obtain a Dell OEM disk of Win XP Media Center Edition, do a repair and get back on my PC. I have run Malwarebytes in both Safe Mode and regular mode. It cleaned out approx 34 virus/malware files. I also ran my McAfee which is not …

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I notice there was a query about this some time back, but couldn't see a soloution. This has happened on two computers of mine, both less than 3 months old. I suspect a virus, but I can't see anything. Any bright ideas, anyone, please. I'm stumped.

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Just wanted to have an idea what people prefer for their systems. Whether they leave their systems running all the time or they want to turn it off using several ways. Please select whatever you prefer to do most of the time.

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Hi! I've posted this on another forum but didn't solve the problem, so I thought I would try here :) I have an Acer Aspire X1200 with 4 gb ram, Athlon 64 dual core 5000+ 2.6 gh, and am running Vista Home Premium with SP2. I've had it about a …

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hey guys the folder option in ma control panel is missing...help me out wid da stuff...temme the antivirus software to utilise ...in order to bring my computer back to norm.

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I'm running WinXP with a 250GB HD. I have the HD split into 2 partitions, (C: and L:). Well recently I realized that I have about 70GB of unallocated space, so I decided I was gonna add redistribute it. I start up partition magic and tell it what I need …

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Hi everyone, I know how busy everyone is and sincerely apologize for taking up your time, but I believe I've been bested by some sort of malicious program. I knew I had some sort of infection for a while, as google chrome would redirect to random websites whenever i clicked …

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Less than a year after launching its high performance computing strategy, Microsoft finds its [URL= http://www.microsoft.com/hpc/] HPC Server 2008[/URL] near the top of the heap. The Windows Server 2008 derivative placed 23rd on a list of the 500 top-performing supercomputers in the world, as measured by the [URL= http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/] National …

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Hi guys, I need to know how to get names and sequence numbers for exiting restore points on windows OSs. [URL="http://128.175.24.251/forensics/restorepoints.htm"]http://128.175.24.251/forensics/restorepoints.htm [/URL] Here is explained where I can find the restore points names and sequence numbers on Windows XP , but I'm hoping for an easier way. Also on Windows …

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Chip and PIN credit card attack leaves banks on shaky ground according to one analyst, although oddly enough the banks appear to disagree. Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have revealed how the Chip and PIN credit card security system is flawed and left vulnerable to fraud. Steven …

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I'M currently running Vista but am trying to move at least 90% of my computer usage to Linux so I've download Ubuntu. So I burned the ISO to a CD and now I need to know how to install it but give it a separate bigger partition than my Windows. …

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I am using the Windows 2003 Server as a NAT router. I need to do port forwarding through RRAS(Routing And Remote Access Services). I notice however that RRAS only allows you to forward one port at a time. Is there a way to forward a range of ports like 2300-2400, …

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maybe its a dum question but i cant encrypt anything on my win7 home premium my ENCRYPT button is grey meaning i cant press it i don know why i tried everything and my security tab does show up

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Hello, I just purchased Microsoft Vista at Circuit City. When I went to install there was NO DVD and only one half of the product key. Circuit City will not reimburse me, or exchange for something else. Need the software/key legally. I’d like to find a full download and figure …

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Hi: I just got a brand new computer from HP. The HP line is HP Elite m9350f with the following specs: 1. AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.5GHz 2. 6GB RAM 3. Motherboard: Asus M2N78-LA 4. NVIDIA 9800 GT 512MB 5. Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Edition The computer is only a …

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Hey guys, My sister in law has an old computer(Gateway),and she accepted some kind of virus,because she clicked ok when that fake virus cleaner popped up on her system. So,I tried going into safe mode but it only kept rebooting back to the OES startup.Someone suggested that I change the …

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hello all, does anyone know how to shut off the auto complete (when typing in address bar or google search bar , etc...)in windows XP? any help would be appreciated. thanks!

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