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Hi, i got o problem with starting my HP Laptop. A month ago I installed windows 7 and work fine till yesterday, when, after an update on sept 28, the laptop does not start. I mean, it start , nothing came on, and shutdown in 30 sec, start again, shotdown …

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Hello All, I'm new here and was wondering if someone could help me with a issue I'm having with my computer. First off, I'm infected with a virus that has taken away my desktop icons and start menu. I've tried to run explorer.exe via the task manager and I get …

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I have been having problems with my computer freezing up. It usually happens about 1 minute after turning on the computer....it doesn't matter where it's at in the loading process. It can happen before or after Windows has started. A little about the computer....it is a PENTIUM 4 2.4GHz system. …

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Like many I'm sure, I'd heard a little of the Free Software Foundation - their petitions to the US Govt recently (and a public march if I remember correctly), brought a bit of a laugh. But I recently stumbled upon a new campaign being run by the FSF, entitled the …

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OS: Win2k3. I do not have desktop and the icons. However, the data on this is accessible via Remote Desktop and via network. All Remote Desktop sessions are also seeing a blank screen. Thru Task Manager we were able to run some tasks very tediously, though. Explorer.exe, when run thru …

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Ok so today I just bought and installed 2GB of RAM, and was wondering is it possible to use my old RAM and new RAM at the same time? Because when I inserted the new RAM and turned my computer on, it made like sort of an alarm sound, but …

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No, I'm not talking about a Linux vs. Microsoft or Apple vs Microsoft but rather a prediction by UN Telecommunications Agency Chief Hamadoun Toure'. Apparently, the U.S. Homeland Security and other U.S.-based paranoia groups agree since US Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said that she received the green light …

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Hello all, I'm trying to learn how to make just a basic windows app with some buttons and text windows to make the programs I normally create and interface with through DOS a little more interesting. I'm following the tutorials at [url]http://www.winprog.org/tutorial[/url] and [url]http://www.functionx.com/win32/[/url] . I can manage to get …

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This is kind of a head scratcher for me. We have a few computers that are not loading the address book contacts when we are faxing out YET when I check the address book itsself everything is fine. I checked the windows default contact handler and it is the Windows …

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Running Windows XP Professional OS. Upon startup and practically every 5-10 minutes while working on the computer, I get a RUNDLL pop-up stating "Error loading C:\Documents and Settings\asmith\Local Settings\Application Data\Mzonikodad.dat The specified module could not be found." A thorough search of the internet finds nothing or no one who has …

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Hello all, I bought a Samsung NP-NC10 Notebook. It had XP installed. I replace it with Vista Ultimate, only to crash it as the Notebook won’t accept Vista (presumably because the version I installed is 64-bit?). So, I reinstalled XP and system drivers from the Reload discs. NoteBook now functioning …

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Working with Vista Ultimate. Installed an OCR app [OmniPage 11] the install went to completion but with the message: "failed to update the system registry. Please try using regedit. I write to inquire if there is a general registry update that would achieve success or must one find the app …

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I have a question about licenses for Windows 7. I know a lot of software companies will let you buy a retailers licence for a product and then you could use that product on multi-computers. Does Microsoft allow you to do this with their OS by purchasing something special or …

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I've been working on a laptop and I can't seem to find out why there are temp files constantly and rapidly building up in my temp folders. I ran MalwareBytes which discovered and removed viruses and I also ran AVG Free Antivirus and nothing new came up. I also ran …

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[B]What are the functions of auto.exe file What it does while a computer is booted???????[/B]

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Yesterday, I went to take my computer over to an Ex of mines house for a little lan party with some friends. While it was shutting down, I accedentally unplugged it to early. I didn't think much of it, but when I got to my exs house to set up …

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i have dell vostro 1000 with win xp OS, bought an zonet external wireless usb card, installed its driver from CD; after that windows login screen GUI changed, and after couple of days this security alert message popped up in my laptop but in a different language which i can't …

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Hi All, Can anyone out there give me some tips or urls on setting up and administering microsoft exchange. i've recently change my anti virus software and seam to be getting a lot of virus activity and missing mail, unfortuneatly i know barely anything about exchange, so i dont know …

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Can anyone please tell me how to turn on Java script,I have lost the ability to veiw photos or videos on my laptop Dell inspiron 630m. When I try to veiw anything it says that I need to download Flash player or I have to turn on Java script.

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running IIS6 on server 2003. wrote a classic asp app for uploading flash videos, I have a couple of videos about 2MB each that upload no problem, but the client now has files that are 25MB and 30MB each and IIS times out when trying to upload these. I have …

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I have a gaming computer that just died due to the CPU failing. It had a secondary 500GB HDD that I used to store software on. I am using my backup PC right now, but I'm wondering if I can simply move the 500GB HDD over to this one and …

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I am NOT a expert on the computer! I AM familiar with MS config..who can tell me what should be checked on STARTUP and what should not., I dont want un necessary stuff running yet I dont want to make a major problem by un checking too many things! I …

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HI Team, I have a windows 2003 enterprise server and citrix PS 4.5 is also installed on it. But after some time say about 2 -3 days it gives error message RPC server unavailable,the setting of RPC (Remote Procedure call) is set as resatrt the host if it fails but …

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Hello all. I was trying to execute wget from the perl under windows vista. In cmd i can easily run wget because its in \windows\system32 folder. But from perl,when i try both system('wget --h'); and system('c:\windows\system32\wget --h'); i get the next error : 'wget' is not recognized as an internal …

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Name: Brent Height: 6'2" Weight: Large, and that's all you'll get out of me :D Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Location: Oklahoma City Age: 61 Hobbies: Family, music, growing things, antiques, old stuff, learning new things Relationship Status: Committed relationship for 17 years Music: Moody Blues, Cher (yeah I know a …

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I have a dell stuido w/ vista... I forgot my user login password...does anyone know how i can reset the password or delete it.

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[B][B][COLOR="Green"]I bought a computer (Windows XP Professional Laptop) at my old highschool fund raiser.[/COLOR][/B] Bad thing is, my old teacher said sign in as Administrator then just press"Enter" and it will be fine. Guess I should have known, It will not let me sign in as Administrator or Guest as …

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Is Yahoo! mail is infected? Because my Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 had warn me that the address [url]http://us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com[/url] is infected with [URL="http://www.viruslist.com/en/search?VN=HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic"]HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic[/URL]

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This computer I am working on is running a Vista OS. It's not connecting to any websites. I am able to connect to my router, any local network, even Microsoft updates see there needs to be an update and will attempt to connect but gets pretty much no signal. There …

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In a strange part of what was otherwise and interesting and insightful [URL="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/24/microsoft-ballmer-interview-exclusive-techcrunch-bing-mobile-azur/"]interview with TechCrunch[/URL] this week, [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/exec/steve/"]Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer[/URL] went out of his way to avoid naming Google, instead referring to them repeatedly as "the incumbent." This seemed to be a deliberate strategy and left me shaking my …

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Is there a way, in Windows Vista, to prevent certain programs from saving files to a certain folder? The reason I ask, is I recently opened a document from an email, made a bunch of changes, and saved it, not realizing it had saved to the Temp folder. Later, unable …

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Howdy, I have Verizon Fios. They provided a wireless modem/wireless router that sites in my basement. The wireless connection is pretty week upstairs. I have the modem/wireless router hardwired and bringing a cat5 cable upstairs. Can I add a wireless router to that connection upstairs? That would be a wireless …

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Microsoft and Palm today separately advanced web sites designed for developers to post and sell (or give away) applications for their respective mobile platforms, playing catch-up with Apple, whose [url=http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/]App Store[/url] celebrated its one-year anniversary in July. Redmond also unveiled a series of new phones this week based on Windows …

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With this method you can add any custom button to the Explorer Command Bar/Toolbar which I'm sure you have noticed that Vista and Windows 7 have excluded some familiar buttons, including the Delete Button/Icon. [url]http://www.aeroxp.org/2008/06/custom-explorer-buttons/[/url] If you just want the "Delete Button/Icon" as I did, then download the following zips …

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Hiya Im new to all this fixing computers stuff, I do the websites at work normally but blagged this extra job fixing the damn things.. everythings been fine so far. I do a bit of lurking here and bang problem sorted.. not this time I have a dell (details to …

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Hello, I am pretty sure I have accidentally downloaded and run a Trojan. Since then, IE opens by itself and is directed to some strange URL. Then multiple tabs open. Then other windows of IE open... I read the posts at [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread214920.html[/url], which discuss the same problem. I've downloaded and …

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Hey guys ive been working on my first c# program and im finding it rather difficult at the moment. I have got as far as the code below, But i am having trouble getting it to send key strokes to either a specified process or a non active window by …

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Hp D2000 USA model Newest bios Vista and 7 installed multiple times with upgrade and clean All updates installed. Problem: Press power button, then will only start if i hold down the "windows key". First H disk starts, then stops, then starts agian and bios loads. If i dont press …

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I have been using iTunes for a few years with my external harddrive (250GB Western digital) as the storage. I have never had any problems. Yesterday I copied 40GB of new music into my itunes folder (g: music). I then added the contents of my g:music to my library. This …

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I've seen a couple of other threads on here regarding Outlook Express problems that are kinda similiar to mine, but since I don't even get a frozen start screen, my problem is a bit differnt, I think: After installing XP sp2 a few days ago, I can no longer open …

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Is there an add-on for [B]Windows7[/B] explorer that you can add some [I]or[/I] most of the features found in other 3rd party explorer file managers eliminating the need to install a 3rd party file manager.

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First I will state, I am in no way a coder, or some wiz in any area of of the knowledge a coder of any language might hold, so I appreciate the help, and hope my question is easily understood. My friend would like to set up a proxy for …

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My friend deleted all her media on pc, after thinking she'd backed it up (but it didn't work) and emptied the recyle bin. I know there's programs out there to recover files in this instance but can someone suggest a reliable/safe one please? she's running windows XP service pack 1. …

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Hi. New boy today! I sometimes use Greetings Workshop. However I now notice "GWREMIND.exe" appearing near the top of Windows Task Manager all the time. I'm not sure if this is part of the Microsoft Software or whether it is bad news. Should I do anything to remove it? ( …

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Im having weird issues with local host in -filezilla -apache -mysql basically with these i cant get text from localhost ie i go to [url]http://localhost[/url] -nothing go to [url]http://ip[/url] - get website cant connect to filezilla admin page using 127.0.0.1 i tried to telnet to http and filezilla admin but …

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AVG kicks in at 13.00hrs to scan each day. It maked the PC's almost grind to a halt especially the old ones which are Win 2000 and have only 256Mb ram. Also we have a design PC that when it saves files to the server, AVG scans it and it …

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Hello all, I seem to be having an issue with my laptop.. All of a sudden, cannot install any software. I have tried to install itunes, my mcafee anti-virus and a java update and every time, the installer tells me it has insufficient privileges to modify the file it is …

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For the life of me I can't figure out how to connect these 2 PC's. I also need to share printers each has with the other. Please help! J

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I have searched through and read several sites in vain while trying to correct a recent problem: I downloaded AIM for chats and despite the fact that I unchecked the "Make AIM my default search engine" in the installation, AIM still went ahead and took over my searches. Even after …

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