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John C. Dvorak has a vision and I suspect it may be myopic. Over at Ziff-Davis’s PCMag, the renowned John C. Dvorak has witnessed Windows Vista’s arrival as an almighty dull thud, and sees recent events as a potential portent of the demise of the mighty Microsoft. [url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1840480,00.asp[/url] Windows Vista …

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Redmond, Washington based software giant Microsoft Corporation unveiled to the public yesterday the name of its highly anticipated next generation operating system, Microsoft Vista. Formerly known as codename “Longhorn,

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I came across this article at Appleinsider.com. [url]http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1143[/url] Lawsuits like that really make me unhappy. Honestly people! Every music store in the world organizes music by genre, artist, title, etc! And have done it for DECADES! How greedy and self-absorbed can people get? Suits like that make me ask myself …

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Hi *, Here is a small program I had created to search for a given .class file within given CLASSPATH. It is primarily used in our project on test machines where lotsa ppl put lotsa patches in lotsa paths/jars and finally end up wondering which class file is being used. …

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Get simple information like serial number, bytes/sector, sectors/cluster, free and total disk space of your hard drive using Windows API calls.

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Use a Windows API call to add some color to your text output. A rewrite of an earlier C++ snippet for the C crowd.

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I try to rename nat.zip to nat. nth but it remains the same as the original (nat. zip). It also occurs does the int.jpg ( to int. bmp). What is the error and how to fix this ? Please help me!!!

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Hi People hope you are all cool. Just to find out is it possible to add a domain to another domain? I have a server runing Tally program something like Sage Pastel on NT Server. Now we have created a Primary Domain Controller. Soon after creating it, users are an …

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Hello there, Is there a free windows flash maker that have got no advertisments? I have got flash maker free version, but it advertises in my swf file. I want free flash maker, may be full functional trial Thanks

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I have lenevo R60 laptop. I am finding difficulties in installing driver as i have lost my CD. I have downloaded some software but they are not working please help.

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Hello all, Firstly I want to start by saying that I have had a difficulty with my laptop keyboard (previous post "IE keeps opening by itself". I haven't replaced it as the maufacturer has gone out of business. My current problem is that the left ctrl button does not work …

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Hi all My summer job is working in a PC repair shop and we have just had a lady drop her laptop off and the hard drive is screwed. We just went to re-install the OS when we realized that we don’t know whether it is XP Home or Pro. …

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Hi All, I recently installed some windows updates on my machine, and as soon as I restarted my PC this error msg appears after the BIOS has finished intialising everything: "DISK BOOT FAILURE. INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" Obviously it is not recognising my C: drive, where Windwos Vista …

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hi, How am I able to share a wi-fi connection through a Windows Mobile 6 device to my computer running Windows 7 x64 via USB. I have tried and failed for days on end. Does anyone have any idea on how to get this working? Zane

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I am installing office 2003 on a vista business PC in administrator profile and i get this message Error 1404 setup cannot delete the registry key. How can i solve it please help

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My browser is being redirected to random sites when I click on search engine results. I can type the URL manually and get what I am looking for (if the entire URL is shown). I have tried to find and remove it but it keeps coming back and depending on …

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I burned a CD on windows Vista with files/programs I need on a mac laptop, but when I insert the CD, nothing happens. I was told that an icon is supposed to come up on the desktop, but none do. I am extremely new to mac (got it 1 day …

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Hi there - I am having the exact same problems as Sisaly is - I cannot run the programs on my computer, google search is hijacked. I have MBAM installed - I cannot run it at all. It will , however, run from setup file but once the scan starts …

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First off, I've read Kevin's thread and the others. I have followed all those instructions yet mbam stops after 25 seconds. I'm running Windows XP Compaq laptop. I've tried command prompt for mbam also, I get access denied. I've killed svchasts.exe through tsmgr and admin tools. Renamed Windows Police Pro …

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Hey guys, I bought a new computer with 4 gigs of ram, 64 bit windows vista OS, dual core 2.4 ghz processor. . and I'm having some problems with it. Firefox frequently seems to mess up. Sometimes it won't stop loading a page when I click 'X', it will become …

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Hello everyone.... Thanks for taking the time to read this post......I downloaded this program from the weather channel that is supposed to give you the weather report that co-insides with the zip code you enter....complete with radar. Something happened during the download/install and now I get an error reading cannot …

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So I just reformatted my PC(windows XP pro SP3), and I can't seem to get internet access on it. Everything is plugged in and running fine, and I'm getting a connection to a laptop right next to it(where I'm posting this from) Anyone know whats wrong or what I can …

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My Computer is killing me! its full of spyware and viruses! First of all I cant connect to the internet at all. (Im writing this from another computer) It always sais local only. I know it not a problem with my router because I have tried connecting to other networks …

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I've had this problem on several versions of WIndows, Win 2000 for sure, Win NT I think, and also XP. I use Desktop Explorer in a Mac style to copy, delete, and move files around. Each folder opens in a new window, and I drag icons around. Problem is, after …

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hi people, i have problem with my tastatur language. it is in english, and i get tired to try to change its language in german. after every time that i change it in german and a press apply and ok, it turn again ,alone, in english. please help

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Hi I have successfully installed SQL Express 2008 on SBS 2003 a few times now- all connection issues overcome! I am now in the situation where I want to migrate the Express 2008 database (4GB limit) on the SBS 2003 production server to a valid SQL 2008 standard SBS edition …

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If you can fix this, you are a genius. This may be a long post. In a nut shell, I was playing on call of duty this morning when all of a sudden my net dropped. Futile attempt after next of shutting down router and computer from the mains. I …

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hi, i am new on this i need help my computer will not reboot it says that it did not start windows succsessfully? i have tryed safe mode no good and all the others on that page. Any help will be great

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This is a new one, i don't know if you allready treated something like this, but i want to find a future and better solution. Ok, this is it. I have this windows xp machine at work (P4 3 Ghz, 512MB RAM, 80Gb HDD, VideoOnBoard), friday at 12:00 i try …

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Long story short, i somehow managed to get the windows police pro virus, probably from visiting some website(I haven't downloaded anything recently) Here is where it gets problematic: I can only run internet explorer, can't run command prompt, (I can run command.com out of the run menu though), I cant …

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Hello All, I am having similar problems to the recently solved thread of Kevin's. I have been using my PC at home and seemed to work great except for it being a little slow. I moved back to school yesterday set up my PC, hooked up to the internet started …

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I upgraded my Vista laptop from 1GB ram to 2GB ram. The crucial.com system scanner tool says I now have 2GB installed ram, but in Control Panel-->System it says the ram is only 1,790MB. So why the discrepency of 210MB?

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I had read all the threads regarding this nasty and I have made some progress but now I am stuck. I have a HP Pavilion 775y desktop, 2 megs ram I am running windows XP Earlier today I used system restore by using command.com which allowed me to access the …

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Hi, first time visit....could anyone please help me. I have a Acer Aspire 5735Z, and Ive tried to look at a DVD. I can see the DVD, but I can't hear it. I can hear stuff from the Internet, the likes of youtube. I'm not at all clever with computers, …

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Hello!I have a very strange issue on my other computer.My computer starts itself.When I press the Shut Down button the PC shuts down and starts again (Like restart). I have Windows 7 and the shut down button is set to "shut down". The PC isn't connected to the internet. I …

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Hello. I need help. I have this problem that my computer will automatically shut down and will never turn on again unless I turn it off for like an hour and turn it on again. It does not shut down like the normal shut down like the computer will prepare …

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Everything I try to run pops up a black DOS window first points to ntvdm.exe, then quickly changes to desot.exe, displays a message in the window "Program too big to fit in memory", then quickly closes. The program never launches, not directly or from a desktop shortcut. I can log …

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I am having the same problem and can't run anything. Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage ========================= ====== ================ ======== ============ System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K System 4 Console 0 244 K smss.exe 532 Console 0 420 K csrss.exe 604 Console 0 4,564 K winlogon.exe …

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I'm lost. Everytime I run ad aware/spybot it keeps deleting my internet connection. I do not know what is going on. It is happening on my computer and also on my fiance's computer. Does anyone know how I can fix this or what is going on. Thank you so much …

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Hi all, It is strange that I cannot Update Adware (Free anniversary edition), Malwarebytes, or even spyware doctor trial. I have existed my comodo firewall and event turn off windows firewall. I don't know what is happening as I have tried Spyboat SD and it updates fine! Any help appreciated

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Can anyone tell me.How should i see internet User usage Graph using Microsoft accelerator server using performance monitor tools. kindly find the attachment.

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On a recent pass thru the airport, my tablet pc experienced an alien force. All my settings reverted back to (I assume) defaut, causing auto downloading of unwanted updates. After fixing all that I could, I am left with Nero 7 shutting down Aero and resetting it to "standard" every …

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Hi, I keep getting an H control error message when I boot my ASUS A7J notebook. Then when I try to run windows media centre, I get a Media centre control . The second message re-appears every 15 seconds

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Hi, Does anyone have any experience with this sort of problem. The PDA is an HTC P3470. The GPS seems to plot the position a mile away and does so over a few seconds before returning to the correct position. Some say it might be radio interference from the 3G …

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I have a virus that hasn't allowed me to use my computers ineternet for the past few days. It also prevents me from accessing my system files or folders, such as "View System Information". My computer is basically a brick at this moment. Every time I try to access one …

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On a friend's computer, HJT scan turned up windows\system32\ctfmon.exe McAfee scan shows no viruses. But at sysinfo.org, it lists ctfmon as a possible trojan. The file could be a legitimate Office XP file, but I'm fairly certain he has Office 97. Any ideas about how to tell if the file …

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Various sites including Microsoft, TrendMicro and other type of sites that might be helpful seem unavailable while most normal sites are easily accessible. Here is my hijackthis log: [CODE]Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 6:42:45 PM, on 8/11/2009 Platform: Windows 2003 SP2 (WinNT 5.02.3790) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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ok, so grab your coffee and come let me tell you what happened. - had a friend build me a great computer... worked fine up until today, and ive had it for 5 months... I was playing some WoW (let the nerd bash begin), when i had a fatal wow …

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Friends, I have Dell inspiron 1525, with intel dual core processor, 2 gb ram and company loaded vista home basic, which has been updated. Since one when I start my system and try to use any of the appications like ms office, a popup message telling that my ctrl key …

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