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Hey, I've just got a Dell Vostro 1320, and I'd like to run winXP on it. The problem is, XP v32-bit won't install, it prompts a blue screen right after booting up from the CD (tried different CD's, different versions). On the other hand, XP v64-bit, which I installed succesfully, …

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Dear fellow techies! From the last few days, I am facing a major problem while burning my data DVDs. Everytime, the burn process fails in the beginning (around 1%). I use Nero basically but have tried CDBurnerXp and default windows burning options. I have also tried different optical medias but …

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I have a lot of passwords to get me onto various online sites and services, but I only need to remember one: the complex and hard to crack one that unlocks my encrypted password store. Not everyone is as paranoid as I am it seems, and many fall neatly into …

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Please help! I am running Windows XP and IR 8 via a wireless connection. Just recently whenever I use a search engine (any search engine), I get a message that the page cannot be displayed. this also happens when I search with Firefox. I am connected and I can type …

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I don't know why this appeared when I'm trying to disable the Network Connection and Iam now experiencing difficulties with my network. Please help! :( Thanks! Cedric

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i have a samsung dc10 netbook, and when i turn it on i get the above error, nothing i do will work, i cant start up in safe mode it just goes back to c000021a. and as its a net book i cant reinstall OS as i have no drive, …

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Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and am pretty inept when it comes to computers. Even though I was using Trend Micro PC-cillin, I have gotten an extremely bad virus that I am having zero luck getting rid of. My sister also got the same thing, and the …

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I have windows vista (yes thats a bad thing) however my laptop is switching to locking (sleeping) when I have been inc=actice for a couple of minutes. This is very annoying as I am a uni student and may be reading a document and if i do not touch the …

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I am running a Windows XP SP2 OS on a Celeron 2.0 GHZ with 1 GB RAM. I want to auto power on and shut down my PC when I am not at the computer. Basically I want to schedule the starting up and shutting down of my computer. I …

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hi to all, I cant start my pc when i was working on it, suddenly my CPU were drop down and hanged. after I am trying to restart it or start it but it cant started yet n giving only msg that press F1 to re-boot, press F5 to start …

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I needed to get a file off my computer before I left for six months. It is a license file that must be moved using an application. Well the computer came up with an error saying it wouldn't boot to the hard drive. I think it may have said that …

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Windows will not let me log in. It begins to say loading settings, then the desktop flashes for a split second, then it says saving your personal settings and goes back to the different users on my computer. No users can log in. I recently deleted spyware using autoruns and …

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I am currently experiencing an issue whereby I have two computers that are over five years old now, but the thing is that they just "stopped working." When I try and identify the problem as to why they are not powering up, It turns out that it has something to …

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I just reformatted my computer, and need to get rid of Microsoft Office 2003 Trial so I can install my purchased copy of Office 2007. I tried add/remove programs and Revo Uninstaller, but it's still there. What should I do? Thanks or the help

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I'm new to this forum, and these programs, but I've installed the hijackthis and malware programs. i'm getting popups even if i have no applications opened from internet explorer every so often. i dont even use internet explorer, i have been using firefox for a long long time. here are …

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Hello Everyone, I'm actually having problem on my XP IIS, I copied new website but it wont work while all others are working fine. I have created new virtual directory but still now working. Some say to create new web site instead but It won't allow this option. When Right …

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Well to start i am computer dumb so bear with me. For a while now after using our computer for a couple days it would practically lock up. When this would happen i could go to the process menu and the qttast would be 95% plus, at this piont i …

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I'm currently on a old laptop i had laying around So i got this major virus which nearly destroyed my system but i managed to get rid of all the virus and stuff or atleast i thought so i'm currently running avg internet security on a trail version and it's …

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Hi guys, I've installed Rising Anti-virus on my computer (Win XP) and after restarting i tried to access the task manager but it says " Task Manager disabled by administrator". I've tried to repair windows and disabling the anti-virus but nothing. how can i fix this??

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I recently had one of our computers get infected with smss32/Internet Security 2010. Originally Malwarebytes was unable to deal with it, so following the instructions in other threads I: 1) Downloaded rkill 2) Downloaded and installed a new copy of MBAM 3) Ran rkill 4) Ran MBAM Now after running …

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I have a new HP dv4-1548nr laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and recently (last 7 days or so) when I click on a link either in an email or at one of my vendor sites to go somewhere else I get a window that says " The …

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My 1 yr old HP tablet freezes at least twice a day now, requiring rebooting. I'm using Vista Ultimate on it. Sometimes, it just freezes out of nowhere and needs rebooting. Anytime I plug something into the USB port, it freezes and I have to reboot. WHY is this happening? …

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I switched on my computer and seem to be infected with a programme called live pc care. I tried in safe mode to remove it with malawarebytes, it said it was infected with this problem and it cleared it but when i rebooted it was there again. Can anyone help …

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Hi All, I am attempting to complete are recovery of my Sony VAIO laptop. I first attempted the C drive restore, but the recovery tool did not continue upon restart of the computer. I have recovery disks, and I attempted to use those. It seems to work, then stops and …

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Hello Ok, i have a computer in my room, i also have an xbox 360. My computer picks up my wireless connection from a hub in the hallway. I dont have a wireless card for my xbox so i tried to connect the ethernet from computer to xbox in hope …

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Hello... I have got a VIA board with 2.5 GHz celeron processor, 256 MB RAM bought about 2 years before. When I right click on the desktop to refresh, the computer gets shut down. I installed a fresh Windows XP, but also the problem didn't get solved. I found that …

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Recently I changed my Inspiron computer from Vista to Window 7... So after the change when I type for a really long time my words tend to skip around all over the place and this never happened on Vistas. Now I tested a few theories about what might the problem …

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Due to a computer fail and the fact admin password didnt work I had to fully reset the computer. now I have a blank XP screen with the bin. i have tried to re-add sky broadband but it keeps failing? i looked at the network connections and the wireless connection …

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I have no idea on what is happening to my pc. I have a dell inspiron 6400 laptop and during the last ten days I had always an alert, just few minutes after the start up, saying that the "C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe" had generated a buffer overflow immediately blocked by McAfee SecurityCenter. …

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