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Every so often my CFO has a melt down. He may be working for hours on an Excel file and BAM!!! a BSOD. His file is not autosaved even though the setting is for every ten minutes. This has happened from time to time when not in Excel as well(the …

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Hello, first of all i'd like to thank you for this amazing site... and now into my question... I just did a fresh XP install, and thing is i had most of my software in D drive, (specially for this case) now what i want to know is, if there …

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hello friends ,, what is the full capacity of ram that wnds xp sp2 32 bit can support is it 4 gb?

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Hi guys, I've been working with jholland for a couple of weeks and she's helped me tremendously getting rid of a Trogan and then cleaning up my system. Kudos follow her as she's off the forum for a week...she suggested somebody else might help with this last little issue. I'm …

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Can anybody tell me how virtual machine can share video adaptor with the host operating system, The issue is, i just installed windows xp in virtual pc 2007 as a Guest OS to windows vista. now when i start the xp in the virtual pc i can see from the …

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Hello, Just a few days ago I was in IE (regrets!) just because I thought it would be quicker than opening Firefox for some odd reason and...promptly picked up the "Antivirus XP" issue. I was pretty easily able to find the cause of the pop-up agreement, deleted the screensaver and …

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Last week I got a virus that changed my background to something that said "found virus, downloaded antivirus xp 2008. I ran Mcafee a couple of times and removed a bunch of trojans. One thing I noticed while waiting was when the screen saver usually came on it was instead …

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Hello. This morning while browsing i became infected with something. Did AVG Scan and Adaware scans, both turn up nothing but tracking cookies. After becoming infected the text size for google is bigger, all search results are slow and jump to go.google.com and different advertizing. I can not use links …

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Windows Vista x64 Edition ... Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems failed through Windows Update. Error details: Code 80010108. Downloaded SP1 exe through the Windows website and installation was successful. Can't for the life of me find out what the error code means, and whether it was something …

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I was trying to install Vista onto a spare partition yesterday, and the installer refused to use the partition. I deleted it, formatted it, tried again, no go. Deleted it, made it bigger, repeat, no go. I was using the 3rd partition on the drive (still a primary though) but …

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I bought this computer new, several years ago, with ME and have since installed XP Home. When I open Word, it starts the install and asks me to insert the CD. I didn't get a CD since this was bundled by Comp USA. If I cancel the install Word will …

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[url]http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/results.php[/url] Gives some good information which should help when selecting a firewall for ones PC.

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I'm asking this on behalf of a friend. Here's what he's told me: "The web server is acting strange. For no reason we cannot access any of our web sites but yet the IIS services are still running. When we restart the IIS services we are then able to get …

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Hi I had IIS and test Director installed and this setup was working fine. then one of my friends installed xampp (apache friends) and now test director is not working. may be the problem with the IIS as when i enter the address of localhost it says it is unable …

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I've been through so many forum topics in the past 24 hours, all over the internet. Spybot S&D, etc. etc. etc.... except for I contracted a severe strain of this virus which does not even let me download .exe's! You've probably heard of XP Antivirus before. So I went on …

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I downloaded an update from ms and upon restart it said I could not be authenticated. Error code: 0x80004005 I can open my computer (ACER) in safe mode but not much happens. FYI I am on my laptop now.

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Hi folks, installing fax windowa Vista I am retired and very much a senior citizen of 77 years and not so well versed in I T technoligy. My Hobbies are Gardening,Walking and play Golf and also enjoy Sea Cruise Vacations Having only recently purchased a Mesh Computer with Windows Vista …

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I cannot get access to My Documents , My Pictures, etc with Vista. This is a brand new laptop. I checked the user rights and I have full rights to files & folders. But get the message "access denied" when I try to open My Local folders. Any ideas? Thanks …

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Could someone give me a hand and let me know which of these needs to be fixed? I'm trying everything, but my computer freezes everytime I try to run antivirus software. The problem originally occurred when it froze during an AVG update. AVG needed to be uninstalled to prevent the …

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HI there i have a pc with windows vista business. i've used there the NetTools aparently it came with a virus/rootkit of somekind :( It just stucks the backspace key when i hit some letters. I can write something like asd but if i hit F, P,L and other it …

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Hey group, I have a real aggravating issue that is kicking my tail on my Inspiron 8500 laptop running Windows XP pro. All of the numbered keys when hit, also show a litter or character from the bottom row of the keyboard. For example: when i hit the number 7, …

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Have been using my works laptop this evening, switched it off and when I switched it back on again the password won't work - havent change it but it's just not happening. Any ideas?

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i have a 98 imb it has windows xp installed and its been working fantastically a few days ago my computer abruptly stopped working and a black screen showed with the messege "error loading opperating system" i had recently downloaded the opera internet browzing system. but it was working for …

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Running windows xp home edition service pack 3......... shutdown menu from start menu and task manager is missing................... cannot log off or shut down. managed to recover task manager at this was at one point saying it had been disabled by administrator. MS help has not helped at all as …

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hi all, please help me, I got a problem to enter windows XP prof., it show empty desktop and there is no user, no start menu. when i press Ctrl,Alt,Del many time i got the task manger and there is no user in it. please can i do to get …

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Everytime I try to install a VPN for work it gives me the windows cannot fins installservie.exe. I have tried in safe mode and multiple other ways and no luck. Ran Hijack this and here is the log. Can someone help please??? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved …

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I just turned on my computer today. All my videos have gone black and white wether its mp4 format, avi format. I currently use ffdshow but the mp4 runs on quicktime in still black and white. Can anyone help? Thankyou, Regards X

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Hi, I have an acer 3680 laptop that came with vista...however my vista was taken off and xp was installed. Everything works great except the headphone jack. When i plug the headphones in there is still music coming from the speakers of the laptop. My headphones do work while this …

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Hello, and thank you for any help that you provide. I am not sure what the problem is, but I will post all the information that the introduction thread says to provide. I would say that there is a virus/spyware infecting my explorer.exe file. Whenever I go on msn, and …

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I am unable to open files from my old Windows home XP since recently purchasing a new computer with Windows Visa! On clicking on a file which I have on my Disc,this notice appears on screen: Microsoft Works 2004 setup There are other users logged on to this computer if …

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Hi I have a problem in as much as I put the PCI ethernet into my mums new PC its running Vista Premium. Trouble is it doesn't have the driver for it??? Yet when in my old PC which was only running XP it worked fine. Is there a site …

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Hello, I've got a piece of code to create a Windows server 2008 Active Directory OU tree and activate in every OU the "Protection Against Accidental Organizational Unit Deletion". It works well done: the ACEs are there, the "Protection Against Accidental Organizational Unit Deletion" checkbox don't remains activated; but, if …

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I had a perfectly fine home network connected to a cable modem through a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router. Now, because I am an IDIOT and installed the "Home Networking" software that comes with Windows XP, the only person who can get online is me--at a MUCH SLOWER rate. So, since …

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Can anyone spot anything wrong! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 05:20:12, on 28/08/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16705) Boot mode: Normal 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:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgwdsvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgrsx.exe C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgemc.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\AVG\AVG8\avgtray.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\E_FATICAE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\1.2.1128.5462\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe …

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Hello, I recently got the XP Antivirus 2008 Virus, but managed to remove it's effects by deleting the dll files and prompting CCleaner to fix registry issues. However, i believe there are still traces of this virus on my computer or some other virus in operation Some of the symptoms …

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Hi friends! Last week I've downloaded the nero software's torrent file, its all started from there when I download that. My system got attacked by spywares, so far I formatted my system more than five times and even deleted the complete partitions couple of times and I've also used the …

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I am writing a Webservice in C# . When the Webservice is called ,it will broadcast a message with the windows API,Postmessage . And other Applications can receive this message. developing tool: VS2005. the trouble: when I debug the Webservice, running in VS2005, the message can be post out. but …

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I have a lan of 50-60 PCs connected to a windows 2003 server. I want to supply internet only to 10-15 PCs. For this purpose, can i create subnets and put the clients who require internet in a separate subnet and another subnet for normal LAN clients. Can i go …

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Whenever I am running certain programs, I get this message as they start up: <program> - No Disk There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive /Device/Harddisk5/DR10 I have no idea what this means, or why it keeps popping up; for example, running Spybot S&D …

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Here's what happened... I had a GeForce 5500 video card and service pack 2 on my machine for months - no problem. I installed service pack 3. When the machine rebooted, the splash screen displayed normally, the screen went black, the hard drive light stayed on for about 2 seconds, …

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Can anybody help, I need to know how to completly re start my computer. I know i will lose all data on it but it mainly used for music and I can always burn my collection back on their. I have tried safe mode and all that but nothing happens, …

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hello all this is my first time here so be gentle with me ..... my problem is ,when i search in google i allways redirect to other place .my norton (2006) didnt find nothing & i try allso ad aware but nothing this is my log in hijackthis: Logfile of …

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HI, I am new to this forum but would really appreciate some guidance. My computer, running XP, became infected with a Trojan Virus. It changed my desktop background to a warning screen that now I can't change back, it also erased all my previous restore points, and not to mention …

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Hi friends, I have HP-7540 PC with Windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack-2, My problem is that whenever i start my pc it shows message press F1 to continue. How can i remove this . I tried cmos setting default but it not work

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Originally, i clicked a link that started with urlcut.com (i recommend no one clicking any website that starts with urlcut.com, it basically hides the original website address in this) and ended up with 2 kinds of problems: 1st - pop ups randomly popping up even if pop up blocker is …

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i have a hp pavilion tx1000 laptop and my wifi (WLAN) is not working under device manager my broadband wireless is geting a message saying "wireless broadband networking adapter cant start. (Code 10)" i uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it still give me the same message. help me

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Hi, I used to watch online tv before but now, picture is blur (blue, yellow, pink ...) coloured. I was ok before, i don't know what happened? Any idea? I hope this is right place to ask! Thanks

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Hi, I have got a problem with ppxcs.exe and some other stuff. I read the pages to be read on this site and other sites. Downloaded HiJackThis and my log file is below. I have also removed "Junk Files" with the help of AceUtilities Trial, and I have removed ppxcs.exe, …

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