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My 'puter caught somethin', I don't know what, but it's driving me nuts. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 17:28, on 2008-05-20 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\svchost.exe C:\Program …

My PC was recently infected by Virtumonde Trojan and in the aftermath the virus was gone and so a lot of computer's functionality. Printer service and audio are out. I tried to restart the services ( Administrative Tools > Services) but I got error 1084 "The service cannot be started …

Any suggestions for a video card im runin XP cause all the Neg's about vista, ill prob be runnin DX9 but the one i just bought is only Window vista compatible but i want decent power behind it : )

I have googled the web and searched through these threads and can not seem to find an answer to my dilemma. I have one of the older Dell Latitude C510-C610 laptops running XP professional 2002 with service pack 2. I am trying to hook it to my Toshiba 42” HDTV …

Getting the above message when I boot up my computer and when I try to log into my pokerstars.com account or update my Anti-Virus software I get "Connection with server failed." Also my sound is muted and I can't unmute. I don't know if they are all connected but I …

I'm ruinning windows xp. I just got done cleaning viruses and spyware with avg 8.0 and spybot search and destroy. When I restart the computer now I get two rundll errors. error loading C:\windows|system32\vdfxogwp.dll and error loading C:\windows|system32\mnmbocut.dll module could not be found. I tried using the registry cleaner Tweaknow …

I seem to have a problem similar to many others. Symptoms include - - fake Windows Security Center screen pops up often - red background 'trojan found' download screen pops up often - random pop ups in taskbar warning about malware, slow PC, etc - Diabled Task Manager - System …

How to "view - as webpage" in VISTA explorer ? Regards, d u t c h m a n 5 3 @ h o t m a i l . c o m

Currently running Windows XP x64 SP2 The box i'm talking about is the box when you right click on any file and it pops off to the right or left. Example: [url]http://photos-1.getdropbox.com/i/l/GXLhelHd_e8oNpQCFYEc7AsGoc_B23kcDLJ3DgQyTFQ[/url] I have winrar and now drop box that didn't properly add their little features that are usually automatic. …

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ok so Im not sure if this should go here or in the nasties forum all the OS's that I worked with today were win xp and my OS is win xp earlier today I used my WD Passport portable hard drive to backup some files, and I also have …

I need to reboot my computer, but I do not have the recovery disc. Where can I get one? I recently got a new flat screen monitor, but the computer I am using is older. The guy that used it before completely wiped out everything, including windows. When I turn …

I have a customer with an XP Home SP1 PC that had a whole slew of issues (spyware, adware, viruses, etc). I got rid of most of the problems except two. The one that really bothers me is the Run As window pops up every time you try to run …

sure hope i am at the right place for someone to help me....could you please tell me how i go abot reformatting my computer Michele

Hello everybody! (Hi Doctor Nick!...), I'm Chris from Spain (well from UK but living in Spain). I work as a SAP consultant mainly, but I get involved in many Windows products as I work mainly with interfaces. I would call myself a Windows "superuser" but not expert....that's why I need …

Hi, If I open internet explorer it will go to my homepage (yahoo). I can type and go to a few sites like MSN, Myspace, Google. But, If I search on any of these and try to click the link to go to a site it says "Internet Explorer Cannot …

I am having problems with websites written in Chinese (or some other similar language) opening Internet Explorer on its own. I have followed the "PC Cleaning Procedures & Detection Tools" in a July 5, 2005, and have run AdWare, Spybot, Windows Defender, and CCleaner and it's still doing it. I …

I am working on a TCP socket server for a client and i am having a problem. Everything works except for one thing: i can't figure out how to have the server tell the client that the server is going down. I have the SocketServer running as a windows service. …

Usinx XP Pro, Bekikin Mimo wireless router. There are 5 computers systems connected via wireless. 4 desktops and 1 laptop. The desktops are using wireless PCMCIA cards and the laptops's wireless is internal. The issue is with the laptop. Keep in mind that he is using a wireless mouse, the …

If you compress files to save space [B][COLOR="red"]Vista will also compress the bootmgr [/COLOR][/B]! This means that you can no longer boot it up! very clever, only Microsoft could make such a dogs dinner of something like this. I also then experienced problems making the computer boot from CD. I …

Hi I have Borland Jbuilder 2006 Enterprise installed on a Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium OS. I was trying to make the font bigger (in the preferences menu) but something happened and now the font is very small, too small to even click on a button. (I'm not talking about …

so i am getting this error "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" when i log onto some sites...i think somehow the sites are blocked. when i type them in the first time, they take me to the google search page instead of the page i type in. when i click …

Hi my name is paul and pretty much a noob, but i need help!! teh problems start when i get to teh windows load screen in windows xp were the loading line thst blue comes up... after that a black screen comes up and stays there for about a minute …

My cd/dvd combo re-writer causes the computer to re-start after 3 uses........... can play, record, back up etc 2 disks then the 3rd one crashes the computer............... everything shuts down and comp er-starts... Any ideas how or why???? how do i fix it???? been like this since i got it …

I just got a comp from Ibuypower.com, from installation i have had odd graphics problems where when i am playing World of Warcraft all the colors change, weird patterns appear and the such, i also have my driver up to date but who knows. I am also getting the blue …

This has only started recently but whenever i start up my computer the explorer bar takes for ages to load. If i go into task manager under the processes tab it says the explorer is using up to 90 % of the CPU. How can i stop this happening?

Im running Virtual Machine95 on a XP machine.the xp machine has 1 gig ram 80gig Hard drive and a 2.0 ghz cpu.everytime the user uses the VM95 he gets the error massage out of memory error.I then need to restart the VM program. I did increase the ram size on …

Hi all, Not sure is this a correct place to post. But I need some help on Norton Ghost multicast (DOS Ver). Example: PC 'A' is my server image if I need to reclone 2 pc at the same time without insert bootdisc on the 2 PC. Thks

Last night a friend tried to download a video and messed with some settings and I dont know what he did but, everytime I go to open a program in the start menu it opens up as Quicktime Player.. Control Panel and My Computer will open but I can't open …

Thanks for the welcome and I will read and learn. Currently my IT department has made changes to my display settings. I am running WXP Pro and when i right click on the desktop, go to properties, screen saver tab my password protect is selected with a 3 minute timeout …

Hello to you all @ daniweb, looks like some bad things has been going on lately since i see i'm not the only one complaining about those anti-spyware popups, and similar warnings... Anyway this is the log file of "hijack this"... I just want to add that i have KAV …

I have assigned admin privs to local user using my credentials as a local administrator and as a domain admin. She still cannot run exacutables, or see USB connected peripherals. Other users accounts work fine. Any ideas? rmcnew

I am 70 years old and have been programming since 1977. My first computer had no software. We had to write everything using a crude form of basic and a Zilog Z-80 compiler. It started as a hobby and then became a passion. I have used Basic, Cobol, Pascal, fortran, …

I don't know what the exact brand name is, but I think it's Creative... ANYWAYS... My friend recently bought a new laptop and she got speakers for it, and the speakers do not work. It says that there's "no audio output device" and won't emit any sound except a loud …

I am installing Windows Server 1st Time so.... How to configure Windows 2003 Server for Rsh command ... I want to Configure Windows Server 2003 For Remote Shell Service.... How to connect to clients?? How to do this??

Hi, here is the results of highjackthis on my system. I seems to be runing real slow and I am having a difficult time speeding it up. Could someone pls look at this report and give some feedback. Thanks, Gordy Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:18:38 PM, on …

I have a new prob with a workstation in the network.while doing a viruscheck with trend im looking for some other alternative if the virus check will be a failure(this is the second virus check on that machine). when logged in on the machine after idleing for a while and …

There are SIXTY-FIVE running processes!! Plleeassee help! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 12:30:30 PM, on 20/05/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16640) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccProxy.exe …

Hey everyone I have been having problems with my desktop, this time the icons and task bar disappeared. I was alerted that there were some torjan that have been founded by Avast, which was removed at the time, and then soon after the icons and task bar disappeared. Not knowing …

I run win xp and I keep getting the message that my virtual memory is low, could someone please tell me how to remedy this, thank you. Let me know if you need more info.

I have a HP desktop computer that I was using when our power went off and on a couple of times. Now this computer will try to start and shut down automatically after about ten seconds. Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be fried or causing me this …

Hello there, I bought a new ASPIRE 5920G series laptop with Windws, vista version. I want to partition my HDD in to more types (currently i have 2 drives). How can I do it? Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance Remo

Hie there what does adsl stand for and how deferent is it from dial up?

Are there free tools to allow you to package up windows Vista, drivers and other apps (including non MS apps), put it on a DVD and install everything from the DVD onto different computers. I have used UIU which works well, but I was wondering if there is a free …

Hello everyone, just recently vista decided to change the whole appearance of the taskbar on me. Here's what it looks like now. [url]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8459/taskbarnt7.jpg[/url] I want it to look like it use to look, like this... [url]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4590/taskbar2be8.jpg[/url] Where there are 3 Quick Launches and then an arrow for the rest, and …

I have a legacy computer with 256, Asus P2B board and the Win98SE was stable. I used the machine for music production but my head kept bumping against the 64K ceiling. Before jumping to the bloat of XP, I decided to give W2K a run before I purchased more RAM. …

While updating a current program. I came across a error message; Entry Point Not Found, and the explanation; "The procedure entry point?WLineDraw3D@CFastDC@@QAEXHHHHKH@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library FastDraw.dll." I have been looking for this dll file (FastDraw) for some time through various websites. As in DOS …

Hello there, I bought a new ASPIRE 5920G series laptop with Windws, vista version. I want to partition my HDD in to more types. How can I do it? Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance Remo

hi i'm new on this and i need some help to config a email server on win xp pro to use it only in the company ...

I have downloaded windows xp sp3 media center edition but i dont have the serial key for this. Could u guys plz help.