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i keep getting popups advising me to purchase the perfect cleaner/spy away and my laptop background will only show a warning about spyware and another link. i can't seem to remove it by myself any help would be much appreciated. i'm not sure what all i'm supposed to do in …

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I've searched all over this site and found simular problems like mine but not exactly so I thought I would ask. When I turn my computer on (I have XP ) it takes forever to load and the hard drive is going ninty miles an hour, I get an error …

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Hi guys, I'm experiencing windows explorer error everytime i open movies folder in my external Hardisk. I tried to search google and found one person with exactly the same problem [url]http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/removable-media-drives/228830-windows-explorer-error-when-opening-movie-external-hd.html[/url] Will format the external Hard drive solve the problem?

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can user accounts be deleted to return my computer to how it looked when it was running as administrator only (no log in). Directory is now a mess with duplicate files all over the place. Want my old look back. Scared to delete files under my name in case i …

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Before I get flamed, Yes I Know/Knew this was a bad idea, but I did it anyways, now i pay the price.... Here is whats going on, Custom Built Computer (by me) Drive 0 (Seagate Barracuda 7200 IDE 200GB) Partitions 2 ("Old C" - 1 , "Old D" - 2) …

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Hi, my computer has been running extremely slowly in the past couple of days. I have all the proper programs, but the errors they are deleting do not seem to be fixing the computer. Instead of a hardrive as my C drive, I have a red X. Many spybot errors …

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So I've been having an incredibly frustrating problem with a piece of spyware on my computer. I've tried every way I can to get rid of it, leaving posting here as a last option. I downloaded hijackthis in order to post my log here, but after downloading it, hijackthis won't …

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Hi, Im using windows XP home edition at the moment. Recently I use bit torrent and download like 3GB files everyday which is stored in my C: drive. 2 days ago, when i tried to move the file i just finished download from C: to my external hardisk but windows …

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I have Microsoft Outlook 2003. When doing a "reply to all", it automatically puts my e-mail as one of the recipients. This doesn't happen to my colleagues. Do you know how to stop this? Thanks so much! Lisa

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When i try to click on any drive C, D,E in My Computer , the drive doesnt open . Instead .."Open with " dialog opens...with the list of s/.w in system...

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the other night i did a search on google, i went to one of the links expecting to find what i was looking for, instead i found a nightmare. my homepage was hijacked, my ie doesnt even work anymore (the computer doesnt recognize the program), my desktop is very faint …

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I have an HP ze2000 and I need to flash the BIOS because I bought an Atheros Card and in order to be supported I needed to edit the BIOS so it can be accepted by HP because they have their BIOS locked. I created the BIOS.WPH file that later …

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I am a novice and I need some big help. I can no longer use IE as no matter what site I try to access I am redirected to either "http:///" or "http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?p="NAME OF SITE ENTERED"&fr=chr-nick I downloaded Hijackthis and the following is the scan results. Can anyone please help …

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HI I see by looking at these threads that I am not alone! However, this doesn't make it any less irritating. I would really appreciate any help to get rid of this! Here is my Hijackthis log: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:08:07 PM, on 2008/03/19 Platform: Windows …

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Hi, I bought a new PC with Intel DP35DP motherboard, and I tried to setup windows server 2003 on it, but it is not working, I don't know why? and I'm planing to setup Linux on it, but I don't know if it will work or not,so May you please …

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Hi all there is a Windows API function as [CODE]HANDLE CreateFile( LPCTSTR lpFileName, DWORD dwDesiredAccess, DWORD dwShareMode, LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes, DWORD dwCreationDisposition, DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes, HANDLE hTemplateFile ); [/CODE] This function contains argument for share mode.. When I provide it 0 value then no other process can open/access the file already opened …

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Hello. I have a year old laptop, 1.7ghz, 448mb Ram, windows xp home edition. Its not really had a problem like this until few weeks ago. First of all, I used to connect to the internet through an ethernet cable, but now the laptop doesnt seem to recognise the cable …

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I need to reinstall windows using the original Windows XP Pro Service Pace 2 but I have lost the license key. Is there anything that I can do?

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hi i'm also facing the same problem in my laptop. i'm using windows vista. after every 5 minutes ie automatically opens & the page in [url]http://clickmanu.com...i[/url] can't change my home page even my taskmanager gone. pop up block disabled & it's not possible to enable. i'm doomed, man. what can …

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Computer is running very slowly after downloading a torrent. No viruses or adaware dealable stuff. Any help much appreciated as there are a few things i dont recognise on there. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 08:23:28, on 20/03/2008 Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16609) …

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hey i have a Maxtor 80GB external hard drive and i went to use it the other day and this 'windows script host' box popped up, saying; "Loading script "F:\.MGT_reg32.dll.vbs" failed (Access is denied)" i then ran AVG and it said it was a 'VBS/small' virus but AVG wouldnt fix …

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It seems that somehow some kind of spyware got put on my pc and now it keeps saying that I need to buy a certain program in order to get rid of it. When I run my SpyWare Doctor, it keeps saying: Malicious Action Blocked mgmrwmrv.exe is attempting to access …

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Hello 'CasperJack' once again, thanks for the help on the previous link [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread108331-2.html[/url] well, i used Host fix then i made a scan/save log with Hijack this, and the result was as follows: ************************************************************************8 Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:24:30 AM, on 3/20/2008 Platform: Windows XP …

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upon trying to boot up I get problem w windows-had to shut down. Underneath that it says Kernel_Data_inpage error stop: oxoooooo7A Windows will not load in Normal Mode or in safe mode it simply shuts down and reboots over and over. Recovery mode will not work either.... after the dreadful …

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I had a little problem with my permissions but I have it fixed. During this I noticed in my C:/Documents and Settings/All users folder>properties, that there was an unknown Account named "AccountUnknown(S-1-5-32-547)" with full permissions except take ownership and on the Properties of the "Default User" folder properties> security tab, …

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On my windows live mail email client, i can receive messages, but get this error (in the snip below) when i send an email. i can send fine with mozillla thunderbird.

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Hi! Today morning my friend tried to start her laptop(Acer Aspire 5100) and it did not bootup it just showed black screen with power light on...the keyboard also was not active. She did not know how to switch it off so she disconnected the power and then removed the battery …

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Ok this is a first, i have Mcafee Enterprise edition with the firewall and Antispyware installed on the PC = XP Corp SP2, 250 Sata=(Bootable drive) HDD, 320G IDE, 2G RAM. my sun had a freind laptop connected to my Router (wired) i decide to share some files with him …

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Error message from startup with the message "The specified module cannot be loaded" The cause might be from the deleted spyware, but still have some files in rundll32. I have no idea how to delete them. Image Name PID Modules ========================= ====== ============================================= rundll32.exe 2724 ntdll.dll, kernel32.dll, msvcrt.dll, GDI32.dll, USER32.dll, …

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Hey guys, recently my computer has been acting up. Im not sure exactly when it started, but for the most part i use this computer for gaming and my computer had been freezing when playing certain games like Team Fortress 2 and World of Warcraft.....these freezes however were infrequent, and …

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Hi, I have a problem with my computer where Internet Explorer keeps opening on it's own. I have tried: AVG Anti-Virus Ewido Anti-Spyware Spybot: Search and Destroy and so far no luck. I did solve the problem by forwarding the connection to a blank proxy. I am however concerned that …

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Dear Tech Team, Please be informed that today afternoon onwards, my windows 2003 Server is kept blinking and also not allowing me to open any application... is this any sort of virus or any worm... pls help......

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Hi. I have problems sometimes going to "My Network Places" in the Windows Explorer. Sometimes works OK and sometimes appears an Explorer.exe Application Popup: <<The instruction at "0x10004160" referenced memory at "0x10004160". The memory could not be "read">> (Event ID: 26 at the Windows Event Box) and the Explorer go …

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Hi, I have tried and failed to remove CiD pop ups from a friends computer, even after reading through some posts on this forum and others. Can someone with experience please help me through the process? All help is greatly appreciated. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at …

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Greetings, I have a perplexing problem. I'm writing a small C# Application. I need to insert an file path into a database table. I'm using SQL Server 2005. This is the first time I've done much with SQL Server (I have had experience with other DB platforms though), so please …

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Ok im going to get straight to the point, but first the story. one day i was doing a bit of image editing talking on msn and using task manager at the same time and then BAAAAAM a blue screen comes up saying: [I]IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000A (0x00000166, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x8U4FAAC2)[/I] can …

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Help? I have a Dell Dimension 9100. I replaced the hard drive now it wont bootup! PC lights come on drive lights come on But no screen! Monitor Power light blinks off and on. like if its not connected but it is! Can some one help me to get a …

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hai everyone.. is it vista supporting microsoft visual studio 2005? and which service packs that i should install??please guide..i'm still new in vista.. thank you..

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I picked up something off MSN today, and noticed things were acting strange. I scanned the two files I had downloaded (clean) and then deleted them. The computer would not hibernate, so I shut it down. The next reboot appeared to work fine. But when I ran Norton AV, it …

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Greetings, I have a t22 laptop with a compatable docking station. Up until this morning everything was working fine. Then the plug got disconnected from the wall outlet. Everything works that is hooked up to the station and I even switched out another laptop to the station and it works …

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hi!.. I'm a newbie with this, pls help me!! every time I install apche 2.2 in my windows xp, I alway get an error. "could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name" and "only one usage of each socket address"

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I have a 2nd HD that I would like to install along with my existing one. Do I need to install an OS on it also? If so..should I unplug the working one first. Or can I leave it in and plug the 2nd one in without causing any distress …

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Hi everyone, I'm now fiddling over a week to fix a problem on my linux-webserver. I have the following code: [CODE] ... $bool=mkdir(trim($semname), 0777, TRUE); //chmod(trim($semname),0777); $f2=fopen(trim($semname)."/index.php","w"); ... [/CODE] it works perfectly when working on my home server under windows but as soon as loaded up on my linux-webserver it …

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I've had some problems with my PC lately. This latest problem really has me stumped. I have a couple of Craigslist category pages saved to my Internet Explorer favorites, and lately I've noticed that they will not always work on the first try. When I click on one of the …

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I am running Vista Home Premium on a Acer 7520 Turion 64x2. At home wired lan connection to a netgear router out of office using a vodafone 3g/UMTS mobile data card. Lan : Can connect to the internet , can run a number of application (financial market data) that connect …

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Hey all, thank frist of all. now, I had avg 7.5 free adition, I uninstalled it and installed avg intrnet security 8. after the install I wasn't able to connect to the internet. I unistalled it and re installed 7.5. that did help. I checked my device manager and I …

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I'm going to build a new computer soon, and I want to keep the contents of my master hard drive as is. (With all programs, settings, and etc..in working order) Do I have to do anything special for the hard drive swap to the new motherboard? I've read I have …

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When asking the computer to do more than one task the CPU usage jumps up to 100% & slows down everything. This is particularly annoying when playing music or a video in Winamp or Media Player & then, for example, connecting to the net or even opening a 1KB document, …

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[i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP [/color][/size][size=2]Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a …

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