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Hi guys could you please help me out. Menu/Taskbar disappeared. I've tried Restore but that doesn't work. I'm using Windows XP. How do I get my Start Menu/Taskbar back? I tried to tun "Explorer" from Windows task manager and press all the shotcuts but doen't work. Task bar and Start …

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I am not sure how to get the laptop stop from restarting. Here what I did with my laptop to startup and the information below? Turn the laptop on to startup and you see the logo of Windows XP Home Edition on the screen for a few second then went …

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My PC will not boot into windows. I want to do a repair but have lost my admin password. Anyone got any ideas?

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I'm getting very frustrated - running Phoenix 6.00 Bios, I want to boot from hard disk first and never from whatever might be plugged into the USB sockets. If say, I have an ipod or external hard drive plugged into the USB, bootup always looks there first and of course …

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Hi! I m using Windows 2000 professional built on NT technology, When ever I starts my PC it directly open the BIOS, After making some changes it run normally. The Changes are as follow : In the BOOT menu of BIOS option no 2. IDE Hard drive & Option no …

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Okay, I've had this computer for around two years and I've never had this problem before. Tonight my sound was working fine up until around two hours ago, then everything just stopped. Whenever I try to load a file in Windows Media Player I get this message: "Windows Media Player …

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Here is my Hijack log. I ran it at 12:53 or :54...This file won't go away. It's a temp file. ~DF8241.tmp another one is ~DFE2H.tmp Here is the log............................................................... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:47:27 PM, on 2/1/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

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Hey all, im kind of new and in need of some help. My computer has been really slow this past few days and also when i start the computer, it takes about 5mins to load everything up. Also, when i play music, it makes some "laggy" sounds. I will post …

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Can anyone please help me with this trojan? It started yesterday afternoon, whenever I start my computer, a window from NOD32 pops up and says that I have this trojan in my memory "win32/genetik trojan"...thanks.

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Hello All: I have just performed a "System Restore" on my HP-PC. I am running XP with SP2. I was attempting to remove some unwanted processes on startup via MSCONFIG. When I selected those processes I did not want during the boot sequence, I received a message that "You must …

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Hello, everyone. I am running Windows XP Proffesional SP2 with one password-protected user/administrator account and two non-password-protected limited user accounts. Windows boots up and runs normally, but after logging out of or switching to an account, Windows will occassionally ask for non-existant passwords on the two unprotected accounts and says …

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I have everything working but sound, after formatting. I downloaded the Audio Realtek driver from Intel's [URL="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Filter_Results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=1673&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Home+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=45&submit=Go%21"]download center[/URL], but that didn't help. Hopefully this pic helps: [url=http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bahgetvx8.png][img=http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5761/bahgetvx8.th.png][/url] Thanks for any help.

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Which one of these full tower cases would you recommend? A) thermaltake xaser VI Case B) cooler master stacker 830 Case C) Cosmos 1000 Case (I think it is cooler master, not sure) D) Silver stone TJ-07 case E) XCLIO Windtunnel Case (the one with a fan on the side …

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Hello all, I have a company that repairs computers on the side and I do some networking and server maintenance. However, I have a new account where they have a pretty big setup off of a server running 2003. I wasn't looking to take on such an account but this …

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OK, I've been reading enough of these boards to know your going to ask for the Hijackthis log so here it is. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 11:24:14 PM, on 2/4/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

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Minimal services running and cannot start them. I get an error code 1068 & 1069. This all happened after a trojan or virus hit my computer. Tried starting them in safe mode with no help. Says something about logon problems and cannot start RPC service. Anybody that can help or …

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So just I stood up pulling the power cord and knocking my computer off my desk and now it won't work. It automatically said something about shutting down because my computer might be at risk. When I try to restart it it goes to the safe mode start up screen …

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I am using Vista Home Premium. I have Flash Player 9 installed. When a program that requires the flash player tries to load I receive an error message that says I need the player. Is there a fix that works? Thans! Gary T.

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i have a toshiba satellite 1105 notebook that my friend would like to use with a projector. after everything gets hooked up and running, the mouse freezes. all that he wants to do is play his screeensaver from a disk in the notebook onto the projector so that everyone can …

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hey guys, yesterday i was surfing n browsing fine using firefox on windows xp. today nothing,n i mean nothing, i have tried using IE but it also dsnt do anything,i have uninstalled n installed firefox still nothing. when i load firefox it is taking longer than usual to load same …

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Dear all, I am trying to reset a local admin password on a win xp pro pc using the free Offline NT Password & Registry Editor available at [url]http://home.eunet.no/%7Epnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html[/url]. Lots of people have used it with no problems. When I use it I follow the instruction and blank the admin …

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Well i bought an hp dv2000 notebook in july for school, it came with vista, and i hated it. So i inevitably downgraded my OS to windows XP, and my notebook was running 10 times better. After a few weeks of running Xp however, my laptop has begun randomly shutting …

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When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options are: Start in safe mode. Safe mode with networking. Safe mode with command prompt. Last known …

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Hi guys, I'm new here and I've had a read through some of the topics and found people with similar problems to those I am having. I have downloaded the latest HijackThis and the log is as follows: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 21:59:31, on 06/02/2008 Platform: Windows …

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Hello All! I just recovered my PC using the "system restore". I have an HP-PC with with WindowsXP(SP2). I executed the virus removal process from a2-squared and after the restore everything looked fine. I went on to execute the MSCONFIG and remove alot of stuff on startup. (...When I was …

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my Compaq 2700us has been giving me fits... i decided to use the quickrestore cd to wipe and reinstall XP (just to 'clean house'). I had no Stop errors prior to this. The QuickRestore CDs copy all the image file to the HDD, then when rebooting i recieve the following …

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Can anyone take a look at my HJT logfile and give me some input on if my system is ok? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 10:48:11 PM, on 2/5/2008 Platform: Windows Vista (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16575) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe …

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Hello pc geeks!!! I need some advice from one of you geekheads who can tweak the crap out of vista/xp. I'm looking for something more advanced than defraging the hdd, msconfig, waittokillapptimeout, and other well known tweaks. I want some new advanced ones that can improve pc performance significantly. Thank …

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I need help with the 2000 some files in my documents and C drive. I have a log ready whenever someone can help. Thanks

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I think I have a virus that isn't letting certain programs open. Here's my hijack this results: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 6:46:34 PM, on 2/4/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\EvtEng.exe …

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I actually found this forum last night and planned to post my computer log today. A couple days ago I got a virus that has only multiplied into more viruses and trojans. I have Avast and usually have no issues, but Avast can barely keep up and can't move or …

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i need some help from these forum and my requirement is if we press ctrl+Alt+Del in keyboard or lock the system with either keyboard or mouse some events are generating can any one give me the event id and where it getting stored..and for unlock what is the event can …

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it shows some win32 exception i used nod32 and removed the virus , but still the spybot detected many registry cleaning processes etc how to solve this problem

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hey guys. PLEASE help me :( ive spent ALL day on this... below is my system details. Operating System System Model Windows Vista Business (build 6000) DIXONSXP MS-7046 Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 2048 kilobyte secondary …

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I am getting the following messages on the taskbar, as well as other security alert popups, ads, and a "protection bar" in internet explorer that I cannot remove. I have used XoftSpySe to remove other problems but cannot get rid of these: "Your computer is infected!" Critical System Error! System …

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All, Your help is greatly appreciated in advance. I am having trouble packaging Oracle 10G for a batch file deployment. Everything is done except for getting the DSN created which is causing me major problems. We am working with the Oracle 10G R2 10.2.0.1.0 Client on Windows XP Professional SP2. …

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Hi, Not sure whats happening, my desktop background turned white (wallpaper disappeared). When I go to the desktop property --> under Desktop tab, the "Background" option is gray/inaccessible. --> when go to Customize Desktop --> there should be 2 tabs: General & Web, however right now the Web tab is …

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Hello Forum I have been having the nightmare of all computer nightmares for the past few months. I have been trying to compose a succint letter to paste here and get help, but my comp keeps doing its thing, and I cant finish the letter. I'm still working on explaining …

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I've ran Ad-aware SE and tried Spybot, but when it came time to fix the spyware with Spybot, it gave me a message saying "This application has failed to start because WDENGINE.dll was not not found." I believe ad-aware helped somewhat so far, but there are still pop- ups that …

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i removed a trojan using sophos antivirus, but i think something is still in the registry. On startup i get four error messages: Error loading C:/users/russell/appdata/local/temp/khhhi.dll. the specified module could not be found. " " pnmsdlgb.dll " " pmklm.dll " " roqkftfo.dll i am not sure how to fix this …

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on xp, internet explorer is running very slow. will eventually (but not every time) open a home page but refuses almost always to link to other pages. i keep getting a message saying 'cannot connect to server' & message continues with advice that some browsers require 128 bit encryption which …

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this is my friends computer i am trying to fix it and it has 2 admin accounts ... and below is the log ........... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:58:23 AM, on 2/5/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot …

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Here is the log from hjt. please analyse Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 10:27:33 PM, on 2/3/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) 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:\Program Files\Ahead\InCD\InCDsrv.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSetMgr.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe …

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Since you guys really seem to know your way around the computer I thought I'd take a chance and see if anyone has had a similar problem and found a solution to the Microsoft problem that seems to be going around. I know I'm not the only one because I've …

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Hi all, I hope I'm at the right place and I wonder if any of you can help me out. I have an HP Pavilion Notebook with Windows Vista 64 bit Home Premium. Last week my Norton Anti-Virus 2007 started up saying I had the worm. It hasn't fixed the …

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My brother recently downloaded a few files and he told me he scanned the compressed zip file with avg antispyware and avg free... both showed the containing files were clean.. after extracting and opening the files they dissapeared and shortly after windows explorer kept restarting itself, a few of which …

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Okay i been having a problem with my computer and I was wondering if anyone ever went thru this and could probably help me out I got XP and i have other users on my computer and their sound seem to be working except mines. I can listen to limewire …

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I have a set of 7 email with attachment of word files and photographs (.jpg) files. When I want to send to my target audience which is normally one email address and I click forward, it takes atleast 3 to 4 minutes for the message to load before I can …

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can someone please review my log file and tell me how I can speed up my PC...when i shut down I get a "rundll32.exe" error... this process soemtimes takes up all my cpu and i am unable to do anything Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 4:58:34 …

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Hello, mighty helpers of Daniweb! We have been running this application for two years and have hundreds of users distributed at many customer sites. Suddenly, in January, one particular user logged in, clicked Ordering and got "Page not found" in the secondary pop-up window. The only workaround was to create …

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