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Hi, I'm also having the same problem. Everything seemed to be ok its just that whenever I open a window (folder) and try to access the file inside that folder the explorer restarts. It removes everything from my screen except for the wallpaper. when I refreshes (does it on its …

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this messege comes up from nowhere...even when i open trash box,why?and i cannot rid off it,and dont know why,it started when i downlouded avg anti spyware free trial...please help

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I have a network that consists of a server running windows 2003 server SP2, which has been dcpromo'ed to a Domain Controller. And 2 workstations both running WinXP Pro SP2. All machines have a static IP address set, and are all on the same subnet. Both workstations have their windows …

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Hi, I have a AMD system with 1gb of ram.Wen i am using multiple window opened at a time ,if i click on a single window say firefox other windows also gets selected and wen i right click on taskbar it showing close group or so..after that i went to …

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Well, I havent been taking really good care of my computer, and theres alot of junk on it, and useless programs running and all that crap, I wouldnt be suprised if there were quite a few viruses on it. I heard reformating/reinstaling the OS might be soemthing good to do. …

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Hi there. I have installed a Lifeview TV card and I get "graph cannot preview" message when starting it up. Everything seems to install without a problem. The sound is perfect, just no picture. I am running XP pro with 2 gig ram and a P4 3.00 gig processor. a …

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Hi Folks - Hoping someone can help me out here - please. I am having trouble with setting up a home webserver using 2003 server. I have read lots but that just seems to confuse me more. I have a server with two network cards and a netcomm nb9w router. …

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I frequently run XoftSpy SE to check for spyware, and it often finds bs.serving-sys.com and related cookies. I have now discovered how to block such sites within Mozilla Firefox. First you need to click "Tools", then "Options", then select "Privacy". Assuming that you still want to allow [I]some[/I] cookies, tick …

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oh wow i see this is going around i have the exact same problem here is my logfile if theres anything you can help me with it would be GREATLY appreciated :) Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 1:58:36 AM, on 1/19/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT …

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I have been up all of Christmas Eve crying and trying to fix my computer. ANd it looks like my Christmas Day is going to be pretty miserable. Now my PC is stuck in an endless loop. And I am crying my eyes out because I have so much stuff …

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I am a networking student. I need to work with server 2003. [COLOR="Red"]Can I load it onto a external drive and use it?[/COLOR] I have a newer computer which will boot from the USB port. But being new to server 2003, I wondered if I could place it on a …

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Is there a simple utility with a single purpose: to turn remote control of your tv tuner card into a replacement for your mouse? --------------------------------------------------------------- Something like this: 789 456 123 R0E Pointer directions: 789 4 6 123 R = left mouse button E = right mouse button 5 and …

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I have recently tried to upgrade my windows 98 to windows 2000 via an update disk (Which is also a restore disk) but it has kept on failing at 6%. So i shut windows 98 down and the next day when i turn back on it comes up with this …

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Hi..Can't figure this out! My friend's computer crashed after running a virtual community. I've tried loading windows both by way of repair and clean install. Every time stop code 000000050 creeps up and when we try a fresh installation, it says there are no partitions listed to format. It says …

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I am a Windows 98 user and only go online to access my email via Netscape. Nothing more. Lately my dial-up connection has been shutting off before I can finish reading my emails and I am forced to connect again. Can anyone explain the reason for this? If I can't …

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I have Norton AntiVirus 2007 installed on my HP Media Center computer, running Windows XP. Yesterday I tried Norton’s Live Update to download the latest definitions. I received a “LU1812: A program that was part of this update failed when it ran. “ error message toward the end of the …

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I'm looking to develop a new strategy to provide both an on-site and off-site backup of my computer, which runs Windows XP. The good news is I have shell access to a Solaris machine through my university, and my storage allocation on this server more than sufficient to back up …

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When I restart my computer, I get this error message (explorer dialog box ,which says , Run. time error 5: Invalid procedure call or argument.) Does anybody know what causes this ? Thanks John

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every time i try to open a page or a windows this message pops out "your computer has been infected by unknown trojan. some critical files may be lost......" i got symantec antivirus but when i scan it it dont show no virus. help me!!!! here is my hijack this …

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A few weeks ago, i tried to install a 320 GB Seagate hard drive. After i installed it, my computer began to restart randomly. I decided it would be a good idea to open my computer, and yank out the hard drive. (I don't know as much about computers as …

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Hey everybody! First post! I consider myself a pretty tech-savvy dude, and for the most part I'm able to solve just about any problem that has come up with my computers over the years. This one is kinda weird. It only happens when I am burning several cds in succession …

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hello please can you help me sorting the problem.it is,as i switch on my pc,i have to wait for about 8 minuts for the pc desktop screen to switch on..... thank you

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so i have now 2 antivirus programs running now i konw i have to choose one because it made my computer turtle slow,please help me to do this,because of all good things that i hear about them its hard to deside wich is better:?: .i have avg7,5,and+avg anti-spyware,and avast...so wich …

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I have a dell laptop a little older version and it runs windows 98 when i turn on the lap top i recieve this error message. " This programhas performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists contact the program vendor. Explorer casued an invalid …

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Security Alert: Spyware found Your computer is infected with last version of PSW.x-Vir trojan. PSW trojans steal your private information such as: password, IP-address, credit card information, registration details, documents, etc. Click this baloon to remove PSW.x-Vir spyware This pop-up has appeared more then 3,000 times. When i click the …

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HI Guys I got a new laptop with Vista Home Basic on it. Specs are: [COLOR=green]AMD Turion 64 MK36/1024MB RAM/80GB HDD/128MB Graphics[/COLOR] There are certain things that I want to do but can not because of Vista compatibility issue. Now it has two partitions one 65 gb as C:/ and …

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Having trouble with Party POker and onli casino popups about every 2 minutes. Any help would be appreciated Here is the hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:10:59 PM, on 1/7/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16574) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe …

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Explanation first. Ok so I have this problem my computer runs uber slow and when I check my proccesses I have tracert.exe running a lot. Also Getting a ton of pop ups, but'm pretty sure those are just extraneous problems because whenever I delete spyware using spyware doctor tey go …

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Recently when i try to play a game or listen music on windows media player i cant hear anything. The games just dont have any sound and on windows media player a small red "x" appears next the song and the following message pops up: "Windows Media Player encountered a …

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I have been looking for a solution to my problem for almost two months now and nothing I've tried has worked. When I go to network connections in windows xp nothing shows up. However, I can still get on the internet, as I'm writing this question right now. If I …

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" there is a file or folderon your computer called"c:\program" which could cause certain applications to not function correctly.renaming it to "c:\program2" would you like to rename it now?" it asks for renaming or to ignore this is the error i am getting when i start the system. pls guide …

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Can somebody go into detail with me about what I need to do from scratch to the point where I can hit build and run and successful compile a valid C++ program without any build/linker errors? I use Windows Vista.

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Hi All, Every time I start my computer up the process 'explorer.exe' goes into overdrive taking up 99% of the CPU. I have tested for viruses, adware, malware etc. I have also defragmented the hard drive. Can anyone please help me before I throw this PC away? Regards, Peter

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I am unable to browse my asp page on Internet Information Services (IIS). Please help. [COLOR="Red"][B] The page cannot be displayed HTTP 500.100 - Internal Server Error - ASP error Internet Information Services[/B][/COLOR] Technical Information (for support personnel) Error Type: Microsoft VBScript compilation (0x800A0400) Expected statement /localdir/Hellotest.asp, line 12 <tr> …

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hello, My question is ~Is window vista is good version of its family? As in my opinion its a very bad version of its family,as to install u need a good graphics card and lots of harddisk, lots of ram and i think that it doesn't support to MS DOS …

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Hello everyone! I work IT for a small school, and I am having issues with my server. It seems as though at different intervals, my domain controller will not recognize authorized users. This has been an issue since we lost power due to an enormous ice storm. I have checked …

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Well, for the past 2 weeks or so, i have been having a random problem with my internet explorer. At random, a little window pops up that sais: MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ DEBUG LIBRARY Debug assertion failed! Program: C:\Program Files\GameSpot\GameSpotDownloadManager_Win32.exe File: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\list Line: 776 Expression:list erase iterator …

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Hi, I have a problem where on initially it appeared that I had no start menu / desktop on Windows XP SP2. Whilst looking which at a number of threads , and performing some invistagation they eventually appeared after 5/10 mins. The system has symantec AV and is free. New …

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I have an old crappy windows 98 computer, and i need to format it, im gotta put linux on it...but i cant format it the way all the google pages say ([url]http://www.bholcomb.com/formatwin98.html[/url] for example...) because the floppy drive doesnt work properlly. Using those instructions, i created the boot disk fine, …

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hi my friend accidently moved setupapi.dll from the system 32 folder and cant boot up the pc properly but can run dos so can he move it from were eva it is to system32 usin dos

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Hi, i'm having problems running a .exe file downloaded thru IE (a poker program to be exact). The error message i get is [program].exe is not a valid Win32 application. I've asked the poker support people for some help but they're as much use as a chocolate teapot.... Can anyone …

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Win XP comes with many inbuilt performance monitoring applications that constantly examine many parts of the system. This information can be of real use to a system administrator for collecting performance statistics. However, for a home user, these statistics hold no value and since the monitoring happens all the time, …

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I need some help guys. Here is the story I maintain my company's Intranet and this one time I noticed something really strange. About 11ish in the morning I found out that my web pages have gone bad, the contents of the pages were of the last year (2007), about …

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Hi, I have been experiencing problems with search engines such as Google and Yahoo. I get redirected when I click on a result, but not 100% of the time. An example of one of the sites I end up to is [url]http://www.huntburg.com/[/url]. I would like to know how to get …

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Our local library recently purchased five Gateway Profile 6 computers, all running Vista Business. Besides all the other glitches that came along with Vista, none of them will run Windows Update. They simply show an error # 0x80073712. In addition, when I go into Windows Features, the dialog box is …

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I have two virtual machines set up; one is running Windows XP and the other is running Windows Server 2003. I can map network drives from Server 2003 to XP, but not the other way around. Similarly, I can ping the Server 2003 machine from the XP machine, but not …

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I am running XP (home) SP2 fully patched. I have just had a situation when I wanted to remove an application and used Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs. It gave the 'waiting for the list to be populated' message and then just stayed blank for nearly 30 minutes. I have deleted …

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Anyone had any problems with Vista going to sleep. My computer reboots when I go to the shutdown menu and hit "sleep". Talked to MB people and they say they don't know of any problems. Nothing in Bios seems to address this situation, and tried all the different settings in …

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Hi ....the wife has a laptop that when booted gives 12 error messages such as "windows cannot access Program files \ibm thinkvantage\rescue and recovery\br_funcs.exe" and others like Reg,exe and 8 xcopy.exe messages. when I ok all of the messages all works fine ! I have downloaded Rescue and repair from …

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