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My daughter's computer gives me this eror when it starts up... what does it mean? Can anyone give me some assistance? I am running Windiws XP...

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ok so i'm working on a friends computer running XP. their explorer.exe file was infected by a worm and they accidentally deleted it instead of cleaning it. luckily the file was in back-up, so they pulled it back out, ran a system restore, and after virus and spyware scans and …

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For the last 3 days my windows explorer and internet explorer have not been working properly. Window explorer will open but, when I click on a folder nothing happens. If there is a shortcut on my desktop I can get to the file that way. In internet explorer I can …

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I'm was having the problem a lot of others have had. (Just like thread post 98509) I keep geting the message "Windos Security Alert -Warning Potential Spyware Operation - Your computer is making unauthorized copies of your system and Internet files. Run full scan now to prevent any unathorised access …

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I'm Helping a Uncle Clean out his Laptop. We got this a few days ago Unable to start up and well we got there obviously :) .So then we took a whole load of viruses,spyware,Malware, ext... The task manager and Control Panel were disabled Most likely from the viruses I …

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Hi Everyone: Several days ago I went to start the machine and I got a message saying:" Operating System Not Found" I rebooted the system, press F5 and enter. Had to do this 2-3 time and finally started normally. For a couple of days it did this then day before …

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:14:25 PM, on 1/2/2008 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 C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\jusched.exe C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\browser\ybrwicon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\browser\ycommon.exe C:\PROGRA~1\YAHOO!\YOP\yop.exe …

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I am receiving the error message: "SYSTEM ERROR! your computer was infected by unknown trojan. it's dangerous for your system (critical files can be lost)! click OK to download the antispyware program to clean your system! (Recommended)" It pops up almost every time I go into windows explorer. I am …

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HI - new here, hope someone can help. I have read other threads re this problem, but still having same issue. I ran HJT after most recent attempt to have home page as sympatico.ca- log follows. I also ran the [url]http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe[/url] as per another user's reply... Still the same issue. …

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Hello Everyone. I'm New to this forum.... I purchased a toshiba Laptop from a buisness bankrupsy sale. Everything was great all working find until I tried to install the internet. The wireless conection was all found but when I tried to run the install disc for the provider it says …

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Windows Vista Home Premium Everytime I start or restart my computer I have to re-install certain programs such as Flash Player or it gives me a message saying it is not installed (preventing many websites and programs from working). As soon as I "re-install" the program works - UNTIL I …

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im new to computers and made booboo. i recently installed a second internal hard drive in my computer. all was well until i decided to move files from c:drive to d:drive because i got message saying i needed more space. i moved some files then cancelled the transfer because things …

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I reformatted my pc and now it won't shutdown by itself. I cant find the APM can anyone help?:rolleyes:

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Hello, I have a VB program, developed a few years ago in Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit, and adapted later in Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition. In this program I use 16-bit DAO databases. As long as I used this program privately, this was no problem, because I also had Visual …

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My windows 98 PC isn't connected to the internet. Is there any way to download all the updates from the internet for it and then use a CD or USB to install them on my windows 98 PC thanks in advance for your help

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im new to computers and made booboo. i recently installed a second internal hard drive in my computer. all was well until i decided to move files from c:drive to d:drive because i got message saying i needed more space. i moved some files then cancelled the transfer because things …

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I recently installed a second internal hard drive for extra storage space and tried to move files from c:drive to new d:drive. now i can no longer download from limewire, and get this message; shellmanager database is corrupt or missing. how much bad did i do?

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Hi, I am now connected to my router with a Cat6 cable. I could connect to my printer using Wifi but that stopped working so I bought a cable. I can find the printer. I type the ip address of the printer in, and it says: Cannot load wizard pages …

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Hey good folks ! I have a picky "E" drive that burns CD-R disc's only when using certain programs. I have a "D" drive, DVD Rom and I have an "E" drive,DVD burner. [B]Case #1[/B] If I move a file to my E drive to let use Windows to put …

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i have my regional setting as uk. when i go into regional settings/languages and click details, nothing happens. also the language bar will not start from the taskbar. any help appreciated. thanks

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Please be gentle with me. I'm a newbie in this forum. I'm not afraid to show my ignorance, but I am a pretty fast learner. That being said, I have an emachines computer running XP that continues to display a small message window that reads, "Please wait while checking system …

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When I open Windows Explorer, there are several directories with a blue arrow on the folder. When I try to access them, I get, c:\blah blah blah is not accessable. Access is denied. (where blah blah blah is the directory) I'm logged in as the administrator account (which is called …

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Hey guys, I was running some antivirus scans from my Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD, [url]www.ubcd4win.com[/url]) last night in an effort to find a solution for my inability to delete some folders on my D: drive (the problem persists, I have it posted under the Win XP forum) and I stumbled …

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I'm running an ASUS P2B-F motherboard with a 7gb hard drive. I'm trying to install Windows 98 SE, when I try run fdisk I get a 'No fixed disks present' error. In the bios I can see that my hard drive is recognised. I've tried the following ways to resolve …

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Our home has a wireless network set up, but unfortunately an Xbox wireless adapter costs $100. There is a computer near the Xbox that is connected to the wireless network using a Wireless-G PCI Adapter with RangeBooster. I want to be able to share that connection between the Xbox and …

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Gday i need some help please - i am not that computer literate,. so i wont understand a complicated response, so please if you could keep that in mind , that would be great firstly, i have an older computer that is using windows 2000. my first problem is that …

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Hey all, I just found you, signed up and this is my first post, so please be gentle. I'm working on a friends Laptop, as follows: HP Pavilion DV6105US Entertainment Notebook PC AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK36 Windows XP Media Center Edition 512MB system Memory 80GB (5400rpm) harddrive Super …

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I'm running Windows 2000 on a Compaq E500 laptop. I ran Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Ithen installed Firefox and tried to connect to the internet. The connection is there but I cannot access any pages. I uninstalled Firefox and tried again with Internet Explorer with the same result. …

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Well, I just got my hands on a new Vista box and I've setup an internal portal. However, I'm not able to find the IIS logs. Any idea where I can find them? The system32\logfiles folder does not have them, neither does the Event Viewer. Am I missing something here?

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When I start up my laptop, the screen immediatly says Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\system You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair. The deal …

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I can not see my flash drive (SimpleTech BobzaiXpress 1GB). I loaded the drivers, restarted the PC, & nothing shows up. Could it be because, yesterday when I tried to connect a LaCie hard drive via the USB port & removed it without diconnecting by going to the system tray, …

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Everything was fine until yesterday. I am running 98SE with all the upgrades and stuff. I keep getting an error message that there is something (never the same thing) wrong with a script every single time I go to a page. This page did it twice. I also have a …

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My machine was running extremely slow and I followed the suggestions of The Comodore and the machine is running much, much faster. I have another problem now though. After running all of these utilities, my CD/DVD drives will no longer read and/or write any CD/DVD's. The drives are there but …

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My computer has gotten significantly slower over the past 3 or 4 months. I have done a lot of work since Saturday and cleaned off a bunch of stuff (using a variety of tools), as well as replacing my old Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware / Firewall / etc. application with new …

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Hey guys, I have a bit of a head-scratcher here. On my 1 1/2 year old laptop ( HP Pavillion DV8000, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, NVidia GeForce GO 7600 , 2 GB DDR2 memory, 2.0 GHz Intel Centrino Duo, 2x 80 GB Hard drives) I am unable to …

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I have been using Vista Live File System to keep backups of programming code. Each day, I use Windows Explorer to add a new folder named according to the date (example: "080114") and then I copy files as needed to that folder. Then I close the session. I am finding …

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Hi, my Windows 98 PC has, once again, had an error the following message appeared: A fatal exception 0D has occurred at 0028C000A882 in VxD VMM(01) + 00009882. The current application will be terminated. Does anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this issue.

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Guys,I downloaded Windows Media11...now I have no sound when playing DVD's. Checked all the usual audio stuff..couldn't find anything wrong..Any suggestions? Thanks

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Well my computer does not beep like it used to, and there's a black screen always. I don't know what to do! I've switched monitors, video cards and RAM around. Nothing works! Please help.

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Hi guys! You know how in Mac OSX how you can do admin tasks without logging in as an admin? All you have to do is click that lock and enter credentials you know? Is there a way to do that in Windows? Maybe with a command or something? (assuming …

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[B][I][I][B]Well thanks for your support. I got an issue as I wanted to use USB2.0 ALL IN ONE CARD READER! I got a 1GB ram(Kingston Micro) for my cell phone ( samsung SGH E 250). the problem is when I insert the ram into USB2.0 ALL IN ONE CARD READER …

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Comp Spec: HPm7470n AMD 64x2 4200+ 2GB of Ram ATI XTX 1900 Pro Windows XP Media Center Edition Have all windows updates even the optional / hardware ones Ok so here’s the problem: My computer has been working fine until yesterday when it just locked up and froze I tried …

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Hi. Am very new to this...so please forgive any mistakes I will make. I have been having problems with my pc ever since I installed xp sp2. Recently I tried to access [url]www.avast.com[/url] to download an antivirus program someone told me was good because I had removed spybot search & …

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It happens when I click on a link or even just activate a window on Firefox. A new IE browser opens up w/ an ad on it. Please help, below is my HijackThis log. Don't know where else to turn! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 3:41:53 …

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hi everyone, i guess you already know this annoying little message that pops-up every few minutes - " CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR your computer was infected by a trojan. it's dangerous for your computer, some files can be lost! click OK to download the antispyware program to clean your system! (recomended) …

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Drivers are installed properly Windows audio services are turned on Itunes says that my audio is not configured properly Have unstalled and reinstalled drivers Turned on on-board audio in BIOS In sound and audio properties there are entries for sound recording and MIDI music playback but no option for sound …

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Hi to all, I trust that you are all enjoying the holidays, even those of us who have to work! ;o) I've got two problems which I know you bright sparks will help this old buddy with. One: My computer freezes just after log-on. It shows the desk top and …

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Hello. I wasn't sure whether I should have posted this here, or in Web Browsers, but anyways here it goes. I am having a problem with both IE and FireFox. I recently downloaded and installed TOR, which comes in the Vidalia bundle with Privoxy. I decided I didn't want the …

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I was asked to set up a LAN for a group of older citizens who voluntarily do tax returns for other older, lower income citizens. Had no problem seting up LAN with printer and file shareing using 6 new HP laptops running XP Professional. Have a 7th laptop running XP …

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Well Were Do I Start I Got A E-mail From Aol About 2 Months Ago Saying That They Were Changing Servers But This Would Not Effect My Connection But Ever Since Then Im Not Getting Over 150kbs Im Ment To Be Getting Up To 8mb ,they Say I Im Getting …

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