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If I buy a copy of Windows VISTA Premium and install that on my drive. Will that format the C and D drives and put my CPU back in factory set condition, Registers and ALL. I have no data to loose as I simply am playing Morrowind III and downloaded …

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all the links to the control panel have delted from all windows eg my computer and the start menu. iv done various scans but nothing has been found. also it says that i have a limited account on the computer but i only have the one user account and it …

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Hi there I have recently opened a patch that contained the hacktool virus. My Norton Internet Security 2007 picked it up when it was executed but was unable to either quarantine or remove it. I have read through a number of forums on this matter and my understanding is that …

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Hi, I had deleted some files by shifting the Shift Key but later on when I recovered the file using data recovery software and saved the recovered file in a new folder under C:\ks\recovered file. But when I switch over to the above destination folder and try to open the …

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I've been running Vista since it first released. Since day one, I've been able to share the root of a drive (share the entire drive, not just a folder in a drive). I recently added a new drive, shared it, and have had problems with it the whole time (file …

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With The New Software To Prevent Piracy It Is Taking A Machine Fingerprint Whe Acticating The Programs I Have One Program From Scan Soft Asking Me For The Machine Fingerprint Does Anyone Know Where It Is On The Computer.my Operating System Is Xp Pro

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Hi Everyone: I am using dual monitors in Win XP Pro. I am using the ATI AIW 9600 128 with two Samsung 193v LCD's. How do I configure the set up to show my XP taskbar across both screens? Any help would be appreicated. Thanks.

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Hi, This just happened a few hours ago, and since i'm not computer smart the only solution I know of, which I tried, was restarting the computer. Anyhow, the problem is that it seems i'm missing some text files or something because so far I have discovered: 1) I use …

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this is from my logfile from hijak this Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:57:23 AM, on 11/24/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16544) 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 Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\Program Files\Common …

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Hi, I know lots of others have posted about this, but this was the easiest and quickest way to get some help! The control panel has actually dissappeared off of the computer, I have run both anti-virus and spyware scans, and they have all come up with nothing! Here is …

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Computer is running slowly again...sometimes refusing to start up at all! Ran the obligitory virus scan/adaware/spyguard... Can anyone take a look at my Hijackthis file and let me know if ya see anything? I appreciate it... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:12:37 AM, on 11/25/2007 Platform: …

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computer will not get past: Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key.. my computer will not load up and get past this stage. whenever i press any key it just repeats Reboot and Select proper boot device or insert …

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Good day, Just want an help regarding wireless network connection,only works when logged as an admin.It's a corporate laptop, trying to install wireless network connection. When logged as an normal user gets message connection failed " check Network adpter" . wireless connection is through WAN adpter. IF any ideas please …

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Hi, My old laptop got shot due to heat problems which I think shot the mother board. To move my data, I bought a Enclosure which allows me to see my folders with USB connection to new laptop. But since I had password protected them, I cannot get them open, …

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Norton detected the trojan hacktool.rootkit and keeps deleting the related file. After a few seconds, however, Norton detects a new file (with a slightly different name) and alerts me as well...it appears this process of detection and deleting goes on indefinitely. I ran AVG rootkit detector and another one recommended …

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recently i got a spyware and virus, i thought i got rid of them with norton, but when i right click my computer or network and go to properties an error message comes up, also my control panel has disappeared from my windows start bar and im unable to get …

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When booting a Win98 PC it hangs on the Windows 98 screen while booting. I cannot even get into Safe Mode. This happened a few years ago and I had to replace an inexpensive part (maybe a fan) but cannot remember which one. It was a safety feature of Win98 …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 2:27:21 PM, on 11/24/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16544) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\HPWuSchd2.exe C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehtray.exe C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe C:\Program …

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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 5:49:06 PM, on 11/16/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16544) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.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:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Common …

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This all started when I tried to install Kaspersky. During the installation, it told me to uninstall Symantec and AVG. A couple of reboots later, Kaspersky was installed. I then downloaded something I wanted that seemed fine (I even scanned it with Kaspersky) and then executed it. This caused winlogon.exe …

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Yesterday, I was on the internet and than somehow I got a virus and it wouldn't let me get onto the internet via internet explorer. But what was weird is that Firefox worked but IE didn't? Im pretty sure it is a virus because I get spam webpages coming up …

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i've a celeron labtop that was having window xp service pack 1, i upgrade it with windom xp service pack 2 but the now the computer has refuse to completing loading.......After switching the computer, it'll telling me "loading your personal setting" and will later come with "save setting" and log …

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I have similar problems to this [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread74149.html[/url] I have Win XP SP2 IE 7 with all updates and have run all sorts of Spyware detectors including Spybot Spyware Doctor and Spyware Detector with mixed results but I still have this redirect problem. Any advice how to solve this?? Logfile of …

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I have similar problems to this [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread74149.html[/url] I have Win XP SP2 IE 7 with all updates and have run all sorts of Spyware detectors including Spybot Spyware Doctor and Spyware Detector with mixed results but I still have this redirect problem. Any advice how to solve this?? Logfile of …

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Help please, I had to have a new hard disc installed. I reloaded windowsXP home and all my old software including Roxio easy DVD creator 6. now Roxio will not recognise the presence of my NEC ND2500A writer. This reads fine but will not write. The driver file details says …

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I'm new to Linux, so please bear with me. I have a new install of Debian, latest stable release, on an old ALR server running quad 200 MHz Pentium Pros. I only get two choices for screen resolution: 800 X 600 or 640 X 480. How can I get a …

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My Startware has taken over my Internet explorer. I normally use Mozilla but tried to update Explorer from an email from Microsoft and could not do it. I tried to open Explorer but found this Starware. What is it? Can you help me get rid of it?

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Hi Frineds, Can anyone tell me how to reslove this issue without formatting my system. I am getting c000021a error when i started my system. After searching topices on this i found due to critical patches i happens. How do i resolve this issue without wasting my time. Can I …

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I have one Gateway laptop with 512mb RAM and 80GB hardisak.It installed Windows Vista and it works well before a cuple of weeks yesterday when i treid to ON it it dosnt display anything even when i tray to start from the CD . u welcome to put some solution …

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aaamm... hello.. im new in the forum... and new in this kind of things.. my problem is this : when i star my pc i get this error.. : microsoft visual c++ runtime library buffer overrun detected! progam: c:/windows/explorer.exe a buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the program's …

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Hey guys, Alright im trying to build a gaming computer and I want to get all the parts ordered by Tuesday. I havent had luck with other sites on helping me setup a decent system, so im trying here. I have a sense of what I want, but im not …

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My computer will get a blue screen at start up and say I have hardware/software problems or errors and most of the time will not restart and go back to normal! My cousin and I pulled the ram out and flipped into different banks i am using 2 1gb ram …

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Does anyone know if its possible to force windows to log all the way on to a password-protected account without stopping at the Log In screen, but still prompt the user for a password before allowing access to the account? What I want to achieve is an automatic log-on, thus …

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Hi I have got something really bad on my works laptop. Keep getting pop-ups about viruses, black door trojans, malware, etc. and its running really slowly. I am going to get in so much trouble if i dont get it sorted out fast. Please can someone help. I have posted …

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Is there any solution for following errors : Taskmanager is disabled by administrator 'Run' not found in start menu It was happened after infection but i had already scanned and removed them but still it happens. Anyone please help.....thanks in advanced

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My computer keeps circling on and off at start up. It worked fine before i went to school but when i got home it was circling on and off. Please help!

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Hi 1 week ago i downloaded a keygen from a site and i got a virus/trojan. My explorer.exe keeps restarting. I tried to scan my computer with 6/7 different virus-scanners, but they all found nothing. I read a couple of threads before i came here, and i think it has …

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hi i can connect the internet on one computer and not the other. i have tried quite alot of stuff previous to this post to no avail. i am using windows [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread75306.html#"]xp[/URL] home sp2 (both) and a wireless modem router (d link dsl-g624t) with a wireless adapter (d link dwl …

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Well, I have absolutely no clue how this happened, because one minute, my keyboard was working perfectly fine, now, it's severley messed up. I use a Toshiba A105 laptop (w/ XP), and now, certain keys are going nuts. When I hit the shift key, a window asks me if I'd …

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Hi, I have the Vista setup in my XP folder, what I want to do is to burn it into a CD or DVD. But before doing this, I'm wondering if it's possible to burn the Vista image into a number of empty CDs? If that's not possible to do, …

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Can anyone tell me how to log back on as administrator now that the computer has been set to start without a password? It just keeps automatically logging on under a user name but this denies me access into the administrator tools etc. I have been told to control -alt …

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Hi, I have two computers...1 running windows vista home premium, and the other running windows professional 2000. I want to set up a remote desktop connection so that I don't have to keep switching between the two computers. The windows vista home premium computer would be the host, and the …

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I've been a user here for a couple of years, and thought it about time that I tried to introduce myself. I've made a few posts over the years, mostly asking for help, but I've now decided to pay more attention to the forum and try my best to help …

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I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about computers and as far as I know, rundll32.exe should only be open when it's opening a .dll file. I have run adaware and AVG to no avail. I have also run HJT but I can't interpret the results, which is where I was hoping …

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Urgg - No DRM folder on WMP11 - Trying to access BBCi through their own software which I suspect is P2P junk>? . . . .even thought I have, [LIST=1] [*][QUOTE]Logged in with [B]Administrator[/B], [*]Shut Down [B]kservice.exe[/B] and [B]khost.exe[/B] - the two running processes. [*]Show [I]Hidden Folders[/I] under > Folder …

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Hey, I acnt acess my control panel. not even through Administrator. a pop up says "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator" Here is my hijackthis log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 4:30:57 PM, on 11/22/2007 Platform: …

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Hello all, I have a generic mp3 player that I have had now for years. I formerly ran Windows 2000 on my pc and never had any issues with the mp3 player. Windows 2000 automatically recognized the connection through USB and would show the mp3 player as an additional drive …

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I keep getting this error message upon startup c:windows\system32\mknmhunf.dll Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:42:57 PM, on 11/20/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16544) 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 C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\S24EvMon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe …

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I'm not even sure I can explain all of this but: First off, I'm 25 miles from the computer in question, I can run it remotely using logmein. The computer in question is a Dell 9100 with Windows XP Media Center Addition. I had originally purchased the computer for the …

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Ok so here my problem. A couple days ago I found out that I had stupidly and unknowingly download some keyloggers. Not a big problem cuz I don't really have anything important they could get but still bad so I got rid of them. I ran AVG anti-spyware and andti-virus …

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