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:'( I have been fighting an issue on my XP Home system for about three or so weeks.......... I feel so stupid at this point, I was checking out my sons user area and came across some stuff he shouldn't have and was deleteing them and erase the disk system.... …

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I just got a new Toshiba laptop for Christmas, and it came with a FREE upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium (yay). Is Vista good enough to write over my Media Center (XP) install permanently? Or should I keep the XP Windows files? Is it possible to 100% get rid …

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I just ran check disk on my P4 2.8GHz Dell Inspiron 9400 and after it finished it blinked it's results and I didn't get to read it. I know there must be a log, doc or text file somewhere but I can 't find it. Can someone tell me where …

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any help here? i did a scan and there's clickspring in my reguistry that is causing all these pop ups.

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When I go to shut down my laptop, the rundll32 box comes up asking to end the program and takes forever to shut down. Also I noticed that my latop runs alot slower prior to shutdown and I feel it has to due with the rundll32 problem. I hope someone …

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HI, I wonder if anyone is able to solve thhis problem. Running windows xp on startup I get error msg 'rundll error loading windows\system32\NvCpl.dll the specified module cannot be found. Lavasoft Adaware+ shows 2 registry entries modifiied each time I start the computer Value ATImode change, data ATI2MDxx.exe , new …

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the other day my system got screwed up. I cannot use the installation disk to repair the installation. Basically what i want to do is simply get my things off and onto a usb thumbdrive, does anyone have advise on the best way, if i use a floppy boot-up, can …

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I need to know which programs to disable at start up that I don't need. Could some please walk me through this step by step. Below is my running programs that start up: 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\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Softex\OmniPass\Omniserv.exe C:\WINDOWS\wanmpsvc.exe C:\Program …

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I have restarted bios of my computer long time ago, and from than my computer just stop after some time playing some more require game... I don't know what to do... Pls help.... Sorry for my bad english....

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Hey, After all the fuss of installing a new motherboard and CPU, I realized I needed to buy a new HDD. So, I went out and bought a 250 gb Western Digital HDD. I installed MCE normally and I went to see how much space is left on my HDD …

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Hi I have a problem with my (optical) mouse in that it freezes during use of my computer. Itially it will be jerky in operation and if you try and move the mouse too fast or simply during careful use ithe mouse cursor will freeze. It can be "released" a …

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When i try to play any video file in Windows Media Player, the video is always too dim. All of the video settings are on the default values (which is what it was on back when it played right) but no matter what i do I can't get the video …

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Hi, I saw this identical problem before and never saw a solution: I have a [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]Gateway[/URL] 500 SE, with [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]Windows[/URL] XP Home Edition. My [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=39736&highlight=can%27t+start+windows+xp#"]computer[/URL] is froze-up/was unresponsive. I keep getting this message: [I]We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change …

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Basic rundown: Computer is up for 10min and after that it gives the BSOD and user has to restart the system. Some say kernel stack inpage error is hardware, others say it's a virus. Which is it? edit Microsoft says [URL=http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315266]this[/URL] about it, but this girl's comp, her 3.5" floppy …

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Hi Every1 When I switch on my computer after my desktop appears on screen i get a msg sayin "Temp2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. Sorry for the inconvinence". why is this comin and how i can solve this?

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Does anyone know how to remove the trojen VirTool :win32/Obfuscatoe from a computer this is driving me crazy??? Plz,Plz,Plz.

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My Sound Has Gone For A Month Now Just Cant Take It Anymore It Giving The "there Is No Mixer Device" When I Try Open Volume Control And I Dnt Know If The Computer Can Even Recognise My Speakers They Didnt Have Cd With Them But Worked Fine Wen I …

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My computer is running absolutely everything at very sluggish speeds, and I don't understand why. Even my internet connection is slower than it usually is. I don't see anything wrong with this log, so I've decided to see if you guys can perhaps help me. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! …

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Hi guys, recently I installed a sound recorder program, and tried to record the sound during a game. However, the volume of the sound is very very soft, to the extent that I have to max all of my volume controls and my speaker too.. I have tried other sound …

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sorry, have to explain first: I am in Japan, want to buy a new computer. My friend I am staying with wants japanese OS, I need english OS. All - almost all - new PCs sold have a japanese Vista preinstalled. I plan to doubleboot it with an english XP. …

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Hey everyone, i have asked and searched everyone i know who is a little more computer savy than i am, and still i have no answer to my problem. Here is the problem, over the years i have saved pictures and videos to my computer and on cd's. I bought …

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Hello About half year ago I was interested in Direct3D 9/10 programming, but I released that DX isnt for me. Im not really interested into a game development. I know C/C++ basics, some Win32 API and some QT4 basics. Now, I'd like to try OpenGL. I am looking for a …

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Hi, I've recently got some spyware, cleaned them, but now Norton 2007 gives Adware.MainSearch warnings, a lot. I ran CWS, SpyBot, Adaware; nothing found. Running Windows Vista. Here's hijack-log; thanks in advance. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:16:39 PM, on 5/22/2007 Platform: Unknown Windows (WinNT 6.00.1904) MSIE: Internet …

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hi i was on some game site and some pop kept leading me to oher sites and i think i got a virus because when i search for things on google and other search engines, it goes to some porno or other searching sites i was wondering if anyone could …

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[B]Need Help[/B] hey guys i dont no wats wrong wit my comp..but this blue screen always appear its say STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005 , 0xBF817098,0xBA37E486,0x00000000) Win32k.sys - Address BF817098 base at BF800000, DateStamp 45f01f6 and the other one is STOP :0x0000007E (0xC0000005,0x80503EE4,0xF79F6748,0xF79F6444) and my comp spec is NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600 GT …

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I have a friend that wants to give his older computer to his mother. It is a Compaq and he has since upgraded to XP pro form ME. Anyway I was doing a reinstall using the upgrade disc he has when it ran into and error that a google search …

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I have read some of the old posts and from them have gone as far as my logfile. Can someone please look at this and tell me how to remove this from here.....Thank you so much for your help Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:04:36 PM, on 5/18/2007 …

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Can someone please help me with this? When I turn on my laptop I get the popup that says: Microsoft Visual C++ runtime library Buffer overrun detected! Program:C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE A buffer overrun has been detected which has corrupted the programs internal state. The program can not safely continue execution and must …

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Hello Everyone, When I turn on my computer it goes thru all the standard start up procedures until I get this screen that says that Windows was not shut down properly and it gives me several options to try to boot up...but to no avail... I tried to start in …

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Ok, so I use Windows Live Mail Beta, don't know why, but they "invited" me ages ago, and it looks quite attractive, so I keep it. Sometimes, I get these yellow errors: "Windows Live Mail was unable to complete this request", today though, they're not going away. Also I get …

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Hi, I just joined the site, hope I'm doing this correct. I see there are already some threads related to this issue, but I need to open a new thread for my problem. I use XP Home on my home PC, I have 3 different users set up, Dad, Mom …

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Hi, I've been having trouble with ads on IE windows popping up every few minutes. I don't even use IE at all, I browse with Firefox. After looking in my add/remove list, I thought the problem was the My Way Search Assistant, which I've now removed (thanks to tips from …

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My system has recently taken to turning itself off for no apparent reason. I have been running avair antivirus until today when I changed over to NOD32. Neither of these programs has identified an issue. When I updated and ran AVG, it gave me a hit on backdoor.huai, but it …

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Hello, I am trying to send an email through php using the mail() function but getting the following error: [code]Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: my-server-name-here [my-ip-address-here] is currently not 550-permitted to relay through this server. Perhaps you have not logged into 550-the pop/imap server in the last 30 minutes …

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I had my hard drive removed because the mother board doesn't work anymore. It's now in an external housing case. I pluged it in to this computer and tried to access my files. All other folders and files are accessable, but when I go to Document and Settings - wizard …

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im the administrator and im blocked out of regedit ctrl alt del system restore i can install norton to see if its a virus or anything i even tried it on admin in safe mode please help bondi 007

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Hello all, i changed all my icons a few days ago but for some reason the Desktop and Open/Closed Folders aren't changed in the "Browse..." pop-up windows, but are changed when i open them in the normal windows (see screenshot link). I'm on Windows Home SP2 and i used CandyXP …

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Im sorry to bother you all with such a basic question (and I dont know where I should have posted this), but I need help setting up an Icon on my desktop that when clicked it switches the primary sound device. Currently my speakers and headphones do not work at …

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I'm hoping someone out there can help me. This is my first post, so bare with me. A friend recently asked me to help her get rid of a message that appeared everytime she booted her computer that said, "Cannot find file \\.\DRI_KBFiltr". This is an HP Pavilion N5475 laptop. …

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hey all i am not exactly sure what is goin on with my computer. but here it goes. when i went to go start up my computer i kept getting a folder that popped up entitled real. first i went one directory up to see what that came from then …

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hi all, i just reinstalled xp and sp2. my problem is xp wont recognize my second hard drive (300gb) which has 3 partitions and all my data. it does recognize the full drive but with 1 partition and keeps telling me i need to format to use. i have reinstalled …

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Hi , I have this pc for 2 yrs now ,using wireless ( Verizon DSL) Now I have problem with my instant messenger ,unable to log in both yahoo and msn messenger, all other internet connection is ok. I assumed this is from anti virus protection I installed a bunch …

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Hi, well i dont no what happned but, i come onto my pc with xp installed and i cant see no desktop, no start menu, i put explorer.exe in and it shows me toolbar. and another file pop's up and stops it which is verlsid.exe it is to fast to …

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I haven't been around for a while - I want to say I appreciate Daniweb and those who contribute - thanks! My 'puter is just acting a little "funny" - I did my best to interpret the log on my own - nothing stood out to me... Spybot did not …

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I'm having terrible problems with this virus, which clears my desktop of icons & the start menu. Only way to keep working is to go to task manager, stop the icon.exe process, logoff & logon again. But it keeps coming back. I attach Hijack this log. I also keep getting …

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Well, I've just gotten a new computer... (my old one literally fell apart... several things prevented it from turning on) and I've downloaded a few files, but recently, my computer and the internet speeds have dropped dramatically, and I have no idea what's wrong with them. I've scanned it with …

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I currently installed windows xp home onto my laptop, and every time I start windows, after i log in and the desktop, the ALL USERS folder shows up. Anyone have any idea how to disable this? Thanks!

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Hi! I'm using a high desktop resolution of 1680x1050 on my widescreen notebook, so I changed the system font size to "large" under "Control panel\Display properties\Appearance\Font size" (I hope that's correct, I don't use English Windows). Everything's fine, the font size is perfect until I restart the computer and the …

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I have a program that I want to run, but it will only run in the adminstrator account, is there a way I can create a shortcut by entering the admin password into it somehow to run? This is what I've tried and it didn't work: I created a regular …

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