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I have a strange problem with my computer, and I'm going to do my best to describe it. When I use my computer for sometimes up to two minutes or up to three hours whatever program I'm in, or if I'm on the desktop at the time, the icons will …

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Hi, haven't needed help in awhile but this is driving me nuts. In the last week or so my computer has suddenly slowed drastically. Website loading and switching between applications takes *forever* and the hard drive just chugs in the background. I check my resources and my physical memory is …

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hi, I recently got win 8 and when I want to connect to a vpn the main connection goes limited so then it has no internet access anybody knows how to fix it ? thanks

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Dear Dani, I have a project i'm working on, and part of the project requires i list the key characteristcs, cost and advantange/disadvantage of windows os when compared to linux. the latter i have been able to find on some tech websites, but i can't find for windows os. pls …

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I have one of our servers Win2003 EE SP2 out of sudden the following services stop: automatic updates, computer browser, cryptographic services, distributed link tracking client, logical disk manager, secondary logon, server ,wireless configuration , workstation. when I try to start server service it give me error 5 access denied, …

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Hello guys, I hope am in the right forum. I am virtualizing Windows 7 on my Win 8 with Hyper-V, everything is working great, except the virtual machine is unable to find my wireless network adapter. I tried adding the legacy network adapter, nothing. It can get the wired adapter, …

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Hi, I am having a problem with my SONY VAIO VGNFZ240E could anyone please help me with this? I tried to recover my unit by making 2 recovery dvds but the process failed at 89% with error code:320/330 follwed by error code:-1 and when I tried do the same from …

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Explorer is running in the background and I can't stop it. This has been going on for a week or so. Explorer sometimes runs as two processes simultaneously, one under "New User" and one under "System". I use Firefox 99.9% of the time. Any advice will be much appreciated. Below …

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Can anyone recommend any software that will allow me to have *program-specific* key mappings? I have a problem with a laptop that has an odd keyboard map (in particular, the Enter and NumEnter have the same scancode)[1] and I need to be able to map another key combo to use …

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How do we set MP3 songs into caller ringtones? How do we download Video to the phone?

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Today my pc came, (windows 7 32-bit) so i set it all up, it work i installed everything i needed to, but i downloaded minecraft.exe, so i ran it and loged in, then it took 1 second and it closed, a notepad document came up on my desktop (hs_err_pid3400), so …

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Circuit, [Circuit Diagram](https://picasaweb.google.com/116591322380497799116/December52012#) Video: [Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGoM_ydAtBc)

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i have 3 win7 pc's, 1 2 and 3 1 is wireless and cannot access 2 or 3 and returns an error "network address invalid" 2 is wired and cannot find 1 with error "address cannot be found" but can access 3 3 is wired and cannot find 1 with …

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Solution: 1.Start ADSI Edit. (Click Start, click Run, and then type adsiedit.msc.) 2.In ADSI Edit, from the Action menu, click Connect to. 3.In Connection Settings, under Connection Point, click Select a well known Naming Context, and then select Configuration from the corresponding list. 4.Under Computer, click Select or type a …

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Hello. Having an issue with my computer hanging up and rebooting on startup. Ive noticed when its cold it will do this. When warmed up seems to act normal. If I unplug it and restart it will usually fire up with the usual "computer has been shut down suddenly.."goes through …

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Hi, I recently re-installed Win 7 Ultimate on a fresh hard drive in my Dell XPS 1340, and used my OEM-supplied disk to install drivers. I also used Driver Robot to auto-install or update the drivers, as well as searching the Dell website. I then burned a System Recovery disk …

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Hi there, I installed Linux mint14 with Windows XP as dual boot. But after installing i realized that i did not gave any swap space to linux. So i deleted linux and entered Recovery Console with XP's bootCD. After entering Recovery Console, i typed "fixmbr" and restarted pc. Then i …

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I have the Advent Modena M101 Windows 7, My DockBar is on my desktop but i cannot use it, everytime i try to update it or do anything with it, it goes to a website which then says nothing as Internet Explorer 8 says Internet Explorer CANNOT display this web …

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Today i started to install internet explorer 8 so i did, my computer restarted and my profile disapered!?!?!?!?! It isnt deleted because when i go onto "User profiles" theres my profile and the other one i made ages ago, so i can only access the one i made ages ago, …

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Dear Experts, my website was hacked yesterday and when i retrieve my website it will give Ã, ¢â etc these character in my each and every page and post. Kindly tell me step by step process to remove these characters. I am new here sor plz kindly tell me step …

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Hi all, I am having really weird problems happening on my machine (windows 7, IE9). I was testing a website and noticed that my Browser Mode and Document Mode are not doing what they should. Basically from what I have read, when you open IE they should be pointing to …

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Don't know if this should be under this section or virus section but here goes... Ever since a few days ago, my PC won't shut down, restart, log off, etc. No matter if I shut down from Start menu or from Task Manager, it doesn't do anything. I have to …

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Hi, I'm printing a VB.NET form using BitBlt API my code as follows: [CODE] ' create a printing component Private WithEvents pd As Printing.PrintDocument ' storage for form image Dim formImage As Bitmap ' create API prototype Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32.dll" Alias _ "BitBlt" (ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, …

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I've been having problems with my computer. First images, or the arrow to get to them, weren't clickable in websites such as babycenter.com [Babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36](http://www.babycenter.com/slideshow-baby-size?slideNumber=36) . Then the other images on websites such as walmart.com became unclickable [walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Samsung-32-Class-LED-720p-60Hz-HDTV-3.7-ultra-slim-UN32EH4003/21081426) . Now websites either aren't coming up at all and either showing Internet …

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Greetings Techies, My access to Youtube via IE 9 has become intermittent. However, it's fine with Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. I have tried disabling the ActiveX Filtering and tried the Compatibility thing too. The JavaScript is enabled and working (I checked it on javatester.org). I have Googled for the …

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Hello to all, I am working on a spreadsheet/database for my company to track our service calls for the equipment we sell. There are a total of three of us that travel to different locations. I have helped create a database that allows a user to enter information after completeing …

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Is it necessary to configure the windows server for 30-40 computers for a small organisation. our branch office is having the server and they managing all the server related issues but the hosts of our office is in workgroup configuration ?

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Hi all, Am building a WinAPI project in Code::blocks and MinGW. I Downloaded some opensource source code, and tried to compile the snippet haveing done nothing to it, and I get *Syntax Error on line 6* for the following code: IDR_MENU MENU DISCARDABLE {//BEGIN POPUP "File" {//BEGIN MENUITEM "New", IDM_NEW …

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At a client with 100+ workstations, all running a simple logon script, two workstations are experiencing a strange problem. For testing and as an example, a simplified logon script is used: net use T: \\server\public set > C:\Temp\LoginEnv.txt This works on all but the two workstations, mapping the drive and …

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Gone back to using old laptop with wireless mouse and keyboard and had to update numerous programs. Now the mouse or cursor has movement issues. In win explorer can only select last file in directory - ie 'zebra' and unable to scroll down web pages, pdf files etc. Tried system …

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Hi,Can i ask about on my desktop.why is that when i am going to switch on my desktop computer it will always says system date not set,Press F2 to set up,Press F2 for default set up etc...I tried to change the system date in the bios to change it to …

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I cannot click on most links the regular way since my kids played games on my computer. I can right click and hit open. When I click on most links, nothing but a muted beep sound happens. I went to TOOL: Internet Options: Advanced: Restore Advanced Settings, didn't work. Windows …

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Hello. I have a larger database that I want to import and I cannot do that using phpmyadmin. I tried to do this in many possible ways by command line, but I get message 'wrong syntax'. I have Windows Vista, MySQl version 5.5.24, wamp server. The path to mysql.exe is: …

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Microsoft has released YAIESA, or Yet Another Internet Explorer Security Advisory if you prefer. This time, [SA2757760](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2757760) warns about a new zero-day out there in the wild which impacts all users of Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions. It's the usual case of targeted attacks being spotted which could lead …

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I cant refresh in my desktop, I cant see any shortcut icon, No option comes if right clicked, I dont see any Start Option, even no task bar, Its totally nothing I cant see anything in my desktop, except my wallpaper, I dont know whats going on.. Please Help.. I …

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I recently installed a new graphics card (see specs)and two new case fans, after a few minutes(or a few seconds) my computer will turn off completely as if I had turned off the power supply. I was using a 520W PSU when this first occured, I decided that may be …

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I have an HP G62 with windows 7. After fully charged, the battery sometimes goes on a slow drain lasting me 2 full hours plus. Other times, it abruptly drops down down to 94% after a couple of minutes of being on, then next couple of minutes is down to …

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[I]Personal:[/I] [B]Name[/B] -Dheeraj Suthar aka sherkhan [B]Hair[/B] - dark brown [B]Eyes[/B] - 2 of 'em [B]Location[/B] - India [B]Hobbies[/B] - Computers, Games(FPS and strategy) [B]Favourite Music[/B] - Kitaro Rammstein .. [B]Favourite Movies[/B] - Matrix I, Godfather, Hackers Operation Takedown, Mist [B]Favourite TV Shows[/B] - Family guy, Friends [B]Stuff I Dislike[/B] …

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I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. I have a 16 bit application that I developed with Borland Turbo C++ on XP. I have installed XP mode and reloaded Borland and my application, but when I try to run it, nothing appears to happen. When I run it under the …

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I am experimenting with data deduplication under Server 2012. A question I have, for which I have found no answer: What happens in a situation with identically named files that are for example an identical image, but at different resolutions? Is there any part of these files that is the …

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After formatting my PC, I noticed that each time I shut down my PC it is installing update. No matter how many times I shut it down in a day it just happens. The thing is that it is only installing 1 of 1 all the time. Normally, the installing …

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hi, i'm in the education sector and we're in the process of setting up sharepoint. How would i go about displaying the users documents in sharepoint? We're in a domain environment, I cannot seem to find any 'web parts' that can do this. Thanks

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Two incidents: Last night, I had my HP Pavilion dv9620us notebook PC running, and was using both Microsoft Word (with a few windows open) and Internet Explorer. (I'm running Windows Vista.) I went away for a little while, and when I came back, the screen was dark, as it should …

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I do not know if this is a place to ask this question, but as I have know idea what I am doing I am going to go ahead and ask. I am having a problem with my internet browser and my screen shimmering. The shimmering just started today but …

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Hi I am trying to access my "My Network Places" through cmd window. Is that possible? So far, when I do the listing using the "dir" command, "My Network Places" is not showing up anywhere. I can get to it using the mouse and gui. Thanks,

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Hi, I've developed a family browser that blocks adult content, it's been developed for Windows and works on PC's, laptops etc that have Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Now I was wondering about getting it onto mobile devices but it's an unknow area for me, so can anyone help with …

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Hey Geniuses, Greetings from Sagar. There is a problem i am facing. After copying profiles of Users to their Newly Created Domain Accounts e.g. Local Account: WESKERSE7EN Domain Account: SAGARSE7EN Profile Copied from WESKERSE7EN TO SAGARSE7EN The Profile is SUCCESSFULLY COPIED. BUT AFTER THE USER LOGS INTO THE DOMAIN ACCOUNT: …

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